Someone once said the past always catches up with you, however fast you run and try to evade it. I don’t know much about it. Why do I keep coming back to this place then? I was created here – I’m more than flesh and blood. I’m sand, sea breeze, sweat, music, and sex. My …
Alisi remembered the hot summer day her triplets were born. The kids, the result of a fling, grew up without knowing their father. Alisi was their everything. By forty-five, she had become a grandmother. Her twenty-strong family including the sons and daughter in law, celebrated her fiftieth last year. It was a great party. …
‘Please!’ I sputter and cough disgusting stuff into the gutter before looking at the repulsed passerby, ‘Point me to the nearest dentist.’ The scrawny, rag-clad man stares at me as if I had sprouted a second head. It was obvious that he did not understand a word of what I said. ‘Dentist! Please! Emergency!’ I …
‘We will form two teams,’ Commander said, his eyes burning bright. ‘Team A,’ He pointed out, ‘Your job will be to nullify the security. Once you are done, you will signal Team B and return to camp. Team B will receive their instructions separately.’ We nodded, saluted, and left the tent. That night, we executed …
