Author: Mariam

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I write fiction...

Egbon, you don hear say dem don increase fuel price? Mazi my brother, I don hear. I talk am… the time wey dem reduce fuel price enh, I talk say dem go still increase the fuel price and na wetin dem don do so. Mtshw… kai I just tire, wetin dey stable for this country Nothing! And nothing go ever dey stable… not fuel price or electricity price or even food price. This food wan wey you just talk enh… Bubu talk say e dey do everything wey e fit do to reduce food price. Which reduce food price, how…

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Olinlin got out of the car and put the Taser at the back of his trouser like it was a gun. He walked discreetly around the car park and took note of a black Mercedes Benz parked in a dark spot near the entrance of the building. He stood behind the car for a while soliloquizing and hid when he saw someone walk by “do not allow anybody see you” he heard Tony’s voice in his head.

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Efe’s call sent thoughts of guilt flowing in Biola’s mind; she was so lost in thoughts that she didn’t pay attention to whatever President Kenneth said to her about stopping the story about them from coming out. A knock on the door brought her back to reality.

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After the phone call she got ready dressed and went to work; her thoughts were all over the place, so she decided not to drive. She called Biola on the phone because that was the only thing that would help her stop feeling the fear she was feeling for her friend.

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Growing up, asides the dream I had for myself; my mother dreamed for me too… she used to tell me that she couldn’t wait for me to grow up and meet an amazing man, fall in love and get married. She always told me that my wedding day would be one of her happiest days.

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“I’m sorry that I didn’t tell you sooner, I didn’t know how to confess,” Biola said to Efe while pushing a glass of wine towards her. They were on the dining table in Biola’s home and she had just confessed to Efe that she had been seeing another man aside from Seyi and finally told her that it was President Kenneth. “How long has this been going on?” Efe, who was extremely surprised, asked before she gulped the entire glass of wine in front of her. “A few months now” Biola replied, “how… long?” Efe asked slowly, requesting more detail.…

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Why do I feel like Job? Not because any kind of plaque befell me or god tested my loyalty or something but only because everything I feared was going to happen in the past week happened. And now I don’t know what to do… I know what I want to do but I’m not sure it’s the right thing to do

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