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CHAPTER NINE

A
fter leaving there, I went to work in
Mandeville as a maid. I went to work with

another family. They weren’t very nice at

all; plus, my mother became sick. But she didn’t want
me to come home, so I kept working. She also needed

money for medication, which I was able to supply.

She was admitted to the hospital. I can’t remember how

long she was there, but she left on her own and
eventually passed away at home. We buried her in the

family plot.

I stayed around for a while and then moved on. Through
a domestic recruiting office, after paying them a certain

amount of money, they found me a job in Kingston. So
here I go to the big city.

I met a girl on the bus; the journey was so long we

became friends. We promised to look each other up

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