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Black Marriage episode 18

October 14, 2022

THE BLACK MARRIAGE © Ralph Angel: EPISODE 18 Andy changed his position on the bed as he came awake. His eyes landed on the angelic form sleeping on the bed and his drowsiness vanished. Jessica had never looked more beautiful. She was more than he ever imagined, much more than any man would imagine. She […]

October 14, 2022

THE BLACK MARRIAGE © Ralph Angel EPISODE 17 Andy’s father looked at Andy. “Did you two have a fight? You both seem to be on the edge with each other, or is it another form of emotion I am sensing?” Mr. Williams hid a knowing smile. “Don’t be ridiculous dad. It would help if you […]

October 14, 2022

THE BLACK MARRIAGE © Ralph Angel EPISODE 16 Jessica roused from her sleep with a lazy stretch. It took her some seconds to remember that she was in Andy’s room, and with the realization, she jumped out of bed. One quick glance told her that Andy was not in the room. She wondered if he […]

October 14, 2022

THE BLACK MARRIAGE © Ralph Angel EPISODE 15 That was the very first time that she would really see his chest. His chest was filled with athletic muscles which depicted power and strength. He looked alarmingly inviting and try as she may, she could not take her eyes off him. She forgot to breathe as […]

October 14, 2022

THE BLACK MARRIAGE © Ralph Angel EPISODE 14 Andy roamed the masters’ bedroom in anxious strides. He was angry, confused, hurt and every unpleasant emotional feeling that can come to mind. Jessica had been sitting in the sitting room for over an hour, with her eyes glued to the TV set. She had refused to […]

October 14, 2022

THE BLACK MARRIAGE © Ralph Angel EPISODE 13 Jessica was surprised that she had enjoyed the evening. Andy almost could not take his eyes off her, making it difficult to concentrate on keeping up with the charade but Mr Williams was a very down to earth man, and she found herself relaxing, forgetting the pretense. […]

October 14, 2022

THE BLACK MARRIAGE © Ralph Angel EPISODE 12 Even if the trumpet sounded three times in a row, Jessica was certain that Andy would not have heard anything. He seemed to be glued to the place he was standing beside his father, as he gazed with disbelief in his eyes. Her normally bold personality instantly […]

October 14, 2022

THE BLACK MARRIAGE © Ralph Angel EPISODE 11 He dialed his best friend and assistant to tell him that the office was in his care. He had a feeling that he was in for a long night. Jessica lay on the chair, reading a novel. One thing she loves about the house was the study […]

October 14, 2022

THE BLACK MARRIAGE © Ralph Angel EPISODE 10 “How is life as a married woman” Paulina asked after some time. Jessica swallowed slightly. “Life is beautiful. You should all get married” “Yeah, we are working on it” Sonia said, focusing her eyes on the decorations on the wall. Lizzy was in thought and Jessica was […]

October 14, 2022

THE BLACK MARRIAGE © Ralph Angel EPISODE 9 Two months into the wedding and Jessica was already feeling extremely frustrated. Ever since they left the beach after the pathetic honeymoon, Andy had gone worse, leaving the house at seven and arriving a little before midnight when she would have been fast asleep. At first, it […]

October 14, 2022

THE BLACK MARRIAGE © Ralph Angel EPISODE 8 “How could you do a thing like that son?” Mr. Williams was yelling on the phone. Andy had been postponing this call but now, he didn’t have to. He had done the wedding without his father’s consent. His father had been in Germany on an important business […]

October 14, 2022

THE BLACK MARRIAGE © Ralph Angel EPISODE 7 Jessica and Lizzy got to Eko Tourist Resort and for the first time, Jessica knew that she would be having a lot of fun. They had both talked endlessly on their way there, even though almost all the references Lizzy was making were of the gossips she […]

October 14, 2022

THE BLACK MARRIAGE © Ralph Angel EPISODE 6 “Jessica…” she gasped. The words Jessica had heard continued to echo as she stared ahead, seeing nothing. It was until tears had slipped out of her eyes that she again saw the bad news bringer and Miss Bolu. She wiped the tears instantly and marched forward, standing […]

