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“Angela, I assume that you like this guy. Like, really like him.” I was on the phone with Zabby and just told her about what had been happening between Tochi and me.  “Would it be bad if I did?” I asked.  “No no, I didn’t imply that. According to what you have said, he also […]

Tochi had been coming to my department every day after lectures. He already knew my timetable and by an unspoken agreement, I expected him to show up once I was almost done with my lectures for the day. We had not talked about my parents since the day I snapped at him. I wanted to

School was about to resume and even though Tochi and I talked once in a while after that night of the fight, I still didn’t know if I was interested in being friends with him again. He had apologised that night, but it didn’t seem enough. The night I was at Zabby’s, after her call,

I think I saw my father’s mistress—my stepmum. I think I saw her. When mummy mentioned that she came to the hospital to see dad with their first son, it struck me that I may have seen her; I think she was rubbing my dad’s head. The boy—my brother, was on the chair swinging his

“Do you have other kids, mummy?” I asked from the backseat, breaking the silence. Three of us were in the car home and I was fuming. “Ikenna, if you don’t talk you can die!” My mother faced my dad shooting daggers at him. My dad was quiet. She was not done though, she adjusted in

It was Zabby’s convocation. Everyone was preparing to go to her school. I spoke with my mum on the phone the previous day and she told me she was coming which was surprising considering the situation between her and my dad. If there was another word for confusion, that was what my parents were; I

Some people are only close to you when they can get something from you. After that, they discard you like a dirty rag. I just saw that Tochi had posted this on his WhatsApp status.  He had been posting some funny things and I did not want to get ahead of myself, but I think

Elizabeth was my paternal cousin, the sister I never had. They were just two—she and her brother. I had thought about it many times that if her sibling was a sister would we be this close? I think we would. She was really close to her brother, who was also like my brother, but our

I just had a shower. I picked up my phone and saw Tochi’s message. You must be home now. How was your trip? I wanted to reply to him but I dropped the phone instead. He had this off-and-on attitude that I really did not understand. It was also very subtle and inexplicable. Sometimes, he