Author: town gist

liked him as a friend but at some point, the feelings I had for him changed. I don’t know what he did differently or what he said to me. All I realized at some point was that I was in love and wanted him for myself. He had a girlfriend and I knew about her. Maybe, it was that reason I couldn’t take my chances with him until it was too late. One night he came to visit me and when he was leaving, I hugged him. It wasn’t the first time I was hugging him but this hug felt…

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years ago I was doing fraud. Someone introduced my friend to it and he also introduced me. There are levels to the game. We were at the bottom of the ladder in the game so we didn’t make much but the risk involved was top-notch. Apart from the risk, you have to put in the work every day before you can earn GHC500 a week. We slept very little because our clients were all over the world and the time difference meant we had to stay awake to be able to chat with them. One day, I hit big. I got…

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In two years of dating Emma, I caught him cheating with three different women. The first one I was naive. I loved him so much that I didn’t want anything to come between us. I thought I was the problem so I asked, pleadingly, “What am I not doing right? What can I do better so you won’t look at any other woman?” He said sorry so I consoled myself, “Not all men would say sorry when they are caught cheating.”  I forgave him. I thought he was the one. Or I wanted him to be the one so badly? Our love…

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I met Eric through a friend after I had just completed SHS. I had moved from my hometown to live in Tema while he lived in Koforidua. At that time, all I wanted to do was to get a job so I could save money for school. However, I couldn’t get a job that paid me well enough to survive in Tema, let alone save money for higher education. What made things worse was when my results were released and I failed some of my papers. Now, I needed more than anything to earn money to rewrite my exams. My…

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An elderly couple was on a stroll in the city proper when a cat called their attention and led them to a black bag. To their surprise, they saw a tiny hand reaching out from inside, causing them to panic. Jeffrey and Pamela are in their 70s and have been married for 50 years. They’d saved a lot of money in their long lives, as they both worked hard and only spent for themselves because they had no children. Even though they wanted to have kids, they struggled with infertility and could not complete any adoption process, given their busy…

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A young boy struggled with the loss of his little brother, forcing him to grow up sooner than he’d wanted. After his brother’s death, he started going home at strange times, causing his mother to follow him one day to get to the bottom of it. Martin grew up too soon after learning that his little brother Joe had died. It happened two years ago, when Martin was five years old. His brother Joe had been ill for most of his short life and eventually did not return home from the hospital. His mom, Anna, explained to Martin that Joe…

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FacebookTwitterWhatsAppTelegramRedditLinkedInTumblrPinterestShare A young boy decided to visit his mom’s grave to show her his homework and ends up falling asleep with his backpack as his pillow. The boy had to be wakened by a street musician passing through when the cemetery was about to close, showing just how much time he spent by his mother’s tomb.It’s never easy to lose a loved one, especially when it’s a child losing a parent. Grief comes and goes, but the pain and loneliness left by the loss of a loved one never really go away entirely. One of his visits was caught on…

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With difficulty, he knelt down on one knee. Charles stood, looking into the eyes of his savior, and gently squeezed her palm in his. Donna watched with a smile at the strange behavior of the man who, in just two years, had become the most important person to her. For the first time in 50 years of her life, she heard a phrase she had dreamed of hearing since she was a student: “Donna, will you marry me?” When Charles uttered those words, the woman’s breath was taken away, and goosebumps ran down her back. Charles, standing on one knee…

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Vicky looked at her father angrily and thought about how he didn’t care at all whom she would end up living with and how he only wished to sell her off at a higher price. Meanwhile, Sam kept on calmly explaining to his daughter how marriage with Eddie was the best opportunity for her to realize her potential in life. He is rich and upcoming, do you understand? He has an excellent education, and you with your medical degree will be happy on cloud nine. “Why? What is your problem with my medical education?” Vicki asked. “I don’t have a…

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Harry never believed that he and Diana would have to break up. They were so close that they could understand each other at a glance. Diana grew up in a wealthy family, while Harry was raised only by his mother, and there was never much wealth in the family. But as a child, this difference was not really noticed. Diana had a lot of toys, gorgeous clothes, and she treated Harry with such sweets that he had never seen in ordinary stores. Harry also tried to make presents for Diana. He passionately made toy houses out of cardboard for her,…

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