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Uwale stared at Fatimah with widened eyes as if she wasn't the one who spoke.
"No. No I- I meant..I thought there would be extra" she stuttered, choosing her words carefully.
"There's not" Fatimah replied.
Were you expecting a straight brand new one thousand naira note? Fatimah thought. A snicker escaped her lips which she immediately covered with a cough.
Uwale scurried out of the room muttering profanities under her breath. "Just 10 days Pati, in ten days all would be done" she whispered to herself.
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Bashir leaned on the headboard of his bed massaging his temples. Sultan- his nephew jumped around the bed singing his own version of Twinkle Twinkle Little Stars while his sister- Ya Ayshah's youngest daughter Zara laid her head on his chest sucking her thumb.
He got
