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I paused for a while, pondering on Tina's question. It then occurred to me that maybe I had much more to handle than I thought. How long was Zainab and her baby going to put up with such torture and torment from her husband?
 "Well Tina I guess this is one of those cases mum can handle legally, after all, it's her jurisdiction" I replied.
 Suddenly, there was a knock on the kitchen door.
Tina and I starred at each other, wondering who it could be.
 "Come in" We Chorused.
 It was Kunle! He had himself all soiled with the baby's poo!
[11/5/2015, 3:51 PM] ejiro: Quickly, I took a break from my doughnut once i noticed what Zainab's baby had done and took her away from Kunle.
 "Please, where can I clean up myself?" He asked.
 "Just follow me" I replied as I led him on. Once I had helped him out with the bathroom, I attended to the baby.
 I gave her a cool shower and by the time I was done with powdering her all over, she had fallen asleep.
 Gently, I placed her on my shoulder.
[11/23/2015, 11:42 AM] ejiro: Zainab's baby slept like an angel and as I rocked her side to side, I saw this beautiful smile on her face, I couldn't help but  imagine what quality of life her parents intended to give to her while fighting all the time.
 Perhaps, Zainab's husband needed some check up at the rehab..so I thought.
 Meanwhile, Kunle was still in the bathroom cleaning up so I decided to take the baby to join her mum upstairs while Tina completed the remaining part of the cleaning in the Kitchen.
I got upstairs to my room and gently opened the door in an attempt not to wake up Zainab suddenly.
 To my greatest surprise, Zainab was not in the room!

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