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Chapter 10
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*** In Lagos ***
4:00 a.m
Hajia Zainab cut the vain in her right wrist as she he passed out immediately. Dad and Ibro rushed her to the hospital while Danlami stayed at home. She got admitted and the doctor said she might need a psychiatrist.
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*** In Abuja ***
5:00 a.m.
I couldn't sleep. I kept dreaming. Dreaming my mum was in pain or about the incident or being lost in a forest or even loosing my babies through operation. I keep having different kind of nightmares but I keep on praying as we
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