The next few weeks were the most uneventful of Athena’s 31 years. Her trip to London was for business, but it proved to be more of a get away. Six weeks went by in a [...]
Oct 312010
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Oct 272010
Athena sat in the British Airways VIP lounge while waiting her flight. It was a busy day at Muritala Muhamed Airport, but she could have been there alone. She heard nothing, only the timed sequenced [...]
Oct 212010
The flight was as stressful as she thought it would be. Athena hadn’t flown economy class in years. But Toke didn’t see the reason why Athena would spend additional money upgrading the twins to business [...]
Oct 072010
“Someone tell me how you deal with a past you have never wanted to deal with but keeps dealing with you? I know, it doesn’t make sense what I just said. But it does. How [...]
Oct 032010
The year was 1994 and Athena was home alone. Toke and Tireni had gone to Philadelphia to spend the Christmas break. Tireni was due back in two weeks. Toke, however was going to stay a [...]
Sep 262010
Labisi strained her ears all day to avoid missing a call. She expected Toke and Athena to call her as soon as they landed. Knowing the way they all were, she doubted they will. Toke [...]
Sep 232010
Athena stepped out of the Limousine and smiled at the elderly porter. “Hello James! How are you today?” “Very well ma’am. it’s a bright and sunny day!” She smiled a response and walked briskly into [...]
Sep 132010
I woke up and stretched lazily on the unfamiliar bed. I was not on my bed. My room mate was out for the weekend, but had left her keys in our hiding place. I was [...]
Aug 162010
Mummy came home early from the hospital today. She said she had her posting changed. Something about a break out of water borne diseases in the area the day before. She said patients were brought [...]
Aug 152010
“I felt like I was too broken inside to articulate any form of wholeness. I had nothing to say” “Is that why you did nothing, when you realized, as you claimed, that the deceased was [...]
Aug 132010
I’d rather have a bleeding heart
than none at all
You have chosen to stay the part
I’ve moved down the hall
the emptiness inside you
freezes all around me
but still my heart bleeds
and so I can dream
I’d rather carry on this pain
than miss the rain
Aug 082010
The room had all the finery from the magazines. She never thought that her ‘family’ would be one of those who lived la vida loca in the midst of the prevalent poverty in Nigeria. “What [...]
Aug 082010
Athena was a love child. Her parents met when they were both in College in Maryland, USA. The story she heard was that it was love at first sight. It was fast and intense between [...]
Aug 042010
She sensed it the minute she stepped into the house. Tonight was going to be different. Her hair stood on her skin as she realised she was already reacting to him. Her lips were suddenly [...]
Jul 312010
Banke sat up on her bed suddenly. She was tucked in with her favorite Stephen King piece and something in the plot, got her thinking. It had been 5 months since Femi waltzed back into [...]
Jul 292010
They say some love stories were made in heaven. Well, some are not, some are made here on earth by the characters themselves choosing to give in, compromise and stay with what matters. Femi and [...]