Chapter 23

I chose not to repeat what Jericho said earlier so that the conversation wouldn't be too long. It might even think that I'm really looking for Brent's replacement. If I ever get to love again, it will be a long time.

I don't know why it took me so long to go to the mall because I only wanted curtains and bedsheets. I think I arrived at the mall around twelve but when I came out it was close to six in the evening. My steps are fast towards the parked tricycle that will take me to the ride.

“Brother, what time is the last trip?”

Six o'clock,” the driver answered which made me even more nervous.

I really shouldn't be worried because there are tricycles that can be paid to take me home, but in a time when rape is rampant, it's hard to trust, especially at night. “Let's hurry,” I told him.

“I'll just take you to you, Ma'am. Only five hundred,” the man offered.

“I'll see if there's a bus I can take,” I told him because the bus fare was only fifty and his fare