DEJI Courage was finally admitting that you had been lying to yourself.  It was one thing to pretend that something wasn’t happening, to look away each time the subject came up. It was like putting wallpaper over a damaged wall rather than fixing it. That’s what Deji had been doing, but since Lara’s question three […]

ORE The day had arrived. If anyone asked Ore, she would deny that she had been anticipating this day, giddy like a school girl on the first day of school. She would swear that she did not buy the new outfit hanging in her wardrobe: a little red number that showed off her legs like […]

BENJY Few things ruffled Benjy’s feathers like fighting with his sister. He and Ore had always shared a closeness that he lacked with his brother. She was vulnerable with him and he could often read her moods well enough to know when something was on her mind. It was interesting that while he was good […]

DEJI It was Saturday and Deji had promised to take his children out to the park for a quick run around. So there he was. Spending time with his children was often capable of putting a smile on his face, making him forget his shaky marriage but today was different. Ever since he had made […]

ORE Ore could feel the pressure building inside her as she uttered those words. Never had she seen her brother look at her the way he was looking at her now. Benjy was the brother who was very supportive of her, he cheered her on and never made her feel like her mistakes were what […]

BENJY After that Sunday which he was now referring to as the “Doomed Sunday”, Benjy couldn’t eat or sleep. His productivity at work was being affected. On Monday, after tossing and turning all night, he couldn’t pull himself out of bed. He texted his assistant that he was taking the day off. There was no […]

DEJI Most of Deji’s processing happened at night when everyone was in bed. He had found that after having children and becoming a proper family man, there wasn’t much time left during the day for his thoughts. And he was a thinker. When he was younger, friends had accused him of being too deep a […]

ORE “Guess what?” Ore roused herself from where she was lounging in the pool chair as she heard her husband’s voice. “What?” she asked. “We got the deal,” he leaned over her and kissed her lips. “Oh…congratulations, love!” she wasn’t sure which of the deals because she’d sat in on a lot of them as […]

BENJY Benjy was in such a good mood that he had decided to go to church that Sunday morning. It wasn’t like all his problems with Lizzy were solved but he could almost swear that there was a light at the end of this miserable tunnel and so he was feeling grateful. His meeting with […]

DEJI Deji felt like the woman sitting across from him was a stranger. He couldn’t believe how awkward they were in each other’s company. When had that happened? They’d been married for seven years now and somehow he felt like he didn’t know who she was, not really.The date night was his idea. After the […]