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Episode 6 “Seriously babe, calm down, you are just over reacting. I have met the grandma and aunts in question before and they are really cool”, Dara said. I just looked at her and sighed, she wanted to soothe me but she was bad at it. “Dara, see ehn, you have not really met them, whenever you meet them they are on their best behavior, those women are exceptional actresses, they are like those vicious Zee World drama queens you hate but cannot get rid of”, I explained and she sighed in irritation. Dozie had already gone to the parlor, from where he would be on the lookout for anyone, leaving Ezinne, Dara and I to plan a way out of this marriage trouble. I paced restlessly as I thought of his words. The Arsenal , as my siblings and I liked to call my paternal grandma and aunts, were good at getting their way and I knew they would approve of me becoming Mrs. Afam Chibueze. When one of our cousins, Hannah, decided that she was going to pull stunts and not get ...

Episode 5 KEN KEDEM What he did was awful, yes, and now he’s got a criminal record, yes. But he never physically hurt you, dear. I know he betrayed your love and your trust, and he hurt you very bad, but your son loves him unconditionally, and I believe Chris also loves his son, unconditionally. EFFE (hoarsely) Oh, Daddy! Junior loves that man so much! He’s always fought with me for not taking him to visit his father in prison. God knows I tried to take that away- KEN KEDEM (sharply) Effe! Don’t ever say that again! You can’t break the ties between father and son! Who knows, maybe through that love Chris can change! EFFE (passionately) Chris can NEVER change, Dad! I gave him my heart, my soul, my time, my EVERYTHING! He had all the chance to change, but he never did! He didn’t even TRY! That’s why I can never forgive him! I hate him, Daddy. With all my soul! KEN KEDEM (sadly) Fair enough, love. But do not try to block him fr...

SISTER_DEBORAH Episode 8 . . . I had a lecture free day today being Friday. Luckily for me, I also happened to be the only one in the hostel room since Timi, Fatai and Hakeem all had lectures in their various faculties. I woke up as early as possible and went to the school’s bank to withdraw some money, after which I diverted to a nearby sales outlet to purchase a new SIM card to renew my lost line. Later on, I returned to the hostel and inserted the SIM card into the mobile phone Deborah gave me, after which I switched it on. As agreed, the first thing I did was to put a call through to Deborah’s line but unfortunately, her number wasn’t reachable. I attempted three more times yet it persisted with the same issue. I assumed she might probably be in the middle of a class session at the moment so I halted my calls. However, I dropped a text message telling her to call me back when she had spare time. Thereafter, I subscribed my line and installed a few apps int...

Mmesoma Episode 5 “Tinu, she is very mad o if she thinks she can destroy me like that!” the breeze carried my mother’s angry rant to my parlour. I sighed as I slumped on my bed. Anything could happen now and I hoped they were in my favour; my mind was filled with all the bad things that could happen to me because of this stunt. “Uju, calm down! Ahan, you really need to just calm down so you can think. See ehn let us all go out, just us the parents and Dubem, I am sure that you would solve this in a calmer state”, I heard Mrs Shittu tell my mom. My phone buzzed. It was Dara. Dara: Babe, I am coming to your room, get ready to open the door and also close it super-fast. I hurried to the door and waited for her signal, a few minutes later, someone on my door. “Open up, it is me”, I heard Dara’s voice and immediately did so. Pulling her in and shutting the door before my mother would magically show up there. “Ahan calm down na, d...

Episode 4 POLICE OFFICER 1 Get them up, man. I’m losing my patience here. Chris looks at them with sad eyes. CHRIS You got here pretty quickly. She called you, right? ELAINE (viciously) No, Effe didn’t, Chris! I called the police! You’re a lawbreaker, and jail breaker, and you’re going back to jail! POLICE OFFICER 2 (calmly) Let’s go, Chris. Now. Chris nods numbly. CHRIS Yeah. I’ll go with you. But you don’t put no handcuffs on me, not in front of my boy. STEVE (with scorn) Unbelievable! Shouldn’t you have thought of that before breaking jail, Chris? POLICE OFFICER 1 You don’t make no demands here, buddy. Slap the cuffs on him, Joe! The second police man holsters his gun and takes out a pair of handcuffs. CHRIS (voice deadly) One of us is going to die today if you bring that thing near me. His voice is so cold, so sinister, so absolutely venomous, that the two policemen exchange sudden looks of unease...

Episode 7 . . . “Let’s have a toast!” Deborah cheered after popping the wine’s cover lid and then poured some into my tumbler and into hers as well. I was still shocked, obviously, but there was nothing I could do about it anymore. The wine had been opened already and nothing could change it. I had to play along. I took up my glass and raised it up. “A toast to a new beginning and a solid friendship ahead!” Deborah raised her glass likewise. “A toast to a solid friendship!” We both smiled and clanked our glasses to a toast. “Cheers!” I exclaimed, gulping down my wine. “Cheers, and a happy valentines!” She cheered, taking a gulp from her glass as well. “Do you celebrate valentine?” I asked randomly in a bid to start a proper conversation with her. “It depends.” Deborah responded mildly. “I don’t often go out so . . . I hardly do.” “So what do you do instead...

