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  • Story: TARASHA – Chapter Five(part4)

    Story: TARASHA – Chapter Five(part4)

    TARASHA
    Tarasha – Chapter Five(part4)

    © Oyin Oluwatosin Emmanuel



    ‘It’s time to leave guys’ James motioned his team members at exactly five pm. He got into the first car, a Bently Jeep with a stout officer who sat at the driver’s seat, while the other four officers , two males and two females got into the Camsol. 
    The stout man started the car engine and mumbled some words to James before they led the way out of the station compound, the Camsol followed behind.
    The minister’s plane was expected to arrive in Nigeria by six pm, but it was just few minutes after five pm when James commanded his team to leave for the airport. Though the distance of the airport to the station wasn’t much, it only took fifteen minutes to drive there, James like every professional insisted on arriving the airport and getting settled very early before the minister arrives.
    They had just gone a few distance away from the station when James’ phone rang, he discovered that it was a call from one of his team members who was in the other car following them. He glanced back and couldn’t find the Camsol behind them anymore, several cars had come in between them now.
    ‘Where are you? Why are you guys driving slowly?’ James inquired.
    ‘I think one of the tyres is bad sir’ the officer replied. ‘I think something sharp pierced it on the road’
    ‘You guys should fix it and join us at the airport as soon as possible, is that clear?’ James ordered.
    ‘Yes sir’ the reply came in a faint voice, the call ended.
    James and his partner continued to the airport without them, they arrived at the airport not more than ten minutes after.
    Before they came out of the car, James called back to find out where the rest of his men were. He got a negative reply, no progress had be made, instead more fault had been discovered in the car.
    Officer Segun’s call came in when they got to the arrival hall,at exactly thirty minutes past five pm.
    ‘Hello Sege’ James hailed, addressing officer Segun by his nick.
    ‘Good day sir’ Segun voice replied cheerfully. ‘We just dropped the minister home now and we’re about to leave’
    ‘Okay, are you sure he’s not going out to anywhere else today?’ James asked.
    ‘He’s going nowhere else’ Segun answered with confidence. ‘He returned home early to wait for Honorable Mensah, he was told the plane left Ghana already’
    ‘Okay, we’re in the airport already to wait for him’
    ‘Ok sir, I just thought I should tell you I’m leaving’
    ‘It’s alright, just remember the job continues tomorrow. You should be with him whenever he’s going out officially’
    ‘Alright sir’ The call ended.
    James did not hear anything from the rest of his team members until five minutes past six pm, the same time when the minister arrived, the call came in before the minister came out of the plane.
    ‘Where are you?’ James demanded angrily.
    ‘On our way sir, we’ll get to the airport in the next three minutes’ a voice responded shakily.
    ‘You better do or you’ll be sorry for yourself’ James snapped and cut the call. He was too angry to notice the officer’s shaky voice.
    ‘Welcome sir, I’m officer James’ Officer James welcomed Mr Mensah, displaying his ID card.
    ‘Thank you’ the minister replied, flashing his teeth, the stout officer took the man’s small luggage from an airport attendant. ‘Please take me one to Honorable Nnamdi’s house immediately
    ‘Oh yea sir, this way’ James motioned the man forward, and followed behind, directing the man as they walked. The stout officer hurried to the park to drive the car forward to cut short their guest’s trekking.
    As they drove out through the exit gate, James spotted the Camsol car at the entrance, trying to sort out their entrance with the security officials at the gate. The stout driver waved to the driver of the other car and motioned them to turn back and follow their car.
    Officer Tunde, driver of the Camsol who was the same person who communicated with officer James through the phone, drove in through the entrance first before making a u-turn to hollow the exit.
    In no time, the Camsol car was following closely at the back of the jeep. James got a glimpse of them through the side mirror, he felt like coming down to discipline the juniors but had to compose himself because of the Ghanaian minister.
    They drove into Chief Nnamdi’s compound after twenty minutes, the compound wasn’t a large one, the distance from the gate to the main house wasn’t far.
    Chief Nnamdi was spotted sitting under a shade in the compound waiting for their arrival, with one of his guards standing beside him. He smiled on sighting the Ghanaian minister’s car drive in, he stood up from his seat and began walking slowly towards the park.
    You can also read: THE BLUE LOVE (Romance)
    The Bently Jeep followed the direction  to the car park given by the guards, but the Camsol car made a surprise movement.
    The car drove violently straight to Chief Nnamdi’s direction, clearing the two guards who stood before the man, the first gunshot from a uniformed policewoman behind, hit Chief Nnamdi’s personal guard.
    Bang! A noise divided the attention of the other guards in the compound, before they could take any step, another explosion hit the house through the gate, creating an opening for the assailants’ escape and killing the armed security men at the gate. Three more gunshots were heard and the Camsol made a turn and sped out unhampered through the destroyed gate.
    +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
    Cole tucked back the grenade launcher into the bag and threw it at  the back seat. He sighted police officials rushing in their vans to attacked Minister’s house, two of the police cars followed the directions of the escaped Camsol. He selected a rap music album on his car’s music player before he started the car engine and drove out of Alex street.
    The plan had worked out perfectly well; Tarasha, Benny and Aisha had left the office to a restaurant beside the police station before three o’clock. From there they monitored the movement of Inspector James’ team via live transmission of the police activities to their tablet device.
    Cole had hacked into the police control room server undetected, through a method Tarasha taught him, transmitting the video records in the station to Tarasha’s device.
    And the Camsol didn’t just develop any fault, the back tyre was deflated by Tarasha while Benny and Aisha waited for the police officials to come to request for a tyre change at the mechanic workshop compound close to the station. The four officers except the driver were induced into deep sleep and locked inside the mechanic’s shop alongside with the mechanic and his several apprentices. The driver of the car was hypnotized temporarily with a pin pierced into his arm.
    Tarasha, Benny and Aisha after repairing the car, disguised and changed into the uniforms of the officers. The officer driving the car was returned to his normal state after the hypnotized pin was removed and forced to continue driving to the airport. He was also forced to keep reporting false information to Inspector James.
    Cole did the job of monitoring Inspector James’ movement on the road and reported live to Tarasha, then he returned to Alex street and waited at a reasonable distance to Minister’s house from where he launched the grenade to the gate.
    You can also read: THE BODYGUARD (action)
    ‘Hey, over here’ Cole shouted, motioning his three colleagues who stood at the front of the restaurant beside the police station, after returning from their successful job.
    Tarasha, Benny and Aisha hopped into the car, Benny sitting in the front with Cole.
    ‘Good job Boss’ Cole praised, laughing widely as he pointed to a beard hanging loosely on Benny’s jaw.
    ‘Damn!’ Benny removed the piece of hair and flung it away.
    +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
    Everything had happened too fast, it seemed like a dream to James as the police medical team tidied up a total of nine dead bodies in the compound.
    It all happened in less than one minute, the Jeep that conveyed him and the Ghanaian minister was not even parked yet when he heard the explosion and gunshot sounds. They narrowly escaped the impact of the grenade, the affected area was just a few metres to the Jeep.
    The Camsol car already sped out of the compound before he could rush down from the Jeep. The first thing he did was to ensure the safety of Mr Mensah by taking him far into the house.
    Chief Nnamdi Okafor could by no chance survive the gunshots, his personal bodyguard was first taken down. Then two bullets was sent into the minister’s forehead and other one into his chest, he died instantly.
    ‘Officer James’ An elderly policeman called harshly. ‘You were here when it all happened?’
    ‘Yes sir’ James replied in low tones, feeling greatly agitated.
    ‘You were not just here, the assailants came with you’ the man added as he moved closer. ‘You brought them in, they were members of your team’
    ‘No… Sir’ James stuttered.
    ‘Nooooo?’ The officer stressed, looking suspiciously at James. ‘You brought the murderers here, you must have known about the plan all along’
    Officer James was speechless, he battled within himself to stop tears from dropping off as he watched the Ghanaian minister been taken into another car which was driven out of compound immediately.
    ‘Are you not the one I’m talking to?’ The elderly officer snapped angrily.
    ‘Sir, we’ve got the signal back and the cameras are working perfectly well now’ a junior office distracted the elder, trotting towards them with a tablet device in his hand.
    ‘When did you say the signal went off again?’ the elder turned back to face the junior.
    ‘It went off by five pm and it returned few minutes ago’ he replied, the sound of his breathing was heard as he spoke.
    ‘That means it was switched off during the time of the operation?’
    ‘Yes sir, the cameras didn’t cover nor transmit anything all through. That’s why it took us time to report the incident to the headquarters’ he explained.
    ‘That means someone close to us must have been involved’ the man said sternly, turning back to James, he landed a slap on his face.

