The bridegroom - Season 1 - Episode 20

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The bridegroom - Season 1 - Episode 20

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Mr Ambrose has not been to work for almost two weeks and although Kate has been doing a fantastic job with the kids, Ambrose has become paranoid that something might happen to the kids if he leaves.
So he decided to go and speak with his mum to see If she could come over and look after them for a few days.


He took the kids with him and as they drove into the compound, Tatiana saw grandma watering her flowers and started jumping up and down in the car in excitement and trying to undo her seat belt….

TATIANA: grandma!! Grandma!!!???
GRANDMA : Yes, grand daughter! Awwww look at my gorgeous girls!!! Hang on! Hang on. Let dad undo the seat belt. Shasha sweetie! Look at You!?️?️

MR AMBROSE: (gets out of the car and helps the kids out) good morning, mother
Grandma: morning, son. How are You?
MR AMBROSE: so so.. have you heard from Dad?
GRANDMA: we just finished speaking on Skype. He’s doing well. Going for his hospital appointment at 3pm their time
MR AMBROSE: both of you use the internet more than I can ever do in my life

TATIANA: grandma, where is grandpa?
GRANDMA: grandpa went to America to see his doctors
TATIANA: Why?
GRANDMA: because he was feeling a bit unwell (carries Shasha and holds Tatiana as they walk into the house)
Ambrose, what did they have for breakfast?
MR AMBROSE: I bought them biscuits, mother
GRANDMA: you did What??? Ambrose you fed your kids biscuit for breakfast????
MR AMBROSE: well, that’s what they asked for?

GRANDMA: Oh don’t sound daft! You don’t give kids everything they ask For! You are there to help them be kind to themselves. They are not!
Tatiana, would you like some cornflakes, sweetheart?

TATIANA: Yes!!! Grandma!??
GRANDMA: Shasha, would you like some cornflakes, sweetie?
SHASHA: yesh, Kanma?
GRANDMA: Ambrose, help yourself in the kitchen
MR AMBROSE: mummy, my business is suffering
GRANDMA: fantastic.

MR AMBROSE: mummy! Did you actually hear me or you just answered?
GRANDMA: you said your business is suffering.
MR AMBROSE: so what is fantastic about it????
GRANDMA: everything! This is only the beginning
MR AMBROSE: mummy!!
GRANDMA: son.
MR AMBROSE: I just wanted to come and ask you if you could come over and look after them a little since daddy is not home.
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GRANDMA: I love these kids to bits. Because Bartholomew passed away. God rest his soul, they are the only grand kids I will be having. So they are precious to me, but I will not look after them.
Since you have decided to be stupid, you must take on the responsibility that comes with being stupid. Even if it means your business going into liquidation, so be it!
MR AMBROSE: but she cheated on me!!!

GRANDMA: unfounded!!!! Unfounded, son!!! You make me question the essence of your education, son!
The money I spent sending you to the university in America is beginning to look like a waste!

MR AMBROSE: mummy, I am a billionaire!!!
GRANDMA: with a midget brain! A bankrupt brain! Come on now, son! Your wife was accused of infidelity which she denies and I believe her, by the way.

A sensible man will discreetly do a DNA test to ascertain the paternity of the child before making a public mockery of his wife!
You have done none of that because your tiny lazy brains won’t go that far and you expect me to come and play mother to your children so you can continue to enjoy your business life as if nothing happened!
MR AMBROSE: mum, stop!!!?

GRANDMA: shut your tramp! How dare you raise your voice on me? Are you crazy? Have you lost your mind?? How dare You!
Don’t think you have grown wings, I will break them into tiny pieces, son! Mummy will do!

MR AMBROSE: I’m sorry, mum
GRANDMA: not yet, you will be sorry by the time Shasha starts school next week. And you must send her to school o! No excuses otherwise I’ll take you to court for neglect!
Little kid in diapers!

Look at how much suffering you’ve put that girl through!?

I went to see her on Monday and she barely attends her antenatal because she cannot afford transport fare!

