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

Then she thought of her mother lying on that mat, waiting for help that never came.

She put the phone in her bag and kept walking.

Her next lead was Néné Cissé, the woman who had once worked in the family house. After hours of asking around, Sakina found her in a modest courtyard in Coloma.

When Néné saw her, she went still.

“You came back.”

“I need the continue reading …