It was a beautiful, crisp day and Thaddaus was feeling great because for the first time in his life, he was in love. Yes, he was in love with Ms. Sambu. He reckoned that he had been for a long time, even before they became lovers. He suspected that she was in love with him …
Lesson #3 & the Scar
iStock Image Abebi was waiting for Becket outside of apartment building where she lived. They had arranged to meet there and then head to the park for their lesson and afterwards to the lake so that he could go for a swim. Teaching him Hausa was so much fun. He was such a good student. …
Risky Business
He stood by the pool. In a while she was going to arrive at the mansion. Was she going to go to the music room and stay there or would she come out to the pool? A part of him wanted her to come out to the pool and the other part told him that …
Still Reeling
Kalisa still couldn't believe it. She didn't want to believe it. Deandre had a girlfriend. She should have known that a handsome man like him wouldn't be single but she had hoped...What good had that hope done her? She had come to Jacksonville because of him. She had enrolled at the university where he taught …
First Day at Jacksonville University
It was the first day back to university. He had mixed feelings. While he was excited about the new year and teaching new students, he couldn't stop thinking about Kalisa and missing the times they spent together in Kigali. What was she doing at that moment? Was she already at the school or was she …
Losing a Child & Finding Love
Michaela was a student of Tamal Laghari's. She was a very bright girl who had many friends. When she died from an acute asthma attack, he was devastated. He went to the funeral where he met her mother. She was an attractive woman and a widow in her late thirties. Her husband died when Michaela …
Breaking Up…For Now
Image by Rachel Claire, Pexels He stood outside the apartment building where she lived with her older sister. After agonizing over it for weeks, he had finally decided that it would be best for them not to see each other anymore. It had been foolish of him, a professor, to become romantically involved with one …
Jabulani Pines for Max
Jabulani felt spent from crying every night when she was lying in bed, thinking about Max and aching for him. Weeks had passed since they last spoke to each other. Why had he stopped calling her? She tried calling him on his cell but it went straight to voice mail which was always full which …
Michelle’s Afternoon in the Museum
Michelle was reading a very interesting but strange book. The room suddenly tilted to one side and the people poured out was the first line which had grabbed her attention and made her want to read it. She was there at the museum reading it while waiting for her friend, Alison who promised that she …
An Ultimatum
I was in my office when Cordelia walked in. I stared at her in surprise. I wasn't expecting her. She hadn't called to let me know that she was stopping by. Before I could say anything, she said, "I want you to end your relationship with that girl." Startled, I asked her, "What girl?" "That …
Notes to Women 