    ‘I didn’t… ‘ James wasn’t allowed to complete his response, he was handcuffed and carried away in the police van.
  • Story: TARASHA – Chapter Five(part4)

    Story: TARASHA – Chapter Five(part4)

    TARASHA
    Tarasha – Chapter Five(part4)

    © Oyin Oluwatosin Emmanuel



    ‘It’s time to leave guys’ James motioned his team members at exactly five pm. He got into the first car, a Bently Jeep with a stout officer who sat at the driver’s seat, while the other four officers , two males and two females got into the Camsol. 
    The stout man started the car engine and mumbled some words to James before they led the way out of the station compound, the Camsol followed behind.
    The minister’s plane was expected to arrive in Nigeria by six pm, but it was just few minutes after five pm when James commanded his team to leave for the airport. Though the distance of the airport to the station wasn’t much, it only took fifteen minutes to drive there, James like every professional insisted on arriving the airport and getting settled very early before the minister arrives.
    They had just gone a few distance away from the station when James’ phone rang, he discovered that it was a call from one of his team members who was in the other car following them. He glanced back and couldn’t find the Camsol behind them anymore, several cars had come in between them now.
    ‘Where are you? Why are you guys driving slowly?’ James inquired.
    ‘I think one of the tyres is bad sir’ the officer replied. ‘I think something sharp pierced it on the road’
    ‘You guys should fix it and join us at the airport as soon as possible, is that clear?’ James ordered.
    ‘Yes sir’ the reply came in a faint voice, the call ended.
    James and his partner continued to the airport without them, they arrived at the airport not more than ten minutes after.
    Before they came out of the car, James called back to find out where the rest of his men were. He got a negative reply, no progress had be made, instead more fault had been discovered in the car.
    Officer Segun’s call came in when they got to the arrival hall,at exactly thirty minutes past five pm.
    ‘Hello Sege’ James hailed, addressing officer Segun by his nick.
    ‘Good day sir’ Segun voice replied cheerfully. ‘We just dropped the minister home now and we’re about to leave’
    ‘Okay, are you sure he’s not going out to anywhere else today?’ James asked.
    ‘He’s going nowhere else’ Segun answered with confidence. ‘He returned home early to wait for Honorable Mensah, he was told the plane left Ghana already’
    ‘Okay, we’re in the airport already to wait for him’
    ‘Ok sir, I just thought I should tell you I’m leaving’
    ‘It’s alright, just remember the job continues tomorrow. You should be with him whenever he’s going out officially’
    ‘Alright sir’ The call ended.
    James did not hear anything from the rest of his team members until five minutes past six pm, the same time when the minister arrived, the call came in before the minister came out of the plane.
    ‘Where are you?’ James demanded angrily.
    ‘On our way sir, we’ll get to the airport in the next three minutes’ a voice responded shakily.
    ‘You better do or you’ll be sorry for yourself’ James snapped and cut the call. He was too angry to notice the officer’s shaky voice.
    ‘Welcome sir, I’m officer James’ Officer James welcomed Mr Mensah, displaying his ID card.
    ‘Thank you’ the minister replied, flashing his teeth, the stout officer took the man’s small luggage from an airport attendant. ‘Please take me one to Honorable Nnamdi’s house immediately
    ‘Oh yea sir, this way’ James motioned the man forward, and followed behind, directing the man as they walked. The stout officer hurried to the park to drive the car forward to cut short their guest’s trekking.
    As they drove out through the exit gate, James spotted the Camsol car at the entrance, trying to sort out their entrance with the security officials at the gate. The stout driver waved to the driver of the other car and motioned them to turn back and follow their car.
    Officer Tunde, driver of the Camsol who was the same person who communicated with officer James through the phone, drove in through the entrance first before making a u-turn to hollow the exit.
    In no time, the Camsol car was following closely at the back of the jeep. James got a glimpse of them through the side mirror, he felt like coming down to discipline the juniors but had to compose himself because of the Ghanaian minister.
    They drove into Chief Nnamdi’s compound after twenty minutes, the compound wasn’t a large one, the distance from the gate to the main house wasn’t far.
    Chief Nnamdi was spotted sitting under a shade in the compound waiting for their arrival, with one of his guards standing beside him. He smiled on sighting the Ghanaian minister’s car drive in, he stood up from his seat and began walking slowly towards the park.
    You can also read: THE BLUE LOVE (Romance)
    The Bently Jeep followed the direction  to the car park given by the guards, but the Camsol car made a surprise movement.
    The car drove violently straight to Chief Nnamdi’s direction, clearing the two guards who stood before the man, the first gunshot from a uniformed policewoman behind, hit Chief Nnamdi’s personal guard.
    Bang! A noise divided the attention of the other guards in the compound, before they could take any step, another explosion hit the house through the gate, creating an opening for the assailants’ escape and killing the armed security men at the gate. Three more gunshots were heard and the Camsol made a turn and sped out unhampered through the destroyed gate.
    +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
    Cole tucked back the grenade launcher into the bag and threw it at  the back seat. He sighted police officials rushing in their vans to attacked Minister’s house, two of the police cars followed the directions of the escaped Camsol. He selected a rap music album on his car’s music player before he started the car engine and drove out of Alex street.
    The plan had worked out perfectly well; Tarasha, Benny and Aisha had left the office to a restaurant beside the police station before three o’clock. From there they monitored the movement of Inspector James’ team via live transmission of the police activities to their tablet device.
    Cole had hacked into the police control room server undetected, through a method Tarasha taught him, transmitting the video records in the station to Tarasha’s device.
    And the Camsol didn’t just develop any fault, the back tyre was deflated by Tarasha while Benny and Aisha waited for the police officials to come to request for a tyre change at the mechanic workshop compound close to the station. The four officers except the driver were induced into deep sleep and locked inside the mechanic’s shop alongside with the mechanic and his several apprentices. The driver of the car was hypnotized temporarily with a pin pierced into his arm.
    Tarasha, Benny and Aisha after repairing the car, disguised and changed into the uniforms of the officers. The officer driving the car was returned to his normal state after the hypnotized pin was removed and forced to continue driving to the airport. He was also forced to keep reporting false information to Inspector James.
    Cole did the job of monitoring Inspector James’ movement on the road and reported live to Tarasha, then he returned to Alex street and waited at a reasonable distance to Minister’s house from where he launched the grenade to the gate.
    You can also read: THE BODYGUARD (action)
    ‘Hey, over here’ Cole shouted, motioning his three colleagues who stood at the front of the restaurant beside the police station, after returning from their successful job.
    Tarasha, Benny and Aisha hopped into the car, Benny sitting in the front with Cole.
    ‘Good job Boss’ Cole praised, laughing widely as he pointed to a beard hanging loosely on Benny’s jaw.
    ‘Damn!’ Benny removed the piece of hair and flung it away.
    +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
    Everything had happened too fast, it seemed like a dream to James as the police medical team tidied up a total of nine dead bodies in the compound.
    It all happened in less than one minute, the Jeep that conveyed him and the Ghanaian minister was not even parked yet when he heard the explosion and gunshot sounds. They narrowly escaped the impact of the grenade, the affected area was just a few metres to the Jeep.
    The Camsol car already sped out of the compound before he could rush down from the Jeep. The first thing he did was to ensure the safety of Mr Mensah by taking him far into the house.
    Chief Nnamdi Okafor could by no chance survive the gunshots, his personal bodyguard was first taken down. Then two bullets was sent into the minister’s forehead and other one into his chest, he died instantly.
    ‘Officer James’ An elderly policeman called harshly. ‘You were here when it all happened?’
    ‘Yes sir’ James replied in low tones, feeling greatly agitated.
    ‘You were not just here, the assailants came with you’ the man added as he moved closer. ‘You brought them in, they were members of your team’
    ‘No… Sir’ James stuttered.
    ‘Nooooo?’ The officer stressed, looking suspiciously at James. ‘You brought the murderers here, you must have known about the plan all along’
    Officer James was speechless, he battled within himself to stop tears from dropping off as he watched the Ghanaian minister been taken into another car which was driven out of compound immediately.
    ‘Are you not the one I’m talking to?’ The elderly officer snapped angrily.
    ‘Sir, we’ve got the signal back and the cameras are working perfectly well now’ a junior office distracted the elder, trotting towards them with a tablet device in his hand.
    ‘When did you say the signal went off again?’ the elder turned back to face the junior.
    ‘It went off by five pm and it returned few minutes ago’ he replied, the sound of his breathing was heard as he spoke.
    ‘That means it was switched off during the time of the operation?’
    ‘Yes sir, the cameras didn’t cover nor transmit anything all through. That’s why it took us time to report the incident to the headquarters’ he explained.
    ‘That means someone close to us must have been involved’ the man said sternly, turning back to James, he landed a slap on his face.

