Favour called her father.Not her mother.
She needed the one person who'd never judged her.
"Daddy, did something happen during my NYSC year you didn't tell me?"
There was a pause on the line.
Then he said, "I paid someone to make a file disappear."
Favour's breath caught.
"What file?"
"There was a boy, a complaint. He claimed… you led him on and threatened to sue for emotional abuse. Your mother cried for days. I made it go away."
Tears stung her eyes.
"But I didn't do anything wrong."
"I know. But you were reckless. And proud. We wanted to protect your future."
She wiped her face. "Daddy… that file is back."
His silence said everything.