The Temptation of Fate - Book Trailer.

 

The Temptation of Fate is a tale of naïve teenagers and ignorant young adults who tempt fate with their rebellious, value-deficient attitudes. These youngsters are never prepared to take responsibilities for their actions because they think the world owes them something. And they are inadvertently encouraged by parents who do not know the difference between parental love and negligence.

JESSICA WEATHERS: A white 17 year-old teenager in the suburb of Chicago is a spoilt brat whose profane vocabulary will make a sailor green with envy. In spite of her loving, adoring parents and a middle-class background, Weathers cannot wait to be free from parental control.

LAKEERA WATSON: On the other side of Chicago, this time, a tough inner city neighborhood, is this black 16-year old who walks in on her mother and boyfriend in an intimate situation. Her mother’s parental indiscretion and negligence will pave the way for the older woman’s boyfriend to lust after the teenager. And the girl’s greed for all that glitters does not help matters.

ERIC TURNER: For this 23 year-old African American, it’s been a rise through thick and thin from a notorious Chicago south-side neighborhood to become a health care professional. He however commits some moral and legal blunders that threaten to derail everything for which he has worked.

MARY MILLER: Turner’s mother and his strong pillar of support. Miller struggles against all odds and stereotypes to ensure the emancipation of her kids from a ghetto existence. Now that her son appears to be on a downward spiral, the woman springs into action not only to save him from going to jail but also to avoid his relapse into a life of doldrums.

Part 3 of How Single Mothers Expose Their Daughters to Abuse.

A couple of hours later, both Hakim Wright and Lakeera Watson waltzed their way back into the apartment with assorted shopping bags. A giggling Lakeera threw the bags she was holding on a nearby couch while Wright dropped another set of bags beside the pile...

   “Hey baby, why don’t you try them on here so that I can see them on you?”

   “What…here?” the girl’s eyes opened wide as she asked with a blush.

 “Listen…” the man insisted with a smile. “I’ve been there, done that. What else is new? I just want to see how the bra fits…”

   “By staring at me in the nude?” Lakeera asked. “Alright...will you cover your eyes? I don’t want you staring at me.”

   “Okay…” Wright agreed. “No problem.”

   He raised his right palm to cover his face.

   Awkwardly, the girl dropped the bag and began to pull off her blouse to reveal a pair of black bra. She slowly reached for her back to unhook the bra before peeling it off her body.

“Jesus.” Wright exclaimed as he brought down his hand to gawk at the girl’s chest. “You are so cute.”

“Excuse me Hakim…” Lakeera gave a mock scream and feigned anger. “You were supposed to cover your eyes…”

“I’m sorry…” Wright said. “But baby, I can’t resist this pretty sight. Wow…you are beautiful.”

   “Oh, shit…” Lakeera cursed as she blushed deeply. “Forget you, Hakim…”

   Now, the girl turned her back on him in obvious reaction to his staring eyes. Covering her exposed breasts with one arm, she reached for a new bra from one of the bags.

   Just then, Wright walked up to her quietly and held her from behind.

   “Oh Lord...Hakim, what…what are you doing?” the girl protested feebly…

   “Can you close your eyes for a minute?”

   “Okay.” the girl complied excitedly.

   Within a few seconds, she felt the hands of the man on her body as he scooped her up in his arms.

   “Hakim…” a startled Lakeera opened her eyes and yelled. “What is this?”

   “You just wait and see…” the man answered.

   He now carried the girl into her mother’s bedroom where he gently set her on the bed. Lakeera was still trying to figure out the man’s next course of action when she saw him pull down her skirt.

   Stunned, the girl could only glare at the man.

   “Jesus…Hakim…” she asked. “What are you trying to do?”

   “You just wait…” Wright stated softly. “You’ll soon know what I’m about to do.”

   He gave her a long kiss, pulled away briefly as he removed his clothes.

   Now in the nude, he climbed atop her. He was kissing her forehead when, at the same time, he made to enter her.

   Soon, the girl screamed in agony.

