He sat down beside her and put his arm around her.

'What shall we do?' He asked her.

'Tell my people that you want to marry me' she whispered.

'How can I?' he demanded. 'Haven't you heard that my father is the son of a slave?'

'Don't say that' said Aku-nna. 'There is no other person for me in this world, Chike...'

He started kissing her, the way the white men did in films. Aku-nna had read about kissing in True Love Stories. She found that she did not particularly enjoy it, but Chike obviously did. 'You will always be mine' he whispered in her ear.'