A woman's dilemma

 This is a story on the struggles of women in our society today. Ranging from love, family, career and life as a whole.
 Francesca, Claudia and Amy are three women as different from each other as black and grey. One is a politician's daughter who believes all that glitters is golden. Another believes in struggling to get to the top while the last, takes life as it leads her.
 How do this women deal with the dilemmas thrown at them by life?
 Find out in this story that's so close to my almost feminist heart.

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  • A woman's dilemma - Episode 1

  • Francesca:  Right now, my cheeks hurt from smiling too much and quite frankly, my feet hurts more in my ridiculously high heels shoes. But, it is my wedding ...
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  • A woman's dilemma - Episode 2

  • Amy:  My mouth drop at the big news Claudia just dropped on us. Wow! "Oh my God! Claudia!" Francesca squeals beside me. I tear up a little f...
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  • A woman's dilemma - Episode 3

  • Claudia: "I thought you said Amy just left to answer a call." Frances says once the party was over. People were already moving out even though the music...
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  • A woman's dilemma - Episode 4

  • Six years later Amy: "Hey girl! Where are you hurrying out to?!" Buchi, my fellow petrol attendant calls from her post as I pull my t-shirt on...
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  • A woman's dilemma - Episode 5

  • Frances:  The woman staring me in the mirror looks nothing like me. A fading bruise mar my usually perfect eyebrow. I cringe as I move the concealer brush ac...
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  • A woman's dilemma - Episode 6

  • Francesca: "Okay, that was satisfactorily exhausting." My mom giggles like a high school girl as she collapses into the plosh furniture she had my father import...
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  • A woman's dilemma - Episode 7

  • Amy:   "It's just glamour everywhere, Amarachi!" Buchi comes beside me, bouncing on her four inch heels. She just loves that word 'luxury...
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  • A woman's dilemma - Episode 8

  • Francesca: "Who's---" I go to pull the server Francis is pointing at around but then the shrill voice of Pink or whatever her stupid stage name is f...
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  • A woman's dilemma - Episode 9

  • Claudia: "Good morning sis Claudia." Blessing, my baby sister greets as I pass her on my way downstairs. I transfer the clothes I'm holding to my left hand ...
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  • A woman's dilemma - Episode 10

  • Unedited Few weeks later   Amy: "Make sure you concentrate on your studies. All of you. I don't want to hear that you're p...
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  • A woman's dilemma - Episode 11

  • Claudia: "I'm right here in the hotel already." I slide out of my car with my bag hanging on my shoulder and click the doors shut with my free hand....
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  • A woman's dilemma - Episode 12

  • Francesca:    I park in front of the rundown chemist and wait. I can see through the glass windows and count about three customers inside. I relax int...
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  • A woman's dilemma - Episode 13

  • Amy: "Service was absolutely glorious." I gush as I buckle up the seatbelt and relax into the comfortable seat of Claudia's car. I expect her to chip in a t...
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  • A woman's dilemma - Episode 14

  • Francesca: "Mommy!" I gasp and nearly lose hold of the glass of vodka in my hand. I shouldn't be drinking in my state but how do I numb the daily pain in my...
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  • A woman's dilemma - Episode 15

  • Claudia:  I push past Francesca and make my way inside her collosal mansion. Amy skips after me. I look around for Francis. The screams we heard from outside...
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  • A woman's dilemma - Episode 16

  • Amy: "Amy! I'm going to be late. Where are you?!" Claudia's voice rings out through the toilet's door. I literally shake with nerves. "A...
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  • A woman's dilemma - Episode 17

  • Claudia:   "Good morning, Lily." I greet my boss's secretary on the way to my office. She waves me on without looking up from her laptop. I c...
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  • A woman's dilemma - Episode 18

  • Francesca: "Thank you for the help Christina. I'll make sure to have this year's donation ready by the end of the month." I drop a few tins of m...
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  • A woman's dilemma - Episode 19

  • Daniel Obi POV: "Put me down you jerk!" Claudia snaps when I throw her over my shoulder again once my driver pulls over to the new hotel I'm lodging for now...
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  • A woman's dilemma - Episode 20

  • Claudia:  I eye the Heineken bottle just a armlength away and shake my head at my self. I shouldn't have said all those things. I'm just so confused ...
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  • A woman's dilemma - Episode 21

  • Claudia: "Hello Daddy?" I push my hair away from my face and grab my bag from the passenger's seat of my car. I maneveur to get the door close as both my ha...
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  • A woman's dilemma - Episode 22

  • Claudia: YOU'RE EXCITED TO SEE ME AGAIN AREN'T YOU? I find myself grinning at my phone at Daniel's text. He's been texting me for days n...
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  • A woman's dilemma - Episode 23

