Africa Defines

The Long Night “You caused this Jane. You could have waited till morning for us to confirm the state of James!” said Grace as she tried to ramble with the police officers refraining from being handcuffed. “James was involved in an accident with my daughter, your niece. The girl that is always fond of you and you of her. That should ring in your head Grace!” cried out Jane as she held Grace’s shoulders.  Grace looked at Jane with a queer smile, held her hands and comforted her. “I know sister, we shall go through this together and soon, this cuffs will be off our hands.” The three ladies were helped to get into the land cruiser by the officers who at that moment were trying to communicate with their senior to cover them in case Mr. Alfred reached out to them.  Brian’s body was charily carried and laid on the right seat. Rose moved from where she was sitting and sat near Brian. She was in extreme pain. She had lost everything. Her brother James, her boyfriend Brian wh...

“Please wake up Brian. Wake up.” Shouted Rose. “ Don’t do this to me, look, your unborn child is here and she will be proud of you. Please open your eyes babe.” She continued to plead. She felt like the Pandora box had been unbolted on her and every element in it decanted down to her. Demons from hell sent by Lucifer had visited her with a series of heartbreaks. She felt the devil’s presence, she smelled his filthy stench.  “Why?” she shouted. Lucifer had triumphed. He had succeeded in taking away her brother James and now the man she loved and the father to her unborn baby. The night was glacially wintry but her body was radiating with extreme heat that covid-19 would render her as an enemy of progress on its mission. Her hands were wobbling and vacillating as strength banished out of her feeble legs.  It was the most confusing moment for Jane. She did not know whether to mourn for James or Brian. Both men meant alot to her. A few hours earlier, she had been mourn...

There she was, looking extremely beautiful and gorgeous in her white gown. She was staring at him with a huge elegant smile, a direct message to all, that the handsome man who was standing before her, dressed in a gray suit and brown leather shoes was the only symbol of happiness in her life, and the man whom she was going to spend her best and worst moments till the epitome of their life. She was eagerly waiting for the 'I do' phrase. He also stood beside her,his hands held together and his fingers cris-crossed, eager to hold his life partner. It was the best moment of their life. She didn't comprehend the pain and traumer she was causing in many of the single men, especially me. I sat there, with a big fat fake smile with my two front teeth protruding, filled with tonnes of jealous and regrets of why I didn't fight back when she told me it was over between us one year down the line. Stacy was her name. The most beautiful girl I had ever fallen in love with. I lov...

QUARANTINED The phone was on loud speaker, Jane, Brian and Grace overheard every word that was said. Rose thought she was in dreamland. She looked at Jane. They stared at each other speechless, thoughtless but with two questions on their minds. Why and how? Things were happening so fast. Glooms of doom were soaring and roaring hard. Glooms of doom were soaring and roaring hard. “I have to go and see what happened to my brother,” said Rose. “I will go with you!” Jane jumped in. This was bad news for Brian. He did not want Jane to go out. He thought Jane was risking her life for a man that to him never cared for her. He tried to stop her but  Jane’s mind was made up. She was not going to sit back. Her daughter had been involved in an accident. She rushed in her bedroom, took her black jacket, put on the brown sneakers that James had bought her on her previous birthday and came out to meet Rose who at the moment had put their differences aside.  “Jane, you know you don’t h...

QUARANTINED. James put Princess, his beloved little daughter on the back left seat of the taxi, got in the Honda Fit taxi and off they drove. Back in the house, everyone faced in different directions due to the atmospheric shame.One would think the Lord was preparing to scatter the demons in their directions. Brian, the culprit with the highest degree sat on the couch, with his hands v-shaped on his mouth. Rose went to sit next to him. She was enraged with anger, but she did not want to leave him. She loved and adored him. The bond had just grown stronger because of the development in her womb.  No, she could not allow her child to lack a father. She pretended to be angry, but she knew she had forgiven him. But, this meant she was going to be at loggerhead with James, his blood brother. She had a tough decision to make, and this was to be made fast because of her brother's health condition. He needed her. Was she going to abandon her brother she has known for the last twenty...

QUARANTINED The news about James' departure hit Jane harder than it hit Romeo that Juliet was no more. Why did she push him away? The signs were smoking right on his face when he came to see her, but she didn't see it till the sad ugly manifestation.  Now she remembered why something was pushing her to call him back, but she was clouded by her "Mr. right" obnoxious ambition. She wished she could be a time traveler, but it was too late for beggars to ride, or rather the horse was already dead. Just when she had made the decision of agreeing to marry James, the loving and caring father to her daughter Princess, that is the time nature decided to act mercilessly. She now acknowledged the vindictiveness of nature.  She cursed it and herself too. Nature had snatched her would be ‘husband’.  Now she felt his love more than she ever thought she would. Her love for James grew exponentially stronger; she needed him there with her for him to propose. She would have jum...

QUARANTINED It was like a dream for James. He wanted to pinch himself to be sure this was not real. He moved closer to ensure that it was not 'Maria' the Kenyan soap opera he was watching, but no, it was real. He dropped the rose flowers, wiped his face in disbelief, and held his chest in pain. Jane and Brian were still staring at James. "Beb, who's this?" Asked Brian while holding tightly to the white duvet stripped with black lines. "Get out of my bed!" Commanded Jane. "You heard her, get out." Shouted Brian. Jane looked at Brian. "Not him, I meant you!" Said Jane in a low but harsh voice that only a calibrated fool would continue lying in that bed in the quest of acquiring the most fantasized title deed. "Why?" asked Brian. " I thought we shared something strong. That's why you gave me your extra key to your house. After all I have done for you, this is how you pay me back?" Acclaimed Brian but J...