Long Distance Relationship…Episode 15 Click Here For Episode 14 “Who is that that wants to break my gate, ehn?” Chief Fasola asked in an irritated voice, before yelling to the gateman to go and see who was at the gate. The gateman was in the backyard and Tobi beat him to the gate. As soon as she […]
Long Distance Relationship…Episode 14 Click Here for Episode 13 Dimeji was right, as Tobi later discovered. Before they parted ways, Dimeji had told Tobi of the various DNA samples that could be used to determine paternity. Tobi had been apprehensive at first, thinking that they would need to draw the child’s blood. But Dimeji had set her mind at ease. […]
Long Distance Relationship…Episode 13 Click Here For Episode 12 “Dimeji, I’m talking to you. Tell me it’s not true,” said Tobi, tears filling her eyes. She had hoped and prayed that it was just a hoax, something she could write off as the ravings of a jealous man, but the look in Dimeji’s eyes coupled […]
Long Distance Relationship…Episode 12 Click Here For Episode 11 Tobi went to bed very early that day, but sleep evaded her. At about 2:00 a.m. on Tuesday morning, when the whole house was asleep, she went downstairs and searched for Monday’s paper. Her uncle usually kept the newspapers for the entire week in a magazine stand […]
Long Distance Relationship….Episode 11 Click Here For Episode 10 The school where he (Bro James) taught was located on the same road as the hotel, and he was just leaving for his second shift at the home of one of his students where he gave private English lessons. Tobi did not see him until he […]
Long Distance Relationship…Episode 10 Click Here For Episode 9 Brother James was the unapologetically longwinded and pompous leader of the Sunday School class for youths in the church Tobi attended. Truthfully, most people referred to it as the “Singles’ Sunday School Class,” because it was attended by young, unmarried people. The married folks had their own […]
Long Distance Relationship…Episode 9 Click Here For Episode 8 By now, it was already dark, and although the electricity supply was a lot better in Asaba than it was in Lagos, the power was out that night. The generators in the neighborhood had taken over from where PHCN stopped. Chief Fashola’s compound was no exception. […]
Long Distance Relationship….Episode 8 Click Here For Episode 7 Tobi tapped Dimeji on the shoulder, told him she was leaving and retired indoors. She knew that she would have another opportunity to ask more questions the following day. One of her father’s friends was celebrating his 54th birthday in Agbor that Saturday, and Dimeji had volunteered to take […]
Long Distance Relationship….Episode 7 Click Here For Episode 6 Tobi shook her head and rolled her eyes. This guy was just jumping to conclusions, but she was enjoying his company. They continued talking as they ate their lunch. Tobi told Dimeji that she was in Asaba job-hunting. He told her that he was in a joint venture with […]
Long Distance Relationship…..Episode 6 Click Here For Episode 5 As they drove, there was a beep from Dimeji’s phone, which was in his breast pocket and he made as if to retrieve it. “What do you think you’re doing?” Tobi asked, a tinge of fear in her voice. “Don’t tell me you’re going to check your […]
Long Distance Relationship…Episode 5 Click Here For Episode 4 The following day, Tobi woke up still full of hope. The day was pregnant with the promise of great things, and she basked in it. She savored that warm, delightful feeling, which envelopes a person rising from sweet sleep, that sweet nothingness that entices the waker to […]
