#THE_LOST_PRINCESS
©Sir Zach
EPISODE 12
“Oh oh this stupid hangover” Ann gro-aned
“Good morning sunshine, pleasant morning to you, here is a cu-p of coffee”.
“Oh good morning Bella” she greeted.
“Bella? Are you still asleep or the drink hasn’t wear off” Max laughed.
“Oh” she blinked her eyes repeatedly ” Max what are you doing here?” She asked confused.
“Well madam you are in my house, you drank too much yesternight so I decided to bring you here” he explained.
“And this pill it’s good for hangover” he said stretching a cu-p and some pills to her.
“Owh thanks sir,nice room” she complimented looking around the room.
“Hmm hope I didn’t puke on you” she asked with grimace .
“Not at all” he laughed at the look on her face.
“Am a su-cker for puking, Bella can relate” she chuckled “please I want to ease myself”.
She stood up and staggers, Max quickly rushed to her side “Easy” he soothes.
“Owh” she gro-aned ” my head hurts remind me not to drink again”.
She blinked again, looking sheepishly at him “why are you looking so handsome this morning” she muttered.
“What? ” Max whispered.
“Someone is by the door” she Said.
“Oh ok” he replied walking out of the room.
“Mum” he exclaimed “good morning you didn’t tell me you are coming to Lagos”.
“I don’t need to inform my son before coming to his house” she replied pushing her bag in.
“Ok how’s Dad? Any news about Marietta?” He asked.
“Marietta?” Ann asked as she walked in to the room.
“And max who is this slut?” Mrs Anderson asked irritatedly.
“What’?” Ann asked dumbstruck.
“Mum” he yelled “don’t call her that”.
Mrs Anderson stood up scrutinizing her from head to toe “who are you?, And what are you doing here dressed like that,are you one of his slut?” She snapped.
“With due respect ma’am, I can’t stand you insulting me, I was in a kind of situation that met me here, so how I ended up dressed like this doesn’t count, am not a slut and I won’t like to be addressed like one, my dressing doesn’t describe me” she replied calmly.
“Wow son where did you get this one she really has some guts” she says disdainfully.
“Mum she’s the famous Richa-rd second and last daughter”. Max said trying to ease off the tension between them.
“So?” She asked clic-king her li-ps “don’t you tell her you are betrothed”.
“Mum stop it, when did you know Adaobi is coming back” He gro-aned.
“Adaobi?” Ann asked yet again.
“Yes Adaobi the princess of our land his betrothed” Mrs Anderson replied.
“How does she look like? What happened to her? Ann asked.
“What? why are you asking bitc-h Ashawo, Max cannot marry you” Mrs Anderson said.
“Look mummy” Ann stated sternly ” no body is talking about marriage or dating and the likes, I just asked an harmless question and you kept insulting me. thanks Max I will take my leave now” she said and march out of the house.
“Mum you are too mean, she’s just my PA and new to Naija o, I just offered to take her around Lagos but you just came here and started calling her a slut” Max complained.
“Whatever you say,I don’t like that girl it’s Marietta I want” Mrs Anderson stated deadpanned.
“Gosh mum, what is wrong with you, if you see this Marietta of a girl Will you recognize her?” He asked mockingly.
“Yes why won’t I recognize her, I carried her since she was a little girl before the demise of her parents so why won’t i recognize her” she replied.
“Ok oh if you say so, but mum what up any news about her?” He asked.
“Hmm your father said Ada is close by, he said she will soon come to the palace herself” she replied.
“Oh well that’s good oh mum am not getting younger oh, you won’t like the type of person I will become, what if I see her and I don’t like her or love her?” He stated.
“Han han Max you must like this one oh, you must like her” she shug-ged.
“This is serious o” he muttered.
“What’s serious about it? Just for you to like her, don’t you know you guys are best of friends when you were young” she enunciated.
“Mum how many years ago is that?” He asked frustrated.
“It doesn’t matter the years okay” she replied stubbornly.
“Whatever mum” Max said seeing that he can’t win the argument as his mum did not seem to un-derstand his point.
“Oh God” Max exclaimed standing up suddenly.
“What?” His mum asked startled.
“Malee yawa don gas” he replied.
“What happened?” She asked again.
“The babe you sent out just arrived to Nigeria not less than three months ago and this is the first time she’s being here, she don’t know anywhere around here” he explained.
“Oh she didn’t say” she replied with guilt cloudng her features.
“Mum did you even let her explained herself, you just kept on insulting her, you wouldn’t even believe me,I can’t believe you are like this” he said.
“Am sorry son,I thought she is a slut, can’t you see she dressed like one” she replied.
“Mum you are being impossible let me place a call to her” he stated.
“Hello Ann where are you” he says into the phone after some minutes.
