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… he wished he could resist but he couldn’t….
***
She found herself singing songs of love after the time she’d spent with Chimobi…he’d showed her love and a new side of it….it was pleasurable….
‘where are you coming from’? her mother asked looking upset…
She was tongue tied…what was she to say? With her mother’s angry glare and her brother’s mocking gaze..
‘lesson’ she replied curtly…
‘lesson’? her brother winked at her… his fool of a sister had fallen for Chimobi’s trap and now she was going to be seen as an easy lay….
‘you’ve fallen for the bait’ was all he said and begun laughing….
She was confused….what was he talking about…
***
Slowly, days turned into weeks and Chimobi avoided her completely…. Even when she tried reaching out to her, he ignored her completely…
She blamed herself…she cried herself to sleep everyday…she must have offended him…her big fat self….
Then one morning…. She stood before the mirror and noticed how different she looked…she had grown fatter and her nose was always shiny….her breasts were very tender and painful to the touch…
Then her mother voiced her fears…. After careful scrutiny…
‘I said it…you’re good for nothing…you are pregnant’…
That day been the worst day of her life… her uncle quickly came out with a cane and flogged her till she felt dizzy….while her mother stood hands akimbo….
‘I am sorry mother’ she cried… she felt helpless…she wished death could just take her….she felt tratped in that big body…her soul yearned for freedom…
‘take me to the father’ was all her mother said…
She was so terrified as she stood before Chimobi’s parents…
‘dad…you know the only girlfriend I have is Seyi…you can ask around, I do not know this girl’ he denied her blatantly…
The scales that covered her fell off….
For twenty years, she carried that pain around and she swore never to give her heart to any man….

TWENTY YEARS LATER ***
‘I present this to you….on behalf of the Department of Sales Management of Conral Limited….Miss Diana Anyebe’ ….
Diana tried to control the tears but she couldn’t …they fell freely on her cheeks…
She’d never known things could change in her life…that things could change for the better… years ago people rejected her …deserted her but right now…where she stood in the middle of the conference hall she felt love poured out in genuine quantities from her co-workers.
‘Words are too little to express my gratitude…I will miss you all dearly’ her friends came around and hugged her…it was very touching ….
They all presented her gifts….individually and left….
‘what are you going to do with all this cake’? Sadiyya asked….
‘take it to Nigeria of course….’ Diana replied…
It’s been twenty years since she last set her foot in the country…
Her mother had tried marrying her off to an old chief…. But she’d refused to be oppressed…
Determined to find freedom, she ran away from home that night…. Then she got lost in the capital city…no food …no water…
It was a long walk and a great risk that she’d taken but luck found her that day…
She’d resorted to begging just to survive… a young woman approached her and listened carefully to her story …she was greatly moved and vowed to help her…
She later introduced her to a family who was in dire need of a child…she agreed to give her child up for adoption…the child couldn’t share the same fate as hers.
On her delivery, the baby was taken from her and with the help of the family, she was flown abroad for her education….
She lived in Australia for ten years…..five years of studying and another five for working at a small firm in Melbourne before she was offered a job in South Africa.

***
Leaving the house was more easy than she’d envisaged… her mother hadn’t listened to her reason for going out for long, she dismissed her with a wave of her hand….
She wondered if she was doing the right thing… she loved Chimobi with all her heart…she’d yearned for him as long as she could remember…fate had decided to join them together.
‘welcome dear’ he pecked her forehead as she arrived the bar…
‘thanks’ she smiled shyly….this was all new …no boy had ever shown her attention…
‘what would you like to drink’? he beckoned to the waiter…
‘anything you’ll have’ Diana looked over the whole place…it was an expensive bar…he really loved her…
‘so… I have something for you’ he brought out another parcel…he knew what girls liked…they loved to be spoilt with gifts…to be adored and cherished.
‘wow…this is too much…I love you so much’ she couldn’t hold herself back….she hugged him tightly …
‘thank you’…. He felt suffocated…it was actually funny, the way she made him feel…like some god…but he felt happy seeing her smile…
‘so tell me about yourself’ he wasn’t really interested….he wanted something to pass the time…
‘there’s nothing much to tell… am the only girl…my mother hates me…she’s not proud of me and so does my brother…my life is just a mess because am fat’ she poured out all her emotions…and he listened carefully…
He noticed the way Omale had spoken about his sister the other day…it portrayed what she’d been telling him….
She was quiet for a while…he rubbed her hands gently not knowing what else to say…
She thought about it for a while… ‘you’re the only friend I have…and I really feel better talking to you’
A burden had been lifted off her shoulders…
‘it was nice spending time with you…we should do this often…’ he helped her up her feet and they dispersed.
***
Three weeks was gone …their friendship grew stronger…
Chimobi was actually surprised….they were many things about her he didn’t know and he grew to like her…but he had to win the bet…he had to make his move….
‘do you love me’? he asked sweetly while placing a fallen strand of her long hair to the back…
‘ I really do and you know that’ she dropped her pencil…he’d been coaching her in technical drawing which she sucked at…
‘then kiss me’ he commanded…
She hesitated…then moved forward closer to him and placed her mouth on his…
He parted her lips with his tongue and they blended together… she had come visiting that day as his parents weren’t around….
He left her mouth and traced a fine line along her round neck with his tongue…he would stop and bite her earlobe lightly….
She moaned loudly…lost in pleasure….what was he doing to her?
He trailed his fingers gently on her breast and she groaned…he went further and slipped his hand beneath her blouse but she held him back….
‘are you a virgin’? he asked…eyes hazy with passion….
Her mood changed swiftly….as she remembered all those nights her uncle raped her brutally and she would wet her pillow with tears….there was no one she could talk to…no one at all…her mother had turned her face away ….the woman that was supposed to protect her…
‘no’ she answered quietly…as the memories lay broken before her…
‘what’s wrong’? he was uncomfortable with her mood swing…
‘my uncle rapes me at home’ she finally found the courage to say it… then a tear fell from her eyes…
All his desires fled when he heard that…. ‘am sorry’…
Those were the only words that came out of his mouth… he was too shocked to say anything else…
‘but that doesn’t mean you should stop…just promise you’ll be gentle….promise to love me forever’ she begged him…
He rose up and stared outside the window…he couldn’t bring himself to do this…he was still human at least… was the bet really worth this? Maybe he should tell her the truth
As he turned, he found her standing nude before him…

