“Can I come to you?” She liked the way he said “Can I come to you?” “Yes. It’s raining crazily.” “Really? It’s not raining here. I’m in Lekki.” She found this foolishly exciting, that it was raining where she was and it was not raining where he was, only minutes from her, and so she waited, with impatience, with a charged delight, until they could both see the rain together.

