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Re: Before The Sun Sets (A Short Story) by Azeequeen(f): 8:32pm On Apr 04, 2017
Jagugu88li,you are welcome

Adesina12, I always owe you

Temisaintkenz, this is not Laraba,I hope you dont mind

OluwabuqqyYOLO,thanks so much for the observations. As I was typing the scene, I was scared, you know?
Re: Before The Sun Sets (A Short Story) by Jtmanager(m): 10:42pm On Apr 04, 2017
As I read thru my mind was tellin me to checkout the writer



Girl ure fine as fine
I like ur dimples
Re: Before The Sun Sets (A Short Story) by Adesina12: 11:00am On Apr 05, 2017
Azeequeen:


Adesina12, I always owe you

And what is that sweetie? shocked grin
Re: Before The Sun Sets (A Short Story) by comelyJummy(f): 11:13am On Apr 05, 2017
Jtmanager:
As I read thru my mind was tellin me to checkout the writer



Girl ure fine as fine
I like ur dimples
Leave fine and comment on her writeup. lols

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Re: Before The Sun Sets (A Short Story) by AlamienDagash(m): 1:08pm On Apr 05, 2017
Twinkle Twinkle Azeequeen, how i wonder whn u whud update, up to down when i refresh, like a newbie in nairaland.
Re: Before The Sun Sets (A Short Story) by Leesah(f): 1:05pm On Apr 07, 2017
OluwabuqqyYOLO:
Angelinastto, oya come and read.
Baby Leesah, here, I saved you a seat.
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Thanks hon
Re: Before The Sun Sets (A Short Story) by OluwabuqqyYOLO(m): 11:54pm On Apr 07, 2017
Leesah:

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Thanks hon
LOL, Honey. It's my responsibility. Close your eyes and relax.
Re: Before The Sun Sets (A Short Story) by OluwabuqqyYOLO(m): 11:59pm On Apr 07, 2017
Azeequeen:
OluwabuqqyYOLO,thanks so much for the observations. As I was typing the scene, I was scared, you know?
You owe me one, pretty. And being scared is all right. Sometimes, when I pen a romantic piece, I sheepishly feel twinkles.

Now, miss pretty, come continue. You can do it, you are better than you think.
Re: Before The Sun Sets (A Short Story) by Oyinprince(m): 4:03am On Apr 09, 2017
following... Will read and drop another comment later, hope the story is still on
Re: Before The Sun Sets (A Short Story) by Jtmanager(m): 11:55am On Apr 09, 2017
Abi o
Hope this story is still on
Re: Before The Sun Sets (A Short Story) by Ifecoded(m): 7:43pm On Apr 10, 2017
Update pls
Re: Before The Sun Sets (A Short Story) by Azeequeen(f): 10:12am On Apr 12, 2017
'A brief mental disorder?' The words of the Doctor kept ringing in her ears. The Doctor had just said it as if it was nothing.

Nothing serious.

She walked back to the ward to take one last look at her daughter. She entered the ward and found her daughter sleeping soundly. But was the sleep sound? When she wakes up to the reality, would it be the same again? She touched her tender light skinned face and she mentally cursed the being who turned her daughter's existence into this.

She had never envisaged this kind of situation in their lives at any point in time. Who even does that? She thought as she smiled sadly. You cannot possibly be going about with a negative mind, positivity is the key but what happens when an unexpected situation happens? Well, take life as it comes like they say and she was going to do just that. Whenever her daughter wakes up,the next line of action would be known.

Pretty face, chubby cheeks, naturally long eyelashes, long dark shiny hair, nice dentition, dimples to die for and a light skin which was an added advantage to complement her beauty. Yewande was a living proof of pulchritude at its peak. The Angel in charge of her creation had done an extra work by adding a very perfect special touch to her creation. She was beautiful and it was glaring.

Her mother left the ward gently so as not to wake her up. She was met by two of their neighbours who had come on visitation basis to Yewande. If there was anything Yewande's mum detested so much, it was pity. But right now, the looks plastered on their faces screamed just one thing and that was pity.

'How is she doing?' The first woman asked.

'She is fine and stable for now' Yewande's mum replied.

'Can we check on her?' The other woman asked and Yewande's mum replied in the affirmative. She led the way and they followed closely behind her. They got to the ward and they found her sleeping. After waiting for few minutes, they rose to take their leave. The first woman turned back and squeezed her hand in a bid to say 'All will be well' and they left.

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Few days later, Yewande was discharged and just as the Doctor had rightly predicted, she was depressed. This was the worst stage of her life. She would just stare blankly into space and spoke few words. Even the few words she spoke were spoken whenever she was being spoken to. All the intake of her food were always returned to the sink in the toilet. Both mother and daughter emaciated. They were the direct opposite of Micah Stampley's 'Heaven On Earth'. It was 'Hell On Earth'.

