My diamond bracelet is missing [music] and only one person went near my room today.
Open that bag.
Ma, I didn’t take [music] anything.
[gasps] [music] 5 years ago you let them bury me.
Today you let her break me.
Before [music] you see who Amara really is, tap subscribe and turn on the bell.
The ending will shock you.
[music] You must be the new girl from the agency.
[music] What is your name?
Neama.
[music] Neca, come in quickly.
Madame does not like to be kept waiting.
[music] Is something wrong?
No, ma.
[music] It’s just a very beautiful house.
So this is the new maid.
Come here.
Look at me when I speak to you.
[music] You look like someone I can’t place.
[music] Never mind.
Rule one, you do not speak to my guests.
Rule two, you do not touch [music] my things.
Rule three, you do not forget that you are here to work, not to belong.
Yes, ma.
Put her [music] to work and ensure she understands how we do things here.
Show her the [music] kitchen and make sure she knows the difference between my tea and my husband’s coffee.
Yes, madam.
Yes, madam.
Darling, [music] you’re early.
The meeting ended sooner [music] than expected.
That’s the new maid.
Don’t bother with [music] her.
Welcome.
Thank you, sir.
[music] Don’t mind madam.
She is hard on everyone.
I’ll be fine, ma.
Where did [music] you get that scar?
An old injury.
Ma [music] [music] [music] Sell it.
That should cover the supplier’s deposit.
Amara, this was your mother’s.
And you are my husband.
We are building something.
Things get better when we hold on together.
[music] I promise you, one day you will never worry about money again.
I need a husband who will hold my hand when we have nothing.
I see you are still living in this small place.
Mama, please come in.
Welcome, Mama.
Echa, I [music] heard you sold something to pay a debt.
My son should not be sustained by [music] his wife’s jewelry.
Amara is helping me, Mama.
She is not hurting me.
Love does [music] not build an empire.
A woman should bring something to the table.
Connections, influence.
Mama, I bring my whole heart and I will work for this family.
Hearts do not [music] pay bills, mama.
She stood by me when nobody else did.
We will see how long that lasts.
Don’t listen to her.
I chose you.
I know you haven’t eaten since [music] morning.
I’m busy, Amara.
The business is finally growing.
But you promised me we’d do this together.
[music] We are.
Please, I need to focus.
I have urgent information about your husband’s business.
It’s about [music] his partners.
You need to see this tonight.
Who is this?
Meet me at the old IOU road junction.
Come alone.
Hurry.
Echa, please answer.
I’m going to meet someone [music] about your business.
If you hear this, please call me back.
[music] [music] Where is this man?
[music] What is he doing?
[music] [music] [music] She is not answering.
Amara, please pick up.
I’m going to meet someone about your business.
If you hear this, please call me back.
We found a car registered to your wife near the Eorodu near the Iicorodu junction.
It has been badly [music] damaged.
And my wife, where is she?
Where is she?
We haven’t found her yet.
We need you to come in.
[music] We searched the area for 3 days.
The river is [music] close to that road.
You have not eaten again.
[music] [music] She is out there somewhere, mama.
I can feel it.
Echa, [music] it has been weeks.
You cannot destroy your life waiting for a woman who may never return.
She was my wife.
And you have done everything you can.
The police have closed the search.
Because they gave up.
[music] Because there is nothing left to find.
Let her arrest [music] my son.
The court has issued the declaration.
I’m sorry, Mr.
Okafo.
[music] [music] [music] My bracelet.
Where is my diamond bracelet?
[music] The one gave you for your wedding anniversary?
I put it on the dresser an hour ago.
Nobody else went upstairs except [music] everyone, please.
My diamond bracelet is missing and only one person went near my I put it on [music] the dresser an hour ago.
Nobody else went upstairs except everyone please.
My diamond bracelet is missing and only one person went near my room today.
[music] Ma, I didn’t take anything.
I only went upstairs to change the towels as you asked.
Are you calling me a liar in my own house?
My diamond [music] bracelet is missing and only one person went near my room today.
Open that bag.
Ma, I didn’t take anything.
[music] Thief and a liar.
And whose [music] picture is And whose picture is this?
Some man you stole from these girls [music] from the agency.
They are all the same.
[music] 5 years ago you let them bury me.
Today you let her break me.
What is she talking about?
Nothing.
She’s She’s upset.
Let’s just end this.
Madam, please.
She is not a thief.
I will check the room myself.
Take her out of my sight.
I want her gone by morning.
[music] Why did [music] you let her do that to you?
Because I’m not leaving.
Not yet.
I saw Madam’s bracelet [music] on her dressing table.
It was never stolen.
I know.
[music] [music] Madame Grace went to the sitting room with Echa.
[music] She always takes her tea there for an hour.
This is her spare room key.
Mama, if she catches us, [music] then I am the one who sent you to turn down her bed.
Go.
Heat.
[music] Heat.
[music] [music] [music] [music] Heat.
Heat.
[music] [music] Mama Grace.
Heat.
Heat.
[music] [music] [music] the same eyes.
It cannot be.
Sunday said she did not [music] survive.
Sunday said Sunday.
[music] [music] If it is her, she will not leave this house [music] with anything.
Did you find anything?
Everything.
[music] I said gone by morning.
Why is that bag still here?
[music] [music] I’m leaving, ma.
[music] Madam, forgive me, but the anniversary dinner is in 3 days.
