[Music] Once Upon a Time in the village of eam the villagers gathered outside the king's Palace to watch what they called a display of Madness their princess e fora the only daughter of King oor was denouncing her status to marry amui as she walked out of her father's Palace she turned back and waved goodbye to her parents who were visibly upset and to her Maids who had served her her whole life then she continued walking towards Amobi who was waiting outside the palace Amobi of all people a m blacksmith what is so special about him
one villager asked another in disgust he has absolutely nothing to offer the princess the other responded but if for man Amobi already knew what everyone was saying but they did not care they were in love and that was Final later in the evening as ifoma settled into her new home Amobi could not help but notice how uncomfortable she was so with tears in his eyes he said my love I will make you proud do not worry she looked at him and smiled then she turned reached into her bag brought out a pouch and handed it
to her husband Amobi opened it and was shocked to discover a lot of diamonds inside ify where did you get these diamonds he asked in shock but he laugh and answered did you think my parents would send me off with nothing Let Us sell these diamonds and invest the money into your business he former suggested Amobi looked at his wife kindly nobody had shown him this type of Love since he lost both parents as a child he hugged his wife and cried in relief thanking God there was a way they could both survive 3 years
passed and the investment paid off Amobi became the most important blacksmith in his village his great reputation also spread to the surrounding Villages the repons he made were used by Kings and great warriors however as he became wealthier he also became promiscuous and of course it greatly affected his marriage ifarm tried everything to keep a happy home but it was not working and to add to her sadness she was unable to have a child her husband became tired of sleeping with her because according to him it was a waste of his effort she was frustrated
her life was not going according to how she planned it all the promises am mie made had been broken and every day she missed her life as a royal but it was too late according to the laws of the land her refusal to marry a royal sutor meant she was cut off from the royal family and they on the other hand were forbidden to interfere in her marriage whenever she remembered her mother's words she would cry bitterly my daughter please think about this carefully I do not believe this man has the best interest for you
her mother would always say she finally understood that Amobi may not have loved her she was deceived by how much he cared for her and that was why she was willing to forsake everything and everyone she knew maybe he always knew her parents would give her a huge parting gift or maybe he felt marrying a princess was the best thing he could achieve but whatever his reasons were it did not matter it was too late Amobi had disgraced her and he had disgraced the so-called love they shared the villagers also did not respect her because
she was always found fighting her husband's numerous lovers one day she went to the Village Market to buy some fruits when she got to the first seller she picked up a fruit and examined it but she was not satisfied ified with its ripeness so she decided to go to another seller but in Anger the seller said stupid woman why did you touch it if you were not going to buy it I am sure you always annoy your husband which is why he sleeps with everything in his skirt baring woman ifom was shocked had it become
this bad she could not make her choice in the market without problems she left the market crying abandoning the fruit she initially came to buy later at night Amobi came home and as soon as he entered their bedroom he met e fora on her knees crying she said to him I am very unhappy in this marriage I know you are tired of me but please make love to me so I can get a child I don't want to feel alone anymore please end my suffering he looked at her in annoyance what is the Point nothing
is going to come out of it he responded but she refused to give up her husband had not slept with her in months e fora continued to cry and finally he gave in 3 months later she found out she was pregnant and E fora was very excited when Amobi heard the news he also could not contain his Joy he began to make plenty of promises to his wife I will always respect you for this gift you have given me you have my love forever he said ify glowed with pride finally all she wanted was to
enjoy the love of her husband and she was happy that child was able to bring peace to their home just as amui promised he began to care for her just like their early days of courtship all was finally well or was it in the seventh month of pregnancy if went for her regular checkup at an e home in the next Village but when she arrived she was told he traveled for an emergency disappointed she began making her way home but as she got closer to her door she heard a woman laughing confused she opened the
door and continued walking to her room where the noise was coming from ifom pushed the door and found her husband in bed with a woman if if he I thought he went to visit the herbalist Amobi asked in shock the woman who was in bed with him showed no remorse she stood up from the bed and in Anger e fora charged at her in an attempt to beat her up but the woman was stronger and pushed e for to the ground e my baby e e for screamed the fall induced labor so she had to
give birth to the baby prematurely Amobi ran to call the midwives and they came to help her deliver the baby about an hour later e fora delivered a bouncing baby boy and the Midwife stepped out to call amui to see his wife and son but when they came back to the room e former laid there lifeless the other Midwife tried to resuscitate her but it was too late she was weak and her heart was filled with sor there was no fight left in her anymore e for passed away Amobi was devastated by the passing of
his wife he could not make sense of anything that happened but above all he blamed himself his wickedness killed e former the woman who sacrificed everything to be with him so he SW that he was not going to associate himself with any other woman rather he was going to spend the rest of his days focusing on his son and his business I will honor you for as long as I leave Amobi would say to himself any time he remembered a former over 20 years passed and he kept to his words he stayed away from the
women in the village minding his business Amobi spent his days taking care of his son uch who was now in his mid 20s one day uch went to his father and said Papa I have found the one the woman my heart beats for I am ready to get married amui was delighted by the news he thanked God for such a blessing quickly he expressed his support and promised he was going to support his son by gifting him a house livestock and his business as his inheritance when can I meet my daughter-in-law I would like to
see her he asked in excitement which promise to bring her later that week and the date was agreed on the date of the arranged meeting uch brought his wife to be chinaza to see his father but as soon as amui set his eyes on chinaza it was like love at first sight he could not believe a woman could make his heart so warm Pap chinaza greeted him when he heard the smoothness of her voice his heart leaped in excitement what manner of goddess is this he thought but he quickly reminded himself that he was standing
