catherine talks

Everything froze, including the large wall clock that tick-tucked loudly in the sitting room. All eyes were fixed on me, and I just stood there stricken cold. I shut my mouth, gluing my lips together, but it was too late, the deed had been done. Right before me was the young man whom the arrow I had fired had hit, he just stood there wounded, bruised by the words of my outburst. I had done it this time and I knew it, everyone else staring also knew it. The house had been bubbling with joy as our family gathered together to celebrate Christmas, then a fierce argument broke out. Being the ‘know it all’ that I was, I took charge until this young man who was my cousin hopped in, then I said it...i said the words ‘you of all people should shut up’. Everything froze...everythng including the large wall clock that tick-tucked loudly in the sitting room. All eyes were fixed on me, and I just stood there stricken cold. Those simple words had spelt it all, they had spelt more than I had said,...

She pulled out her red blackberry, exercising her right thumb, while she dialed her husband's number; suddenly in the midst of 4 provoked tenants, my attention was monopolized to this fair plumb woman. It was just like in the movies, I paused, zoomed to rewind what I had just heard but there was no remote. ‘Honey, how can I get extra 200N, the other tenants just decided to contribute money to repair our damaged meter' I shrugged and cleaned my ears, surely I must have heard wrong. I brought out a 200N note on behalf of my flat and since I was responsible for collection, I went ahead to collect hers. ‘I don't have anything with me now, when my husband comes back, I'll see you’ she smiled, who needs a remote. ‘I didn't believe it, that statement rang in my mind. They weren’t having financial challenges, at least none that I know of, her husband was a successful entrepreneur, he was well recognized for his exploits and except for the fact that their house was sti...

Tenderly she pulled him to herself hooking her soft arm around his arm like he was going to fly away if she hadn’t. I could see that her smile was reignited when her eyes caught his own, her beautiful rare black eye lens dilated as they pierced into his brown eyes. ‘how romantic’ I should have thought but instead I hissed silently and beckoned that they made haste towards the car that was waiting for its driver to hop in and take charge. Why had I hissed? Was I envious of their love? ‘oh no’ I replied myself. I was disgusted, quite disgusted. It wasn’t because my best friend had herself all wrapped around this man; no it was because this BEAUTY had herself entangled in this beast’s world. He headed towards his Camry 2.4x1 opening the car door for his fiancée and leaving me to deal with mine. She blushed quietly whispering a soft ‘thank you’.uggh… I had watched them perform this ritual for more than a year now and I had been checking my watch waiting for a time when his feeble h...

‘’no, no, nooh... Kathy I wouldn’t take that. No I wouldn’t take that’’ Yomi yelled, her voice almost bursting her pharynx. She pointed her long index finger at me. I was terrified, sore afraid. I had never seen my friend that mad. She picked up a picture of me which I was contemplating on tearing because of my awkward smile.                 ’do you see this lady?’ she pressed it against my slightly pointed nose. ‘’she is beautiful despite her flaws and no matter what people tell you, they are not your God’’. I turned down the picture, and although three days had passed by, her words rung incessantly in my ears and I could not refrain from looking at the picture. I was the same person, same colour, looks, height and size, only slimmer (unilorin better by stress) but I was a different lady and I could feel it. I looked sternly into the over edited picture. I was fed up of being Catherine and I had decided to tak...