What have you done. Seyi, my older sister’s words echo in me. I don’t have to look at her face to know the horror that lies on it. As the blood drips from the tip of the knife, landing on its victim, my father. So much happened in a flash. Just a minute ago, I was lying on my bed, clapping my hands to chase the mosquitos away while my youngest sister, Ife played with her wooden toys.

It was.. is a...

He was there. I thought he would become a distant memory. One that will be washed away with time. Never to be seen again. But here he was. Hands intertwined with his now bride, seated at the alter of the reception as they laughed at the jokes of the MC. Here, I was, stuck before I could properly enter the door. I shouldn’t be here. I didn’t want to be here in the first place, if it wasn’t for my m...

Arike’s point of view

8:59pm

Yep, my life is officially over. As I stare down from my school’s rooftop, my life flashes before my eyes. I guess the saying is true after all when you feel like you might as well be dead. That your life is never going to be quite the same again.

Not physically though because it’s not my body bleeding out on the pavement. That would be Deji.

My eyes don’t move from ...