I finally headed back to Rivers State on the 2nd of January, which was a Friday. There was no way I could have travelled back by 1st, to resume work on 2nd. So I had called my boss to ask him let me resume the following Monday at once and he generously agreed. I couldn’t stay back with my family because I had some things to tidy up in Rivers State before Monday.
The weekend dragged on and on that at a point I felt like nature was deliberately letting that happen to torture me; reason I knew not. Tosin and Cynthia who had also travelled for the Christmas holiday, the former to Osun State and the later to Imo State, both returned on Sunday. I was delighted to see them and we chatted about how the holiday went. Tosin had finally met and reconciled with his father over the break. The news gav
