Read Story: SEASON 1 EPISODE 6
Ayo: On her behalf I am or she is very sorry.
Mami: There is no point apologizing on her behalf, I do not like her. She is a pauper and from a poor famAily, she is not good for you.
Ayo: Ah Mami, why are you saying this?
Mami: Didnât you hear what I just said, she is not good for your social status, I do not want you to marry her.
Ayo: it wonât happen Mami because I have already made up my mind and there is nothing you or anybody can do about it.
Mami: it is either me or her and so you choose.
Ayo: âI will talk to you when you are less angryâ he said and left the house. When he got to his car, he met Adaobi crying âWhy are you cryingâ?
Adaobi: âNothingâ she wiped away her tears.
Ayo: I am sorry for everything; you shouldnât put anything to heart.
Adaobi: I tried Ayo, I really tried.
Ayo: âI know you did, letâs go homeâ and together they went to his house.
Two weeks later, Ayo went with Adaobi to make his intentions known.
When he got there, he was welcomed by her father, siblings and Uncle.
Papa: My son, you are very welcome to our humble home.
Ayo: Thank you sir.
Papa: What did you say brings you here again?
Ayo: I came to ask for your daughterâs hand in marriage.
Papa: My only daughter?
Ayo: Yes sir, if you will permit me for I will like to make her my wife.
Emenike: Adaobi! Adaobi!
âYes sirâ she answered âCome hereâ he said.
When Adaobi came he asked âis she the person you want to marry?â
Ayo: Yes sir, she is the one.
Emenike: Turning to Adaobi âdo you know himâ?.
Adaobi: Yes sir.
Emenike: He has come to ask for your hand in marriage, what do you have to say?
Adaobi: â Okay sirâ she answered shyly.
Emenike: Okay is not an answer my child, will you like to marry him?
Adaobi: Yes sir.
Emenike : âYou may go in Adaobiâ and she left.
Papa: Hmmm, She is my one and only daughter and since you have come to pluck the flower in my compound with our permission you are welcomed.
Ayo: Thank you.
Emenike: You will need to come with your people for that is the only way we know you are serious and that your people are in support of it.
Ayo: That wonât be a problem and with your permission, we will be here in the next weekend if that is okay.
Papa: That is okay with us.
Ayo: â Thank you sir and please take this as a token of appreciationâ he gave them the wine he brought.
Emenike: who collected marveled at the sight of the wine for it was imported âthis is so nice and thank you.
Ayo: âYou are welcomeâ After a few minutes he left them and went to his place.
One week later, Ayo came with his people and the marriage agreement between Adaobi and Ayo was agreed upon. He was told that they will send him the list in a few days.
Few days later Emenike who was with Papa called Adaobi to the sitting room.
Emenike: Ada Nwam, I want you to tell what is his name again?
Adaobi: Who sir?
Papa: Ayo.
Emenike: Ehen, Ayo, I want you to tell him to come and collect the list as soon as possible.
Adaobi: Okay Sir, I will inform him today and hopefully, he will come for it.
Emenike: That is okay, we will be available.
The following day, Ayo came in company of his uncle to collect the list, they were welcomed and Emenike presented the list to them.
Ayoâs Uncle Opened the list to go through what was inside and gave it to Ayo to look at while Adaobi was in the room listening attentively to what was said.
Ayo: âAh, Sir! Papa! This list is too much.
Emenike: What is too much about our list? Do you know how we suffered in training our only daughter to the university? How we moulded her image and character?
Ayo: Ermmm, I am sorry sir but from what I see here, I can see fathers list, Mothers list, brothers list, sisters list, family list, elders list and village list including Umu Ada list, If I sum up everything I see here, itâs going to cost me one million plus.
Emenike: And so? Arenât you man enough to shoulder that responsibility?
Papa: âMy son, Please let me have that listâ He collected it and went through it again.
Emenike: Donât you know that you are taking our pride and joy away from us?
Ayoâs Uncle: Please our in-laws, it is through that we are coming to pluck a beautiful flower but donât you think that this list presented to us is too much for a young man?
Emenike: A young man you said, isnât he the one that want to marry our daughter? His ability to provide for what is in that list will prove to us if he can really take care of her.
Ayoâs Uncle: I agree with you no doubt, but it is still too much.
Emenike: Bia my son, are you really capable of taking care of our daughter?
Ayo: Very well sir.
Emenike: Then that list on your hand is the only way to prove it.
Ayoâs Uncle: My in-lawâŠhe was interrupted by Ayo.
Ayo: Uncle donât worry, I will provide everything necessary.
Ayoâs Uncle: But Ayo?
Ayo: Uncle, do not worry.
Emenike: Now you are talking, Provide all that is written there and our daughter is yours for life.
Ayo: âYes sirâ after a few minutes, they stood, bid them farewell and left. As he was about to enter his car with his uncle, Adaobi stopped them.
