LOVE TRAGEDY

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Okay — here is the full *5000-word version* of *LOVE TRAGEDY*. I'll write it as a complete story in chapters. This is Part 1 [about 1500 words]. Just tell me "continue" and I'll write Part 2 till we reach 5000.---LOVE TRAGEDY - A Story of Love and Loss*CHAPTER 1: WHERE IT ALL BEGAN*In a small town called Ikorodu, where everyone knows everyone, there were two children who were born two houses apart.Amara was born on March 3rd. Daniel was born on March 5th. Their mothers were best friends. Their fathers drank together on Sundays. So naturally, Amara and Daniel grew up together.At age 4, they shared a single biscuit.At age 7, they fought because Daniel pulled Amara's hair.At age 10, they promised they would never leave each other.At age 13, Amara realized she liked Daniel differently. Not as a friend. As something more.At age 16, Daniel realized it too.By 17, they were officially dating. Not the childish dating where you hide behind the class. It was real. Everyone in their street knew. "Amara and Daniel" was one name. If you saw Amara carrying water from the well, Daniel was behind her carrying the bucket. If Daniel was playing football, Amara was at the side shouting his name the loudest.Daniel was brilliant. The best student in their secondary school. He wanted to be a heart surgeon. Amara was a writer. She wrote poems, stories, small love letters she would fold and put in Daniel's pocket when he wasn't looking.On their final year in secondary school, under the old mango tree behind their school, Daniel took a plastic ring from a bottle coke and knelt down."Amara, I don't have money now. But one day, I will buy you a real diamond ring. Will you marry me?"Amara laughed with tears. "Yes, you fool. Stand up, people are watching us."That night, they made a promise. No matter what happens, they will end up together.*CHAPTER 2: THE SCHOLARSHIP*Life has a way of testing love.WAEC results came out. Daniel had 8 As. Straight As. He was the best in the whole local government. Amara had 6 As and 2 Bs. She also passed very well.Then the letter came. A fully funded scholarship from a University in Canada to study Medicine. For Daniel. It was his dream. A dream he had since he was 10 when his little sister died of heart disease because there was no doctor.Amara was happy, but her heart was breaking. Canada is far. Very far."You must go," she told him on the bridge that night. That bridge was their place. They called it "Our Bridge." "This is your dream, Daniel. Don't say no because of me.""But what about us? Two years? Four years? Long distance?"Amara held his face. "We survived primary school, secondary school, your stubbornness. We can survive distance. Go. And come back for me."Daniel promised. "I will come back. You are my future, Amara. I swear on my life."He left in September. The whole street came to see him off. Amara did not cry at the airport. She waited until she got home, locked her room, and cried for three days.*CHAPTER 3: THE TWO YEARS OF WAITING*The first year was beautiful.Daniel called every day. Morning and night. He sent pictures of snow. He said snow looked like Amara's skin. He sent videos of his small room, his books. Amara sent him her handwritten stories. She started university in Lagos, studying Literature. She was lonely, but she was proud.Second year, the calls became less.Once a day became once in two days. Then three days. Daniel said he was busy — medicine is hard, exams, lab work. Amara understood. She tried not to complain.But she noticed his voice changed. He sounded tired. Sick. He coughed a lot on the phone."Are you okay?" she would ask."Yes, just cold. Canada is very cold," he would say quickly.Amara believed him. Love makes you blind.Then one day, she saw a picture on i********:. Daniel with a white girl, smiling, her arm around him. Her heart dropped. She called him immediately.He said, "She is just a classmate. We had a group project."Amara wanted to believe him. But the seed of doubt had been planted.*CHAPTER 4: THE RETURN*After two years, Daniel returned. He finished his foundation program and came home for Christmas.Amara was at the airport by 5am. She wore his favorite yellow dress. She bought a red rose.When Daniel walked out, she ran to hug him. But he stepped back slightly. He smiled, but it didn't reach his eyes. He looked thinner. Much thinner. His eyes had dark circles. He looked like he had lost 10kg."Amara," he said, hugging her briefly.On the way home, he was quiet. In the car, he looked out the window.That week, everything was strange. He avoided being alone with her. He didn't hold her hand. He didn't kiss her. When she tried to talk about their future, he changed the topic.One evening, she went to his house. His mother opened the door and whispered, "Amara, please talk to him. He came back from Canada and he has been crying alone every night. He won't tell us anything."Amara wen

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