Aaron Ansah-Agyeman’s Chronicles of the Stranger Chronicle Title: BETRAYED Episode 1 When sixty-five-year-old multimillionaire MR. KWAME AWUAH picks up the scissors lying on the small exquisite pillow and cuts the ribbon across the entrance of FOSUAA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, he does not know that in just a few minutes he is going to witness something so terrible that it will...
AARON ANSAH-AGYEMAN CHRONICLES OF THE STRANGER BETRAYED © 2017 Episode 4 She continues to cry until Maame Akosua coughs gently to get Enyonam’s attention. ENYONAM And, before I forget, here is the nurse who has been assigned to take care of you, Kwame. She is indeed a good woman and I’m sure you’re going to love her! Her name...
Aaron Ansah-Agyeman’s Chronicles Of The Stranger Chronicle Title: BETRAYED Episode 7 Location: THE HOSPITAL He listens to the wonderful things that Maame Akosua tells him. Things he had really never heard nor paid heed to, and although he could not utter a word or move any part of his body except his eyelids, he feels a deep peace within...
AARON ANSAH-AGYEMAN THE CHRONICLES OF THE STRANGER Chronicle Title: BETRAYED © 2017 Episode 10 The mountain road that leads to the sprawling AWUAH RESIDENCE is a bit steep and curvy. On one side is a sheer mountain face, and on the other side is a dangerous drop to the rocks below. The drop is protected by metal railings....
AARON ANSAH-AGYEMAN CHRONICLES OF THE STRANGER BETRAYED © 2017 Episode 13 Maame looks horrified. MAAME AKOSUA But isn’t that how the Lord works sometimes? Remember Paul used to be Saul, a man who hated the Lord! THE STRANGER Don’t you start quoting verses to me, woman! Nana Yaw is still moaning, making sounds of great pain. The stranger...
Aaron Ansah-Agyeman’s Chronicles of the Stranger Chronicle Title: DEATH ROW Episode 1 Location: THE APPEALS COURT The courtroom is very quiet. Some people are weeping and murmuring, but the sound they are making is low. The courtroom is totally full; both the lower and upper terraces are filled with people. This has been a case which has been short...
Aaron Ansah-Agyeman’s Chronicles of the Stranger Chronicle Title: DEATH ROW Episode 2 She is in her late twenties, slim, well-formed, dark and very pretty. She looks at him and begins to get up, but he quickly reaches out and holds her arm. THE STRANGER (smiling kindly) I understand your pain, my dear. It seems to me that you’re the only...
Episode 3 The huge, black, heavily armoured police van passes through three fortified and guarded gates before entering the main yard of the GRAND CASTLE PRISON. It goes forward a bit and then takes a left turn towards the administration block. It stops behind a long, flat rectangular building that has several offices along its length. The armed policemen get...
Aaron Ansah-Agyeman’s Chronicles of the Stranger Chronicle Title: DEATH ROW Episode 4 The Prophet stands in front of Zac, his long face filled with false piousness, his hands open in a semblance of meekness, his eyes exuding a compassion that Zac knows isn’t real. PROPHET BIO (gently) Zac, Zac, Zac! You know this little incident has had a very grave...
Aaron Ansah-Agyeman’s Chronicles of the Stranger Chronicle Title: DEATH ROW Episode 5 Her parents look at the stranger who has now walked past the journalists and is climbing up to the podium where the Elder is still speaking. AGYA KOFI (softly) There is… there is something about him… yes, something… The stranger is approaching Elder Senanu. All eyes...
Aaron Ansah-Agyeman’s Chronicles of the Stranger Chronicle Title: DEATH ROW Episode 6 THE STRANGER There was a time King Herod captured James, the brother of John, and had him killed with a sword, and the whole country rejoiced! This pleased the wicked King, and he captured Peter, intending to kill him too. He kept Peter behind four groups of...
Aaron Ansah-Agyeman’s Chronicles of the Stranger Chronicle Title: DEATH ROW Episode 7 Location: GRAND CASTLE PRISON The door of the small VISITORS’ ROOM 1 opens. The room has a small table and just two metallic chairs bolted to the floor. There is a chair on each side of the metallic table. Zac Larbi is led inside by two armed prison...
Aaron Ansah-Agyeman’s Chronicles of the Stranger Chronicle Title: DEATH ROW Episode 8 Location: CENTRAL POLICE STATION All the necessary documentation for the execution of Pastor Zac Larbi has been obtained and duly signed. At the Central Police Station, the Member of Parliament, the Chief Executive Officer of the Metropolis, Judge Atinga Awedaga and Chief Inspector Kwabena Bediako are putting the...