October 14, 2022

THE BLACK MARRIAGE ©Ralph Angel: EPISODE 5 After two days and Andy continued to go to work, Jessica became fed up with the pretense. She felt bored and useless in the beach house so she decided to go and see her friends. If Andy wanted to be unreasonable, she would show him that two can […]

October 14, 2022

THE BLACK MARRIAGE ©Ralph Angel EPISODE 4 Even as Andy alighted from the car about an hour later, he was still boiling in anger. Jessica had guts, he could give her that. No woman had ever confronted him hands down the way Jessica constantly did. She had the talent of getting him angry whenever she […]

October 14, 2022

THE BLACK MARRIAGE © Ralph Angel EPISODE 3 Jessica packed her hair up the way she always did as she stood facing the mirror. The length of her hair always made people envy her even when the only thing she wanted to do recently was to cut the hair off. Combing it was always a […]

October 14, 2022

**THE BLACK MARRIAGE** © Ralph Angel EPISODE 2 Jessica Adams stood at the entrance of the overcrowded hall, feeling like an exposed rabbit. Her uncle had her hand tucked in his elbow and the music was being sung softly but Jessica heard nothing. She felt a chilling fear in her spine that something would go […]

Black Marriage by Ralph Angel

October 14, 2022

**THE BLACK MARRIAGE** ©Ralph Angel EPISODE 1 “This gown is perfect” Sonia exclaimed as she hurriedly held out the wedding gown that caught her fancy in the extremely large room filled with gowns. Jessica sighed exhaustedly. “You can’t obviously expect me to wear that?” “And what is wrong with this one again ooo” Paulina asked, […]

October 13, 2022

DON’T MESS WITH A RIGHTEOUS WOMAN. EPISODE 3 “Hello Ranti.” No response. She was breathing hard. “Mr Kayode, please pray for me. Something is pressing my stomach. I don’t want to lose this child. Please!” Pregnant? I hadn’t even noticed she was pregnant. “In the name of Jesus, I command you, stop oppressing her!” I […]

October 13, 2022

DON’T MESS WITH A RIGHTEOUS WOMAN. Written by: Adexshowking Adeniji EPISODE 2 “Ranti, how much did you bring to my office?” Ranti was just about leaving the office when I approached her desk. She hesitated before responding. “Please don’t tell me that money is missing.” The other sales rep stood there watching. She ran out […]

Don’t mess with a righteous woman

October 13, 2022

DON’T MESS WITH A RIGHTEOUS WOMAN. Written by: Adexshowking Adeniji EPISODE 1 Bimbo didn’t want me to take up that job initially. She said something about her heart not being comfortable with it but what was a man like me to do when I have been living on my wife’s meager income for the past […]

October 13, 2022

#Sophia_and_Ekene_ (Part 5) It seemed a very long night for Sophia at the hotel as she roamed about quietly in dismay searching for answers to many unanswered questions. Ginika failed to show up again since she strolled out. She had to monitor every action within the surrounding meticulously and conscientiously. Sophia was wary of CCTV […]

October 13, 2022

#Sophia_and_Ekene_ (part 4) Sophia had lied earlier at the airport. she had told Obyno that she was waiting for her aunt then. She maintained that lie – but made slight changes this time in a bid to suit time and events. This time around, she told him that her aunt began having issues with her […]

October 13, 2022

#Sophia_and_Ekene_ (part 3) In the gathering gloom, the prelude to darkness, Sophia wandered around the airport premises in despair. Communications with Ekene remained in deadlock. She was once upbeat and hopeful but recent events have connived to deter her mind. She was beginning to lose confidence in Ekene’s credibility. Then, she remembered Ginika, one of […]

October 13, 2022

#Sophia_and_Ekene_ (part 2) Sophia hoped for a nice outing in Asaba but little did she know that a huge surprise awaits her on the horizon. Ekene was expecting Sophia on a Saturday evening as agreed but Sophia decided to create a scene. She touched down on Friday evening. Filled with joy amidst fantasies, she had […]

