Every evening, Bunmi Adeyemi boards the 6:15 train from Manhattan to Queens, surrounded by the same tired faces, the same predictable routine, the same quiet loneliness.
But one night, a chance encounter with a stranger—a poet with knowing eyes and a charming smile—shakes the rhythm of her commute.
In a city where connections are fleeting and love feels like a mirage, can a conversation on a crowded subway change everything?
Think you’ve experienced everything modern dating has to offer? Read this woman’s story about loss, rediscovery, and the absurdities of contemporary dating.
Sodiq Nasir, a highly celebrated motivational speaker, has the power of the tongue but nothing for his sanity. To silence the limiting voices in his head and keep his raving fans mentally and emotionally pumped, Sodiq resorts to drugs. On the night of a star-studded event, his manager finds him unconscious in his hotel room and rushes him to a rehabilitation Centre on the outskirts of Lagos.
When he awakes on the bed of Rediscover Rehabilitation Centre, a private home open to a select few and aimed at helping people fight addictions, Sodiq begins a long battle to break his drug dependence. But finds he’s becoming armed with a darker addiction; an obsession with the proprietor of RRC, Ọyáwálé Adisa.
Keywords: Second Chances
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She meets a guy she likes. He doesn’t call or text as often as she’d like. Yet she shrugs it off and says, “It’s nothing. English is not his first language.” It’s not a habit per se, It’s just his thing. He likes being chased, Satisfied with having her call and text him. So, she…