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"Banke, is there something on our faces?" Dad asked over dinner. "You've been staring at your mom and me since we left church!"

Lanre, Banke's younger brother, smirked. "I told you she was weird."

"Sorry," Banke said with a smile. "I've been thinking about something Pastor Yemi said during our youth service today."

"Do tell," Mom said as she spooned beef stew over her jollof rice.

"He said that people who've been married for a while tend to start looking alike because of all the time they spend together," Banke said. "Only I don't think he and his wife look all that similar. So I wondered if maybe you would since you've been married longer."

"And what's your verdict?" Dad asked.

"I think Banke looks like her phone because she's always using it," said Lanre.

"Lanre!" Mom scolded. "Before you answer that, Banke, would you say that your dad and I act alike?"

"Yes!" Banke replied. "I was just thinking that you two don't look very much alike either, but I can always expect you to do