    ‘I didn’t… ‘ James wasn’t allowed to complete his response, he was handcuffed and carried away in the police van.
  • Story:CASSANDRA Season 2Ep2

    Story:CASSANDRA Season 2Ep2

    CASSANDRA
    Cassandra Season 2Ep2


    val’s side of the story
    As narrated by val

    ‘’don’t worry David; I will go for Nora right away. Just relax’’ I promised and backed away while he nodded with great hope.

    ‘’I know it won’t be easy convincing her to come with you but please try your best’’ he begged softly.

    —————-
    As I made to leave the building I noticed the police inspector staring at me. I had no choice than to stop and have another word with him.

    ‘’I have to go fetch his lawyer and family. I really never imagined this situation would go this far. But Come on officer, can’t you guys find a way to settle this issue without getting the young man detained?” I asked like a foreigner who just got to the country. The officer smiled softly, shook his head and weighed me with his eyes. It was very obvious that my question surprised him and for a moment I was scared that he could have a change of heart and get me detained as well.

    ‘’listen young man; this is a case of a missing girl. We take such issues seriously. In fact we treat such case the same way we treat a case of kidnap. Just pray the girl returns because her father is very willing to take the case anywhere with the evidence he has. We the police have no choice than to allow the law to run its full course. There is nothing I nor even my superiors can do in this situation to turn things around for your friend’’ he answered calmly.

    ‘’okay please at least don’t lock him up yet till I return with his lawyer or a family member. Of course I will settle you for that’’ I begged while he shrugged and accepted.

    You can also read: MR. TEACHER 20+

    ———————————
    Visiting Nora was the next thing i did after leaving the police station. I really was very curious to meet her in person, of course who wouldn’t be after listening to her story.

    Finding Nora’s house was very easy due to my vast knowledge of the town. I got there within fifteen minutes and with a little bit of nervousness I knocked on her door as I quickly formed the words to use on her.

    You can also read: PASSWORD 20+

    The door gently opened, revealing a very attractive woman, dressed in a native fitting gown. She was just naturally beautiful with no makeup or any form of sophistication. She was just so natural. I swallowed hard with admiration as I stared at her speechlessly while she stood and waited for me to say a word.
    ‘’emm; Good day. I’m David’s friend. He sent me’’ I stammered.
    ‘’okay, I hope he is fine?” she asked suspiciously, searching me with her eyes. I nodded quickly.

    ‘’he was arrested minutes ago by the police and with the look of things he isn’t getting out of detention soon. He is being detained at the fire service police station and he badly needs your help. He has no one else to turn to but you’’ I said quickly, watching her guardedly. She kept quiet for some seconds before shaking her head.

    ‘’I really don’t understand what he needs me for. He has my cousin’s phone numbers. I can give them to you to call the man. I don’t see where I can help here.’’ She muttered defensively.

    ‘’yes he needs you as much as he needs your cousin because you are just like the only family he has in this town. He will need your food and visits, plus his house and shops needs your attention’’ I quickly answered but my words only made her mad with anger. She instantly gave out the longest hiss I have ever heard in my life, while I took a cautious step backwards.

    ‘’he can rot in jail for all I care. I have already done enough by asking my cousin to help him. You just get away from my house right now before I pounce on you. It’s very obvious you don’t know my relationship with him. Get out’’ she barked and shut the door on my face.

    —————————————————–

    I staggered back to the car, extremely shocked by Nora’s outburst. I badly needed to hand over David’s welfare to someone. I had my life to live. I had things to do with my time and not running around for a dude I just met. David’s car equally was still with me and I really didn’t know what to do with it.

    I finally called the lawyer who unfortunately told me that he wasn’t in town at the moment.

    ‘’just calm down, I will be at the police station first thing tomorrow’’ he promised and hung up.

    —————————–
    I returned to the police station to meet David who hopefully stared at me . I forced out a smile before sitting beside him.

    ‘’I just finished writing my statement. They refused to let me go’’ he complained with a very sad look. I tapped his knee, smiling reassuringly.

    ‘’so how did it go with Nora and her cousin?”’ he asked curiously.
    ‘’the lawyer will be here first thing tomorrow’’ I answered.

    ‘’and Nora?’’ he asked eagerly. I breathed deeply, avoiding his eyes.

    ‘’she isn’t coming. She doesn’t want to have anything to do with you. I guess it’s time to call your mum because you really need someone around to take care of things on your behalf. You know, I have already done my best for you’’ I said painfully. He nodded and looked down with great pain.

    ———————————
    I really was touched over his condition but there wasn’t much I could do anymore for him. There wasn’t any doubt he was a drowning man and what he needed the most was someone like family to him.

    ‘’hello David’’ I instantly heard a familiar voice greet. Looking up, I was extremely surprised to see Nora facing us with a smile. I quickly heaved a sigh of relief. But the relief I felt that moment was nothing compared to the happiness in David’s eyes as he looked up at Nora.

    ‘’oh Nora’’ I heard him breathe with relief.

    There wasn’t any doubt about Nora’s wondrous nature.

    NEXT EPISODE

  • Story: RAQUELIA – Episode11

    Story: RAQUELIA – Episode11

    RAQUELIA
    Raquelia – Episode11
    Age of her powers

    ©Bunmi Gabriel




    Raquelia’s POV

    I was just six when my parents died, if only I didn’t ask to go to Disneyland, maybe they will be alive but I know it wasn’t my fault, I had a strong feeling that they were murdered but no one believed me

    My mom’s older sister, aunt Felicia agreed to take care of me because dad’s younger brother rejected me, all he wanted was dad’s properties but dad made an unchangeable will that my legal guardian would take care of it until I’m older

    ‘That’s impossible! A stranger can’t come in here and try to take over my family’s business, there must be a way’ he said angrily
    ‘The only way is for Raquelia to sign you in as her legal guardian but you already rejected her’ the lawyer said calmly
    ‘Then sign me back in’

    ‘Never! I will not let a greedy man like you take my sister’s only child and turn her into Cinderella, your plans won’t work’ aunt Felicia shouted adamantly

    ‘Then let’s have her chose, the stupid kid loves me’ he said confidently, funny fact, I was in the pool outside crying but I could hear everything, it was so scary then, ever since they died, I kept seeing that woman in my dream she’ll pet me every time and sing me songs

    ‘Fine, I’ll call the girl’ the lawyer said calmly, I stood up and walked to them, he was at the door. ‘Raquel, are you alright? You’re crying’

    ‘I want my mommy, I’m scared’ I sobbed
    ‘Everything will be okay dear, I promise’ he carried me into the sitting room
    ‘Raquelia honey, come here’ uncle Gaylor chirped, I waddled to him and he carried me on his lap. ‘Do you want to go home with me?’
    ‘No, I want my daddy’

    You can also read: TARASHA (Action)

    ‘Your daddy is dead and will never return so stop crying over him’
    ‘Gaylor!’ Aunt Felicia exclaimed, I wiggled out of his hold and stood up, he tried to touch me again
    ‘Don’t touch me! I don’t like you, I never did as you didn’t to me so stop pretending like you do’ they were shocked by the outburst of a little girl, I ran to aunt Felicia and wept in her arms

    ‘It’s settled then, Raquelia stays with Felicia’ the lawyer announced joyfully, that night auntie put me to sleep with Jena but I couldn’t sleep, we were still in my house because the burial was just few days ago

    ‘Jena, I can’t sleep’ I sobbed shaking her, she groaned and sat up before rubbing her eyes. ‘I’m scared, will daddy and mommy ever return?’

    ‘No, but that doesn’t mean they are permanently gone, they are right here in your heart, we might lose something or someone special to us but that doesn’t mean they are gone, as long as the memories of them are still locked in our mind and heart, they will be with us forever, just like your mommy and daddy’

    ‘So they are in here?’ I asked holding my heart, she nodded
    ‘Think about it, will your parents want you to be so sad and cry all the time?’

