Everything was still.
Suddenly, there were lots of people.
He couldn’t count them. They might have been fifty or more. Loud voices. Dark faces. Shuffling of feet. Hands all over him.
The Scratch On Your Shoulder #14
Hadiza received her visa to Dubai in her email at exactly 10:00 a.m. A minute later, Fajr walked into her bedroom. “Good morning, Mommy.” Hadiza looked closely at her, worried about how much weight she had lost over the past few days. Her eyes appeared as if they might shut down any minute. “How are …
The Scratch On Your Shoulder #13
“So, why did you ghost me?” Nero’s question was a right one at the wrong time. Cheta wished he had waited until much later to ask her. Not now when her parents were having a row in the next room over her love life. She wanted to be as calm as he was, but she …
The Scratch On Your Shoulder #12
Forgive my tardiness and enjoy this episode. Have a great week ahead! Nero was out of the hotel before Cheta stirred. He didn’t expect her to be up, following the events of last night. Last he checked, she couldn’t move a leg. For him, it felt like he had been granted an express ticket to …
The Scratch On Your Shoulder #8
Cheta saw the emails and ignored them. Some of them came directly from intending buyers while the others were through Laja’s lawyer. Aunty Gbemi had also called to inform her about the Adeyanjus being approached over the same issue. Investors were falling over themselves in a bid to acquire Laja Towers and the offers were …
