Day: May 12, 2023
In Murky Waters episode 17
Chapter 17 He pulled her to the side of the building, looked around before saying in a low voice, “What are you do here?” “He let me go.” She said with a smile on her face. She was also wearing black jeans, and a white top, with a small black purse in her hand. “What […]
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[]Chapter 16 Frank was by the bus terminus now, wearing black jeans and a white polo top, waiting for his bus to Ghana to get filled up. Even though Fatai had not given him a deadline as to when to disappear, he guessed the man would assume he would do so within the next couple […]
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Chapter 15 The house had a large compound, long driveway from the gate, and a regular sized duplex in the middle of the property. It was ancient British architecture; the kind of houses that the colonial masters lived in while still in Nigeria. The other cars were packed in the compound, and when Frank saw […]
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Chapter 14 Just as Fatai said, the black Highlander was outside his apartment by 7am. Frank was officially dressed and ready, with his back suit, white shirt, but no tie this time. The first few minutes of the ride had him and the driver talking about yesterday’s encounter, and then the car became quiet. The […]
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Chapter 13 Frank leaned on the veranda, looking down at a quadrangle of open space. There was a standard ping pong table below with two amateurs female players trying their hand at the spot, and laughing every time either one of them played wrongly. Beside them was a more serious looking duo behind a large […]
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Chapter 12 After Frank narrated the whole ordeal to her, it was her turn to appear stunned. The room seemed to spin around and around, and she felt nauseated. She sat still, shocked for a while then she jumped out of bed all of a sudden and started picking her belongings from different corners of […]
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Chapter 11 Kiki had been too engrossed in the movie and didn’t hear him come in till he coughed and made her jump. “Freaking Fack, Frank.” She said out loud as she cleaned off the drink that had spilled on her blue floral blouse. “You scared the shiit out of me.” She added with a […]
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Chapter 10 Kiki had dozed off shortly after Frank left. She was awoken by the constant sound of gunfire from the movie showing on the TV. She rolled over in bed to grab her phone by the nightstand. There were no missed calls or messages, and the screen showed it was 19:25. She thought it […]
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Chapter 9 The brain is a magnificent organ. In times of danger, it could speed up its process to ten times its normal capability. In the split second it took the bullets from the AK 47 rifles to hit the SUV, Frank’s mind had raced through about a dozen things; why he agreed to take […]
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Chapter 8 The radio interview didn’t take more than fifteen minutes, and on their way back they had stopped at a filling station to refill the vehicles. The SUV Frank was in was the first to get fueled and they were parked just at the exit of the filling station, waiting for the rest. He […]
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Chapter 7 It was a hot Monday afternoon; his first time seeing her since the attempted robbery incidence three weeks ago. She came directly to his house in a cab. They had kept in touch on the phone and gotten closer over the weeks. He didn’t know if he was falling in love or lust, […]
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Chapter 6 People around ran into shop, and Frank froze. Kiki ran into his arms. His survival instinct would have made him run too, but that was overridden with the instinct to protect Kiki. He wrapped his arm around her. “Relax guys. You can take my car.” He said and stretched his free hand at […]
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Chapter 5 She woke him up around 5am and said she had to leave before the sun came up. They had gone one more round in the sack before he fell asleep; considering the fact that he had actually had another girl a few hours before she came along, he was pretty warn out. But […]
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Chapter 4 He was on t0p her, g0ing back and forth as he watched her make pleasure faces with her eyes closed. Frank felt like he was making love and not having seex with just a random girl; the chemistry felt so good to be true. It didn’t seem like they had just met a […]
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Chapter 3 Frank tried his best not to look too long at the Fatai Lion’s thick mustache as they discussed. With his bald head, and the mustache, he reminded Frank so much of American TV host, Steve Harvey. What Fatai Lion really wanted was for people to see how much he had changed. Even though […]
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Chapter 2 He had heard a lot of scary stories about the Lagos drug kingpin, Fatai Lion. The guy was a small time gangster before politicians picked him up as a thug to be used during elections, and over the years, he elevated himself to a corporate thug. Now, he owned companies here and there […]
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In Murky Waters
[]In Murky Waters By Kayode Odusanya © Kayode Odusanya The girl coughed a few times, and Frank turned around to look at her, n***d under the sheets. Her bronze complexion shone under the white lights of the room; slim waist, wide hips, and big round bu.tt. She told him she was 24, and when he […]
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