Chapter 26

  ADMITTANCE

  The Ademola's got back home and Salamat rushed to her bedroom.

  Mrs. Ade who noticed her daughter's moodiness throughout the drive back home quickly followed her. She entered her bedroom and saw her crying.

  "Omowunmi, what is the matter with you?"

  "Mummy, Saleem is selfish", she announced.

  "Why did you say that?" Her mother questioned.

  "He's leaving me."

  "Does that make him selfish?", Salamat looked up at her mum and kept quiet.

  "The selfish one here is you Salamat", her mum asserted.

  "Mummy, you don't understand."

  "Then make me understand", her mother said and sat on the bed.

  Salamat was silent.