We always wondered why beautiful Nancy is always broke and absent from events.

Events; hangouts, activities, and even church services. “How are you always broke this girl?” a sincerely confused Irene probes Nancy via chat. “Don’t you have destiny helpers?” She continues. Nancy smiles at her phone screen; she types 5 responses, and deletes all 5, settling for her regular phrase “all is well…”. “All is not well madam!” Irene advises, “You’re a foreigner in this town, you should go out. Socialize with people. You need it.” Nancy smiles to her screen.

Her smile is covered in a smokescreen, soaked in trauma, and stretched by knowing people can be funny. Mistakes from choices she’d made in the past; and the opportunities she gave up filled her memory. The fear of the past, an empty pocket, and failed promises pending payments from her debtors, make Nancy the foreigner stuck in time.

She manages to type “All is well dear, let’s see what happens next week. Hopefully…” and Irene sends 5 laughing emojis, and a follow-up reply “I hear you o, but I’m not gonna count on it. If we see you then it’s cool. We’ll go for lunch”. Nancy sees lunch and automatically thinks to herself; (I don’t have transport, this one is calling lunch. Do you really want me to come?) She texts “Massa that money we’ll spend at Sky Bar, we go take enter Malcolm then purchase a bottle of wine, some chicken, and yam. Come over to my place. We chill, enjoy the view, gist, and laugh. I cook a delicious meal, we go chop, dance, make fine, then make basaaaaa.“

But instead of typing all these, she goes “No problem. I’ll try to make it.” Knowing fully well there’s a high chance she won’t.

At this point, even her mind is tired of her. If it could speak; it’d say to her, STOP DOUBTING THE POSSIBILITY. YOUR DOUBTS LIMIT YOUR REALITY GIRL. BELIEVE YOU CAN, AND YOU WILL. 🫡