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Love & Lies Episode 26&27

4 years ago

LOVE AND LIES ( 26 and 27) TWENTY-SIX Kola had been doing fine and he had resumed work at his office while Nkiru was also happy that things had begun to change for good. She had found so much love in her teaching job. She would wake up early to make breakfast and before leaving

Love & Lies Episode 25

4 years ago

CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE ” Mami please, I have had enough. Just leave me to die. Everywhere we went, they said there is no solution to my problem. It has been five months now.” Lara cried. She had been complaining of stomach pain since the previous night. Both her mother and her couldn’t sleep. “No, I wont

Love & Lies Episode 24

4 years ago

TWENTY-FOUR Something tells her life is about to take its toll on her. It seems to brandish a cutlass in the air ready to cut out her flesh bit by bit or like whacking a cow whip in the air ready to smack her really hard. Tears welled up in her eyes. They formed thick

Love & Lies Episode 23

4 years ago

LOVE AND LIES TWENTY-THREE It was evening and the wind was already thrashing softly outside. Honks and gabble still whirring from a distance. The air was musky and the evening sun had a daub warmth. Lara stepped into the compound, dragging a heavy box along. She wore a crimson shirt that gave out the size

Love & Lies Episode 22

4 years ago

TWENTY-TWO Kola nestled his head into his pillow, observing the stillness in the hospital ward. It was an early morning, probably six. Kola was in thought. What will really be the outcome of my DNA? Have I indeed been fathering a son that isn’t mine?. Kola shook his head, trying to dispel all the thought

Love & Lies Episode 21

4 years ago

TWENTY-ONE Nkiru wondered what kind of place this could be. A cluster of bushes here, then few baobab trees there which were led by a pathway. Something like a watermill was beating from a distance then cascading into a river that ran metres away into the cluster of bush. Nkiru found herself at a crossroad.

Love & Lies Episode 20

4 years ago

TWENTY A male nurse pushed Kola out of the theatre in a wheel chair. The surgery had been done. He looked sullen. He was gently laid into the bed. He stretched out, guiding his leg safely not to hurt it. He sighed down heavily after the process. His eyes had a glint of utter sadness.

Love & Lies Episode 19

4 years ago

LOVE AND LIES NINETEEN Kola’s right leg was hung up at a side of the bed, bandaged. It reeked really bad. He couldn’t shake nor move it. He looked crestfallen as he laid in the hospital bed staring into the distance and thinking about his life. The emergency room of the hospital had been really

Love & Lies Episode 18

4 years ago

LOVE AND LIES EIGHTEEN Tony had been able to con a man of $120, 000. A man called Walter, a Lebanese business mogul who inherited most of his wealth from his father, an oil merchant. Walter had made an arrangement to buy a house in Nigeria to facilitate his travel. How he got involved with

Love & Lies Episode 17

4 years ago

LOVE AND LIES SEVENTEEN Kola drove out into the mist of the morning. A faint sun was already peeping out from the clouds. Fresh breezes coursed and careened through the open, whistling a distance off. A haze seemed to hang up in the sky blurring the clouds. Kola jarred off worriedly, speeding through a free

Love & Lies Episode 16

4 years ago

LOVE AND LIES SIXTEEN Kola stepped out of the room dressed in a Ralph Lauren Polo that structured his muscular chest and well-trimmed his broad shoulders. A pair of blue Chinos trousers ran down to his feet over some laced El Haye shoes. He had a gold-encrusted Invicta watch gleaming from his wrist. His face

Love & Lies Episode 15

4 years ago

LOVE AND LIES FIFTEEN Lara stepped out of the bathroom with just the towel swung round her. Bead of water-drops streaked and ran down through her face. Her hair was packed into a polythene. Her breast dangled under the roll of towel she strapped round her, clapping at each move of her footstep. She dropped

Love & Lies Episode 14

4 years ago

FOURTEEN Nkiru hadn’t had sex for weeks now. She had the urge but Kola had shown no interest. He would lay like a log every night. He was simply indifferent. Nkiru wriggled restlessly as she lay in bed before she pulled her quilt over herself for some warmth. It was six in the morning. She

Love & Lies Episode 13

4 years ago

LOVE AND LIES THIRTEEN Kola was still sitting in his office when his friend, Barrister Nat walked in. Nat was his university friend and ever since they left university they had been two inseparable friends. Nat was a man in his late thirties. He had a large head he probably got when he was fat

Love & Lies Episode 12

4 years ago

LOVE AND LIES TWELVE Kola sat in his office rocking his armchair. He would sigh and shake his head, hissing intermittently. He was worried. What Nkiru said about her job and marriage had really disturbed him. The last time he went through Nkiru’s mails, what he saw was disheartening. He had decided to keep it

Love & Lies Episode 10

4 years ago

LOVE AND LIES TEN Weeks had passed and Nkiru was just happy with her job even though things had not been perfect between Kola and her. She would get to office on time, resume her daily duties and go back home feeling fulfilled and overjoyed. Nonso seemed to have stomached the fact that he could

Love & Lies Episode 9

4 years ago

LOVE AND LIES NINE Nkiru walked into her bank with a sweaty face that had her make up a bit washed. Though her thick eye lids and red lipsticks were still visible and attractive. Judith watched her as she tried to gather herself impatiently that morning. Nkiru removed her jacket and swung it round her

Love & lies Episode 8

4 years ago

LOVE AND LIES EIGHT Nkiru was in her black blazers over a white shirt and black skirt. Her face had a patch of powder that made her face glow while her lips also glowed with the red lipstick she added. She looked really pretty with the long strands of of Bob Marley that danced and

Love & Lies Episode 7

4 years ago

LOVE AND LIES SEVEN Lara went back into the house after Kola was out of sight. She unwrapped the phone and brought it out from the pack. A smile was spreading through her face. It was an iPhone 4. She examined it happily and brought out her other phone and dialed Tony’s number. It rang

Love & Lies Episode 6

4 years ago

SIX The morning was bright. A faint sun smiled out weakly from the clouds. Fresh morning breezes whistled and sway the trees, trashing the softness of the morning and sweeping everywhere. It was what people call the harmattan breeze.People began to rush out to their places of work. Loud hooting and whirring of vehicles had

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