Rita

EPISODE SIX In the evening. Ese  is strolling around their estate. In nice shorts and polo with a bag of soft drinks with her ear piece in her ears. Elebe’s voice over the phone sounds all lovey dovey. “Hello Ese. Happy Birthday.” “And Happy Anniversary to us!” Ese  adds and inhales deeply as she voices. “I love you baby.” “Don’t worry once I get back. I’ll get you a nice gift and we’ll have a nice candle lit dinner.” “I want you dear. Not gifts or candle-lit dinner Ebi.” “I’ll make it up to you ok!” Ese  nods “Ok” “Bye” The lines go off She waves at a white lady wheeling her baby down the estate street and gets into her house. A loud thunderous “Happy birthday!” Fills the room Ese  exclaims as she sights her big birthday cake and all the birthday decorations. “Nkeni! Bami! Otonye! Oh my God! How?” “Come and sit jor let’s get the party started.” Nkeni cuts in. Ese  smiles “Thank you everyone for making my day!” Bami turns on the music and...

EPISODE ONE Otonye, a coco brown lady, young and gorgeous, sits idly at the elegant dining table, starring at the busy street through her thick glass slide door of their magnificent duplex. She is preoccupied with the thoughts of the previous weeks. While the sound of a dozen cars zooming off, tearing down the road only to hit heavy traffic at the major junction,lingers. She hears the screaming that is hers and recalls how she lifts her hands as protective covering against Obong’s hard blows. "But did they even refrain him?" She sighs, getting up from where she is sitting and goes back into the main parlour. She hears the doorbell ring. ‘That must be Nkeni’ she concludes and bends to pick up her phone from the parlour’s centre table. She breezes past the Bar where her husband spoils himself and also drinks to stupor. This is after he has hit at her and left her cursing him while she’s wailing on the bathroom floor. She opens the door with a wide smile flashing her side...

#wivesofthesouth  Hello. Hope you're all doing good. Wives of the South is the first fiction story I intend to share here. I would have most episodes of this epic story running, beginning from my next post. It's one of the stories I've written that I cherished every step I took, along  the way. It's a story about women. Predominantly, the  main characters are female as the title suggests.  That doesn't say there are no interesting male voices. I would love to read reviews and comments  as well, with every episode I share. Much love. Rita George.