“Welcome back…” she proceeded to hug her mum then her dad “…sorry dinner is almost ready. I just need to set the table for dinner. Could you lend me a hand Temi? If you don’t mind” she looked at Sarah
“Ben took your bag to your room, the one you shared with Debra. Do you want to take a shower before dinner?”
“I could use one. Thank you.” Sarah needed to wash away every reminder of the hospital. The woman smiled and nodded
“I understand dear. There’s a bathroom inside the room you’d be staying in. Go through that hallway…” she pointed at the hallway she just walked through “…it’s the third room to your left”. Sarah stood up and walked towards the hallway. She could hear the voices of her mum and Mrs Botha trailing behind her as she opened the door to the room she was directed to and walked inside. The lights were off and she felt for the wall close to the door till she touched the switches and turned in on. She then closed the door to the room as her eyes adjusted to the light. Her bags were placed close to the door. It seemed like Ben didn’t turn on the lights when he came to drop her bags. The walls were painted a warm lavender and it gave the room a homey look. She picked up her bags and placed them beside the wardrobe attached to the wall. The wardrobe was quite large and divided into four compartments, two painted pink and the other two, lilac. She noticed a door close to the wardrobe and assuming it was the bathroom, she opened it and looked inside, she was right, it was the bathroom. She closed the door, facing the room, the tried to take note of the room. There was a queen sized, well laid, bed at the center of the room. At the other side of the bed was a dressing table with a mirror attached to it. On the table were bottles containing lotions, perfumes, deodorants and a framed picture. She walked towards the dressing table and picked up the framed picture, blowing off the thin layer of dust that had formed on the picture and taking a closer look at it. There were two ladies in the picture, one who she recognized as herself giving a playful frown at the other lady who stuck out her tongue in a playful dare at her in the picture. She couldn’t help but laugh a little at the other lady she assumed was Debra judging by the resemblance she had with Mrs Botha. She had a round chubby face and with her tongue stuck out, she looked cute, like a child. Below the picture, on the frame was encrypted in fine calligraphy ‘Sarah & Debra’. She took a last glance at the picture and placed it back on the dressing table. Drawing a long sigh, she looked at the other areas in the room, on the wall were three framed pictures, one of herself, another of Debra, and the last, an artwork of a beautiful landscape showing sunrise. A shoe rack with different shoes was erected at another corner, and situated at the back of the bed was a chair and a desk. Placed on the desk was a computer and some books. She turned her attention back to the bed and smiled. The room was arranged in a funny but organized way. She thought back on the pictures and gave another sigh, she was never going to meet the original owner of this room again, she couldn’t even remember her. She sat down on the bed and reached for the books on the desk. The first book placed on top of the rest had a beautiful back cover. It was made of baby pink colored leather with a design of blossoming flowers and she opened to the first page. It had ‘THE HOLY BIBLE’ written boldly on the first page and below it immediately was written ‘The English Standard Version’. She flipped the next page and on it was an ownership form where the name ‘Debra A. Botha’ was filled in the gap provided for the owner of the bible. She skimmed down to the portion where the favorite passage was requested and on it was written in fine handwriting;