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HumbledbYGrace: Helo guys m really sorry, I was so busy last week, and came back home late and tired, its gonna be like this for the whole month so I will update wheneva I get a chance. Thanks for reading and the critics were great.

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The story is based on four ladies, Malaika, Ife, Ts'oarelo and Botshelo....just keep on reading, you will understand as time goes by.

*sad*

Divepen: there are two answers in this one

then give me 2 points nau. *smiles*
and 2 extra points because princesa and chocop keep arguein while i remain calm

Prose and poetry

Divepen: Okay vantee----1 point for not checking Diamondwriter's spelling

Diamondwriter-----5



New Question
what are the dominating genres of literature in Nairaland

romance,action,tragic-comedy

Divepen: chocopearl-------


Q4
what is playing on words called in literature?

pun AKA paranomasia

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AdeSuave: Keep it up but watch the typo!!!

wud do. Tnx

Chinue achebe

Jack followed her to their spot; the swing chair and they sat.
Like a gentle hurricane,an uncomfortable silence engulf the both as they stared at the blue sky. It reminded him of chelsea. He scowled as he focused his hearing like a laser hoping to hear her speak but she remained mute. He wasn't going to speak first,not that he was short of words,he was seldom short of words. He was only irritated whenever a female said she wanted to something from him and then would expect him to begin a conversation. He just kept gazing at the sky as he replayed the previous days match between chelsea and bayern munich,on his mind. This time both Ribery and Xavi Martinez where shown red cards and chelsea Led by seven goals to nothing. As he imagined the impossible event,he smiled like a satisfied cock,then she spoke.
'what are you doing?' for a second he was sure it was Linda speaking. It sounded like the kind of question she would ask but when he look at the lady beside him,he saw Anne and she was beautiful but she was nothing like Linda.
'Am thinking about chelsea' that cameout at the last minute. He had meant to scold her for being mute for that long but he swallowed it.
'are you a fan?' she asked in a soft voice.
'yeah'
'sorry'
He stared straight at those blue eyes.
'so what up? You called me here.' he said calmly
'this' she smiled coyly,bent towards him and planted a kiss on his lips. The she stoodup abruptedly and within a minute,she was out of sight.
'what just happened?' he muttered under his breath.
His instinct told he that he was being spied on. For one of the first time in his life,his instinct was totally right. As he turned behind him,he caught a glimpse of Linda staring from the rear window......

Drama

Poetry

Prose

As he entered into the living room,jack noticed that linda won't stop staring at him. It wasn't the normal look she used to give him,it was something else,like detest.
'am i so handsome that you can't even get your eyes off me for a minute?' he teased
'what i you doing?' there was seriousness in her voice.
'me? Am talking. You are staring' he said with sarcasm.
'she's married you know?' she moved her gaze from him to the door adjacent him,then back to him.
'who?' he asked lost.
'Anne'
'Anne?' he face spelt confusion. 'so?'
'i saw you with her earlier. Are you crazy?' she spoke in a low tune. He couldn't help but laugh.
'so that's what this is about?' he scoffed and took a seat. 'number one,she is engaged,not married. Number two,i don't see what it has got to be with me. Number three,you are married,you know that right?' he said the last phrase in a feminine voice.
'what's that suppose to mean?' she snapped.
'it means,you shouldn't sound so jealous' he blurtted carelessly.
'who said am jealous?' her eyes turned orange.
'it obvious.' he noticed the looked on her face and took his voice down a notch. 'look,there's nothing happening okay,she's just fun and you know i love fun' he winked hoping to provoke a smile. She didnt smile. Just then, Anne emerged from the stairs to meet an uncomfortable silence.
'am i interupting anything?' she asked innocently,Jacked moved his eyes to her and smiled.
'no,you are not'
'i that case then,Jack i need your help with something' she ignored Linda's questioning look and went outside. Jack seeked permission from Linda with his eyes. He got none but went with her anyways.

'i know your secret'
Jack heard a soft feminine voice feminine voice behind. He dropped the Nora smith's romance college and turned back to see who it was; it was Ann.
'i beg your pardon?' he was trying so hard not to drool at her toned stomach which he could see easily as she wore a stylish but too short top.
'i said,i know your secret' she walked over to the long swing chair and sat beside him. He folded his arms and his eyes were upon hers.
'which is?' he asked with zest,trying to come up with a possible reply in his mind but he could think of any.
'you love romance' she smiled,he popped his eyes. 'romance novels. I have seen you so immensed in them since i came.'
'caught me!' he smiled 'it's one of my zillion bad habits'
'another is?' she appeared very interested
'can't tell you. You would be scared of me'
'scared?' she scoffed. 'you couldn't scare anyone to save your life'
'says who?' he pretended to bd hurt.
'says me' she stucked out her tongue and he gave out a soft laugh.
'well,telling my bad habits could be very expensive. Am not sure you are up for the task' he emphasized.
'am willing to pay' he noticed her eyes,they were blue. 'anything' she was serious.
'hmm,let's see then. But not now.' His eyes fell on his novel.
'okay' she was smiling. 'you can go back to reading your novel. I won't make a noise.'
'i don't think i can.' his gaze moved from the bottom of her stomach till his gaze met hers. 'i will be too distracted' his grinned devilishly.
'and why is that?' she said in a husky voice.
'Anne!..' a voice called from inside the house.
'husband calls' Jack smiled and picked up his novel

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Chiamaka01: *First to comment*
Nice update. So when next are you updating?