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Chimobi Adams with love.


She now understood the meaning of her dream earlier…
The rest of the day went on well except that her mind was far off… she dwelt on his gift…his message to her…her crush had finally noticed her…she was totally blown away….
The ring of the first bell brought her to her feet… she reached the door before turning back…she had to look good for him…but she had no make up with her…
She approached Irene shyly…that was the only person closest to a friend that she had…
‘hi…’ she smiled warmly at the girl…
‘can I use some of your powder’?
‘wow…does somebody have a date’? Irene grinned…she was the ‘make up’ artist of their time…she fetched the little box and poured Diana some….
‘thanks’ she dashed straight to the canteen…
***
Chimobi sat patiently… he needed to win this bet…if she didn’t get into his bed within a month then he would pay the sum of ten thousand naira to his friends but if she did…they would pay him….
He didn’t have that kind of money to waste proving a stupid point of being a chick magnet…he had to win this…get this done and over….
He smiled as Diana approached his table… this was the first time they were getting up close and personal. He knew she was Omale’s baby sister and she was overweight and kind of dumb…that was all he knew about her…
‘hi’ she lowered her lashes to the ground…she couldn’t meet his penetrating gaze, he was too handsome to behold…
‘hello darling…stop being a kid…don’t be shy’ he raised her face with his hands…luckily the hall was still scanty…so nobody would spot them together and report to his girlfriend…
‘ okay…thank you for your gift’ she smiled…it was a beautiful necklace…
‘hope you loved it…I would give you more….if you agree to go out with me’ he rubbed her chubby hands…
‘like on a date’? she couldn’t believe it…
‘yes… anything you want’ he answered while checking his time…
‘ but what of Seyi? And this is so sudden…’ the words came out in a rush…
‘baby…let’s forget Seyi for now, I know how to handle her…I’ve been in love with you for a long while but I was afraid you wouldn’t feel the same way’ his voice was husky with emotion.
‘ you love me? I love you too but am hardly your type’ she looked down on her size…
‘you mean your weight? It doesn’t matter…what matters is that you love me’….he scribbled some words on a paper and handed it to her…
‘meet me here after school’ he had to leave as Seyi was very close…
‘you’re leaving so fast’? she didn’t want him to go…
‘I have to, Seyi is here….we need a place we would have enough time for ourselves’…
‘take this…buy yourself something’ he offered her some money and hurried off.
She warmed her chest with her fingers…it was real…her Chimobi had finally found her…she stared at the address he’d given to her…
She felt happy for the first time in a long while…his love and attention had lifted the melancholic veil from her…it was a thing of joy….

She secretly envied his beautiful friend… ‘Sexy’ was her nicks…she was very attractive just like him…Seyi was tall and slim…a lightskinned beauty with full breasts.
But she was nothing compared to Sexy… she was fat and undesirable…
***
It was that time of the year in school, where the boys betted…. They would write the names of all the girls in senior classes and drop them in a jar.
One of them would shuffle it…while the rest would pick the names then the betting would ensue…
‘I picked your sister’ Chimobi sighed disappointed in his ‘choice’…
‘wow make sure you ride well…you know she’s so wide down there’ he teased and the boys broke wild with laughter….
‘how could you even say something like that about your sister’ Chimobi was surprised… yes, the girl had weight issues…it was very obvious but he didn’t believe in disrespecting women, his parents had brought him up well.
‘see this player…you better shut up…’ Omale’s temper began to rise… why would Chimobi talk to him like that?
‘guys stay calm…what’s important…is if this girl agrees to go down with him’…one of the boys chipped in…
‘yes…I know my sister well…you don’t need to waste your time…she’s as cheap as they come’ Omale continued…
‘you are pathetic’ Chimobi hissed angrily and left the gathering for his chase…
He didn’t know why he was doing this…but it was a school tradition… his girlfriend couldn’t find out else she’d break up with him and that would hurt him badly as he was deeply in love with her.
Seyi was not just very pretty… she was intelligent and cared as well for him but she was haughty… he’d slept with many girls without her finding out… he just prayed this went out well.
***
She took time and brushed her long hair…it was the only accessory of beauty god had blessed her with… she had a dream the previous night, she saw herself in a field of roses and butterflies danced eagerly around her…
She felt happy for no reason… today was just a beautiful day and she vowed that nobody would spoil it for her not even her mother…
‘Goodmorning’ she greeted …
‘goodmorning’ her mother replied…
‘where are you off too’ she spoke in that commanding tone…
‘school of course’ Diana replied…
‘but you haven’t taken your breakfast’…
This was really a good day, what was her mother up to?
‘thank you …am not hungry today’ she responded and made for the door but her uncle’s voice stopped her…the evil man that molested her …
She had killed him many times in her heart…she had already made up her mind to run as far as possible once she was done with her Senior Secondary exams…
‘come back home early…there’s a man I want you to meet’ he cleared his throat and positioned himself by the table…
She didn’t utter any word…she just left… something wasn’t right…
‘don’t you think she’s too young to marry that old chief’? Oche asked his sister…
‘but she’s not too old for your bed’ the woman was bitter about many things but her hands were tied…
***
She had arrived earlier than most students ….humming her favorite tune she walked straight to her desk…
‘piggy you forgot to say goodmorning’ one of the bullies addressed her…she ignored her completely and began to arrange her books…
Then she saw a parcel underneath her desk… full of wonder, she bent and picked it up…slowly she unwrapped it…
‘my god’ she gasped…. Could this be real? A beautiful necklace with her name engraved on it from Chimobi as his name was clearly written on it…
‘this isn’t real’ she almost screamed but held herself as her mates begun staring at her confusedly …
A piece of paper fell from the parcel and she picked it up…

