Affiong Effiong Okon

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“TO FIND HAPPINESS ” by Affiong Effiong Okon

Submitted to Contest #54

“I cannot accept the pregnancy,” Eyo said, my parents would not hear of it, he told Hauwa harshly under the mango tree.  Ten years ago; She was fifteen years old and was in the penultimate class to end her high school. She remembered how her mother cried the day she found out, but refused her to abort the baby because of their religious stance. This was after Hauwa had tried a particular drug, which made her wince in pain all through the night and spot blood, but the baby was not affected. A boy was born seven months later after the fai...

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I am Affiong Effiong Okon. I am a storyteller. I graduated from the university of Calabar, Nigeria. I have a Bsc. in Applied Geophysics. I live in Calabar, Cross River state, Nigeria