“You might want to check this out!” Lydia’s partner who was still in utter shock had called her in. And when she came around, she realized that the woman who had been reducing the population of twins over the past few years was her long-lost twin.
On being taken in, she had said to Lydia scornfully: “You always got the better toys when we were kids. You were the preferred one, everyone’s favourite. And when mother had to pay for debts she owed, she gave me up, not you. I live with so much hate because of you. But I thought no girl should have to live like me. So I started with Tanya. Just like me, she was the less-favoured twin, the one people barely spoke of, the one who got the crappy gifts. So I redeemed her, even though it meant getting rid of her sister.”
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Zaenab Dare hails from Ede in Osun state, Nigeria. She attended Muslim Nursery and primary school, in Osogbo Osun state and subsequently, Islamic College Osogbo where she bagged her SSCE. She earned her LLB from Afe Babalola University, Nigeria, and was called to the Nigerian bar on 6th December 2022. She has an inherent passion for fiction writing, and her debut book is titled “MISS J DIARIES”. She is also on the verge of publishing the revised edition of her book.
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