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42 EPISODE 5: PART 2- ALL’S HAIR IN LOVE AND WAR
don’t want to talk.” I scolded him fiercely in Akan. “I’m tired. Go outside.” I pointed firmly to the door. With a shocked but amused grin on his face, my would-be suitor stepped tentatively towards the exit. “Go,” I cried. “Go outside”.
Relieved and laughing, we all watched him disappear. I settled back into my slouch, listening to the female voices chattering excitedly at they returned to their work.
Just as I was resuming my trance, a form burst through the door.
“Adua”, the same cried. I put my hand to my head.
“Kukuwa” I corrected him with a mumble. He rushed forward to grasp my exposed hand.
“You are too beautiful. You will take me to America, eh?” he stroked the hand.
“I can’t.” I replied, replaying a conversation I had already had too many times to take seriously.
“You don’t want to? You don’t like me?” he gazed at me, unreadable.