The Pain – Chapter 20
Two Months Later Tina woke up that morning feeling elated. It was 4.30am, and she wanted to surprise Abayomi by picking him up at the airport. He was coming into Nigeria that day. She got out of bed to get ready. She cast her mind back to the past two months. Their friendship had blossomed […]
The Pain – Chapter 19
Abayomi watched the pain that etched Tina’s face as she looked lost in thought. She began to recount her story. “I was a boarding house student and had just entered JSS 3. My best friends Kemi and Tutu had just become boarding students because of me. We were really excited that we were going to […]
The Pain – Chapter 18
Three weeks later Abayomi cleared out his work schedule for the next two weeks. He needed to go to Nigeria. He was no longer comfortable doing nothing about his situation with Tina. He felt a strong urgency in his spirit not to give up on her. Tina had refused to marry him and the rhetoric […]
The Pain – Chapter 17
Tina was busy packing in preparation for her return home. She was very eager to see her family, friends and employees. She couldn’t wait to get back to work. Her flight was the next night, and she still had a lot to sort out. Although she had started packing a week earlier, the whole process […]
The Pain – Chapter 16
“Abayomi, what happened between you and Motun?” Abayomi’s mum, Mrs Ige asked without preamble. “Mum, how do you mean? Who told you something happened?” he replied wondering what on earth Motun had told his mum. “I just finished calling Motun, and asked after you. She sounded like you haven’t been talking” she said. “Ki lo […]
The Pain – Chapter 15
Mike was laughing so hard by the time he got off the phone. What he thought would be a two to three minute conversation, ended much longer. Tina had been the screaming caller. She had called him with the good news that Abayomi had proposed to her. She gave him details of Abayomi’s confession the […]
The Pain – Chapter 14
The next day, Abayomi woke up very early with a big smile on his face. He felt on top of the world and had this sense of fulfillment and inexplicable joy. Today is the day, he thought as he went through the previous day’s one-step victory. After dinner with Motun the other day, he made […]
The Pain – Chapter 13
Tina finally had her cast removed and no longer needed crutches to move around. She was elated as her count down to return back home in Nigeria was ticking. Since the day Abayomi abruptly left her house two weeks earlier, he hadn’t come over to visit neither had he called. She had replayed the entire […]
The Pain – Chapter 12
Chapter 12 Motun yawned contently as she watched Abayomi covertly. She had put her plan underway and was watching to see Abayomi’s reaction. Abayomi pretended to look through his phone as he sipped his orange juice. He was aware of every move Motun made and he knew she was watching him. She had just changed the […]
The Pain – Chapter 11
One Month Later Abayomi sat across Tina in her uncle’s living room. He stared at her as he felt that undefined emotion pulse through him again. She made him feel alive in a way he had never felt before, and it terrified him. She’s recuperating for God’s sake he thought. It was inappropriate of him […]