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Alacrimia

Alacrimia in Layman's terms is the congenital inability to produce tears. Some places in Africa have their norms and beliefs wrapped around age-old, blind superstitions. Especially the rural communities. So when a young girl comes from the city to the village, and it is discovered, through a series of unfortunate events, that she won't cry, even when induced, things take a downward spin for her, as she finds herself from Osun State to Kogi State, and then Enugu State. © This book is a work of fiction.

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Chapter: Chapter Six

09:12 pm, September 7Tokyo, Japan.Eartha stabbed at the dish with the fork again, absently.Her husband glanced up at her from his own meal. He'd noticed something had been bothering her since they arrived from work an hour ago but he hadn't asked, hoping she'd tell him at her own time, but he was beginning to get worried. She wasn't forthcoming with anything, so it was left up to him to ask her.'Heart.' He dropped his fork and placed his hand over her outstretched one on the table. 'Is everything okay? Is something bothering you?'Eartha looked up at him, pursing her lips. Took you long enough to realize, she said silently.'Do I look like I'm okay?' she asked, instead.Mide paused for a second, he hadn't been expecting that kind of answer. Was she in a dour mood today? He tried to remember when this had really started. She'd looked fine all day, at least to his knowledge, even when the confer

Last Updated: 2020-07-05

Chapter: Chapter Five

07:56 pm, September 6,Kogi State.The first most interesting thing since she'd arrived at the damn village happened to her today. She had been feeling bored, Taiwo had gone to visit a friend and it was too late for Lastborn to still be at their place and she'd slyly avoided the village children, not interested in talking to anyone. She'd been taking bored pictures with her digital camera but even with the camera's flash and her battery-powered torch , the pictures still came out dark. There had been power outage since afternoon and Taiwo was not around to turn on the generator, much to her grandmother's disgruntlement. Also, there was nothing breathtaking worthy of being photographed, especially in this gloomy darkness.So there she was, seated on a bench on theporch, armed against mosquitoes in a long sleeved T-shirt, long denim trousers, socks, and, of course, mosquito repellent. Gratefully, it was cold in the night

Last Updated: 2020-07-05

Chapter: Chapter Four

I've got oil and beans. I've got oil and beans. I am not scared, no, not at all I'm not scared of having twins I've got oil and beans.Eniiyi scowled at the women's loud singing. She looked around for the mother of the twins, all she could see was the women and children. Some sat around the lounge room, singing. She could hear the noise some were making from the kitchen and from the aroma, they were cooking. She could see her grandmother among the women seated and just when she was going to look away, the woman caught her gaze.'Eniiyi, wáńbí,' she called over.Eniiyi winced and looked at Lastborn who nodded her on. She turned back to her grandmother, sighed and started to walk towards her,

Last Updated: 2020-07-05

Chapter: Chapter Three

08:30 amKogi State.As Eniiyi slammed the door closed she looked around her in disgust.Okay, it wasn't anything she had expected. The street directly in front of where the car was parked stretched untarred into the distance. The surrounding houses were of different state and quality, ranging from old, mud, small to new, plastered, big. Some were painted in colours which looked horrible to her. She wondered if she'd have to face this eyesore everyday for one month.The closing of a door made her turn around. An ample woman who looked to be in her sixties came down the porch steps, a look of surprise on her face. Her short hair braided in shuku had streaks of gray here and there.Daddy was the first to go forward to meet her. He went down prostrate on the floor in front of her, his palms and the tips of his shoes touching the ground, and Eniiyi pitied his light-blue T-shirt.'Ẹ káàárọ̀ m&agr

Last Updated: 2020-07-05

Chapter: Chapter Two

04:58 am, August 30.'I can't believe you haven't packed anything, you this child, ìwo omo yì,' Eniiyi's mother chided, giving her subject of accusal a once over.The girl was still in her dressing gown over pajamas.'The grass will grow under our feet before we leave the house if you continue like this,' she further added, pulling open the door to the girl's walk-in closet.'Or the tiles, in this context. And I don't care,' Eniiyi said.Eartha turned to glare at the nine-year-old. 'Next thing, you'll go and carry cane to beat me.''No, o!' Eniiyi quickly corrected herself. 'I was just trying to . . .''To what?'Eniiyi shrugged. 'I was funnin' with you.''Who's funnin' with whom?' Daddy appeared in the doorway. A bath towel was draped round his waist and he had a red toothbrush in one hand and his phone glued to his ear with the other.Mom raised an eyebrow and went into the c

