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The sun gradually flapped her lashes of light as the clouds bade her gradually farewell for the day. The prince's lover sat staring at all the wrappers that filled her elegant wardrobe. He had bought them all for her and whenever she wore one of them in the village the other maidens stared at her with envy. She had promised herself that she would never be in the same class as any of them in the village. She was Ogechi the golden girl.As her mother always said 'A girl must use everything she has to get the things she doesn't have.
The prince thought her beautiful and was in love. She thought him handsome and was deeply in love with the life he offered her - servants at her beck and called and a wealthy weekly purse. She would live a life of luxury and abundance she had been so close too, only to be cheated by another. Damn the gods Ikenna wealth was hers alone.
Adichie (Ogechi mother) thought of her daughter as she drew closer to the entrance of the house. Her daughter Ogechi had her mind set on royalty and she her mother knew about it.
Mother what are you thinking about? Ogechi asked as her mother stood at the entrance of the house smiling without reason.
I was just thinking of how proud I am of you.
Ogechi smiled at her mother the one who understood her ambition and thirst for wealth. She was her voice of reason in time when Ogechi's moral mumble jumble began. Ada was not worth any royal attention and she ad to come up with a plan before Ikenna fell in love with her. According to the information she heard, the whole palace was already falling for her.
Ogechi I have plan for you to get your throne I don't know if you will be willing to do it. Her mother said smiling at her daughter.
Ogechi's face lit as she got up and clutched her mother's wrapper. 'I will do anything mother, anything to Ada away from her place as the future queen of Afudo. She knelt down and looked pleasingly at her mother's eyes. Her mother continually saw herself in Ogechi and believed she would be the one to bring them good fortune. Where she had failed she would ensure Ogechi had an uncontested victory.
It starts with you going back to the palace her mother said. Ogechi had stopped working for the queen the night of ikenna's wedding because she was heartbroken. Bowing to that nobody was totally beneath her.
The expression on Ogechi's face changed immediately at her mother's suggestion. But mother how will this help me? Ogechi asked with confused look.
Trust me my child your mother knows the best.
Ogechi rested her head on her mother's shoulder. She would do anything to get Ada out.