The Healing of a Broken Heart
Not to be outdone by the six-year-old, Tendai increased her efforts and tried to work faster to finish coloring in her own sketch. She was also very conscious of the fact that she would soon have to stop so that she could check on the meal she had cooking on the stove. The little girl, Rumbie, was super competitive and Tendai knew that if she even gave the child a chance, she would lose in this challenge of theirs. If she was to lose, Tendai knew she would never hear the end of it so she increased her efforts to do the best she could. There was a lot of pressure too because Rumbie's brother and sister, seven-year-old Tinotenda and nine-year-old Chipo, were both hovering over them, keeping watch over the showdown to make sure ‘no one’ cheated. That no one being obviously her because what would Rumbie know about cheating right? And yet part of her knew that there was a mischievousness in Rumbie that was to be watched out for. Age had nothing to do with it and Tendai knew tha...