EPISODE 22 Kike and her niece returned from church and met Gbemiga and his family seated outside the house playing a game of Ludo. Bukky...
EPISODE 23 Gbemiga sprayed perfume under his armpits. He noticed his parents’ and sisters approving stares. He grinned. He had already seen his reflection in the...
EPISODE 24 Bukky came out of the bathroom dripping wet, a wrapper was tied around her chest, a pink shower cap covered her hair, she held...
EPISODE 25 Chike knocked on the door. he was eager to see the woman his heart yearned for. He wished she followed him to Owerri for...
EPISODE 17 Bukky instructed her sales girls on how to sell the bean cake, bread and corn pap. She had just increased the prices of her...
EPISODE 18 Gbemiga returned home for the long holiday. His family were very happy that he would be in his second year by the next session....
EPISODE 18 Bukky knocked on the door again. Was he home? Has he gone out? Maybe she should have called before coming. It had been a...
EPISODE 16 Chike walked down the street. He thought of taking a cold shower once he got home. It had been a tiring day at school....
EPISODE 15 Bukky went to the back of the building to switch off the generator. The electric power had just been restored in the area. Many...
EPISODE 13 Bukky breathed out heavily. The two big heavy Bagco bags she was carrying made it difficult for her to walk. She wished she had...
EPISODE 14 Chike beamed when he saw her. He stepped back into the apartment and let her in. “I came to say thank you,” she walked...
EPISODE 11 Bukky stood at the bus-stop, awaiting a vehicle heading her way. She was clad in a pink cap-sleeve blouse and a matching black A-shaped...
EPISODE 12 Bukky sat on the new mattress she bought a few weeks ago and perused her notebook. She was preparing for the general test at...
EPISODE 7 Gbemiga walked towards the backyard. There was light off and the compound was dark. Candle lights and rechargeable lamps illuminated some of the rooms...
EPISODE 6 Bukky removed the last batch of the bean cake from the hot oil. It wasn’t even noon and almost all her wares had been...
EPISODE 8 On Christmas day, the Phillips organized a get-together in front of the house. None of their neighbours were invited. The family started to look...
EPISODE 9 Bukky paid the carpenter living in the neighbourhood to construct a wooden shed for her. She wanted it big enough to occupy a few...
EPISODE 10 Chike Nwosu joined the queue under the wooden shed. He looked around him and saw some people seated on long wooden benches eating a...
EPISODE 5 Bukky tossed and turned on the almost flat foam continuously until her disgruntled aunt woke up and gave her a knock on the head....
SYNOPSIS Bukky Folorunsho had to move in with her aunt due to the challenges her parents were facing. She had no formal education and the...
