Coolval Family drama

How I Taught My Mother In Law a bitter lesson episode 3

January 31, 2023

How I Taught My Mother Inlaw A bitter Lesson part 3 I sat down in the parlor thoughtless and empty Brown Sugar later left after so many words of affirmation Ovundah what have I done to deserve this kind of embarrassment from your family? Honey 1 year and four months and I’m been treated like […]

January 31, 2023

How I Taught My Mother Inlaw A bitter Lesson part 2 I left and entered the room, my husband followed suit Babes what happened he asked, why not go and ask mami, shey when you entered you saw her crying she should be the one to ask, I Know you believe her C’mon dear I […]

How I Taught My Mother InLaw a bitter lesson

January 31, 2023

How I Taught My Mother inlaw A Bitter Lesson pt1 It’s just One year and four months I got married and no pregnancy yet, so Mami as we fondly called my mother inlaw decided to make life unbearable for me Where’s that girl, chloroquine or whatever they call you, chloroquine she yelled!! As soon as […]

January 30, 2023

~WHEN IT RAINS…IT POURS~ ~PART13~ Barrister Mike Collins was a fifty-something year old man who looked kind and approachable. But looks can be deceiving. I thought to myself. I walked in with baited breath and what I heard next changed my life yet all over again. The real perpetrators of the fraud had been caught […]

January 30, 2023

~WHEN IT RAINS…IT POURS~ ~PART 12~ “I am calling from Zenith constructions and planning. We will need you to come in for discussions please. Kindly treat as urgent. I sent a mail to the e-mail you provided during your recruitment but we have not received a response from you. When do we expect to see […]

January 30, 2023

~WHEN IT RAINS…IT POURS~ ~PART 11~ “How are you Ginika?” He asked me spitefully dragging me away from my painful reminiscences “I can see you came for an interview here, still don’t have a job?” He was laughing at me. The son of a gun was laughing at me. “God will judge you Chike. Karma […]

January 30, 2023

~WHEN IT RAINS…IT POURS~ ~PART 10~ “Mrs. Uchendu, how is work going?” The CSO greeted me casually sitting on one of the visitor’s chairs lined up in front of my table. The two police men stood behind him saying nothing and just staring at me. “Good afternoon CSO, good afternoon gentlemen” I greeted the men […]

January 30, 2023

~WHEN IT RAINS….IT POURS~ ~PART 9~ Chike’s people had argued that in their place, a bride price was not paid on the head of a pregnant woman and vowed to come back and pay my bride price once I delivered the baby. They only collected the bride price list and left. Chike convinced me to […]

January 30, 2023

~WHEN IT RAINS…IT POURS~ ~PART 8~ “Ginika” I heard my name being called in a voice I had tried to forget to no avail. A voice that still haunted me and broke my heart. I turned around to behold my ex-husband Chike alighting from the driver’s side while a fair complexioned slender girl alighted from […]

January 30, 2023

~WHEN IT RAINS…IT POURS~ ~PART 7~ “Mama Chinyere, come out here immediately. You didn’t tell me you are now breeding prostitutes in your house” she shouted and pounded on our open sitting room door. “Who is that fool that wants to break down my door?” My mother questioned angrily rising from the settee. “It is […]

January 30, 2023

~WHEN IT RAINS….IT POURS~ ~PART6~ “What is it Ginika?” my mother answered angrily opening her door. “What is it that the whole neighborhood will not rest?” she asked walking past me and my son and sitting down in the sitting room. I was beyond shocked at her behaviour. This woman obviously cannot be my mother […]

January 30, 2023

~WHEN IT RAINS…IT POURS~ ~PART 5~ I left the backyard and made to go back to my room and check on Ebube when my sister Chinyere walked into the house. At twenty-seven, she was the youngest child in the family. The only son of the family, Ikenna, who was her immediate senior was thirty. Mama […]

January 30, 2023

~WHEN IT RAINS…IT POURS~ ~PART 4~ “Good afternoon Mama” I greeted my mother as I tried to walk past the living room without any of the usual confrontations. I just was not in the mood for anything except my bed and my angel. Mama was reclining on the three seater and watching her favourite channel, […]