60 guests and your husband’s business partners.
Two girls [music] already left this month.
If she goes, who will serve?
Hire [music] someone else.
At this short notice, ma with the caterer already [music] booked.
Fine until the dinner.
After that, you disappear.
And if I [music] find so much as a spoon out of place.
Yes, ma.
Thank you.
[music] Tell me what you want to do.
Not [music] here, not alone, and not in secret.
Grace will say I forged it.
[music] Mecha will say I am confused.
I need a place where nobody can look away.
The dinner in front [music] of his partners, in front of everyone who respects him.
Where have you been?
Your family has been trying to reach you for 5 years.
Barrista, I need you to listen.
[music] I have a phone with messages from the night of my accident, a bank transfer slip, and a note in Grace Okaffor’s handwriting.
Send me everything now.
And the money you put into business at the start, do you still have proof?
[music] The receipts from the jeweler and my bank statements from that year.
They are in [music] my mother’s old trunk.
Thank you, barrista.
3 days.
Can you survive three more days in [music] this house?
It.
I have survived 5 years.
Sunday.
Pick up.
Pick up.
Pick up.
Amecha, that maid must leave this [music] house.
But mom, before the dinner, tell your wife today.
Mama, why do you care so much [music] about a maid?
Thank you all [music] for celebrating our fifth anniversary.
My husband and I built this house on love, trust, and honesty.
[music] [applause] H [applause] [music] a toast to Okafo, the man who rose from nothing and never forgot his values.
[music] [music] Barrista, I don’t remember inviting you.
I don’t remember inviting you.
You didn’t.
[music] But there is someone who has been waiting a long time to speak to you tonight.
[music] [snorts] You heard my Dave.
[music] [music] What is the mage doing?
What is the mage doing?
[music] I told you to disappear after tonight.
My name is Amara Okafo.
I was wife.
[gasps] [music] That’s a lie.
His first wife is dead.
Everyone was told I was dead.
[music] Victoria, nobody checked.
Amara.
Yes, Emma.
[music] I’m alive.
[music] [music] What is this?
[music] This is a jeweler’s receipt from the week I sold my [music] mother’s necklace to pay your supplier’s deposit.
These are my bank statements showing the transfers I made into [music] your first account.
Barrista, how much of this company is mine?
Based on the original investment and the registered shares, she holds 40%.
40%.
40%.
[music] You told us you build this alone.
I I believed she was [music] dead.
I didn’t know what to do with her share.
That is one question.
Here is a harder one.
[music] Mama Grace, would you like to tell your son who called me on the night of my accident?
This girl is mad.
She is an impostor and she is trying to ruin my son.
[music] Messages between you and Sunday Eke.
Sunday Eke.
The road was empty.
She did not see me coming.
Make sure no one finds her car [music] before morning.
And here is a transfer.
If she survives, she must not come back.
Mama, [music] I did it for you.
She was holding you back.
She was nothing.
You told me she was gone.
You let me bury an empty coffin.
[music] I protected your future.
[music] Mrs.
Grace Okafo, we have also located Sunday.
He has made a statement.
You are under arrest for conspiracy and attempted murder.
EMA, you told me there was no hope.
You told me she was dead.
[music] I thought she was.
[music] I slapped her.
I made her [music] serve me at my own party.
Madam, this is your bracelet.
It was under your jewelry box the whole time.
Amara never touched it.
[music] I will be reviewing my investment in this company.
AA my lawyers will contact you tomorrow.
[music] Please let me explain.
You can explain [music] tomorrow, EMA.
Tonight, I just want to walk out of this house with my head high.
[music] Amara, please just 5 minutes.
I searched for you.
[music] I swear it.
I begged the police for months.
And then [music] you stopped.
Your mother said, “Let her rest.”
And you let me rest.
[music] I was broken.
I didn’t know she was behind it.
You didn’t ask when the caller phoned me that night.
You didn’t wonder who it was.
[music] When the police closed the file, you didn’t ask why.
When your mother told you to move on, you moved on.
Within [music] a year, you married someone new.
I thought if I stopped [music] hurting, I could breathe again.
[music] I understand that.
But tonight, you stood in your own garden and watched your wife slap me.
You didn’t know who [music] I was, but you knew I was a woman being humiliated.
Tell me what to do.
Tell [music] me how to fix this.
[music] You can’t.
You can only decide who you will be from today.
Cooperate with the police.
Testify against your [music] mother and release my 40%.
Everything.
Whatever you want.
Please come back.
We can start again.
You didn’t kill me.
Acca, you just [music] stopped looking.
Amara, I don’t know how to say this.
I [music] treated you like you were nothing.
I slapped you in front of 60 people over a bracelet I put in the wrong place myself.
Yes, you did.
[music] [music] I’m not asking you to forgive me.
I just I need you to know I’m ashamed.
Victoria, you didn’t need to know my name to treat [music] me with respect.
You needed to know your own.
A maid, a guest, a stranger.
Every one of them is somebody’s daughter.
I will leave this house tonight.
That is for you and your conscience.
[music] I’m not here to punish you.
I’m here to be done, [music] my child.
You did it.
After 5 years, you did it.
We [music] did it, mama.
The court filing begins on Monday.
40% [music] with interest.
Thank you, Barrista.
[music] [music] [music] Some people bury you, others just stop [music] digging.
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