“That b#####d have crossed the line this
time” Bimbo barked shattering the glass cup
in her hands.
More lines appeared on her face defiling the
make-ups she had on.
Those cheeks turned red exaggerated more by
the pink cheeks she wore.
Her chubby face sagged and her eyes blazed
with fury turning her roasted plantain colour
to that of a red ripe plantain.
“I will demolish that boy, i will crush him that
he will become poorer than he ever have been
before. . . he messed with the wrong woman,
he messed with me now he is now using my
daughter…”
Her eyes widens into a pop, as her clenched
fist bangs on the table.
A burst of rage waved past her, making her
shake and quake with rage.
“I will take everything from him, and that
stupid prodigal daughter of mine will have no
choice than to crawl back here begging”
She reaches for her phone.
“Hello, am i speaking to chief of custom” She
intoned with an aura of authority exhibiting in
her every utterance.
“Hello madam.. Good afternoon.. yes this is
Alhaji danjuma” Came a trembling voice from
the other end of the phone.. “What can i do
for you ma?”
“Their is a shipment of 20containers arriving
nigeria from china belonging to one mr John
Williams..yes? Bimbo asked in a tone of
utmost command.
“Yes ma… its tagged XH3628……” The alhaji
replied with voice exhibiting much humility
and respect.
“That ship must not enter Nigeria…Contact
the president of Warf… those container should
not cross our borders, sink that ship” Bimbo
commanded again.
“What? ….Yes ma” the helpless alhaji replied
again in mixture of utmost confusion and
submission and obviously shaking.
** ** ** **
Johnny entered his house in the wee hours of
a soft warm friday.
His eyes caressed the interior of the building
taking in the fine condition of the interior
buttered in the greyzish black scene casted by
the twilight.
The gloom on his heart which clearly showed
on his face was nothing to be compared to
that which was on Yvonne’s face as she sat
on a cushion in the sitting room obviously
lost in her own thoughts.
Johnny’s heart bled, You wouldn’t need a
soothsayer to tell you she was so troubled.
who wouldn’t be, when its obvious she just
lost everything and all for what? to be with
the man she so strangely love.
He pitied her, and at the same time he pitied
himself. his life was turning apart, everything
was turning upside down.
He just got a call from Mclewis Plc informing
him he has lost the contract he was supposed
to handle worth over a 200million naira, whats
worse was that he needed the money to pay
off the bank from whence he borrowed
180million to acquire a shipment from china
and he used his house and cars as collateral.
His only hope now is for the bank to exercise
a little patient so he could distribute the
goods in his container then her can easily pay
them off since the goods are worth more than
800million.
He was sure Onyinye was the architect of him
loosing that contract, he had heard rumours
that mr Mclewis did everything she asked for
even though she was just his secretary,
Johnny shuddered to think why.
He joined Yvonne on the cushion, taking her
in into his arms with his left hands caressing
her stomach trying to notice the tiny life that
formed inside.
He recounted to Yvonne all that happened
that day, only stopped when he noticed beads
of tears forming on her face.
A sudden outburst of the phone took him off
his stomach caressing posture as he turned
swiftly to answer the call.
It was a from warf he was sure judging from
the number, just a six digit number.
He wasnt expecting his shipment for 2 more
months, it was clearly betrayed by the surprise
on his face as he picked the call.
“Hello…John Williams speaking” He addressed
the caller.
6seconds of silence followed making him
wonder if the call was still on.
“Good day sir” the phone finally gave out a
sound.
“Good day..How may i help you” he asked
betraying his curiosity to find out the motive
of the call.
“Sir i just called to inform that your shipment
with the tag XH3628.. just sunk at the pacific
ocean, east african continental shelf area, and
nothing was recovered.
Johnny’s heart stopped beating for a moment,
the phone fell from his hands with a
thunderous crash jolting Yvonne whose head
rested on his chest.
This was it, everything he worked for all this
years have gone into the shipment and now
all his lost in a flash.
Johnny was welcomed into the world of
dreams…..
…To be Continued..
