Where the truth lies

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LION Mom had left maid Jenny for my daily instincts, and gone off to her office. Lunch was packed on the table as usual, with a Milton water bottle and a steel snack box. Though I was in college, little Jenny often did things for me like I was in school. Unlike most days, I would be scrolling my socials, but today, my mind was so complicated, that I went and sat next to the kitchen ledge, hoping Jenny could help me. My unanticipated arrival raised her brows. "Is there something wrong, child?" She had been with our family for the last 20 years and all these days, she still called me, child. "Nothing...I just wanted to talk." She was preparing salad for my dad but stopped abruptly. Her kind eyes took mine, "Tell me" I didn't know where to start. So like any other fool, I pretended,

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