fresh flowers as it was exactly 10years since he was brutally murdered in broad day light by Cross and die. Chinemere my
step brother caught up with me in the cemetery. “You won it, but cross and die is back in town” he said still breathing
hard from running, and he was right, it was hard to believe that the man who murdered my brother was back in the same
town just after 10 years.
“I saw him coming back in a Nissan car about 20minutes ago” chinemerem continued. My eyes were red, my head racing and
the flood of tears came back afresh as I remembered how he murdered my only brother.
Some years ago Amanda was the most beautiful girl in our community. She was what you call a ripe fruit as every man
wanted her but she was in love with only one man….Gozie, my elder brother.
Cross felt humiliated. Every one feared him as he was well built and the type of man you don’t want to mess with. Ever
since he beat up Udenze, the strongest wrestler in our village and beyond, everybody prayed not to step on his toes.
Problem began when he proposed to Amanda and she bluntly turned him down. “I don’t like you, you are arrogant and
besides, I am in love with Dozie and intend marrying him’ Amanda told Cross not knowing how deep her words hurt him
One Sunday evening I was coming from the farm when I saw people gathered in our compound. Dozie lay on a mat receiving
treatment as he was brutally injured. They said Dozie had gone out with Amanda when Cross and his gang beat him up like this......
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