VALLEY OF ANGELS

Twenty years ago………………… ****
‘you’re good for nothing….just look at you’ her mother thundered….she was constantly embarrassed and disappointed because of the only daughter she had.
Diana felt hurt by her mother’s harsh words and immediately left for her room… yes, she knew she had a weight problem but that didn’t mean she had to starve…
‘don’t you dare walk out on me’ the woman followed aggressively… Diana was everything of a daughter she never wanted… she was slow, dumb and very fat…at sixteen she had the hips of a mother of five. She wasn’t pleased ….
She shut the door behind her, tears flowed uncontrollably down her cheeks….nobody knew what she went through every day in this house….nobody understood her humiliation…and what was worse, her father was late and they lived with an Uncle….who was very accommodating but nobody knew what he did to her every night….
It started when she was ten….her mother usually left her behind, too ashamed to take her outside ….only her brother, Omale, had that privilege.
The first day, she had sobbed quietly in her room after her mother’s rejection, Uncle Oche had found her alone….his wife and children all went out…
He offered to give her some snacks and took her to his room…. He gave her the snacks alright…then he began removing his clothes…she was startled….
Innocent as she was, she didn’t understand what caused him to remove his clothes…. Then he walked closer to her and began to touch her….
‘ uncle stop it…I don’t like what you are doing’ she began to sob…
But he lifted her plump body and dropped her on the bed, then he undressed her quickly and rubbed his shaft against her…
She screamed…she sobbed bitterly but nobody could hear her….she was all alone…
On their return, she quickly showed her mother her reddened and bleeding vulva …she was amazed at her mother’s reaction…
‘you foolish girl, why do you always land yourself in trouble’? she snapped….
‘mommy Uncle Oche did it to me’ she cried….
‘shut your mouth, do you hear me?.... tell nobody about this…never …now go and have your bath’ she thundered…
She was so confused, she still was…what kind of mother would do that to her only daughter?
Now she was sixteen and he still came for her…sometimes she fought him off, other times he succeeded…. She was depressed most of the time but no one noticed…even if they did, they didn’t care…
In school, she had no friends… she wasn’t classy enough to mix with the rich kids, she wasn’t brilliant enough to join the bright ones and she was too fat to hang out with the beauty queens… nobody liked her, even Omale, her brother, was ashamed of her.
‘open this door…you fool’ her mother banged heavily on the door….
‘stay away from me’ Diana found her voice… she saw his face…. The only one that made her happy… carefully, she locked the door and climbed the bed…
‘Chimobi’ she touched the picture gently…. He was two years ahead of her in class as she’d repeated a few times, in age, he was above her by two years….
Chimobi was the most handsome student in the entire school.... he was tall and dark… his chest was broad and his stomach was flat and well muscled… his nose was well chiseled ….his lips were slightly full but well shaped and his eyes were dark and seducing…
It wasn’t only about his looks… he was very intelligent and had won many awards for the school and he was from a very wealthy family…so he was an idol to many especially the female folks…
She smiled as her fantasies blossomed again… she imagined going on a date with him…she saw his attractive eyes staring deeply into hers…
It was only in her daydreams that could happen…. Chimobi didn’t even know her name apart from the degrading nicks she was given by the mean girls in her class… ‘porkmeat’…
He had never spoken a word to her before…she only saw him at close range when he came to address her class or whenever Omale sent for her…he was Chimobi’s

