Tolani had been married to her husband Tunji for twenty-one years in a society that preached and encouraged male superiority and partiality. She took all the hurts and betrayals from him until the day she learnt he had been keeping a shocking secret from her for twenty years. At that point Tolani knew it was time to take her revenge not just against her husband but also against every single person who had been his enabler and she wouldn't let anything stop her in her mission.

THE MAD MAMMOTH

 Tolani’s relationship with her mother was a different thing entirely from that with her father. She could never do anything right by her mother. Mrs. Dolapo Ige had lived a hard life and Tolani suspected this was responsible for her 'No-joy', 'kill-joy' attitude to life. She was in a sour mood most of the time and criticized most things about her daughters while setting a very high, almost impossible standard for them. Tolani and her siblings had never experienced closeness to her although the boys were a little luckier. Although she was not one to show much affection as a person, not to her husband, daughters or even sons, it was clear that her sons were her major source of pride. She dotted on them, especially Omokorede and did everything to make them comfortable while setting a much easier standard of behavior for them. 


Chapter 22- Disappointment