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Re: Story: Taking Chances by Eneze1(f): 8:03am On Jun 27, 2013
weldone princesa, wishing u a speedy recovery
Re: Story: Taking Chances by losprince(m): 8:39am On Jun 27, 2013
Me lady,
The whole team's glad you're now healthy, take good care of your self and don't fall sick again o.


Good health for you!


More blood flows to Your typing fingers grin
Re: Story: Taking Chances by Alicapapaya(f): 10:59am On Jun 27, 2013
Princesa so glad ur fine now and abit up too. Am sorry av not fulfil my part, am at d hospital on admission for malaria typhoid. Will be out tomorrow. Do bear with me pls. Take care.
Re: Story: Taking Chances by Nobody: 12:29pm On Jun 27, 2013
Hey, princess, Thank God u re back. Peter pan is now in town. Lets see d real michael king (jide) win d heart of daisy at last
Re: Story: Taking Chances by laykhorn(m): 1:02pm On Jun 27, 2013
Thank you for supplying when my thirst seem up...





Another update!* we just cant wait for more*
Re: Story: Taking Chances by princesa(f): 10:31am On Jun 28, 2013
Connoisseur:

been looking for a means to say THANK YOU and am very grateful.
Re: Story: Taking Chances by Tovot: 11:57am On Jun 28, 2013
where is my own thank you?
princesa:
been looking for a means to say THANK YOU and am very grateful.
Re: Story: Taking Chances by ortopazz(m): 3:57pm On Jun 28, 2013
hey! Princesa thanks goodness on ur quick recovery! Miss ur story, loads!
Re: Story: Taking Chances by fiolaP(f): 4:35pm On Jun 28, 2013
Wishing you speedy recovery...miss u loads
Re: Story: Taking Chances by Bantino(m): 5:02pm On Jun 28, 2013




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and the wonderful story. Nice to know u r getting much better
Re: Story: Taking Chances by losprince(m): 6:30pm On Jun 28, 2013
@ princessa as u no wan update, tell ur friend repogirl say I no wan come jarm her for page 17 of her false pretenses if not........
Re: Story: Taking Chances by Angel778(f): 11:08pm On Jun 28, 2013
Sorry dear, God is ur strength.
Re: Story: Taking Chances by repogirl(f): 11:28pm On Jun 28, 2013
losprince: @ princessa as u no wan update, tell ur friend repogirl say I no wan come jarm her for page 17 of her false pretenses if not........

Ehen? If not....?
Re: Story: Taking Chances by princesa(f): 12:41am On Jun 29, 2013
thank you all, i missed you too, i wish i was stronger too. a little update is ready, lets see if i can post all this night. smiley

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Re: Story: Taking Chances by princesa(f): 12:42am On Jun 29, 2013
Chapter 17.
Jide sat impatiently in the parlour, his eyes glanced at the clock for
the upteenth time this evening, it was way past seven, the awards dinner was slated for 8pm, he was neither headed there nor had he even left his home and Daisy was taking a lot of time showing up. Was she doing more than just dress? He wondered.

A push from him had roused her from where she had lounged, concentrating at the endless stream of series Mnet had to offer, he hadn't been sure if she had forgotten about the event or had decided not to attend again. When he had reminded her of it, she had simply replied him with an 'oh' and headed for her room muttering incoherent words, now she was yet to surface.

Everyday came with new surprises about her, it was obvious that she had other traits that were gradually unfolding, twas better too that she laid all the cards for him to peruse, it wasn't possible for a person to be all that charming, they had to be a dent somehow, dents she was finally portraying.

Yesterday had ended with no argument of any sort, whatever had done the magic? He wondered. For she had seem calmer and replied him as civil as
possible. Today, he hoped they wouldn't get back to being enemies, he wouldn't like that one bit.

He glanced at his watch this time, it was 7:30 prompt. unconsciously, he sprang up to his feet.

'am so running late' he muttered, prancing about.

