When Silence Hurts

Nneka withdrew completely. She spoke only when necessary, avoided my eyes, and shared the same bed with me like a stranger. Her body lay beside mine each night, but her affection was absent. I would stare at the ceiling in the darkness, wondering how helping my own sister had turned my home into such a cold place.

One evening, I …

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