Nigeria, May 8 -- A complete outsider, a loner, James - bullied, invisible, starved for connection - until Sarah notices him. She doesn't 'love' love him; she just cares for him, truly. She doesn't like that mates around look down on him. She 'pities' him.

But to James, this is the best feeling anyone has ever had for him, not even his own mother who barely tolerates him, nor his father that abandoned them. He feels actual love, mutual one, for that matter. To many else, it's almost obvious Sarah's just being kind to him so he won't be alone and lonely.

They date, if you can call it that. James never expects much, not even sex or grand romance. But he tries to keep up, even when Sarah is unavailable for him; he understands, and he carr...