His for the night; Bound for life

and can take everything away from me but, I was hoping he wouldn't find out about my daughter. What do I

thought you were a ghost and you didn't exist until a friend saw you in Lagos last

ved behind my desk and sat down. "Please, have a seat, and

ught we had an understanding that night, what happened? I woke up and you were gone. The worst part is, you left with

fore. I think the best thing is to explain to him what led me to that place that night. "I can explain everyt

me then said "your explanation better be

s a long story.

k now, I can take my child with me and, you come to me when you are ready to exp

ell you everything!" I said. I couldn't allow him t

d remember not being hard... I have never known my parents, I only remember

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member and if I had my way, I would be out of her house by now. I don't want to ans

ll do this morning. I watch as she rounds the corner and when she sees me sitting and just looking at her, she flares up i

say it out. Instead, I got up like I was surprised at her appear

tting me. "So, my voice wasn't loud enough? I will make sure I kill you today! You are very useless. I picked your a

ive to me sef... You made sure I work for anything you give to me... Even the school you are using to brag sef, you didn't do anything! I was hawking pu

u think you are important to me? I have been waiting for you to grow up more s

e been making is not money? "But aunty, what about all

ery day is enough money? You must be more foolish than I thought. In fact, I can see you wil

he has never talked about my mother. Sometimes, she would bring a new girl to join me but after a few months, they would leave. "Since you have never like

know who your father was. I brought her from the village and taught her how t

the one we stayed in but now it is very clear. I always knew she was into some kind of prostitution business and that's why she was always coming home with different

d you even manage to pass your WAEC? Your mother is one of the prostitutes that worked for me when I just started. Ahe got pregnant for you after a fe

hat my mother was a prostitute and I would be introduced

to stay with her. Aunty Joyce wasn't that different from my aunt that I grew up with. Aunty Jo

enty and she decided I was old