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8
‘It’s your turn…remember what I told you ….take a deep breath’ her friend encouraged as she gingerly walked into the hall…
There were three judges….two men and a lady…. And they were all celebrities…she felt awed as she stood on stage…
Miss Mo….a trained dancer, Brianna a popular Rnb singer and Qadri… Nigeria’s most talented artiste…
‘So tell us a little about yourself’ Miss Mo was the first to speak…. She was nervous at first but the smile of this gorgeous lady put her at ease… from what she’d learnt from previous contestants…Brianna was the most difficult to please…
‘Am Bola Makanjuola a.k.a ‘Bee baby’ a Student of the University of Benin...am 24 years old and am here to sing’ she smiled confidently….
‘and what song would that be’? Brianna asked a bit unconcerned….as she flipped through some files…
‘All of you by John Legend’… she was a bit shaken by the woman’s harsh attitude…meanwhile Qadri had been silent all this while…
She took a deep breath and unleashed the light inside of her….then she remembered his voice again….the man that hurt her mother and never treated her like his own screaming… ‘you will never amount to anything’…..
But it was too late…she had missed a note…..then gently adjusted and glided with the melody…
Qadri was the first to clap and Miss Mo joined…. She felt awed and prayed she got picked…Brianna was indifferent… she just stared blank at the girl who she had come to abhor in the few minutes they had just met….there was something about her….like they had met before….
‘That was such a beautiful performance darling…I love your voice but be careful nextime…you almost flattened the song….am going to say ‘yes’ …come back for this competition’ Qadri smiled as he handed her a card as a symbol of her acceptance…
‘You have a golden voice….this competition is meant for people like you and you are very pretty…would love to hear you next time Bola’ Miss Mo clapped excitedly…
‘that was such a wrong song for your kind of voice….you disappointed me and John Legend….but I believe there is room for improvement ….i want to see you do better… ‘yes’ Brianna spoke sternly…all frowns and no smile…
Bola smiled happily as she walked away…but something kept tugging at her fragile heart…. Brianna was so harsh…the rumors were true….but it’s like Brianna hated her for personal reasons….she couldn’t understand why….
‘Bee…how was it….’ Rose was all over her friend…waiting to hear details of her performance but Bola was too excited to reply…she just hugged her friend and tears of joy flowed down her chin….
‘it was perfect….thank you for coming…next up …twenty of us would be selected…then down to ten and the top 5…you really need to pray for me’…. She hadn’t been this happy in a long time….but the audition wasn’t the only reason for her happiness… she had a date with Vega later….
***
Carol waited angrily while others kept going in and out with long faces….. she came here to win and that was all she would do…
Her boyfriend had been acting weird…he was upto something mischievous and she was going to find out…she hated being played …
She adjusted her hairband and smacked her lips as she strode into the hall confidently…
The judges were first of all captivated by her beauty then quickly remembered it wasn’t a beauty pageant….
Brianna was the first to speak obviously taken to this beauty on stage….it was rare for her to admire someone but she felt a star when she saw one….
‘What’s your name and where’re you from’? she smiled at Carol….leaving the other judges astonished knowing her high and mighty attitude…
‘Am Carol Edoho from Cross River state but I stay here in Lagos…. Am here to sing ‘Hello’ by Adele’…
The judges settled ….relaxing on the foamy chair…this beauty had it in her…. And if care wasn’t taken she was going to be the ‘Golden voice’ of the year

She was more stunned than ever…Bola wasn’t the forgiving type… she virtually disowned her own father…. And here she was pleading the cause of Vega…. She hoped she was imagining it….because the girl sitting beside her…..was already tripping for a guy who cared less about her existence….
‘So tell me more about him.’? She asked immediately as euphoria creeped up her spine….
‘what for? Let’s focus on getting you into this competition’….
With that said…the topic was dropped and they rode silently till they came to the place… it wasn’t a child’s joke…hundreds of young men and women sprawled across the whole arena….
Bola felt her stomach rumble from anxiety….the crowd was something else….
‘let’s get you a number’ Rose called and she followed suit….
Then her phone rang….she picked quickly trying to distract herself from whoever was calling….
‘Hello’ the seductive drawl of the strangely familiar voice called ….
‘who am I speaking with’? she rolled her eyes while waiting under a shade for Rose’s return…
‘it’s Vega Oluwatosin…the guy from the other day….am sorry for the way I treated you… I don’t know what came over me… please let’s have a date….and I have a confession to make… I have been thinking about you lately and I don’t know if you feel the same way….’
This was too good to be true…she felt like dancing azonto, ‘Vega seriously…no problem would call you when am less busy’ she replied excitedly….
Vega was her goodluck charm…he had just been the right motivation she needed ….
Rose returned with the number and met her friend all smiles….. ‘what happened to you’? wondering the sudden change of mood….
‘Vega happened’ she almost screamed it…. Yes! Vega was the reason she was going to sing this song….. ‘All of You’ by John Legend…
Am sure most of you know this song…let’s wish her goodluck….
***
He smiled mischievously as he dropped the phone…. He was going to play the game … wholeheartedly…. He stared at the picture of her semi nude form and chuckled softly…
‘Baby…am going to be late for the audition…. I can’t seem to find my phone…maybe I should use yours’ ….
‘Am sorry Carol am quite busy with mine….just take your time or you could check that on our return’…….
She felt bad whenever she was turned down…this time she was curious …he was hiding something and she was going to get it….

