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3: I GOT MYSELF A STALKER

About 6pm, we went for our dinner. After that Agnes invited me to the ladies Hostel which I declined. I was afraid of John Group Inc. They could track me to the female hostel and report to the authorities, so I wasn’t going to take chances from then on.We sat outside under a tree and[...]

Season 1: There And Back On Time

2: Looming Disaster

I got to the admin office and sat down like a few others that I met there. We were a mixture of Africans, Asians and Arabs. When i was called, I got up and went to the lady who called my name. A female Interpreter was seated beside me. When I agreed that it was[...]

Season 1: There And Back On Time, There and Back On Time

Season 1 – There And Back On Time. Chapter 1: Hostile Environment

The refugee camp in Dusseldorf, Germany was inside an abandoned ship. The German authorities had converted the ship to a living quarter.I had stopped at the Dusseldorf Central Train Station and walked all the way to the camp as I was told by Afam, a man I met few days back in the city Oberhausen.There[...]

The Beginning

21: THE NARROW ESCAPE

As soon as Afam left, the kissing and the I-missed-you-baby took over. Nnenna was all over me. She didn’t even allow Afam to reach the foot of the stairs. She was hungry, hungry for my lips and warm body. She acted as if she knew it was going to be our last.The atmosphere was tense,[...]

The Beginning

20: THE HANDWRITING ON THE WALL

Matthew left for work after midday and it was me and Nnenna all alone in the same house again. The atmosphere was awkward initially but after a few cans of becks beer, we got fired up and got talking. Her plan was to ditch matthew when she got pregnant. I didn’t see how that was[...]