©® The security guard, Uche, leaning against the wall near the entrance to the stage of the Golden Royale Hotel auditorium, straightened as he saw Gabrielle Rosenfeld come in by the back door. “Mrs. Rosenfeld,” he said, touching the brim of his cap. “We were …
Aida could not believe her eyes or ears, Effe was on one knee proposing to her. They’ve been together for like 6months. She was speechless and shocked and her face she knew did not hide her emotions. Seconds passed it seemed like hours, Effe’s eyes …
The attraction between Benazir and Gbenga was spontaneous and simultaneous. They’d met at a pool party, Gbenga fell for her charm and she for his good looks and moneyed appearance. They started off from there, he loved to talk about himself though she hardly listened, …
Aida gazed at herself in the mirror, her lovely brown and curly hair which she inherited from her Ethiopian mother fell on her shoulders, her lovely brown skin which was from both Nigerian Dad and foreign mom glowed. She had changed the shade of her …
Gbenga sat at the edge of his seat, his seat was twisted sideways and facing his colleague Turi who was also sitting on the edge of her table facing him, they were having a baseless conversation which made Turi giggle at intervals. Gbenga could not …
Forgiveness, I was torn within, I didn’t know if I should forgive Ladidi or not, what she did was unimaginable, what I also did was unfair, how can a human being do that to another let alone a wife to her husband, its no consolation …
My reflection was not what I saw when I looked in the mirror, I saw a broken woman, a woman who had lost everything. My sister Mina fussed over my veil. ‘These pins sef.’ She said bending over to pick the pins that fell. ‘Mina …
The pungent smell of urine reeked, I felt sick from the stomach but nothing was to there to throw up, I felt a poke from behind and I steadied myself to avoid falling into the bucket that housed the natural waste of all inmates. ‘Barbie …
Tanko’s forehead creased more by the passing second, as if he was being drawn into a bottomless pit. Abhas and I waited patiently for him to talk finally he did but not what we expected. ‘This is strange, really strange.’ He said like we didn’t …
‘You’re good for nothing.’ ‘Yes I know, where is your good for something son, messed up.’ ‘You’ll never be half the man he was.’ ‘Yes I agree, especially under women’s skirts.’ ‘How am I not sure you orchestrated his downfall.’ ‘Nooooo he did this himself, …
