crowing in the distance and the muf

bone to pick with the ceiling. She blinked against the

her's voice rang out, s

ur food gets cold o!" Adanna groaned light

vent. She padded barefoot into the kitchen, where the smell of fr

tove, wearing a faded wrapper

nd. "This one? This wrapper is older than your ex-boyfriend's promises." Adanna burs

y ration food for there?" "No o," Adanna said between bites

a second, then reached across the

me home. Whatever it is you're carrying, drop i

est since last year. So she didn't. Instead, she looked around. The kitchen was exactly the

eaned my room you

y. "I even put new curtains. Yello

ed, touched.

week. No stress. But after that, you must go outside. Reco

led. "I'll g

chool near our street-Brother Felix's son is the headmaster now. He said they

brow. "You alread

smirking. "I said opportunity. Wheth

en Ibadan glow, soft and strong. And for the first time in a lon

ories for her. Maybe she hadn

begin