Aaron Ansah-Agyeman’s Chronicles of the Stranger Chronicle Title: DEATH ROW Episode 9 The people in the room remain fixed, unable to move until the stranger has gone outside, gotten into his car and ridden away. That is when they are finally are able to get out of their seats. MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT (screaming) FIND THAT MAN! I WANT HIM...
Aaron Ansah-Agyeman’s Chronicles of the Stranger Chronicle Title: DEATH ROW Episode 10 Location: GRAND CASTLE PRISON At 5:30 in the morning, the Observers’ Lounge of the Execution Room is full. Present are family representatives of the five women who had been brutally murdered. There are people from high society; politicians, government and the judiciary. The Member of Parliament, the District...
Aaron Ansah-Agyeman’s Chronicles of the Stranger Chronicle Title: DEATH ROW Episode 11 Outside the prison Ama Boatemaa is bent low on the ground, wailing, and then she suddenly feels a tap on her shoulder. She looks up, and she recognizes the tall, bearded stranger. Ama Boatemaa flies into his arms and holds him tight as her tears fall in...
Aaron Ansah-Agyeman’s Chronicles of the Stranger Chronicle Title: DEATH ROW Episode 12 DAILY BUGLE EXCERPT: …and in a bizarre twist to the whole Zac Larbi murder case, a police team led by Chief Inspector Kwabena Bediako yesterday morning arrested a man, Kwame Darko, in the forests of Camp Golgotha where the murders took place. Kwame Darko, a resident of...
Aaron Ansah-Agyeman’s Chronicles of the Stranger Chronicle Title: DEATH ROW Episode 9 The people in the room remain fixed, unable to move until the stranger has gone outside, gotten into his car and ridden away. That is when they are finally are able to get out of their seats. MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT (screaming) FIND THAT MAN! I WANT...
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Suicidal is now served…. AARON ANSAH-AGYEMAN THE CHRONICLES OF THE STRANGER SUICIDAL EPISODE 1 Perhaps, in a really morbid kind of way, life really began for Juliana Dorman when she was thirty years old. That was the day –the exact day, she lost both of her parents in the most violent of ways, leaving her so guilt-ridden that she felt...
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Suicidal continues… AARON ANSAH-AGYEMAN THE CHRONICLES OF THE STRANGER SUICIDAL EPISODE 3 Julie was the only daughter of her mother, but she had two step-siblings on her father’s side. Her father, Mr. Bless Dorman, had had a former wife with whom he had two children, Abednego and Sandra. Abednego was forty-six years old, whilst Sandra was forty-four. Both of...
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Suicidal is now continuing… AARON ANSAH-AGYEMAN THE CHRONICLES OF THE STRANGER SUICIDAL EPISODE 5 After more than two hours, they brought Julie back to the ward. She listened to the doctor, and she refused to cry again. She knew that if she started crying, she would never stop, and would simply die from crying. They told her that...
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Suicidal is running… AARON ANSAH-AGYEMAN THE CHRONICLES OF THE STRANGER SUICIDAL EPISODE 7 Even as she seemed to be burning up, the excruciating pain tearing up her insides and making her scream silently in pure agony, Julie noted that the stranger in the room was an extremely handsome young man. He was wearing black Levi jeans and a black...
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Suicidal is now running… AARON ANSAH-AGYEMAN THE CHRONICLES OF THE STRANGER SUICIDAL EPISODE 8 Akwasi Dapaah came in and found Doctor Twumasi Dei sitting on the floor and weeping. The young man was taken aback, and listened with increasing disbelief as the doctor and Julie told him about the strange man who had waltzed into the ward and turned...
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Suicidal is running… AARON ANSAH-AGYEMAN THE CHRONICLES OF THE STRANGER SUICIDAL EPISODE 9 Doctor Twumasi Dei, who had become very close to Julie now, informed her that it would be necessary for her to be discharged from the hospital so that he could give her medical attention at his private clinic. “The costs here are running into frightful proportions,”...
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Suicidal is on… AARON ANSAH-AGYEMAN THE CHRONICLES OF THE STRANGER SUICIDAL EPISODE 10 Two days later, with monies contributed by Doctor Twumasi Dei and Akwasi Dapaah to settle her medical bills, Julie was released from the hospital. She was still paralyzed from the waist down, and an uncertain future faced her. Hurt, confused, betrayed, heart-broken and absolutely dejected, Julie...
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Suicidal once again… AARON ANSAH-AGYEMAN THE CHRONICLES OF THE STRANGER SUICIDAL EPISODE 11 Jacob and Sandra looked up suddenly and saw Akwasi approaching. Jacob’s eyes went to Akwasi’s car, and a sheepish look came to his face when he saw the ashen face of Julie through the clear windscreen. He released Sandra, who came forward with a dark expression,...
