The parent and the guardians PT 1

"Okay, Mrs?"

"Mrs. Ajayi," Maryam answered the officer. He had taken her to his desk due to the gravity of her words. He wanted to question her better. He wrote down her name on a paper.

"Alright, I'm Officer James, you can start from the beginning." He said gesturing with his pen.

Maryam took in a deep breath, both her hands on her knees to keep them from shaking. She tried to weigh the situation. Is all of this worth it? What if Margret was right? What if Sylvester left her?

She slowly let the breath out through her mouth in a whistle. If she was right or wrong, it was already too late for her to turn back now.

"I got home last week Friday to discover that Sylvester wasn't around--"

"Is that the man you're talking about?" Officer James asked.

"Yes."

"And you said he's your boyfriend and the father of your child?"

"Yes."

Officer James gave a slight nod. He seemed to write down something on his paper with each response.

"Continue."

"So he wasn't around and when I asked my daughter she