If it takes two people to make a baby, why only one person, the woman, is suffering when the baby is not coming? Is it because she is the one with br… - Abi Daré

I want to ask, to scream, why are the women in Nigeria seem to be suffering for everything more than the men?

I didn’t tell Ms. Tia that I ever marry Morufu or about all the things he did to me in the room after he drink Fire-Cracker. I didn’t tell her about what happen to Khadija. I didn’t tell her because I have to keep it inside one box in my mind, lock the box, and throw the key inside river of my soul. Maybe one day, I will swim inside the river, find the key.

I tear to pieces the paper, ad throw it to the floor. Then I swim deep inside the river of my soul, find the key from where it is sitting full of rust, at the bottom of the river, and open the lock. I kneel down beside my bed, close my eyes, turn myself into a cup, and pour the memory out of me.

I feel a free that I didn't feel in long time. And when I smile, it climb from inside my stomach and spread itself on my teeth.