SHE RETURNS FROM THE UNITED STATES AFTER 8 YEARS AND DISCOVERS HER SICK MOTHER LIVING IN AN ABANDONED HOUSE.

did not answer. She helped her mother into a clean room, arranged a pillow behind her head, and kissed her forehead.

“Rest,” she whispered.

Then she walked back to the living room.

Ousman had just arrived.

“You went out early,” he said.

“I went to see my mother.”

A heavy silence followed.

Mariama’s face tightened. “Who told you where she was?”

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