*** 12: 00 p.m. It's been six hours now and the rain just stopped. I sat on a piece of stone, gazing at the hot, shinny ball rising in the blue sky. How I wish the sun would understand my feelings, heal my wounds or perhaps, send Mrs. Akerele to open the gates.  I was still outside, knocking. Why is Hajia Maryam doing this to me? She picked me from my fathers house and promised to be my guide and support. Why did she lock me outside in this condition? Where exactly did I go wrong? Is it so wrong to raise my children as my own? I couldn't stop myself from crying as I thought of these. I kept hitting the gate with a pebble. I knocked louder and louder again, till I got tired. Nobody helped me and I had nowhere to go. I had no other option than to w

Dr. Lulu and two other nurses went into the solitary room but no one was there.  "Yaa Kareem! She must have escaped!!" Looking through the window, she saw her running into the main road. Hajia Zainab didn't even know how to drive a car. She beat up a man making call in his car and threw him out. She drove away saying she's going to all around Nigeria to find her daughter. Dr. Lulu immediate followed her but my mum was so fast. Dr. Lulu called the police and informed them to track her down, it was a stolen car. Soon, she hit the car to a lorry parked at the corner of the road. She was bleeding on het forehead but she was still conscious. Dr. Lulu immediately took her out of the car but she started throwing stones and sands on everybody. The ambula

Abuja, 8:30 a.m. When Zainab entered. She called me into her room. "I want to advice you as a sister and a friend. Stay away from that doctor, He didn't deserve anything from you, not even a portion of your friendship." I sat beside her master-sized bed. It was as if she was preparing to go out for another blind-date or something. "The way you guys acted today, I think you're somehow destined to meet. I mean... He felt really sad and he really wants to be friend with you." She let out a laughter and hissed."Excuse me.. but, what are you saying Aisha?" "For goodness sake

*** "It's so unbelievable. Did he tell his mother what happened? Why would he do this to me?..." I thought. "Doctor Abdullah?" "Yes, I'm his mother. He sent me your picture about a month ago so you see... I know you well... I mean, you would be surprised how much I know about you, darling." She swiped the screen of her phone and showed me the picture he sent. I looked so confused, letting in the wrong person. "I suggested he propose to you but you rejected him. Why? Aren't you close enough to trust him yet? Why are you avoiding him, what about your treatments?" "No, no... It's not like that ma... I mean..." She moved closer.

***In Abuja At the doctor's house... After watching a Nollywood movie, I felt a lump in my throat as I was thirsty. I decided to check in kitchen, I think hajia Amina was busy with something in her room. Just then, my eyes caught the dirty plates lying in the sink. I decided do the dishes when Hajia Amina walked in. "Our wife... What are you doing?" My whole body shivered as she said our wife. It's clear that she surely wants me for her son. Uhhh?... "I'm washing the plate-" "No no no oo... Stop... s...top stoop! Ahhh!! How can you wash plates? Don't you know you're in the late stage of pregnancy. How many times did I tell you