January 30, 2023

~WHEN IT RAINS….IT POURS~ ~PART 3~ “Alago! Alago! Iduma! Iduma!” shouted the bus conductor bringing me out of my reverie. I looked around seeing that I was already at the main gate of the estate where I had gone for the interview. There were few people on the road waiting for buses due to the […]

January 30, 2023

~WHEN IT RAINS….IT POURS~ ~PART 2~ “If you hear your name, please stand up and move to the set of seats on my right. For those who won’t be hearing their names, always know that in any test of knowledge, there will be those who passed and those who didn’t. I wish you guys all […]

When it rains (complete story

January 30, 2023

~WHEN IT RAINS….IT POURS~ ~PART 1~ I looked up frustratedly as droplets of rain hit my face and my head. Wow! I thought almost close to tears. This is just what I need to end the crappy day. I had gone to an interview that morning that progressively got worse as the interview went on. […]

January 28, 2023

😤MY HOT TEMPERED HUSBAND🙎‍♂️ LAST EPISODE As I tried to come to realization of what *Alpha* just did, it dawned on me that all my certificates from primary school to the university were gone. He won’t go away with this, I promised. I began to target his own credentials too. He must experience the pain […]

January 28, 2023

MY HOT TEMPERED HUSBAND EPISODE 8 His brother who came to pick us at the airport called me to hear my own side of the story. I told him everything that happened and he began to apologize on behalf of his brother. Bubacarr, this is beyond me. My uncle is already involved and there is […]

January 28, 2023

MY HOT TEMPERED HUSBAND EPISODE 7 If you are a married woman reading this and you haven’t changed your status on Facebook and Whatsapp after marriage, I beg you in the name of God to do that before you continue reading my story. This innocent mistake had stolen my joy. Don’t say “my husband understands”. […]

January 28, 2023

MY HOT TEMPERED HUSBAND EPISODE 6 We got wedded on the 17th of May 2022. and the first one month of our marriage was heaven on earth. Marriage wouldn’t have been better than what we experienced as new couple. We traveled to Dubai for a week of honeymoon characterized with dining, wining, having s£x, shopping, […]

January 28, 2023

MY HOT TEMPERED HUSBAND EPISODE 4&5 For the first time Alpha told fatou in a calm and still voice “am sorry Fatou, it was the devil that took over me that day. I know I’ve got a hot temper but I love you and that’s what matters now. Give me a chance to make it […]

January 28, 2023

MY HOT TEMPERED HUSBAND EPISODE 3 The story broke my heart so deeply because I had come a long way with Alpha. Why must it be Alpha? I wished this never happened. How will I quit a relationship that meant so much to me just like that? If I marry Alpha mama will never be […]

January 28, 2023

MY HOT TEMPERED HUSBAND EPISODE 2 Fatou, you cannot marry that boy, not when I’m alive, mama said this in anger. But why mama? I asked her. You obviously don’t know that boy you brought home to me, mama sounded like she knew Alpha before now. Mama, do you know him? I asked mama. Whether […]

My Hot tempered Husband

January 28, 2023

MY HOT TEMPERED HUSBAND EPISODE 1 I will never forget my decision on the 13th of April 20….. that led to the journey of bitterness in my life and marriage. I was a very simple and loving girl until I met Alpha. My mother warned me, but I never listened. I thought I was in […]

January 27, 2023

FAMILIAR ENEMY EPISODE 19 “They took me to a stinky house, I was afraid. Aunty Ekiki told me that Jesus is my superhero, and He is with me everywhere, and I know that Jesus loves me so I can tell Him anything. I was afraid and crying, I prayed to Jesus to save me, and […]

January 27, 2023

FAMILIAR ENEMY EPISODE 18 I stepped out of the compound; the gateman closed the gate behind me. The estate was quiet as usual, I wanted to buy recharge card from a super mart just down the street. I decided to stand by the gate for some time. The evening breeze was soothing. “Holy Spirit, what […]

January 27, 2023

FAMILIAR ENEMY EPISODE 17 “Let’s keep praying about it, sir” I said with some encouragement. He nodded “Dinner is served sir” Oge announced “Have you told Bimbola?” “Yes sir” “Alright” Oge excused herself, and Uncle Ade and I went to the dining table. Aunty BB descended the stairs, her black maxi dress, emphasized her depressed […]

