ALONE WITH THE DEVIL “Uloma, Kedu?” Uncle Obi asked as I walked past his room. “Uncle I’m fine o” I said. “Biko, can you help me get that mosquito killer mama bought the other day. The mosquitoes in this room won’t stop till they suck the last blood in me” He complained. “Okay uncle, I’ll bring it right after I check the food Mama put on fire” I said. “Ahnahn Uloma, Can’t you just bring it now?” Uncle Obi groaned. “No uncle, mama just left with Uchenna and Papa to the market. I have to make sure the food doesn’t get burnt”. I lied, just to get away from him. “Okay, go and come” Uncle Obi said as I rolled my eyes and left. 30 minutes passed and I heard Uncle Obi shouting my name furiously from his room. I honestly didn’t want to go back to his room because something about Uncle Obi felt wrong. Last week, when Uchenna and I sat with him under the orange tree, roasting Aku, he solemnly sang love songs to my little ears and told me how beautiful teenage years made me look. He even promised...
Let the sleeping dog lie🐶💤 "Tracy forget this man, he's not worth it"😒. This I kept muttering to myself till I hit a weird looking man who was obviously ready to unleash his anger on anyone . Mr Weird: Madam, you sure say you dey okay? 😡. If you get problem, make you sit down for house na 😠. Shuuuu! Dem send you come meet me this afternoon? Abeg tell them say you no find me oo🤬 Me: I'm so sorry 🙏 Forgive me. Mr Weird: Sorry for ya sef. (HISSES AND LEAVES) Lagos and it's wahala I said to myself as I quickly put my thoughts aside and boarded a bus to Magodo. 15 minutes into the Journey, a woman from the back seat started preaching 🙄 Woman: *clears throat* Good afternoon brothers and sisters, let us pray🙏 Me:🙄🙄🙄🙄 (won tun ti bere o) I obviously wasn't ready to listen to any God talk so I just grabbed my earpiece, plugged it into my iPhone and listened to my favourite heartbreak song. To be honest, it didn't do the trick because I could still hear...