    ‘No, mommy said it hurts her when I cry and daddy always gets a headache’ I said coolly wiping my tears. ‘I won’t cry again, I promise but I’m scared’

    ‘I’m always here for you, everything will be alright and you can always take my parents as yours, sure it won’t be the same but still, one more thing’ she stretched her hand into my drawer and brought out an amulet. ‘Remember this?’

    ‘Yes, mommy found this buried in the garden three months ago and gave it to you as a birthday gift’
    ‘Take it, it will remind you of mom and this is their wedding rings, I took it from the doctors and made it into a necklace, keep it too’ I took the ring necklace and refused the amulet, the amulet looks like it powers have been sucked out of it only a little left, with it I felt safe again

    Jena might be a little girl but she’s very smart, I love her so much. The next day I went to my parents’ grave to give them my final goodbye

    You can also read: NOTHING LIKE LOVE SEASON 2

    ‘Mommy, daddy, I’m here now, I won’t cry again and I’ll always be strong like you said to be, I know you didn’t die naturally so I swear that when I get older, I’ll find who killed you, give me the strength to fight them and protect us from the evil ones, know that I will always love you, I’ll come visit you some other time’ I dropped my flowers and left trying hard not to cry
    Aunt Felicia’s house was big and lovely, she had five children, Jena was actually born triplets, Jayden the eldest, she and then Jinora, the remaining were two years younger than me, twins, Nelly and Shelly, they were all so nice to me
    ‘You are going to love your new school, lot of boys and boys’ she squealed, Jena was boy crazy from the start
    ‘I don’t have the strength for that now Jena’

    ‘Seriously Jena, she just got here’ Jay said with a frown
    ‘Leave her alone Jay, Jena will never listen’ Jinora said tenderly
    ‘Exactly! Now stand up let me give you a tour around the house’
    ‘I’m not a stranger h…..’

    ‘Shhhhhhh, shut up and follow me’ I had no choice but to follow her, later that night she brought me a big book

    ‘What’s this?’

    ‘Open it’ she smiled, I opened it
    “Raquelia’s memories” was written in the first page, I stared at all the pictures I’ve taken from when I was a baby to that point
    ‘I found your family photo album and made this book to keep it, I added some of the ones I have and they don’t, now you can keep all your memories here’ she gave me a little camera. ‘To take the photos with’. I hugged her and sniffed. ‘Nuh uh, no tears’

    ‘Yes, thank you so much Jena, you’re the best’

    ‘Yea I know’ she said smugly. ‘Mom said I can sleep in your room until you get better, we can talk about boys all night, there’s this cute one next door, let’s spy on him’

    ‘Jeennaaaaa’

    ‘Okay okay, I’ll shut up now, geez! So mommily’
    ‘That’s not a….’

    ‘It is to me sunshine, it is’ she whispered with her fingers on my lips, we burst into laughter, not even sure the main reason why we were laughing

    Fast_forward


    Uncle Marion drove us to school, he was singing loudly to songs I can’t pinpoint
    ‘I don’t know what’s wrong, going to school or dad’s singing’ Jinora said irritably, we laughed
    ‘Dad stop singing, you sing like a broken down truck’ Jena shouted
    ‘You kids are mean’ he whined and turned of the music. ‘First graders’ he muttered, he dropped us at the gate
    ‘Bye dad’

    ‘Bye uncle sing fly’ I said jokingly, he laughed, I took some photos of the school and us before we walked in, later in class the teacher asked me to introduce myself but Jena took charge
    ‘Hello everyone, she’s my cousin Raquelia Catania McGrath, don’t mess with her or I’ll gorge out your eyes and shove it down your throat’ she said barbarously. ‘Thank you’ she said sweetly and skipped to her seat

    ‘Okaaaay, Raquelia will you like to introduce yourself?’

    ‘Jena already got that covered’ I smiled

    ‘Yea, don’t mess with her or I’ll shave your heads’ Jinora shouted
    ‘That’s not very nice kids’

    ‘You wanna know what’s not nice, you getting fired for beating up a kid’ Jena said sweetly, I know what she meant, the teacher quietly faced the board, my cousins were scary even for seven years olds
    Later in the cafeteria, Jena and Jinora was tutoring me on how to move around the school and be fearless, I am fearless and bold, just in a nicer way, I was drawing circles with my finger with hand on my cheeks as a result of boredom. I stared hard at the bowl of spaghetti on he plate
    ‘Raquelia’ a voice whispered again, the voice of that lady, I glared at the plate in anger and it exploded, we screamed and jumped away from the table, did I do that?

    ‘What was that?’ Jayden yelled
    ‘Remain calm, the plate just broke’ a teacher shouted, I calmed down and returned to class. In class I was absent minded when the teacher called me

    ‘Raquel, why don’t you come solve this equation for us’ he said hatefully, I stood up shakily and went to the board, I took the marker and stared at it fearfully, the numbers started solving itself in my eyes, I followed it and solved it. ‘Wow! Excellent my dear’ he said cheerfully

    ‘Thank you sir’ I murmured and went back to my seat, that was the beginning of my strange changes

    .


    Raquelia’s powers are starting to bloom, what will happen next?



    EPISODE 12

  • Story: TARASHA – Chapter Five(part2)

    Story: TARASHA – Chapter Five(part2)

    TARASHA
    Tarasha – Chapter Five(part2)

