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Rain Can Never Know – Episode X

Rain Can Never Know – Episode X

David noticed the brand new red Nissan Murano parked on the spot in front of the house where Rain’s Hyundai should have been, but it didn’t bother him too much. The owner was probably visiting with one of the neighbours and if Rain got back before the person left, then he’d help her knock on the doors of the other eleven tenants in the compound until he located the driver of the vehicle and get him or her to move…

Rain Can Never Know – Episode IX

Rain Can Never Know – Episode IX

Start from Episode I Read Episode VII (The previous episode) Chief Ronald Edozie wasn’t his usual self. He hadn’t slept soundly for days and it was starting to affect his mood and productivity. He was impatient and inattentive at home and in the office, and he hadn’t eaten a decent meal in all that time either. His palate just couldn’t take in anything fried, boiled or baked. He did consume a lot of liquids though, but it was mostly because…

Rain Can Never Know – Episode VIII

Rain Can Never Know – Episode VIII

Whenever David decided to come back home, Rain thought to herself, she’d be waiting for him with her decision about their future together. But until then, she’d had to stay strong like Annie advised and only text “yes,” “no” and “okay” to his cold messages.
Rain Can Never Know – Episode VI

Rain Can Never Know – Episode VI

Read from Episode I What was supposed to be a great day, perhaps her greatest since joining Edozie Express, didn’t quite come with the adrenalin rush Rain had anticipated.  All of the dark and painful issues she was dealing with, from her past and present, took away a large chunk of the exhilaration she should have felt at hearing the news of her promotion from Chief Edozie himself. It was what she had always wanted, this respectable position as Chief…

Rain Can Never Know – Episode IV

Rain Can Never Know – Episode IV

David Spiff III looked at his wristwatch again. He had done that eleven times in the last three hours, but no one was counting. He knew Rain was supposed to be in Port Harcourt because of the message she received from home about her mother. But since she didn’t have a phone, there was no way of confirming her exact location or when she’d be back in Yenagoa. When she called from the office to tell him that her boss…

Rain Can Never Know – Episode II

Rain Can Never Know – Episode II

Start from Episode I Rain wanted him to do a transfer to her account, but the accountant insisted he would only do cash. She put the white envelope in her beige Givenchy handbag – the one she was forced to buy on credit three months earlier from a member of her church who only sold very expensive French and Italian shoes and bags. She went through the trouble of locating the woman’s house one Wednesday evening after work, even though…

Rain Can Never Know – Episode I

Rain Can Never Know – Episode I

“Rain, I need more cream in my coffee.” The request for more cream was made yesterday in the house. Rain was bringing his wife the cream she had asked for when her phone rang. Her boss’ wife was mad that Rain placed the caller above her coffee. In annoyance, Mrs Edozie did the unthinkable. Her action was the final straw that broke the camel’s back. Rain’s back had long been pushed beyond the wall and it emboldened her to speak up against the tyranny of the family.