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omotalkie:
Ok tnx

Please get a copy. She added more scenes. Thanks

rapmike:
Audrey has already written this story before. Use Nairaland search portal. This was written so that those who want to buy it will find that the book is of good quality.

Audreytimms, nice book.

Thank you for correcting her. Audrey Timms is AWOL at present.

Excerpts from Unfulfilled Promises

PROLOGUE

WITH slightly shaky hands, the old woman gently pushed up the toilet seat, lifted her yellow and brown stripped maxi dress and black underwear, and sat down on the toilet seat. She sighed with contentment at the first few drops of urine. The sound of urea splashing on water filled the place. When she was done, she got up, righted her clothes and told the toilet to flush. She walked slowly to the washbasin and told the tap to come on. She washed her hands slowly, told it to stop and took a towel from the hangar to dry her hands. She stared at her reflection in the mirror above the washbasin.

A smile slowly turned the corners of her lips. She was aging beautifully. She didn't look bad for a woman of seventy. Of course she had wrinkles but they didn't mar her beauty. She still had the pointed nose that made her features striking. She scratched her grey hair that was tied in a knot at her nape.

She tossed the towel on the hangar and took dainty steps back to her room. She got to her rocking chair by the window, removed the romance novel she'd been reading before the call of nature, sat on it and told it to rock, and continued from where she stopped until she heard voices. She paused in her reading. She could distinctly hear the laughter of her son's last child.

The old woman told the chair to stop, got up and walked to the window. She pulled aside the velvet drapes, looked in the direction of the laughter and saw her grandchild laughing joyfully with a boy at the front steps.

The old woman's wrinkled brows furrowed in a frown when she noticed the boy was twirling her youngest grandchild's long corn rolls in his hand and the ninny was loving every minute of it. The boy who was obviously her schoolmate from the sky blue shirt, dark blue blazers and black trousers he had on and backpack, moved to the second step which her granddaughter was on and placed his hands on her shoulders. He gazed lovingly into her eyes before giving her a peck. The silly girl smiled shyly and stared at her sandals while gripping hard, her black pencil skirt. She however raised her head to tell him goodbye and watched him till the gateman opened the small gate and he left. She touched a finger to her cheek and smiled before commanding the black wooden front door to open.

The old woman went back to her chair and waited for the naughty girl. Oh, no, history wasn't going to take place again. Sure enough, the beautiful fair skinned gir flounced into the room after a quick knock and a command.

"Grandma, good afternoon." She removed her backpack and dropped it beside the bed before going to give her grandmother a peck on her left cheek. She sat down on the bed and began to remove her black sandals and dark blue socks.

"How was school today?"

The teenager fell back of the bed with raised hands and a naughty smile on her face.

"Sensational," She finally said after a moment of silence.

"I see," Her grandmother replied shortly.

Tonia sat up and scratched her nose. "Where's grandpa?" "He went with your dad to the office."

She shrugged and picked up her socks and sandals. "I'm starving. See you later, grandma."

She lifted her backpack as she headed for the door.

Her grandmother waited for her to get to the door before calling her name gently. She turned around slowly.

"When you're through with taking your bath, eating lunch and doing your homework, please come back here. We need to talk."

Tonia nodded slowly. The door opened and closed at the sound of her voice. She dragged her bag slowly behind her to her room at the end of the corridor. Her grandmother's words had been gently but firmly spoken. She wondered what she wanted to talk about. She and grandpa had come there just two days ago after going on a world tour for a year. The young girl prayed it wasn't one of those words of wisdom parable thingy. She wasn't in the mood for such. She however rushed through taking her bath, eating and doing her assignments.

The teenager knocked gently on the door and walked in. Her grandmother was still in the same position she'd left her, though she was reading a novel. Her grandmother was a sucker for romance novels like her. They usually exchanged novels and reviewed them together. Maybe she wanted to discuss this particular one with her.

"I'm through, grandma," she announced and sat on the bed.

The old woman told the chair to stop rocking; she put her novel aside and got up.

"That was fast," She teased as she sat down beside her granddaughter. Tonia's face lit up in a smile. "I'm eager to hear what you have to say."

Her grandmother smiled. "Is that so?" Tonia smiled again and nodded.

The old woman's expression became serious. "Who was that young man I saw you with this afternoon?

Tonia's jaw literary dropped. She gulped and unconsciously moved farther from her grandmother who smiled.

"He...he's a classmate," she blurted out.

"A pecking classmate?" she asked, tongue-in-cheek.

Tonia visibly reddened like an overripe tomato. Her gaze was fixed at the white and blue flowery tiles.

