"Are you two fucking each other now? " My hands which had been spread out for an embrace, dropped to my sides in shock. The question was not normal. It would never be comfortable for my male cousin to talk about who I was sleeping with especially if it was his best friend. I brought my arms around my self as I watched Wisdom, who wore a very broad smile on his face . My face must have reddened at the thought of what he said. He extended his arms towards me. "Ahh, baby sis."I went in for the embrace, with less excitement not having recovered from the embarrassment. "It's been so long" he said as he suddenly lifted me off the ground. I screamed and he dropped me immediately. He went over to Ike, "Bruh" and they clasped hands and hugged and I didn't miss Ike saying, "That joke was too much, man! ""It got to you, Bruh" Wisdom laughed.

There was a loud noise coming from outside. Voices were raised in disagreement very close to my shop. I came out and saw that Aku had gone outside. I stood outside, waiting to see something. After a while people started running out from the shop just before Madam Chinaka's own. Aku also ran out from there. Then she looked at the door I was standing."Come here you, you! " I shouted in annoyance.She clapped her hands and came to me, laughing. "They are fighting! they are fighting oo" she told me excitedly."And you are there, It's like you want to follow them to station? "The Landlord had connections with the police and in violent cases like that, he did not waste time to call the them.Aku went in while I kept standing at the door. People were still struggling to see what was going on inside."Aunty if you see drama eh! " She was screaming behind me.I turned t

"Why are you smiling like that? " I asked . It was a stupid question. My own smile could actually be broader than his that was just done with a side of his lips. "Let go of your clothe. It did nothing to you. "I agreed and freed my poor dress that I could have torn without noticing. It was the effect of being under his gaze. "I should be going upstairs, " I said.He walked to where I was and began tucking my hair behind my ears."You are beautiful, " he said. "Thank you? " I replied, unsure of the sudden compliment. I tried so hard to compose myself so I do not look like a silly teenager being complimented for the first time. "There was a man," he began. His face was just a few inches from mine. I found it strange listening to him when he was that close to."The man was a taxi dr

I woke up to the effect of the light sneaking past the closed curtain. I had never known how to sleep with light . One of my neighbors decided to do blues this morning. Wrapping my arms around my waist, I thought of how I slept. I remember just lying there and staring into space not even daring to turn lest I catch Ike's eyes on me .I look at his side of the bed and he was not there . I stood up and strolled to the bathroom door, he was not there either. Matching out of the room on bare foot, I realized that the song I was hearing was coming from my sitting room.There was an inviting aroma coming from the kitchen. I redirected to the kitchen and he stood there with a trouser, loosely hanging on his waist that I could see the line of his briefs . He was shirtless, dedicated to the egg in the frying pan. I stood at the door, arms folded, staring at  his well tanned upper body imagining what would have happened if I returned his kisses l

I sat with Michelle, Stella, Ada and Ike on the same pew.  We all came with well tinted glasses . I know it is called 'sun shade' but we are not for fashion today- We're hiding our pain.We wore blue ankara dress with red designs on it, all sewn in a simple blouse with a front zip and a pencil-cut skirt. My mother could have been anywhere in the church or outside the church.. She was a habitual late comer. Auntie Maimah sat in the front pew with Nneka and Wisdom at her sides. She was the only one who wore white. Her eyes were red and round and seemed it was sinking into her sockets. She was not wearing a shade. She just sat staring at the choir as they ministered. People on my seat cried silently but I noticed, they dabbed around their covered eyes too often. I was trying to be strong so I chewed the fruit gum in my mouth , imitating a nonchalance that I could not feel. Each time I stared