The Wrong Number: A Story of Unexpected Bonds

One night in April 2019 I answered a wrong call from a little girl who couldn’t sleep. I told her a story and she fell asleep on the line. Over the next weeks, Simi kept calling. Each time I spun tales until her father, Dr. Lanre, discovered who I was. An unlikely friendship grew between a building materials seller and a paediatrician. Years later I learned Simi’s late mother had named me as a beneficiary in her life insurance. It was never a mistake. That wrong number had been her careful plan. This is a tale of grief, kindness and the unexpected ways people connect across Lagos.

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