The old woman picked up her novel again. "This is just fiction. It helps you escape the truth of this world and engage in a world of fantasy. Life usually doesn't play out the way these romance novels put them."

A sigh escaped her grandmother's lips. "Has your father ever told you the story of my life?"

With widened eyes, the nervous girl shook her head.

"Then sit back, listen to my story and learn lessons from it. Hopefully, we'd be done before they all come back."

Shokoloko:
So happy to hear this. One copy for myself.

Thanks

Richmond996:
Am using a Windows Phone.

Sorry

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JeffreyJamez:
Iya!!... so e-book don dey you no Holla me ba

It's now on www.okadabooks.com

[quote author=Richmond996 post=31631416][/quote]Go to www.okadabooks.com

Shokoloko:
Oh Audrey! Im so happy. Just learnt that Your book is on www.okadabooks.com
Will get one.
God who has taken you this far will surely take you to even greater heights.
Please in you next book, abeg name one of the characters Shokoloko

Lol. I'll tell her. Better still, mail her yourself- dianaokhah@yahoo.com

On behalf of Audrey Timms, I'm happy to inform you all that the ebook of 'Unfulfilled Promises' is now on www.okadabooks.com. Amazon coming soon.

AudreyTimms:
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Sorry for the mention guys. I've been mandated by some of the people organizing the 2014 Literature award to inform my readers about the voting thread. Voting ends on the 28th, I think. Please go and vote for writers. It's quite interesting because of the different genres. Thanks!

Here's the link

www.nairaland.com/1966292/nairaland-literature2014-award-voting-thread

I've voted Audrey. Tahnks for reminding me. It was quite confusing but was fun all the same. How far? When are we assembling for our new story? Can't wait!

5, 16, 17, 23, 33, 39, 41, 44, 49, 56

I'm here to state my grieviance. While I no it isn't easy being a writer, I hate what writers do sometimes. If you knew you were going to neglect this particular story to continue another, y did u start dis one in d first place? Y wet our apetitte? Y toy with our emotions? Wat if I don't want 2 read d oda one bt just dis one? Wre u losing followership in d oda thread and decided to use dis one to lure us there? I'm very unhapi bcs I com here everyday to check if you've updated. I refuse to go and check the oda story. Whenever you continue dis one, we'll b trying 2 remember what its about in d first place!

Your pissed fan!

JeffreyJamez: Ghenghen!!!Ghenghen!!!!.... Eshin shin carry kpomo!!!!!!!

Na the part wey I dey wait for be this....

Erm...AudreyTimms.... You had some typos tho....?

Sorry o! I was d one who posted it on her behalf. I didn't bother to check 4 errors (I didn't want to spend hours editing like her). She's nt feeling fyn. She hs bin battling it since dt flu bt it hs finally her brot her dwn

AudreyTimms

Deedee, pls publish it o! I 4 one wud luv a copy 2 read ova and ova again wen d days r blue. Wat if tsunami happens here again? Even if its only one copy 4 me, pls publish it. My kids will get 2 read it cos only God knows wat literature in dier own tym will b lyk wit d way d world is going dese days. Do we hv any marketer in d house? To help her market it far and wide? BTW, go 2d competition thread. Go and c wat Sammyhoe wrote abt u.

Deedee, pls publish it o! I 4 one wud luv a copy 2 read ova and ova again wen d days r blue. Wat if tsunami happens here again? Even if its only one copy 4 me, pls publish it. My kids will get 2 read it cos only God knows wat literature in dier own tym will b lyk wit d way d world is going dese days. Do we hv any marketer in d house? To help her market it far and wide?

SammyHoe: I haven't read Audrey Timms story but going by d way ppl speak about it, I bliv she's a very very very talented writer, so my last vote goes to AUDREY TIMMS,

A
Unique,
Determined,
Resolute &
Energetic
Youth

Typing
Intelligent,
Meaningful &
Marvelous
Story that was applauded by all. May your ink never fail you. More and more stories shall you write. Stay blessed.

Audreytimms must see dis. I doubt if she has been here @ all. Lemme go and drag her frm editing mode. Dis is beautiful!

WTF! I actually didn't see dis coming. U sabi twist story sha. Abeg twist Dave comot 4d story na. I hpe Oleng's in-laws won't find out abt dis o! Michelle go use am do suya. I just fell in love with Eric all over again. Weldone girl! #teameric/oleng *teamtruelove

*Leaving ghost mode*

Can't believe u guys r rooting 4 Dave. I dnt send him @ all. Am 4 #TeamEric cos I smell sardine sumwre.

Who b dis? Collins? Wetin e dey do 4 hre? E no c e fellow virgin abi? Idiaaaat! Its gud u threw him out of d story. Abeg no resurrect am again o!