Was this a common habit with women? Taking so much when it came to dressing up for an occasion? What was so hard in the act anyways? Hadn't it taken him just few minutes to suit up to perfection as he was now? But then again, this happened to be the first time ever he was waiting up for a lady to dress up, obviously marriage came with so many new experiences. Maybe he should see this from a lighter note, he should be grateful for little things like this that life had to offer. Jide smiled now.

Just then, Daisy surfaced. Her perfume preceding her entrance and turning Jide's attention her way.

'so sorry for keeping you waiting, i had some cloth issues' she apologised and came forward.

'sure...sure' Jide stammered, his anger dissipating.

He thought he had never seen a female prettier than the one before him, feeling of pride constricted his heart and he felt happy that the lady standing over there was actually HIS wife.

Daisy stood now staring askance at Jide, she had thought he would be angry at her for wasting so much time, instead he just stood there staring at her.

Truthfully, She had had cloth issues as usual, whenever there was a place to go, she never could decide which was the perfect cloth, it was a thing with her. Brenda and mama always teased her about it. Another issue was that Jide hadn't been exactly specific on the kind of occasion
it was. Judging it to be a dinner that required gowns and stuffs like that, she had settled for a Chanel dinner piece - a long fitted pink coloured, turtle neck gown, embroidered with fancy stones at the neckline, it looked 'harmless' upfront, but the back proved otherwise, for it had a lacy opening that ran 'dangerously' down to stop just a little above the required. Peter had called it the 'seduction touch' and they had laughed over it.

This night however, Daisy had not set out to seduce anyone, it was far from her mind, but since this happened to be one of her favourite gown coupled with the fact that she couldn't decide on something else to wear, she had finally settled for it. But now, with the way Jide was staring at her, she couldn't help but wonder if she hadn't gone over board with picking the dress.

'what? am i under or over dressed for the event?' Daisy asked confused, her eyes scanning her gown.

'no, no, its fine, its a dinner party afterall' Jide replied '...and we
are running late too' he added, suddenly realising the time.

'sorry, My fault' Daisy said and started for the door.

That was when Jide saw the flipside to the gown.

'God have mercy!' he muttered under his breath before following behind her.

Out in the compound, before they drove off, he commended her looks and a blushing Daisy replied him with a charming 'thank you'.

******
Adamu greeted his employers with a mock salute as they drove through the wide open gates, there was no way he could have noticed the thick cloud of anger and unspoken words that hung above them, Daisy sat immobile,
nursing the hurt of her recent discovery, while Jide drove, his eyes glancing at her every now and then, wishing he could find the right words to soothe the moment and apologise for whatever wrong he'd done
again. Joyce was definitely going to hear from him come Monday, was the recurrent thought in his head.

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Re: Story: Taking Chances by princesa(f): 1:07am On Jun 29, 2013
As soon as the car rode to a halt, the door flew open and out came Daisy hurrying towards the house in a mad haste, her hands
raising up her gown to allow easy mobility, while stream of hot tears rolled down her cheeks.

Soon, Jide was out of the car, running and calling after her.

Adamu who was about to retire into his little niche, shook his head at the drama that just played itself, then muttering to himself, he entered into his room.

The once promising night had finally ended on a sad note, compounding issues that had seemed resolved hours ago, Daisy's suspicion had finally been proven right, Joyce, Jide's secretary had gone ahead to spill
every beans left in the basket. And now, all Daisy wanted to do was
crawl to her room and start all her self-pity tantrums over again.

*****
The night had started out lovely, people had dotted and warmed up to Daisy easily, even Jide's dad. The oldman had been so nice, apologizing for his son's actions and for other things Daisy didn't quite understand, yet she'd accepted the apologies nonetheless.

Some of Jide's employees had gone out of their way to make her
comfortable, asking her how she was? How she was coping with Nigeria? Why they hadn't seen much of her after the wedding? If she could come around to the office one day? And so on and so forth.

Daisy on her part had been so charming and jovial all through the evening, enjoying the attention she was getting, and even dared to flirt with Ade who had somehow found his way to their table just to spite Jide, and indeed she had enjoyed the look of anger and jealousy on his face. But she had done so only when she was sure Jide's father wasn't in close range. She didn't want her father in-law seeing her as a flirt or irresponsible daughter inlaw.

