LOGIN(THE KISSING BOOTH)...š„š„Genre: Trilling romance and suspenseāØāØšWritten by:ššJesudamilola Abiolaš...ššARIANNAāS POVššI stood at the door of Lilyās hospital room holding a bag of fruits with shaking handsI have rehearsed what I wanted to say so many times; in the car, in the corridor, even in front of the doorNow that Iām here, every word has disappearedLily was sitting on the bed with a bandage on her wristNicky was beside her in a wheelchair eating oranges and Scott was sitting at the edge of the bedWhen they saw me, the laughter stoppedāAri,ā Lily said smiling āCome ināI walked in and stood in the middle of the roomāI came to say something,ā I said looking down at my fingers āAnd I want to say it before I lose my courageāNobody talkedāIām sorry,ā I said āTo all of you. To you Lily for slapping you in the elevator and staring at you badly every day. To Nicky for the way I treated you because of Kelly. To Scott for chasing you when you didnāt want meāMy
(AWAKENING)Semi Final . . . š„š„Genre: Trilling romance and suspenseāØāØšWritten by:š šJesudamilola Abiolaš . . . ššSCOTTāS POVššIt was the seventh dayI hadnāt slept well since the night I left the police cellThe nurses stopped telling me to go home and Lilyās mum just put a blanket on my shoulders every night without saying anythingI was holding Lilyās hand and staring at the machine beside her bedThe beep was slow and steadyāPlease wake up,ā I whisperedNothingSuddenly, I felt a hand on my shoulderI turned and it was MumShe looked tired tooShe sat down beside me and didnāt say anything for a long timeāScott,ā She said finally āI have something to tell youāI kept quietāThe day I told you that you were a mistake,ā She said and her voice was shaking āI was angry and I was hurting because of something else. I never regretted having you. Not one dayāI stared at herāI let you carry those words for years because I was too proud to take them back,ā She said in
(THE AIRPORT)...š„š„Genre: Trilling romance and suspenseāØāØšWritten by:ššJesudamilola Abiolaš...ššSCOTTāS POVššāCheck the airport,ā The Inspector shouted into her radio āAll exits, all flights leaving tonight. Close the gates now!āOfficers ran in different directionsI stood in the middle of the empty room staring at the open windowSomebody told him we were comingI started thinking about the people that knewThe doctor, the Inspector, her officers, my dad, Kelly and meāOne of the officers must have warned him,ā Dad said like he read my mind āThe ones from the police station; the ones that held youāI clenched my jawThat made senseThose officers beat me to confess without even investigatingMr. Daniels must have been paying themāInspector Rose,ā I said āThe two officers that arrested me, what are their names?āShe was already on the phoneāOfficer Mark and Officer Brown. They are being arrested at the station as we speakāāThen we need to hurry,ā Kelly said āHe
(THE TRUTH)...š„š„Genre: Trilling romance and suspenseāØāØšWritten by:ššJesudamilola Abiolaš...ššKELLYāS POVššWe got to Grahamās hospital late in the eveningThe sky had turned dark orange and the compound was very quietI walked beside Scott and tried not to stare at him too muchHis lip was swollen and his clothes were torn but he was holding his head high like the first day I met himInspector Rose walked ahead of us with two other officersāTwo minutes only,ā The doctor said standing outside the ward with his hands folded āHe woke up this afternoon and he is still weak. If he gets worse, I will stop youāāUnderstood,ā The Inspector saidWe walked inThe man from the rooftop was lying on the bed with bandage around his head and a tube on his armAs soon as he saw Scott, his eyes widened and his breathing became fastāDonāt be afraid,ā Scott said softly and stopped some steps away from the bed āIām not here to hurt you. I just need the truthāThe man stared at him f
(HIS FATHERāS BELIEF)...š„š„Genre: Trilling romance and suspenseāØāØšWritten by:ššJesudamilola Abiolaš...ššSCOTTāS POVššāYou can come out,ā The police officer said againI stared at him and my heart droppedNot again!Gosh!Dad has really done itHe paid them after I told him not toI stood up slowly and my ribs were paining meāWhere are we going?ā I askedāJust follow me,ā He saidI followed him through a narrow corridor with my hands in fistsI was angry; I was tired; I was ready to shout at my father in front of everybodyWe entered a small office with a bulb that kept blinkingMy dad was sitting there and Kelly was beside himArianna was standing behind them holding a phoneI squeezed my faceāWhat is she doing here?āāDad, I told you not to pay anybody!ā I said before anyone could talkāI didnāt pay anybody,ā He said quietlyI stared at himHis eyes were red like someone that has been cryingThe police officer offered me to sitI sat down slowly, still looking a
(THE RECORDING)...š„š„Genre: Trilling romance and suspenseāØāØšWritten by:ššJesudamilola Abiolaš...ššARIANNAāS POVššThe maid kept walking towards me slowlyOMG! My heart was pounding so hard that I thought she could hear itāWhat are you doing here?ā She asked squeezing her faceāI came to see Kelly,ā I said and hid my phone behind my backShe stared at me for a very long timeGosh! Please God, donāt let her collect my phone; I prayed silentlyāHe doesnāt want to see you, go and pack your things like he told you,ā She said coldlyāIām going, I just need to tell him one thing,ā I saidSuddenly, the door openedKelly was standing there with red eyes and scattered hairHe looked like someone that hasnāt slept for daysāWhat is going on again?ā He asked rubbing his foreheadāArianna, I told you to leaveāāPlease Kelly, just listen to me for one minute,ā I said and the tears I was holding droppedāIf you still want me out of this house after that, I will go and I will neve