Episode 4 It had been 5 minutes since my revelation and he was so quiet. I had already given up on my HIV line working out when he screamed. “What?!” he looked so shocked and horrified as he stood up and began to pace, running his palm through his hair. I wanted to laugh at him but I did not, instead, I sat there looking really sad and scared “I knew you were not keeping yourself until marriage, I mean you dated my brother, but I did not think you would be so f-----g dumb to actually get AIDS, you might as well have become pregnant!” he screamed. Wawuu! So he knew about Tobe and I and he still agreed to marry me? This guy was seriously mad. Thank God, I had not used Tobe as an excuse to back out of the marriage o, he would have just laughed at me because whatever Tobe and I had would not matter to him; I was his wife after all. His loud voice brought everyone out of the house. I stood up, maintaining my sad face. I wondered what could happen next; I prayed t...

Episode 3 EFFE’S RESIDENCE The taxi stops in front of a very beautiful two-storey building inside a private residential area in Madina. Chris, sitting in the front passenger seat, sees that there are a lot of cars parked in front of the building. The building is enclosed with high walls, and has electrified wire lines on them. The walls have spaces in-between filled with marvellous grid metals. Through the spaces Chris sees that it has a beautiful spacious lawn and yard, and there are some cars in there too. The gates of the house are splendid gold and silver sliding metal, and next to the gates is a smaller gate and a security post. He sees two uniformed security men outside. There is music and laughter filtering from inside the house. Chris can see some adult guests and a lot of children moving around the yard, and he can hear excited voices coming from the pool area. The taxi driver looks at Chris and speaks. Taxi driver We’re here, boss. Twenty ce...

Sister Deborah Episode 6 . . . It is a normal thing for anyone to get over excited and anxious when having a fixed meeting with an opposite sex. In fact, using myself as a good case study, I couldn’t fathom if I was just excited, anxious, expectant or nervous about my supposed ‘date’ with Deborah, but I surely wanted it to be perfect. I wanted to impress her beyond her expectations. I made it to the venue we had both fixed at exactly 7:05pm. Most likely due to the fact that it was valentines day today, I wasn’t surprised to meet almost half of the restaurant filled up with people, which were mostly students from campus with their loved ones. Everything felt different about today, almost as if there was a sensual indefinable romantic atmosphere clouding everywhere! There was love in the air, certainly. I secured a table for two at a reserved part of the interior corners of the restaurant where the lights were multi-colored and dim; furthermore beautified by...

Episode 3 The laughter ended and we sat there staring at each other. I was waiting for someone to say exactly what this important discussion was to be on when my father spoke up. “Well”, he said calmly and looked around. “We are here to finalize the wedding arrangements because we can see that the both of you are ready for marriage, so there is no need to wait for old age to get to you people or for someone to start getting promiscuous”, Mrs Chibueze said, looking directly at me when she mentioned the promiscuous part. Na wa o! Shebi I said this family gathering would not end well for me? I glared at my mother but she did not look at me. I really wanted to yell at her for doing me like this. See, ehn, understand that I knew this marriage discussion would happen one day. I just did not think it would be before I graduated from the university, these people are so impatient, they could have at least waited for me to turn 21 first, but I was just unlucky. Arr...

Episode 2 ACHIMOTA ROAD Baaba has joined the main road towards Achimota, and she keeps casting furtive glances at Chris. Chris is reclining back in the seat, head back, eyes closed, hands lying limply on his thighs. Baaba looks at his long eyelashes, his thick brows, his sensuous lips, and once again she is struck by how absolutely handsome he is. She sighs and rummages in a CD pack in a compartment under the car’s player. She selects a compact disc and slots it into the car’s CD player. Very soon the smooth sounds of AZ Yet’s “Last Night” fills the interior of the car. He opens his eyes, turns his head and looks at her. BAABA (voice strained) Listen, Chris, I’m not really in a hurry. I can pass through Madina and drop you off if you wish. His eyes search her face, and his face remains expressionless. When he speaks his voice holds a little tint of uncertainty. CHRIS What’s going on, Baaba? She raises her eyebrows at hi...

Sister Deborah Episode 5 . . . I returned home that night with a troubled, weary mind. I wasn’t able to sleep regardless of how hard I tried. Images of the incident that happened between Deborah and Annabel kept flashing into my head persistently. I was downhearted and utterly disappointed with the turn out of events. I didn’t know whether to blame Deborah, myself or Annabel; but I solely took a sizable portion of the blame upon myself. Normally, on a usual day, I would have obviously pleaded with Timi to accompany me to Deborah’s hostel so as to sort things out and probably plead with her, but unfortunately for me, it was already quite far too late around the time she chartered the taxi and left in annoyance. It was part of our rules and ethics in the campus that after a particular hour in the evening, no visits between the male section to the female section of the hostel was welcomed — likewise the same rule as applied to the female category, too. So, I ...