    © Oyin Oluwatosin Emmanuel

    Benny paced around the floor in the large compound impatiently with his gun in the left hand, waiting anxiously for his new boss, Tarasha. It was the first time he was going to work under a lady. He had worked with several male assassins and thugs who were well feared in the country, but he hadn’t even heard about a powerful female Assassin until when Tarasha showed up. He was the second in command to Don, his immediate former Boss who just transferred him to Tarasha.
    Don did not release him to her without hesitating, in fact Don had to think about it for almost thirty minutes before he finally decided to transfer him. Thinking for that long on a small matter as this wasn’t something he had ever seen Don do for the three years he worked with him. But Don’s long thinking moment didn’t come as a surprise to him as he knew he was for sure a great asset to Don’s organization, Nanl gang. He never failed at any task and he always carried out his job within the specified time. He was also very good in convincing and mobilizing other men for tasks.
    His transfer didn’t also come as a surprise to him as he saw the angry look on Don’s face when the two guys previously transferred returned that morning looking thoroughly battered. The only reason Don did not kill them after they explained was that he didn’t want to lose another two of his strong men.
    He took a look at Cole, the other man transferred with him. Cole was seated on a chair with a anxious look on his face. He also had worked with Don for three years, working efficiently as the best ICT agent and fastest driver. Don had no choice than to release his two favorite men because he couldn’t face the embarrassment of his men being returned again for their inefficiency.
    Benny turned suddenly at the sound of Cole’s foot tapped on the floor, he pointed his gun at Cole.
    Cole looked at him funnily, ‘you better calm down my friend’
    ‘Calm down? I don’t want us to disappoint Don, we must not be returned like the other guys’ Benny replied . ‘I want us to be the ones to catch the lady unawares this time around’
    ‘She said she’ll come in the afternoon, but the time is only thirty minutes past eleven’
    ‘Yesssss’ Benny stressed the word, staring widely at Cole. ‘Didn’t you hear what the guys said? She told them she was coming by seven in the morning but she caught them while sleeping at midnight’
    ‘That’s nice dude’ A lady said approaching them. ‘But you don’t catch a trained Assassin by fidgeting all over like you are doing now. You’ve allowed your anxiety gain ascendancy over your attentiveness’
    ‘Who are you? How did you get in?’ Benny asked as he pointed his gun at her. Cole got up from his seat and brought out his revolver also.
    ‘How I got in isn’t your concern’ she smiled and extended her hand to them. ‘I’m Tarasha, your new boss’
    ‘Huh? Tarasha?’ Benny shook his head in disbelief. ‘It can’t be’
    ‘Tarasha is supposed to be on mask’ Cole added, still pointing his gun at her. ‘Don’t come close or I’ll waste you’
    ‘I’m working with you guys so it would be stupid use a mask’ she said. She smiled at them sheepishly but in next second sent them sprawling on the floor as she slid towards them and took their legs off the ground swiftly, their guns falling off from them as they landed thunderously.
    She got up without any stains on her clothes except her shoes which she cleaned off. She picked up the guns and sat on the chair previously used by Cole leaving the duo on the floor to recover from the attack.
    ‘Another lesson you ought to learn is not allowing an attack keep you down; what if I was an enemy lying to be Tarasha? Would you still be struggling to stand while I send in bullets through your skulls?’
    They got up faster and stood firmly, staring at her like they saw an alien that just landed from another planet. The attack was enough to prove to them that it was Tarasha but the lady sitting before them looked too beautiful and innocent to be an assassin, her voice was also too calm and peaceful
    ‘Why are you both staring at me like that? Won’t you tell me your names?’ She brought back the two startled men to reality.
    ‘I’m Be.. Benny and he’s Cole’ Benny stammered.
    Tarasha smiled and handed the guns back to them, she walked into the building and they followed her. ‘I will come here always to give you instructions when there is a job, otherwise I’ll only talk to you on phone and on camera’
    She walked into the living room and turned on the TV , then she sat on the sofa, crossed her legs and starting searching through the stations with the remote control.
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    ‘Come on, have your seats’ she said to Benny and come who stood beside her like bodyguards on punishment.
    They sat reluctantly on the sofa facing hers, she remained silent for some few minutes, busy with the TV after which she tossed the remote control to Cole.
    ‘So Cole and Benny, I believe you know why you’re here’ She began, sitting up right. ‘We have a job at hand right now and I urgently need a very good driver and someone good on computers’
    Cole and Benny looked at each others faces, Benny answered her. ‘We are both good at computers and also fast drivers’
    ‘Okay, who’s better using computers?’ She asked.
    ‘The truth is… ‘ Benny replied with a sorry look, he glanced at Cole as he spoke. ‘He’s better at both than I am, but I’m not bad either’
    Tarasha smiled, ‘so in what area are you better than him?’
    ‘I can handle guns very well’ Benny replied with a smile.
    ‘Is that true?’ She looked at Cole’s face for confirmation.
    ‘Yes, he was the major hitman in our gang’
    ‘Okay then, Cole will be in charge of all computer or camera works while Benny would handle the cars and be my backup at operations’ she paused and looked at their faces, they both nodded in confirmation. ‘So when I leave here now, Coke would set up the computer room to his taste while Benny would visit the store rooms for weapons and study them carefully’
    ‘Okay’ they replied softly, one after the other.
    ‘Now, one thing you guys have to realize is that you’re working for me and your loyalty should be to me and not your former boss or Chief Gab who brought you here, I just sent him an errand’ She paused and laughed. ‘And then, I hate dishonesty and unpunctuality, I hope you guys don’t have these bad qualities?’
    ‘No’ they replied in unison this time, Benny shaking his head softly to emphasize hos answer.
    ‘Good, also note my instructions have to be obeyed always, I won’t share anyone who willfully and unnecessarily disobeys’ the look on her face changed to a serious one as she stood up from the chair. ‘Now pay attention to this serious warning’
    The two guys bounced to their feet and followed her as she was motioned towards the exit door, they followed hurriedly expecting to hear her give the serious warning.
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    She paused and turned back, the look on her face was a contorted one, the guys shivered at  her new look. She stared into their faces and spoke in a harsh voice. ‘Nobody knows who Tarasha is except you two and the maid, the day anyone finds out from you is the day you will breathe last’
    They stood still and watched as she walked away, still finding it hard to believe that their encounter with her was real and not a dream. What baffled them most was the ease at which she could switch her mood easily, they wondered what it would be like to work with her.
    Benny who had earlier planned to call his former boss and tell him about her, changed his mind and decided to keep mute, his loyalty was to Tarasha henceforth.
    The both stood still in silence for a minute after she walked out of the gate. Then Benny turned and muttered some words under his breath, he took off his shirt and threw it on one of the sofas in the living room, revealing his heavily tattooed back.
    Cole followed suit, brought out a cigarette from his pocket and lit it. He stopped at the entrance, stuck the cigarette in his mouth and puffed out the smoke into the air.
    ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
    *6am, Saturday Morning*
    Cole was the first to get up that morning, he opened the door to the room where Benny slept and peeped, Benny was still fast asleep. He closed back the door and continued walking to the parlor, he stopped again after walking a distance. Just at his left side was the computer room which he briefly assessed and arranged the last night.
    His countenance changed as he noticed that the door was slightly opened, he remembered locking it with keys the last night. That arouse his suspicion, he pulled out a knife from his left side and walked slowly to the door. He opened and peeped in but saw no one, he walked in carefully scanning through all corners of the room for possible sign of an intruder. He found nothing and walked out of the room.
    Benny was already awake and was at the computer room doorstep.
    He yawned as he talked, ‘are you working this early already?’
    ‘No, it’s as if someone came in here. Or did you enter here last night after I had gone to sleep?’ Cole asked, locking the door again.
    ‘No’ Benny answered, giving Cole a serious look.
    ‘I locked the place yesterday but found it opened this morning’ Cole continued.
    ‘Huh?’ Benny moved back slowly, then turned and walked to the weapon store room, the place was locked. He opened to check if everything was in place and he found it to be in order.
    ‘Nothing here has been touched, maybe you forgot to lock up the place. Sleepy head like you’ Benny mocked as he walked to the living room.
    Cole followed behind, ‘ I don’t think so’
    ‘You …’ Benny paused abruptly and stood up as swiftly as he sat into the chair, he walked towards the window like someone who discovered something.
    He opened up the curtain and saw a figure hung upside down on the tree in the compound, she looked towards his direction. He closed back the curtain and turned back, Cole was already standing behind him, trying to have a look outside too.
    ‘I think she’s is here already’ Benny announced.
    ‘Huh? Who?’ Cole moved forward and confirmed for himself. ‘Tarasha’
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    The both straightened up their shirts and proceeded out of the house. Tarasha dropped off the tree when she saw them approaching, she used a towel to wipe her face and hung it around her neck.
    Benny licked his lips in admiration, he stared at her exposed thighs below the tight black shorts she was putting on, her tight top only covered her neck to breast region and left other parts exposed. Benny wished his eyes could penetrate through the clothes to reveal what was behind.
    ‘Good morning Tarasha’ They chorused, standing at her front.
    ‘Good morning’ Tarasha answered, she twitched her lips and gave Benny a stern look. Benny’s body vibrated as his eyes met hers, he knew she had caught him searching her body with his eyes.
    ‘We got some work to do this morning’ she said and bent down to pick a pistol, a hardballer. She also laced her sneakers properly and proceeded into the house with the two others following closely.
    Benny stared at the hardballer in her hand carefully, it looked like one which he had seen among the arsenal last night and arranged carefully. He cracked his brain, trying to remember if he saw the gun in the store that morning.
    ‘I took this from the store this morning’ Tarasha said with a smile, helping him solve the mystery. ‘And I also used the computers too, I installed a camera there so we can communicate well, at all times’
    Benny and Cole looked at themselves in awe, fear surged through their bodies. They also had some form of training but wondered how Tarasha could enter into the house so silently without them waking up. Did she use magical powers to transfer herself into the house? Or how did she enter without making any noise to stir them up?
    ‘Cole should have noticed my presence, I didn’t lock the door to the computer room, I left it open as a sign to show you that I was around’  Tarasha explained, she walked past the living room and turned to the computer room.
    She removed a flat metal from the belt around her waist and opened the door.
    ‘These locks do not really guarantee security anymore, that’s why places with need of maximum security makes use of cards and fingerprints locks’ she said and inserted her flash drive into a computer she switched on.
    ‘Only little information required for our first job has been gotten , we need to get more information and put everything else in place’ She began. ‘The job is to waste the Minister of health, Nnamdi Akofor’
    ‘Nnamdi Okafor’ Cole corrected her wrong pronunciation. ‘What’s the plan? Are we going to Abuja?’
    ‘No, he’s coming to Lagos. There’s a conference next week Saturday and he’s one of the speakers’ She continued. ‘He has a house in Lagos and he’s going to be staying there when he comes’
    ‘So are we killing him in his house?’ Benny questioned, folding his hands as he paid rapt attention to her.
    ‘I don’t know yet, that’s why we need more information’ she answered and looked away to the computer screen. She clicked on an icon and an application opened up. ‘From the data I gathered already, the official selected by the SSS to be in charge of the Minister’s security was Segun Kayode’
    ‘Segun Kayode sounds familiar’ Cole interrupted, trying to recall where he knew the bearer of the name.
    ‘The Segun Kayode I know works with Officer James, they’re on the same CID team’ James added confidently. ‘But they work on criminal cases, I wonder why Segun is involved in this one’
    ‘The position of the officers in charge does not matter to us, what would determine our success is if we play our roles very well’ Tarasha said and faced Cole. ‘Canyou work with this application?’
    ‘Yes, I’ve used it several times already but not for any major job, I only played around with it’ Cole replied.
    ‘Okay, hummm…’ She brushed a finger on her lips and thought about something briefly. ‘The man’s house is located at 4/6 Alex Street, Ikeja. Your job is to survey the place and locate all the security cameras around the area with that App’
    She stood up from the seat and motioned Cole to sit down. She watched and smiled as Cole began to operate the software without struggling.
    ‘Benny and I will start a physical survey of place today’ she tapped Benny at the back. ‘You’ll pick me up at Gravl avenue by 10am’
    ‘Alright, no problem’ Benny swallowed as he replied, ‘I’ll go get prepared at once’
    ‘Ermm, I think you guys need a cook here, don’t you? Or have you eaten this morning?’ Tarasha asked thoughtfully. ‘You can get one for yourself, but make sure you pick the right person.’
  • Story: TARASHA – Chapter Five(part1)

