Web of confusion season 2 episode 19

Adindu Presh
"WEB OF CONFUSION"

SEASON 2--Episode 19

Ebere was led into the Hut where Ulumma's body lay. She opened the cloth used in covering the body and indeed it was Ulumma's.

"Oh No.. Oh no.. Oh, my sister cannot die like that!! No.. I can't let Ajonwa go Scott free.. Neverrrr"Ebere screamed as she ran out of the Hut and out of the Palace like an insane woman.

"Follow her.. Make sure she doesn't hurt herself!!"King Afam instructed 2 guards who ran after her.

Ebere ran to Agbala Shrine and met Nworie sitted in front of the shrine looking so sad and forlorn.

"Nworie.. Tell me exactly what led to the death of my sister. Where is Ajonwa right now?"Ebere asked

"My Queen, I don't know of her whereabouts.."Nworie replied

Ebere was really angry and her eyes were red in annoyance. She scattered her hair and threw her royal beads away.
"I swear by the gods.. Ajonwa, I will find you and I will kill you"She said slowly.
Then she opened her right palm slowly, said something into it and then intently looked at it for some minutes before laughing wickedly.
"I know where she is"She said to Nworie and before he could even reply, she dashed out fast into the thick bushes while the guard followed her.
Nworie thought for a while and followed her too.

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Ajonwa was tired from running. She was already at the boundary between Umuozara and the other next village.
"Let me rest for a while before I continue.. Ndi mmiri is still far from here" She sat down under an Ukwa tree for a while before she went into the bush to look for any fruit to eat..

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Ebere was running frantically and seem not to be tired. The guards and Nworie following her were already tired.

"My Queen, where are we going to?"Nworie asked..

Ebere looked and looked at them. She wasn't even out of breathe after running for that long. "Am going to face Ajonwa once and for all. She must pay for causing me this pain. She must pay for killing my dearest sister. If you people are tired, you can go back.. This fight is my fight"Ebere said and dashed out.

Nworie was surprised. He couldn't believe this was the weak Ebere he had heard about. "Ulumma u were right.."He muttered to himself, then ran after her.

They got to the boundary that separated Umuozara from the next village and Ebere stopped.
She sniffed around slowly like a dog.. Then looked into her right palm again and smiled then started walking into a part of the bush. All these while, Nworie and the guards kept quiet and was just looking at her from behind.

Ebere walked into the bush and the rest followed. Lo and behold, there stood Ajonwa under a cashew tree chewing cashew hungrily.

"Eat to your fill because it will be your last"Ebere said

Ajonwa jolted from her position and threw the cashew away looking intently at Ebere before she bursted into a loud laughter.
"You? You this weak woman!!"She clapped her hands and laughed the more. "So they brought you.. Ebere to fight me? Ulumma failed in killing me and you think you can do more than her? Oh! Very funny"Ajonwa laughed the more.

Ebere kept a straight face and walked to the laughing Ajonwa then held her neck with her right hand..White smoke was coming out from her hand as she kept choking Ajonwa who was growing weaker and weaker and then fell on the ground. Ebere didn't stop.. She bent down and kept choking Ajonwa with all her powers till she was sure she was dead.

"Thanks be to the gods, the evil child is dead!!"The guards exclaimed in relief.
Ebere stood up and stretched her palm forward to one of the guard like she wanted to collect something from him.

"What is it my Queen?"He asked

"Your sword.. Give me your sword"She commanded

The perplexed guard immediately handed over his sword to her and she lifted it up and cut Ajonwa's head away from her body.. The head rolled away while the body kept convulsing and bleeding from the neck before it finally stopped.
Now Ajonwa was dead for real!!
Nworie and the rest watched all these in awe.

"That is for the death of my sister and the Salvation of the Land.."Ebere said before walking away.
The guards marvelled as they went into the bush to get banana leaves to wrap both the body and the uprooted head.

All these while, Anyanwu had been in the bush watching!! He had secretly followed them from the Palace to the shrine and then to the place where Ajonwa was killed. He didn't show himself because he was scared that Ajonwa would kill him.

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Ebere went into the Palace and straight to the throne room where she was sure her husband would be. She had bloodstains all over her.
"My love, what's with all the bloodstains.. Hope you didn't hurt yourself"

Ebere only bursted into tears. King Afam didn't understand but he didn't want to bother her further so he went over to console her.
Few minutes later, the guards followed by Nworie and Anyanwu who had at last shown himself came into the throne room with the body and head of Ajonwa.

"My king, the evil child is dead.. killed by our own Queen"One of the guard said excitedly.

King Afam smiled in satisfaction as he opened the leaves and beheld the dead body and head..

"Follow me.. I want to show this to my sister.."Ebere told the guards and started walking into the Hut where Ulumma's body had been embalmed and kept.

They got into the Hut and Ebere knelt beside the body and started weeping. "Ulumma please wake up. Wake up and see that our worse nightmare has been defeated. I killed her by myself for your sake.. Please wake up because the battle is over.. Wake up"She put her head on the corpse cold chest and cried bitterly.
Suddenly, she felt the cold hands of Ulumma hold her back patting her..
Ebere jumped up in fear.. "Did.. Did.. You.. See.. That..??"She stammered as she pointed to the corpse.

"What?"King Afam asked

"She held me.. The dead body of my sister held me"Ebere said frightfully looking from Nworie to the guards and then to her husband.

"I knew you'd do it.. I knew you would kill Ajonwa but you just needed little whyning and ginger"The voice laughed
It was Ulumma's voice as she stood up and threw away the white wrapper used in covering her..

The guards ran out of the Hut in fear while Ebere ran behind her husband shivering in fear.
King Afam and Nworie smiled

"You told me.. I didn't believe it but now I do.."Nworie said

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NDULUE'S COMPOUND

Adaugo, Omasili and Uju knelt in front of their Husband and the Umunna.
"Please Nnanyi, We are sorry"Omasili cried

"We promise never to fight anymore"Uju said

"From today henceforth, we will be of good conduct"Adaugo cried

"You all have promised me this several countless times without numbers but I see no change in you"Ndulue said..

"we swear by the gods, this time it is true"they chorused

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After Ndulue and the Umunna had sent them packing, they cried and conveyed under a shade somewhere around the house to discuss their downfall
"Why have we been quarrelling and fighting?"Uju asked

"I don't even know.. Now look at what has befallen us, who will ever marry divorced women?"Omasili said as tears dropped from her eyes

"I am a disgrace to my parents. My father will kill me if dare step my foot in his house"Adaugo said

"Yours is better. I that is just newly married without a child and now divorced.. No man will ever take me in as a wife"Uju lamented

Finally, they concluded to go back and plead with the Umunna and their husband. They had gone there twice to plead but Ndulue paid deaf ears to them.. And this third time, they decided to invite the umunnas to help them.

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The Umunnas pleaded with Ndulue to give them a last chance and Ekemma too begged Ndulue.
finally, he accepted to give them the very last chance..
The women jumped up and hugged each other thanking the Umunna and Ekemma for helping them.

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