He Wants to Marry Me, But I’m Terrified He’ll Uncover My Family’s Secrets

I’m Nkem, 24, and I grew up with eight children in a single room and parlour in Bariga. My father drank, fought and beat my mother, while my mum carried all of us without real answers. This January I learned my seven ‘siblings’ actually have three different fathers. My mother has never explained why she left some children behind or how they all came together under one roof. I’m now in a loving relationship with Kolade, who keeps hinting at marriage. But I fear once he meets my family, they’ll see him as a resource—and he’ll discover the truth I’ve spent years hiding. I even told his family my parents are dead to keep questions away. I want to marry him and find peace, but I don’t know how to bring my broken past into his world without losing everything.

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