… At 6 p.m., Angela met up with her friend Caroline at a fast-food joint in Agla, a neighborhood in Cotonou. She planned to tell her that she would soon be leaving Cotonou to continue her studies in Goleta, and she knew Caroline wouldn’t take it well. Her friend had always been possessive and couldn’t […]
Tuesday, 9 PMLike many second- and third-year students, Isabelle Kano didn’t live on campus. She had opted for one of the private residences located just a few meters from the university. A wealthy developer had come up with the idea of building hundreds of student housing units around the campus. Students could pay monthly or […]
Goléta, Wednesday, December 8 She cast another sweeping glance around the room without getting up. Something had come into this room (or someone). She was certain of it. Lisa was also sure she had been awake for a while already. She felt as if she had been stuck between sleep and wakefulness. A kind of […]
1:00 PM He wore a blue shirt over black trousers. He had on navy blue sneakers with white soles. His broad shoulders filled out his shirt, and he wore sunglasses to shield his eyes. With his backpack slung over one shoulder, he stood calmly in front of classroom B3. His wait was brief, as the […]
8:00 PM He had woken up around 7 a.m. and asked everyone to leave. Most of them had grumbled, but eventually, one by one, they got up and went home. Some had come to their senses. Others, not really. Anyway, the majority of the guests had already left before he woke up. It had been […]
As long as you are alive, you interact with people in your environment. Whether you’re going to the store or a shopping mall to buy something, during the 5 or 10 minutes you spend there, you interact with people. You might meet someone buying the same item, laugh, share a few jokes, and then never […]
what are these relationships? They are relationships that have a role to play in your life. Throughout your life, as long as you are alive, these relationships are meant to remain, and they are the ones for which you must be willing to pay the price – under God – to maintain, because something about […]
Five years ago, a man called me in tears, saying he wasn’t lazy and that his university results had just come out—he had done very well. However, there was one subject in the second semester that he had not passed due to circumstances beyond his control. The reason for this young man’s distress was that […]
I understand that animals can eat animals, but I never knew that years could also devour other years. Pay close attention now! Seven years of abundance will be devoured by seven years of famine, to the point where one can no longer imagine that abundance ever existed. This is a very powerful mystery. Please, stay […]
The next phase of your life is called the afternoon stage. Remember that the morning stage is a time of learning, while the afternoon stage is a time of execution, representing the next 25 years of your life, from 26 to 50 years old. This is not a stage of chance. If you are still […]
