As the last of the distant relatives and not-quite-close-friends mourners drifted out of the house and through the gates, Kaine breathed more easily. She didn’t really feel relief—or comfort. She was…
“Who is driving this big car?” Since she was busy with a client’s hair, as should Ndidi be, Callista asked with a fair amount of indifference, “What big car?” “A jeep.”…
Mario thought it wise to give her a fair warning as he pulled into the front yard of the bush bar. “We’re going to get teased, so be prepared. Try not…
“Why are you doing this?” “I am not doing this, Ade. Life did it to us. We don’t have a future together.” “Of course, we have a future together. We are…
Exasperated he might be, but when he made a promise, Mario considered himself honour bound to keep it. And if they were going to convince everyone they were indeed in a…
It mortified Callista that she needed to pretend to show Chukwudi Udolisa that he no longer mattered to her. Mortified her even more because it was necessary. She could not understand…
It’s shocking, and annoying, for me these days, (maybe it has always been I’m not conscious of that), when I encounter in any form a woman slut-shaming another woman. When men,…
“I need you to be my boyfriend.” Mario raised his head from the sales journal he was trying to update, which he hated that he had to, and slowly lifted his…
