I left the burial ground with a heavy heart. The mourners were all walking out of the cemetery looking back at Uncle Ben's grave. I couldn't stop thinking about death and its power to take anyone at will. It was a thing of surprise to me as tears dropped down from my innocent eyes. The neighborhood sat at the outskirt of the town. It was like an estate with all houses painted in army green and brown colour. It was the biggest barracks in the whole town. The government were gracious to them - the soldiers and their families. They were given free houses to live as a way to urge them to be diligent in the military world. Uncle Ben put his mind and soul into it. He was a military fanatic. Uncle Franklin said that was his dream profession right from his primary school days and he was so focused to live his dreams. There were many awards at the gallery. They were all presented to him in the course of his service. It was the first room before the living room. That evening when I moved in to

"Matilda would suffer for this!" He said again. He was filled with fury and was determined to see her end. He punched the wall until he started to bleed in a short while. He wished he had entered the room a little earlier that day. Perhaps, Matilda wouldn't have seen the video. He was careless but she would still pay for exposing his little secret for free. Sarah wanted to talk to me. She was love sick. I wasn't committed to checking her up everyday again. Paula had taken her place in my life. Now, I admit that I was so jobless all the while. Being with Paula in a romantic relationship was more than a job already. She loved my presence and did not ever get tired of talking to me. Even if there was nothing to talk about. Sometimes, we would just stare at each other unsure of what to say. The love we shared was second to none. I was with Paula that afternoon when Sarah called. She was talking as if she swallowed her voice. She was so calm and peaceful from the sound of her voice. I r

I was supposed to be there almost immediately after the incident."Why weren't you picking up your calls?" Paula asked sounding angry. "I'm sorry, Paula. I thought you only wanted to check up on me." I said. We watched the video again. Luckily, I saw the ambulance that took them out of the scene in the video too. It was the state hospital. That was where accident victims were usually taken to. Paula and I left immediately for the hospital and what we saw was...Uloma's business was booming. She was making good money from it. She had so many customers from near and far, coming to patronise her. She also had too many enemies now and her elder sister, Lizzy, was on the top list. Uloma was still bent on keeping her money to herself than giving Lizzy who she was sure would squander it again. The two sisters were now two foes. Uloma was no longer staying with Lizzy and her mother. She moved into a new apartment in one of the most expensive estates in town. She didn't want Mama or anyone e

"Yes, it is. She sent it some minutes ago" Lizzy replied. "And you believed her?" Mama said, choking in her laughter. She thought Uloma was only playing a prank. "Mama! She sent pictures! See her visa too" Lizzy said as she ran to the gallery on her phone to show Mama. Mama exclaimed. Thunder and Trina were finally discharged after many days of admission. I could not thank Paula enough for her assistant when they were still at the hospital. I admired her strength and might. She was making a good wife already. Trina was much better than Thunder now. She was becoming her old self again. Though, Thunder was trying hard to come back to his feet. He made me recall the night I had the accident that almost took my life. I became gentle as a dove. I couldn't even move my hands. I just laid down, transfixed. I felt really stagnated but I had to endure and I endured for so long. It was depressing. No one could feel the pain I was feeling. I was the only one in the battle, locking heads tog

"Are you for real?" Pain asked. "Yes, that girl showed me hell. But I too did not let her rest because I loved her so much and funnily, she loved me too" Gold replied. "So why did it take forever to say yes?" Pain said. "That is the way of women." Gold responded. Pain chuckled. It was such a crazy thing to him. He didn't have such experience. Sophie didn't give herself to him so easily too but he didn't have to start following her everywhere she went. He was just hopeful that she "would get back to him" and she eventually did. Everyone has different stories and that is what makes life a learning place. Pain enrolled in a cyber tech school during the holiday to expand his knowledge about cyber security. At the same time, he had a part-time job which was fetching him some money. He said all these to Sophie as they might not be seeing on a regular basis now. She agreed and everyone was happy. This wasn't an escape route to the responsibility attached to his relationship with Sophie