December 2023 – Adu-Gyasi Dennis

The Christmas Escape

December 6, 2023 Adu-Gyasi Dennis

It was December 23rd and the familiar panic began rising in Ololo’s chest. He glanced around the crowded house filled with in-laws, nieces, nephews, his wife barking orders to prepare…

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