August 2003. Garki District, Abuja. Osinachi took Monday off to interview a few nannies. Her friends had given her the names of some reputable agencies in Abuja, and she’d contacted them all on Saturday. She was expecting six women to show up for interviews today. She had specified […]
AVAILABLE TO MEMBERS AND PATRONS ONLY A couple of days before… “Hey, it’s time you left. My parents will be home soon…” Ijeoma said, throwing Chuka’s shirt at him, before picking up her bra to put back on. Chuka shoved the shirt aside and pulled her to him […]
“Osinachi, what’s the matter with you?!” “Donald, I did it for us!” “NO! No! You did this for yourself! How could you plan this without me?” “It wasn’t like that, Baby…” “Don’t! Don’t Baby me… I don’t even know who you are anymore. God! All these secrets and […]
AVAILABLE TO MEMBERS AND PATRONS ONLY There was a knock on the door. Before she opened it, Mary knew who it was. She knew she was too weak to see him now…but she couldn’t bare to shut him out. She opened the door and looked up at Ifeanyi. […]
It had been a long night for Osinachi. She’d arrived in Lagos around 8pm and had headed straight to the hospital. Her sister had given her the details for the room they had booked, and she was shown the way at the lobby to the Maternity Ward. Daluchi […]
AVAILABLE TO MEMBERS AND PATRONS ONLY Anxiety kept Ifeanyi up all night. He couldn’t understand why his family had not been as excited as he had been about his proposal to Mary and her decision to marry him. He was afraid that they would try to use reason […]
Chinyere was singing as she scrubbed the bathroom tub. She was so happy because, earlier that week, her lesson teacher had informed her that she’d passed the mock exams he had given her the previous week, and she would be able to enter direct to SS1 with the […]
AVAILABLE TO MEMBERS AND PATRONS ONLY Chuka was surprised to receive a call from Ifeanyi early on Saturday morning. They had lost touch over the months, with Ifeanyi being tied up with family, work, religion and all. However, he was pleased to see that he was missed. He […]
March, 2003. Garki District, Abuja. “Chinyere! Chinyere!” Madam’s shrill voice sounded in the air, causing the house girl to raise her head slowly and rise up from her task of washing Madam’s lace wrappers and beaded blouses, which she always demanded were hand-washed with her special soap. She […]
AVAILABLE TO MEMBERS AND PATRONS ONLY Mary arrived at work to find a massive bouquet of flowers on her desk, with a big red envelope. She was already sure who they were from, but for curiosity sake, she opened the envelope. On the outside of the card was […]
AVAILABLE TO MEMBERS AND PATRONS ONLY “How was Church today?” David asked Mary, settling down on his sofa for their daily chat on the phone. Mary had finally found a new fellowship to call home. She had been pretty excited about the small Pentecostal Church she had visited just […]
AVAILABLE TO MEMBERS AND PATRONS ONLY “I can’t believe you’re insisting on going, even when I’ve told you how I feel about it!” David said angrily into the phone. “And I can’t believe you’re insisting that I dishonour my friend’s invitation to Church just because you don’t like […]
AVAILABLE TO MEMBERS AND PATRONS ONLY David and Mary had their first official date set for Valentine’s day, which fell on the Friday after their meeting at Church and trip to KFC. David said the KFC outing didn’t count, though he used that to observe how Mary was with her […]
AVAILABLE TO MEMBERS AND PATRONS ONLY David woke up in a hot sweat, and sat up in bed, breathing heavily. He had had the dream again, and this was to be the third time. He was sure of the meaning, and he felt that this time, it was […]
AVAILABLE TO MEMBERS AND PATRONS ONLY There was a knock on the door, and Mary put on the last of her clothing. She wondered if the doctor had something more to say. She quickly pulled up the maternity pants she had worn to work that day and called […]
Grace and Truth 