The mother returned one day after going out to book an appointment with a counsellor only to find her daughter missing.

TBC

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Re: Before The Sun Sets (A Short Story) by Azeequeen(f): 10:20am On Apr 12, 2017
I'm really really sorry for not updating since. It was not really my fault. I misplaced my glasses which I thought I could do without but turned out to be incorrect anyways. I had terrible issues with my eyes last week that I had to go and book an appointment with my optician because it was unbearable. I could practically see nothing. They are stable now and I'll get another pair of glasses soon.


Thanks for staying around and for not giving up in this small girl of yours

Azeequeen

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Re: Before The Sun Sets (A Short Story) by Alennsar(f): 12:43pm On Apr 12, 2017
Ehya sorry dear. It is well
Re: Before The Sun Sets (A Short Story) by Azeequeen(f): 3:21pm On Apr 12, 2017
Alennsar:
Ehya sorry dear. It is well
Amen. Thanks so much
Re: Before The Sun Sets (A Short Story) by Adesina12: 5:09pm On Apr 12, 2017
Sorry bae

The last time I called you albino you said you se not

Pele....waiting for lengthy update dear.

Sweet popcorn for you
Re: Before The Sun Sets (A Short Story) by SuperSuave(m): 7:24pm On Apr 12, 2017
Azeequeen:
I'm really really sorry for not updating since. It was not really my fault. I misplaced my glasses which I thought I could do without but turned out to be incorrect anyways. I had terrible issues with my eyes last week that I had to go and book an appointment with my optician because it was unbearable. I could practically see nothing. They are stable now and I'll get another pair of glasses soon.


Thanks for staying around and for not giving up in this small girl of yours

Azeequeen
Sorry about that.
Re: Before The Sun Sets (A Short Story) by Jtmanager(m): 10:26pm On Apr 12, 2017
Sorry en
Kpele
I'm ever doggedly waiting for ur scintillating update
Azeequeen:
I'm really really sorry for not updating since. It was not really my fault. I misplaced my glasses which I thought I could do without but turned out to be incorrect anyways. I had terrible issues with my eyes last week that I had to go and book an appointment with my optician because it was unbearable. I could practically see nothing. They are stable now and I'll get another pair of glasses soon.


Thanks for staying around and for not giving up in this small girl of yours

Azeequeen
Re: Before The Sun Sets (A Short Story) by Hadampson(m): 8:08pm On Apr 14, 2017
Azeequeen:
I'm really really sorry for not updating since. It was not really my fault. I misplaced my glasses which I thought I could do without but turned out to be incorrect anyways. I had terrible issues with my eyes last week that I had to go and book an appointment with my optician because it was unbearable. I could practically see nothing. They are stable now and I'll get another pair of glasses soon.


Thanks for staying around and for not giving up in this small girl of yours

Azeequeen

Kpele dear
Take ur time, ok? i have all the time in the world to wait patiently 4 ur great writeup. sad
Re: Before The Sun Sets (A Short Story) by OluwabuqqyYOLO(m): 9:16am On Apr 16, 2017
Welcome back, baby. I was somewhat worried.
Re: Before The Sun Sets (A Short Story) by Ifecoded(m): 8:29am On Apr 26, 2017
Abandoned Project!!!
Re: Before The Sun Sets (A Short Story) by delishpot: 8:54pm On Apr 26, 2017
Jtmanager:
Sorry en
Kpele
I'm ever doggedly waiting for ur scintillating update

Oga, you no come give me feedback again o grin the money enter ya hand at last? I want know ooo
Re: Before The Sun Sets (A Short Story) by bimberry1307(f): 11:13am On Apr 27, 2017
babe, how far now? how's your health. I hope all is well. quick recovery by His grace
Re: Before The Sun Sets (A Short Story) by Adesina12: 11:27am On Apr 27, 2017
Is Azeezat a Queen?
Azeequeen what's up nah?
I beg come update ooooo
I am preparing sweetest popcorn for u with cold Smirnoff... grin
Re: Before The Sun Sets (A Short Story) by Azeequeen(f): 2:21pm On May 28, 2017
She combed the entire house in search of her daughter all to no avail. She was about to call for a search team again- the second in a week when she found a weird looking envelope on the floor. She looked at the end product of a tree lying at the other edge of the centre table and moved closer to the object that was not there the day before. She hesitated before moving closer to the table. With a trembling body, she moved closer to the table to confirm whatever is in the envelope. She shuddered in fear as she remembered the Dele Giwa issue but shook the thoughts away from her mind. A man dies once. She picked up the envelope and discovered a letter was in it and it was addressed to her. She could recognise the handwriting anywhere in the whole world. It was written by the one person in the universe who could address her as 'Dear Mother'.

