Shattered Beyond Repair (Episode 1)
Tomilola sat down in the single room apartment where she lived with her mum. Her father had left when she was five; he just packed up and left with his belongings one day. There had been no quarrels, no exchange of words between her parents but he left them and they never heard from him again. She had just woken up from sleep and was just sitting there wondering where her mum could have gone. It was about 3pm in the afternoon and she was beginning to get hungry. She got up and opened the cupboard where her mum always kept food but there was no food in any of the pots. She went to the container where garri was kept and she was lucky to find that it still contained two handfuls; she put the garri in a cup and added some water. She left it to soak for some minutes so that it would rise. As she was about to start taking the garri, her mum came in. She carried a bunch of plantains and some other foodstuffs in a Bagco sack. Tomi left the garri and went to help her mother to arran