*** 10:58 am ***
Bode got out of the car just as he parked properly, he looked around first to check for signs of any police officer. He saw none and proceeded into building with a dark eyes glasses he found in the car.
He searched for the minister carefully among those waiting for the plane to London but didn’t see anyone like him. He looked carefully again and saw the Yoruba minister carefully disguised in an Hausa traditional attire without any one guarding him. That made Bode realize that the minister was also trying to sneak out of the country.
Bode took his seat and waited patiently for Uche to show up. He wondered if Dennis had been able to inform the police about the development since it took him several minutes to correctly guess the phone number with easily memorizable digits.
It was 11.07 when Bode saw an airport attendant come close to the minister, the attendant looked left around suspiciously first before he whispered something into the minister’s ears. The minister stood up and followed him.
Bode recognised Uche as the airport attendant immediately. He dipped his hand into his pocket to make sure his guns were still intact before he followed them carefully. The phone rang.
“Where are you Bode? I’m at the airport with the police” Dennis spoke.
“I’m following Uche and the minister; I think they are heading towards the departure lounge”
“Okay, please be careful. The police will join you now”
“Okay” Bode ended the call, he kept the phone into his pocket and looked forward again, Uche and the minister had disappeared.
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Kelvin was trying to call Bode and inform him of the release when an officer told him of how Bode was abducted and had not been found. He was saddened by the news as he walked out, he met Amarachi making a call outside the building. His phone rang while he waited for her to end the call.
The call was from Ini, he answered the call with great amazement not sure of what to expect.
“Hello Sir, it’s your friend Ini’s driver” an unrecognized voice spoke. “She’s at the hospital right now and the doctor is demanding some money immediately”
“What’s wrong with her?”
“She collapsed this morning when we wanted to leave the house”
“Which hospital is she?” he asked.
"Good City Hospital"
"Okay, I'll be there in few minutes" Kelvin ended the call. He brought out his wallet that was just returned to him by the police and was glad to find his ATM card still in it.
He turned back to see Amarachi crying silently, she already ended her call.
"What's the problem?" He asked
"I am the problem" She replied, seeming angry with herself.
"What do you mean?"
"I always make things go wrong for Ini always"
"What do you mean? Everything that happened is not your fault"
"No, it's mine. She was a very happy person before I came to join her, I've caused her lots of headaches and problems while all she did was to show me love" Ama argued. "I caused the rift between both of you, i made Bola become enemies with her, I caused everything and I still went ahead to accuse her of killing Frank"
"No you didn't, it was meant to be so" Kelvin tried to console.
"Yes, I did. All these would have never happened if I didn't come into her life again. But with all I did to her, she still helped my family. I was just told that my Dad could have died if she didn't come to his rescue"
"It's not time to argue or discuss right now, Ini is in the hospital and she needs our help"
"Huh?" Amarachi wiped her face with her hand.
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Bode was accosted by the security guards as he wandered around the area searching for Uche and the minister. He was already walking away when he saw Uche at a opposite distance walk out of a room hurriedly, removing black hand gloves from his hands and going to the toilet direction. Bode concluded that Uche would have carried out his assignment on the minister silently.
He brought out the phone and called again before following Uche. "I'm still there, heading to the toilet now"
"Okay, enough men would get there now. Do you know if there's any one of his gang around anywhere?" Helen demanded
"I'm not sure, Uche is supposed to travel immediately after this assassination. What I know is that Chief Pedro Fayemi is the Boss, he funds the whole gang"
"Okay, that means we'll send men to get him immediately too. We'll be with you there in a few seconds. I would prefer you don't go near him, just keep an eye on him till we come. We'll get him"
"Okay" the call ended.
He felt weak in his body as he walked towards the toilet, ignoring Helen's advice not to go near him. He opened the door carefully first and peeped before entering. He saw Uche in front of one of the Urinals already dressed in a different wear. He brought out his gun carefully and approached him.
Uche saw him approaching from far already from a small broken glass which served as a mirror to him. He brought out his gun carefully, not allowing Bode see it and loaded it with bullets.
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THE END.
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APPRECIATION
First of all, my gratitude goes to Almighty God
who gave me the ability to start and complete
this work, its all by the empowerment of His
Spirit that lives in me .
I'll like to say a big thank you to my beloved
parents and siblings; their words of
encouragement took me a long way. To my Boss
and friend, dope Music producer and CEO of
Echoes Music; Iyke Ndefo who gave me the
assignment to write my first story. I pray God
bless and uplift you.
Also to Miss Adedeji Inioluwa Oluwatosin, Miss
Kolawole Amarachi Oluwatosin, Bode Olawale
(RIP) whose personalities inspired this work. You
guys are awesome, I love you.
