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in the sitting room with his l

f their room to meet their son. The couple prayed

ght out an envelope from his p

atitude, opened the envelope, and

t this money is not enough. It's not even up to the fees fo

ha Allah (By God's Grace). Besides, you have foodstuffs, just manage with this till we send you more. Continue being th

ther and so

urance. May you never go astray and may succe

uit of your labor. I have two more years to go, just continue

holding his hand and guiding him out while his

i heard a familiar voice and quickl

ed, "Mummy, wha

your sister was on credit and I got it from her. I know for sure that she is here for her m

now, I need to get g

If she sees me, I will have to give her something, or else I will be humiliated. I don't have a s

ce to the next compound an

five. He was the only son and he has two

sity, Kano while Rekiya was

llo University, Zaria. His parents reside in

t up in Ibadan. His father on the other hand was born an

g a trip he made to his hom

o stayed at home for four years before gaining a

his secondary school education. With interest in the past, he started making research about the

rsities offer the course and with Ahmadu Bell

e was studying archaeology and history as a course at the same time. At the end of his

ust 18, gained admission a year after her b

y trader while their fa

ifficult things have been ever since he entered the university. He also thought of differen

would bring all his parent's struggles to an end. The more he though

and protect my family and keep us safe from evil hands. Wi

park, he continued to m

to the path of righteousness and not the pa

**

He stretched his hand to pick up the phone with his half-closed eyes. He opened his ey

to sleep. He later wok

bread, and went out to go to his mother's shop. H

hanged pleasantries. He continued his journey and a few minutes later,

ondary school but they began to despise each other when a new girl c

m the Eastern part of the country who was very arrog

they got disappointed when Alice professed her love openly to the dull

n after 6 years of what Habib refe

settle the issue amicably all to no avail. When Bolaji noticed Habib and

ndered what evil thoughts were on Bolaji's mind this time around. Ever

greeted the quiet Habib and he continued. "....I hope to

", Habib asked

w to say e no easy to be oko olosho (I know it's ain't easy to

saying?", Ha

n knows our beautiful..oops sorry...I mean your beautiful babe is a prostitute so you better start to hide

bout?" Habib wondered as he p

t and quickly input his password to unlock i

t was unreachable. He logged in to his Facebook account to check his notifica

h shock and mistaken