Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

    Only $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

    Wura's Woodin Adventures: A Novella (The Aso-Ebi Chronicles, Part 2)
    Wura's Woodin Adventures: A Novella (The Aso-Ebi Chronicles, Part 2)
    Wura's Woodin Adventures: A Novella (The Aso-Ebi Chronicles, Part 2)
    Ebook99 pages1 hour

    Wura's Woodin Adventures: A Novella (The Aso-Ebi Chronicles, Part 2)

    By Sharon Abimbola Salu

    5/5

    ()

    Read preview

    About this ebook

    Someone has been stealing expensive jewelry from Alhaja Munirat Rahman, a fabric and jewelry merchant. It is up to Wura Oyelese, her 20-something year old niece, to unmask the culprit.

    As she nurtures a budding romance with the self-proclaimed suave efiko, Kola Adegbenro, and pursues the highly-coveted title of Miss UNILAG, will Wura catch the thief?

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSharon Abimbola Salu
    Release dateAug 15, 2014
    ISBN9781310910401
    Wura's Woodin Adventures: A Novella (The Aso-Ebi Chronicles, Part 2)
    Author

    Sharon Abimbola Salu

    Sharon Abimbola Salu grew up in Lagos, Nigeria where she lived until she relocated to the United States of America where she currently resides. Her stories are mostly set in Nigeria, and she writes stories she would like to read. A professed lover of spicy foods, she loves experimenting with new recipes, to the dismay of non-spicy food lovers. Apart from writing, photography is her other hobby. Visit her blog at http://www.sharonsalu.com

    Read more from Sharon Abimbola Salu

    Related to Wura's Woodin Adventures

    Titles in the series (4)

    View More
    View More

    Related ebooks

    Mystery For You

    View More
    View More

    Related podcast episodes

    Related articles

    • Article

      Cherie Jones

      Jan 7, 2021

      Cherie Jones
      3 min read

    • Article

      Life On The Edge

      Mar 4, 2024

      Life On The Edge
      8 min read

    • Article

      Run, Baby, Run!

      Sep 25, 2023

      Run, Baby, Run!
      7 min read

    • Article

      Benjamin Nugent

      Jun 15, 2018

      Claire’s roommates threw her out on November third, for falling behind on rent and hogging the Xbox. During the next three weeks, she lived in other people’s houses. She missed the Xbox, but couch surfing was like a game. She had to not smell like co

      20 min read

    • Article

      Wounds That Won’t Heal

      Oct 30, 2017

      Wounds That Won’t Heal
      7 min read

    • Article

      Luis Alberto Urrea

      Jun 12, 2023

      Luis Alberto Urrea
      12 min read

    • Article

      Mermaid Magic

      Jun 30, 2023

      SHE couldn’t have asked for better timing: to release a book about a mermaid just as the smash-hit Disney movie The Little Mermaid hits the screen. Zandile Ndhlovu’s new book focuses on a girl from Soweto named Zandi who yearns to explore the ocean.

      2 min read

    • Article

      Welcome to Reliance

      Dec 1, 2021

      Welcome to Reliance
      11 min read

    • Article

      Books

      Aug 21, 2023

      Books
      6 min read

    • Article

      Nessa Anwar

      Oct 6, 2023

      Nessa Anwar
      3 min read

    • Article

      Our literary HEROINES

      Aug 27, 2020

      Our literary HEROINES
      5 min read

    • Article

      Book Club

      Jul 20, 2022

      Book Club
      5 min read

    • Article

      My Story The Secrets We Keep

      Oct 7, 2020

      My Story The Secrets We Keep
      4 min read

    • Article

      Off The Shelf

      Aug 4, 2021

      What if we could speak to the dead? It would be a rare person processing the loss of a loved one who hadn’t wished they could pick up the phone and have one last conversation. The Emporium of the Imagination is inspired by the true story of the wind

      5 min read

    • Article

      My Story The Secrets We Keep

      Oct 7, 2020

      My Story The Secrets We Keep
      4 min read

    • Article

      Tuesday New Release Day: Starring Schuyler, Cai, Adjapon, and More

      Jan 31, 2023

      Here’s a quick look at some notable books—new release titles from George S. Schuyler, Delia Cai, Bisi Adjapon, and more—that are publishing this week. Want to learn more about upcoming titles? Then go read our most recent book preview. Want to help T

      4 min read

    • Article

      Women We Love

      May 6, 2024

      Women We Love
      18 min read

    Related categories

    Reviews for Wura's Woodin Adventures

    5/5

    3 ratings0 reviews

    What did you think?

    Tap to rate

    Review must be at least 10 words

      Book preview

      Wura's Woodin Adventures - Sharon Abimbola Salu

      Wura's Woodin Adventures: A Novella (The Aso-Ebi Chronicles, Part 2)

      By

      Sharon Abimbola Salu

      SMASHWORDS EDITION

      Copyright © 2014 by Sharon Abimbola Salu

      Cover Illustration by Qaaim Goodwin

      Connect with Sharon

      E-Mail: bakwai7@gmail.com

      Blog: http://sharonsalu.wordpress.com

      Facebook: http://facebook.com/SharonAbimbolaSalu

      Twitter: http://twitter.com/sharon_salu

      Google +: gplusid.com/sharonsalu

      Thank you for downloading this free eBook. You are welcome to share it with your friends. This book may be reproduced, copied and distributed for non-commercial purposes, provided the book remains in its complete original form, with the exception of quotes used in reviews.

      Your support and respect for the property of this author is appreciated.

      This book is a work of fiction and any resemblance to persons, living or dead, or places, events or locales is purely coincidental. The characters are productions of the author’s imagination and used fictitiously.

