Legitimate Adultery
Short StoriesIn this Ghanaian fiction family drama, one woman’s desire for a child exposes the fault lines of duty, tradition, and forbidden love.
In this Ghanaian fiction family drama, one woman’s desire for a child exposes the fault lines of duty, tradition, and forbidden love.
Men don’t cry. Doctors are familiar with death. But this pierced my soul. I checked again for a pulse, blinking fast so that the tears don’t fall, willing life into his body.
Flora was surprised when Kumi proposed to her. They had known each other for eight years, and Kumi had never hinted at having feelings for her.
On a different day, she would have called Basil to hang out or just drive around. She shook her head… he hadn’t even called to apologise after that embarrassing night.
When love governs a relationship, there is no need to dominate or manipulate. Instead, there is mutual respect, openness, and a shared sense of dignity.
Love is not weakness. It is not soft. It is not passive.Love is one of the most powerful forces in the universe.
She chuckled, turned away from the window and took a deep breath. With that breath came a vivid image of a hotel cabin with only one man in it.
I love, therefore I am — not because love makes life easier, but because it makes life matter.
When you find your feet mired in disillusion
You yearn to jump out like hell!
Yet the more elusive your expectations,
The more you urgently urge those on the outside to join you in there.
How did love find you?
Do you know that sometimes
she comes to you in the most unlikely ways?