Brianna

I thought seeing Vicky Fletcher again would activate my fight or flight reflexes. I thought I would yell or scream or rush away, instead I stood frozen as the man I have actively avoided for so many years was now suddenly right in front of me. In Port Harcourt, in front of Callan's club. I was so confused and overwhelmed that I felt like little Brianna Fletcher again.

“Hi, sweetheart.”

Those were his first words to me, I could barely register them. When my father took me by the arm and walked us away from the entrance of the club, off to the side of the building, I just...