UNEDITED. ••••••• "Bashir it has been long since I last saw you and Oh my you've grown into a fine gentleman" Hajiya Binta mused as we walked into her house. She is Mama's friend. Totally dramatic, just like her friend. "Oh welcome welcome. Sophia" she bellowed the last part. "Yes" a voice I wished was that of an old woman answered. Minutes later a young lady came in. "Bring some refreshments for this young man here, he's Hajiya Maryama's son" I caught them. They're matchmaking. "Okay" the girl walked out and minutes later came back in with a tray in hand. Positioning it closeby, she greeted me. The girl seemed to be in her late teens, 18 or so. I fought the urge to run out of the house already. "Call your sister. Tell her to bring me those materials I kept in a Blue Bag, the one

