Story By Olanrewaju Mercy
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Olanrewaju Mercy

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Updated at May 26, 2026, 03:39
Mercy Mensah has never left anything to chance. From the sketches in her gold-clasped notebook to the fashion label she intends to build from the ground up, every step of her life has been mapped, measured, and meant. So when she arrives in the city for university bright, focused, and quietly unstoppable . she carries her plan like a second skin. Then she meets Kofi. Warm. Attentive. Exactly what she did not know she was waiting for. He arrives in her life like a perfectly placed stitch and she, who believes that whoever she loves she will keep, opens her heart with intention. But something beneath the warmth does not sit right. And Mercy, who notices everything, cannot unknow what she has seen. What follows is not a loud heartbreak. It is something quieter and far more difficult —the slow unravelling of a girl who built her world on certainty, and the long, honest road back to herself. Through faith, through art, and through the courage it takes to begin again, Mercy will learn that the best things in life are not planned. They are chosen. Ready for Episode Two whenever you are!
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