❌ Do not copy or share on any platform ❌ After Peyton was sure that Luca was asleep, she walked to the sitting room and picked up her phone from the center table. Peyton looked at her phone inbox and could see Charles’ message. She quickly sat on a couch and dialed the number. “Hello! Professor MacPherson!” Peyton said. “Hi! Please, who is on the line?” professor MacPherson said. “It’s Peyton, Charles’ wife,” Peyton said. “Oh! Peyton! How are you? How did you get my phone number?” Professor MacPherson said. “I am fine. Charles forwarded your phone number to me,” Peyton said calmly. “Charles? Is he back?” professor MacPherson said. “Not really; he sent your phone number as a message to my phone,” Peyton said. “Alright. I was at your house in the early hours of the morning,” Professor MacPherson said. “Margaret told me; that’s why I am calling you now. Is anything the problem?” Peyton said. “Nothing
❌ Do not copy or share on any platform ❌ Evelyn carried two plates and spoons. She washed the plates and the spoons. She walked to the pot of fried rice and dished out some portions of the food into a big flask. She arranged the plates, spoons and food flask into a basket. She walked out of the kitchen. “Mason, I want to go to Charlotte’s house now,” Evelyn said as she reached the sitting room. “It’s getting dark outside already, why can’t you just suspend that?” Mason said. “Please, Mason; I need to give Professor MacPherson and Ayla this food,” Evelyn said. “Alright. Don’t stay long,” Mason said. “I won’t,” Evelyn said. Evelyn walked to Professor MacPherson’s house and knocked at the door. Ayla walked to the door and opened it. Ayla collected the basket from Evelyn and took it to the dining room. She placed it on the dining table and walked back to the sitting room. “Hi! Professor MacPherson!” Evelyn said as she sat dow
❌ Do not copy or share on any platform ❌ The gangsters switched off their mobile phones’ lights and entered the car. Dickson sat in the driver’s seat and moved the car away. The car moved gently from street to street. The car reached its destination and Dickson stopped the car. The gangsters alighted from the car and they walked to the hotel. They stood in front of the main entrance. The door had already been padlocked before they arrived. The gangsters couldn’t do anything, they walked back to where their car was parked. They entered the car and wound up the glasses. The gangsters slept off inside the car after removing their masks. The next morning, Dickson woke up first. He quickly woke the other guys. “Hello! Guys! Wake up!” Dickson said. The gangsters woke up and moved to the entrance door, but the padlock has not been removed. “What do we do now?” Logan said. “We just have to wait for the workers to come. It is 7:20 am
❌ Do not copy or share on any platform ❌ Charles and the other light-fingered guys hid their guns in their pockets, they walked out of the hotel through the back door. The gangsters entered the car and masked themselves. Dickson sat in the driver’s seat and drove the car away. At about 12:50 pm, they reached a street. Trades were going on in this street between buyers and sellers. Dickson parked the car beside a signboard with the inscription “Beauty mall.” The gangsters came out of the car and began to disrupt the economic activities taking place between buyers and sellers. The armed men shot bullets into the air. There was a pandemonium and uproar in the street as passersby, traders and buyers began to get on their heels. Before this incident, the workers of beauty mall had already known the mall was unsafe since they saw broken doors and the scattered state of the mall when they started their day’s operations. The gangsters entered the mall and found no single soul there. T
❌ Do not copy or share on any platform ❌ Ayla and Landon watched the film for about 6 hours. They were so engrossed in what they were doing. Anytime a funny thing was displayed on the television, the duo laughed. As all these were going on, Landon stylishly looked at Ayla’s face; he could see a beautiful young lady sitting close to him. “This girl is beautiful! I have told her several times to be my girlfriend, but she refused. Should I tell her once more? This is an avenue to tell her again. She could say something positive this time around,” all these thoughts ran through Landon’s mind. “Landon, look at this stupid girl! She has finally submitted to her crush,” Ayla said, referring to one character in the film they were watching. Landon couldn’t hear what Ayla was saying; thoughts were running through his mind about how to carry out his promiscuity. “Landon, are you okay? I am talking to you and you are not responding,” A
❌ Do not copy or share on any platform ❌ It was exactly 6:58 pm, Professor MacPherson parked his car in front of his fenceless house. He opened one of the doors of his car and alighted from the car. He carried his briefcase and walked to his house entrance door. “Hello! Ayla!” professor MacPherson said. “Hold on, dad; I am coming,” Ayla said moodily. Ayla walked to the door and opened it, she walked back to her seat. Professor MacPherson closed the door and staggered into the sitting room. “Ayla, you didn’t greet me,” professor MacPherson said. He put his briefcase beside the table and sat down beside Ayla. “I am sorry, dad; welcome,” Ayla said. “Thank you. You look dull. What happened?” professor MacPherson said and touched Ayla’s chin. “Nothing, dad,” Ayla said silently. “C’mon! You can’t deceive me. Are you famished?” professor MacPherson said. “Yes, dad,” Ayla said. “Where is Evelyn? She did
