"How can you love such a creature?" he spat angrily trying to free himself from my mother who struggles to hold his arm with all her strength. "Him being white doesn't make him a creature, father. He's a human being just like us- " I speak calmly and he shouts yanking his hand from my mother's grip coming straight at me and I close my eyes waiting for the worst. ---------------------- Ever since she was a little girl, Imani Mwanga was told by her mother to always control her emotions for the safety of her country. She grows up to be everything her parents want but nothing she ever wanted. What happens when she finally lets her emotions free? When the past of her father becomes her present? Is love the key to find her inner self? Will she be able to restore peace to her country or will she bring chaos and destroy the chance of her being the future queen of Kampala. Faith Erhe 2019 ©