It was fun at my parent’s house. My mother fussed over Michael, and made him look at almost all the family albums we had, showing him my older brother Daniel’s wedding pictures, my graduation pictures etcetera.
For once my sister Cynthia was quiet as Michael teased her about how small she had been the last time he saw her. Even my brother had nothing to say about his Nintendo, he just stared at Michael in awe.
At lunch my mother heaped Michael’s plate, ignoring all his protests.
After lunch while I and my mother were doing the dishes I waited for the inevitable questions.
“He’s such a nice young man.” She started as she handed me plates to dry and place in the cupboard. “I’ve always liked him.”
I nodded and said nothing…. Read more
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Somi Ekhasomhi lives in Lagos and has been devouring books for as long as she can remember. In 2012, she started publishing the story that became Always Yours, as a blog serial at www.lagosromanceseries.com. It was later published as a novel. Her other books include Hidden Currents, the standalone sequel to Always Yours, as well as a short story, Jungle Justice.
Great ! Have you decided how far you are going to take this ? If you're going much further then perhaps you need to develop the central characters a little deeper. I can't "see" Cecilia or Michaels' mother. I appreciate that your style is mainly dialogue driven but you could do with a little more character development. More thoughts later , gotta run !
Ok thanks….. Will keep that in mind.
I saw Micheal's mum sha. Tall and forty-ish instead of sixty. But you have a good point. 🙂
Nne, keep up the suspense, you hia? Just know that you will reap what you sow somehow….
By the way, na me be 'olorungemstone'
Hi, when is the next chapter coming out? I am so so captivated. I WANT MORE!!!!
Hi Pearl/olorungemstone, Hi Kenny. Thanks for stopping by. Still working on the next chapter, but it will be out in a couple of days. Promise.
*with a very big smile as i write this… Can't believe im just coming across your blog or better still, that I get to read all this for free! Thumbs up!!!
Thanks Enitan, I'm glad you like it.
Hmmm. Seems we're resolving conflicts too soon o!
There are opportunities for you to build up on Ada and Eddie also. I'm eager to hear about them.