    Story: TARASHA – Chapter Five(part1)

    TARASHA
    Tarasha – Chapter Five(part1)

    © Oyin Oluwatosin Emmanuel






    Tarasha picked up a white napkin to wipe off part of the liquid which poured on her lab coat. She had been in the lab all night, spending hours to set up the lab which she couldn’t 

    complete as she was only able to set up the equipments she needed urgently. The rest of the time was used in manufacturing some of the important tools for her job.
    She got up from the seat, holding a syringe in the right hand, she drew in part of the warm mixture from the test tube and injected into a small needlelike metal with a opening only wide enough for the syringe to go through.
    She repeated the process several times; each draw by syringe filled ten of the metals. After filling about two hundred, she arranged the metals neatly into two rubber packs which could easily fit into her back pocket. It took her about two hours to complete the process of filling the pins.
    Benryl was the name of the mixture she prepared, a drug in the Benzodiazepines class. The manufacture of Benryl began two years back, a result of a research and experiment carried out by her Assassin group in Russia. The drug was made to induce sleep and erase the victim’s immediate past memories of two hours.
    She placed the rubber pack on a shelve which she had kept the previously prepared substances.
    Her wristwatch beeped, she looked at the screen as it streamed live the recording from the camera she installed in the compound of the house Chief Gab prepared for her. The time was 7am and some of Chief’s men were in the compound, obviously sent by Chief to check on her since she hadn’t spoken to him since the last night and she was expected to move in that morning.
    She took off the lab gloves and the lab mask she wore to avoid inhaling the dangerous gaseous substance and walked out to the sitting room. She picked up her phone as she sat on the sofa and  dialed Chief Gab’s phone number.
    ‘Hello Tarasha, I was about to call you. Where are you?’ the call was answered with no delay.
    ‘Yes Chief, I knew you would call me’ Tarasha replied with a smirk on her face. ‘Why did you send men to the house this morning’
    ‘I couldn’t reach you all through last night to inform you about the house but… ‘
    ‘I was there last night, I already picked up everything I needed from the house. Thank you for providing the laboratory equipment I requested for’
    ‘Are you the one that tied up your men? And where are you?’ Chief asked with a note of frustration in his voice.
    ‘What men are you talking about? I didn’t see any of them except the lady cook which I took along with me’ She replied back
    ‘The guys I provided to work with you were found there this morning tied back to back on two chairs with their eyes blindfolded’ Chief explained. ‘They said a lady tired them up’
    ‘Chief’ Tarasha spoke after giving a long wicked laugh. ‘I don’t believe you brought those guys to work with me, I took both of them down in just two minutes’
    ‘What? Those guys are one of the best around town, they’re members of the most notorious gang in the country’
    ‘Best? You must kidding me and they couldn’t even lay a finger on me while I handled them’
    ‘See Tarasha, they are not as trained as you, It took us a lot to bring them for you and they’re very good if you would only learn how to use them’
    ‘No problem Chief, but I don’t want those ones anymore. Bring two other better guys there today, I’ll work with them without testing them’ she concluded and made an attempt to end the call.
    ‘So when are you coming to the house?’ Chief asked.
    Tarasha paused for a while for she replied, ‘I can’t stay in that house Chief, it’s not safe for me. I can only use it as an office for meeting with you or doing some other things’
    ‘But what about everything I arranged there?’
    ‘I took all I needed already, just leave the house as it is, I’ll make use of it whenever it’s needed. Let the two new guys wait there for me this afternoon; any other uninvited person I find there would lose his life’ She answered back, issuing a serious warning.
    ‘Am I free to be there?’ Chief questioned
    ‘Only stay there if you’re one of the two men that’ll be working with me’ she ended the conversation without giving him a chance to reply.
    ++++++++++++++++++++++++
    **11.15am

    Tarasha admired the beauty of the reception walls as she sat with another visitor on the sofa, waiting patiently for Dr Hammed. She adjusted the red tie which covered the ID hung around her neck and straightened up her shirt properly.
    Dr Hammed came walking by few minutes later, he walked alongside with two other men. They stopped close to the entrance door and concluded their discussion and the men made their way out of the building. Dr Hammed turned and began to walk back when he heard his name. He turned back to see Tarasha walking towards him.
    ‘Hey …’ He greeted as he saw, he narrowed his gaze trying to recall her name.
    ‘Samantha Osman sir’ Tarasha quickly helped him.
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    ‘Oh! Samantha, I didn’t know that you were here already’
    ‘I am sir’ she replied pleasantly. ‘I’ve been here about forty minutes ago’
    ‘I see, sorry I kept you waiting’ He apologized.
    ‘No problem sir’ she replied, bending her knee slightly as a sign of respect.
    ‘Okay, come with me’ he said and led her through a wide corridor.
    They walked past several labs before they got to his office which was located close to end of the block. He opened the door and allowed her in before he followed.
    ‘Welcome to my office’ he said, directing her to the visitor’s seat as he walked past the table to his seat.
    ‘Thank you sir’ she answered, looking around the office like someone who was admiring the look. She turned to the man and concentrated her gaze on him.
    ‘Okay, let me see what you have for me’ Dr Hammed said without looking up at her, as he tapped some keys on his computer keyboard.
    ‘Here sir’ Tarasha brought out a hard cover notebook and placed it on the table.
    ‘Just a minute’ he said, taking a glance at the notebook, he returned his focus to his computer.
    ‘Okay sir’
    ‘I’m just trying to settle the welfare issues for our guests at the conference’ he explained, smiling at her. ‘The two  non African speakers would stay at the governor’s house, so I have to make plans for our African invitees’
    ‘Oh good’ Tarasha smiled back. ‘What about our minister here? I heard he’s part of the speakers’
    ‘Yes, he is. He’ll be staying in his Lagos house when he comes over’ he answered her question and picked up the book as he waited for the computer to process a command. ‘So what do we have here?’
    ‘It’s a research on cancer and how it can be permanently cured ‘ Tarasha explained.
    He dropped the book just after opening the cover page only and went back to his computer. He held the mouse and clicked another set of instructions before he picked the book again.
    ‘Permanent cancer cure?’ He commented as he opened the cover page again.
    ‘Yes sir, through our local herbs’ she watched as he dropped the book once again and returned to his job on the system.
    ‘I’m sorry, I just have to resolve somethings’ the Doctor pleaded with Tarasha who just smiled at him.
    ‘Is it all about the conference?’
    ‘Yes, I wouldn’t have had time to…’ He couldn’t complete his statement, a Benryl pin was already used to inject the liquid into the hand placed on the mouse. His head fell back with his body into his seat as he slept off.
    Tarasha got up quickly for his seat, she brought out a mobile device from her bag and used to confirm if there was any camera hidden from her view in the office. The test indicated negative, there no camera in the room and also no hole through which the happenings in the office can be viewed.
    She moved the man’s seat away from the computer and began to work on it, copying some of the files to her flash drive. After about fifteen minute of searching through the rest of the computer files, she was satisfied with the information gotten. She dragged the man closer to the table and placed his head on his hand beside the computer’s desktop.

