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“Mama, Mike and I have not…..” “Mike and you have not done what?” Michael finally chirped in. The stare she got from him could pierce her forehead. “Nothing” she whispered. It was two against one now. “I told you not to marry an Uruan woman but you didn’t listen to me. She has ea...See More“Mama, Mike and I have not…..”

“Mike and you have not done what?” Michael finally chirped in. The stare she got from him could pierce her forehead.

“Nothing” she whispered. It was two against one now.

“I told you not to marry an Uruan woman but you didn’t listen to me. She has eaten all my grandchildren. It will never be well with you Uduak”. Mama cursed.

Uduak felt the tears in her eyes threatening to fall. Why would her mother in law say such harsh words to her?

“I wished I listened to you, Mama. Forgive me for disobeying you. As for you, meet me in the room”. Michael said and led his mother out of the kitchen leaving Uduak there to cry her eyes out.


When a marriage once filled with love turned sour, Uduak has to take a decision that will) either make or mar her marital home