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CHAPTER FIFTEEN





          W
                         hen I travelled to England, I was hoping
                         to  find  a  trace  of  my  oldest  daughter's

                         father,  who  I  thought  was  still  there—

          only to be told he had passed away. I shook my head
          and thought that all the men who abused me had passed

          away; with one exception. May their souls rest in peace.
          The  children  have  all  given  me  about  fourteen

          grandchildren, the last time I checked, and a bunch of
          great-grandchildren. I am in my eighties and still going

          strong. To GOD be all the praise.

          I lost my second-to-last daughter to cancer. She was so

          young—just fifty-four. I went to visit her one night at

          her apartment, where I slipped and fractured my foot. I
          ended up at the hospital, where they put me in a cast.

          Needless to say, I stayed at my second-oldest daughter's

          house in Ajax for about four weeks. She was very good
          to me; I’ll never forget it. We had the opportunity to get

          to know each other better during that period and became
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