Boma wondered how she would tell him. She did not want to hurt him. But inevitably she would hurt him whatever she did. She knew that. If only there was a…
The knock was brusque. He opened the door swiftly. “You’re late.” He growled. “Unavoidable. He wouldn’t go to sleep and you know I cannot come when he is yet awake.” She…
“You are married now?” He was shocked to hear it. “Yes.” She nodded, smiled. “Just over three months.” Three months? If only he’d… but it was too late. “I never heard.”…
The door cracked open and Olanna poked her head in. Ihuoma was sitting on the floor, with her back propped against a wall that had long lost the definition of its…