      Discover other titles by Sharon Abimbola Salu at Smashwords.com:

      Short Stories:

      Stay in Berlin

      The Piano Book

      Nosa's Wedding

      Three Mangoes

      The Last Komole

      1, 2, 3 Disappear

      The Life and Times of Two Flared Nostrils

      Novellas:

      Bewaji's Ankara Adventures: A Novella (The Aso-Ebi Chronicles, Part 1)

      Contents

      Chapter One

      Chapter Two

      Chapter Three

      Chapter Four

      Chapter Five

      Chapter Six

      Chapter Seven

      Chapter Eight

      Chapter Nine

      Chapter Ten

      Chapter Eleven

      Chapter Twelve

      About the Author

      One

      A young woman crossed a busy road in Apapa, and narrowly missed being knocked down by a motorcycle. The okada driver swerved just in time to avoid colliding with the absentminded girl. She paid no attention to the vehement curses he hurled at her, and kept walking. She did not see him crash, mere seconds later, into a pile of empty cartons in front of a shop. Thankfully, nobody was hurt and the okada driver lived to see another day.

      After his crash, his cursing subsided significantly, and he began to speculate as to the cause of his almost accident. His superstitious mind readily presented the answer: the girl who had crossed his path minutes before. He concluded that she was a witch, a principality or worse still, an evil spirit in human form, on a mission. The same mouth that had just uttered multiple curses said a quick prayer and the okada driver hurried along. The girl, unaware of the terror she had inspired in this man's heart, continued on her way, still deep in thought.

      The young woman in question was a petite - actually, 'short' was the correct word - woman in her early 20s. Her thick hair was locked into tight braids, special cornrows popularly known as Ghana weaving. The way the skin on her forehead was tightly drawn was irrefutable proof that the hairstyle was fresh. She was on her way back from the salon where she had gone to get her hair braided. It was while she was there that her friend and classmate, Chinyere, had given her some very bad news: not only was she on the verge of being disqualified from the Mr. and Miss UNILAG Beauty Pageant, but she was also lacking a pageant-winning accessory: jewelry. Chinyere Uba, who brought her the news, was the only woman on the pageant planning committee. The rest of the committee members were men and most of the contestants, if not all, were their past or current girlfriends. In fact, Kunle Balogun, who was the Committee Chairman, was reported to have four of the girls he was dating simultaneously as contestants. But that shameless polygamist was not her immediate concern. Her potential disqualification was.

      Wuraola Oyelese was a second year student at the Department of English at the University of Lagos, otherwise known as UNILAG. However, she had gotten into UNILAG as a pre-degree student.

      The original plan was to study law, but after scoring below the JAMB cut-off mark four times in a row, and after dealing with the pain of seeing junior girls she used to boss around in secondary school, pass the same exam and enroll in different undergraduate programs, she decided, for the sake of her sanity and optimal mental health, to initiate Plan D.

      Plan B was to take the SATs and study abroad, but no one would pay the school fees. Plan C was to join a jazz band as a backup singer, but she knew her father would skin her alive if he so much as smelt the idea. The look her mother had given her when she jokingly brought up the idea was what made her decide that Plan C was crazy, and needed to be snuffed out. So, Plan D had surfaced: enroll in a pre-degree course and somehow try to get into an undergraduate program. Eventually. That plan was the one that worked.

      Wura was just rounding off her first Jambite year, when she heard of the Mr. and Miss UNILAG Beauty Pageant. To tell the truth, she was less concerned about Mr. UNILAG, and more interested in the Miss UNILAG part. Recalling how she had won Miss Scruples and several other awards in secondary school, she decided to contest. She would be representing the Department of English.

      At the time she turned in her application, all students of the university were allowed to contest. But now, according to reports from the meeting held by the student-run planning committee, they were on the verge of making a decision to eliminate contestants who came in as pre-degree students.

      According to Chinyere, this idea originated from one of Kunle's girlfriends. The other three girlfriends, who were also contestants, had come into the school as pre-degree students. This bad belle girlfriend was the only one of Kunle's girls who came into UNILAG based on her JAMB results. Whether her JAMB results were real and not fabricated was a totally different question. The school campus was rife with rumors that she did not even take JAMB, but how were rumors going to help Wura's case?

      Wura was furious that she was being roped into a plot masterminded by a jealous girlfriend. Another woman might have quit the competition at that point, but not Wura. She was very competitive and that nervous, restless energy was what drove her in moments when defeat seemed inevitable.

      At that moment, she was deep in thought, analyzing the best possible way to handle the situation. Strangely enough, she was not on her way to school. No, she was on her way to visit Alhaja Rahman, her aunt.

      Before she left the salon, at the moment when she was sure the girl braiding her hair was braiding even her hair follicles, she had received a phone call from her mother, Mrs. Oyelese. Her mother wanted Wura to pick up some yards of lace fabric from Alhaja Rahman, Mrs. Oyelese's younger sister.

      After paying the hairdresser for intentional infliction of pain, as well as a brand new hairdo, she set out for Apapa GRA, where her aunt lived.

      Alhaja Rahman or Alhaja as most people called her, was a very successful business woman who traded in textiles, jewelry and similar accessories. Her store was regularly stocked with the trendiest fabrics ranging from the least expensive to the downright overpriced. With all the social events that Lagosians and Nigerians generally were known for, it was no wonder that her business was thriving. Women, who never wore the same outfit twice, patronized Alhaja's shop to find those one-of-a-kind fabrics.

      Although the Ankara craze was sweeping across the nation that year, 2008 was also the year that saw another kind of fabric stealing, or perhaps sharing,

      Enjoying the preview?
      Page 1 of 1