Ngozi’s life is full of scars—her papa’s fists, her mama’s heartbreak, classmates who use her name as an insult. When her only friend dies and hope collapses, she gambles her last five hundred naira on a street legend’s protection. But on these harsh Naija streets, survival means facing betrayal, violence, and family shame head-on. Will Ngozi’s stubborn spirit be enough to build her own fortress of hope, or will the city swallow her whole?
Through a small hole in my shabby Lagos flat, I watched Amaka—a woman too fine for her own husband—hide a double life, hustling love for survival. When stolen bride price money sparks violence, betrayal, and death, my own dreams of love and escape twist into a Lagos nightmare. Years later, as I finally find happiness, the past returns with one look from the woman I thought I’d left behind.
One innocent visit to the ER turns into disaster when a careless intern blurts out, 'This looks like HIV,' shattering the peace of two university friends. Humiliation and fear grip the patient as the whole emergency room stares, gossip thick as ogbono soup. Can she clear her name and still chase her choir dreams, or will shame and suspicion follow her home?