Too hard to let go
Too hard to let go episode 16
Episode 16 Final TOO HARD TO LET GO I drove home, and went straight to bed, without talking to anyone. The next morning, I called out my mother and Deborah, and revealed everything to them. “She has finally done it again!. Hei!, that girl has given you from her cup again”. My mother exclaimed. “She […]
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Episode 15 TOO HARD TO LET GO I went to the hospital two days later to pick the DNA results, but I didn’t open it there. I wasn’t ready for the heartbreak. When I got home that night, my mother sat me down in the living room.Seemed Deborah was busy in the kitchen. “Why I […]
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Episode 14 TOO HARD TO LET GO. “What do you mean by me?”. I asked. “I think you may be the father”. She said. “How?. Did you not see the test results?, Let me remind you. You were five weeks gone while our wedding was barely three weeks old”. I told her. “Yes, I remember. […]
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Episode 13 TOO HARD TO LET GO I didn’t see Deborah when I got home. Another neighbor told me she has been taken to the hospital. “I think, the city hospital”. She said. I drove out again. She was on drip, and lying unconscious on the bed. The woman that called me earlier was sitting […]
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Episode 12 TOO HARD TO LET GO “What exactly is complicated there?”. I asked. “I don’t know..”. She paused to wipe the tears that were dropping on the baby. “You don’t know what?”. I asked impatiently. “I don’t know how it happened”. She said. “Wait, are you trying to say you don’t know who fathered […]
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Episode 11 TOO HARD TO LET GO “Lucy!”. I exclaimed, as soon as I realized it was her. I used to think, she was living her best life wherever she may had been. She stared at me, in tears, shook her head, and passed by. I turned to continue looking at them as they passed. […]
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Episode 10 TOO HARD TO LET GO I didn’t understand what was happening at that moment. “What are you doing?, have you gone out of your senses?”. I asked, silently. “What does it look like?. She smiled … I want to take good care of you tonight”. She whispered into my ear, rubbing her body […]
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Episode 9 TOO HARD TO LET GO I got into my room and banged the door, really hard. After Lucy, another problem I have is my mother. She thinks I’m still a child I picked my phone and put a call through to my brother, but that one was not making any sense at all. […]
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Episode 8 TOO HARD TO LET GO “So, these are our wedding photos. Can you now go in there and take off those things you hung in my room?”. I said to Deborah. She made an attempt to stand up but my mother, gave her a look that suggested she shouldn’t dare, so she sat […]
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Episode 7 TOO HARD TO LET GO Standing before me at the door, were my mother and a young lady. The lady had a big sack bag on her head. I watched them for a while, wondering why they have come all of a sudden, before I realized myself. “Welcome, Mama”. I muttered, making way […]
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Episode 6 TOO HARD TO LET GO I woke up very late the the next morning. I quickly took my bath and got ready to leave. By the time I came out from the room, Charity was already cleaning the living room. “Good morning, brother, you’re leaving already ?”. She said as soon as I […]
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Episode 5 TOO HARD TO LET GO “What are you doing here, Charity?”. I asked as soon as I recognized who it was. “Good evening, brother, I have been here since 3pm”. She said, dragging herself up. “Yes, good evening. I asked a question”. I repeated, impatiently. “I’m here to see you”. She replied. “You’re […]
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Episode 4 TOO HARD TO LET GO I stared at the phone in my hand for close to fifteen minutes before I was able to digest what the text said… just a straight forward message. ‘Hi, Douglas. I know right now, you’re more concerned about me than you’re angry about what I did, I know […]
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Episode 3 TOO HARD TO LET GO I cried until there was no more tears left in me. I stood up and went into the bathroom. I didn’t know exactly how long I stayed back there, but I was sure I spent more than 3 hours laying inside the bathtub. I soaked myself inside the […]
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Episode 2 TOO HARD TO LET GO. I got home around 8 that night.. about 3 hours later, as a result of heavy traffic I met on my way that evening. Lucy was sitting over a plate of jollof rice in the dining room, by the time I arrived. She has called me countless times […]
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Too hard to let go
TOO HARD TO LET GO. I was shocked when the doctor congratulated me for the pregnancy. “Congratulations, Mr Ibeh, your wife is a month pregnant”. He said, extending his hand to me for a shake. “preg what?, doctor please check again, that may not be her results”. I doubted. The doctor smiled. “This is unbelievable […]
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