Ngozi; The Hero Within

"I'm not a hero, I'm just a girl who's trying to survive." I say and he laughs "Survive huh? That's what you call stealing, surviving.." He begins but I cut him off.

"Ever heard the quote that says;" Nature doesn't know that which is wrong or right but that which survives? " I ask and he nods "I'm not a hero..there's no such thing as a hero, at least not in me." I say and he smiles.

"That's what you think." he says lighting a cigarette "Mind if I smoke here?" he asks and I shrug.

"There's a potential to be..." he begins but I cut him off "Enough! enough of all that your nonsense, if you'll excuse me I've got to work." I say turning around to leave "What will your parent say if they see who you're becoming; a corporate thief. Will they be proud?" he says and I stop dead in my tracks remembering my parents smiling faces "Our little hero" they used to say.

"You know I'm right." he says and I shake my head "I'm not interested."....

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Meet Ngozi definitely not your typical Nigerian teenager trying to find herself in the midst of the chaos that'd called her life.

Trying to avoid annoying the wicked witch she calls an Aunt, impress Mrs Folarin who's doing the job her Aunt should be doing, ignore the stupid pestering of Williams her obnoxious classmate and simply survive in the dog-eat-dog neighborhood she stays,she's got her plate full.

And then there's that stupid rich man who won't leave her alone with his nonsense hero talk...