Mercy is a beautiful dark-skinned girl, her parents maintained her beautiful dark skin till she come of age and was able to take care of herself. When she gained admission into a higher institution she divided to change her skin color because she believed she isn't beautiful with her dark skin, she wanted to be light-skinned to be more attractive like her friends.
Her friend took her to the cosmetics store they do get their skin bleached and Mercy toned her skin unknown to her the consequences of her action. She was happy with the result she got because she is now known as Mercy the light-skinned girl, she was given different soaps and body cream to maintain her new color. After a while, she began to feel uncomfortable because she can't stay long in the sun cause of skin irritation, she went back to the store where she got her skin bleached and was told to stay away from the sun and put on covered clothes it was then she realized what she has gotten herself into.
With Nigeria's sun, someone can't wear a covered cloth like a turtle's neckcloth all because you don't want to get sunburned. Mercy became restless as her skin begins to itch unknown to her freckles has started appearing on her skin due to exposure to the sun, gradually the freckles started spreading all over her face and then she realized her mistake.
