Chapter 72. Has He Called Again?

"Okoo mi, my dear, you are not eating well enough, you know. I gave you that herbal concoction I got from Mama Yejide, but you still did not take it. Ehn, you think I did not see you pouring it away yesterday?"

Marissa smiled as she made room for her grandmother on the bench she was sitting on in their backyard.

"So you saw me?" She shivered melodramatically  "Blegh, where did she even get those concoctions of hers from, Maami? I am sure if I had taken it, I would have been spitting around for days, like when she gave me that concoction for malaria, remember?"

Her grandmother shook her head. "Of course, I remember; how can I even forget that? You were going about this house with spit in your mouth like a pregnant woman for days. Was her method not effective? Weren't you running around the next day with so much vigor?"

Marissa thought for a while, "That is true, Sha, but that still doesn't dispute the fact that her concoctions are always too bitter and f