A change of environment had really done her good, she had felt good and had walked gracefully to the stage when she had been called upon to present an award to one of the recipient, she had been announced as Jide's wife then and had felt very proud when the search light beamed on her. Even Jide hadn't missed an opportunity to introduce her so. But that didn't mean they were even, and she had put it clearly to him but Jide waved it off and told her to 'enjoy the evening' he had even hinted on some 'after party' when they returned home. Daisy had tingled with excitement and expectation inspite of herself.

And so for the rest of the evening, she had easily put up an appearance that they were the best of couples, that was offcourse, until she sighted Grace.

Everything had instantly turned bitter.

The juice she had opted for tasted sour to her as all the fight of days
past played afresh in her memory.

It wouldn't have bothered her much because she had finally decided not to let Grace bother or spoil her evening, not until Joyce staggered lightly to their table where only she was occupying at that moment because others had gone for a group picture or something. Joyce had greeted her and complemented her looks, wondering why Jide was treating
her unfairly.

Before Daisy could push further on what she had meant, Joyce was waving sheepishly to Grace and urging her to come over to their table, but the other woman had declined after eyeing Daisy.

Immediately, Daisy felt an urge to know more, to skim out information from the secretary who was obviously drunk, judging with the way she swooned yet drank more wine.

'do you know that lady?' Daisy had asked.

'who?' Joyce had slurred.

'Grace' Daisy had said, hitting the nail directly.

'yeah offcourse, i know her, who doesn't?' the other had replied with a foolish grin

'i don't really know, could you tell me please?' Daisy had pushed
further.

'she's oga's girlfriend na, the one he was dating before he married you. You know, i wonder where you appeared from, we all thought he would marry her, not you'

'you all thought wrong then' Daisy had shot back.

'yes! We all did' Joyce had replied and broke into a laugh.

'hmm' Daisy had said and shook her head, it was obvious alcohol wasn't a good thing, the way it had rendered this lovely lady here was pathetic.

'so, does Jide...you know, still see her?' she had asked after the secretary had ended her hysteric laugh.

'why Offcourse! I personally receive her calls and messages for Mr. Olukoya' she had replied, then drew closer to whisper: 'I even know my boss still sees her, and i wonder why. See! He has a lovely American wife like you at home, and yet he's fooling around with her' another hysterical laughter then: 'but that's what make them men, isnt it? They are hardly ever satisfied' she completed and continued her fits of humourless mirth.

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Re: Story: Taking Chances by princesa(f): 1:37am On Jun 29, 2013
Daisy hadn't been amused, the little info from the drunk secretary had spoilt everything. She had simply wanted to head back home.

Nobody would have guessed that little Miss Joyce was suffering from her own fair of heartbreak, a reason why she had indulged herself in more than required wine, even if Daisy had known, it wouldn't have changed much.

All her suspicion had been confirmed, all the beating around the bush just to skim out this info from Jide had finally been let out open and from a very credible source at that, regardless of her drunken state, a state which meant she wasn't exaggerating, why? Wasn't it said that alcohol had a way of drawing truth out of people, and even though she wasn't one to give in to gossip and silly office rumours, but this was too relevant to be discarded.

When Jide had returned later on, he had immediately noticed the mood swing in Daisy, all she had said was for him to take her home. And after a little research of his own, he had discovered that Joyce had been the last person she'd spoken with. He had instantly felt like hitting the loud-mouthed lady, but since it wasn't a gentleman behaviour, he had pushed all grievances to Monday when work resumed.

And so he'd taken her home, oblivious of what she had heard or what he should be apologizing for. Daisy hadn't even wanted him to talk to her, telling him to save his breath and just take her home.

Then, immediately the car had stopped, she had ran out. He had managed to switch off the car before hurrying after her, catching up with her in the hallway as she was about opening her door.

'Daisy, could you stop and let us talk about whatever is the issue that has gotten you this upset' he pleaded.

Daisy stood then and stared at him with a tear stained face, 'we have nothing to talk about. All that you have been so scared to admit, Well i found out about it today!' she retorted with vehemence.

'could you be clear here? Please' Jide said walking towards her.

