LOVE In A Photograph – Grace Ochigbo TWO Ezinne killed the engine of her car as soon as she parked it beside the two other cars in the parking lot. Pulling the box of cake nearer, she picked it and stepped out of the car. Their prayers had been …
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TWO GRACES – GRACE OCHIGBO FIFTEEN In front of him was a table top photo frame of his family. Dad was standing behind everyone in his well ironed army uniform while mum wore something that must have been the best attire in those days. She held onto him firmly …
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TWO GRACES – GRACE OCHIGBO READ LAST EPISODE HERE http://www.awokoinsight.com/story/two-grace/two-graces-nine/ TEN Quite funny how life brings similar things one’s way over an extended period of time. Sometimes, it can perfectly be named fate and at other times, coincidence or fact. Whatever the nomenclature, real life has proven smarter than …
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TWO GRACES – GRACE OCHIGBO SEVEN Two hours ago, her brain was on five percent battery. There are days the tiredness came in both forms, physical and mental. She knew her body needed rest yet her mind needed it to move, to burn the anxiety right out. Landing …
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TWO GRACES – GRACE OCHIGBOSIX Kay’s clinical judgment on her mother’s health further reiterated Grace’s initial suspicions. The older woman had been compliant with her medications, she hadn’t felt dizzy or lightheaded neither had her blood pressure risen any higher than its normal range. In fact, it was lower …
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PHILOPHOBIA SHORT STORY by Grace Ochigbo The long awaited day split open like it’s not the same one Ojoma had been looking forward to – her whole life? Yeah. Maybe. Probably. It feels like a lifetime already since a year ago when she first met Joshua; Josh, as his friends …
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NOMA’S DREAM – GRACE OCHIGBO EPISODE SEVENTEEN Mr. P. walks through the door into the VIP section of his well-equipped gym. He notices the wall socket isn’t switched off and he bends over to press it when his eyes meet something on the floor. It’s a beaded bangle and …
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NOMA’S DREAM – GRACE OCHIGBO EPISODE FOURTEEN Noma rubs her smooth palms over Hallie’s scanty hair lovingly. The little girl is deep asleep and Noma has refused to take her to bed. She’s missed her child – her heart in one person. Whatever she was thinking when she neglected …
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NOMA’S DREAM – GRACE OCHIGBO EPISODE TWELVE “But why would you want to do that?” Prof Akpa shifts uncomfortably on his seat, trying hard to lock down the anger boiling up from his insides. He waits as the person on the other side of the phone speaks. The sharp …
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Darkness encloses round about the entire surrounding except inside the bedroom and the only sound one can hear are those coming from crickets who’d chosen the cold night to render their sonorous national anthems. Rhoda Badmus had slept off earlier while working on her desk. There’s a deadline to meet, …
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