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CHRONICLES OF A RUNS GIRL— A Crime Thriller Series Episode One

Deòlu was tired of poverty. Born and raised in Ìlorin, she had known suffering all her life. Her father was a bricklayer who worked under the scorching sun for daily pay, and her mother sold roasted corn by the roadside. Feeding was a struggle, and school fees were a luxury. The streets had taught her one thing—if you wanted a good life, you had to grab it with both hands. So when her childhood friend, Teni, invited her to Lagos, promising her “soft life,” she didn’t think twice. “Lagos no be your village,” Teni had laughed over the phone. “If you sabi package, you go blow.” Deòlu packed her few belongings—just a small Ghana-Must-Go bag filled with second-hand clothes and cheap perfume—and boarded a night bus to Lagos. The city was a monster, but she was ready. Apapa Hustle Begins Teni lived in a cramped one-room apartment in Apapa, close to the port. The air smelled of fish and sea salt, and the streets were always busy, filled with truck drivers, market women, and men with wandering ...
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LOVE INSOMNIA





A New Story. A New Genre. A Different Kind of Love.

I’m about to venture into a genre I haven’t written in before.

Psychological Romance / Drama.

And this time, I’m taking on themes that are much heavier and more complex than what I usually explore:

Mental Health. Love. Recovery. Family. Reality vs. Perception.

I’m starting this story on my blog—not because it is a smaller story, but because I want to give myself room to learn, experiment, make mistakes, and grow before taking this kind of story to a much bigger platform.

Meet Chioma.

She is 22.

She has just gained admission into university. She loves books, especially romance novels. She has a family that loves her and an ordinary life ahead of her.

Until one day, something changes.

She begins seeing things other people can’t see.

Hearing voices other people can’t hear.

And slowly, the line between what is happening and what she believes is happening begins to disappear.

Then she meets a psychiatrist.

A man who is supposed to help her find her way back to reality.

Instead, she falls in love with him.

But here’s the question I want this story to explore:

When someone is struggling to distinguish reality from perception, how do they know which feelings they can trust?

And perhaps even more importantly—

Can someone living with a mental illness still experience genuine love?

This story isn’t about portraying mental illness as something frightening or making a character’s condition the entirety of who she is.

It’s about a young woman trying to understand herself, her mind, her relationships, and the world around her.

It’s about family.

It’s about recovery.

It’s about the things we don’t always understand about mental health.

And yes…

It’s also a love story.

But not a simple one.

There will be moments when you’ll question what is real.

There will be moments when you won’t know whether to believe Chioma—or the people around her.

There will be moments when even love becomes difficult to understand.

I’m writing this story to learn.

I’m writing it to challenge myself.

And I’m writing it because sometimes the stories we are most afraid to attempt are the ones that teach us the most.

So…

Welcome to Chioma’s world.

Just be careful.

Because in her world, not everything you see is necessarily real.

And not every feeling is as easy to explain as it seems.

Watch out for a complicated story—but one that I hope will leave you thinking, feeling, and ultimately satisfied.

The journey begins on the blog.
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