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Hedged episode 5
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HEDGED . Episode 5 . Mama and Tricia weren’t always like this. They were formerly very close friends. . Mama couldn’t wait to see Tricia after I told her what she had done for me in my “dire” hour of need. A year later, they finally met, and it was love at first sight. .
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HEDGED . Episode 4 . As the days went by, I tried to strike a balance between my relationship with my mother and my relationship with my lovely wife. I was extremely clear about the roles both ladies played in my life, and I was also more than expressive enough to quell any jealousy. .
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HEDGED . Episode 3 . The longest amount of time Mama and I had ever been apart were the times I spent away at school. Besides that, it has always been Mama and me. We’ve always been a team, living under the same roof and going through life’s struggles as a unit. Then I graduated,
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HEDGED . Episode 2 . Tricia and I met in school. It was one of those awkward times in the life of a “broke” university student. It was in my 500-level second semester. . I’d been kicked out of class in the middle of an exam because I couldn’t show a receipt for my school
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Hedged
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HEDGED . Episode 1 . Mama used to tell me about how my dad abandoned us shortly after I was born. She’d usually tell me how hard she’d had to work to ensure my accomplishments in life. I’ve matured into a fine young man, and I know without a doubt that, aside from God, I
Continue ReadingHer Cross, Her Crown Episode 6
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Tonia sat on the wooden bench outside her family’s house, cradling her three-month-old son in her arms. The morning sun warmed her cheeks, and for the first time in a long while, it didn’t feel harsh. The breeze carried the smell of fresh ogbono soup being prepared somewhere in the compound. Her baby, slept soundly
Continue ReadingHer Cross, Her Crown Episode 5
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The day started like any other. It was a humid Tuesday morning in early April. The rain had just stopped drizzling over Lagos, and the streets were wet and alive with impatient horns and yelling hawkers. Tonia had barely slept the night before. Her lower back ached with a rhythm she couldn’t explain, and her
Continue ReadingHer Cross, Her Crown Episode 4
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Tonia’s eighth month came with a new kind of silence—a heavy, uncomfortable one that settled in her bones and refused to leave. The kind of silence that creeps in when your body starts to feel like a burden, when your soul feels stretched thin, and when the world treats you like a ticking bomb. Every
Continue ReadingHer Cross, Her Crown Episode 3
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By her fifth month, Tonia’s stomach had rounded into undeniable motherhood. The local tailors by the roadside had grown familiar with her shape. She wore long, flowing gowns—mostly secondhand ones from Katangowa market that her mother adjusted to fit her swelling body. But even with all the layers, her pregnancy wasn’t something she could hide
Continue ReadingHer Cross, Her Crown Episode 2
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It was a warm Saturday morning when Tonia boarded a rickety bus from school to her parents’ house in Ikotun. She hadn’t been home in two months. Between her growing bump and the fear eating at her heart, home had become a ghost she dreaded. But hiding was no longer an option. She could no
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Her Cross, Her Crown
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Tonia’s hands trembled as she stared at the white plastic strip lying on the sink. The two red lines stared back at her—bold, unbending, unforgiving. Positive. The walls of the cramped bathroom in the hostel room suddenly felt smaller, like they were pressing in on her. Her breath came in shallow bursts. She tried blinking,
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Flames and Silence — The True Story of the Yogurt Shop Murders
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Austin, Texas — December 6, 1991. The air was cold, still, and unforgiving. The “I Can’t Believe It’s Yogurt!” shop on Anderson Lane had just closed for the night. Inside, four teenage girls—Eliza Thomas (17), Jennifer Harbison (17), her younger sister Sarah (15), and their family friend Amy Ayers (13)—were cleaning up. Laughter occasionally echoed
Continue ReadingNaughty Match episode 8
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Episode 8 Dex grasped her hand in his, giving her a firm shake before wrapping his arm around my waist. “It’s a pleasure to meet you ma’am.” Valerie smirked, looking over at me once more. “You leave us for a few months and come back in the arms of some hunk.” She giggled. “You’re going
Continue ReadingNaughty Match episode 7
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NAUGHTY MATCH Episode 6 She looked behind her at Cameron as he lifted an arm up to covertly sniff one of his armpits. She turned her nose up a bit and groaned. “He grew on me, okay? We ended up flirting a little in Dex’s driveway and decided to get a nightcap. One thing led
Continue ReadingNaughty Match episode 6
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Episode 6 I barely knew where to start with my explanation. There was so much garbage, so much fog, clouding my perfect little life that I could hardly sift through it all. Daniel Bennett, my father, school, everything was a mess and I only made things worse by running away. I moved to Miami in
Continue ReadingNaughty Match episode 5
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NAUGHTY MATCH Episode 5 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – While I definitely wasn’t nervous about the event, I still
Continue ReadingNaughty Match episode 4
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NAUGHTY MATCH Episode 4 …………….. And so the game went, minute after torturous minute of Dex teasing me with the rough glide of his slick fingers and his unrelenting tongue. I basked in the pleasure of his touch and the pain of not being able to orgasm. My pussy dripping so profusely that I was
Continue ReadingNaughty Match episode 3
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NAUGHTY MATCH Episode 3 …………….. The man sitting across from me was, inarguably, my best friend in the world but my patience with his bullshit had been gradually wearing thin over the course of the evening. “Look man, all I’m saying is that I think you should do it.” “I already know what you think,
Continue ReadingNaughty Match episode 2
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NAUGHTY MATCH Episode 2 …….. When I saw Dex’s car for the first time the day before, I hadn’t put much thought into it, only noting its obviously expensive exterior and odd placement at the seemingly hideous warehouse. Taking a clearer look at it though, I could see how much it fit the man who
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Naughty Match
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Naughty Match +18) Episode 1 Rosaline The backs of my knees, my forehead, every part of my body felt sticky with a warm sheen of sweat. The white shorts and tank top I wore in preparation for the trip seemed to only make the heat worse. I had always thought of Miami as a magical
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