READ EPISODES 1 – 10 Episode 11: Frying Pan to Fire There was no chatting, no gisting, no words. We understood the silence, that even though words did not pass between us, we were saving them for later, when they would flow in abundance. The fuel scarcity had already ended, but unfortunately, … Continue reading Episode 11: Falling in Love With My Best Friend
READ EPISODES 1- 9 Episode 10: Ojuelegba and the Joys of Fuel Scarcity One afternoon, around the middle of the term, we found our way to Yaba as usual. As we walked from the spot where we got off the bus from Onike to where the Masha buses were, we noticed something unusual. There … Continue reading Episode 10: Falling in Love With My Best Friend
READ EPISODES 1 – 8 Episode 9: Our First Experience at Yaba Bus Stop For a while, that was my routine. Four days a week, I would go to JAMB lesson right after school, and Tokunbo would give me a ride home. Actually, it was his mother’s driver who did the driving, but I … Continue reading Episode 9: Falling in Love With My Best Friend
READ EPISODES 1 – 7 Episode 8: JAMB Lesson and New Beginnings I immediately told Tokunbo I was going to the exact same JAMB lesson. His reaction shocked me. “Yipee! Yes! Yes!” he shouted, punching the air with his fists in apparent joy. “Why are you so happy?” I asked, unsure whether Tokunbo was … Continue reading Episode 8: Falling in Love With My Best Friend
READ EPISODES 1 – 6 Episode 7: Can We Talk? Regardless of what I should or shouldn’t have done, the fact remained that I had scheduled an appointment with Tokunbo Williams for Monday afternoon at 2:00pm. Unlike the pre-delivery stage with the letter Tokunbo’s father had written, where I agonized for hours over … Continue reading Episode 7: Falling in Love With My Best Friend
READ EPISODES 1 – 5 Episode 6: Tokunbo Gets His Father’s Letter The thought that Tokunbo would get a secret admirer kept me going all afternoon, even up till early evening. Around 7:36pm, my parents arrived from Ogbomosho with Tayo. They were all exhausted and not very chatty, not even my mother who could … Continue reading Episode 6: Falling in Love With My Best Friend
READ EPISODES 1 – 4 Episode 5: How Will She Deliver His Letter? There was no doubt in my mind that two people existed on this earth who would not be hearing of my encounter with Tokunbo’s father: my own parents. They would thoroughly scold me for accepting to deliver a letter from a … Continue reading Episode 5: Falling in Love With My Best Friend
READ EPISODES 1 – 3 Episode 4: The Man Who Smelt of Leather By the time my mother returned to the house later that evening, the Tokunbo issue had shifted from the forefront to the back burner of my mind. However, Tokunbo’s name came up increasingly in conversations in our household over the next … Continue reading Episode 4: Falling in Love With My Best Friend
READ EPISODES 1 – 2 Episode 3: The Woman with a Chronic Greeting Problem I could not hide my surprise, and almost forgot my manners. “Goo-Good Afternoon, ma,” I said to Mrs. Williams with a slight curtsy. If her presence at our gate was not enough shock for me, Mrs. Williams a.k.a Mama … Continue reading Episode 3: Falling in Love With My Best Friend
READ EPISODE 1 Episode 2: One Ball, One Girl, One Boy I did not know, however, that life does not ask for your permission before thrusting people into your life. And that is what happened. Everywhere I turned, Tokunbo was there. It did not matter where. Whether I went down the road to buy … Continue reading Falling in Love With My Best Friend: Episode 2
Episode 1: The Fire that Brought Our New Neighbors It all started with fire. The fire that burnt our neighbor’s house started in the middle of the day, the time when most people are at work. But there are those whose place of employment is the home, and thanks to one of such people, … Continue reading Falling in Love With My Best Friend: Episode 1