  • Daniel: "Everyone would always tell me how unfortunate I was to have birthed six girls without an heir but looking at all my children today and how they have...
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  • A woman's dilemma - Episode 24

  • Claudia:   "What isn't Claudia supposed to know." I focus a hard stare at her. "What are you doing out here?" She says when ...
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  • A woman's dilemma - Episode 25

  • Frances:    I am boiling mad right now but keep a leach on it while my son hug the side of my body till we reach the house. He falls asleep sometime b...
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  • A woman's dilemma - Episode 26

  • Amy: "Still can't reach her! I swear that woman drives me crazy." Claudia stalks into the living room space with her phone glued to her ear. "Le...
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  • A woman's dilemma - Episode 27

  • SO I KNOW SOME OF YOU THINK I DON'T POST AS OFTEN AS YOU'LL LIKE BUT I TRY TO POST DAILY BUT THIS WEEK, IT KEPT SHOWING ERROR AND STUFF FOR DAYS. I GUESS IT JUST MAKES ME F...
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  • A woman's dilemma - Episode 28

  • Claudia:    I can feel Daniel's eyes on me as I stare out the car's open window. I'm trying to calm my hackles down and talking right now ...
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  • A woman's dilemma - Episode 29

  • Tina:  Lying down on this bed that stinks of antiseptic and everything medical, I try not to puke my guts out. I can feel Daniel pacing in front of my bed wh...
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  • A woman's dilemma - Episode 30

  • Claudia: "We don't have to go today. You have so much on your hands!" I try to reason with Daniel as his long legs eat the space between us. He's standi...
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  • A woman's dilemma - Episode 31

  • Claudia: "We have been here for almost two hours. Are you sure this is the right address?" Daniel stands up from the hood of his car and tries to look t...
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  • A woman's dilemma - Episode 32

  • Daniel:  Claudia doesn't say another word even after we enter Tina's hospital room and find her curled up on her side. I bite my cheeks mildly to try and sto...
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  • A woman's dilemma - Episode 33

  • Amy: "Arrggghhhhh!!" A loud crashing sound pulls me out of my sleep. What was that? I check my phone to see it's almost twelve. I throw my legs to the side ...
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  • A woman's dilemma - Episode 34

  • Claudia: 6:57 6:58 6:59 7:00 Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep. I slam my palm into the alarm to knock it down before rolling out of bed. My head spin momentaril...
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  • A woman's dilemma - Episode 35

  • Benedict: "Sorry we lost him." Those words slam into me like a sledgehammer. "No!" My father's young wife sobs out. I close my eyes...
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  • A woman's dilemma - Episode 36

  • Amy: "I am so happy I took that route to the hospital. I wouldn't have found you otherwise." Benedict pulls my chair out for me and I thank him quie...
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  • A woman's dilemma - Episode 37

  • Amy: "Take a seat Amy." Weirdly, I feel he sounds different from earlier. I nervously take a seat in front of his desk and fiddle with my fingers on my ...
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  • A woman's dilemma - Episode 38

  • Claudia:  I lay on the couch in the sitting room staring down at the text Daniel sent last night. I'm just getting more angry looking at it. Because of o...
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  • A woman's dilemma - Episode 39

  • Three weeks later Claudia: "N*ked came I out of my mother's womb and n*ked Sha I return thither; The Lord gave and the Lord taketh away. Blesse...
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  • A woman's dilemma - Episode 40

  • Daniel: I sit inside the car I borrowed from my publicist and try to relax against the soft leather. I really don't want to be seen but I need to make sure Claudia ge...
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  • A woman's dilemma - Episode 41

  • Months later Claudia: "Push! Christ! It's huge!" I yell when I see the head of a human hang out of my little sister's body. Kill me! I can'...
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  • A woman's dilemma - Episode 42

  • Gideon: "So, I finally got a small grant for the clinic. It's nothing much but I think we can give free antenatal care to the women of this town now. Don...
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  • A woman's dilemma - Episode 43

  • Francesca: "It's weird that my mind still believes that I'm twenty while my body and appearance tells a different story." It's been a few da...
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  • A woman's dilemma - Episode 44

  • Claudia: "Babe! Get the door, the doorbell is so loud!" I hear Benjamin yell from the sitting room. I don't try to point out that he's closer to the doo...
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  • A woman's dilemma - Episode 45

  • Francesca: The wind carries the sound of jingling bells to my ears before I see him. My heart starts that pitter patter thing it has been doing for the past week since I ...
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  • A woman's dilemma - Episode 46

  • Claudia: "My office, now!" My boss doesn't even let me get a word in before she slams my door close. What's this about now? I groan tiredly and ...
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  • A woman's dilemma - Episode 47