❌ Do not copy or share on any platform ❌ Professor MacPherson walked to the sitting room holding his briefcase. He was dressed in a black coat, a tie, a pair of shoes, non-recommended eye glasses and a wristwatch round his wrist. He dropped the briefcase on the table and sat down. He took out his phone and dialed Evelyn’s phone number. He tried the first time, but Evelyn didn’t answer the call. However, at the third attempt, Evelyn finally answered the call. “Morning, Evelyn,” professor MacPherson said. “Good morning, sir,” Evelyn said moodily. “Your voice shows distress; what happened?” Professor MacPherson said. “I am at the hospital now,” Evelyn said. “I am aware; Ayla told me everything that happened in my absence. I’ve been trying your phone number, but I haven’t been able to contact you,” professor MacPherson said. “That’s caring of you. I guess you and Ayla are not starved?” Evelyn said. “No, we are not,” p
❌ Do not copy or share on any platform ❌ Queen Caroline and Hazel walked to the bed chamber of King Achilles and met him taking a nap. Inside his bed chamber were two couches, a marbled floor, a plasma television and other electronics, a standing fan, a doormat made from lion’s skin, a table and sundries. Queen Caroline and Hazel sat on one of the couches. After sitting for about 50 seconds, Queen Caroline finally spoke. “Greetings, my king. A king doesn’t sleep; so I am sure you are conscious,” Queen Caroline said. “What do you want?” King Achilles said. King Achilles stood up from the bed, he walked to one of the couches and sat down. He gazed at Queen Caroline and Hazel. “Why are you mute? I said, what do you want?” King Achilles said and grimaced. “My king, you are not a bad man at all. Over the time we have spent in this palace, you have been good to us. Queen Alexandra, on the other hand, has been troublesome, nefarious and unin
❌ Do not copy or share on any platform ❌ Davies was sitting on a couch in the sitting room. It was a hot afternoon. He was sipping a cold wine as he gazed at the television. Before Magdalene and her baby, Edwin and Alfred left home in the morning, Magdalene told Davies to tidy up the clutter and clean the bathroom. As soon as Davies ate his breakfast, he tidied up the clutter. He started from the sitting room. Next, he tidied the clutter of Edwin’s room before he tidied his own room. He cleaned the bathrooms and toilets with soapy water. The work was too much for Davies, so he felt tired. He was so engrossed in the television when he heard the buzzing sound of the buzzer. He muttered some words before he stood up from the couch. It was then that he realized that he was still tired after the morning engagements. He was so excited about seeing Liam. He closed the door gently when Liam entered. The twosome exchanged pleasantries as they walked in the direction of the set
❌ Do not copy or share on any platform ❌ Davies was so happy when he received the call in the morning that Magdalene had given birth to a bouncy baby boy. He had gone to take his bath. When he returned to his room, he glanced through his phone’s screen and saw two missed calls. He became worried when he discovered that Alfred was the caller. He wondered why Alfred would call him in the morning. However, when Gino and Gina came into the room, he borrowed Gino’s phone and gave Alfred two peep calls. Luckily, Alfred called Gino’s number. Alfred never knew who owned the phone number, so Davies quickly introduced himself.“Magdalene has given birth to a bouncy baby boy.” These were Alfred’s words before he cut the call that morning. Davies was sitting under the marquee. It just rained so everywhere looked wet. Davies dialed Gina’s number and waited for Gina to pick up the call. When Gina picked up the call, they exchanged pleasantries. “I am unde
❌ Do not copy or share on any platform ❌ It was a bright Monday morning, two weeks after Alfred and Davies returned from the hospital. Davies was inside the sitting room when Magdalene walked in. Magdalene had gone to the mall on Saturday to buy food items, because Davies would be resuming school today. When Magdalene got home that day, he showed Davies everything he had bought. Davies took a gaze at the food items. They were majorly what he wanted. He thanked Magdalene.“I hope you have put the food items inside the car’s boot?” Magdalene said gently.“Yes, mum. I finished that some minutes ago. Have you eaten your food?”“No. I will eat my food when I come back. It’s time we went. You shouldn’t be late on your first day at school.”“Before we go, mum, can I tell you something?”“Alright. Be very fast.”“Edwin told me you rarely eat…”“He did?” Magdalene cut in.“Yeah. Please, ensure you eat often because of the baby. I wouldn’t want you to ha
