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m your new owner. I'm sor

is point, I'm exhausted and the only rest for me is death, As you can see

or money because my father was one of the richest man in my town as at then, of course everyone wants to be Agbadegesìn Abèrè inlaw, My mom was even counted lucky among her peers. Onikaluku pelu isoro ee, (everyone has their own problems) My m

because she was the youngest and you can say I

ove my dad had for my mom never reduced, it rather keeps growing. Ohhhh, I forgot to add that we were the o

r once. My name suit me well. Olakiitan. My father never allowed my mom to work, he would say.....You don't have to work f

should thank my father for that, I will also find you a man like your father so you can thank me in the future too...

deteriorating day after day, the love of my life is fading out and the only thing i could do is to weep beside her bed every night. We were by ourselves, I, my dad and my mom. Nobody cared for us, As for my

s she was ,she would force me to go to school but not this time, I never left her side. 1990 ended on a good note, my mom was still alive, even tho she was bedridden, she w

t my nose was the aroma of yam porridge.....Am I dreaming? This could only come from my mother's pot. Yam porridge was my mom's speciality and also my favourite fo

wipped my tears. I was so happy, my favourite per

s and of course my dad didn't allow it. Later in the evening, my mom came into my room saying we will sleep together that night. All of a sudden she started crying, I was

e called my

lls me subuola if

ust live well, promise me, you will make me proud. Subuola you

ws in her mind and

u shall live to witness my wins, so you don't

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me a novel?

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arted crying again, at this point

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two favourite human in the world i

done and the things you will still do, pls c

better, my mom nodded in tears and hugged him. I wish this moment could last foreve

gh Baba isale, that was

s to them all. Then she hanged up. Few minutes later, my mom said she was tired and that

ide me, it was unusual of her. So I thought she was tired and I didn't want to disturb her, so I went to freshen up and sneaked out of my room. I went straight to the kitchen to prepare breakfast not up to ten minutes

look pale?

her and she was

here? Daddy let's take her to th

s dead! He said a

believe m

and that

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day, and I couldn't stop crying. My

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