Ruqqaiya sat silently in the waiting area while Leila went about the whole business. She sighted Leila and a female clad in white probably the doctor as they walked towards her. Leila sat next to her and held her hands. ‘She is good.’ She muttered. Ruqqaiya only nodded. ‘Come with me.’ The doctor said and … Continue reading Cloud Of Deceit IV
In Leila’s perspective there were two types of women in the world, her type and Ruqqaiya’s type. She was the bad one and Ruqqaiya was the good one then how could Ruqqaiya be the one to get pregnant out of wedlock, she had one boyfriend at a time unlike Leila with several at the same … Continue reading Cloud of Deceit III
A Wound that will grow with time. Ruqqaiya stared into oblivion, her eyes had adjusted perfectly to the darkness in the room. As a little child she was very afraid of the dark but that seemed to have vanished. She could still see the stone ice face of Sani as he declared their love … Continue reading Cloud of Deceit II
‘I cut my nails every Fridays.’ Sarah said to her husband Dukuku as she stared at his back, he was brushing his teeth in preparation to come to bed, he paused when she said that, he would have turned to look at her but he saw approaching from the mirror that hung over the hand … Continue reading Boss & Bossette
The SURPRISE proposal. Ruqqaiya smiled for the 100th as she stroked the screen of her phone, it displayed a text message which she read over and over again. ‘Hi Ruqqaiya, meet me at Cupid’s Nest, 12pm sharp, table no 07, it’s a matter of our future.’ It read, this might look like a normal text … Continue reading Cloud of Deceit
Its is 10 o clock in the morning, Iya is sitting at the backyard of their house surrounded by short guava trees, she can feel the caress of the leaves on her skin as the wind makes them bend to it’s will. She is also surrounded by her friends and family. She is all smiles, … Continue reading Its been a long day
The world is no longer a safe place, there was a time when everything was black and white, a nice bold line was drawn between good and bad. But now its all shades of gray, your boyfriend could be a serial killer, your best friend could have Ebola and your neighbor could be a terrorist. … Continue reading A Diamond Covered In Soot
Marriage indeed completed a woman, she’d become a respected member of the society, someone’s wife. It was a norm, no matter how successful a woman was it is believed that she’s incomplete without a man. Some women were greatly driven by this that they would rather stay in an abusive or meaningless relationship than be … Continue reading Wilted Flowers – Final
I have never believed in love, I viewed it as a pathetic way for weak people to find something to believe and hold on to due to their hollowness. Why I call it pathetic, no love story apart from walt’s disney’s Cinderella and so on stories has ever had a happy ending. Romeo and Juliet … Continue reading The Dark sunset
Evening was drawing near when Gbenga dropped his uncle home, he took his briefcase in and met his wife Ajobi painting her nails in their lavishly furnished sitting room. Gbenga eyed it knowing that one day all that will belong to him that was why he was doing boy boy work for his uncle. The … Continue reading Wilted Flowers V
Darkness descended upon Dangoro’s compound whenever the sound of his car was heard. The darkness was not the kind that came when NEPA took light, nor the type that came when the sun has gone below it’s horizon, nor the type that cloudy night brings by hiding the moon and the stars. It was darkness … Continue reading Protection Charm
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 were fixed on hers, he was expecting an answer. ‘Yes.’ … Continue reading Wilted Flowers IV
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, she preferred to talk about herself and their conversation could … Continue reading Wilted Flowers III
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 lipstick three times, this time it was orange red, she … Continue reading Wilted Flowers II
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 help but notice how short her gown was, her … Continue reading Wilted Flowers.