The Girl Who Broke the Silence
It shattered, shards scattering, chalk dust rising into the night.
No thunder. No spirits. Only silence. The heavy, unbelieving kind.
Someone laughed—small, disbelieving. The bus driver sighed impatiently.
Elder Bamidele froze. Chief Eze scrambled toward the pieces, as though he could glue the years back together.
Promise exhaled, a full breath for the first time in her life. She looked at Mama. Mama’s eyes met hers, tears cutting clean lines down her cheeks.
“Go,” Mama whispered, her voice trembling. “Before I change my mind.”
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