“Go!  Go!  If you don’t want to be here, just go!  I’ll come home when my father’s well!” Erhuvwun insisted, not knowing how she got the courage to be so bold.  She just knew she wasn’t about to forsake her father now, and she couldn’t stand to hear Amadi’s non-stop negativity.

People watched on with curiosity to see how he would respond.  He was certainly fuming like a child about to throw a tantrum for not getting his way.  Surely, if she followed him home in this state, there’d be trouble waiting for her there.  But Erhuvwun didn’t tremble.  She stared Amadi down defiantly and was encouraged when some of the men and women in the village came near to stand by her.  Amadi would have to deal with them all, if he wanted her to follow him against her will…

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