The Djalls
...I got into my car and drove. Drove without knowing where I was going, trying to drown out the pain, the betrayal, the sheer heartbreak. Not today. Not like this.
For Elim, running was the only option. Fleeing to Johannesburg, she hopes to leave behind the humiliation and the suffocating weight of a name that means so much in Cameroon.
But you can only run so far from who you are. Elim will soon learn that her past-and her mother's silent struggle-cannot be outrun. She must return to face the demons she left behind and confront the truth about the family she both loves and resents.
From the outside, the Djalls are a picture of perfection: wealthy, tight-knit, reputable. But beneath the surface of their luxurious life, a mother and daughter are hiding world-shattering secrets that threaten to tear them apart.
A powerful story about the lies we tell for love, the price of expectation, and the unbreakable bonds that ultimately call us home.