I just got admission into the university and I will be resuming next week. How I wish I could be there, it would be like secondary school days, Ijeoma replied. Ada only sighed. What if I asked my sister

Mama, I am coming ooh, I want to go and see Ijeaoma, she said to her mother from a distance and disappeared into thin air before her mother could even utter a word. When Ijeoma saw her friend, she screamed

Amaka, Ada's younger sister rushed in front outside. Aunty Ada, I saw Aunty Ijeoma on the bike just now, Amaka told her sister. I am not joking this time, have you forgotten that her grandmother's burial

However, unfortunately for her, she was unable to see her first son beyond secondary school. Ada had just finished secondary school but being an ambitious girl, she did not want to give up just like her

Ada was an ambitious girl, always eager to learn and always wanted to be at peace with everybody around her. Mama, I'll like to be an ambassador of peace, she told her mother one evening after dinner.

They were subsequently charged to court. The police needed me to testify. I was willing to tell what I knew because it was better not to have a mother at all than to have the kind I had. She killed my

I heaved a long sigh as I quickly crammed the number he's used in sending the text message. Later that day, I handed it to inspector Agada and asked him to trace the call history between the phone number

You think that is true? I eyed him. Don't think she is lying? He chuckled. Your father was a very rich man Efosa, anything could have happened, he could have stepped on wrong toes. It was time now for

Inspector Agada arrived at exactly 12:30 that afternoon. I felt a sudden relief when I sighted him. He came with his little daughter. I told you I was going to come, he said as he smiled at me. And I am

I opened my door and tiptoed to her door. There, I placed my sharp ear on the keyhole. This will is what I am waiting for. His lawyer will be here next week. Once his will is read and I know what he left

When the party was over that night, most of the guests left but a few chose to stay the night, a few like Fred and the lady that posed as his wife. That night, I kept turning and rolling on my bed. I tried

From my window upstairs, I saw a lady that was introduced to me as Fred's wife. She was standing in the garden and she was making a phone call. I strained my ears to eavesdrop what she was saying, to say

Meet Uncle Fred, my mother introduced him to me. His wife made your birthday cake, the young lady smiled at me. Happy birthday in advance. She beamed rather excitedly. We shook hands and I left and went

Inspector Agada came towards me and smiled on his way out. You are such a quiet boy, he remarked and smiled again. Link I simply made a face What's your name? Efosa, An only child? Yes Your mother said

Six months later we were all back in the city after my mummy was through mourning my father. The police were still coming in one's and twos and promising to track down the murderers. You must always contact

Again, the house was filled to the brim with sympathizers and mourners. Days crawled past slowly. Aunty Amaze suspended her trip to Germant; that was what I'd prayed for. The police men came and asked

Daddy was shot in the head and chest by unknown gunmen that night. His car was battered by bullets. The police found him dead by the time they got to him. No one saw the man or men that pulled the trigger.

Daddy would just go ahead to pick another wife. And if he turned out to be a brute, she would stop at nothing to whip the hell out of me at the slightest provocation. A step-mother! No! I shook my head

The doctor gave me chloroquine injection with some tablets. "I'll like some ice cream," I told my father as we zoomed back home. He nodded and said we'd buy it at Tantalizers nearby. I was still

I simply threw myself on the bed. I couldn't take my mind off what my mother and the faceless man called Fred had discussed on the phone that day. How could they be so cruel? why did my daddy do wrong?