I picked up one of my dairies where I had written a beautiful love poem for Paula. I looked at it in admiration for a while. "She will like this "I thought. "But this is not secondary school. We are two mature adults and Paula may not find my poem interesting." So many things were just crossing my mind. Trina would have given me the perfect suggestion but we were not on good terms. Though, I knew dinner would bring us back together. It was one of the rules in Dark Dragon never to keep grudges for more than a day. "It is normal to have misunderstandings as teammates. But, it is abnormal to make that misunderstanding a building upon the ground of unforgiveness" The Don usually say. It was past 7pm and they were still chit-chatting in my garden. This time, they were already sketching out their plans on cardboard. I dropped my curtain and entered the toilet to answer the call of nature. As soon as I was done, I took a shower and walked down the stairs to watch a football match. Of cour

Trina screamed. The nurses covered Rose's face and were feeling sorry for the family of the poor girl. I was pained to my marrow. Pain's shirt was socked in tears already. He was weeping bitterly. I held him by the arm, consoling. I didn't even know how to console him. I was just trying to calm him down. Trina was full of tears. She had a quite close relationship with Rose. They shared the same birthday date and since the day Trina knew, she got so close to her. Her death was really shocking. It was 7am. The day had broke. Janet rushed into the hospital. She didn't know where she was going. The love she had for her friend had I blinded her. She even referred to me as "doctor". She didn't see Pain and Trina until I pointed towards the direction they sat. "Hello bro... How is she doing now?" She said looking tattered. Pain raised his head but was silent. Trina pointed at ward and Janet moved there, walking fearfully. She was getting suspicious already. But she didn't complain. She ju

El-Malid did all he could to reform his image and that of his company to the general public but he couldn't. It was far beyond his power. He called for an urgent meeting to see if he could get something "reasonable" from any of his staff. But they were all silent even though some of them had meaningful suggestions to make. They feared that El-Malid may not find it worthwhile. El-Malid is usually rash and impolite in most of the meetings he had with his staff. So they would not speak. Emeka's plan of getting Uloma out of his house was gradually becoming a reality. He haunted her with the pregnancy results he got from her file jacket. She was dumbfounded when he broke the news to her. She couldn't even try to deny the fact that she had sexual intercourse out of wedlock. The most annoying part of it was that she no longer had a womb. Emeka felt deceived and lied to. His lustful desire even triggered his anger the more. Uloma begged him. She wailed like a hungry puppet. But she had herse

Emeka woke up the next day in anger. He barked at Lois like a hungry dog. Lois feared that he would hit her so she rolled down to the other side of the bed, begging. "Where did you go yesterday?" He asked, eyes red. Lois went mute at once. She pretended not to know what he was talking about. Emeka was looking at her for a while with an eye of total disdain. He asked her again; "Where did you go yesterday??" Then she began to stammer and Emeka was beginning to raise his voice. She began to speak up but Emeka had forgotten his hands on her face already. She sobbed and threatened to leave his house. At first, he was feeling too big to apologise but when he saw that she was taking it a bit far, he rushed to beg her. He begged like a child would beg for peanuts. But the only way she could forgive him was if he graced her bank account with plenty of money. Emeka did so but cursed her in his heart. Regretfully..."Hey man, what's up? How's she?" Allen asked. "She's a mess, Ally." Emeka wh

Uloma kept everything that Titi said to herself. Uloma, before her departure with Titi, begged her to keep it sealed. She didn't confess to her that she was no longer with Emeka. "There's no need for that" She thought. The morsel of pounded yam and white soup dropped gradually in Uloma's belly. Since it was harvest period, Mama brought tubers of yams from her farm. She used to be a full-time commercial farmer but her current condition made her become a peasant farmer. That was the only way she could feed as Uloma and Lizzy were jobless and without husbands. Uloma was thinking deeply about all that Titi said to her earlier in the day. She was tempted to say it out to her mother and elder sister, but she thought that they may take it a bit too far. Lizzy would justify Uloma's abortion and make mockery of the family again. Uloma did not want all that to happen. So she continued to eat her meal but with the thought of Emeka still heavy in her heart. "That bastard! I will make him pay for