Chapter 1
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Anastasia smiled at the image standing in her front of,it is a reflection of herself in the mirror, her beautiful dark brown eyes, her banana pointed noise and the mango shaped lips that glorifies her face. She carefully ran a brush on her hair,parked it into a ponytail, applied a light powder on her face, put on her dangling silver ear rings and danced.
These is a daily routine which must be repeated, Anastasia is so beautiful that women admired her, a step she takes attracts a million views from familiar faces and random strangers. She glories in her beauty and is never cut unfresh. Anastasia picked up her car keys and hurried off to work,forgetting her handbag and other valuables needed for the day.
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Traffic was so mad,i had to pull over to get some air. I reached out for my phone and realised I had left my bag at home,oops disappoint flashed it's ugly light against me almost blinding me, I was almost close to work to go back home, time itself is not smiling at me. I brazed up and reassured myself that I don't really need the bag and phones to function.An interview was scheduled for 10:00am,as the secretary in the office,my presence is unavoidable, I might loose my job if I fail to be at work before 9:00am,i can't even call the office to inform them of the crazy traffic that has held me for hours as I forgot my phone at home.
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Bluegate heritage company 8:45am
Call her again echoed the voice from the rear.
Sir I have called her countless times but no response from her end,Rejoice answered in an almost inaudible voice, Rejoice is Anastasia's best friend,she has covered for her at work, at home, during there school days, she was Anastasia biggest support system aside her parents,who are very rich. Rejoice looks visibly worried as she paces back and forth, the terror of loosing a job keep flashing in her mind.
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'Ashewo! you no go carry these your kpalala moto comot for here'
'na until we dash her five hundred she go know say we come play for here'
'as market no good for you wan carry your bad luck dash me today'
the uncultured,ill mannered guys keep blasting at her on and on, Anastasia couldn't help but shout back, werey MA your village people be asleep, no be ashewo your mama do born, you know your father, you know your father,you know your mother, mad man, ONYE ara!!!!
People starred at her, some with compassion, while the others laughed at a pretty lady turn Agbero. In anger she ran towards her car trunk and brought out her jack and attacked one of the touts,blood gushed out and people ran away leaving her alone to clean her mess. She screamed, she was frightened, she was clueless on how beat to handle the situation at hand, she waved at many cars seeking for help but none responded. She summoned courage,walked towards the bleeding man and dragged him to her car. This is the first time she is getting very close to a man, more so a stranger, she felt her heart racing so fast, she could tell something was amiss but she couldn't explain it. Why would I be having butterflies suddenly, I do not know these person, I haven't seen him before yet my heart feels like I have known him all my life. His dirty skin touched mine and I felt strange calmness, what is going on!!
A loud cough brought me back to reality, am in a deep soup oblivion of the consequences, I manged to put him into the car and drove off to the hospital