“I am pregnant for your father, and he says the house in Lekki now belongs to me.”
”Seyi, say something!” my mother finally whispered, her voice shaking. “Tell this girl to stop lying before I slap the devil out of her.”
I looked at the floor. My heart was thumping against my ribs like a trapped bird. “Mummy, she’s not lying. Dad bought her the apartment in Surulere last year. He even paid for her Master’s degree.”
My mother’s face turned gray. “You knew? You knew your father was sleeping with your best friend? My own daughter?”
”He promised to buy me the car I wanted, Mummy!” I shouted, tears stinging my eyes. “He said if I kept quiet, he would send me to London for my PhD. If I told you, he said he would cut both of us off and leave us with nothing! I did it for us!”
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