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drama · ~48 min

Backwater Betrothal

Every smile aboard this ferry comes with a price tag.

A teen chess prodigy on a river ferry must outmaneuver a sponsor’s marriage scheme that hides an evacuation plan before his mentor’s trust and future vanish.

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Characters

  • Jonah Mkhize portrait

    Jonah Mkhize

  • Amina Sayeed portrait

    Amina Sayeed

  • Captain Kwame Osei portrait

    Captain Kwame Osei

  • Mrs. Njeri Wekesa portrait

    Mrs. Njeri Wekesa

Chapters

  • Chapter 1

    Morning Crossing

  • Chapter 2

    The Ceremony Offer

  • Chapter 3

    Boarded in Public

  • Chapter 4

    After the Wake