When spring arrives, comes the beauty of the world and so it is with a woman. In her spring, she blossoms like a flower. Mesmerizing the world with her beauty and enchanting it with her voice and colourful characters until winter arrives and the flower isn't plucked in time.
This is a story of a desperate mother in a quest to marry off her three daughters to responsible and wealthy gentlemen before their winter period comes and they start to Wilt away.
"No, you stop right there. Do you think any man out there will look at an ugly hippo like you twice? Touch you or even think of liking you?" he asked with a sinister smile on his face.
And that was the last straw that broke the camel's back. I felt something deep and dark break free inside me, forming a layer of ice around my racing heart. A cry left my throat as I picked up a vase and smashed it on his head with all the strength I've got in me.
"Jesus!" he shouted in shock and pain.
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Timi never found her happy ever after even after leaving her abusive relationship with her boyfriend Raymond to pursue exciting sexual encounters with a mysterious Lagos based importer of cars due to her insecurities and a jealous crazy best friend of his.
'No Farida, I won't allow it. Do you get me?' said her father sternly.
'Papa think about what will happen to us, think about Rahma. Mama please, let him understand.' She pleaded on the verge of tears.
Farida is a beautiful and well mannered African maiden, who has accepted to serve a man she hardly know except him been a Ruthless Chieftain. For the sake of saving her parent from a hook called 'DEBT' and to allow her cousin marry the man she dearly love.
But what happens when the so called Ruthless Chieftain fell head over heels for her and instead of serving she end up been served.
Follow me to see how this African love story goes.........
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Out of Time and Other Stories
Others · SalmaMalik