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They said many years ago, your paternal great-grandfather was married to a very beautiful woman who was dedicated to a River goddess.
It was said that anyone who marries that woman was going to be very rich because that river goddess gave that woman plenty wealth, it was said that she and her descendants will be wealthy forever.
This woman fell in love with your paternal great-grandfather, so he married herโฆ
She loved your great-grandfather so much that she even bought him a horse then; you know in the olden days, it was only very rich people that can afford horses, so she got her husband a horse and she also made great-grandfather rich and very influential by her diabolic means.
When your great-grandfather became rich, it got into his headโฆ
He became very proud and pompous then he went and married the kingโs daughter who later pushed that woman out of his life, your paternal great-grandfather forgot about all she went through for him and how she single-handedly raised him into affluence.
The woman felt betrayed she was heartbroken, devastated, and bitter.
The pain and trauma of everything even made that woman die of a heart attack, but before she died, she laid a curse on your great grandfatherโs family that any girl child born into the family who will ever get married will also be forgotten and treated badly by her husband the way she was treated too, she lay the curse and seal it with plenty rituals, ever since then, the curse has been active against all female born into this family.
This is a family secret we have battled with for ages we have done everything to break this curse but to no avail, is only the men that can marry correctly and stay married.
Jesus! I screamed again mama, I am confused right now, Mama, Papa, I turned left and right to look at both of them, how come nobody told me this all this while.
Papa cleared his voice and said Chioma, we were waiting for the right time to tell you and that time that we have waited for is now that you want to marry, in this family any girl that must stay in her husbandโs house will have to go without proper wedding, no dowry, no formal weddingโฆ
How?โฆ that I should move into his house without him marrying me correctly?
Yes! That is the only way outโฆ
I want to marryโฆ and stay married; I will go and not returnโฆ
Mama continuedโฆ that is why we need you to cooperate with us so that at least you will go and remain in your husbandโs house, I am tired of seeing my daughters out of their husband’s houses after wedding. Please, my daughter, you are going to do as I sayโฆ
Ehenn! Mama, what are you sayingโฆ I was so eager to hear what she wanted to sayโฆ
Donโt let them come for your dowryโฆ
Just move into his house you have our permission as your parents to do that, and we will give you our full blessings to go and live with him without any dowry paid; you can even do a court wedding later on in life, no problem but no formal wedding, no dowry should be paid, pleaseโฆ
My eyes started blinking uncontrollably, mama! I screamed what! โฆ
That I should move into a manโs house and start living with him without due processโฆhey!
Me that like weddings so much like this, me that have been dreaming of my wedding day, so this is how I will get marriedโฆ I asked myselfโฆ
Yes, daughter Mama replied that is the only way you can go and not come backโฆ
Donโt you see Chineye, your Cousin, that was what she did, she went and has never come back, Amara, Solomonโs daughter too did the same things all your cousins who are in their husbandโs house now none of them did anything dowryโฆ see Obinnaโs daughters and your fatherโs daughters who insisted they must marry correctly are the only ones suffering this evil because they refused to listenโฆ
I warned your elder sisters about this, and they told me the same thing you are saying now, they said they cannot do without a wedding and all thatโฆ today where are they nowโฆ
Chioma, we are your parents, and we know what is good for you, just do as we say, move in with him, no dowry, no wedding bikoโฆ
Chioma, I cannot stand you going into marriage and coming back to meet me here in this house againโฆ I cannot stand itโฆ I cry every day because of your sisters, people outside are mocking me, and you canโt join them againโฆ if you must marry, then no wedding, no dowry just go and live with your husband you have our full backing and blessingsโฆ
Do you think that I am happy as a mother, my mates are going to their daughter’s house to do Omugwo, my own is not like that, please donโt let me die before my time, Nnee, please just do this for me, mama begsโฆ
๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐ก๐ข๐จ๐ฆ๐ ๐๐ ๐ซ๐๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐จ ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ก๐๐ซ ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ ๐ ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ก๐๐ซ; ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐ก๐ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฏ๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐จ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐โ๐ฌ ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ซ ๐ฐ๐๐๐๐ข๐ง๐ , ๐๐จ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ค ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐ ๐ซ๐๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ?
๐๐๐ญ ๐ฆ๐ ๐ค๐ง๐จ๐ฐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ฐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ฌ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง
This decision will be hard for chioma