❌ Do not copy or share on any platform ❌ King Rehoboth walked into the inner chamber. Beside him were two guards. He was dressed in his regalia, holding his office staff. As soon as the chiefs saw him, they greeted him. The king replied to them before he sat down. A guard stood on the left and held the king’s office staff while the other guard stood on the right.“I have called you here today because of our last discussion,” King Rehoboth said.“With all humility my king, you mean the discussion about Alfred?” Cooper said, standing up.“Yeah. You have a retentive memory.” King Rehoboth smiled. “I have decided that we will help Alfred and his son with money, so that the surgery can be carried out on them.”“From an African adage, my king, a man doesn’t gulp down the hand that feeds it. Alfred has been a backbone to this state. He risked his dear life just to see that others were happy. I think this is the best time we can show our appreciation to him. We
❌ Do not copy or share on any platform ❌ When Magdalene got home, she changed her clothes and sat down on one of the couches. She had branched to the mall to buy popcorn and groundnuts as soon as she left Edwin’s school. She took out the popcorn and the groundnut from the bag and started consuming them. After she consumed everything, she became bored. She turned on the television and started gazing at the actions displayed on the television screen. It was an episodic film. Magdalene had watched the first and the second episodes of the film. The actions of the film hadn’t reached the climax, so she had hoped to watch the third episode of the film one day. She visited the cassette store two days ago. She had gone to buy an interesting film when she saw the third episode of the film she had been longing to watch. Without any hesitation, she picked up the cassette and paid for it. It cost 15 USD. It was worth it because it was an interestin
❌ Do not copy or share on any platform ❌ It was Sunday evening. Magdalene was sitting inside the sitting room, she was looking sad and inactive because Alfred and Davies hadn’t returned home. Different thoughts were running through her mind. She had left home for Sarah’s house in the morning. She told Sarah about her ordeal. Sarah was so shocked. She told Magdalene that Alfred and Davies had left for home the previous night. Magdalene became more worried. She had returned home and refused to eat. Edwin walked into the sitting room and met Magdalene. Edwin sat beside Magdalene and said, “Mum, you can’t continue like this. You taught me to pray in every situation, but here you are thinking. You don’t have to cause more havoc.”“I couldn’t take it anymore. I have tried Alfred’s and Davies’ phone numbers several times, but they weren’t going through. I hope nothing happens to them,” Magdalene said and couldn’t hold her tears. Edwi
❌ Do not copy or share on any platform ❌ The moon was already out. The streets were lighted by the streetlights. The streetlights were used to see in night in California. The lights were charged via the energy from the sun in the day and when the night came, they illuminated everywhere. The lights were so bright that even when a pin fell down, it could easily be picked up. Despite the streetlights, there were still some nooks and crannies in California that experienced darkness because the streetlights couldn’t reach there. King Rehoboth dialogued with the citizens several times. He would tell them that he would create more streetlights for the state. The citizens would leave his palace happily. Yet, King Rehoboth hasn’t been able to create any streetlights. Rehoboth wasn’t a stingy man. He could give anything except his wives. He grew to love his wives. The major problem King Rehoboth had was financial problems. He did not have enough money
❌ Do not copy or share on any platform ❌ Davies had restrained from negative thoughts that day. He was resting his back on the couch when he heard a knock on the door. He wasn’t expecting any other people apart from Magdalene and Alfred, who had left for the hospital in the morning. He gathered a ray of hope that Magdalene and Alfred had returned home. To his greatest surprise, it was Liam. He grimaced, closed the door and they walked in the direction of the settees. Davies asked Liam what he would like to take, but Liam refused. Liam told Davies that he wasn’t famished. Davies pleaded with Liam to take cold water and Liam acceded to that wholeheartedly. Davies stood up from the settee and returned, holding a mug. He handed over the mug to Liam. Liam thanked him and emptied the mug before the twinkle of an eye. Davies knew the kind of friend he had. He knew Liam didn’t like to be disturbed when drinking water. So whe
❌ Do not copy or share on any platform ❌ Davies was so eager to go home. He has been away from home for the past seven months. He had called Alfred one fateful morning and told him that he had finished his examination. Alfred had promised to come and pick him up next week. Davies stuck his bag to his back. He clutched his luggage. He greeted Gino and Gina before he left the hostel. Gino and Gina were identical twins, so it was difficult for people to differentiate them. They were international students from China. Actually, they weren’t citizens of China. They were citizens of America by birth. They had relocated with their parents to China in search of greener pastures. Many people never believed that they were Americans because they spoke the Chinese language most of the time. The few people close to them could easily identify them as Americans because of the color of their skin and hair. Davies was very angry when the housemaster int