AVAILABLE TO MEMBERS AND PATRONS ONLY Seventeen years ago. Amaka looked down at the folded white note that had just been passed to her by her neighbour and friend, Sade. Her heart flipped in her chest. She knew who it was from already. He had sent her two before, […]
AVAILABLE TO MEMBERS AND PATRONS ONLY Ifeanyi handed in his letter of resignation when he resumed work on Monday. Unfortunately, due to his high level position, he wouldn’t be able to leave the job for three months or until a replacement could be found and trained, which ever […]
Something has been troubling me for a while now. I don’t really know how to put it in words, but I’ll try. A book I am reading and hoping to review by F. Remy Diederich, called “Broken Trust”, has also motivated me to look deeper into this. There […]
AVAILABLE TO MEMBERS AND PATRONS ONLY It was a beautiful sunny Saturday in early April. The socialites, and everyone who was anybody in Lagos, were at the Reception of the wedding ceremony between John Solomon Jnr’s first son, Jamie and Chiamaka, the second daughter to the late General […]
AVAILABLE TO MEMBERS AND PATRONS ONLY Jamie Solomon was a man of mixed blood, who enjoyed the benefits of the multiple races to which he belonged. He stood tall at six feet three inches, fair in complexion, with a head of soft black curls. He had movie star […]
AVAILABLE TO MEMBERS AND PATRONS ONLY Ifeanyi laid in bed watching his wife, who had fallen asleep in his arms. She looked so beautiful as she slept and snored quietly. He thought of how lucky he was that he hadn’t lost her after his sexual indiscretion. For a […]
AVAILABLE TO MEMBERS AND PATRONS ONLY Ifeanyi nuzzled my neck affectionately, and I could tell that he desired to kiss me again. Even though I had forgiven him, I was not ready for that level of intimacy. I was still in sorrow, still hurting, as the memory of […]
AVAILABLE TO MEMBERS AND PATRONS ONLY The days that followed were the most miserable of my life. And that is saying something! The news of my husband’s betrayal broke me in so many ways… I felt like I had been hit by a freight train that I hadn’t […]
AVAILABLE TO MEMBERS AND PATRONS ONLY Ifeanyi looked at me, shocked, as if he didn’t believe that I really wanted to know all the juicy details of his betrayal. “I just need you to make me understand how you can love me and cheat on me…and with someone […]
AVAILABLE TO MEMBERS AND PATRONS ONLY Over the next few days, I noticed a change in Ifeanyi. He seemed to be bothered by something, a little anxious. We hadn’t made love since I returned. I thought maybe he was giving me space to recover, but it’d been more […]
Here’s a short excerpt: First of all, I must give thanks to God. I stand here today by His amazing grace. I praise Him for all that He saw me through and the many ways He has moulded me to be the woman I am today. I give […]
AVAILABLE TO MEMBERS AND PATRONS ONLY It was a warm Friday night in September, and we were preparing to attend the 30th Anniversary celebration for his bank, Solomon Investment Bank. They were having a cocktail party and launching of their new Head Quarters in Lekki Phase 1. Ifeanyi […]
Here’s a short excerpt: “The day wey you throw me commot for house,” Chinyere began, looking at Osinachi. “I think say I go go my aunty office, but the place de far. I don tire for sun and I begin de stop taxi for road. I tell them […]
AVAILABLE TO MEMBERS AND PATRONS ONLY My story is sad, because it is so common. We all think, or at least hope and pray, that it will never happen to us… That our man is different…or that we are different, and so will never give him reason to […]
One morning, while in my early teens, I woke up in a panic. My heart was beating fast and I was sweating and afraid. I had just had a dream that I had smoked a cigarette. Not a pack. Just one cigarette. And I was afraid of what […]
Grace and Truth 