The Bridge|| Completed✓

"Can I help you ma?" He asked. His voice was scratchy and low and his tone rang out as sarcastic.

"What do you mean by 'Can I help you ma?'" she asked him in incredulity.

"I said what I said. Now what exactly is your problem?" He asked, obviously nonchalant about this whole scenario.

"My-my problem?" She sputtered, gaping at him. "I'm not the one trying to kill myself. In this case, you're the one with the problem-a very big one in fact," she retorted.

He sighed deeply once more and looked heavenward, as if to show his exasperation.

"Madam, I was clearly staying on my own when you thought to bother me and now you're complaining? Kindly do the both of us a favour and keep walking."

She gaped some more. "Mr Man, I cannot keep walking, as you've so eloquently put it. In fact, I'm not going anywhere."

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Mosope is a man with the weight of the world upon his shoulders. His decision to end it all takes him to Third Mainland Bridge, one of the most popular bridges in the entire Lagos.

Enter Anjola, who barges into his life last minute and disrupts all his meticulous plans. She's hellbent on changing his mind, and you know what? She's not going to take no for an answer.
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A short novel.