January 27, 2023

FAMILIAR ENEMY EPISODE 16 I stepped into the balcony, to get a perfect view of the sunset. I watched in wonder, the sun like a red glowing ball fast sinking into the cloud, the magnificent beauty signifying the end of the day. I stayed a little longer, accompanied by my thoughts. “Therefore, judge nothing before […]

January 27, 2023

FAMILIAR ENEMY EPISODE 15 “My promiscuous life cost me so much, I didn’t know my son would have to pay for my sins. I haven’t been myself since the day my son got kidnapped and later died. I’m losing my mind. I can’t forgive myself. I have not been able to sleep peacefully, I keep […]

January 27, 2023

FAMILIAR ENEMY EPISODE 14 I heard movement, and the light flickered on, I adjusted my eyes “Uncle Ade!” I screamed in shock “I didn’t mean to startle you Eki” he said. Following the nudging in my spirit, pushing away the disagreeing voice of common sense, I joined him to sit on the dusty floor, It […]

January 27, 2023

FAMILIAR ENEMY EPISODE 13 I rounded up, and closed my Bible. It was my midnight prayer altar. I felt alive again, no wonder the Psalmist said he was glad when they said unto him let us go into the house of the Lord. Yes, the pain of Mayowa’s death was still like a big wound […]

January 27, 2023

FAMILIAR ENEMY EPISODE 12 The following day, I cleaned and arranged the house, as we got ready to leave the state and return home. I emptied the trash container in Aunty BB’s room and something in it caught my attention. A medicine container, it still had some tablets in it. I don’t know why, but […]

January 27, 2023

FAMILIAR ENEMY EPISODE 11 Some days later, Juliet called for me “Eki, I don’t know, I just feel restless.” She said, Juliet was very free spirited and related with me very cordially. “We can take a stroll; will that make you feel better?” I asked, I didn’t know how I came about such suggestion, it […]

January 27, 2023

~FAMILIAR ENEMY ~ EPISODE 9 I replayed the memory with all its messy details We had arrived at our destination late that night, despite travelling by flight. We were still quite tired. A lady joined us in the house, I did not know her and I had not seen her before. Aunty BB said the […]

January 27, 2023

FAMILIAR ENEMY EPISODE 8 I watched in wonder as the day broke slowly. I stepped out of Jumoke’s guest room. Back then when I just started working with Aunty BB, I found a church, an amazing place of worship, that’s where I met Jumoke. Realizing we shared similar desires and hunger for Jesus. In the […]

January 27, 2023

FAMILIAR ENEMY EPISODE 7 It was at the tip of my tongue to refuse the offer, and go on with my plan to stop working for this family, but Mayowa cooed and my attention returned to him. I smiled at him and he returned it with a full smile, his gum on display. My heart […]

January 27, 2023

FAMILIAR ENEMY EPISODE 6 Aunty BB is a business woman to the core, she is a major distributor of foreign designer clothes, shoes and jewelries. Her husband, he is usually addressed as Uncle Ade by the housekeepers. Aunty BB put me in charge of attending to anything that concerns her welfare in the house. I […]

January 27, 2023

FAMILIAR ENEMY EPISODE 5 “Last month I had a girl whose job was to attend to me personally, here in this home. She agreed to the job because she was awaiting admission. I let her go the moment she got admission into the University. I haven’t thought about a replacement since then.” For the first […]

January 27, 2023

FAMILIAR ENEMY EPISODE 4 Pa Benjamin had about seven children, four of which were scattered across the globe, whilst three are based in Nigeria. During all the times I stayed with Pa Benjamin, only his last child visited and called often. Most people assumed Pa Benjamin had only this one child, Mabel. When the funeral […]

January 27, 2023

~~FAMILIAR ENEMY~ ~ EPISODE 3 “Of what use is this one now?” Mama Swagger said to the lady “What else? the same thing the others are used for” “She’s a child!!!, what were you ~thinking picking someone this young?! Don’t tell me you didn’t have plans when you picked and kept her here all along […]