8
Ismail explained carefully to his boss about what had transpired between himself and Bola as gently as possible as Vega was already fuming…
‘she almost ruined my date with Carol….am even being suspected..knowing Carol very well she’s going to investigate’
‘Am sorry boss but that was the only was she could return the necklace…am sorry it had to be in the same venue as your Date….she also said I should give you this’… he handed over the money…
Vega was confused…. ‘why would she return it’? her type loved money more than any other thing in the world….daughters of greed… he called them…
‘I was about asking you that sir…she wanted seeing you but you were busy’….
Vega didn’t understand her at all…what was she trying to do? Prove she was different from the rest of the girls he’d slept with? That she didn’t do this for money?
‘She is a bigger fool than I thought…Ismail hand me her number….i think I have figured out her game’….
Ismail never understood his boss at times….what game was he talking about?
***
she rehearsed about thirteen songs for the audition….standing by the mirror each time she opened her mouth to sing ….but it was quite confusing….she dressed up quickly while waiting for her friend Rosemary to pick her…
‘Babes how you doing….hope you are ready’? Rose eyed her friend closely to be sure she was well dressed for the audition…
‘Have this’ she applied more lipstick to Bola’s lips…
Bola held her hand to stop her from applying more… ‘easy babes….you know it’s my first time on tv. I wanna look decent o’ Bola wiped her lips off completely not wanting to have any semblance to an overripe tomato….
They quickly got into the car and headed straight to Sunshine Hall…where most parts of the competition would take place….
‘So what song shall you sing’ Rosemary teased….praying her friend got successful…
‘truthfully ..i have no idea…so many songs keep popping into my head….from Beyonce to Rihanna, Whitney, Britney, Tiwa and many others’… she really wished she wasn’t so indecisive.
‘You know what…take a deep breath and close your eyes….think of a song that brings a smile to your face….that gives you hope for a brighter day…and that’s all’… she encouraged …
Bola was surprised at her friend’s advice…. ‘I never knew you could pass for a motivational speaker…girl that was hot’ and they both laughed….
‘But seriously…you should try it…and by the way…how was your runs with Vega’? she paused as she noticed the sad expression her friend wore….
Quickly she slowed down and cleared …. ‘did he hurt you?’ wondering what had happened….
But Bola looked away…. She couldn’t talk about it…she was feeling funny…thinking about him most of the time …she hadn’t bargained for this….
‘Talk to me Bee…what is it? Did Vega do anything against your consent’?
‘No am fine…it’s just that he treated me poorly like some cheap prostitute…I even had to return his money….’ She fiddled her fingers as she explained….yes Vega that was his name…had objectified her…but she couldn’t stop thinking about him…in a way she had never thought of any man….
Rose was silent for a while… she had never seen her friend in this mood before….who did Vega think he was? To make her friend have such a poor self image…. ‘am going to deal with him….just concentrate on your audition’….
‘No…Rose let him be…. .. afterall he had paid for the service…’
She was more stunned than ever…Bola wasn’t the forgiving type… she virtually disowned her own father…. And here she was pleading the cause of Vega…. She hoped she was imagining it….because the girl sitting beside her…..was already tripping for a guy who cared less about her existence….
‘So tell me more about him.’? She asked immediately as euphoria creeped up her spine….
‘what for? Let’s focus on getting you into this competition’….
With that said…the topic was dropped and they rode silently ti

7
Carol wasn’t a fool she had followed the direction of his gaze and was a bit disturbed by what she’d seen in his eyes…. Vega had cheated on her severally and thought he’d covered his tracks….. but she didn’t mind… he was one of the richest young bachelors in the country and she was quite lucky to have him…
She loved him deeply and hoped to carry his kids too…
‘Do you know her’? she was referring to Bola….the lady that had caused quite a stir in the bar as she walked in…
He quickly averted his eyes and whispered ‘no’….it was all the evidence she needed…Vega definitely had something to do with the lady….
But it wasn’t his first time….she had spied on him on many occasions and confronted him a few times but he was unrepentant ….so she had just let go of that aspect…but seeing the lady and the way he looked at her made her jealous….why would he even stare at another that way?
She knew she was extremely beautiful….but for the first time in her entire life…she felt challenged by the brown skinned girl…
She was tall and slender for one….and her lips were very sensous…her legs were elegant and she knew how to dress and kill….
For the first time …she had a rival….she was definitely going to get some information from Ismail…
‘Darling you looked worried….have I said something wrong’? she observed Vega for a while… he wasn’t concentrating ….
‘Am fine it’s just stress at work’ ….lies…he knew how to tell them…he was furious with the girl that almost caused a scene…. Thank heavens she hadn’t come close to where he sat…what had she been looking for?
He hated her more….girls like her never created or gathered or built a man….given the chance…they destroyed him and he was going to teach her a lesson….
***
She drove a bit fast ignoring all traffic rules….she was going crazy…she didn’t understand herself any longer….why did she feel that way? When she had vowed never to give her heart to a man after her mother’s betrayal by her father….
He was there with his lover…. He kissed her immediately his eyes met with hers and she had seen the mocking glint in them…
Why was she taking it personal? Maybe he was naturally aloof….
She picked up her phone and read the message excitedly….she had to prepare for the auditions….
‘Rosemary dear….you have to accompany me for the auditions ….am feeling nervous ‘ she giggled excitedly …Rosemary had become the only family she had….

