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Chapter 2 Did you know

Word Count: 1367    |    Released on: 27/10/2024

When I opened them, the yellow-mango woman was still there, a little blurry, but still there. I was stunn

, the appropriate sheen of tears for my eyes, and sniffles for my nose. I was prepared to close my hair salon for the next week and go in search of a miracle with my mother-in-law in tow. What I didn't expect was another smiling woman in the room, a yellow woman with a blood-red mouth who smiled like a new wife. I wished my mother-in-law were there. The only woman I had ever called Moomi. I visited her more often than her own son. She was there with me when my newly done perm was washed away in a river by a priest whose the

mouth seemed sinister to me and began to mean much more to me than just signs of age. I was torn apart. I wanted to be what I had never been. I wanted to be a mother, I wanted my eyes to shine with secret joys and wisdom like Moomi's. But all your talk of suffering terrified me. "She is much younger than you," Iya Martha said, leaning forward in her chair. "As they like you, Yejide, your husband's relatives know your worth.

i came to sit beside me on the couch. Baba Lola shook her head. "Kneel, Funmi. Even twenty years after the train began its journey, the earth will always be ahead of it. Yejide is ahead of you in every way in this house." Kneeling, Funmi placed her hands on my knees and smiled. My hands itched to slap the smile

ouse I was wearing. Her hands were just below my knees, wrapped around my bare legs. I couldn't look past her hands, past the long, puffy sleeves of her dress. I couldn't look at her face. "Hold her, Yejide." I wasn't sure who had just spoken. My head was on fire, growing hotter, on the verge of boiling. Anyone could have said those words: Iya Martha, Baba Lola, God. I didn't care. I turned back to my husband. "Akin, did you know about this?" You knew and you didn't have the heart to tell me. Did you know? You son of a bitch. Afte

ways be your husband." What more could he possibly want for you? Wasn't it because of you that he got Funmi an apartment to stay in, when he has a rather large two-story house?" Iya Martha looked around, stretching out her arms

hed, and say I was sorry for insulting my husband and his mother in one breath. They would have accepted my apology-I could have said it was the devil's fault, or the weather, or my new braids, which were too tight, making my head ac

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1 Chapter 1 I leave the house2 Chapter 2 Did you know3 Chapter 3 Because I don't understand4 Chapter 4 What about you 5 Chapter 5 So I sat in the car6 Chapter 6 dear sister7 Chapter 7 I don't work8 Chapter 8 I'm an idiot9 Chapter 9 I don't know10 Chapter 10 I didn't say that11 Chapter 11 I left the bathroom12 Chapter 12 That girl13 Chapter 13 Get some sleep14 Chapter 14 Are you dreaming15 Chapter 15 for her to continue16 Chapter 16 I can make it17 Chapter 17 The police18 Chapter 18 She frowned19 Chapter 19 She really did care20 Chapter 20 the police officers21 Chapter 21 testing, one22 Chapter 22 the said23 Chapter 23 I don't drink much24 Chapter 24 create my own version25 Chapter 25 Get up26 Chapter 26 roll on the floor27 Chapter 27 I cried28 Chapter 28 I'm done for29 Chapter 29 Can't you see30 Chapter 30 I'm sorry31 Chapter 31 public library32 Chapter 32 my relationship33 Chapter 33 loved him34 Chapter 34 I can't do this35 Chapter 35 I couldn't36 Chapter 36 I couldn't believe37 Chapter 37 with a sheet38 Chapter 38 I had started39 Chapter 39 because I was there40 Chapter 40 silent space between us41 Chapter 41 Money is a small thing42 Chapter 42 Transition43 Chapter 43 her eyes44 Chapter 44 I would stop45 Chapter 45 She looked so small46 Chapter 46 I turned my back47 Chapter 47 still talking to you48 Chapter 48 Don't worry about it49 Chapter 49 suspicion50 Chapter 50 Are you okay51 Chapter 51 know about ourselves52 Chapter 52 course he's here too53 Chapter 53 back to the school54 Chapter 54 I thought55 Chapter 55 I have a rental car56 Chapter 56 the room next door57 Chapter 57 the dance floor58 Chapter 58 finally looked down59 Chapter 59 The smile on her face60 Chapter 60 Isn't that you