It had suddenly become a habit for him to return home drunk every night. At first, she had thought it was going to pass and he would snap back to his normal self but nothing […]
Lady B drove back home and was surprised to see Toke lying down on the bare floor beside her flat. She ran up to her and hugged her, surprising Toke whose heart began to beat […]
Lady B was surprised to see Toke return that soon. Lady B: “why did you come back this soon? I thought you were going to spend the night there. How much did the woman give […]
Toke walked around aimlessly for minutes without finding a place to lay her head. The streets was quiet and she had for company were dogs barking behind the securely fenced compounds. She thought she heard […]
Lady B: “did I just hear you say you are interested?” she asked, finding Toke’s cooperation to easy to believe. Toke: “yes, I mean no” she quickly added after having a second thought. Lady B: […]
Toke: “yes” she summoned courage and asked after Lady B stopped talking. Lady B: “I don’t do men but I do women and trust me, that is even more lucrative than doing women” she said. […]
Toke: “Your what?” Toke asked anxiously. Lady B: “you know what, never mind. So, where are you going to after going down? Do you have friends or family around?” she asked. Toke: “no, I don’t […]
Toke went close to her foster father and shook him violently. “Please wake up, don’t die like this. Wake up please!” she kept on saying as she shook him. She felt his pulse and saw […]
Toke contemplated poisoning herself with the rat poison in the kitchen but after some thoughts, she thought of her mother and how disappointed she would be watching her commit suicide from the spiritual realm. She […]
The same incidence of beatings and starvation continued all through that year until Toke sat for her examination and the school went on vacation. After the vacation, she resumed her roles as the domestic help […]
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