All Chapters of Letter Days: Chapter 21 - Chapter 30

Florence and one other girl he didn't know were on duty and were attending to customers.The other girl rushed to him immediately and  ushered him to an empty chair but he walked past her without giving her a second look as he advanced to Florence whose eyes were fixated on the floor.  "Hi Florence! Oby is not on duty today, right? Could you kindly tell me where she stays now?" He fired all his questions at once.  Florence whose cheeks were flushed as she kept staring at the floor, began."Obiageli. . .Obiageli  does. . ." She stuttered, obviously having difficulty in speaking to him. "Answer me!" Ifeanyi yelled. On a normal day, he would have found this funny and cute but not this day.  This was no time to put up with her clumsy and bashful behavior.  He could hit her if time wasn't taken. "She. . .she doesn't work here." Florence rushed

The drive to Aninri was a one hour journey. She had directed Chike to the street and down to the house. She knew she was being crazy for coming there. She knew he might had left for Lagos but it wouldn't hurt to check. Who knew, he might still be around. They say when you least expect it, it happens right? She would spend the rest of her life blaming herself if she didn't check. "Wait for me here, Chike. I will be back soon. You can come out and stay under that shade." She pointed to a locked shop. Chike nodded as usual and did as he was told. Who was he to ask questions?  He was only with her to receive orders and not to question her authority. He watched her disappear into the brown rusted gate which looked like it would fall to pieces by mere shove of hands. Obiageli rubbed her palms together to calm herself down. The house had not changed at all. It looked the same with the green plants growing healthily. She greeted a woman who

"What's with the outfit?" Ademola raised his brow."You look like you're going on a date." Somto chirped in and the others laughed."Well, that's because I am." Ifeanyi placed his hands on his waist.  The men gasped as their lips curved in an 'o' shape.  "A date? With who?" Somto asked. "With her." Ifeanyi pointed. Just like it had been planned, Felicia looked at them and winked at Ifeanyi. The men gasped again. Felicia was a smart looking lady with a pretty face and an air of superiority. She had the most menacing gait a woman could ever have.  She was sophisticated and so was a big catch to the men. "Baba o!" Ademola brought his hands to the air; smirking hard at him. "What happened to Grace?" Somto asked; a slight frown on his face."Who's Grace? Omo, I don miss tire o." Ademola's interest

She took a deep sigh; anger already welling up in her. "Obiageli.""Hozannali?" The man asked again and Obiageli was irritated. Who was this man Chinaza kept at her gate to interrogate people? Besides, what language was he speaking?  Was it her name he was pronouncing like the botanical name of a plant?"O. Bia. Ge. Li." She broke it down. She had never had any reason to break her name into syllables for anyone. Lagos was really strange, she thought to herself.Back in the bus she had entered to the area Chinaza lived, people chattered in strange language. She felt so lost. She would had missed the bus stop if not for the woman who sat by her side.She had told the woman where she was going  and the woman had promised to tell her when they got there. Luckily,  she was Igbo so it was easy to communicate with her. It seemed to Obiageli she was the only Igbo woman in the bus."Wait here.

"Stop it, Oby! Stop it, okay? Stop blaming yourself. It is not your fault this happened. You didn't do this intentionally.  It is so sad that this happened to Jideze but. . .you don't love him anymore. He knew you were with him because of guilt and pity and that was why he asked you to go. I really don't think I am in the position to say this but you said it yourself.  You love Ifeanyi.""I do but what does it matter? He has moved on with someone else.  He wouldn't want me anymore." Obiageli wiped her eyes with her palm."How do you know? You can't conclude like that not when you haven't confirmed.""What's there to confirm? Ifeanyi hates me. I've done nothing but bring pain to him. He wouldn't want to see my cursed face.""Stop!" Chinaza  cried out. "Please, stop." She said quietly with tears at the brink of her eyelashes. "It's true he might not want you anymore but I won't allow you condemn yo