A voice called to her, a woman's voice.
It was soft and laced with mind-soothing emotions, almost like she was pleading with her before she even spoke.
“If you place the cutleries over here and take the picture from that angle, then you have a
A voice called to her, a woman's voice.
It was soft and laced with mind-soothing emotions, almost like she was pleading with her before she even spoke.
“If you place the cutleries over here and take the picture from that angle, then you have a striking composition.”
Seyi turned to see who it was. The smile was wide, the most delicate dentition Seyi had ever seen.
Faux locs extensions poured down her shoulders, like flowing water from the striking of Moses’s rod.
“Who are you?”
“Peculiar.” She took my hands, cold and firm palms bending around mine, gripping me with a conviction that stuck.
I would feel her hands and see her smile before closing my eyes tonight. I already knew it.
Gripping scales crawled through my veins and an unsettling feeling sank at the bottom of my stomach.
I had known the Chibueze's were coming for my hand when Ezinne had run into my room this morning to break the news to me.
I had always admired the Chibuezes, the way they carried themselves sticking to the rear pews of the church.
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I had known the Chibueze's were coming for my hand when Ezinne had run into my room this morning to break the news to me.
I had always admired the Chibuezes, the way they carried themselves sticking to the rear pews of the church.
They spoke to no one and kept their shoulders stiff and high. Their daughters, Ada and Dinma, didn't wear the long skirts or stick to the ugly Christian hairstyles. They walked like angels and princesses.
I would have almost liked to join their family but I knew I would never be a Chibueze by birth. I would be married into their family which reduces my standing in the family. And then, I'm a woman.
A woman would always be treated like a woman, even when they presented us as angels.