before his son's bride to be the meeting went very smoothly and once in a while he would still glances at chinaza lusting after her beauty and at night Amobi refused to sleep he tossed and turned tirelessly on his bed chinaza occupied his thoughts the following weeks were quite busy preparations for the wedding between uch and chinaza were in full gear and every time amui saw chinaza his longing for her increased it was like her beauty kept increasing each passing moment on the wedding day when she stepped out in their cultural attire adorned in beads Amo
be could not keep his eyes off her as she danced that day he knew he had to have her by any means possible he was in love with her when the wedding was over Amobi asked Uchi and chinaza to move in with him please just stay with me for a while there has been a delay in getting your heart ready he said to them and they agreed but weeks went by and there was no news of the house anytime he saw privately asked about the progress of the house he would not give a meaningful answer
I want to add some finishing touches to it he would say but in front of chinaza Amobi would bring up the topic again bragging about how his son cannot achieve anything without him at every attempt he made his son feel less like a man if I pass away today uch will amount to nothing he even needs me to get a house for himself and his new wife he would say teasing him the way he spoke lowly of his son began to affect chinaza she started believing that her husband was good for nothing she and Amobi
began spending more and more time together in her heart that was the man she needed she found every excuse to always be around her father-in-law and Amobi knew that he had finally worn her over one day he approached her and poured his heart out and of course chinaza reciprocated his feelings I want you to be all mine I don't want you for a night or a few hours in a day I want to marry you he said to chinaza but she was confused how could that be she was already married to uch but Amobi had
a plan however he was not ready to share it with her on till he was sure he could trust her so as the days went by whenever Uchi would go out to oversee his father's business chinaza would warm amu's bed they were now madly in love with each other one day she said to him I am tired of pretending to love my husband I wish he could just disappear amui smiled because he knew it was finally time to tell her his plan I can make him disappear he said looking into her eyes chinaza immediately knew
what he meant and she smiled back at him in approval so with very few words said they set the plan in motion to kill Uchi one afternoon Amobi called uch and said to him my son the beautiful house I prepared for you and your bride is finally ready but before you move out I need you to do me a favor Amobi told uch that he had to deliver some weapons to the battlefield where two Villages were fighting uch was alarmed but but Papa the war is dangerous I don't see myself returning alive if I go
there he answered but Amobi assured him that nothing would go wrong as someone would be waiting to collect the weapons before he gets to the battlefield o was still not convinced he told his wife about it and she said I think he should go I want your father to know that you are a man a man that he can depend on his wife's words finally convinced him so the next day early in the morning he carried the weapons and set off to his death fortunately for him the Assassin Amobi contracted to kuch close to the
battlefield recognized him as he hid in the bushes he thought deeply should he kill the man he had been sent after or rescue the man who saved him from drowning in a river over a year ago he knew he had to do the right thing so he stepped out of the bushes and approached uch are you the one my father asked me to deliver these weapons to Uchi asked him the Assassin was shocked amui never told him it was his son whom he was meant to kill do you remember me he asked uch who took
a long look at him before he finally recognized him eona I hope you know how to swim now ugona fored a smile and asked Uchi to sit down for a conversation when he was done telling Uchi about his mission Uchi began to weep profusely what manner of evil was that a father after his own on over the years I have acquired some wealth I will give you a share so you can run far away where your father will not find you ugona told him I began crying again my wife CH I need to get her
so we can leave together when ugon heard the name he struggled for a brief moment your father approached me with a woman called chinaza but he introduced her as his wife uch could not believe his ears he did not need anyone to tell him what was going on he always thought that the closeness between his father and wife was innocent child his heart was broken the Assassin took him to his house and the following day he escorted him to a farway village where he could start a new life the man gave him a house a
piece of land to farmon and some gold thank you so much uch said in tears the man shook his head and said I am only returning the favor remember you always have a friend in me then the man went on his way over at eam Village Amobi and chinaza rejoiced over 's demise the Assassin had sent a message saying the mission was successful less than a year after 's passing Amobi went to meet chaz's parents to inform them that he would be marrying his son's Widow and they accepted because of how wealthy he was months
after the private wedding ceremony chinaza became pregnant and when she reached her full term she delivered a baby boy but not long after the baby became very ill and soon passed away don't worry my love God will bless us with another amui said comforting her soon she got pregnant again and gave birth to another child but the child died again let's try one more time he told his wife we need an air so they did and she became pregnant again but this time the child lived past three months and in excitement they threw a celebration
for the child's naming ceremony but a week after the ceremony the child passed away Amobi and his wife were depressed what seemed to be the problem eventually e for's mother suggested they both visit the popular medical missionaries who had newly come into the village the next morning they journeyed to find them the missionaries asked them the necessary questions then they decided to do some testing and they discovered that eoma and Amobi were carriers of the SLE cell Gene the three babies chinaza breathed were carriers of the gene which was why the babies passed away prematurely
the missionaries told them they could still have healthy babies however the risk of having more children with the SS chin was not impossible Amobi was filled with with grief as usual he realized how stupid he had been he traded his son for an uncertain future how did he allow his life to get this bad the love he thought he felt for chinaza suddenly turned sour when they got home he asked her to leave his house because he wanted nothing more to do with her again please go back to your father's house I want to spend
the rest of my days paying for my wickedness he said to her and just as he said his days were spent sitting alone in his heart in grief he longed to hear his son's Voice once again Ami's final days were plagued with nightmares and some people would usually say that they heard him begging for his life to end when they went past his house when he finally died as a lonely old man the villagers raided his house taking everything precious to him and his home turned into a den for thieves to hide out thank you
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