My Sister, the Serial Killer

Ayoola, who has killed someone, again, phones the narrator, Korede.

In Lagos, Nigeria, Korede’s sister kills another man and calls Korede to help her clean up the mess and dispose of the body. Korede cleans the bathroom where the murder took place meticulously. Ayoola does not help and looks at Korede as if she expects her sister to scold her. They take the body in the trunk of Korede’s car to the place where they threw the previous one: “over the bridge and into the water” (3).

The murdered man’s name was Femi. Korede writes his name in her notebook. Ayoola has showered and now she “smells of baby powder” (5). Meanwhile, Korede has burned her sister’s bloody dress. Ayoola cannot remember Femi’s last name. She says it’s not her fault.