Chapter 133

Jojo: On the twelfth day of the tenth month ten years ago, my sister was born. On this day ten years ago, I watched Valerie in her baby court. Her eyes were yet to open and she was so small and fragile that I was scared to lay a finger on her. My mother turned over to her with a smile on her face. She looked at me and asked, "she's beautiful, isn't she?" I nodded my head, eager to have her in my arms, so close to my chest. "She is mum." One decade later, my sister was still the best thing that had ever happened to me. She was still my rock, my support, the only one whom I knew I could lean on. She was my everything. We had been through small, big, thick, and thin together. Even on days when I did not deserve to be called her older sister, she loved and cared for me nevertheless. She was a diamond, a rare gem and I was really lucky to have someone like her in my life. So many times, I had sat down to ask myself what life would have been like if Valerie had not been in it. The answer nev