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Sarah & Peter - 2

Peter felt a ray of sunshine on his face. He opened his eyes. He was in his bed and besides him lay awake was Sarah. The morning ray of light was just brushing her old wrinkled cheek. He slowly turned to her side, feeling the usual stiffness in his back. She was looking at a distance, thinking of something. He took her arm in his hands and said, 'Good Morning dear'. She slowly turned her head towards him, smiled, took a deep breath and closed her eyes. Peter felt his grip easing. He left her hand and caressed her face. She has left him. He called her name softly, 'Sarah, dear?'. She did not answer.  40 years ago, Sarah left her family and moved into city to look for a job. Her family was quiet poor and Sarah has been working evry day of her adult life. It was time for her to move to the big city and try to change her fate. But, city was cruel to Sarah. For weeks, Sarah did not find better job than what she was doing at home. She was living in the worst possible places o