Last Updated: 2020-07-05

Chapter: Chapter One

07:02 am, August 29Osun State, Nigeria.Eniiyi woke up to something tickling her nose and she sneezed, opening her eyes. Her mom, Eartha, was sitting at the edge of her bed with one hand poised in the air. Eartha made a guilty smile, as though she hadn't expected to get caught.She glanced at the alarm clock then propped up a pillow behind her and sat up, eyebrows raised. What was the occasion?'Mommy, good morning,' she said, still confused. 'Am I missing something?''Good morning, Adekunbi. If you were to be missing anything, it'd be your smile.' She tweaked her nose.Eniiyi smiled. Mommy was being Mommy today. She was extremely funny most times. She watched as she bent over her, her thick mass of onyx-black hair falling forward to cover her face.'If you keep smiling at me like that, I think I'd have to pay a visit to the salon.'Eniiyi smiled again and threw over the covers, swinging h

Last Updated: 2020-07-05

Chronicles of an Amnesiac

Tiana for the life of her can't remember anything, not even her family. Then the family set out to find an antidote for her amnesia. . . or so it seems Then again a lot of things are bothering her, she has the strong onus that there's something crucial she should remember, but, like the rest of her memories, it refuses to come back to her. Now she has to go through living and learning again. And of course trying to remember . . .

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Chapter: 4, Day Five

I came to with the feeling that I was being watched. My flesh itched from the stares — I was certain it was more than one.Overcoming the urge to keep my eyes closed, I looked into a pair of glass eyes. Frightened, I sat up quickly and winced when pain exploded from all over my body. I felt slightly weak and my vision was distorted for a few seconds before everything took shape accompanied by a dull throb at a side of my head.'She's up,' the-man-with-glass-eyes said.I frowned as another glass eyes came into view, then the older man and two other strange people.'How do you feel?' the-man-with-huge-glass-eyes asked.I looked at their faces one by one. I must be wrong but they all had their faces contorted in trepidation, fear, as though they were waiting to hear the worst from me. Suddenly I felt like a specimen undergoing diagnostic analysis.'Do you remember anything?' some

Last Updated: 2020-10-20

Chapter: 3, Day Four

'Hey, you cheat!' Howard shouted, almost tossing his joypad at me.I smiled and stuck out my tongue, not for once taking my eyes off the screen.We were sat at the video game console playing this rather funny game where people speeded down unpredictable dangerous paths on long machines that moved with the aid of two big circular devices that rotated on their axis.Howard only just introduced me to the video games and after the first try I was already beating him hands down.'I'm not cheating, I'm merely exhibiting my talents,' I said.'How are you doing it? I mean, I've been playing it for months and I never scored higher than a C!'I shrugged. 'Maybe I used to play it a lot . . .'Howard didn't notice I'd broken off. 'But you never played video games. Even when Dad bought the new PS you were just like yah boo.'I cleared my throat and frowned at th

Last Updated: 2020-10-20

Chapter: 2, Day Three

It was wake up time, because the alarm the older woman put on the stand in my box was making the most dreadful of noises. I yawned, rubbed at my eyes and kicked the contraption down. It stopped making noises. Good thing she'd showed me how it worked or I'd have been scared out of my skin.I got down from the sleeping place just as the cover opened. A girl popped her head around it, then her whole body appeared. I remembered her from early yesterday as the-girl-who-was-my-sister. This was my third time of seeing her.'Wakie, wakie,' she said as though serenading. She had on the brightest smile I'd seen.'What are you called?' I asked the question that seemed more important to me. I didn't want to make the mistake of calling her her given nickname like I'd done to the-boy-who — Howard.She seemed taken aback and an expression passed over her face and was quickly gone. But I'd noticed it. Thinking of it, I would

Last Updated: 2020-10-20

Chapter: 1, Day Two

I was sitting in my box when the older woman called me by that name. I jumped down from the sleeping place and went down to the next Box.The Big Box - the one they all called home - was made up of two giant boxes stacked one on top of the other, I still find it hard to believe that they can't collapse, what with all the weight in the second box. There was also a box above the second box but it was of a shorter length if not of the same width. It was this the-boy-who-was-my-brother called the attic. I haven't dared to venture into it yet. Staying in the second box was perilous for me enough.I got down to the small box where food was prepared and the older woman stood up from where she was arranging eating utensils into a white contraption.'Tiana.' Her eyes watered again.I didn't know whether it was second nature for her, but since I've known her - which isn't that long - her eyes were always moist.

