Behind Her Smile - Season 1 - Episode 16

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Behind Her Smile - Season 1 - Episode 16

“Is this where she lives?” Miriam asked Chioma who led her toward Ezinne’s hut.
“Yes,” Chioma said. “And she already knows that we are here.”

“Your mother is a great witch,” Miriam remarked. “I wonder how she lives until now.”

“My daughters, come inside,” Ezinne said from within the hut. Chioma and Miriam bent slightly as they walked through the door.
“Mama how are you?” Chioma asked.
“I am getting old, and very soon I will be no more,” the old woman said.
“Mama, stop talking like that,” Chioma said. “We all know that you are very strong.”

“My daughter, you need to be prepared for the war that is almost upon us,” Ezinne said. “This is just the beginning, and I need a strong successor.”

“Mama I have heard you, but please stay alive for me because I can’t do without you.” Although Chioma was close to tears, she fought hard to stay strong.
“Miriam,” Ezinne called. Miriam and Chioma stared at her in shock.

“Mama, how did you know her?” Chioma asked.

“They showed everything to me today,” she said.

After Obiageli’s departure, Ezinne had been sitting outside her hut, picking beans, so could prepare a nice meal for her daughter’s visit, when suddenly she’d felt a woman’s presence.

Although she didn’t know why, she’d subconsciously acclimatized herself to the woman’s presence.

“Ezinne, I’m here to warn you to stay away from my revenge or you will die with it,” the woman had said.

“If death is all it will cost me to stop you, then I’m more than willing to stop you,” Ezinne had replied.

“Ezinne, don’t test my patience or I will kill you,” Nnenna had said just before disappearing.

Ezinne pulled herself out of her thoughts. “Now I know that I am a threat to her, so I have to stop her.”
“But how?” Miriam asked.
“A sacrifice is needed,” Ezinne explained. “Two women will be sacrificed and they must accept it willingly or else the sacrifice will not be accepted.”

Gazing at Miriam, she changed the topic. “My daughter, tell me how you ended up in the palace.”

Miriam narrated the story of how she’d been sent to the palace to stop her mother’s vengeance from pushing through.
Chioma stared at her in awe. “Wow, so you are a mermaid and you even came to stop her.”

“Actually, I am the child who was used in building that palace,” Miriam said. “And as far as my soul lays under that palace, I will protect it before my time is up.”

“We should make a plan,” Ezinne said.
Chioma nodded. “Yes, mama, I think you have a point.”

Their conversation extended for close to an hour, after which Chioma and Miriam decided it was time to return to the palace.

A fierce wind whirled around them as they stepped out of the hut.

“Something is wrong,” Ezinne said.
“I felt it too,” Chioma said.

Miriam clutched her chest. “My heart is beating fast and I feel like crying but I don’t know why.”

“You girls should rush to the palace and find out what is wrong,” Ezinne said, dismissing them.

***

“I have to tell the Queen what I know before this whole thing gets out of hand,” Amara said to herself.

Suddenly, she felt a presence and turned around. A beautiful woman stood a distance away, staring at her

“Who are you?” Amara asked, frightened.
“I am Nnenna,” the woman said. “The mother of the girl you are harboring evil for.”
“I don’t know what you are talking about,” Amara said.

“Ella did the same thing and I killed her,” Nnenna said. “She reported my daughter to the Queen and that was why I killed her. I won’t think twice before killing you if you ever try to get yourself involved in my revenge.”

Suddenly, a strong wind blew, accompanied by the roar of thunder.