Month: April 2023
I married a devil (short story
I MARRIED A DEVIL Part One Sylvia met Dave during her youth service. She had studied Nursing at Uniben and graduated with a first class honors. Her church is the type that their pastors do merge and matchmake young and eligible singles to mingle and marry, irrespective of their feelings for each other. Once you […]
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Motherhood episode 15
Motherhood ππ. Final part π₯Ί My family continued to live like every other normal family. Though Julius was still incommunicado. We never heard from him nor saw him. Few months later, Eunice graduated from the university with the CGPA of 3:95. We all travelled down to Benin for her convocation. Her mom almost prostrated before […]
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Motherhood ππ Part 14. We didn’t hear from Julius since then. I never stopped praying for him. My heart still aches whenever I think of him. He is my son after all. “Eunice!! Eunice!!”. I called out but got no response. “What’s wrong with this girl? Ever since she got back from school, she has […]
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Motherhood ππ. Part 13. For security reasons, we have to take him to our base”. My husband suggested. “What has he gotten himself into?? Where did we go wrong? Oh my goodness! I can’t breathe “. I i cried out loud. “You have to calm down. God will take control. There’s nothing too hard for […]
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Motherhood ππ Part 12. Coincidentally, when the kids reprinted their jamb forms, they were all scheduled to write their exams same day. Although it was in different exam centers and different time. Jude and Julius went on their own to their exam centers. I drove Eunice myself to her center. I waited till Eunice was […]
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Motherhood ππ Part 11 FIVE YEARS LATER “Judith stop climbing that chair, you will fall down”. I said to Judith. My baby girl is grown now. We celebrated her fifth birthday some months ago. She’s very hyper. Sometimes I get tired of scolding her. Jude walked into the house looking really tired and exhausted. “Welcome […]
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Motherhood ππ. Part 10. “Honey what’s the issue?”. My husband asked as he approached Julius and I. “Help me ask your son what he has been doing inside his room all alone with the door locked”. I said to my husband. “What were you doing inside?”. My husband asked Julius. “I was sleeping. I don’t […]
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Motherhood ππ Part 9. It was as though my body was waiting for the pregnancy to be revealed before breaking down. The hormonal changes was overwhelming. Everyday I wake up nauseous. I can’t even eat without puking. I stopped my husband from using perfumes and body sprays because I found the smell offensive. There’s always […]
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Motherhood ππ 8 Julius was admitted in the hospital for 3days. He got discharged from the hospital when he was completely okay. We decided to book a counselling session for him. We started seeing some positive changes in his behaviors after a while. He became really obedient and less aggressive. He played more often with […]
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Motherhood ππ Part 7 “Stop crying, we’ll find him soon”. My mother said as she consols me. We’ve already drew the attention of both families and friends about the whole situation with Julius. “Mummy, how do you expect me to be calm? This is my child we are talking about. I have searched everywhere. Everywhere […]
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