The moment he stepped into room 101 and saw Jennifer Lennox sitting behind the polished mahogany table, Wale Ademola knew he was a dead man....
I screamed silently as I pinched the roll of fat on my tummy. I was sure I’d gone up a dress size in the past week....
To Do or Not To Do The thought swirls round my head as I stare at my reflection in the bathroom mirror. I hear the voices...
I have been told that when you meet that one person who is meant to be your partner for life, you would just know. Everyone else...
He got his things and left. At the door he hesitated, like he wanted to say something, anything. He swallowed hard, making the lump in his...
Have you met someone you believe does not belong to our world? Someone so pure and innocent and happy? When I met her, I was affronted....
That July my mother turned into a health nut. We’d seen it happen slowly. Oven roasted chicken instead of beef, brown sugar instead of white. Through...
Lying on the soft bed with the lights out did nothing to calm her down. The only source of illumination was the thin sheet of light...
The time was 2.15pm. We were sprawled out lazily across my bed with our legs still entangled. Even with the summer’s heat, his warmth felt invigorating....
I can see the chaos around me but I hear nothing. I want to hear the words leaving the mouths on the faces that I can...
The clatter of the tea cup as my shaky hand settles in back on its platter is what jars me out of my reverie. What reverie?...
I hear Dipo’s alarm go off and I burrow deeper into my pillow. I hate how on weekdays I’d long for a few more minutes of...
237 weeks… Two. Hundred. And. Thirty. Seven weeks since I looked into those big eyes that give me hope. From the first time I heard the...
Anniversaries are wonderful mostly because they remind you of how far you’ve come. When the venture — in this case, a marriage — is still fresh,...
I had a girlfriend once. Every time I spent the weekend at her place, she had the exact same routine. She’d wake up sometime after six,...
I stared at a picture of him; his beautiful eyes crinkled with the widest of smiles, full lips spread to show off perfect, pearly whites. I...
On the street called Mosajefo in the heart of Mushin where I grew up, fences and gates were simply extra decorations on houses which builders used...
He was in court every day the matter came up in court since they got to trial stage. His hair was always uncombed and his eyes...
He was here again tonight. Like every other night before, he would nudge Nneka and I slightly to check if we were asleep before standing astride...
The only light was from underneath the door, dull yellow light that allowed him to see the shine of his leather shoes. The window in the...
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