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I drove with Mlungisi to his place,
took a shower, and slept there. The
next day he dropped me back at my
mom’s house. I strolled up the
driveway acting real casual. My plan
was to say I’d been crashing with
Mlungisi for a few days. I walked
into the house like nothing had
happened. “Hey, Mom! What’s up?”
Mom didn’t say anything, didn’t ask
me any questions. I was like, Okay.
Cool. We’re good.
I stayed for most of the day.
Later in the afternoon we were
sitting at the kitchen table, talking.