That is a woman who held your home together while you climbed the ladder of success! Ungrateful pathetic fool!??

MR AMBROSE: but she is carrying another man’s child!

GRANDMA: oh! You are doing my head in, now! Says which doctor?????
By the way, didn’t you get a Romanian lady pregnant whilst in the university and convinced her to abort the child? Who is playing holier than thou here??? Don’t play that game with me, I know you, son!
MR AMBROSE: at least i wasn’t married then!
GRANDMA: what difference does it make?
MR AMBROSE: mummy, so you won’t have them for just one week so I could go to France and come back?
GRANDMA: I won’t have them for one minute! As soon as they are done having their breakfast, you are taking them home. Mr self-sufficient!


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MADAM NKECHI: Why are you up early, Chy?
CHIOMA: mama, I’m going to the market with you. I’m bored of staying here all by myself and crying?
MADAM NKECHI: so that is what you do when I leave, right?
CHIOMA: I’ll come with You, mama.
(Chioma followed her mum to the market and was helping her attend to customers when she heard someone scream her name..)
JUDITH: Chioma!!
CHIOMA: no way! Who am I seeing?????? Judy!!!! Oh my God!?? (hugs her)
JUDITH: how’s family and the kids??? Wow! Look at You! Another one baking!
CHIOMA: They are doing very well, thanks. How’s work?

JUDITH: not bad at all. Can’t complain! What are you doing here?
CHIOMA: helping my mum today.
JUDITH: I bet your husband isn’t anywhere near. He wouldn’t let you do this at all. I remember how he wouldn’t let go of you at Lola’s wedding. He didn’t even allow you help her get dressed. ??? such a loving husband God blessed you with
CHIOMA: so how is your brother. Is he walking now?

JUDITH: thankfully, yes. He was in the wheelchair for five months
CHIOMA: Wow! God is great!
JUDITH: babe, do you mind coming with me to the car. I need to talk to You?
CHIOMA: sure!
(They walked to where Judith parked her car, she opened and held the door for Chioma, stood by until she was comfortably seated, then she got into the driver’s seat herself and shut the door)


CHIOMA: nice car, you’ve got!
JUDITH: thanks. Babes, is everything okay with You?
CHIOMA: yes, everything is fine?m
JUDITH: you can’t be saying that with tears in your eyes and expect me to believe You, can You!

I appreciate that pregnancy can affect people in different ways, but Chioma, you look far from being okay!
When I saw you at Lola’s wedding, i didn’t need a prophet to tell me that you were happily married, right now, I also do not need a prophet to tell me that something ain’t right.

CHIOMA: I and Ambrose are separated and the kids are living with him. He accused me of cheating and getting pregnant by another man. Judy, I feel so worthless and heartbroken.??

JUDITH: but you are not worthless. You are a daughter of a king. You are a royal diadem in the house of God. He sees you as a royal priesthood, His own special Child.
He can heal your broken heart if you give him all the fragment of it. He loves you with an everlasting love.

It doesn’t even matter what you have done. He said, though the mountains be shaken and the hills be removed, yet my unfailing love for you will not be shaken nor my covenant of peace be removed from you
CHIOMA: I have tried everything I know, Judy???

JUDITH: then it’s time to try God. You know that He is the originator of marriage right? God is interested in marriages. He is able to rebuild these broken walls. He is able to restore all the years that the cankerworm has stolen. He is able to bestow on you a crown of beauty instead of ashes


The oil of joy instead of mourning and a garment of praise instead of this spirit of heaviness. From this mess, he is able to make a beautiful message to the world.
CHIOMA:?????

JUDITH: I’ll take you to Lagos with me. By the grace of God I am comfortable. Stay with me until you put to bed and wait for God to perfect his work in your marriage.
CHIOMA: I don’t want to stay far away from my kids

JUDITH: from Lagos to Abuja is only about an hour flight. Whenever you wish to see them, I’ll make sure you do. Please, come with me. Okay, beautiful?
CHIOMA: ??? okay. Let me go and tell my mum