'you've been sleeping with Grace all this while and you've been lying about it! Telling me she was only an Ex! But now i know better, you have been tripping big time! Hitting on her! Right now i hate you and don't want to ever see you! Ever!' she said and entered into her room, banging the door in the process.

Jide ran to the door trying to stop her. What he heard was the clicking sound of her door locking.

'Daisy! Daisy! Lets work this out' he called out as he pounced desperately at her door.

But he got no response, no sound.

Slowly, he slumped to the floor, his hands on his head as he bemoaned his marriage that never seemed to be rid off turbulence once and for all.
*****

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Re: Story: Taking Chances by princesa(f): 1:38am On Jun 29, 2013
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Re: Story: Taking Chances by Ariyke: 4:34am On Jun 29, 2013
kissnice update dearie kiss
Re: Story: Taking Chances by Bolt2011(m): 5:24am On Jun 29, 2013
Wonderful story
Thanks Princesa

Your boi is back, after more-than-a-week's break. I just caught up with the updates cool
Re: Story: Taking Chances by merciie(f): 9:13am On Jun 29, 2013
Thanks Princessa.
Lovely update
Re: Story: Taking Chances by Nobody: 9:37am On Jun 29, 2013
Next update plsssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss
Re: Story: Taking Chances by princesa(f): 10:03am On Jun 29, 2013
lol candis, chapter completion comes in this evening, unfailinglysmiley

thanks arikiye, welcome back Bolton. and hi to my readers


looks to me like law of diminishing return is starting to set in both on the writer and on the readers, hmm, i guess that's what happens when you over stretch a story sad

oh well, i still got to finish what i started, good thing it's got few chapters left... so please stick with mesmiley


btw, what exactly is the name of the secretary, Joyce, Deborah, what i can't seem to get it right with her.

goodmorning all
Re: Story: Taking Chances by IZUKWU(m): 11:01am On Jun 29, 2013
Hurry up
Re: Story: Taking Chances by Nobody: 11:27am On Jun 29, 2013
The name of his secretary is neither deborah not joyce it s it s merciie :Pyeah you re rite. Its joyce.
Owkay now, why am i feeling pity 4 brenda's boo(jide). But na so life be o.
Lesson to all d ladies am talking 2 now and u re not listening(e.g br3nd4 and odas). Wen u will start talking, i wont listen too owink :p. Go on princessa. U rock pass michael.
Re: Story: Taking Chances by laykhorn(m): 11:29am On Jun 29, 2013
Thats a nice update.. Could you please make the completion as lenghty as this.
Re: Story: Taking Chances by Tedpgrass: 11:29am On Jun 29, 2013
Interesting tale.....

But reality should be interspersed with fantasy.



Look at it from Jide's viewpoint.......

Some chick is forced on me
Ok, she dey fine and cooks but *******so does a good percentage of well-brought up Nija girls.*****

She get American accent and nurse training, yeah so what....
*****You don't need to get past MMA to achieve that.*****

She no get her own pay...
******Needs me to put money down ..*****
Infact, she's a leech.... has not added anything to me other than well-prepared meals, no cerebral stimulation.... simply a dressed up doll, no different to pretty trannies******

****Mehn, I will collect my brideprice money back!!!!****

And now I'm looking in her direction, she dey form "trust issues".......
***Let's get real here, did she think Me... a redblooded man won't satisfy my needs with the woman, I once loved***

*****Or does she think I'll be willing to sleep with her, just because she's an Americana with all sorts of issues and potential diseases****

****Like I don't have my trust and other issues too.******




My conclusion:
Daisy has been put on a pedestal at the moment for too long.......... simply over-rated fantasy.

As a writer, you owe your readers, particularly young vulnerable Nija ones, some measure of realism... If you want to push this glorification of Daisy, you've got to add in other things that make her such a Mojo!!!!

Regular updates can sustain suspense and interest...

Tactfully use suspense, otherwise its such a let-down.

Otherwise good writing style

Well done.


.

