Jeremy
Jeremy episode 20
JEREMY . FINALE . Jeremy wouldn’t answer my calls. My father was also silent. . Apparently, my mother had gone over to Aunty Uju’s house shortly after I left for the hotel where Jeremy had put up. My father was home alone, which explained why I came home to find that much quietness. . “These […]
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JEREMY . Episode 19 . Jeremy retracted his hand from mine and moved in the direction of the door. I pursued him quickly, still wanting to know what was happening. . “Talk to me, baby. What’s going on, na? Why didn’t you let me know you were going to stop by? We could have come […]
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JEREMY . Episode 18 . Jeremy got out of bed that morning when I was still in it. He left a note explaining why he didn’t want to wake me up when I opened my eyes. . “Hey, gorgeous, given how much you needed to sleep, I didn’t want to wake you up. I apologize […]
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JEREMY . Episode 17 . Jeremy exhaled loudly and said, “I hurried to the kitchen and grabbed a knife. I sprinted back into the room and caught him off guard. With the rage I was now filled with, overpowering the old man was easy. I clenched the knife tightly in my hand while holding it […]
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JEREMY . Episode 16 . “You don’t even have to say it, jeer.” “I’m sure they must have assumed she killed all the kids.” Jeremy smiled at my presumption before shaking his head in disapproval. . I was baffled. That a man could suddenly turn against his wife over her alleged inability to “conceive a […]
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JEREMY . Episode 15 . “According to the narrative, it rained on that particular day. My mother had been expecting me for a while, but for some reason, I had resisted emerging. For the last six days, she had been in labor. The physicians had warned that if by midday she still hadn’t given birth […]
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JEREMY . Episode 14 . “Since his second wife was unable to bear him a child, my father decided to marry a third woman. The fourth experienced the same outcome, which brought about his fifth. It was previously believed that my mother was involved in each of these. It was exceedingly challenging to persuade anyone […]
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JEREMY . Episode 13 . “What Aunty Uju heard from those girls’ lips is not entirely untrue, babe. There is some truth to it.” Jeremy began. “My family truly is royalty. That much is true. It is true that I am the presumptive heir to the throne, and it is also true that I have […]
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JEREMY . Episode 12 . … With a final giant thwack of my skin against the wall, Jeremy detonated his payload. He repeatedly trembled and shook in my arms, between my legs, and under the hypnotic influence of my delight. . Jeremy kissed me after he settled down, leaving me pushed against the wall. . […]
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JEREMY . Episode 11 . I was abruptly awakened from my daydream by the sound of my phone ringing. It was Jeremy on the line. I felt like I needed to say a lot of things at once, but I also knew that arguing with Jeremy wouldn’t be the best course of action if I […]
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