Sofia and Ekene

October 13, 2022

Episode 1 A lady flew all the way from Kaduna to meet this guy she met coincidentally sometimes ago in Asaba. . . Sophia met Ekene during her kid sister’s wedding preparations. They had come to main market Onitsha to buy valuable stuffs for a glamorous wedding. It was on one of those outings that […]

October 13, 2022

OSUWAKE Episode 14 The next morning, around 5:00am, she was breathing heavily. She called me to come and hold her – she was feeling extremely cold and was shivering when I reached her. “Osuwake! I’ m not feeling myself again! I’m very cold. Please are you touching me or close to me” “mummy! I’m here, […]

October 13, 2022

OSUWAKE Episode 13 I arrived home safely. I met my mum in tatters – she was suffering seriously. She had started menstruating again. It has been more than a decade since she saw her last menstrual flow. Since the time she gave birth to our lastborn over ten years now; it stopped then and now […]

October 13, 2022

OSUWAKE Episode 12 As I got back to Lagos, I secured another job still as a househelp to one woman who had no child. The woman was very kind to me and was even thinking of adopting me as her child from the look of things then. While in her house, one of her friend […]

October 13, 2022

OSUWAKE Episode 11 I was only seventeen years of age as at then but was surprised when I heard my dad quoting the wrong age and asserting that I was married and living with my husband. they invited me to the witness box; they made me swear an oath of honesty and sincerity of whatever […]

October 13, 2022

OSUWAKE Episode 10 I sought refuge with my elder sister where she was managing and patching up her life after the traumatic experience she had been through in her late husband hands. I cried my heart out and explained everything to her, she consoled me and assured me that she will talk to her male […]

October 13, 2022

OSUWAKE Episode 9 I went straight to my dad and reported her to him. She had broken me. “don’t worry! go and show your mum the result Don’t mind her, i will talk to her” he pleaded. I went to my big Aunty house to show my mum the result. It was the first time […]

October 13, 2022

OSUWAKE Episode 8 I summoned courage on the agbero man and charged him to stop driving my customers away as they were just my friends and customers and so, will do no harm to me as he allleged. He went and reported me to my step mum immediately. When i reached home that day, my […]

October 13, 2022

OSUWAKE Episode 7 “No swearing again”. I have found my money” “daddy how manage” i asked in shock. He explained he believes strongly that it was his wife who took the money because he didn’t allow her to stay in the house. So, he was the one who swept the house and removed the foot […]

October 13, 2022

OSUWAKE Episode 6 My sister stormed their house and confronted her. They were age mates! She fired the first shot. She welcomed her with a slap and that was all she needed to clear some doubts. They fought but my sister gave her the beatings of her life. You can imagine how the beatings would […]

October 13, 2022

OSUWAKE Episode 5 My mum had three sisters but only the eldest amongst them had the capacity to accomodate us all. So, within the period of all this happenings, i stayed with another of her sister. With her daughter, who happens to be much older than me. One day, i felt like the horrible ghosts […]

October 13, 2022

OSUWAKE Episode 4 My brother almost died as a result of my dad’s strong hold on his manhood. My mum cried and begged him to free her son and face her – that the battle is between the two of them. He never listened, and instead continued his assault on a generation. Leo was at […]

October 13, 2022

OSUWAKE Episode 3 It was indeed a traumatic experience. I stayed in the hospital for weeks and was later discharged. I didn’t start school immediately. I missed school greatly and always wished i never had that ugly experience. The issue became pronounced and the news spread all over our neighbourhood. On my return from hospital; […]

October 13, 2022

OSUWAKE Episode 2 The threats from my friends seemed very real to me and i was extremely scared of them. I never wanted to lose them as my friends – they were bigger than me too. As at then, my mum was already used to bathing me but after that incident, i avoided her bathing […]

October 13, 2022

OSUWAKE Episode 1 According to my mum, i was baptised in a catholic church at the age of two(2). But along the line, my parents switched to another church and so, we the children followed up. The church became our family church thereafter. It happened that my dad and mum met each other while still […]