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CHAPTER FIFTEEN

Author: Olayinka Leah
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TADE

Tade gave the girls a puzzled look as the knock

continues; she told Nora to call them back and

hangs up the call. She looks at the time and wonders "who on earth knocks on people's doors in the middle of the night?" Susan on the other hand heaves a sigh of relief as the knock interrupted their talk time at the right time. She chips in quickly "It must be your neighbor or anyone from the compound or who else has the key to the main gate?" Tade raised and dropped her shoulders indicating that she has no idea why her neighbor would be knocking on her door since she wasn't even friendly to any one of them right from inception to avoid any interference in her private life. One thing Tade has learned in time was to make friends everywhere except her house or street, she gained enough bad publicity on her street after her wedding which ended up in shams. For months, she walked in shame, and most times she wishes the ground could open and swallow her every time she hears people talking o
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