Audrey, hw far na? Com and update na.

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CHAPTER FIVE

“Happy new year Oleng!” Aunty Vien joyfully told her as she entered her room.

Oleng just looked at her and looked away again as she sat up on the bed.
“Happy new year to you too.” she said without enthusiasm.

Her aunt ignored it and continued, “Your mum called. She said to wish you a happy new year.”

“I don’t have a mother.” Oleng countered.

“Please don’t start today of all days.” she said in a sad tone.

“Sorry.” Oleng apologized.

“Now, what will you eat? The girls and I prepared fried rice, salad and fried chicken but we also have afang soup in case you prefer to eat pounded yam or fufu.” she jovially told her niece.

Tears welled up in Oleng’s eyes. How could two sisters be so different? Her mum and Aunty Vien were sisters alright though they didn’t look alike. Aunty Vien was a very sweet person. She was nice and friendly. She was tall and chocolate skinned. Though she was plump, she was beautiful, even with a gap tooth. Ever since her mum had brought her there the previous month, Aunt Vien had never for once blamed her for being foolish enough to get pregnant. She had accepted her as if it were a normal thing that she was pregnant.

Aunty Vien and her husband from Akwa Ibom no longer lived together. Due to her inability of giving birth to a male child after four girls, her husband had opted to marry another wife after complications of giving birth to her last girl had made her incapable of conceiving again. She had not been able to withstand seeing another woman in her matrimonial home so she had left their house in Uyo and had come back to Calabar, her place of birth.

The funny thing was that her husband had two girls and no boy from his second marriage. He regretted his hasty decision of going to marry a second wife but Aunty Vien refused to go back as long as the other woman was still there. Her daughters had not agreed to follow her to Calabar having lived in Uyo all their lives and were schooling there. They came to visit her occasionally and spent Easter, Christmas and New Year breaks with her.

Three of her children were nice to Oleng, Anietie, the eldest, Edidiong, the nicest, Mfon, the introvert. Emem, her age mate hated her and didn’t speak to her. The first and only time she had spoken to her was when they had first met when the latter had come to her room.

“So you’re the Oleng, my cousin. The one wey carry belle? Do you know that I wonder that with so much publicity on condoms and contraceptives, people are still foolish enough to get pregnant? You were greedy, weren’t you? You wanted it whole. See where it has gotten you now. And that your mum had to bring you here to be a burden to my mum. To all of us in short because now you have my room to yourself because there is no way I am going to share this room with you. I no want make you vomit for my body. Mama Baby!” she had jeered wickedly at her and left the room leaving Oleng to cry her eyes out.

Emem usually made nasty statements around her about spoilt people who engaged in sex at an early age which really hurt Oleng as she intended. Oleng tried not to mind her because her elder sisters were nice to her. They accepted her the way she was. Edidiong had been the one to comfort her the day she had caught her crying over Eric.

“I’ve tried to forget him,” she had sobbed. “I’ve blocked my mind from thinking about him but he keeps coming. How could he betray me like that? We were best friends. We planned on getting married in future yet he abandoned me when he knew I was pregnant. His own child for that matter. We made so many promises to each other.” she had bitterly wept.

“It’s okay, Oleng,” Edidiong had consoled. “Guys are like that. It’s a pity you fell for him. They promise you the whole world but run away at the slightest sign of trouble. Don’t worry, you’ll get over him. Just give it time. Time changes all things.”

Oleng had been very grateful to her ever since for understanding. Life wasn’t so unbearable there because Aunty Vien and her children with an exception of Emem were nice to her.

tmx21: to start with, the thought of plagiarism is the begining of the downfall of a writer.
I mean most of writers here are upcoming, only few are certified. If an upcoming writer, in fear of plagiarism, decides not to upload his/her story, there will be no room for criticism and development of which we all know is what makes a writer get better.
My story "7 hours before dawn" is still on and believe me, readers have made me what i am today (even if i'm still a newbie). Nairaland is a place to learn and teach. Tell the person not to be scared; if he will be a successful novelis nothing will stop him or her
SHALLOM

. Wow! Tanx a million. Will tell her dat.

Gudmorning 2u all! Hw u doing? Please I hv a qst 2 ask. Hw safe are the stories here? I min from plagiarism, pirates and the likes. A friend of mine wants 2 post a story here and post d link on fb 2 get pple 2 follow her bt sum1 told her a thief cud jst download the entire story and sell it with his or her own name. She got scared hearing dt. Den anoda amebo told her dre is more likelihood of her story being stolen here dan evn on fb. Imagine! Can u pls put my friend's mind @ rest?