Is that all she thinks of the riots - they're evil?
I still cant believe this is happening, this riot.
...It is work of evil.
My clinicals? Yes, we started last year, we see patients at the teaching hospital.
In school are you seeing sick people now?
Chika remembers reading about other riots - Hausa Muslims attacking Igbo Christians, but she does not want to start a conversation naming names.
I hope they will not destroy market stalls...
I am a trader. I am selling onions.
Every time they are rioting, they break market.
Then riot begin and I am looking up and down the market for her. This one is my first daughter, Halima.
I am looking for my daughter. We go to market together this morning, she is selling groundnut near bus stop.
...
Allah keep your sister and Halima in a safe place...
I wash and pray.
As the woman prays, Chika wishes she could leave the store - her prayer seems like a private experiance.
...
I think they have gone. I cant even smell any more smoke.
I must go.
Outside is danger.
Chika prays a taxi will appear, by magic, by luck, by God's hand. Then she prays Nnedi will be inside the taxi, asking where she has been, they have been so worried.
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