Adaobi: Ayo, donât you want to see me before leaving? Can I see the list?
Adaobi: âJesus Christ, this list is too muchâ she said when it was handed to her.
Ayoâs Uncle: Very much. I told him but he said he can handle it.
Adaobi: Why didnât you put up a fight?
Ayo: why should I, they are going to be my in-laws and putting up a fight will seem like I am rude or something.
Ayoâs Uncle: Why didnât you let me in then?
Ayo: I didnât want you to bother because I know that I can afford it.
Adaobi: That is not an excuse; you shouldnât have accepted the list.
Ayo: and risk not making you my wife? No way, Donât bother yourself sweetheart, I can manage it.
Adaobi: âAlright if you say soâ She bid them goodbye and went to her house âPapa, I thought I told you to help me out?
Papa: I didnât know what was inside that list, I thought I spoke to your uncle but he didnât adhere to what I said.
Adaobi: Didnât you go through the list?
Papa: I never did and I didnât want to say anything while our guest was around so that it wouldnât seem like I am disrespecting him.
Turning to his brother he said âare you satisfied?
Emenike: I am not until everything in the list is brought.
Papa: The list is just too much, you should call the young man back and give him a new list.
Emenike: For what?
Papa: The list for the father, mother and sister should be scraped; we wonât be in need of them. The only thing that should be necessary in that list is that of the elders of the village and the Umu ada thatâs all.
Emenike: Why should they?
Papa: because I am her father and it wonât be necessary.
Emenike: Well, I am also her father and she has sisters for my children are her sisters and brothers.
Adaobi: that is not necessary Uncle.
Emenike: well it is very, very important
Papa: that list should be scraped out.
Emenike: What? Listen, you can scrap yours but you cannot scrap all others. you want to only give the elders of our village and Umu Ada something forgetting that you have a family.
Papa: I have said my own, I am not selling my daughter.
Emenike: What about that of your sonâs, wont they have anything?
Papa: They wonât. I am sure all they will want is for their sister to be well taken care of and happy and even if they want something, it is not what is on that list. A simple wine will do.
Emenike: âHmmm, isnât he a rich man? Why do you want to bother yourself when he can afford it? Or you want to be the only one to enjoy him when you get married abiâ he said to Adaobi.
Adaobi: It is not that Uncle, I just feel it is not right to extort an innocent man like that.
Papa: Adaobi my daughter, when next you talk to him, tell him that we have agreed that all other items is not necessary except for the elders and Umu Ada If he cannot provide them.
Adaobi: Yes Papa, I will tell him about it.
Ayo drove straight to his parentsâ house with his Uncle to tell them the good news and soon, wedding preparations will start.
Ayo: Mami, I have gone to collect the list.
Mami: Ehen! I didnât even know that you have gone to see her people in the first place.
Ayo: I did that with Uncle today.
Mami: Are you alright?
Ayo: What do you mean Mami.
Mami: Didnât I tell you and made it clear to you that I do not like that girl.
Ayo: Mami please donât start please.
Ayoâs Uncle: But what is wrong with the girl he has chosen for himself to marry?
Mami: Everything oooo, everything. My spirit does not accept her at all and she is an igbo girl. They too like money, They will drain him of all his resources.
Ayo Uncle: Hmmmm.
Mami: Yes ooooo. She is also disrespectful. Infact eh, I donât want that girl near you anymore. Do you hear me?
Ayo: Mami, it wonât happen ooo that girl is the love of my life.
Mami: She doesnât love you but your money, You see all the pretense that ladies do pretend? Wait till they get married and you will see their true colors. She doesnât love you but your money and once you get married to her, her family, mother, father, brothers, sisters, all extended family will be your responsibility. They will suck you and keep sucking you till they dry up your well.
Ayo Uncle: Hmmmm
Mami: Uncle Ayo, you wonât talk to him now abi? What is all this hmmm for?
Ayo Uncle: I am speechless because we have collected the list today and it seems what you are saying is true.
Mami: What do you mean?
Ayo: Uncle Ayo please donât go there.
Ayo Uncle: She is your mother Ayo and she has to know the truth.
Mami: âWhat truth? What do I have to knowâ she asked as she looked at the both of them âwill somebody tell me what is going on?â
Ayo Uncle: It is nothing serious oooo, it is just that the list they gave us is too much.
Mami: What list?
Ayo: The list we were given in preparation for the wedding?
Mami: Where is it? Let me see it. Ayo handed it to her âEgbami! Hey, what is all this? They want to finish all the money you have even before you get married, I told you didnât i?
Ayo Uncle: We tried pleading with them that it was too much but they wouldnât hear of it.
Mami: I said it, their extortion has just begun. Didnât I warn you Ayo, didnât i? This marriage whatever is cancelled.
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