EPISODE 17

Before he was sixteen, he became wayward, fending for himself and his sister as I was always in the bottle. He became the father of the family, doing all sorts of things for wage and food. One day, he and his gang went to a neighboring village to steal; he was caught while the friends escaped. In that particular village the punishment for theft was being burnt alive. His friends came back to inform me that he was caught, but I didn’t care. If I had simply gone to pay for what he stole and offered sacrifices to the gods to appease them, he would still be alive. They waited three days and burnt him alive.
His death removed the scale off my eyes. The anger, grief, sadness all melted away. I began blaming myself for his death. I knew I should have done something to save his life; but because of the hate I didn’t. I realized I have been foolish and wicked for hating my son, my only son at that time; but it was now too late to apologize or make up for my wrongs”.
He paused, turned to Osundu and continued “I have prayed for a day like this; where I will have to apologize for all my wrong doings. I really failed you as a father in your previous life. I beg for your forgiveness; find a place in your little kind heart and pardon me”. The little one was staring at the old man wondering what he was talking about; so he didn’t respond. Mazi Amuneke on the other hand ignored him and continued “You were reborn to live a new life as a new person. Be the person your past self didn’t get to be. Thanks to the gods they have provided you with a mother who is capable and able to help you accomplish all that. So be you, don’t look back, be who the gods have destined you to be and set the world on fire. Do make the rest of your life the best of your life” he said. The elder beside him told Ego that since he had apologized to the boy that he would no longer remember anything from his past life again. There was no need to worry about it further.
Osundu spent the rest of the day with Ndidi catching up. She took him to their mother’s grave and he was able to locate his own grave. Ego on the other hand passed the evening getting to know more about the family. The next morning, she provided the family especially Ndidi with financial help and said goodbye to Nnewi.

THE END!!!

This story is a chapter from "THE SHALLOW GRAVE" By ALEXANDER BUSYBRAIN, Which will soon be available on your favorite online book retailer!!!

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Alex brain where is d rest na..... Pls ooo no stopping more pls
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THE END?

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Thanks Alex for the mention........ Great story, I enjoyed it But wait o, I saw THE End, hope u re joking oo

Alexbrain, firstly, I apologise for coming late. The story is really beautiful. I snuck out of the kitchen to read it. It's very touching too. More grace to you

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EvaJael:
Alexbrain, firstly, I apologise for coming late. The story is really beautiful. I snuck out of the kitchen to read it. It's very touching too. More grace to you

Thanks dear!!!

U re good man,next timd(next work)cook something Big..

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I will surely miss writing it too, thanks for reading!

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Thanks boss

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Ndubisi died and went over to the other side in the pre-colonial Igbo community of Umudibia and is back to share the tale of his romance with death...
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THE SHALLOW GRAVE by Alexander BusyBrain
A tale of romance, mystery, magic and the transcendent about Ego, a decent woman who has done good all her Life. As such, she expects rewards from the gods but the blessings took way too long and when it finally came, it felt more like a curse..
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