TYWA 2020 Nomination for The Read-Worthy Prize Emmanuella
03 - BLINDED TO LIGHT Abisola Emmanuella lives in Ring-Road, Ibadan (16 years old). This story was slightly edited for grammatical accuracy and to better serve TGF readers. The originality of the story is 100% intact. “You don’t need to feel love for you to understand that you are loved… You can search for it all you want but fail to realize that you had it all along.” Rebecca never understood what it meant when her grandmother told her those words before she crossed to the other side. She had always believed her grandmother’s words were too intricate for her, yet they held answers to the most difficult questions she had. She was her ‘fountain of knowledge’ but she was gone now. The moment Grandmother left her, she knew she had to start all over, on her own of course. Who else could she run to? Maybe her father who left when she was just fifteen. She knew perfectly well that wasn’t even an option. She would find a way, she had to. “Rebecca, come and wash our plates!” spoilt Angela, w