Bruised Identity

kiss went on until she began to descend backward into the bed, and he fo

onately and ever so gently while openi

ach lasting longer than the previous with her climäxing easily and very early in the morning

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he remembered he was hungry and wanted to warm up his meal. As he stood up from the couch to go i

ho he was currently his new fling had brought the food for him. She had a key to

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rite grandchild. The duration of her pregnancy only strengthened the bond of love and friendship between them the more. The

econd visit, she had asked him to bring her clothes and books for her. She told him where she hid Cain's letter

her not to raise eyebrows. She had kept the clothes hidden in a bag in her room, hoping to “launch” them in the university. But she always wore some of the undergarments. S

er room to remove it from where she hid it. Unfortunately for him, Ojo had seen him and reported to their mom. The beatings he

chased her out of the house or supported her throughout her pregnancy, Ma

She was yet to fully come to terms with the fact that Mama Citas never saw her baby and was actually no more. She had been an emotional wreck and had to move

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n she saw the scars of her mom’s treatment of him after he had explained why he never came to visit again.

dad confronted her calling her unprintable names to the embarrassment and disbelief of everyone present. She had kept her cool to his insults

snubbing him. A fatal mistake that move would have been because out of the blue, she pulled a knife out from her gown and charged at him aiming for his chest even before he rea

the process. But for a young boy standing very close who

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se if she hadn’t gotten pregnant out of wedlock for that boy, his mom wouldn’t have slipped, hitting her head on the floor which ultimately led to her death in the night. But the

village the previous day showed up at his doorstep. Surprised as he started his Volkswagen beetle, he a

r the place for Max but didn’t see her or the baby. When told she was in the next compound, he made to go there and rip her into shreds. But on seeing him approach, his uncle (owner of the compound) had quickly gone inside his room only to exit wi

tection of her granduncle’s compound back to his father’s compound. But as if to annoy him the

th people rushing towards them, he told her

ied “You stopped being my father the day you thre

His family never denied him their support and had contributed to his marriage because he was just a broke young boy then. No wonder his uncle threatened to shoot him. This was th

about a year ago and hadn’t cared about her since then despite pleas from almost everyone incl

Wil

lways look at Ojo with scorn the way she did or remind her husband he has a whore for a wife. That little witch a

a boring encounter with William resulted in her, which ultimately led to her marrying him as against Peterson whom she truly loved. Then there was

r of how beautiful she was when she was younger, and that Cain p

her husband’s uncle’s wife (the lady nursing Max) had walked up to her washed her down and rained curses on her for her role in the whole incident of Max's pregnancy saga. In the

ng her husband knew Ojo wasn’t his and that he had been saving face by avoiding a

x was born. She watched and saw how over a year of neglect and life in the community had transformed her daughter from the once stunning beauty she was envious of, to something she could barely recognize. Was it the

ation was available? She had watched as her husband rained abuses on the girl afraid to stop him because it’s now obvio

ull out a knife and attempted to kill her husband, her own father. Then to have heard the girl saying she had disowned him the day he