Must Read: Taking Chances

Episode 7 years ago

Must Read: Taking Chances

She’d giving up everything and now even longed to build back their marriage for what gain? Another cold slap upon her face. Grace had very well being in his life all along and he’d denied it that Saturday! Everything had been planned from the onset, and now he wanted a truce, a comeback like nothing ever happened! She’d see how far that went. They were going back to their old war, love or no love.
Daisy wiped the tears that had formed in her eyes and quickened her steps, stopping briefly at the gate, as the gateman addressed her.
‘you’re going already?’ the gateman asked.
What does it look like? Daisy was tempted to reply, instead she nodded and walked on to meet with a deserted road.
Daisy sighed. ‘how hard is it getting a cab around here?’ she turned and asked the gateman who was standing at the gate.
‘you mean taxi?’
Daisy nodded.
‘sorry but you’d have to walk a bit…oh! luck has found you’ he said as a taxi passed and dropped a lady few houses away.
‘you’d go with that when it heads out’ he said smiling.
Daisy smiled. This was interesting, the gateman here spoke English
fluently unlike Adamu, their gateman. But then, from an estate like this, you wouldn’t expect any thing less. she concluded still smiling.
Daisy waved the taxi as it came closer now, it stopped and she went in, but to the back this time. She wanted so much to be alone. Alone to m0an her plight.
‘madam where you dey go?’ the driver asked.
She gave him the name of the estate they lived.
‘that place far madam, your money go be…’
‘just go please, money isnt the issue here’
‘okay na’ the driver replied, kicked the engine and zoomed off.
Daisy didn’t look back as they drove out, didn’t notice Brenda run out from the gate, didn’t notice her ask the gateman some questions, didn’t notice her enter back in disappointment.



Daisy couldn’t have because she was lost in her thought. Like a olive tree, Brenda’s harmless insinuation had planted a seed in her heart while Daisy watered it with her grief, self pity and anger.