6
Vega squeezed her hands as he stared into her beautiful eyes…listening to her stories ….he was such a lucky man to have Carol for a lover.
‘So the other day, I went to Ene’s place and she gave me this form’ she showed him the form of the Golden voices competition….and continued excitedly …
‘Darling I need this real bad…it could help my musical career …you know…I want you to support me’
Vega laughed…. He always supported her ….she was his queen and his songbird… ‘but Honey you should be ready to handle critics because you will be placing yourself on the spotlight…
She nodded confidently….she knew she had a great voice….a rare blend of course and with the right choice of songs she was going to win…
‘so when does it start’? he winked at her….teasing her gave him much pleasure….
Rolling her sparkling eyes….she quickly flung her hair backwards…. ‘nextweek’..feeling like some diva queen.
Vega wished he hadn’t listened to Ismail….he would’ve retrieved his golden necklace from the girl at the hotel…. He shook his head and wondered what drove girls to that extent of money lust…
***
For no reason at all….she felt very excited as she wore more red on her lips accentuating their plumpness….she was going to see him again…she didn’t understand her happiness because the guy hadn’t been overly nice to her…
Still, she was thrilled….she couldn’t wait to see the look on his face as she returned his money and necklace….he was so wrong about her….she wasn’t a gold digger but a survivor and he had judged her with so much cruelty…without knowing her story….
This was all crazy she thought….why was she trying to prove her worth? Then her phone rang….
‘it’s 4 ….have been waiting’ Ismail spoke a bit harshly….she nodded on the other end…quickly grabbed her bag and drove out.
Like always all eyes turned as she walked into the resort…she had that effect on men….and she knew it…but the rude guy hadn’t reacted that way….
She had gone with the hope of thrashing him with her tongue….to prove that she wasn’t a desperado….but her heart paced faster as she stepped into the bar….
‘Hello there’ Ismail called and she walked over…but he wasn’t there….where could he be? Her hopes were dashed….
‘hello Ismail….where is your boss’? she took the seat beside him while he beckoned on the waiter…
‘let’s say he is busy…now let’s get to business…hand me the necklace’… she felt her heart sink with disappointment…she wished she could see him again….quickly she brought out the case and the money he had given to her and handed them to Ismail…
‘what’s the money for’ he eyed her suspiciously….
‘Your boss…I really wished I could see him….’ It sounded like a plea…was she desperate?
‘Well if you insist…he is over there’…quickly she looked towards the direction and met him staring at her….then he looked away and kissed the woman beside him passionately…
She felt cold all over….he had seen her walk through the door and he hadn’t cared to find out what brought her here….. and she looked again at the lady….the exact one on his phone….she was more beautiful in person…
‘Are you okay’? Ismail asked ….not understanding the strange behavior of the lady…why would she return the money?....
Her eyes moistened….she felt sad for some reason….why did he act like she was a piece of rag? Again she told herself she was overreacting….her limbs felt glued to the chair….she didn’t have the confidence to walk up to him….
‘Okay…that would be all’ she greeted Ismail and walked away quickly….she was such a big fool she thought as she drove away.

5
‘Baby’ he called out as he walked into his luxurious apartment… his personal assistant (P.A) Ismail followed closely…. His boss was in love with one of the most beautiful women he had ever laid eyes on…as a half blooded Fulani…he had seen very beautiful women amongst his mother’s people but Carol Edoho was nothing compared to them. He knew his boss inside out….Vega Oluwatosin was deeply in love although he played around…like other men but Carol was his all…
‘Boss…I can’t find the case from the Jewellers..’ Ismail searched a third time…. He couldn’t misplace that piece..it was very expensive…and Vega would be very upset with him….
‘what do you mean’? he asked searching Ismail’s face obviously confused…then he closed his eyes and banged the wall…
‘Boss are you okay’? wondering what had pissed him off so suddenly….
‘I made a horrible mistake…I must have left it at the hotel room and that girl is definitely gonna take it…I know her type…call me Rosemary’ then he paused and stared as his confused P.A.
‘ I placed it in my pocket when I left for the hotel room’… he sighed….well it was a lot of money and he could easily replace it…but he hated disappointing Carol….she meant so much to him…
‘Sir…are you sure calling Rosemary is a good idea’? he was quite sure at least he felt the Bola girl wasn’t a thief…
‘She deserves to know about the girl she pimped to me….’ He wasn’t surprised at all …most call girls had light fingers….
‘Sir let’s not jump into conclusion…I will speak to her myself’ he was experienced …and he knew a thief when he saw one…
Just as they were arguing…. Her hearty laughter filled the room…. ‘Vega dear…you are back….am so happy missed you…’
He hugged her happily and they stayed that way for minutes….Ismail got this as a cue to disappear….
‘How was Turkey’? she was referring to his company over there….
‘Very okay….am sorry I didn’t get you the necklace dear….but guess where am taking you to ?’ he teased…
She frowned a bit….and rolled her eyes wondering what he was about to do next….
‘Palmer’s Beach’ he kissed her forehead….
She screamed and hugged him tight…. ‘baby I can’t wait ….i love you so much’…
***
Bola hadn’t been so depressed since the last fight with her father…. She lay on her couch and observed the necklace closely…. She hadn’t asked for this kind of life …but fate was cruel and she had to survive…
The necklace shone brightly under the blue chandelier…. He was so handsome… and she was drawn to him the first time their eyes met but he had been very rude…she was going to return his cash and the necklace….
‘Hello’… she answered, the number wasn’t stored in her phone…
‘Am calling to find out about my boss’ necklace....you were the lady in the hotel room… have you seen it’?
She chuckled softly as she remembered the face of the funny looking guy…Ismail…
‘Where can I find you’ she asked…. More determined than ever to regain her pride….
‘Come to Palmer’s Beach by 4 p.m’….