“I don’t know” she cried from the other end.
“You don’t know the area you are?” He asked.
“Yes I just saw a sign post with the name******* inscribed on it” she replied.
“Oh ok don’t go anywhere am coming right away” he hung up.
“Bye mum” he said and walked out of the house.
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#THE_LOST_PRINCESS
©Sir Zach
EPISODE 13
“Have never been so embra-ssed like this in my life” Ann cried after Max picked her up from where she stayed .
“oh God did you see how she called me a slut, my mum has never call me that, she’s just lucky that she’s your mum, I know what I would have said” she seethed with tears cascading down her eyes.
“Ann, it’s ok stop crying, am sorry about that am really sorry” Max begged.
“It’s ok just take me home and please next time don’t take me to your house” she said firmly.
“Annabelle you are still angry” he stated.
“Am not” she replied softly.
“That reminds me what up with the name Marietta” she asked looking intently at him.
“Oh don’t mind my mum, Marietta is my betrothed and she’s the princess of our land” he replied.
“Oh I see, so that’s why she tends to attack any lady she sees with you” she scoffs.
“Don’t mind her” he laughed “she’s just too much”.
“Oh ok can you please play me shape of you by Ed sheeran” she requested.
“Nope I don’t have his music here but let me play you what you will like” he replied.
I really like you and it’s true
There’s only one but you
I found it ha-rd to say I wish you knew
Am on your Instagram all day stalking you
here in my life is all about hoping for if you go be mine here and forever I wan talk my mind to say how am feeling inside
But i feel you won’t, you won’t feel the same for me ooh if she loves me hallelujah she says she loves me hallelujah
ooh if she loves me hallelujah
She says she loves me hallelujah
“Wow I like the song, it’s good who sang it?” She asked swaying on her seat.
“It was sang by two famous Nigerian artists Johnny drille and Simi” he replied.
Am sorry for the fact that I left you home
I was on the road and you are alone
Am sorry for the fact that I have to go
Am sorry for the fact that i did not know
She sang happily along with the stereo
“I guess you really like Akon” Max asked smiling.
“Like? She asked chuckling ” I love him” .
“I know my mom offended you but can I take you around Lagos as promised” he proposed.
“No problem but I hope one of your bitc-hes are not going to attack me, never come across them except Bella of course” she grinned.
“Never come across them except Bella” he mimicked ” you just talking as if you aren’t a Nigerian, one of the reasons why I have to take you around Lagos”.
“Whatever” she replied sticking her tongue out.
Max stopped by her house and he walked her inside.
“Thanks for your help, my regards to your mum” she beamed at him.
“Hello” someone whispered softly in her ear.
“Steven” she yelled excitedly whilst jumping on him.
“It’s good to see you here, no wait what are you doing here?” She asked happily.
“I came to fetch water” he replied laughing placing a kis-s on her cheeks
“Oh ” she exclaimed when she realized Max was still inside
“Max see you tomorrow my regards to your mum” she said dismissively to Max. “Wow have you seen Bella” she asked.
“Nope your crazy sister is not home, Ann is that your boyfriend? He asked hitting his shoulder against hers.
“Are you for real? He isn’t my boyfriend, he’s my boss” she replied rolling her eyes.
“Your boss?, What are you doing with him?” He smi-rked.
“He’s taking me around Lagos” she replied “but wait are you jealous?” she asked tickling him.
“Stop” he laughed ” am not jealous,am not even your boyfriend,I was just wondering when did you start having boyfriend that I did not know?” He asked.
“Well since I arrived to Nigeria” she laughed.
“What?” He asked wide eyes “did you have boyfriend here?”.
“Steven quit whining, I don’t have boyfriend, well how is Anietta?” She asked.
“Anietta is cool,she sends her greetings” he replied.
“Am so greeting her” she stated sacastically ” I hope she’s happy now that I have traveled out of the country”.
“Belle please don’t be like this,we have been over this already” he complained.
“Alright am so happy that you are here,let me call my sis” she said piked her phone out and place a call at her sis.
“Bella guess who’s here?” She asked energetically
“shut up? Who the hell is Dave? I think it’s high time you introduce me to this Dave of a guy, well Steven is here ewww…. Stop shouting you are not a kid” Ann yelled bringing the phone out of ear so that Bella won’t block her eardrums
“Crazy girl he’s here, No he isn’t here with Anietta oh ok” she replied pa-ssing the phone to Steven.
“Hello baby” Steven cooed “I bought all your favorites, did you ask me to bring bags? I will transfer the money to you, what? Please don’t play pranks on her, 50,60 what? 100,000 dollars for what? Okay deal bye” .
“Am whipped” Steven lamented “you shouldn’t have given the phone to me”.
“Well good for you” she stated sticking her tongue out “you didn’t bring my favorites but you bought hers”.