  • Amy: "Come on! We're going to miss him!" Claudia takes my hand and pull me with her through the crowd. Her excitement is bubbling right out of her. ...
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  • A woman's dilemma - Episode 48

  • Daniel: "Are you guys set over there?" I say into the phone as I walk my way up the stairs to the seventh floor. I don't want to run into Claudia yet till I...
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  • A woman's dilemma - Episode 49

  • Amy: "Wow!" My eyes so love what it's seeing right now. The house is sitted on the beach. And it's has floor to ceiling windows. "Th...
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  • A woman's dilemma - Episode 50

  • Claudia: "It's not a big task. You pump till it gets tight enough then you listen to the sthethoscope. You should be able to read the blood pressure here as well...
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  • A woman's dilemma - Episode 51

  • Daniel:   I caress the gentle dip on Claudia's chin and release a long sigh. This isn't how I pictured the night going. She mumbles sleepily and turn...
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  • A woman's dilemma - Episode 52

  • Amy: "My head." I groan as I roll over in the super nice bed against my back. I feel around for the pillow and drag it under my head. "So comfy.&quo...
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  • A woman's dilemma - Episode 53

  • Claudia:  I wrap my hands around myself as the cold water splash us inside the car from the broken windows. The windshield is still intact but the rain still...
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  • A woman's dilemma - Episode 54

  • Francesca;  A crashing sound has my head snapping up from the little baby I'm cradling in my arms. The baby doesn't rouse from sleep and so does her ...
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  • A woman's dilemma - Episode 55

  • Claudia:  My eyes are still open when the first rays of sunshine comes into the car. I let my eyes take in as much of Daniel that it can before I remove myse...
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  • A woman's dilemma - Episode 56

  • Benedict:  It's just suppose to be a tactic to get the Cyndi to quit chasing me but the feel of Amy against me? It's messing with all of my senses. Has it ev...
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  • A woman's dilemma - Episode 57

  • Amy: I walk quietly beside Benedict, my hand still in his. He's looking straight ahead and I feel like he's not really here with me in mind. I dig my legs into th...
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  • A woman's dilemma - Episode 58

  • Francesca:   The heat against my skin spreads quickly and I start to panic. I'm not seeing anything but a flaming room. I scream but nothing comes out of my mout...
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  • A woman's dilemma - Episode 59

  • Claudia: "God." I groan as I turn over to my stomach on the bed. The banging sound in my head makes it a real work to open my eyes. "Claudia...
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  • A woman's dilemma - Episode 60

  • Francesca;  I blink heavy eyes open to find Gideon sobbing on my hand which is currently clenched between both of his hands. His head is bent over my hand an...
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  • A woman's dilemma - Episode 61

  • Amy: "Amy?! Are you coming out anytime soon?" I hear Claudia yell from outside my room. I can clearly hear the irritation in her voice and I snicker to myself s...
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  • A woman's dilemma - Episode 62

  • Francesca: "Bus L8 is already here now." The announcement on the park's sound system causes a stir in the park. People start to hurry out as they dr...
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  • A woman's dilemma - Episode 63

  • Benjamin:  I let Claudia drag me to the front of the hotel away. I know what she's doing and I let her. Hell, I'd seen the man sing to my fiancee and...
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  • A woman's dilemma - Episode 64

  • Francesca: "I'm sorry for how messy I look baby." Francis actually comes out of the car and his features soften when his eyes clock on me. I find my...
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  • A woman's dilemma - Episode 65

  • THIS ONE IS FOR SHIRU MY REAL BAE. Claudia: "Baby are you okay?" Daniel says softly as he deposits me on the bed. I brush the hair from my hair and st...
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  • A woman's dilemma - Episode 66

  • Benedict: "Hey man! Where are you going? The game is going to start in thirty." Cole yells to me as I make my way out of the locker room. "I'll ...
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  • A woman's dilemma - Episode 67

  • Amy: "Claudia did you see the pandemonium?! He's hurt bad!" I cry. Claudia hold me to her chest. "Shhhh. That's enough. crying won&#...
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  • A woman's dilemma - Episode 68

  • Francesca: "Where's she? Where's she? Where's she?" A smile spreads across my lips at the sound of my friend's voice. It sounds like pure deja V...
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  • A woman's dilemma - Episode 69

  • Claudia: "Drop me off here." I instruct the taxi driver who swerves off the road and pulls over in front of the house I used to call home. I pull my sunglasses ...
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  • A woman's dilemma - Episode 70

  • Claudia: "I'm up!" I jump out in bed at the sound of the alarm. I rub the sleep from my eyes as I yawn widely. "Baby, what's the time."...
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