“You’re friends with the weirdo next door. I had no idea.” I say to Amaka. She affords me a distracted grunt and continues scrolling through Instagram. I pad to her bed and plop down. Then I snatch her phone. She looks at me, her face contorted in protest. “I didn’t know you’re friends with the …
What? Why is he looking at me like that? What does he mean? I slowly get up from the bed and move towards the door. ‘Mr Tosin’s daddy, thank you for giving me daddy’s gold watch. Tosin and Daddy are waiting for me and I want to go.’ As I move towards the door, he …
After twisting my ankle, I allow Tosin to carry me into his house. A place that holds a lot of painful memories. I can’t help but wonder if this is really the house I had walked up to many years ago. That daddy had sent me to steal from. Thinking back, the house seemed a …
‘Dad! Wait! It’s my fault. I brought her in.’ This man is strong. Maybe even stronger than daddy. What am I going to do? Daddy warned me not to let anyone see me and now not only did Tosin see me but his daddy too. What is he going to do? And daddy, he’s still …
‘What the fuck?! Where are you taking me?’ ‘Just trust me.’ I can’t believe my ears. Did he just ask me to trust him? This guy who I slept with once is suddenly asking me to trust him? I’m about to scream but instinct stops me. What if he’s actually crazy and screaming makes it …
I hold Tosin’s hand as he leads me into the house. It’s dark and I can’t see anything. I hold him tighter, the way I used to do with Mummy when it’s dark. Tosin turns on the torch and points it down, it helps us know where to go. ‘Shhhhhh. Be quiet. Don’t say …
‘Excuse me?’ Just as the words escaped my mouth I wished I could retract them. The gentleman! Why would I call him that? To his face! I just didn’t expect to see him tonight… or any night. If he’s back then… well, he’s just another face, another meal ticket, another client. No need to show …
‘Daddy’s Gold Watch?’ I nod wondering why this person chose to repeat what I just said. ‘I’m guessing you mean your father’s gold watch. Well, my father has lots of gold watches and I don’t know how we will be able to find the one you want… unless you know what it looks like?’ The …
It’s been a month since I saw daddy and a week since I told Naomi and Ruth about what daddy did to me… or part of it. They’re still worried about me. I can tell by the way they keep making up excuses to stop me from following them to work at night… ‘You can’t …