“Am sorry” he begged
“Deal with her when she comes back cause half of what you bought are already in my custody” she smi-rked.
“What how did you do that?” He asked puzzled “Ann please release it you know how Bella can be” he whined.
“Well deal with her at least am not asking for fund am i?” .
“You know sometimes I forget your guys are Nigerians” he gro-aned
“fu-ck you” she replied laughing
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*Monday morning (in the office)*
“Good morning sir” Ann greeted.
“Good morning Ann ” he smiled”sorry for the other day please my mum is not always like that”.
“Oh” she smiled back at him with a raised eyebrow “well anyways no offence taken, what I saw that day was a woman trying to protect her son from another woman in case his betrothed appears suddenly like the flash” she grinned while saying the last part sarcastically.
“Oh” he smiled “well dinner tonight then,six pm”.
“Huh?” She casted him a surprise look.
“Yes dinner tonight and you can’t deny my offer, you must accept it” he stated firmly.
“Oh ………ok ” she replied looking at him strangely.
*Fast forward to dinner*
“So Ann do you know the part of Nigeria you came from?” Max asked over a plate of fried rice and chicken with wine.
“Yep mum said Anambra” she replied while munching her food slowly.
“What?” He asked surprised ” come again!”.
“Anambra state” she grinned.
“Wow” he muttered “what part in Anambra?”.
The ijele’s part” she replied. “Wow” he exclaimed.
“What happened?” She asked blankly
“We are actually from the same state and the same local government area, isn’t it romantic?” He exclaimed smiling to himself.
“What? Romantic? Gosh you’re so funny’ she laughed placing her cu-p to her li-ps .
“So tell me about the state, I don’t know anything about the state, never been there before” she said.
“Well let me start by telling you the reasons for the drama you witnessed in my house” he enucidated
“Like twenty years ago,King Lawson ruled ijele kingdom, the ijele kingdom is a very rich and prosperous kingdom in Anambra and it was ruled by the king and his wife, they had a sweet little girl Adaobi, her other name is Marietta” he narrated.
“Marietta?” She interrupted.
“Yes,do you perphaps know anyone by that name” he asked.
“No… not at all” she stuttered.
“One unfortunate day” he continued ” king lawson and his family travelled from Anambra to Lagos for a vacation where they met with their doom, they were involved in a gashly motor accident which costs them their lives well of course expect the life of the princess, but the princess couldn’t be found until now”.
“Wow that’s so sadden, but how did they die? I meant the parents?” She asked.
“They were burnt to ashes” he replied sadly.
” Did you say burnt” she grimaced ” that’s an inhumane way to die”.
“As the tradition demands after the demise of a king there must be a successor but no one can sit on the throne as the princess is no where to be found till date” he narrated.
“Oh oh so how do you come into the picture?” She asked.
“My father is a chief in Ijele’s kingdom and he was the king’s bosom friend, they grew up together, married the same day but my dad got lucky he gave birth to me before the took in three years later..
My dad and the king want to heighten their relationship and the king’s daughter was betrothed to me.
I and Marie grew up together with Nelson as friends though I have once proposed to Marie when I was nine and she was six, seriously that young girl accepted to marry me” he narrated.
“What? Are you for real?” She asked smiling.
“Yes” he replied staring into space.
“Apart from I and Marie being betrothed to each other, I think we love ourselves dearly, am like an elder brother to her like a knight in shining armor thing and I don’t joke with her.
But Marie being a beautiful girl and a princess she has always been showered with love and adoration,her parents adores her so much infact people started asking for her hand in marriage since when she was two”
“Wow” was all she could muttered.
“One day we were playing in the palace when we overhead her parents discussing that they want to betroth her to someone. Marietta started crying saying she doesn’t want to marry anybody, that if she wants someone then it would be me. Then I asked her jokingly if she would marry me and to my surprise she accepted seriously. So we both took the bold step and went to meet her parent in the palace. It was there marie broke the bombshell, she told them they shouldn’t betroth her to anybody that we are engaged . Gwed if you see the embra-ssment, the king and the queen bursted out laughing. The king actually said no problem that he will cancel the other plan to betroth her to someone else”.
Ann was wowed that she couldn’t utter any word for some minutes
“It was later they went to Lagos and met with their doom, the princess vanished into thin air, we searched and searched but we couldn’t find her” he completed sadly.
“Then what happened to the throne?” She asked curiously.
“The throne has been vacant since then, the Oracle says the princess will walk in herself” he replied.
“Wow,what if the princess is dead or she doesn’t come back are you gonna stay single for the rest of your life?” She asked.
“Firstly she’s not dead secondly I don’t know about that but time will tell” he said more to himself than her.
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So we have finally gotten the story behind the betrothed saga it’s really a touching story
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