Final Episode - “The Ground That Swallowed Chief Akinlolu”

It was now ten years since Akinlolu made the deal. Ten years of rituals. Ten years of silent graves in his beautiful garden. His wealth was untouched. He had power, fame, and fear on his side. But the spirits were watching. Waiting.

One dark night, the midwife brought him another baby girl. She was calm. She didn’t cry. She looked into his eyes with a stillness that made him pause.

As he dug the hole in the garden, sweat poured from his face. The wind around him felt heavy, strange. The maid peeked from behind the curtain, her hands shaking. She had seen this before—but this night felt different.

Akinlolu held the baby over the hole. Then she blinked—and in that moment, he heard the soft cries of all the babies he had buried. He turned around and saw them. Small figures glowing in the dark. Floating above the ground. Their faces were not angry—but sad.

He stepped back, but the ground beneath his feet began to shift.

The maid screamed. His wife ran out, confused, only to see her husband standing in front of an open grave, ghosts of babies circling him, and the baby girl still in his arms.

The soil moved. Akinlolu screamed, “Help me!” But his feet were already sinking. The spirits reached for him—not to forgive, but to collect what they were owed.

His wife tried to pull him, but a force pushed her back. Akinlolu cried louder, begged the baby for mercy, but she only stared. In seconds, he was swallowed by the earth. The grave closed like it had never opened.

The baby disappeared from his arms.

From that night, everything changed. His bank accounts froze. His businesses collapsed. People stopped saying his name. The mansion became quiet, empty, and feared.

Grass refused to grow in the garden. Only dry soil and a cold breeze remained.

No one speaks of Chief Akinlolu anymore. But those who pass the house at night say they still hear babies crying from the earth.

Evil can never hide forever. What you bury will one day rise.