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Suicidal is running… AARON ANSAH-AGYEMAN THE CHRONICLES OF THE STRANGER SUICIDAL EPISODE 12 Julie admitted that Akwasi Dapaah had a beautiful home. It was a flat, sprawling building with a lot of green grassy patches, replete with even a small garden. “Your own place?” she asked with surprise when he drove into the yard and parked. The young man...
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Suicidal is cruising…. AARON ANSAH-AGYEMAN THE CHRONICLES OF THE STRANGER SUICIDAL EPISODE 13 Everybody in the house was crying when Akwasi carried Julie out of the door. Adobea could barely breathe as she pushed the electronic wheelchair out and Akwasi gently put Julie in it. Maame Baaba knelt on both knees and hugged Julie fiercely. “Oh, Julie,...
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Suicidal is trending… AARON ANSAH-AGYEMAN THE CHRONICLES OF THE STRANGER SUICIDAL EPISODE 14 A lot of people screamed when Julie pulled the trigger. The Chief Inspector took several steps away with horror. Even Abednego shut his eyes at the last moment, and Jacob fell forward with a horrifying grunt. The judge put his face flat on the bench and...
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Suicidal is airborne… AARON ANSAH-AGYEMAN THE CHRONICLES OF THE STRANGER SUICIDAL EPISODE 15 Julie was not afraid anymore. Somehow, as she sat calmly and listened to the stunned judge remanding her in a cell for two days without bail so that she would give serious thoughts about returning the money she had supposedly stolen, she knew deep within her...
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Suicidal is blazing… AARON ANSAH-AGYEMAN THE CHRONICLES OF THE STRANGER SUICIDAL EPISODE 16 It was late afternoon when Julie walked through the luxurious lounge of Dorman Capitals. Most of the top executives were present, and so were members of the Board of Directors. These were men and women who had been made rich by Mr. Bless Dorman, and who...
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Suicidal is served… AARON ANSAH-AGYEMAN THE CHRONICLES OF THE STRANGER SUICIDAL EPISODE 17 Much later, when Julie walked into the conference room on the fifth floor of Dorman Towers with a smiling Jacob Acquah behind her, she paused suddenly and looked around the room with her heart beating hard with trepidation. It was a beautiful conference room, reserved for...
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Suicide closes the curtains… AARON ANSAH-AGYEMAN THE CHRONICLES OF THE STRANGER SUICIDAL FINAL EPISODE Akwasi Dapaah stood and watched all that was going on with wonder on his face. He saw Julie being hugged tightly by Mrs. Opoku Agyeman as both of them shed tears, and he watched Mr. Opoku Agyeman putting his arms around both of them and...
Aaron Ansah-Agyeman’s Chronicles of the Stranger Chronicle Title: BROKEN VOWS Episode 1 Location: THE DIVORCE COURT There is a divorce hearing inside the courtroom. Outside in the lounge, the families of Takyi Barima and Afia Agyeibea are also waiting tensely. Their case is going to be called next. Afia had started a painful divorce process against her husband, Takyi,...
Aaron Ansah-Agyeman’s Chronicles of the Stranger Chronicle Title: BROKEN VOWS Episode 4 THE STRANGER Well it is! AFIA (hollowly) And the woman behaved differently? She behaved differently to how I’m behaving? THE STRANGER Well, yes. Compared to your case, all of them behaved differently! There is a silence, and then the elderly stranger suddenly stands up, gives a slight...
Aaron Ansah-Agyeman’s Chronicles of the Stranger Chronicle Title: BROKEN VOWS Episode 7 Yaw Kuntu sat for a long time in deep thought, and then he leaned forward and looked at the two of them. YAW KUNTU You’re both right, of course. After meeting A.T. I’ve come to the realization that I’ve never stopped loving her. I do need her...
Aaron Ansah-Agyeman’s Chronicles of the Stranger Chronicle Title: BROKEN VOWS Episode 10 Location: THE DIVORCE COURT The stranger looks at the faces of his listeners with a great grin on his face. They all look stunned. Naa Shormei is visibly the worst affected as tears slowly course down face. Afia is staring, horrified, shaking her head numbly. AFIA...
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Aaron Ansah-Agyeman’s Chronicles of the Stranger Chronicle Title: AFFLICTED Episode 1 There is merrymaking at the NYANTAKYI residence. It is the sixty-first birthday of Mr. KUSI NYANTAKYI, and a party has been organized for him. He is surrounded by family, friends and colleagues. His wife, SIKA NYANTAKYI, is looking resplendent in her all-white attire which matches her husband’s. She...
