of twins a year later. During the naming ceremony, Bosede (Ladele's
co-tenant and boss' wife) dances with Ladele intimately and Aduke
drags him away. Bosede is angry and tells her husband, Ajayi, that
Aduke mocked her on her childlessness and him on his short stature.
Ajayi has Ladele transferred from Ibadan to Ilorin. Bose advises Aduke
to stay behind because of her business.
Soon, Ladele starts dating Abike in Ilorin and doesn't visit Aduke
often. Abike gives Ladele a love potion to prevent him from "seeing"
(visiting or sleeping with) any other woman. From then on, Ladele
stops visiting Aduke.
After 6 months of not seeing Ladele, Aduke sends her sister ,Asake, to
check. Asake finds Ladele dancing with Abike during the naming
ceremony of their child. Asake tells her sister everything.
Aduke moves to Ilorin and lives with Abike and Ladele. Ladele stops
sleeping with her and cleaves to Abike alone. Aduke pretends to be
nice to Abike but eventually drowns Abike's baby in a bucket of water.
She also hides Kehinde (her child) and claims Abike kidnapped him.
Later on, Ladele rents a house and moves in with Abike, leaving Aduke
behind. He goes to Aduke's house every morning to give her money but
she wants sex.
One day, Aduke seeks out Abike and encourages school-children to call
her a husband-snatcher. Abike has another child, Aderopo (meaning
"Replacement"). Aduke renders Ladele impotent to prevent Abike from
having another child. Ladele is also sacked for lateness after Aduke
delayed him with a morning quarrel.
40 years later, Aderopo builds a house for his mother, Abike. At the
house-warming ceremony, Aduke boasts that Abike is not the only one
with a successful child and that her twins are coming from overseas
for the event. Just then, the news is brought that the twins had died
in an accident.
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