   “Sorry baby.” Wright whispered. “It’s always a bit painful on a girl’s first time.”

This is an excerpt from The Temptation of Fate by Femi Olawole.

Part 2 of How Single Mothers Expose Their Daughters to Abuse.

Lakeera Watson had just returned from school when she heard the sound of the doorbell. At the door, the teenager was surprised to see Hakim Wright, her mother’s boyfriend, through the glass partition.

 Reluctantly, she opened the door to let him in…

 “Tell me.” the man asked. “What really did I do to make you hate me so much?”

  “I don’t know what you’re talking about.” she answered.

   Wright knew otherwise but continued to talk, this time with an enchanting smile.

“God knows I care so much about you.” Wright began to say. “And I’ve been telling myself to do whatever it takes to make you like me…I mean for us to be friends.”

   He pretended to appraise her teenage body all over for a few seconds.

“See baby…” he continued to flatter her. “All you need are just some designer clothes and shoes…and you’ll be a total knockout.”

   The girl blushed even as she tried to wave off the flattery.

   “Listen…I really don’t know what you’re talking about.”

   Again, the man resumed his pretense at appraisal, looking her all over.

“Guess what…” he stated confidently. “I know the right stores where you can get all those stuffs.”

     “Oh, great…” Lakeera shook her head with a smile.

   “Sure, I’m serious about that, you know…” Wright said with emphasis.

   The girl stared silently at Wright. Then, she stood up. Wright did likewise.

   “Hakim, why are you doing this?” she asked the man.

   “Simple.” Wright said casually. “It’s because I care about you baby.”

   “And mom knows about this?”

   “Oh, no. She only knew I wanted to talk with you about the incident of the other day.”

   “Okay…”

   “So baby, let’s go do some shopping, can we?”

   Wright made for the door while the girl slowly followed suit.

This is an excerpt from The Temptation of Fate, a literary fiction, by Femi Olawole

How Single Mothers Expose Their Daughters to Abuse.

Lakeera Watson woke up with a start. The 16 year old teenager looked around with sleepy eyes, wondering why she woke up. Then, she heard some rude noises, the source of which she could not place immediately.

   Impulsively, she glanced at the table clock beside her bed. It indicated that the time was ten minutes after one in the morning.

   She decided to go back to sleep. But when the noises persisted, she got up slowly from her queen-sized bed.

   Grabbing a robe from atop a nearby chair, the girl wore it quickly over her night dress. Then, she walked toward the direction of the noises.

   Lakeera Watson had almost reached her mother’s bedroom, when she realized that it was her mother who had been giggling so noisily.

   Wondering about the object of the older woman’s amusement; the sleepy-eyed girl decided to go check for herself.

   The teenager had barely reached the door of the bedroom when the laughter changed into soft cries. Baffled by the sudden turn of events, the girl quickly moved closer to the half-closed door and gently pushed it to let herself in. And that was when she got the rudest shock of her life.

   Lying intertwined on the bed, with eyes tightly shut was her spread-eagled mother and a man atop her. The man was heard breathing heavily as he engaged in what appeared, in the girl’s consciousness, to be an act of sex.

   Stunned by the gory sight, the girl was momentarily transfixed to one spot while she listened to the heavy grunts and some weird whistling sounds that came from both her mother and the man.

   Suddenly, Lakeera heard her mother and the man cry out in ecstasy. Not really comprehending the situation, the teenager also heard her mother yell a command to the man to get off her.

     In disgust, the teenager bolted from the room. But in the process, she inadvertently knocked one of her arms on the edge of the door.

   It was this commotion that exposed her presence in the room.

   Alerted by the noisy departure of her daughter, Sherri Watson and her lover turned sharply to catch a fleeting glimpse of the fleeing girl.

   “Oh, no.” the older Watson sprang up from the bed to put on a bath robe.

“What the hell was she doing here?” her boyfriend asked in anger as he too sat up in the bed. Without an answer, Sherri Watson walked slowly toward her daughter’s room.     

This is an excerpt from The Temptation of Fate, a book by Femi Olawole.