Returning from battle, a black soldier was stunned to discover his wife pregnant. Overwhelmed with anxiety and confusion, he waited anxiously until the birth of the child to confirm the paternity. The DNA revealed something unimaginable. Stan sprinted from a building rigged with explosives. His heart pounded as he ran, desperate to distance himself before the imminent explosion. After 5 intense minutes, the building erupted in flames, the force of the blast hurling him to the ground. He lay there, waiting for the chaos to subside before struggling to his feet and limping away. Stan, a black soldier serving in…
Author: town gist
I met my ex-husband in church, he was an active member of the choir and will most time take solo or play an instrument.I wasn’t so attracted to him because I was dating a guy then but he kept insisting and coming around me almost all the time. It was obvious he wanted something. After a while we became friends and he promised to teach me how to play a keyboard and so we started keyboard lessons in his mini-flat apartment just the 2 of us.Several times he will make attempt to kiss me or touch me and I will…
When I caught him the very first time, he told me they were friends. They were friends long ago before I even came into the picture and that the lady knew we were dating. I asked him to put the lady on the phone so I talk to her. He called her line but the lady didn’t pick up. He called again but there was no answer. At the second call, I had come to believe he was telling the truth so I told him it was ok. He told me he would put me on if the lady calls…
Man Mocks Black Woman on Plane, Unaware of Who’s Sitting Behind HimOn what should have been an ordinary flight from Madrid to New York, things took an unexpected turn when Denise was mocked by a man because of her black skin. The situation quickly escalated, involving the entire flight. However, neither of them knew who was sitting behind them. Denise and her daughter, Fiona, stood beside each other as they were checked through security. They had their tickets in hand as their luggage was run through the scanner. Once cleared, they continued on with other passengers toward the plane they…
Arrival in Africa brought unforeseen danger for Pauline. Navigating the dense jungle quickened her heart. Amongst swaying leaves and tangled vines, a looming figure saw her eye. It was a massive, angry gorilla, dark and bristling.Panic surged, echoes of the guide’s warnings on untamed jungle inhabitants flooding her mind. Remembering the advice – ‘In the presence of a gorilla, play dead’ – Pauline lay still, trembling, silent. The gorilla advanced, eyes fixed on her, a heart-thundering, terrifying moment.It sniffed, fingers lightly touching, while she dared not breathe, its weight and warm breath looming over her. Minutes felt like hours as…
Our marriage was only three months old when I saw my husband smoking for the first time. I was shocked. I thought it was a prank to see how I will react. I rushed to him, snatched it from his hand, and threw it away. I got burnt on the finger but that didn’t bother me a lot. I said, “What kind of joke is that? It’s not funny, don’t ever do it again.” And then he showed me the whole pack in his pocket. I said, “Are you ok? Where from this? Where did you pick it from?” He…
Right from the beginning, my mother wanted me to marry a certain man because of his money. I told her politely, “I can’t marry this man. I don’t love him and I don’t see myself marrying someone I don’t love. Again, he’s way older than I am. I can’t marry him.” She insisted. She did all within her power to make me settle with that man but I didn’t succumb to her pressure. When the time was right, I introduced the one I wanted to marry to her and that was when the issue started.She said no to us. She…
He reached out to me on Facebook and I ignored him. Later that day, he sent a lengthy text explaining why he was reaching out to me. His reason was friendship. When someone who’s a friend on Facebook asks for another form of friendship, it usually doesn’t end well so I ignored his explanation. I thought ignoring him will make him stop but because he’s the most persistent guy who ever lived, he kept sending me messages upon messages telling me he wasn’t a bad person and that he could prove it with a certificate from his pastor. It was…
According to my people, when a girl is the only child of her parents she is not allowed to get married. Custom demands that she lives in her parents’ house and reproduce to continue their lineage. I didn’t know about this until I was expected to uphold this tradition. My father has other children, but I happen to be the only child he has with my mother. Which makes me the only child of my parents. I don’t know if they couldn’t have other children or they just chose not to. They had the means to cater for more children…
He pursued me for a very long time but I kept giving him no as an answer. He asked why. He talked about his dreams for me. He desperately wanted me to be his girlfriend. I didn’t want to because I didn’t see any fun in him.His whole life was centred around the church. From work to church, from church to house. I wanted a man who had a fire in him. Who liked to have fun. I’m that kind of woman. I want to be taken out. A walk down the beach. A night stroll on an empty street…