“Till today, people still ask me,
‘Why you no talk when Regina moved on?’
‘Why you just bone like say nothing happen?’

Truth is, we were close, we shared dreams, we laughed. So when I saw her wedding online, it hit me.

But that day, I chose peace. I no go rant, I no go drag. Love no need to turn into wahala. Her happiness still matters.

And that héartbreak? I used it to grow. I worked, I hustled, I built myself.

Now I’ve got a son, and my focus is on him and his mother — not on the past.

I’m shining today not because I didn’t feel páin, but because I refused to let pâin hold me down.

— Somadina Adinma