“The cabin of the old suburban bus was warm with soft chansen music playing. Driver Buck whistled a tune he liked, glancing in the mirror at the slumbering passengers. Conductor muttered, ‘I’m so tired today. I’m exhausted; my legs are falling off. I talk so much during the day, arguing with passengers, that I don’t want to open my mouth at home. But at home, I have housework with my son, and my husband wants dinner. I’m so fed up with everything.’ Buck shook his head. ‘I don’t know. I like my work. I’m honestly telling you, it’s all my…
Author: town gist
Becky was a housekeeper for 10 years, cleaning the house of a rich man named Gregory. She did her job well in order to feed her two children and save up for their educational expenses. One day, she finds out that the house she’s been cleaning was actually hers. Becky had been working for Gregory ever since it was just him and his first wife, Linda, at home. Although they were wealthy, they were extremely kind to Becky and would often talk to her. When Linda died unexpectedly, both Gregory and Becky were devastated. Since that time, Becky was the…
Growing up I have often heard people whisper behind successful single women. “She has money but she has never been married. It’s because men are afraid to approach her.” “She is doing well in life but she can’t keep a man. Her success has caused her to forget her place as a woman.” “At this stage in her life, she doesn’t have a child. She must be so lonely.” In the past when I hear these things I don’t think much of them. But now when I hear them I become worried that the same will be said of me.…
He says he wants to marry me. I know he means it. He has already performed my knocking rites. The marriage rites will follow in a few months’ time. While this is going to be my first marriage, it is going to be his second. Yes, my fiancé is a divorce with a daughter. While I have never been married, I have a son. So we both have kids we are bringing into the marriage. So far there are certain things I want to see to prove that he has my interests at heart. For example, I buy gifts for…
It started with a pet name. She asked that I give her a pet name and ensure I call her by that pet name all the time. She’s my wife but she didn’t want me to call her sweetheart, darling or sweetie pie. She said those names were archaic. I couldn’t think of any so she picked one for herself and asked me to call her by that. She doesn’t initiate sex. She says it’s not a woman’s duty to initiate. I always do but before she would agree to do it with me, I have to pamper her. She…
He ticked all my boxes. He was exactly everything I wanted in a man. I looked at all his amazing qualities and said, “Finally, I have met the man I want to spend the rest of my life with.” Our connection was beautiful. I was so excited about the kind of intimacy we shared that I did not pay attention to physical attraction. What I mean is, that I did not stop to consider whether or not I felt aroused by him. We courted for ten months and got married in the eleventh month. Before we tied the knot, we…
She was living in the neighborhood of a house I rented an apartment in last year. I only used to see her around the house. We didn’t talk much except for the occasional small talk. Stuff like, “Hello, how are you?” Or “Hi, where have you been? I haven’t seen you in so long. Did you travel?” Our conversations only stayed on the surface but she always had a warm and bubbly demeanor. Whether I talked to her on a rainy day or on a sunny day, she spoke with the freeness of a two-year-old. Her energy was so pure…
We did our national service at the same hospital. I saw her around the facility quite often but we were not on the same schedule so we were not friends. She was just someone I occasionally said hello to. After we finished our national service I didn’t even think much about her, until she was posted to work as a midwife at a clinic I was working at. I had been there for a few months before she came. Because I knew her already, it was easier to be her friend this time around. I helped her settle into the…
I went to a church event and met Pastor. He’s not a pastor as in pastor but he’s Pastor. I mean Pastor is his name. When I asked why he was called pastor he told me, “Because I wanted to become a pastor when I was young.” He didn’t become a pastor but he wanted to become my boyfriend. I tried to withdraw from him because I had a boyfriend. He persisted until he got me to a point where he proposed. “I have a boyfriend, I won’t lie to you. Just that things are not as smooth as I…
I remember a few weeks after I accepted Stanley’s proposal, Yaw came along. I didn’t know him from anywhere. He came to the shop one day and said he liked me. I looked at him and wondered what could give him the confidence to say that. I told him, “No, you can’t just like somebody like that. You just saw me. Do you even know my name?” He might have picked the discomfort in my voice so he said, “No, I didn’t mean to upset you. I couldn’t hold it. Immediately I saw you I felt this kind of warmth…