Let Go- Twenty Short Stories

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I have learnt a number of hard lessons in my life, and most of them involve letting go of the things I desire, and the things I want. Even though a lot of people claim that you can always get what you want, the hard, solid truth is that you do not always get what you want. Through these twenty stories, I hope to provide comfort to those who have lost something; those who have had to let go…

The characters in this stories are stretched to the limit and the results are anything but humorous.

These stories will move you, touch you and send you over the edge.

I have written these stories over the past two years or so, and most of you are already conversant with them. Indeed, most of them are available on this website as free stories.

Like I have already said, most of these stories do not spring from nowhere. Let me take the time to explain what motivated me to write these stories; yes, the reasons behind the stories.

I Can’t Live Without You

Have you ever felt so strongly for someone that you believe that you cannot live without them? I have and I know how devastating it is when those very people do not retain your affection. The worst part is not that they don't love you back, but that they never seem to understand or know how much hurt they are causing you...

In this story, I imagine a situation where I introduce my fianceé to my best bud, and she commits the folly of falling in love with him. What would happen? I know I would be devastated for sure. Maybe I would even die from grief.

Hard-to-Get

A certain girl turned me down. God, I really loved her, and all the while I was under the impression that she loved me. Well, may be I was wrong. But I have this subtle feeling that she was just playing hard-to-get; maybe she wanted me to fight for her. There is only one problem. I am not the sort who has so much of a fighting spirit.

Girl Power
I was startled when a girl told me that she does not like associating with females. She said that girls are good at distroying others, and they accomplish all this with their mouths! Well, I just had to investigate the matter.
Lost Dream
Imagine falling in love with the girl whose father knows your dark side. What are the odds for success? I've found out the hard way...
She Stood Waiting
Suppose that girl who dumped you, but whom you really loved, comes back to you crying and blubbering for you to take her back just before that all important rendezvous with your fianceé. How easy would it be to resist that?
Forgotten
There is this friend I had in sixth grade. We were really good friends. She left the country the following year. She came back later, after two years. I asked her if she remembered me; but she claimed she could not remember me at all—even after telling her my name!

I felt stupid afterwards, as if it was all my fault. However, after thinking about it, I have come to understand that she was the one with the problem. You should never forget your friends. You may just need them one day.

So, this story is in an effort to understand what went down; how such a close friend could forget me...
Beautiful Ones Do Not Exist
I wrote this story in an effort to convince myself that beauty is only skin deep, and that you may find the most dreadful imperfections behind the most beautiful faces. Beware...
Hedged-In
This piece is for the girl I loved with a vengence. Having failed to penetrate the thick hedge around her, I set out to work, pouring all my emotions on the paper; trying to understand why she was so hedged-in...
Option C
One of my best creations. The setting is my hometown, Namalundu. Inspired by the true life experiences. Um, I try to reach out to those in despair. No matter how hard and dismal things get, do not try to go for Option C. NEVER.
Remembering Frank
After leaving Universtiy, rather prematurely, I assumed that all my friends would forget about me. I decided to write this piece for a close friend, so that she would remember me long after I had left.
My True Love
I tried with all I was worth to push away a girl who claimed to love me. Then it suddenly hit me: suppose she was the one, and suppose I realised it only too late?
The Miserable life of Mary Mpata
This is just a piece for the good folks out there whose family life is unbearable. It is not your fault.
The Nearest is the Dearest
This is a subtle warning to my dearest: if she distances herself, especially when I most need her, someone will take her place; that face I see everytime I am downhearted.
Unworthy
I tried to fall in love with this girl of a certain elevated nature. I admit I actually did love her. There was only one problem: I was not worth her while, and so I had to let her go.
Angela
Angela mirrors the attitude of someone once close to my heart. She assumed that no one cared for her, and so on occassion she insinutated taking her own life. I was hardly amused, because I did care—too much...
Crush, Crash and Clash
There is this lady who thoroughly shocked me. She wanted me to be her lover, despite having a husband. Wondering what kind of influence she has on her niece (who loves me to the death), I wrote this piece.
Broken Heart
I was always prone to imagining how it would be if she dumped me; and how it would feel. So I simulated the event in which she dumped me. When it actually happened, it was only slightly less painful, and only because in my imaginations, I had experienced it before.
Hard Choice
A little while back, I found myself in a dilemma: I loved two girls who both had qualities I found admirable. Chosing one seemed to be a loss, because the qualities missing in one were present in the other and vice-versa. If there was only a way of combining the two into one!

Well, eventually, I had to make my choice...
John and Sarah
I indulge in my wildest imagination here. Typically, I am wondering if true love exists, and if there are two people out there who love each other so much that they are willing to die for each other.
Dog's Life
I was simply wondering for a person who is a victim of malicious injustice. When and how would his redemption come?

Do you now see that you need to add this book to your collection? Yes, twenty great stories like you have never seen them before. If you hate reading, you will start loving it after reading this book. Get your own copy now and prove me wrong, if you dare...

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