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JIDE

I watched Ivory's eyes light up in awe at the city's beauty and colourful lights. The pickup of the hotel we were to lodge in drove us to Ajao Estate where the hotel was located in. We drove past Welcome Centre Hotel, Ajao-Estate Primary School before finally stopping in the parking lot of Rollace Hotel, Ikeja.

"What was it you were saying about Nigeria again?" She asked me in a mock voice. "This place is beautiful." She effused.

I rolled my eyes. Wait until we got to the actual place of assignment; my home, located in a village somewhere in Anambra.

Two valets opened the doors by our...