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Borrowed Light
A Lagos drama for grown-ups. Adaeze is building the startup that could change her family's life. Temi, her best friend since secondary school, has been smiling beside her the whole way, and wanting every bit of it for herself.
- Episodes
- 10
- Reading time
- 1 h 23 min
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- 01Borrowed Light, Episode 1: The SignatureAda wins ₦150 million for her startup. That same night, an email names her best friend as co-founder, above a signature Ada never wrote.10 min read
- 02Borrowed Light, Episode 2: DownstairsTemi has an explanation for the forged signature. Tobe has a confession. And at 2:47 AM, someone approves a ₦38.5 million transfer in Ada's name.7 min read
- 03Borrowed Light, Episode 3: Nine O'ClockSix hours to stop ₦38.5 million leaving the traders' savings. Ada pays a terrible price to stop it. Then the beneficiary's name appears on the screen.7 min read
- 04Borrowed Light, Episode 4: The Name on the DoorThe man behind the frosted glass knows Ada's name. Her mother knows his. And the story of 2019 was never the story Ada was told.6 min read
- 05Borrowed Light, Episode 5: Is She Asleep?Ada answers K. as Tobe. What she reads in that chat changes everything she thought she knew about the one man she trusted.5 min read
- 06Borrowed Light, Episode 6: Tea in Old IkoyiAda walks into Kolawole's house with a laptop full of traps. Her mother is calmly drinking tea. And someone has been hidden in that house for seven years.6 min read
- 07Borrowed Light, Episode 7: Friday, 5 PMA fire at Balogun. A ghost who finally talks. A boardroom where Temi must choose. And the investor's last secret is the worst one yet.7 min read
- 08Borrowed Light, Episode 8: The WarrantThe traders get their money back. The market sings. Then Ada reads Schedule 3 of her term sheet, and finds out exactly how Sade plans to take Kolo.11 min read
- 09Borrowed Light, Episode 9: Seventy-Two HoursSeventy-two hours to stop Sade taking Kolo. A pepper seller joins the board. Temi walks into a detention centre to make Kolawole talk. Only one of them walks out free.11 min read
- 10Borrowed Light, Episode 10: Green ShuttersA midnight break-in at the house with green shutters. A green book hidden under the floor. A pepper seller casts the deciding vote. And a letter about Ada's father changes everything.13 min read