The Devil Wore a Wedding Ring

amon, and something darker I couldn't name

pped around m

ing wheel, the other adjusting the AC vents with practiced ease. Everyt

utting through the rain drumming

. "But most people ca

mine in a way that made my stomach

him perfectly - smooth voice, expensive car, eyes that s

ked, trying to sound casual. "Yo

end. It's my mum's birthday. I came to pick

her jewelry. "No way. It's my dad's birthday too, I'm

nuinely amused. "Looks like we're

tly going to see my sister. She lives in Lagos now but she's h

ing his features. "I lost my dad a few

it so casually, but I saw it - the way his jaw

rints, even when we

," I said,

, I still reach for my phone

the glass, each drop like a tear sliding down. "I miss my s

.. drove. His silence didn't feel a

ave been my f

hift, he smiled again. "So. How excited a

e already sent me a weekend itinerary. I

o sound

when she's annoying,

o. Like he understood everything abo

ong line of his nose, the way his fingers curled

Thoughtful words. Gentle grief that made him

too

nspect every smile, every calculated pause, every perfectly ch

y of i

ike a book, picking the per

es me more than th