The first time they met was not when their cars collided, in the middle of a gridlock. But Bibobra would think of the auto crash as the more remarkable moment. It was only a smashed bumper but she found herself railing at the man who had hit her from behind. 'How had he gained his license, was he blind or just callous?' And "Are you going to pay for this?" She exploded? He said nothing, which was strange because silence was acquiescence, and no one agrees to being wrong when caught in situations like that in Lagos. He ought to have been shouting back, telling her how she had caused it in the first place because she was was a poor driver who was probably texting on the wheel. There was loud honking and a couple of drivers had converged about them. For some reason, when he took out his cell phone and asked for her bank details so he could pay for the repairs, that was when she got really angry. 'This is not taking responsibility, it is just the opposite...
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