Last Updated: 2020-10-20

Chapter: Copyright Page

Chronicles of an AmnesiacCopyright © 2019 InamorataFeelsAll rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form of by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of the copyright owner.All characters in this book are fictitious, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.Cover Art by InamorataFeels.Tiana for the life of her can't remember anything, not even her family. Then the family set out to find an antidote for her amnesia. . . or so it seemsThen again a lot of things are bothering her, she has the strong onus that there's something crucial she should remember, but, like the rest of her memories, it refuses to come back to h

Last Updated: 2020-10-20

Alacrimia

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Chapter: Chapter Eighteen

11:46 am, September 20,Tokyo, Japan.'I wish I could speak more than three languages,' Mide suddenly said.'Shh, what did you say?' Eartha whispered, not taking her eyes away from the screen.'I wish I could speak more languages,' Mide reiterated, rolling his eyes. 'I wasn't being loud now.''You were,' Eartha argued, still not taking her eyes away from the big screen. Then she leaned against her husband's arm and continued to watch the subtitled movie.That they had been able to take time off work to come to the movies was a miracle in its self and she wished to savour every moment, like fine wine, to the last drop. She couldn't even remember the last time they'd gone out together like this. Maybe during their courtship.If they hadn't been moved they probably wouldn't have had time to come here. Their host company had had their residence moved to a new location today and they had had the day off.Okamoto, a bus

Last Updated: 2020-10-20

Chapter: Chapter Seventeen III

'I . . .''Eniiyi, now! Please, say yes! You'll totally love it. I've been to her house before and it's really big and nice.' He stressed heavily on the 'really' as though to underline his point.'Please, please, okay? You're not going to like that hospital place; it's boring and smells like a hospital a little.''Okay, okay. I'd love to, ma. Thank you,' Eniiyi agreed.'Yes!' hollered Lastborn.'You're screaming,' the girl snapped.'That's good. Now all I have to do is apply for your custody, I hope it goes alright.''What if it doesn't?' Eniiyi asked. 'I don't wanna stay in a hospital house, too.''It should, I hope, since it's temporary custody.''Why does it sound so hard?' Eniiyi asked. 'How does it work, anyways?''After I fill the form, I have to give good reasons why I think you should stay with me and then they'll do research on me to find out how responsible I am and my capability to take care of you. Th

Last Updated: 2020-10-10

Chapter: Chapter Seventeen II

'Good afternoon,' the male officer said as he stepped in.Eniiyi looked up at the female officer expectantly. She had come in the morning but with a different partner. Had they found her parents already?'I'm Detective Oji Omenka, I'm assigned to your case along with Detective Egwu.' He pointed to the woman police.'My case? Why do I have a case? Some people already came in the morning to ask me—' Eniiyi started to say.'Your cousin here told us about what happened on your way here and the pictures you took. We are trying to—''Good God, Menk, try to be nice. She's just a child and you sound like you're grilling her.' The woman chided her partner then turned to the girl.Eniiyi tried to remember what she had called her name earlier in the day. Was it Ebibo? Melimo? She couldn't even remember, but she remembered that it sounded strange to her ears.'Yes, we came earlier in the day to get your statement on what happened to you and L

Last Updated: 2020-10-10

Chapter: Chapter Seventeen I

02:32 pm, September 19.'You're almost fully recovered now, Enyi, you just have to spend one more day here to fully recover and you'll be discharged by the weekend.' The doctor straightened up from examining her eyes and turned off the beam of the light.Eniiyi smiled at him and shook her head. 'It is Eniiyi, not Enyi, sir.'The doctor laughed at this. 'Of course, Enyi.'She puckered her lips and frowned at him not finding it funny.'Kedu?' the doctor asked, confused as to why she was angry.The girl remained silent, her frown deepening.'Okay, okay, I'm sorry, Eniiyi.''Better,' said Eniiyi. She now smiled at him and pushed herself up on the hospital bed. 'When are they coming?' she asked the question that had been on the tip of her tongue since she'd been told Lastborn and the woman who helped them were around.'They are just outside, I'll tell them that they can see you now.'Eniiyi smiled again, exc

Last Updated: 2020-10-10

Chapter: Chapter Sixteen

07:31 am, September 18,Nsukka, Enugu State.Everywhere was so bright. She was surrounded by glary, white light. It seemed to envelope her vision. Some people in white were moving around in the background. Her forehead creased slightly, where was she? Was she in heaven? And if she was, did that mean she was already dead?If this was heaven it was disappointing. Apart from the people in white, everything else was plain. The room was now less bright and was sparsely furnished with contraptions with trailing cords and ugly displays.And then there was the pain, it was all over her body. Even her throat was raw and her mouth dry. Why was she in heaven?Her eyelids started to feel weighted and she felt exhausted all of a sudden. She wanted to keep her eyes open and fully access her surroundings but her body had different thoughts. She wondered where her mommy was in all this. She really missed seeing her.A dwarf in dark clothing started to

Last Updated: 2020-09-15

Chapter: Chapter Fifteen

She almost died with relief when on reaching the front she saw the boy still on his feet, albeit the bonnet of her car was less than two centimeters away from his body.'Oh my God, why did you do that, kid? Do you have a death wish or what? If you want to die, why choose me? Are you . . .'She trailed off, opening and closing her mouth like a tilapia out of water on seeing the boy's face.Tears made fresh tracks down his cheeks and they kept flowing without pause. He had such a look of pain, despair and horror on his face that China's heart pulled. Had she hit him after all? But then . . .?Then she noticed he kept pointing to the side of the road, opening and shutting his mouth, trying to form words but his vocal cords refused to make any connection to his brain.She moved closer to him. 'Son, are you okay?'He started to shake his head and then finally said, 'No!''Why? Wha—?''My sister!' he shouted, still pointing to the side of the