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Re: Story: Taking Chances by MsSpaqs(f): 11:39am On Jun 29, 2013
Av read ur post over n over again n am tryin 2 c things 4rm ur point of view@Tedpgrass.So jes cuz he has startd showin interest in hr she shud turn 2 putty in his arms biko i dnt agree.Thy ar married whethr arrangee or nt soo yes i xpect im 2 drop money 4 hr upkeep as long as she's still waitin 4 hr bank 2 transfer hr money 2 Naija.Wat stoppd im 4rm cmin clean abt Grace wen he startd fallin 4 Daisy.So i tnk its realistic enuff


My 2cents worth.
Re: Story: Taking Chances by princesa(f): 12:17pm On Jun 29, 2013
Tedpgrass:

Interesting tale.....

But reality should be interspersed with fantasy.



Look at it from Jide's viewpoint.......

Some chick is forced on me
Ok, she dey fine and cooks but *******so does a good percentage of
well-brought up Nija girls.*****

She get American accent and nurse training, yeah so what....
*****You don't need to get past MMA to achieve that.*****

She no get her own pay...
******Needs me to put money down ..*****
Infact, she's a leech.... has not added anything to me other than
well-prepared meals, no cerebral stimulation.... simply a dressed up
doll, no different to pretty trannies******

****Mehn, I will collect my brideprice money back!!!!****

And now I'm looking in her direction, she dey form "trust issues".......

***Let's get real here, did she think Me... a redblooded man won't
satisfy my needs with the woman, I once loved***

*****Or does she think I'll be willing to sleep with her, just because
she's an Americana with all sorts of issues and potential
diseases****

****Like I don't have my trust and other issues too.******




My conclusion:
Daisy has been put on a pedestal at the moment for too long..........
simply over-rated fantasy.

As a writer, you owe your readers, particularly young vulnerable Nija
ones, some measure of realism... If you want to push this glorification
of Daisy, you've got to add in other things that make her such a
Mojo!!!!

Regular updates can sustain suspense and interest...

Tactfully use suspense, otherwise its such a let-down.

Otherwise good writing style

Well done.



thank you Ted.

Jide didn't actually pay for the bride price, so he can't collect a money he didn't spend. grin

yeah, i agree Daisy is acting up beyond the required, and maybe I've been given her too much immunity, but to me I've realised she is on fast moving train that is headed towards heartbreak and destruction, if she don't sort herself out...... i hope it doesn't happen.

action? Jide has been having all the action, not Daisy, so why still blame her

add some mojo, how? do you want her to seek solace outside?

hmm.......we just have to keep our fingers crossed.

thanks for dropping by smiley
Re: Story: Taking Chances by princesa(f): 12:28pm On Jun 29, 2013
Ms Spaqs:
Av read ur post over n over again n am tryin 2 c things 4rm ur
point of view@Tedpgrass.So jes cuz he has startd showin interest in hr
she shud turn 2 putty in his arms biko i dnt agree.Thy ar married
whethr arrangee or nt soo yes i xpect im 2 drop money 4 hr upkeep as
long as she's still waitin 4 hr bank 2 transfer hr money 2 Naija.Wat
stoppd im 4rm cmin clean abt Grace wen he startd fallin 4 Daisy.So i tnk
its realistic enuff


My 2cents worth.
i couldn't have said it better, everyone has to lay bare their cards for the marriage to work.
Re: Story: Taking Chances by princesa(f): 12:43pm On Jun 29, 2013
Damex333:
The name of his secretary is neither deborah not joyce
its its merciie tongue yeah you re rite. Its joyce.Owkay now, why am i feeling pity 4 brenda's boo(jide). But na so life be o.
Lesson to all d ladies am talking 2 now and u re not listening(e.g
br3nd4 and odas). Wen u will start talking, i wont listen too owink :p. Go on princessa. U rock pass michael.

lol, ladies you guyz had better learn now

Joyce it is then. thanks.

updates is customarily lenghty @laykhorn.

later then.
Re: Story: Taking Chances by goldwaters(f): 1:01pm On Jun 29, 2013
Viewing this topic :repogirl. ma'am we r over there at false pretenses waiting for u ooooo. u r catching ur groove here lipsrsealed

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