Lilian* As usual, the men stepped in with goodies for Jasmine's pa. The maid which was assigned to care for him stepped out to help them offload the goods. I marveled at how Mr. Jason still had these men fending for us even when Jasmine had fled from his house. Perhaps, he was doing these things so that Jasmine could see him as a good man. As soon as they were finished, they pulled out with their van. Mom covered the curtains and turned to me, "What happened? I couldn't find you in your room this morning, where did you go?" "To work, I went to work, I had a lot to do today." "Where did you go, Lilian? Bury those lies." Irene came out of her hiding, "Good morning ma'am," She greeted mom. "A beautiful morning to you my dear." I knew she wouldn't press on with her questions so instead, she turned to leave. "Mom," "Yes?" "Jasmine's missing." "Okay? Why are you telling me?" "She's pregnant mom and she's missing, her husband's chasing her." She let out a shrill laughter. "Wh

Mrs. Laura* He dialed codes on the telephone and placed the phone over his ear. "Is this Shaw?" "Good, your attention is needed right away, are you in town?" "Alright, we're expecting you." He dropped the call, "He's on his way," "What do we do now?" Hart asked politely. "You two will have to be patient, you can meet with your daughter-in-law now. As soon as he gets here, I'll call your attention." "Thank you so much, doc. I have a question," "Go on?" "Should I still conceal from her the sad News about her baby?" "Of course, please don't let her know about it, she'll be greatly affected by the News." I nodded and walked out with Hart. "Are you really married?" "Umm ... Not really," "You are searching?" "Not at all, I'm fed up already with women," We were conversing as we walked down to Jasmine's ward. "Why, you had a bad experience?" "Something like that. I should be leaving now, Mrs, Laura." "Don't you want to meet your imaginary wife?" He chuckled. "Oh, well, le

Jasmine* On my way home from the city market, I met with something strange at my doorstep. Hart! He was waiting innocently as though we never had a clash in the past. He smiled a hypocritical smile when I drove into my garage. He stopped smiling immediately after I'd stepped out of my car to his view."Did something happen?" He asked feigning pity or something like it and I ignored him. Of course he knew I would.I walked passed him to the door to unlock it. "I know why I came here, talk to me please." He begged.I remained silent, opened the door, and as soon as I stepped in, he made to join me. "Have you lost your mind?" I hurled at him. "Listen to me, Jasmine, I know I have wronged you but I'm sorry, I've apologized a thousand times." "Are you sure it's up to that yet? And, did you say a thousand times? When? Get out of my house now!" I held my peace and he moved reluctantly towards the door. "Jasmine I..." I bounced my door at him shutting him up. He was one of those th

As fast as I could, I took a few more steps and hid behind a lorry.I stayed there and thought about the fact that my car, the one I used tactics to steal, should I say steal? That was my car for crying out loud!What was wrong with these people? Why don't they leave me alone so I can mourn my loss?Wasn't that enough for them to reconsider me and try back some other time after I had recuperated?Mindless people! I curse under my breath. Holding my bag close by, I started again moving toward nowhere.I knew that I needed to disappear before I was caught.I was on a highway and I needed to be careful about the moving vehicles on the road less, I dash into one of them and have Mrs. Smith send me flowers hypocritically with happiness in her heart.I walked at a fast pace, wondering about who could have sent these men after me this time around since Nicole had returned to her hometown after being forced by her husband.Well, I wasn't sure about that because it seemed like a rumor. She cou

Irene*Lilian and I alighted at the bus stop where Jasmine's car got hijacked by those fellas."Fuck! You don't mean it, these guys are crazy,""They ought to be somewhere watching for anyone who will walk up to the car," Lilian said and suggested that we survey the environment first before making our first move.So, we waited aimlessly looking around for a while, even bypassers wondered why we appeared so foolish.We weren't moving forward or backward we just stood separately as inspectors.We didn't want to be seen by anyone else they stopped us and began to ask useless questions that we might have no answers to.Immediately after we got into the car, two tough-looking men approached us."Start the car immediately!" Lilian commanded but it was already too late, they had their spare key and a remote. He pressed a certain button and the car couldn't move.We felt dead, so very dead.One knocked on the boot and the other stood beside the door of the car watching with his arms folded. H