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The Corruption of her.

Olufisayo. You know better than to complain about family issues or good fortunes to your friends ,even when you moved from your old house to a new house in Ikoyi. your mother had already told you that they wish you nothing but bad luck.  Who are you not to believe her?  When you were 12, you had been kissed by your half-muslim half christian cousin, Salaudeen Deen; to his friends; whom you have also kissed by 14. You sit at the back of the church because of your behaviour, as if it would make God less aware of your sins.  You couldn't wait to be 17 and wear proper buba to weddings which seemed to be every    Saturday with your mother. Mostly because you knew the men , both married and unmarried would be making some deeply inappropriate remarks at you when your mother wasn't watching. And you enjoyed every single one but openly you held your face right ; because shakara is your birthright as  a respectable “good” girl. It somehow reinf...