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Through our journey from the house to the hospital, papa never stopped praying. You’d notice his jittery lips as he intermittently peeped behind to see if Semi had passed on…. “Mama Obioma, “how is he?,” he asked mama with an x-rayed disposition of nervousness as he drove. We arrived divine hospital at exactly 12:15
“On that fateful night, ” it was a very cold tuesday night. It rained so heavily and there were total power outage in the entire neighbourhood. Papa and mama had gone to bed just immediately after papa finished watching the 9 O’clock Network news on the television. We often retire to bed early in
THE BLIND ALLEY – EPISODE 4 “In the name of Jesus!, in the mighty name of Jesus!!, father, i pray in your name this morning that your will be done……..”(continously, the prayer echoes) “who could be praying by this time,” i wondered as i checked the time and discovered it was 5:15 am.
THE BLIND ALLEY – EPISODE 3 We got home that day with the new august member of our family. I practically avoided looking at him in the car. Throughout the journey home, papa initiated most of the talks and laughed loudly like never before….. He must be so happy and somewhat satisfied to have
THE BLIND ALLEY – EPISODE 2 The entire church was filled to the brim. The People outside were more than the ones inside as all parishioners sat with nervy expectations. Of course, this would be the first time we would be having seminarians sent to our parish by the Bishop. As usual, papa had
THE BLIND ALLEY – EPISODE 1 “We’re all going to attend 10:30 am mass tomorrow, ” papa said before we concluded the night prayer”. We only attend such masses each time something big would be held in our parish, St Augustine, hence, 6:30 am mass had always been my ideal mass. “What could be
Mercy left the country with the new man in her life. How she left, Jacinta didn’t know neither did she care. Two months later, Jacinta got a call from her brother, “Jacinta, Jacinta your hiding is over.” “What happened?” “Roy committed suicide. He killed himself.” “Killed himself? How did he do that?” “He left
It all started when I was 8 and Roy was 12 years old. My parents employed a maid. We liked her. She was a kind and generous. She was someone we always loved to be around. She sneaks in movies for us to watch when our parents are not home and we enjoyed watching
Roy is a British citizen and based on marriage, she was also given same citizenship. Their children were American citizens. She had to device a way to get her kids and move to a country where he wouldn’t come looking for them. She settled for Australia. She sold some of her possessions; gold jewelry,
We need to do something fast; really fast. He wants to initiate your children. Incest is a sin and also a crime. He should be reported and dealt with. Like your mother in law said, act normal and plot your escape with the children. They are still young. You can wipe this mess from