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*PART 2* After a while she felt ill. What do you think ? She was pregnant with twins. It was impossible to hide. She couldn't. She was shamed and terrified. Angry as ever, he came right back and attacked her again. She fought him all night, crying and screaming. She was inside, hurting and it took her months after that before she was able to tell on  him. When he figured out there was a child in the equation, he tried to kill me but she grew up fast. His words are empty threats to her now. She've grown deaf to them. Sometimes, she feel as if he is still there, on top of her. She had nightmares and she woke up screaming like she did when it really happened. She wish she could die but then, she just look at her two daughters. They don't look at all like him. Someday she'll tell them what their father did and someday she'll come back and haunt him, like he did to her. Someday I'll forget, she assured herself” She said as she looked up with her teary face. ...

*PART 1* Mrs Afolayan was on her way home, when she saw a lady(Arike) crying with tattered cloth and scattered hair. She packed her car, got down and moved closer to her. “Young lady, what happened ” She asked. Arike, didn't answer her and she continued crying. “Would you love me to take you home” Mrs Afolayan asked. “No” Arike nodded. “Okay, would you love to come over to my house ”. “No” Arike nodded as she wept “Okay, since you don't want to talk to me. I would just leave but before I go, my name is Afolayan Gbemi, I am a mother of two daughters and I am a counsellor. I know something is wrong with you but it's fine if you don't want to talk about it. I just want to see you happy” She said and as she was about to leave, she felt her hand against hers. She smiled and looked back. Arike looked down as her tears became unbearable. Mrs Afolayan knew it must be an emotional issues. “Is it a guy” S...

"That very day, i could remember we were discussing about my future and I told my parents I don't want to become a lawyer, I want to be an actress. They flared up and shouted No! You cannot be an actress, you need to become a lawyer. I apologized and made them realise it was something I have passion for but they told me to shut up. So, I stood up and I rejected it and walked towards my room and suddenly, my daddy shouted and called me Bastard, while my mum called me Blackbird. I was shocked as I quickly open the door and shut it after I got inside and I began to cry Two different names in a day over a discussion about my future ” Temiloluwa said as she wiped her tears and she was about to continue when Mr Bode the counsellor interrupted by asking "Blackbird....How? “Blackbird, it signify something odd and different. Which means, what i represent among my siblings. I hate my mum anytime she called me that name and sometimes, I doubt if truly she is my biological mum. Sh...