Maka admired her surroundings as she waited for the door to be opened. She looked at how bland the environment was. For the first time, she realized that it lacked the touch of nature. She could not decorate the whole estate with flowers but she could plant flowers around her own house. It could even serve as a demarcation for her as she did not have a fence. It could also be a mark distinguishing her house from the other similar white storey buildings with brown roofings.

Oluchi opened the door. She was a young girl in her early twenties working as a Nanny while she waited for admission into...