Karen Osaghae
Writer ✍️| bookworm 📚| Review books | not a nerd 🤓
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Hide, baby, hide
It is the ringing of my phone that awakens me from my deep slumber. That is all I do these days, eat, sleep, and repeat. All in trying to add a little weight. It is Marlene calling. Sliding the answer icon, I place the phone on speaker as I adjust my sleepy eyes to the reality. “What’s up, Marlene.” Her high pitch voice pierce through my ears. “It’s Scottie’s fortieth birthday party tomorrow. Please tell me you haven’t forgotten.” How could I forget? I have been looking for...
Cry, baby, cry (pain and toxicity)
It always starts with a ‘Hello, my name is….’ Why though? Why is that the start of every first meet? But what does it always end with? Ah, that one differs. Immediately church closed that faithful day, I quickly walked to my car. Lurking around at the close of service wasn’t something I knew how to do. No. Introverted me will rather be shot in the head than be found staying behind for no reason. As I got to my car about climbing into it, a young boy stopped me. “Excuse me.” He ...
BURN, BABY, BURN (contd)
“Oh, my goodness. I refuse to believe this.” David gapes across the table at me, then burst out in loud fits of laughter. “Best believe it, bro.” Seated at our regular table in a booth toward the end of the bar, I unfold the events of the previous day to him, of how I almost got caught with Brie. David understands. After all, he has been married himself for over five years and knows what if feels like to get bored of your partner. He introduced me to Brie. “How did she let you fo...
BURN, BABY, BURN (Pain & Toxicity)
Stephanie looks at me with her tear-filled eyes. I can’t, I just can’t. She’s going to leave me. If I tell her the truth she’d leave. She cannot leave, I love her. What will become of me if she does? Has the truth ever helped anyone? NO! “Just tell me the truth, goddamnit! You owe me that much, Teddy. Who the hell is she?” “Who? For the sixth time, Steph, there is no one here.” Denial. Yes, denial always works. She rolls her eyes as she tries to move past me to go to the ki...
SCREAM, BABY, SCREAM contd….(Pain and Toxicity)
Maverick grabs her neck and the struggle begin. She starts struggling, slapping and scratching him with her nails. Annabelle jumps to her feet, runs over to them and start hitting Maverick on his back. He uses his other hand to push her away while he continues choking Talia. “Maverick, please stop it. Ashley is in the other room and she can come in here any moment. Stop it.” I yell. But he doesn’t listen. Talia isn’t going to let this go. She is going to get her boyfriend who is in a g...
SCREAM, BABY, SCREAM (Pain and Toxicity)
“Where the hell is my daughter at?” Maverick shouts almost deafening me. Same screaming every day, I might as well just get used to it. Maverick is my baby’s father, but we ain’t married because his dumb ass doesn’t know how to respect a woman. He is just a drunken mistake I made, and now I have to deal with the consequence for the rest of my life because my beautiful daughter is a result of that mistake. “Stop yelling. I am busy.” “The fuck do you take me for? Where is my ...
RUN, BABY, RUN Contd…..
I got home early that day to surprise Desiree since she had been sad I had to leave for work. I saw my brother walking down the stairs just as I was walking up. My brother had issues with his wife and was in a bad divorce process so he had to move in with me until that was over. So little did I know I was fucking up my life… “You’re home early, Rodrigo.” He said shaking hands with me. “Yeah. Missed my girl so came early to be with her. Why are you so sweaty?” Sweat tric...
RUN, BABY, RUN
Have you ever thought you’ve had the worst of it all happen to you, but you get hit by the biggest wave ever and you ask yourself “How on earth did I not see that coming?” Love could be the greatest feeling, but also the worst thing that could happen to anyone! This week makes it exactly two weeks I lost my will to live. At the very least, I managed to step outside today to buy a pack of cigarette. Baby steps… Thinking about it now, I realize how stupid I was for not seeing the si...
