Chapter 62: The mystery behind the mysterious gully

"Some seasons ago," Mba started up. Nwife and Ije adjusted to a more comfortable position. Mba looked at them and grinned.

"Some seasons, ago, I told you a story about the dry stream bed," Mba said. Nwife and Ije exchanged glances, but none of them seemed to understand what he was talking about.

"Father, you did not," Nwife said to his father.

"Ije, I'm talking to you."

"No father, you didn't," Ije smirked.

"I told you about Iyi, the crystal-clear water that almost annihilated our women."

"Yes...yes....it has been long, father, but you never finished off the story," Ije said.

"Why?" Nwife asked.

"You! You interrupted us," Ije said. Nwife was happy she had eventually talked to him with smiles.

"Me...no way...I did not!" Nwife grinned at her.

"You did Nwife," Mba backed Ije.

"What did I do," Nwife asked.

"She visited and I was telling her the story. You just showed up from nowhere and chased her out of the compound. I tried to stop, but you almost pushed me down." Mba said and