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Fiction · May 28, 2024
BENJY The pitter-patter of the rain against the zinc roof woke Benjy up. Or was it the mismatched voices of the children? He shifted in bed, his hand hitting the wall as he did so, reminding him of his present loc
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Fiction · May 28, 2024
ORE Ore paused outside her brother’s door, taking a deep breath. She felt bad that she had lied to him, especially because he was the ‘better’ brother. Benjy was easy to talk to, and not judgmental like her eldest
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Fiction · May 28, 2024
DEJI Deji counted the bottles where she had hidden them in the back of the wardrobe. Five bottles. It was a reasonable number, considering that it could have been worse. It had been worse. She was making an effort
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Fiction · Jun 1, 2024
BENJY Benjy glanced at his phone as it began to ring. He knew, without looking, who was on the other end of the line. He tapped the side button, silencing the phone, and turned his face back to his computer. Optit
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Fiction · Jun 11, 2024
ORE “I’m just saying, you didn’t have to smile like that,” Ramsey said.Ore sighed quietly as she towelled her body dry. She wished she could stay a little longer in thebathroom, at least until Ramsey was out of his mo
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Fiction · Jun 19, 2024
DEJI Deji pulled up to the school gate just as his 3pm alarm rung. He turned the alarm off before he parkedthe car refusing to think about what it meant.Exiting the car, he took deep breaths. He needed to be calm befo
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Fiction · Jun 27, 2024
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 nightmarebecau
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Fiction · Jul 4, 2024
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
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Fiction · Jul 11, 2024
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 pha
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Fiction · Jul 18, 2024
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 h
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Fiction · Jul 25, 2024
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
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Fiction · Aug 1, 2024
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 f
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Fiction · Aug 8, 2024
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 m
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Fiction · Aug 15, 2024
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…congra
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Fiction · Aug 22, 2024
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
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Fiction · Aug 29, 2024
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
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Fiction · Sep 5, 2024
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 ch
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Fiction · Sep 12, 2024
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
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Fiction · Sep 19, 2024
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 eno
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Fiction · Oct 3, 2024
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
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Fiction · Oct 10, 2024
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
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Fiction · Oct 17, 2024
BENJY Benjy had thought that he would feel a huge sense of relief when Lizzy finally got around to the idea of letting go of the baby instead he felt a sense of dread settle over him as he heard her words. He shook
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Fiction · Oct 24, 2024
ORE Being in Terry’s presence was intoxicating. Ore felt like she had the first time she tasted alcohol. It was at her first house party in university. This one had been thrown by her next-door neighbour; a third year
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Fiction · Oct 31, 2024
DEJI Finding the appropriate marriage counsellor wasn’t as easy as Deji expected. It wasn’t as if he could go about asking people for recommendations, not if he didn’t want people asking questions. It was inter
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Fiction · Nov 7, 2024
BENJY Benjy’s bombshell stunned Lizzy into silence. Stunned them both, actually. Benjy hadn’t known he had come to that conclusion until the words left his lips.“Are you sure? Are you serious?” she asked. “Don’t play
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Fiction · Nov 14, 2024
ORE The cell phone in her hand felt hot. It wasn’t a literal hotness, it was one generated by Ore’s mind. She had finally responded to Terry’s Facebook message that night at dinner. In the bathroom, a sudden recklessn
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Fiction · Nov 21, 2024
DEJI “So…Deji and Ivie, may I ask why you are here?” The way she said the why was what made Deji exchange looks with his wife. It was obvious why they were in the office of a marriage counsellor, wasn’t it? Their s
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Fiction · Nov 28, 2024
BENJY The door opened and his sister walked in.When they were younger, it had been a running joke in their home that Ore was not friends with closed doors. She could walk into the most intimate spaces without a knock,
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Fiction · Dec 5, 2024
ORE The news of their father’s remarriage was a welcome distraction for Ore. Things had been tense since Wednesday when she had the text mix-up with Ramsey and Terry. At first, she had ignored Ramsey’s question
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Fiction · Dec 12, 2024
DEJI Do one nice thing for each other every day for the next week. This was Dr Amber’s assignment for them this week. They’d had two sessions with her and Deji felt like he couldn’t wait till they got to the good p
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Fiction · Dec 19, 2024
BENJY Benjy glanced at his watch. It was almost noon. He resisted the urge to pick up his phone to call Lizzy.He had been clear in his text message to her: I know you said I didn’t know what I wanted, but I think I do
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