While on the bus, I waited for a response from Ricky. His reply still had not come so I put my phone away and waited till I got home. Ola was in the sitting room playing board games with that Johnson boy, fine, his name was Christopher. I knew that.
“Hey, Michael.” She waved from the where they sat on the floor.
The boy turned and
The man before me appeared to be in his late thirties. He pulled out a folder and brought out a printed image.“Do you recognize this man?” He tapped the picture.I didn’t need to look twice.
I blinked and shook my head.“No, I just…” I remembered that I had to find an excuse. “I met with Dr Meyers and he said he might be able to help me gain admission into a university abroad. I wanted to know if that was okay with you before discussing further with him.”“I think it’s a lovely opportunit
Cindy Forbes I sat in my bedroom and stared into space. I had done a lot of that lately. So many thoughts were muddled up in my head. One of them was my inability to confront Ethan about him being with a younger girl. I felt I had to see it to believe it but how could I bring myself to see such a thing? I si
Cindy ForbesI placed my palm against my forehead.“Oh gosh,” I groaned. “
When we arrived at Unilag campus, I got out of the car with Idris and his dad. The place was busy with people who moved to and fro, minding their business. I did not think any suspicious activity would go unnoticed with so many people there. However, if being a bait was going to work, I had to get Donny’s guy to think I was alone and vulnerable. We went to the admissions office where Idris and his dad spoke to one of the admission officers his dad was friends with. To gain admission into a university that popular and competitive, sometimes you had to know someon
I woke up to the sound of dripping water. A few drops ran down my face and I slowly blinked my eyes open. I found myself staring at a face I had come to dislike. “Donny,” I muttered.
Cindy ForbesI gripped my phone tightly in my hands as I tried to convince myself that what I was about to do was smart. Well, at least it was necessary given the circumstances. I could not bring myself to ask Ethan what I wanted to know.After all, I knew him well enough to know that he would tell me th
Caleb sighed and smiled but I could see that it did not reach his eyes. They held traces of worry. He clenched his fist and I felt the muscles in his arm flex under my touch. I slowly took my fingers off his arm and tucked them in my pockets.“It’s nothing.” He shook his head.“Listen, I know we don’t know each other well and