Amina turned on the faucet and icy cold water gushed out of the shower head, raining down on her. She closed her eyes and let the cold seep into her bones, Benny's house had no electricity therefore the heater didn't work. She's had to live in darkness for the past week, ordering food online since there was no good eatery around and charging her phone at a nearby barbing salon where the owner always tried to hit on her. She missed her apartment in Ikeja, missed Bisi's cooking, but most of all she missed her comfy bed and bathing with hot water.
Using the kitchen was not an option, she was pyrophobic, even the slightest contact with fire sent her into panic mode. After the shower, she dried her body with a towel and sat down on a sofa to think of her next course of action. After Ifeanyi th