A SONG FOR BOLA –EPISODE 4
He pushed her away the minute they were done and she felt cheaper… ‘what was that for’? she asked feeling a little bit hurt…no man had ever made her feel so irrelevant…
‘was what for’? he replied not caring to find out as he strode lazily to the bathroom….he knew girls like her….they were money hungry and only followed guys for money not love. This one was no different …he could see desperation in her eyes…
Bola lay on the bed and sulked for the first time in a very long while….why was the guy affecting her? He wasn’t wrong in what he did…he virtually paid to use her and he was done…she felt trapped in a sea of emotions….anger, hate, shame and tinge of jealousy as a flicker of light brought her closer to his phone….
She was beautiful no doubt …her friends had nicknamed her the ‘golden bee’ … ‘Bola’ had been shortened to ‘Bee’… but staring at the face of the lady that graced his phone made her sick…
She was so beautiful with eyes that had different mixtures of brown… ‘cat eyes’ and dimples one should die for…the lightskinned beauty was a magnificent sight to behold. Bola got curious and decided to check his messages…you know ..just curious..
Her her melted again when she saw the name ‘love of my life’ beside the picture of the pretty lady…she felt envious…he really loved her from what she could observe…and she was suddenly interested in knowing him more….but she froze as he cleared his throat behind her…
‘So because I screwed you…you feel you can snoop round my things huh’? he didn’t look angry but his voice contained irritation….
She felt foolish as he walked closer….the sheets fell of her body and increased her humiliation….he ignored the scene and picked his phone…
Bola felt glued to the bed…why was he acting that way? Like she was a piece of trash…then she braced up herself…no man was ever going to disrespect her….
‘You’ re so full of yourself….why are you so rude’? she spoke angrily as more words poured out…but he kept playing with his phone and she didn’t observe the camera was directed at her…
He smiled mischievously and gave her one look…. ‘and you are so full of my money’…
She paused as he closed the door behind …she had never been so humiliated in her whole life…then suddenly the idea came to her…. She had to return his money…that’s why he spoke to her that way….
Quickly she got into her dress and packed her stuff…. Then she felt something hard under the sheets…curiously she unveiled the shiny box ….
I don’t know what you know about jewelry….but this necklace was definitely worth half a million dollars….Prince Rudeness had forgotten it….then her heart clenched…he definitely bought it for the pretty lady…
She loved necklaces….this was the most exotic she’d come across…she quickly closed her eyes and fastened it to her neck….
‘Should I keep it or keep it not’? she chanted to the mirror…then she shook her head….she was a call girl and many things but not a thief…
She had to find a way and return his necklace and his money …to regain her Honor….

A SONG FOR BOLA –EPISODE 3
Now to answer your question….
Bola had made up her mind never to beg her father for anything… and he kept to his word…he never called her for once or cared about her well being. She didn’t care either…she could never forgive him for his horrid behavior towards her and her mother’s memory…
She had no skills…to find herself a job so she could save more. But she was too smart …her beauty increased each day and men had no sooner started flocking around her like bees to a hive. She became an expert in manipulating their pockets and she prospered.
Her mother died not only of cancer but heartbreak….on several occasions she heard her weeping by herself …her husband hadn’t treated her well. She watched as her shoulders shook each lonely night and she’d vowed never to give any man her heart. A man was only good for his pocket and the product of his loins..his heart was out of the question.
It was another of such days where she was going to make more money….the client had called her earlier…he wasn’t much of a talker and she liked it…such a man knew what exactly what he wanted …her body. She never felt comfortable around talkers …they made her remember her noisy home.
She pushed the mini higher exposing clear brown skin…and straight legs that were balanced on the Louboutins she wore…
She was a sight to behold as she stepped into the club….a tall and shapely girl…her flat stomach caused her average bust to stand out and her narrow hips clamped tightly to the mini… she showed her cleavage shamelessly. Her heart shaped face was so smooth and glowed in the darkness of the club…her eyes were as clear and seducing like a rushing river and her lush lips well colored in red ink…called out her prey…
She paused as he called her to the corner of the club….she felt it as usual…all eyes were transfixed on her…she knew this…since her childhood she had been told numerous times that she was beautiful…
‘Hello’ she greeted the young man who looked quite funny…not that she cared…she was after his money not his looks…she had no business with that…
Settling down she waited for him to speak up but he was silent as if waiting for a signal…
‘Okay….walk over there…my boss has been waiting for you…he was attending to someone’…she looked over and felt glued to her sit…suddenly all her boldness fled and her legs felt soft like butter….their eyes met but he looked away quickly….
He was the most striking man she’d seen so far….
‘Good evening’ she managed timidly obviously smitten by the cuteness…Rosemary was absolutely right! She thought….the guy was an Adonis.
She almost repeated herself because he hadn’t replied…he was fiddling with his phone which made her feel a bit annoyed….why was she even annoyed? Afterall she hated talkers…
He waved to the funny looking guy who brought out a bag…she quickly opened it and found Pound notes….he simply stared at her and nodded to the other man who scurried off like a rabbit…
‘Let’s get to business’ …he said it so gently and it almost sounded like an order…
Suddenly she felt sick…for the first time she felt like an object about to be used…he didn’t even respond to her greeting or say a word to her…
Who did he think he was anyway? But it was too late…he closed the door behind her ….
She sat on the bed not knowing what to do…for the first time she felt out of place…he didn’t even glance a second at her…he kept making phone calls and the last one made him curious. He smiled and rolled his eyes to whoever was on the other end… she envied the person…who brought smiles to such an aloof man…
Then he ended the call and stared straight at her…but she looked away quickly….this was going to be difficult…his eyes bore through her and made her think things she had no business imagining…
‘You eavesdropped’ he spoke again with that commanding tone….wow what an attitude…the guy was so full of himself…
She felt numb… what was she supposed to say…but before she could reply…he walked towards her and bruised her mouth with his

