Dial - Season 2 - Episode 44

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Dial - Season 2 - Episode 44

“Marry Dede?” I asked hoarsely. “How can that be possible, Nana b0s0mba? You told me yourself that Dede isn’t meant to be with me! You told me she would marry a white man!”

“Mr. Biko, yes, I said that, but I don’t know everything!” he said calmly.
“What the fu*k you don’t know everything?” I asked, my heart beating with pain.

“I’m not God, Mr. Biko,” Nana b0s0mba said gently. “Only God knows everything. I thought Dede would marry a white man, but I was wrong. She came back to the village last week wanting to see you. She claims she still loves you, and wants to be with you, Mr. Biko. So that’s the way it is!”
“But I love Adobea!” I screamed shrilly. “What Dede and I shared was special…yes, very special! But now I know what real love is! It is Abena Adobea I want!”
“Is it because she’s a virgin, Mr. Biko?” Nana b0s0mba asked.
“No!” I screamed shrilly, as I got to my feet, my torture unbearable. “I don’t care if she has slept with a million men or she has a thousand children! Look, I feel it deep down here, in my heart! She’s the only one for me! I can’t see my life with anyone else, please!”
Nana b0s0mba pushed away from the edge of the cloth and sat down well on the cloth.
“Abena Adobea, my dear, I’m very sorry for causing you pain,” he said carefully. “I want you to know that if there had been a way, I would have freely and immediately given it. But, sadly, you two have only two choices now. Think about it carefully, and then decide together.”
“There’s no choice!” I cried in agony, my face shattered. “I love Abena Adobea, and I’m going to spend the rest of my life with her!”
“Then it will be a short life, Mr. Biko,” Nana b0s0mba said. “You’ll grow old and die. If you want to live, come to Wowo, alone, and marry Dede. She’s waiting. Your curse will be broken, you’ll be young again, and you’ll enjoy many years of happiness. Stay with Abena Adobea, and die of old age!”
Before I could speak again the white cloth shot into the sky, going past the branches, and taking Nana b0s0mba away.

Abena Adobea stared at me…and there was real horror on her face.
Choose Abena and die…
Choose Dede and live…
A devil’s alternative…I knew I was in very, very deep trouble.