He Gambled My Father’s Pride
He Gambled My Father’s Pride

He Gambled My Father’s Pride

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Author: Phillip Barton
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Tunde’s father loses eight million naira and his dignity to their arrogant big cousin at a family gathering, shaming the whole lineage before aunties, uncles, and even the neighbours. When the cousin demands Tunde’s girlfriend as collateral for one night, the family’s secrets and old betrayals explode, pushing Tunde to risk his life, love, and even his organs for a final, all-or-nothing gamble. In a compound where pride is more precious than jollof rice, will Tunde restore his father’s honour—or lose everything to blood and shame?

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