Chapter 10

• Her eyes momentarily flew open when he left abruptly as her gown slipped down her body, leaving her on her white lingerie she was given to wear today. Tears welled up in her eyes, she was embarrassed for expecting more!.
• She didn't understand why she was hurt with his action because she didn't have any feelings for him maybe like him though but one can't like a person you just met, she thought bitterly as her phone flashed her dad's name on the screen, she sniffed while wiping her running nose. She swiped it to the green side and held the phone to her left ear and was greeted by her dad's cheerful voice. "Hello Adenike Mi'' She smiled, feeling nostalgic at her father's voice. Had it been she was at home with her father, her father would have cooked her favorite food which was Pounded yam and egusi (melon soup) for her. After eating, her father said she should walk with him outside under the drumstick tree at the front of their house. They would sit on the permanent bench and stare at the twinkling stars. Then she would put her head on her father's thigh who would recite her eulogy for her and patted her head soothingly. She missed him, she missed everything even though she had her darkest past. There is no place like home, she thought.
• "Denike, are you there?" her father's voice drifted her from her thought.