THE MAID'S SECRET

e wasn't fair, but it was

gging a nylon handbag through muddy streets in Ojuelegba, p

fruit, and washing clothes for neighbors who barely paid. I once took care of an elderly w

was getting worse. The doctor said she need to be taking her medications, good food and rest. But

the Obianyo mansion was

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rent and the box of unfilled prescripti

can I

for that house, Tomi. If you mess u

anage, I

dress and waved my hair myself. I barely slept

s nothing like

ite walls, glass windows as tall as palm trees, and a silent

of people in uniforms walking up and down, wall frames and expensive art hanging on the wa

a, gave me a sharp glance.

s,

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st to clean the marble floors and keep my head

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an my entire wardrobe, when I turned to grab the vacuum cleaner and I free

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with the top buttons undone and a look in

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he hated wasting energy. From now on, y

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into the bathroom, clos

felt heavier, like something had chan

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s the beginning