A SONG FOR BOLA - EPISODE 2
Her mother died of breast cancer when she was only six years old but she heard it different as she got mature. Her late grandmother who never liked her mother always told her the death was caused by ‘edun ara’. She was told of how her mother had cheated on her dad countless of times with different men sometimes with the drivers.
But she couldn’t think of her mother in that light …her mother was the love of her life…her angel. She remembered the days she would run home without her shoes and her mother would scold her and ask her to do some chores….and she hated chores.
Sundays were usually the best days of her life….her dad was mostly away …. So it was just both of them…her mom would bake biscuits and braid her hair while they waited for the oven to brown the biscuits. She closed her eyes as more memories came back….
Then slowly…she started fading like sunlight at twilight….her skin became dry and pale…then her breast started to swell but she didn’t understand any of it…she only understood her mother would get better and their rosy life would continue. The doctors kept coming …each leaving with a hopeless frown…then it happened and the whole world came crashing on her….
Her dad abandoned her totally and clung to his new wife…a jezebel in reality…she wasn’t maltreated…not really…. But the woman was cold towards her and made her feel inferior to her half siblings. She had been one of the brightest students back in the days…but she didn’t understand tragedy perfectly and how it worked…
The only solution to sorrow was healing but she couldn’t be healed…she always saw the face of the woman anytime she was about to read…thoughts of her lovely mother would run through her mind…and slowly she fell to the bottom and became the dunce of her class.
This made her step mother rejoice greatly….her father would unleash his uncontrollable temper on her…calling her names and how she was going to be wayward like her mother…..he had refused her mother’s relatives from paying her visits or even taking her with them……
During one of his outbursts he threatened not funding her tertiary education and she felt it to the bone marrow…she had endured enough over the years…the snake he married had replaced all her mother’s pictures with hers and her children in the sitting room… she didn’t wait for him to complete his rants than she had packed her things and stormed out of the house….
‘If you leave that gate…I will no longer call you my child’ he thundered angrily but she turned back and looked him in the eye…uknown to him her mother had left her lots of money with her Aunt Rebecca who’d transferred everything now she was old enough to manage her life. ‘I don’t plan on coming back’ she screamed back at him and for a moment she spotted fear in his eyes but he was too proud to beg….
She stepped out of her sporty car and walked in confidently into her apartment…feeling more happy than ever…she was going to be a star…she would sing her heart out….she was now a free woman.

A SONG FOR BOLA - EPISODE 1
‘That was so good’ he smacked her backside and licked her lips, content with their passionate lovemaking…she quickly gathered the sheets to hide her naked form…years of doing this hadn’t gotten her used to it…she still felt cheap and dirty after each client…
He noticed her sudden quietness and was a bit perturbed…she rode him like a wild mare some minutes ago and now she acted like a conquered virgin…
‘Am okay Chief…I think am good to go’ she hated talking to her clients after or establishing any sort of camaraderie with them…the idea didn’t just sit well with her. She knew it wasn’t disadvantageous because more men kept on coming to her….she was extremely beautiful.
Not wanting to waste more time, she quickly slid out of the bed and began to dress…
‘Let me shower first…wait for me’ …she just watched him shaking her head sadly…he was old enough to be her father but things didn’t work that way.
You see her name is Bola Makanjuola and she is a call girl, what we Nigerians would refer to as ‘runs girl’. But her story is not that of some young girl from a financially challenged family, no, hers is a reverse.
‘Have this baby…we should do this again some other time’ he smiled and she thought him ugly just like the others she had business with. They were mostly rich millionaires in their middle ages while a few were young business men but they all craved for one thing and she did give them but not without cost…
She quickly placed the Dollar notes into her Gucci purse and walked out of the door praying for the guilt to wear off. She knew deep down the consequences of such a reckless life but what else could she do? She had no one ….okay…she had someone who had turned out to be her greatest night mare…Her father.
She smiled at the hotel receptionist as she stopped to read a post…an advert for a singing competition ‘Golden Voices’…a call out for talents from all parts of Nigeria ….with fair rewards for the winners.
‘god I love this’ she whispered….then she remembered his voice…the man that haunted her since she was a child…a voice that followed her like a shadow even to her world of dreams. ‘You will never amount to anything’ his voice echoed…she swallowed deeply…maybe it was time for her to chase her dreams…to come out of her shell and show the world what she had inside.
‘Do you like that?’ the receptionist asked politely, she nodded in response…
‘Come over here and get a form it’s free’ she handed Bola the form and gave her more detailed information on the competition.
Well she had to make good use of her time while waiting for the strike to be over… ‘sometimes I wished I had more cash…I would school overseas’ her friends usually complained but she only smiled at the irony of her life.
She was going for this competition and no one was going to stop her….
She felt her iphone8 vibrate against her other phones… she smiled at the phone knowing it meant business was up….
‘Rosemary how are you doing? Anything for your girl’?
‘Babes….there’s this guy you should meet…he is a serious hottie…and very rich…make sure you handle him well….i gave him your number…remember to send my tax as usual’.
She waved her naughty friend off…Rosemary was the only one that understood her well… she was more than a sister …far too precious than her evil father who had ruined her life totally but she promised never to let go of her dreams.

Olabantu:
Helloooooooooo.....I dont really understand what the exchange of words is about....Bro eberex, i think the best way to correct is to correct in love just like Jummy did and not forcing your point of views or insulting the other party.Saying she copied the story and calling her a liar is very insulting which shows that you are also not perfect; let try to know that we are not the same, our temperament are diffrent so that Audrey Timms did some thing doesnt mean that she must do the same even though good human relationship, approach and interaction is very important in life....And my Sis Anglesss pls learn to tolerate fans, at times fans may be fustrating but i think it better to make more freinds than foes.....the story is good.....I think you have your reasons for wanting to sell the story so i would not talk on dat...just pls find something to do for we blackberry, java phones and pc users and pls always try to ignore comment that you think are annoying..at least for peace to reign...God bless you all

You have said it all....God bless Angelsss