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a sumptuous meal, a cool shower, and a

he ground trying to take her mind off the hunger that had seeped into her

came to pick up the kids and the kids in her care were in safe hands. Her fr

rah

Faith standing there with her bag hung on

ithout bading each other goodbye. Most times, they both went home together in Fait

er friend and hissed.

d on her feet when she noticed the little girl seating in a corner of the room

es it lo

ly drew her head backward in laughter. "Is that why

gistered her this morning, the person shoul

is morning about when school closes," Fai

e the information you told her

ho registered her–" She leaned her hips on the hinge of her friend's t

The little girl who had been staring into space looked at her. "Do you know any of your parent's numbers so I can call them

e accent with which her friend had spoken before bursting into lau

her friend before turning

back of her left hand over her eye. Her voice came ou

so cute,"

about

dun

it's like you're not that desp

t her phone and punched in

led the number two more times, but, it was only the same result as the first. Her blood boiled in ange

folded her arms. "I hope her parents are

face her friend, "–you and this your big mouth, you

ous." She folded her arms. "But then, if her dad isn't picking up, let's go

s lunch box and black backpack, and together,

s, for the nth time, the background music was cut short and a d

imed as she stopped walking and pulled on

lo. Brian

heartbeat raced at the sound of the man's

You aren't saying anyt

ive-year-old daughter wasn't what the r

aughter wasn't having any of it. She refused to talk to her "superman" and cried every night. At a point, it got alarming when s

t away from distractions. Distractions like his just-ended marria

rst. One glance at the couple, and you could tell they were in love. He had always thought he had found the one, his

eriods happened to be the toughest for him. He almost fell

s–three male and three female gave him much authority as a boss. He flipped his black off

why he had a job that put him in the spotlight and

uld join us to try some of our African de

, he could tell they were friendly people. To him they were different and he found them amusing. Even as they surrounded him at the moment, exchanging pleas

toward his remaining colleagues. Most times, his food was often delivered to the office

made their way outside the room. Another thing he loved about Africans, they al

n delicacy of Jollof rice mixed with Fried rice and a big chicken lap hit his taste bud

acies. When you taste them, you'll not only close your eyes, you'll jump up from your seat

ad to be careful with his teeth for his next dent

silent buzzing of his phone because he had earlier turned on

. The few friends Brian related well with at work had escorted him to his car, the

. He leaned forward to remove his navy blue tuxedo, dropping it next to the whit

one from the butt pocket of his trousers. 10 missed calls. His brows fur

nknown number flashing on his phone screen. He swipes the gr

nded more like a shriek and he had to distance

agitated, like its owner wanted to y

ing," he said, putting o

le

ther voice exclaimed. He distanced his phone from his

ng to Cassan

. "Cassandra?" Of course, Cassandra was his daughter but

ad

aned forward awa

seems you forgot to pick