There was no note.
No farewell.
No explanation.
When Toby returned home that evening, the sun was low and the village road glowed red in the fading light.
He called for the girls.
No answer.
He stepped inside.
“Bolanle?”
Silence.
Then the door burst open and the girls came running in from school.
“Daddy, where is Mama?” Folake asked.
Toby frowned. “I thought she was here.”
Yetunde searched the house carefully, then came back holding something.
“Mama’s bag is gone.”
The room went silent.
Toby’s chest tightened.
“No,” he whispered.
He rushed outside, scanning the road.
Nothing.
Only wind.
Behind him, Titi began crying.
“Mama left?”
Kemi’s face darkened. “She wouldn’t do that.”
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