THE GAME CONTINUES         "That's not part of my question, I've  answered what you asked" only Jay knew whose thought he couldn't read and Lillian knew he read hers before and he read Mark's in the table. Mark asked because he noticed that Jay have been staring at Joy,could that be reason?             Before Mark spin the bottle, he wished the head would point at Jay but it was Joy. This time,Lillian asked her  " truth or dare" and she replied "truth".       " why are you so quiet,I think there's a story behind it,tell us why" .After Lillian asked her the question, she smiled for the first time that evening.       "I was once cheerful as an high school student. I met this man who was much older than me,I'm sure his kid is the same age as me,he visited my mom's shop regularly, he bought expensive wines, he was like a perfect man. I didn't approach

    THE CRAZY TRUTH             Saturdays are for resting! Mark opened the house door and Lillian walked in,she was shocked to see Joy in the living room,she hardly leaves her room. Joy looked at the couple,greeted them politely and left the parlour. On some days she behaved cool and on other days,she was hot headed.            Lillian was cleaning the kitchen when Mark's phone rang,the conversation was short. After the call,he spoke to Lillian from the sitting room.          " Sweets,I'll be back,I need to be somewhere". He rushed to his room and changed his clothes. He wore jean pants and a blue T-shirt .             "Sweets,where?" Mark didn't reply,he just rushed out.        Now, it was just Lillian and Joy at home. After cleaning the house,she slept in her room. She didn't do much wor

  TOO GOOD TO LIVE     Joy moved sideways on the bed,she was in pain,her stomach was hurting. She was uncomfortable and went to the kitchen to get herself a glass of water. She saw Lillian and Mark watching the television, a funny show as both of them laughed. She almost called Lillian but she didn't want to disturb them so she moved quietly to kitchen. Lillian saw her moving quietly to the kitchen and asked "are you okay,Joy" . She nodded her head and said it was fine.        Jay slept earlier than he normally did,he said he travelled so early and didn't have a nice sleep the previous night. Unlike Jay,Mark wasn't feeling sleepy,he forced Lillian to watch TV with him. Though Mark and Lillian went shopping for baby stuff together,they never once spoke about what to name the baby or what he would call Lillian.     " How come you never spoke about the baby to me? I even forced you to buy baby stuffs

A GIRL'S CHARM WON'T WORK.             The new week would be more stressful for Lillian,all the student resumed. The seats won't be empty and the class would be more rowdy. Lillian walked to the classroom swinging the class registry on her hands. The walkway to the class was empty but she could hear the noise coming from her class.       "Good morning class" Lillian greeted loudly but she reduced her voice to prevent her from shouting just like the last time. The students replied with their usual " Good morning, we hope your night was pleasant "           Lillian replied with a "it was lovely too,yours? And the class answered "wonderful" though some students didn't say a word. Lillian began the confirmation of the attendance of students in the class.    " Adichie Ada"   "Present"  "Ayaremi kunle"   

LIKE A NEW LIFE    (Mending challenges three)    Like a new life      I woke up one morning and I found my mom dead. It wasn't a shock,we were actually waiting for her to die since she was sick,down with leukemia. She always avoided talking about my dad,but if she did,she would tell me not to blame him and later she told me he didn't know I existed,he only knew of the pregnancy but she told him that she aborted it. When she was in her last days,she wrote a letter to my dad and told  me to move in with him after her burial. She said it was her last wish,I wanted to stay with my aunt but even I felt pity for my aunt Danielle because I knew she was struggling too.        I moved in with my dad and he didn't even apologize to me,for not coming after me. At some point after my mom's death,I had nothing in mind than the thought of moving in with my dad. " Will he seat