Last Updated: 2020-09-15

Tea and Guns

Kanadaa Cailar had always known that her brother, Ruuga's civil engineering job was a facade and that there was a real job that was more covert and dangerous, but to what extent? When she receives an ominous threat on her front door one day, she knows things are getting more serious and she must find out what her brother really does and stop him before either of them winds up dead. But things never go according to plans. ~•••••~ Ruugara Cailar knows just how dangerous being an undercover agent is, but he never meant to put his only sister's life in danger. God knows, he loved her more than anything and since the ghastly death of their parents, it'd been up to him to look after her. So, when, not long after they received a threat, his sister disappears, and then relatives of other co-workers start to vanish, too, he knows he has to take it up on himself to find the organization planning this and save his sister while at the same time, elude the city police who are intent of catching him for some misconceptions. On a mission to save his sister, Ruuga starts to realize that things are really more complicated than the eye meets, and the lethal secrets and betrayals he uncovers about the intelligence agency and the government could cause the end of them all. © This book is a work of fiction. Updates once in a week, I think . . .

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Chapter: III. Magnum •

7. Dalikoven Meta hung upside down over the stove, his head mere inches away from the red hot grate. He could smell the hair on his head burn away slowly and before he knew it his head would catch fire.'So, are you ready to spill your disgusting guts?' the kid who had taken him from the prison said, lazily spinning the remote control of the pulley on his fingers.He gritted his teeth, resisting the urge to spit at his face. 'No way.'Wordlessly, the boy pulled a gear on the control and his head slammed into the grill. Dalikoven screamed in anguish as his hair burned to his scalp and started to singe, filling the air with the malodorous smell of burning flesh.'Okay, okay!' he cried.The boy took his time

Last Updated: 2020-08-13

Chapter: II. Oswego and Obregón (s) °•

Taking the cue, Muaire stood up and mumbled her condolences before going back up. As she walked by, the wind picked up the edge of her thigh-high top, exposing her green panties. The girl made no move to cover herself.'Your friend?' Kosha said after she'd gone.She shook her head from side to side. 'Nah.'He cleared his throat. 'Once again, ma'am, I'd like to offer my-''Save it, please address the elephant in the room.''Sorry,' he said. 'So, what's your name and your brother's?''I'm Kanadaa Cailar and my brother is Ruugara Cailar.''Why did you think the . . . hand belongs to your brother?''Belonged,' she corrected. 'The signet ring and the long, varnished thumbnail.'The detective jotted in his note. 'You think he's no longer alive?''No one could possibly survive that h

Last Updated: 2020-07-23

Chapter: I. Gumboot °

1.The afternoon was a bright canopy of sunlight and the sun itself sat overhead in all it's white glory, undaunting in it's scorching heat. It brightly shone on the acqua-blue BMW as it pulled up to a stop at the guard booth at the beginning of the maximum security prison.The prison loomed ahead, a monstrous building of concrete. Thick razorwire surrounded the grass ground shining in the bright sun. Guards in towers high up scanned the perimeter with their binoculars.The smoked window at the driver's side rolled down and a black guy handed a uniformed guard his license and ID card.He was dressed in a conspicuous bright red suit, his slicked back onyx black hair reflected the sun, his eyes were hidden behind large sunglasses.The uniform

Last Updated: 2020-07-22

Chapter: 2. Preamble

Noting that the names, characters and places are products of the author's imagination;~Muleria — the country where the story takes place.~Asta City, Eraray, Daimein — places in Muleria~° — Tea (☕)• — Gun (?)Note: This contexts are subject to change, including addition and subtraction, as it has not been finalized, and some things are yet to be explained.AlacrimiaNote: This book is available on some other platforms like Wattpad, etc and by InamorataFeels or Feels. If the book is seen elsewhere with a different username from the above, that means it has been plagiarized. Please, do not hesitate to inform the author if such happens.

Last Updated: 2020-07-22

Chapter: 1. Copyright Page

Tea and GunsCopyright © 2020 by InamorataFeelsAll rights reserved. Except for use in any review, the reproduction or utilization of this work in whole or in part in any form by any electronic, mechanical or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including xerography, photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, is forbidden without the written permission of the author, Feels.This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents are either the product of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, business establishments, events or locales is entirely coincidental.Note: This book is available on some other platforms like Wattpad, etc and by InamorataFeels or Feels. If the book is seen elsewhere with a different username from the a

Last Updated: 2020-07-22

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