House Woman

“He wanted a submissive woman. He wanted a house woman.”

Ikoro acts like he wants a wife. Really he just wants a ghost who can cook and look pretty while he hides his own secrets.

“The sweetness of the tea couldn't hide the bitterness behind their eyes.”

Nneoma and her husband feel like spiders. They lure Nidi into their home with promises of luxury before they start spinning the web around her.

Leaving Lagos for Sugar Land was supposed to be a dream. It ended up being a different kind of prison where the walls are made of polite smiles.

Tradition gets used as a weapon in this house. The elders use it to justify things that should be crimes anywhere else.