Episode 2 

Amanda could be seen playing with her best friend Nkiru, and other young girls like her, When Mr Chidindu and his son walked into their compound.It was a very beautiful and peaceful evening, Emeka and Udoka were playing football in an open field, just outside their compound. Their mom was busy in the kitchen preparing dinner, and the aroma of her oha soup filled the whole compound, while their dad was sitting on a bench in one corner, sniffing in his snuff, and this was their conversation:Mr Chidindu: wow, what's this aroma that I'm perceiving?Mr Chigozie: it's my wife's food oh, she wants to kill everybody with the scent of her food.Nnanna: this food scents so nice, I hope my future wife will be able to cook very well like her mother?Mr Chigozie: future wife?(While offering them seat, Mr Chidindu and his son sat down, and as expected, Mr Chigozie was waiting in anticipation for the explanation of that term "future wife"Mr Chidindu: ah, my friend, that's what brought us here.Mr Chigozie: okay, I'm listening.Mr Chidindu: we (me and my son), found a beautiful flower in your garden. You know that your daughter is beautiful, and well mannered, and considering how good we are as friends, considering the number of years we've been together, Nnanna here, is not getting any younger, so we felt that, before other suitors start coming to ask for your daughter's hand in marriage, we should do the needful, so that when she comes of age, she will come to know, and accept Nnanna as her husband.Mr Chigozie: (laughing) wow, it's a good one, but don't you think that Amanda is too young for your son?Mr Chidindu: Young kwa, how old was your wife when you went to declare your intentions to her parents?

To be continued in my next post.