Breaking Free Part 3 – Money answereth all things. It was a new truth that Belema was learning and it was bitter, too bitter. Chike was no longer the scared boy who had hung in the corners after the first beating and wept all night. Now, he was cocky, humming to himself and tapping his […]
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Breaking Free (2) – The bile was rising in Somachi’s throat, her skin was crawling with hives and yet, they said she had to do it. Her father’s fingers were drumming on his thighs as he sat beside her, while the heavy-set lady from the agency Uncle Somto ran, was leafing through a pamphlet. When […]
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The problem with having nothing to do is that you have too much time on your hands to contemplate nonsense. Or that you find yourself in a sticky, stupid, and harmful situation, like the one Belema was currently in. If he had stayed home, he would be safe. Safe and away from this place. But […]
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