My throat went dry instantly.
Daniel added quietly,
“We didn’t say anything before… because we didn’t understand it fully.”

Divine squeezed her sister’s hand tighter.
Favour continued,
“But now… we understand.”

Silence.
The kind that presses on your chest.
Then she said slowly… Carefully…

“That night…”
My heart started racing.
Daniel picked up from there.

“The night we came out to drink water…”
My fingers began to tremble.
Divine’s small voice came, almost breaking,
“And we saw you…”

Everything inside me froze. Saw… us?
My eyes moved quickly to their father.
His face had gone pale.

Favour continued…
“We didn’t mean to see it.”
My heart was pounding so loudly, I could hear it in my ears.

Daniel swallowed hard.
“But we saw mommy…”
He stopped. Then looked at me directly.
“…crying on the phone… saying she was tired of this marriage.”

My breath caught.
My chest tightened painfully.
Favour continued softly…

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