Solitude – Prologue

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SOLITUDE

Prologue

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Chileshe Chanda stands starring at her frail body on the mirror as she fixes her head wrap, she touches her pale face and swallows hard, but the look that her makeup artist gives her makes her frown.

‘Do we really have to do this?’ she asks with a sigh

‘Chileshe we have been through this, you know you have to.’ She responds trying so much to avoid her eyes

Nella is a professional makeup artist, she can turn anything into gold but that is not why Chileshe has worked with her for the past years. To Nella make up has saved her, she can bring dead faces to life with a pair of brushes; she loves her job which she often times calls her life.

‘I promise it will be the last time, after this I will not walk in here with my brushes.’ She tells her

‘You said that the last time.’ Chileshe complains

At fifty Chileshe almost sound like a child, twenty-three-year-old Nella swallows hard. This is a difficult time, not just for Chileshe but for her too. She has grown fond of the woman and she just can’t believe how her life has turned out.

‘Hey, I am still here.’ Chileshe says trying so hard to smile

Nella smiles weakly

‘What will she do without this woman?’ she thinks to herself as pain and hurt engulf her.

‘I love you.’ Chileshe says

Nella drops her brushes and goes to embrace her as tears fall rapidly

‘Hush now.’ Chileshe says as her own tears betray her