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TABLE OF CONTENT
MEET THE CREW
CHAPTER 1
CHAPTER 2
CHAPTER 3
CHAPTER 4
CHAPTER 5
CHAPTER 6
CHAPTER 7
CHAPTER 8
CHAPTER 9
CHAPTER 10
CHAPTER 11
CHAPTER 12
CHAPTER 13
CHAPTER 14
CHAPTER 15
CHAPTER 16
CHAPTER 17
CHAPTER 18
CHAPTER 19
CHAPTER 20
CHAPTER 21
CHAPTER 22
CHAPTER 23
CHAPTER 24
CHAPTER 25
CHAPTER 26
CHAPTER 27
CHAPTER 28
CHAPTER 29
CHAPTER 30
CHAPTER 31
CHAPTER 32
CHAPTER 33
CHAPTER 34
CHAPTER 35
CHAPTER 36
CHAPTER 37
EPILOGUE
MEET THE CREW
ALERO BEKERE –She’s ambitious and driven. She wants what she has lived in the midst of all her life but never really had; affluence. The kind that seemingly makes you as impervious as an igneous rock
BANJO ADENIRAN – Brilliant, scion of a legacy and Alero’s love interest.
EMILY OLAOYE - Lawyer per excellence. She is truly her father’s daughter.
KENNETH RUEBEN OKORIE - CEO/President of his own company and conglomerate and Emily’s love interest.
MAUREEN OKWARA - also known as Maggie by her cronies. She is an international model. BFF of Alero (the kind that will give you the shirt off her back, her family are long standing friends with the Adeniran family. She is very vocal.
OLIVER (OLLY) OKWARA – He is Maggie’s older brother and Banjo’s very good friend. He has had a crush for Alero for years even though he never did make his feelings known to her.
QUINN ROBINSON- He is Maggie’s fiancée and later, husband. .He caused quite a rave among her family and friends.
PATRICIA ADENIRAN - Banjo’s younger sister. She is soft-spoken and unassuming. She idolizes her elder brother but is intent on making her own way even though she had a very sheltered upbringing.
CHIEF MRS ADENIRAN (BANJO’S MUM) - is a widow and is reputedly a bit snobbish. She has had to bear down under the weight of circumstances. She is the Boss-lady in charge of the family’s chains of businesses. Her husband had been openly and spectacularly unfaithful to her during his lifetime. Life hasn’t always treated her kindly.
MAZI OKORIE - Kenneth’s dad. Extremely proud of his son, widower, single parent, never remarried. He paid the bills for his son’s success as a company man. He is a contented man. Enjoys the perks his son’s wealth affords him.
DR. AND MRS. BEKERE - Alero’s mum and dad. They have been married happily for just over 30yrs. They are proud of their daughter but also wary of the pitfalls of modernity on her behalf
ALERO’S SIBLINGS - Toritseju, Oritsegbegbemi, Oritsejeminetemi (also known as Toju, Gbemi and Temi) all idolize their big sis.
BOLANRE OLAOYE - Emily’s dad, solicitor per excellence, founder of chambers. He has never been married legally and enjoys his bachelorhood to the hilt.