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Aaron Ansah-Agyeman’s Chronicles of the Stranger Chronicle Title: AFFLICTED Episode 2 Everybody is looking from Pastor Obuobi to Akoto with a hint of unease on their faces. REV. OBUOBI (in a serious voice) Young man, are you firm in the Lord? Akoto puts his head to one side and regards the pastor with a cynical look on...
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Aaron Ansah-Agyeman’s Chronicles of the Stranger Chronicle Title: AFFLICTED Episode 3 There is pandemonium everywhere! People cannot believe what has happened, and they are screaming and prancing and absolutely uncontrollable! Tears well up in Kesewaa’s eyes as she looks at the man of God who has, in seconds, healed her mother where years of medication and the best surgeons...
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Aaron Ansah-Agyeman’s Chronicles of the Stranger Chronicle Title: AFFLICTED Episode 4 Chronicles of the Stranger continues… Reverend Obuobi is strutting around with a pompous and haughty pride. REV. OBUOBI (shouting) Hallelujah! Amen! Hallelujah!! Amen! Hallelujah!! CONGREGATION (screaming) AMEN! AMEN!! AMEEEENNN!! REV. OBUOBI Bring him his wife and his children now!! Mrs. Ampofo and her children, all...
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Aaron Ansah-Agyeman’s Chronicles of the Stranger Chronicle Title: AFFLICTED Episode 5 REV. OBUOBI Please, Kesewaa, I know it hurts! But, please, give me just a month, okay? If nothing happens in a month, you’ll know that I’m a liar! But remember, the blindness and paralysis he has put on you will be reversed on his mother! That will...
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Aaron Ansah-Agyeman’s Chronicles of the Stranger Chronicle Title: AFFLICTED Episode 6 Kesewaa blinks the tears out of her eyes as she looks at Akoto. This man has loved her, has respected her, and has taken care of all her needs for almost four years. He has never touched her in any sexual way but has waited patiently for the...
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Aaron Ansah-Agyeman’s Chronicles of the Stranger Chronicle Title: AFFLICTED Episode 7 It is a Friday night at Golgotha Heights International Church. It is a half-night power programme themed THE HOLY SPIRIT REVIVAL NIGHT OF RICHES AND ASTOUNDING PROSPERITIES. The Church auditorium is filled, with all terraces taken. This is an unprecedented phenomenon. It is a huge church and can...
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Aaron Ansah-Agyeman’s Chronicles of the Stranger Chronicle Title: AFFLICTED Episode 8 AKOTO (voice trembling) Don’t do this to me, Kes, my love! I can’t live without you! You’re the only woman I love! Can’t you see what is happening here? This hypocrite is interested in you! He wants you, and that’s why he’s attacking and afflicting me! Don’t allow...
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Aaron Ansah-Agyeman’s Chronicles of the Stranger Chronicle Title: AFFLICTED Episode 9 The Bishop is trembling badly now. He raises his right hand and points an unsteady finger at the Reverend. BISHOP OSUANYI No, I will not let you destroy this church with your evil, Ebow! This church is based on sound biblical principles! You don’t preach the Gospel...
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Aaron Ansah-Agyeman’s Chronicles of the Stranger Chronicle Title: AFFLICTED Episode 10 The news of Bishop Osuanyi Ayeh’s demise sends shock waves throughout the country and through the Christian fraternity. The story is told about how a hidden tumour in the brain has suddenly ruptured, causing the instant death of the renowned man of God. People are also told about...
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Aaron Ansah-Agyeman’s Chronicles of the Stranger Chronicle Title: AFFLICTED Episode 11 The reverend then gives her a lot of cheques and an A4 sheet with his bank details on it. REV. OBUOBI My dear, kindly deposit these cheques in my account for me tomorrow, okay? When the pressure comes down a bit I’ll go to the bank and...
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Aaron Ansah-Agyeman’s Chronicles of the Stranger Chronicle Title: AFFLICTED Episode 12 The Stranger appears…things are going to heat up! Read on… They are a little scared, but Reverend Obuobi only laughs. REV. OBUOBI You have the impudence of an unbeliever, and of course, I don’t want to taint the memory of my dead father with a show...
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Aaron Ansah-Agyeman’s Chronicles of the Stranger Chronicle Title: AFFLICTED Episode 13 People are staring at the man as he crosses to the entrance of the hospital and approaches Amina. She closes her eyes and shakes her head hard, thinking she is hallucinating. She opens her eyes again and he is right there. He is not smiling, and...