Shadows of Pain ( 2014)
Synopsis
Patience and Udoka (Chika Ike & Bob Manuel) were doing well as a married couple until Patience convinced Udoka to invest his life savings into a business that appeared to be reaping millions for her friend. But the friend was nothing but a con artist that ran away with their money and left them poverty stricken.
Life got rough and Patience developed a habit of borrowing money from her best friend, Angela (Queen Nwokoye). Angela realized that instead of using the money for business, Patience used the money to buy clothes and shoes. So upon the next request for a loan, Angela refused to lend Patience any more money. Patience didn’t take the refusal very well and resented Angela to the core.
Three years later, things looked up for Patience and Udoka but then life spiraled out of control for Angela. She not only lost her business, but she was involved in a car crash that left her blind and her husband dead. Angela relocated to the village to live with her mother and Udoka was kind enough to take in her young daughter, Mmesoma (Chinemeze Amaka).
Udoka offered to pay for Mmesoma’s education but Patience resented the fact that Udoka never asked her permission to have Mmesoma live with them. She smiled and played along and pretended she had Mmesoma enrolled in a quality school but instead she physically abused her and used her as a housemaid.
But every crime has its punishment and it was just a matter of time before Patience paid the price for her cruelty.