not as soon as you might want but not as late as you would think

'he's cute' Ann whispered to Linda who was seated with her on the couch.
'who?' Linda pretended not to know meanwhile she had been stealing glances at Jack who who seated on the other side of the room.
'him. Jack'
'he's naughty too and you are married' Linda chided but deep within her,she knew she was talking to herself.
'about to be and unfortunately,so are you' Ann winked.
'pardon?'
'you were attentive enough to know that he's naughty plus i couldn't help but notice how many times you both exchanged looks just now' she laughed softly. The look on Linda's face was priceless. It took Ann less than ten minutes to notice the atmosphere between her and Jack; she wondered if she was that shallow and it seemed Ann read her mind.
'don't worry you are not that shallow,i have just had the experience of dating with hundreds of guys and flirting with millions of them'. Linda gave out a smile. At that instant,Jack stood up slowly and made for the door leading outside,just then Ann stood up too.
'where are you going to?' Linda questioned but she already knew the answer.
'outside'
'hmm,don't forget what i told you. He naughty'
'i knew that from the start' Ann was still smiling
'and you are married.... Engaged,whatever'
'yeah,that doesn't mean i can't flirst. If you don't mind'. She left

'they are married!' Tom almost screamed in excitment. 'this is the best news i have gotten this week' he pulled his brother closer and hugged him.
'well not exactly. They are only engaged' he tried to release himself from the hug but failed. 'that's still okay' Tom whispered 'it's better than nothing'
'yeah.... Can you stop trying to kill me now?'
'oh sorry'
Jack could see the colour on his brother's face now. He had previously thought that Tom was getting green maybe due to stress or something else but he never guessed this.
'Jack?'
'yes?'
'i want you to do something for me. Something only you can do'
'Sounds ominious. But i love ominious plus anything for my elder bro' he grinned stylishly.
'i want you to get attached with them. Find out everything. How close they are? If they would last or break.'
'stop,stop... Tom,you don't feel threatened by peter,do you?'
'no...' he emphasized but Jack always knew he was lying but he played along.
'i thought so. Because he's about to get married to Anne and you are married to Linda,so you shouldn't feel threatened,you know that right?'
'yes i do' he went pale. 'of course there's no reason why i should.'
'Good'
As Jack turned to move,he heard Tom call.
'Jack...'
'yes?' he responded without looking back.
'Don't forget what we discussed. Please. Get attached'
'it's my forte' he smiled dangerously and went his way.

Candis009: *resurrectin sma smal n peepin 4 more update*


Diaaaaaamooooond where r u?

m sleeping o

At that instant,Tom realised truelly that an average human possessed more than one mind; left and right. His right mind was screaming relief. He wasn't married to an ex-gay. He felt stupid for thinking it even for a few moment,then his left mind kicked in. Linda still went ahead to bring him to their home even after he told her not to. He remained his fathers adage that 'a man whom his wife doesn't listen to is an uncapable man'. He felt so uncapable. Uncapable enough to not have noticed that he had slammed the door at the man. Before the realized it,Linda was already pulling the knob and ushering her ex in.
'don't mind my husband's manners' she addressed her ex in an exceptionally polite manner which irritated Tom. 'he loves being dramatic'. She smiled and peter returned the favour as he stepped his feet into the house.
'it's a pleasure to finally meet you' he offered his hands again to Tom like nothing had happened.
'yeah you too' Tom feigned a smile and it would had been better if he didn't. His smile was tearful. It was the smile of a frustrated man. He turned faced Linda and she saw the look but she wasn't moved a bit.
'what's your problem?' she whispered bitterly,making sure it was out of peter's hearing range.
'what's my problem? What's yours?' Tom snapped a little bit louder but still of peter's hearing range.
'what are you talking about?'
'you know what am talking about so you can stop playing dumb' his frustration grew.
'i don't and if you are not ready to be less vague,then i have a guest to attend to' she made to leave but he grabbed her by her left wrist.
'don't you walk out on me woman' he felt a sudden burst of confidence. 'i told you not to bring him here but you disobeyed'
'you told me not to,i told you i was going to' she struggled in vain to release her wrist.
'this is my house Linda,i make the rules!'
'you are mistaking,it isn't your house. Its our house' she forced her hands from his grip and darted to the living room as Tom reflected on the whole situation.
He wondered why his home had turned into a war zone suddenly. He traced his steps and tried to find any blemish but he couldn't see anything he had done wrong. He heard the rich laughters that came from the living room and he knew that a whole lot of drama was going to play out in the next few days.

'who are you?' Tom said abrasively to the man at the door as he opened it.
'you must be Tom'
'who wants to know?' He had no time for being polite. All that was on his mind was to slam the door at the man's face and go deal with his wife. He still found it hard to comprehend that she had dated a girl. He fought hard not to say the word out loud in his head but it came out loud anyways. She was gay! And she never mentioned it. He queried himself on how he had failed to notice. He once read that lebsians or used-to-be lebsians are quite easy to fish out. They usually made comment about beautiful women the see on magazines,tv or in flesh and blood plus they loved being in the company of women than men. None of these spelt Linda so how could him have suspected?
He closed his eyes for a moment hoping to find the man at the door gone when he opened them but the man appeared more present than ever.
'am peter' the man stretched his hands towards Tom,smiling.
'what is a peter?' Tom asked irritably. He maed no effort to smile and was beginning to hate peter's smile.
'i thought Linda told you?' peters smile was beginning to fade. 'am peter,the ex!' his smile was back.

Sori.........phcn