    She got out of the building casually, making sure that she didn’t raise suspicion from any one. She got a cab outside the gate and headed for her office; the house Chief prepared for her.
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  • Story: TARASHA – Chapter Two

    Story: TARASHA – Chapter Two

    TARASHA
    Tarasha – Chapter Two

    © Oyin Oluwatosin Emmanuel



    ‘Good morning Chief’ Tarasha greeted on phone.
    ‘Good morning Tarasha’ a harsh voice responded.
    ‘Chief, have you gotten the stuff you asked me to get? I dropped it in the car parked in front of your office according to our plan’
    ‘Yes, I’ve seen it’ the voice answered
    ‘You’ve seen it? But why haven’t you called me then? You didn’t keep your part of the deal’
    ‘What deal?’
    ‘What do you mean Chief? Didn’t you say that I would get the bank alert for my balance two hours after you get the carton?’
    ‘Yes I said that, but you broke the agreement first’
    ‘What? How?’
    ‘You said you would do the job without killing anybody’
    ‘Yes, I didn’t drop anyone’
    ‘But it was all over the news yesterday, all the labourers at the warehouse were found dead yesterday’
    ‘That wasn’t me, that happened in the afternoon. I carried out the job around 3am’
    ‘How am I supposed to believe that you really did the job by 3am?’
    ‘What the hell are you talking about Chief?’ Tarasha flared up. ‘I see you don’t want to keep to your part of the deal?’
    ‘I will send you the balance once I’m sure that it wasn’t you that carried out the killings’ the call ended.
    Tarasha was fuming with anger as she dropped the phone, it wasn’t as if the balance meant so much to her but she was angry at the obvious fact that the Chief only wanted to cheat her and she wouldn’t take that from anyone. She checked her wall clock and pondered for a while before shr picked up a pistol and a mask from her bedside and stormed out of the house.
    She tapped a button on the remote control and the door to the driver’s seat of her Zently 2027 model opened. She slid into the car and the door closed back automatically, she inserted two bullets into the revolver and hid it safely under the car seat  after which she started the car engine and  drove towards the gate which opened automatically and closed after she was out of the compound.
    She drove as fast as possible, hissing every time she had to stop because of traffic signals and other road users. After almost an hour drive, she got to Gravl Avenue, she parked at a very far distance to the Chief’s house.
    She gave a wicked smile as she glanced at her wristwatch. In few minutes, the driver and the bodyguard that accompanied the Chief youngest daughter to school would be returning. She took the revolver from where she hid it and kept it in her purse, reason that she wasn’t properly dressed; the clothes she wore would show signs of the gun if pocketed.
    She got out of the car , carefully making sure no passerby was watching or noticing her and she walked a distance closer to the Chief’s house.
    With her dark goggles on, she stayed by the side of the road and placed one hand on her waist, acting like one who was waiting for a cab. After two minutes, she sighted the driver and bodyguard from afar, returning in the car.
    As they came closer, she started to walk through the road pretending not to see the coming car. She got the driver confused as he struggled to bring the car to a halt but not after he had gotten so close, almost hitting her.
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    ‘What’s wrong with you ma’am? Didn’t you see a car was coming?’ The driver shouted angrily at her.
    ‘I’m sorry’ she pleaded, holding her chest like someone who was deeply horrified. She turned to the driver’s side to apologize.
    ‘You should be careful next time’ the driver continued, more calmly now.
    ‘I’m sorry’ she said, gasping for breath and coughing as sweat drop from her face in the hot sun. ‘I think I’ve lost my way, I was going to Eden hair salon at Gravl Avenue’
    ‘You’re at Gravl avenue already, just walk a little bit further and you’ll find it by your left side’
    ‘Please can you give me a lift there?’ She pleaded.
    ‘Okay yes’ the driver replied, looking at the bodyguard by his side who shrugged in confirmation. ‘Enter the back seat’
    +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
    Inspector James sat on a chair facing a man on the hospital bed, the only survivor of the warehouse attack. The man was conscious and was talking already, narrating all he knew about the attack.
    ‘So you don’t know any of those who attacked you people?’ James interrogated
    ‘Yes, I’ve never seen any of them before’ the injured man replied, he had a bandage tied round his forehead and one round his belly.
    ‘And they were not thieves?’
    ‘Yes, they were not thieves. I believe they were looking for something, they said a carton was missing among the goods they collected last night’
    ‘Last night? Which goods?’
    ‘I overheard them saying something about 3am’
    ‘3am? Do you people work overnight?’
    ‘Sometimes, we fill up some cartons and arrange them overnight but I’m not aware that something like that was supposed to happen last night’
    ‘Who was supposed to be on duty last night’
    ‘Ermm… No one, except the security men’
    ‘But the security men have been killed already, who else was on duty?’
    ‘No the two security men that was killed yesterday were not the ones on shift that night’
    ‘Oh! I see, do you know how we can reach them?’
    ‘No, I have no relationship with them, we only greet when resuming and vacating the office’
    ‘I think its enough already’ the Doctor interrupted as he walked in. ‘He needs rest’
    ‘It’s okay’ James replied the Doctor and stood up, he turned back to the injured man.
    ‘We’re really sorry for what has happened and we promise to get to the root of this as soon as possible. Thank you for your cooperation, we’ll contact you as soon as we need your help again, I wish you a quick recovery’ he said and walked out of the ward with the other officer.
    ‘But what do you think that hoodlums would want in a beverage warehouse?’ James asked his colleague as they proceeded out of the hospital to their car.
    ‘I don’t know, I think the best people to give us the answer would be the security men on duty that night’ he answered.
    ‘Okay, what you would do now is to go back to the warehouse and check their logs, we need to get those men’ James instructed. ‘I believe they know about the incident’
    ‘Ok, I’ll just go straightaway sir’
    ‘Good, we also have to be on the lookout for the manager Mr. Felix, there are still no signs of him everywhere’
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    **11am

    ‘Tarasha! ‘ Chief Gab called out immediately the call was answered.
    ‘Hello Chief’ she replied in a cheerful voice.
    ‘Tarasha! How come you went that far on a little issue?’
    ‘Was that Chief?’ She asked mockingly. ‘Or have you seen my gift?’
    ‘Tarasha, you shouldn’t have gone that far. I was going to send the money to you’
    ‘Alright’ she answered more seriously now. ‘I should get the alert in the next fifteen minutes else your daughter would be in danger too’
    ‘No o, Tarasha. Don’t try that at all, that would be big trouble for you’ the Chief tried to sound brave.
    ‘You’re the one who shouldn’t try me Chief, send the money within fifteen minutes after this call ends’
    ‘Okay, I will see what I can do’
    ‘Huh?’
    ‘I said I’ll see what I can do’
    ‘Don’t play pranks Chief, if you think you can move your child out of the school and stop me from reaching her, then you better think twice because I can already see that your men are outside the school gate and there’s no way they’ll escape me’
    ‘What!’ The Chief was in shock. ‘How did you know that?’
    ‘Let me get the alert quickly’ She said and ended the conversation.
    The Chief was in panic as he dropped the phone. He wondered how Tarasha knew that he had already sent men to safeguard his daughter. He wasted no time as he picked up his tablet device and transferred the remaining balance of ten million naira to Tarasha’s account and called her immediately to notify her.
    ‘I just sent the money’
    ‘Good, I received the message alert already’ she replied him.
    ‘So is my daughter free now?’
    ‘Of course, I have nothing to use her for’ she said with a chuckle.
    ‘Okay, we need to see. I have some other jobs for you and I need to explain to you personally’
    ‘We’ll see on Skype’
    ‘Huh? I need to meet with you, I need to see who I’m working with’
    ‘I don’t think there’s any need for that, we see on Skype already, isn’t it?’
    ‘But you’re always wearing a mask to hide your face’
    ‘No, that’s my face you see; that’s Tarasha’s face’ she added.
    ‘What do you mean?’ Chief Gab questioned.
    ‘The face behind that mask doesn’t have any business to do with you’ she said with a strict voice.
    ‘I …’
    ‘If you don’t mind Chief, I’ve got some other things to do’ she interrupted him and ended the call.
    ‘Damn’ he cursed as he put down the phone. He held his jaw with his hand, remembering how he had been told to deal with her carefully.
    He was calm after reminding himself that he couldn’t get angry with Tarasha now, he still needed her in the work he had to do; his revenge mission.
    He recalled his younger days as the minister of marketing and sales before he was sentenced to ten years imprisonment for drug trafficking and management of the country’s funds after being probed and found guilty by the new government at that period. He was angry and determined to punish all the government officials  that  aided his arrest and conviction especially those who were also involved in some of the illegal businesses he did.
    With the little he had seen Tarasha exhibit and the way Vladislav had spoken about her, he concluded that Tarasha would be of great importance to him in his revenge mission which was even the sole reason he had paid Vladislav several billions to send her down to Nigeria.
    ‘Hey’ he called out to one of his guards who stood at the doorside in the sitting room. ‘Tell Edet to come here immediately’
    The guard went out and returned with a very tall dark man with a slender body. The man bowed in courtesy to the Chief.
    ‘You called for me sir’
    ‘Yes, I did’ Chief begun, ‘two of our guys were killed this morning and I was told you were the one who saw it happening live from the surveillance cameras’
    ‘Yes sir, I alerted them downstairs immediately’
    ‘Yes, but I was told that the person left before they got to the gate’
    ‘Yes, it was a Lady…’
    ‘Shhhh… Don’t worry’ the Chief shut him up, standing up from his seating position. ‘Let’s go, I want to see the video footage myself’
    ‘Okay sir’ Edet replied as he led the Chief to the security room.
    Chief Gab spotted himself on a laptop screen as he entered into the room, that laptop was the one connected to the camera in the room. He looked around the room to check if any change had been made to the room since the last two months he visited. The only change he noticed was that the room was darker than before as no bulb was turned on and would have been completely dark if not for the reflections of light from the several desktop screens in the room.
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    He sat down and rested properly into the chair he was motioned to and faced the desktop as Edet tried to open some files.
    ‘Here’s it sir’ Edet explained as a video played. ‘She wasn’t wearing mask when she drove to the gate, but she wore the mask before she came out of the car; that was when I suspected something’
    ‘Take it back to where she was in the car’ Chief Gab said as he watched with great interest.
    ‘Here’ Edet rewinded a little, then zoomed the video. ‘Only her jaw is visible, the rest of her face wasn’t captured by the camera; from this we know her skin colour’
    ‘Okay, play on’
    ‘She wore a mask and came out of the car, I don’t know how she knew where our camera was placed’ Edet explained as the video showed Tarasha with her mask on, facing the camera. She pointed to the part of the mask which covered her forehead, showing them the name ‘Tarasha’ which was inscribed on it.
    ‘So we can’t get any useful information from this?’ The Chief asked angrily.
    ‘We know her complexion’ Edet answered.
    ‘Are you crazy? Do you know how many people in this city alone has the same complexion?’ The Chief slammed.
    ‘I’m sorry sir’

