Short Story: "The Confession"...Episode 2

"What just happened? Huh?..Tina?" Agyeiwaa asked as all three watched him walk out of the pub - Tina, wearing a perplexed look, and Philipp sighing. "Tina?" she repeated, in a quasi-demanding tone. "Was I not here with you", came the response as she resumed her seat. 

"Am I wearing a mask today? Maybe I scared him" Philipp said in a bid to diffuse the situation. "Ah, didn't you know you always wear a mask?" Agyeiwaa said, drawing laughter from all three. 

Short Story: "The Confession"...Episode 1

Tears streamed down his face even with his eyes still closed. Usual of him on Saturdays, the alarm sounded at 9:30 am and he wiped the flowing tears with his thick duvet. Was it as a result of a dream he had had? That was dismissed immediately as he was unsuccessful in his attempt to remember the content of his dream. He sat up and wondered why, but still couldn’t hazard a guess. He gave up.

He stood in the mirror, examining his swollen eyes, retrying to fathom what the cause might be.  “Did I fight in my dream, and lose?” he asked. He muttered a prayer against any spiritual attack against his life, and entered the washroom. Events from the past year, by some divine stroke, came rushing to him, mightily competing for attention in his mind, whilst he brushed his teeth. Siisi sobbed some more.