Hephzibah's Gist Blog

He had a banging headache! Why was he seeing the ceiling on the floor? Gosh! His phone kept blinking and he kept rejecting the call...Justice Anjolaoluwa Agunbiade was the last person he wanted to talk with. What happened to the favour he was supposed to receive after finding a wife? He thought he had it rough before getting married; now he knew those experiences were just 'examples of life'. He wondered what demon possessed him to go after that demon that disguised herself as an angel. And those her blood-sucking co-demons that she called her relatives. Jeez! He couldn't believe all that was expected of him as a 'son' in the prestigious Agunbiade family. Endless parties with endless financial obligations. Mean comments masked as 'advice'. He wondered how these people coped. He had tried to make a joke once about it; he still can't believe he wasn't skinned alive by his in-laws. He had less and less time for his career or personal devotion. The c...

'Wow, 6pm already?' Yeside quickly dropped her handbag and headed to the kitchen.  Thankfully, Olamide was asleep. Praise God for little mercies. Her conversation with Mabel on the way home was still playing in her head.  Mabel had suddenly offered her a ride home. Yeside was still calculating how to get home from the office. Her car was with the mechanic.  Mabel was an A ssistant Partner in the prestigious law firm Yeside worked for. The firm had come to the University to administer tests in Yeside's final year. Of course, Yeside was one of the successful candidates. There were slight hitches concerning the service year but Dad easily sorted things out and Yeside served with the firm. She quickly rose to the position of Associate Partner. She sure was a high-flyer. 'Thank God it's Friday. I hope we can make it in good time for me to stop at the market to buy the ingredients for Pepper soup', Mabel said cheerfully. Yeside wondered how peaceful this drive...