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 […]

ORE Afternoons at their company was Ore’s favourite time of day. Maybe it was because there was the subconscious countdown to the end of the workday so everyone was feeling less pressured and more inclined to joke and linger in the lunch room.As the Human Resource person at the company, her role was sensitive but […]

BENJY The restaurant Elizabeth had picked was a quiet one. It was one of those ones that had booths thatprovided the guests with privacy. Benjy arrived twenty minutes early because he wanted to pick theright spot to have the conversation that needed to be had. Ever since he had accidentally answeredLizzy’s call, had listened to […]

DEJI DEJI“Daddy,” the sound was a whimper rousing Deji from the depths of his dreams.Deji forced his eyes open at his daughter’s voice. In the darkness, he couldn’t tell which one she was as they were still in the phase where they enjoyed dressing alike. However, it was only Lola who struggled with nightmares and […]

ORE Ore waited on the doorstep. She had heard Susan’s voice from within after ringing the doorbell so sheknew her friend would eventually make it to the door. She had a basket of assorted goodies in her hand,a basket that she had curated specifically for Susan.Ore hadn’t been to see her since she had her […]

BENJY Benjy had been having the same nightmare for two days. Okay, technically it wasn’t a nightmare in thesense that there were no monsters chasing him through dark streets, but it was still valid as a nightmarebecause he often woke up breathing like he had run a marathon.It usually started with him being at an […]