A Collection of Short Stories

Double Promotion
Shittu Fowora
weekends. Many times he does the dinner and waits for her. Regardless of his slacking, that
was one thing she gave him extra hugs for – setting the table for gourmet indulgence.
“You mean the world to me,” he would say. She will pout, pull a face, snigger and chuckle as
if to deny the fact she felt most safe in his arms. “I love you too K-dodo”. Spent, in between
snuggles and banters they would fall asleep, sometimes only waking up in the wee-hours
of the night then dragging themselves out of the couch into the bedroom –snuggling up like
kittens.
One Tuesday evening, on the pretext of going to catch a match within the neighborhood, he
took a quick shower and dashed out of the house.
“K honey, don’t stay too long…” she said in half warning and half plea. “No, sweetheart, I
wouldn’t. It is just 90 mins max. I’ll be back soon”. He kissed her on the shoulder and leapt
out like there was a prize waiting where he went.
He didn’t return until way into the midnight. “Welcome” She didn’t say more than that. She
simply helped him pull off his T-shirt, sniffed it –without him taking a cue, before dropping it
into the laundry basket and slouching back into the double-bed.
His evening outings became more frequent. At times Greg came around and she’s since
been comfortable with the idea of him. After all, she thought, he had all day to frolic around but
no such thing had happened. She now knew her earlier suspicions were probably misplaced.
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Tales from the Other Side