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Many years had passed since Olanna walked through the surface of the earth with a gleaming smile that struck the heart of Echi. But nothing changed much. Echi and his three sons still managed to live through the years of her absence, still managed to cope with their daily lives with the absence of a woman in their household, still managed to go to farm, laugh, eat and sleep as if everything was normal. The only thing that was different and strange to Echi were the eyes of his sons. Eyes that asked about a mother who they only saw once during their birth.Echi was sitting alone in his room after breakfast, remembering how he had brought the body of Olanna to Okezie alone in the same night she died. He remembered how he had wrapped her body in their marriage wrapper and fled with her corpse away from Umuolu before the village drums would be rolled to announce the death of another villager. That was the night when for the first and last time, he saw the face of his father-in-law.

Ben drove them back to the warehouse. On the way, they had change of vehicle for about seven times. When they got to the warehouse which was now Wole’s new or rather Samuel’s present home, Chika placed a call to Charles. He informed him that they were back from the hospital. Charles gave her the instruction that henceforth, Wole should be addressed as his son and by the name of Samuel. He also told her to make sure that all the other staffs that worked in the warehouse got the message. “Hand the phone over to him I want to speak to him”, said Charles.

Oakley Point of ViewHis eyes look like they are about to fall out of his head. “I would but, your br..brother is standing outside Lee…” He said stuttering. I burst out laughing, and his face turns from shocked to puzzled. “you fool, I was just joking… I would never do that. God what type of tramp do you think I am?” I said, and he relaxed his position. “I don’t think you’re a Tramp at all to be honest…” he mumbled under his breath, I burst out laughing again, “well how would you know, you haven’t seen me in twelve years almost.” I say with a smile on my face. “Lee, I don’t think you’ve changed. I do know that what I saw now, well moments

*Grace*I’m already exhausted after I seed the west acreage with the tow-behind broadcast spreader. It’s hot and I’m more than annoyed by the time I get the chain drag hooked behind the cultipacker so I can cover the seed.I run the irrigation for one pass, grateful for the cooling mist, then check the electric fencing before I load everything back up and take the tractor home.I wave to Rob on the roof as I come up the drive, admiring the sight of him, tan, sweaty and shirtless a

CHAPTER 2An Unfair Deal II "Who are you?!" Gloria's voice reached the skies as she cried from the heavy and pain inflicting grip from the hand of an unseen individual. The holder who dragged Gloria through the woods had a mask over his face, leaving his eye open to predictor and prey.  He stumped her back over the bark of a birch plant heavily. Instantly, Gloria got overwhelmed with fear as she pushed her body backwards and turned over to the left side, with traces of tears hanging on her face.  The presumed kidnapper slowly took his hand towards the body of the Gloria who cried for her freedom. Contradictorily, blue lines relating to the liquid which was given to her earlier was seen on her arm, slowly tracing lines as they flowed towards the back of her palm. A blue light dimly illuminated over her cloth on her chest area. The unseen kidnapper who obviously over powered her raised