Harobed TALES

  The hooded figure killed off the car lights and its engine while squinting in the dark, struggling to see what was in front ahead. With their trembling hand held on the gear firmly in neutral, the figure let the car continue to slowly roll down the hill in silence.  Now the car wasn’t making any sound and there was no light to draw any attention from the distance so the figure was free to work uninterrupted but who would hear a car in that thick of the night and so far from the city? “One cannot be too careful,” the figure thought. The voices the figure heard was the wind whispering things the figure was uninterested in.  Finally getting to the destination at the foot of the hill, the figure pressed the brakes and brought the car to a complete stop then as an after-thought, the figure started the car and reversed the car to make it face the direction it was coming from... ready to go. Although it was very dark and it was hard to see anything, the figure peeped out of th...

          PART TWO: I saw my precious baby girl, with tears in her eyes, wailing and stretching her arms towards me, an expression beyond what words could describe. I ran towards her, troubled about her well being and she ran towards me, seeking my comfort. That was all it took to bring me back from the land of my personal misery. There and then, with my baby girl in my embrace, I told myself that I would do right by her and fix my shit.     Anyway that is enough history for one day, that was 10 years ago and I am doing really well by myself and for my baby girl. Kendra is now in junior high school, she insists on being a boarder because her best friend Toju – was of the same opinion and frankly I could not refuse her anything, though I almost did as I realized I would not be seeing her as often. I mean she was my essence!   So it is her first visiting day today and I am pumped, I have not seen her in about six weeks and it feels like si...

  So a few days ago, I was in the kitchen chopping some carrot 🥕 ,green beans and what-what for the Easter celebrations , when my mum walked into the kitchen and said "Haro dear, I want to ask you something. That phone you are using, emmm... who bought it for you? Now this phone we are talking about, I have had it since January and this is April o.., not once did my mother ask me who got the phone 📱 for me or if I got it myself, how did I get the money sef? for were! She just acted as if it was nothing and me too I did same because I wasn't ready to act home video with her. Truth is, my boyfriend got it for me but I was not ab out to tell my mother that, you're wondering why abi! I will tell you o, just wait for it. My mum is the most uptight person in this world. She believes in old time religion where you don't fix your hair, nails   or even wear trousers. Her own is that you should go to school and be fervent for the Lord. It's so bad that she never gave m...