16/05/2024
DANCING WITH THE DEVIL
EPISODE ONE
Written by (Author WF Miracle)
WAEC was already over and I had 9 A's Nneka my best friend also made all her papers.
through my help in the exam hall I can't let her down, Because among the girls in my class she was the only one that knew my pains and what I was going through.
I had no future even when she kept telling me not to give up.
She had the brighter future so I needed to assist her make her papers because she had someone ready to train her to university.
In my own case I knew I was only going to perish in this village..
After our exams Nneka pick up all her belongings and went to lagos.
Everyday she would always call to encourage me not to give up on life.
Mazi Ebuka on the other hand had began preparation to marry me.
He was known through out the whole village as the Classic Widower
I wonder why everyone call him classic widower maybe because all the women he had once married are all dead.
EBUKA had in the past married 10 wives all have all died rumors has it in the village that he was using them for ritual.
And this is the man my dad wants me to marry
Each time I tell my parents about it they just wave it off as " it's just a rumors there's no prove about it dad will always say"
My mum who was always in support of me had also join my dad to force me into Marrying Mazi Ebuka.
It was August Ebuka had already printed our wedding card and has bought two cows
And has told everyone in the village about his marriage to me. At this stage I had to give in
I was ready to be my family sacrificial Lamb to redeem all the debt they took from Mazi Ebuka.
Preparation had already began
EBUKA had sent 700,000 to my parent for my cloths and shoes.
I kept wondering where would an old man get such huge amount of money in this village from.
And why is he so desperate to marry me or did thay asked him to bring a Virgin this time around. So many questions were just ringing in my head.
In this village where there's