Today was his birthday, and only a day left for him to leave Bauchi. It had only been three weeks away from Aisha and Abba’s wedding, and Nasir had never felt this nauseous all his life. He was at the office as early as 6 am, he didn’t sleep there because he knew Mama will have his birthday present at his door the moment it said midnight, and she did.
He had applied for a transfer in Kano and it got accepted, Nasir couldn’t be more elated. He had parked all that he had in the office and was seated on his chair, lost in his thoughts. He did that often. Dr Aliyu walked into the office and stared at him sadly before he sat down on the chair opposite his.
“Are you sure this is what you want? I can assure you there is regret all over your face now. It’s still not too late to change that.” Al
