30/05/2026
*Episode 1: Date with the wrong sister
Sit down. Let me write you something that happened to a brother like you and I.
There was a man. Let’s call him Tunde. Tunde was not a foolish man. He was careful with his heart. But like all of us, he too had fallen. This time, to a voice on the phone.
For weeks, they spoke. Morning texts. Midnight calls. Laughter through bad network. She told him about her dreams. He told her about his fears. And slowly, Tunde began to believe... this one might be different.
So he did what men do when hope is fresh. He planned a date.
"Blue dress," he said. "Café Neo. 6pm. I will be the one with small water on the table."
And she answered, "Done, Tunde. I will find you."
My people, do you know what 6pm feels like when you’re waiting for a maybe?
Tunde arrived at 5:45pm. Too early to look desperate, too late to run away. He ordered small water — not because he was thirsty, but because a man needs something to hold when his hands are shaking.
Every woman in blue dress that walked past, his heart would jump. Boom. Then fall again. Boom. Then fall again.
Until 6:02pm.
Blue dress entered.
Tunde stood up. Shoulders back. The smile he practiced in the mirror for 30 minutes. Voice steady: "Hi, I’m Tunde... you must be Ada?"
And the woman looked at him. Not with anger. Not with mockery. But with that look people give you when you’ve made an honest mistake in public.
"Uh... I’m not Ada o." She smiled, small. "I’m her elder sister, Chioma."
My people...
At that moment, Tunde’s face froze. The water in his hand suddenly felt heavy. The practiced smile became dust. The ground beneath Café Neo wanted to open and swallow him whole.
Because in that one sentence, two things happened:
His plan died.
And something else... was just born.
But that, my people, is a story for Epistle 002.
For now, tell me: If you were Tunde, with your heart beating and your pride in pieces... would you run outside to wait for Ada...
Or would you sit down with Chioma?
Reply me. Let me know what kind of man you are.
Told by Herisco