Dear Mother,

I did not mean to let it happen this way but it cannot be changed. Mother, I was just tired, I was fed up. I was tired of the look of pity everyone was giving me including you too, Mother. It was not my fault that a calamity befell me, was it? Everybody was sounding notes of warning to their children at my own detriment.

'Tola, if you do not want what happened to Yewande to happen you, listen to me...'
Mother, does it really have to be like that? My heart was burdened, I felt my whole world crashing and no one seem to care. I felt guilty. I felt I was taking the whole blame for whatever happened.

If I had stayed, I would still be suffering in silence and nobody would know. I doubted it if everything was going to be same again. Words cannot really express how I feel. Is it the constant nightmares? The air passing through my legs every time to remind me of what happened? Or the throbbing pain accompanied with it? I hear those sounds everyday. I hear the voices now and then. I still the flicker of light being flashed through my face. I will never forget the chilly weather that night. The muffling of the dry leaves, the creaking sound of the animals, the grip, virtually everything. Everything. At times, what I needed was someone to tell me 'God loves you' but everyone was too immersed in self-pity that they did not know what always happen behind closed-doors.

I wish I could turn back the hands of time, then it would be the time I was coming to this world and I will tell God not to allow this kind of situation to happen to me. It was more than I could bear. The weight was too much and I was already suffocating. I couldn't keep up with the motion so I just gave up. I gave up everything since it is useless for me to stay anyways. The fact that I would not be around is irrelevant and I am certain that only few people will miss me. It is one thing to be void of emotions, it is something else to be feeling empty. The latter is what I feel. It feels like value has gone out of me and the worth is no longer there. I could not lift my head among my peers anymore even though I really wanted to. I, that was the cynosure of all eyes and prided myself among my contemporaries now became more or less a subject of ridicule. I, that was once the role model of the young ones now became the one parents are using as an example to them because of somebody else's pleasure. I cried and cried till tears could no longer come out so I watched till my whole heart was completely shattered into pieces.

Mother, just like I've said, I never wanted any of these to happen but probably it was destined to happen in that way. I am so sorry. Check the back of the banana tree at the backyard, you'd see my body there that's if the animals are not too fast. Please live a good life without me.
Your daughter,
Yewande.

Like a rabid dog, she ran to the backyard and true to her daughter's words, she found her lying helplessly on the ground. She prayed as she moved closer to the body that she should just be unconscious and not dead. She got there, knelt beside her, checked her pulse and she knew.

She knew she was gone.

Gone.

She felt her tears fall. 'What is a good life without you?' As if compliance with her thoughts, she felt her heart tighten and her breathing ceased and in a matter of seconds, she was gone too.

THE END.

To all victims of rape, may the Lord heal your broken heart completely. Amen

#Saynotorape

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Re: Before The Sun Sets (A Short Story) by Azeequeen(f): 2:30pm On May 28, 2017
Thanks for sticking till the end and sorry for not updating since, those that owned my phone claimed it. Managing one for now.

God bless you all.
Re: Before The Sun Sets (A Short Story) by Jtmanager(m): 2:55pm On May 28, 2017
Azeequeen:
Thanks for sticking till the end and sorry for not updating since, those that owned my phone claimed it. Managing one for now.

God bless you all.

What kind of interesting
Intriguing and sad story is this



Well let's discuss
08134810083
please try and flash me
Re: Before The Sun Sets (A Short Story) by Rick9(m): 2:56pm On May 28, 2017
Seriously the story has ended Chai
Re: Before The Sun Sets (A Short Story) by Rick9(m): 2:57pm On May 28, 2017
Azeequeen Plz nau, it can't end like this na its too short oh. But you did a good job.
Re: Before The Sun Sets (A Short Story) by Rick9(m): 2:57pm On May 28, 2017
Rapists should be Beheaded without trial.
Re: Before The Sun Sets (A Short Story) by Jsaviour(f): 3:03pm On May 28, 2017
I think beheading is not okay. Their penis should be cut off so that they will see ladies everday of their life but can't touch them.

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Re: Before The Sun Sets (A Short Story) by Rick9(m): 3:05pm On May 28, 2017
Alternate Ending. Azeequeen sorry I had to do this, the story is too interesting to just end like that

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Mother, just like I've said, I never wanted any of these to happen but probably it was destined to happen in that way. I am so sorry. By the time you have finished reading this letter, I would be somewhere far away, I just had to leave mum, I need to start a new life. Please live a good life without me.
Your daughter,
Yewande.

Like a rabid dog, she ran to her room she had packed all her luggage,
Truly, She knew she was gone.

Gone.


* Continuation Plot *

She travelled Abroad to start a New Life, she couldn't fall in love until she met Prince Charming, would she let go of her past ? FIND OUT !!!!!!

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