Branded a Beast: The Widow’s Curse
Chapter 30: Mob Mentality
She dey shout, "Point am! Point am!" The girl dey cry, dey hide. Neighbours dey beg her make she stop.
For door, the woman pinch the girl well-well, make her cry.
I see her hand pinch the pikin, the girl scream louder. I wan rush intervene, but people hold me, dey beg me make I no join wahala.
The woman happy, raise her phone.
She dey smile, dey post live video, dey talk say "See am! My pikin dey cry because of this animal!"
“Today I carry my pikin come identify am. As she reach here, she no gree enter, just dey cry.”
She dey talk for camera, dey spin story. People online dey believe, dey shout for her comment.
True to her plan, as she reach house, she post the video online.
Within one hour, video don trend. People dey share, dey curse me, dey wish me death. My phone hot, my wife dey call, dey cry.
