Godwin Inyang's Blog, page 9

 4209I hated toadmit it but a nagging thoughtI couldn’tignore – yes, the thought was hard to blot.Like someyoung humans from poor countriestaken bysport teams to greater

 Ekam Dan made her referenceto the incident to buttress her point for her belief but her grandson had sinceafter the robbery had his eyelids, left or right, twitched and struck his foot,left or right, till it hurt and no one thing, negative or positive, hadhappened. Was the fault with him?Not too long ago, he hadpersonally planted a farm with two sets of corn. The first set was done at the

Dan lazed on the bench atthe rear veranda and watched his grandmother, Ekam Dan, busy prepare a meal ofyam and plantain in her open and detached kitchen. A twinned plantain she putbehind her back and her hands had dragged them to split. The first time Dan hadseen his grandmother do it, he had asked her why and though she had long pastthe age of menopause, she said she was doing it so she

 MrRansom along with two other union leaders, after a meeting of the leaders andmembers of the union in his compound, took it upon themselves to travel down towhere they were told they would apprehend Madam Cash. Perempe, who had plannedto follow, was begged by concerned members (and almost everyone was) to stayback as he felt really aggrieved over Madam Cash’s conduct and everyone thought

 Fortreatment, orthodox and unorthodox means were suggested but with the tormentdeep inside him, Mr Ransom asked those around to quickly drag close his wife’sbag of bitter kola and he had grabbed a handful and ate them like sweets andeven without peeling them. While people were still contemplating how to reachthe nearest chemist’s attendant whose doors were locked at that time of the dayand

 Den,Paul and Ken peeped through or over hedges, fences, walls and their gates.Everything they could have easily stolen was either locked away securely orguarded jealously by giant dogs or grave-looking uniformed guards. Disappointedand afraid their movements would soon be noticed, the young gang returned tothe loose part of the town.Theywalked past the open sports ground used for march

 MrRansom suspected that was the issue with Kasablanka and assured those whoworried about him that he would one day return to his senses.Butwhat Grace knew and which the villagers did not know was the fact Mrs Ransomonce lived in a brothel and Mr Ransom picked her there while living in the bigtown.Gracegot to know the secret the day their eldest daughter was caught smooching witha