Legal Dilemmas

 By  Nwokocha Chidinma Grace It all started when she was 8. Uncle Chris had come into the room while she was fast asleep. It had rained heavily all through the day and the night was cold and lonely. Dad was out on a business trip as usual and was not expected back until the following week. She had never known her mother. She was told that mum had died while giving birth to her. Dad was contemplating getting married again but at the moment she was an only child. So whenever dad was away on one of his numerous business trips, she was left alone in the house with Uncle Chris, Dad’s younger brother who was in the University and went to school daily from home. “Angel”, Uncle Chris whispered in the darkness. There’s something new I would love to teach you. Angela got up slowly. For a moment she was grateful that here at last was someone to keep her company. She had wondered so many times why he preferred to call her Angel instead of Angela. He had told her that she was very