THEY PUSHED HER OFF A CLIFF… NOBODY WAS READY FOR WHAT CAME NEXT

the shift.

For one suspended second, she felt hands.

Then air.

Then the violent absence of ground.

Then nothing.

They stood at the edge of the cliff and looked down.

Chidima’s voice shook. “Is she…?”

Ada turned away first.

“We go back. We say she slipped. We say we tried to save her.”

Ngozi didn’t move. She kept staring downward.

“Ngozi,” Ada said sharply. “Now.continue reading …