"SACRIFICIAL LAMB "
FRACTURED FAMILY "SACRIFICIAL LAMB & FALSEHOOD" " Esau & Jacob, or Cain & Abel" "Discretion is the better part of valor." "Silence is golden, but speech is silver." The goldenness of silence is today the silvery of speech. Silence and discretion do not equate to cowardice or trepidation. I am the sacrificial lamb of the family in various ramifications. I did not choose this role; it was divinely ordained. "The forces that have been shaping my life have been beyond my mortal control." An avalanche of falsehood from the black sheep of the family, aka Ikechi, has been circulating for years, dragging my hard-earned reputation through the mud to an unbearable and unacceptable extent. As a result, my narrative, which is fact-based, will contrast with his anecdotal account. Ikechi is my elder brother. "We are two different nations from the same womb." We are comparable to the biblical stories of Esau and Ja...