THE STORM INSIDEOn entering the bus Tamara pleaded with Ada to get a sit somewhere else. She had prepared the sit next to her for Emmanuel. Ada knew Emmanuel didn't have any feelings for her(quite obvious though),so she warned her against embarrassing herself. The only vacant seat was the one next to Jay.   Daniel had forgotten his belt in the guesthouse so he went back to get it. When he returned, he saw Ada sitting next to Jay, he was so annoyed because he wasn't expected a change in the sitting arrangement. He was practically shooting daggers at Ada but Ada returned the gaze right back at him. Though Ada wasn't really excited about the trip, she didn't feel good going back home. Seeing her brother was something she wasn't ready for because of the feelings she had for him. Well, since she was sitting closed to Jay and Jay could hear her thoughts, he kept staring at her making her hyper uncomfortable. If only she knew he could hear her thoug

THE PAST      Ijeoma Chidubem             I still regret it,I still regret betraying my my best friend. Rose was my very best friend, I shared a room with her in our university school day,she was very nice to me.         Emeka was my friend too but we were on different levels,my father worked in his fathers company. My Mom was close to his mom but they were never friends. My mom always complained of how his mom belittles everyone just because of the money they had. I loved  Emeka but the feeling was one sided,he only saw me as his friend. Emeka felt he was better than everyone, to him his ideas were the best and yet I still loved him.         Rose saw a Job opportunity in my state,she told me about it and I advised her to come stay with me. She said it was okay if she didn't have the job  but I insisted,telling her not to l

SKIN CUTS Ada Adichie       Tamara visited my house with this reaction on her face that I couldn't understand. I was alone at home reading a book,it wasn't interesting,I was glad when I opened the door and saw Tamara. She smiled faintly before coming in. We went to my room to have our discussion as we always did.          "I visited the Teacher's office for counseling" Tamara said before dropping her little bag on my bed. We both knew that no book can fit into the bag, it was just for fashion, crazy fashion.            "Why did you, what did you have to discuss with her?" I asked smiling.        "I wanted her help and somehow we discussed about you ". Tamara told me,she was waiting for my reaction but there was no need for me to get angry until I hear what she told the teacher about me.

AFTER THE PARTY     LILLIAN  I hate the fact that I cried,that the warm stream flowed. I want to forget but it won't leave my mind, it pierces my heart constantly. I was alone in this room,far from Mark I think. How could he,how could he say those words to me. My Mark is such a Darling, he wouldn't do so,but hearing him tell me,my leg lost its ability to stand and I hated the fact that I fell down.          It started that day,the day he smelt of mixed colognes and food but he would not agreed or was I wrong? Did it it start on the birthday night? So this is what happened.      Mark told me his mom was going to celebrate her birthday, that was something the Mrs Ade I knew will never do,but it was her birthday and her choice. It was annoying that Mark told me two days before the party but I chilled my anger, I had a little misunderstanding with his mom.      &

Baby comforts me   LILLIAN        I sat in a bus for three hours,I spent three hours thinking about Mark and me,if I was ready for a divorce but that wasn't even a question neither was it an answer because I know that I wasn't ready to leave Mark.        Jemima waved at me,she looked fatter,she stood afar from me in the park. The moment I saw Jemima, I wanted to run and hug her tightly, I wanted to be lost in her chubby body,to hide from everyone. But instead of doing that,I walked briskly to her.      "Lillian, I've missed you"  "I've missed my rare gem too,I said" she smiled. I knew Jemima knew that I was burdened with something, the way she looked at me and smiled."Why didn't you bring baby,I thought I would see her here" I said.     "I left baby with my neighbor,this park is too crowded,I don't have have the energy to carry her or drag her in such