The Wilsons.
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Moving down to Ikeja from Aguda wasn't easy for the Wilsons.
It had a rocky and rough start.
But every human has to adapt.
A short story on how we live and learn to adapt to our environment in Nigeria.
Learning how to accept people and their behaviours.
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