The Obasogie's mansion looked deserted as Ego made her way hastily inside. She had needed no clearance at the gate for she was treated as a member of the Obasogie family even by the domestic staff. She did not wait for her husband to tuck his car properly into the garage before she barged out of the car, nodding briskly to her husband's soft, "Careful, babe!" as she half-ran towards the mansion.
Jide gratefully handed over his car keys to one of the drivers who had come to attend to him when he heard the sound of Jide's car heading towards the garage.
"Thanks, man," Jide said as he dashed after his wife as soon as he handed his car keys over to the driver. She was already on the marble steps leading upstairs to the private rooms of the family when he saw her. He bounded up the steps after her. He reached her as soon as she got to the landing and put a calming hand on her shoulder. He could tell by her slight trembling that she was much agita
The elderly Pa. Gbolade came into his living room. He was of an average build and was in his early sixties. He was dressed in just a simple 'buba' and 'sokoto' native attire. As he entered the room, the two well-dressed young men already seated got off their seats and prostrated, greeting the elderly man in the Yoruba fashion."E ka san sir! Good afternoon sir," they greeted politely one after the other.Pa Gbolade nodded as he raised his arms in acknowledgement of their greetings. He smiled warmly at them."E kaabo, you're welcome, my young men," he answered them. He took his seat, then gestured at the young men to get up. "Please have your seats, young men," he said.Dapo and his friend, Dare, promptly rose up from their prostrate position and briefly adjusted their clothes as they took their seats.In a bid to prove his genuine commitment to his Yemisola this time around, Dapo
A delivery van was just leaving the Obasogie's gate as Osahon's car rounded the bend which led to his gate. He drove inside the opened remote-controlled electronics gate but parked by the driveway when he entered the compound. He alighted from his car as the remote-controlled gate was being shut and strolled to the security post close to the gate."Good afternoon, young master," the guard on duty greeted him cheerfully, as he stood up from behind his desk."Good afternoon, Silas. I saw a delivery van leave here," Osahon said as he walked to the security personnel's desk.Silas nodded. "Yes, as a matter of fact, he brought this," and he thrust a well-wrapped package at Osahon.Osahon reached out for it, and noticed that his sister's name was
"What will you do now?" Dare asked his friend, Dapo. They were in Dare's house as Dapo had come on a weekend visit to Lagos with his lover, Yemisola, whose pregnancy was growing by the day.Dapo had exhausted all options available to him; he had even gone as far as soliciting the help of his uncle, who though assured him of his sworn silence, refused to follow him to Yemisola's father in Osogbo, to ask for her hand in marriage for fear of what his elder brother, Dapo's father, would do to him if he ever found out about his treachery.Dapo raked his hand through his hair. "Honestly, I don't know, my man," Dapo sounded confused himself.Yemisola had become unhappy as her father had put his foot down, insisting that Dapo's family owned up to claim his daughter as wife for their son as a proof that th
The shouting went on with Ame blocking her husband's path as he headed out of the house. The two female helps left in the house cowered in the corner of another room, overhearing all the noise as the couple brawled on."You're going nowhere, Dapo!" Ame thundered as she stood stoutly before her husband."Get out of my way, bitch!" Dapo snarled as
"Things are not done that way, Sunkanmi!" Chief Adejare argued heatedly with his younger brother.Having being summoned by his sister-in-law, Chief (Mrs.) Abiola Adejare, and being kept abreast of the situation, Adesunkanmi Adejare, younger brother to Chief Adejare, had paid his elder brother an unscheduled visit in the office the very next day after Chief Adejare's talk with Dapo, who was currently on an indefinite suspension by his father.
Femi sat tensed on the single seater where he sat, not moving. He was oblivious to the tears that ran, unchecked down his face. Ame sat before him, dry eyed and seemingly looking unbothered but he knew she had been through hell and back. He could not begin to fathom how she had single-handedly gone through the ordeal she was now narrating to him.He had flown her and her daughter out of Ibadan over to his place in Jos, to offer her respite from the ordeal of the unpleasant publicity which her separation from her husband, Dapo Adejare, had caused.
Philip descended the short flight of steps from the plane onto the tarmac. He looked around him and took stock of his surroundings. The Murtala Mohammed International Airport; the MMA, had not changed much in the three years and four months that he had been away. Happy tears blinded him as he thanked his God for bringing him back to his homeland. But for God's mercy to him, he had never thought that he would see his beloved country again.He knew his surrogate mother was wrong when she had said that Nigeria had nothing to offer him anymore. His beloved Ame walked on the very soil of this land, and though her father's re
Nurse Bolanle was idling by the reception desk and having a light banter with the nurses at the reception desk when Philip's name came up."Enhen, how far with you and your bobo, nurse Bolanle?" One of the nurses asked and all eyes feasted on nurse Bolanle for her answer."Don't try me o, nurse Benedict! My plans are going to be put in effect asa