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There was no need to rush anymore since her crazy husband had rushed off and left her behind. Again.
The prospect of having to go via BRT was not a bad one; after all, Chike only drops her halfway on days he is patient enough to leave the house with her.
The problem was her neighbor, Chief Akande, who had given her a ride one too many times whenever she left the house on her own. And he always dropped her at her office, not halfway.
There is a way a man looks at a woman when he wants something from her. And he has looked at her like that a lot of times. Of course she knows what he wants, his eyes say it clearly enough.
But she always pretends not to recognize his thirst. She pretended again as he parked beside her and she slid into the cool interior of his car.