FRIENDS?

"You are really something, Ellie. I mean, for you to defy your father like that, girl, you've got balls!" Grace says.

After that atrocious time-wasting interview and bumping into her at the gate, I wanted to scream at her to leave me alone. I was in no mood for any chats, especially with some high school dummy whom we never git close to, but surprisingly, we ended up in my house instead. I told her about my plight, and she is stupefied to learn that I am jobless and impoverished. Her narrative is also incredibly depressing, perhaps even more so than mine. Her only brother took over the family business after her parents died in a car accident, and he refused to spare her even a cent. He seems to be one of those stingy, stereotypical Africans who thinks women shouldn't inherit anything. Stupid, right? He should be taught a lesson for torturing his only sibling this way. They weren't so rich, but she shouldn't be doing this either.

Just like me, she was also not any lucky with the inter