“Hey Peekaboo! Have your bath quickly before someone comes”.

We had our bath and dried ourselves as fast as we could, before running out of the restaurant. Once we got to a  safe zone, we started laughing, so happy that we hadn’t been caught this time. 

The last time was so embarrassing, the security man didn’t even let us finish up! Thankfully he had the courtesy to call a female security officer who was even more ruthless than he was. We were forced to put our clothes back on despite the fact that our bodies were still filled with soap. We bowed our heads as we were dragged out of the restaurant, our faces still covered in soap lather. 

After that, we avoided taking baths for a couple of weeks till today. 

“We smell soooo fresh!” I giggled. 

This was our life now, sleeping under egg cartons and sneaking into neat restaurants when no one was looking to have our baths. 

It wasn’t always like this though, we used to be quite comfortable. My dad was a lawyer and his company rewarded him greatly. 

Unfortunately, he was hit by a stroke and we lost him. My mother couldn’t pay for our house and our survival with the tiny revenue we got from her shop and just like that, we started sleeping in my mom’s shop but when her landlord noticed this, he sent her packing also. We had no option but to move to the streets after trying the shelters and figuring out that they were all filled up.

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