    ‘Sorry for yourself’ Chief Gab hissed and left the room.
  • Story: NOTHING LIKE LOVE SEASON 2 – Episode1

    Story: NOTHING LIKE LOVE SEASON 2 – Episode1

    NOTHING LIKE LOVE
    SEASON 2 – Episode1




    Tare took a glance at her diamond wristwatch.it seemed she was running late.she needed to pick her 2years old daughter from school,she smiled as she remembered who had gotten it for her.It was a present from her husband years back when she had said yes to him in a garden he had taken her to…

    All that were beautiful memories she never wanted to forget. She was greatfull to her creator who had given her the best husband she could ever ask for,caring understanding and romantic.

    Back to the present she made a mental note to call her sweatie pie’ as she fondly call him.She had loads of work on her desk and couldn’t pick pearl from school.

    Hi sweatie pie’ She spoke to the phone once she heard his musculine voice’..the voice that could make her fall over and over for him.
    Love’…missing me already? …Richard said sweaty.

    Nah…nah. .don’t get it all wrong am not.
    Supposing you weren’t too stubborn I wouldn’t mind coming to have a quick romance you know?

    Tare laughed at the sound of that.It was a fun thing working with her hubby but not when he started the office romance thing…she had to put an halt to it.

    sweatie pie..not now okay? are you less busy,it time to pick pearl from school’

    She said glancing at her wristwatch’
    Their daughter had just started school and they didn’t trust people enough to pick her from school’

    I thought of that too love..I will be there in a minute okay?

    Thanks sweetie pie’
    It nothing

    She blew a kiss to him and ended the call.

    *************

    Mrs Yakubu,how are you feeling today?
    Am not bad doctor. Please can I ask you for a favour?

    What’s it ? the doctor asked adjusting his spectacles.

    Please call me Sarah’.

    But..

    Please doc,I will appreciate it.
    Okay. .he noded in affirmative. 

    [You can also read NOTHING LIKE LOVE SEASON 1]



    So tell me what the latest development?
    I feel natural. .I don’t think of him anymore.Have learnt to accept my loss and move on.If only have done this earlier I wouldn’t have lost my family’ …they all abodoned me. I wish had been a good mother to my daughter Mitchell’…but I let my weaknesses take the better of me.

    You are going to help me sarah…and yourself too by not taking blame for anything’.It will help you heal faster.

    Thank you doc.


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  • Story: ANGLES DO WEEP – Episode 17

    Story: ANGLES DO WEEP – Episode 17

     

    ANGLES  DO WEEP

    Angle Do Weep – Episode 17

    “but chairmo, e no make like that” broken
    bottle was not able to finish his statement
    when i heard another thunder strike for the second time, when i looked at the direction which i heard the thunder strike from, broken bottle was already on the floor with his palm on his cheek

    ” you talk when i ask you to and also keep shut when i ask you to” the thug sitting on the floor said standing from where he was sitting, he raised a finger up and the thug fanning him stopped fanning, he moved closer to me , squat to be at my height because i was sitting down,

    he used his middle finger to raise my chin up and glared into my eye with a serious gaze then he suddenly hugged me, which left me perplexed.

    “see as you fresh, i don’t even need light to Know it but i think i must confirm my assumption” he said it in a loud whisper, he freed me from his hug and i thank God because he did that, the odour emanating from him had almost choked me and if he had not released me anytime sooner, i would have pushed him away,
    he snapped his finger and the guy fanning him moved closer to us and handed him something, he scraped his finger on the thing and a small light flashed out of the thing, i recognized the object emanating the light to be lighter that always have small flashlight at Its bottom.

    ” wow, are you a human” the thug exclaimed illuminating the light on my face
    “i no even think say girl fit fine reach this stage but what are doing here, i don’t think a guy as handsome as you can be a criminal” he asked still glaring at me with a disbelief view.
    I didn’t answer but was just looking at him like i was deaf and dumb.

    ” okay, don’t talk now, maybe you’re tired but we will continue this conversation tomorrow, and I’m only allowing your insolent act because I’ve never seen someone as handsome as you and it will be wrong if i start panel beating that your fine face” he said standing up and took the position he was before and the guy fanning him continued his job, broken bottle had already recovered from the thunder like slap and was already back on his feet, he also continued his job but his voice was not thick again like when i first heard him.

    I couldn’t sleep through out the night, my mind was occupied with different kinds of thought, plus the Yam size mosquitoes ruling the cell, a bite from those deadly mosquitoes can make one lose more than 5 pints of blood and the thugs weren’t helping matter, their snoring was capable of raising corpse that’s placed beside them.

    I was keeping watch expecting the police to bring in the other criminals but it didn’t happen till day break.

    As soon as the day broke, i was retrieve from the cell even before the thugs that were inside the cell woke with me woke up.

    The inmates inside the other cell that have already woken up couldn’t help but open their mouth as The two policemen that came to withdrew me from my cell took me pass in front of their cell
    ” is that a human” i heard someone asked inside one of the cell and i answered them NO in my mind.

    I was taken back to the interrogation room which i was placed yesterday.
    I was handcuffed as i was made to sat on the sit i sat on the day before.

    The two officer left me inside the room and left me.
    I spent more than thirty minutes inside the room before the door finally opened and i was surprised to see Joyce and Peace entered.
    I was ashamed of myself and brought my head down.

    Peace ran towards me and was crying

    ” how could they do this to my lovely and handsome uncle Ben” she said putting her hands on my cheek and viewing me while Joyce helped herself to the seat which the police officers were occupying yesterday.

    .“what happened Ben” Joyce asked looking at me with the eye that made me felt guilty for no reason,
    “how did you get yourself in this s–t” she asked when i didn’t answer her first question but i couldn’t find my speech box
    “mummy stop with all your question and just get him out of here” peace said urging her mom to stop with her interview which i appreciated in my mind.

    “let me do my work here and stop disturbing me or i will kick you out of here” Joyce threatened peace and peace kept quiet.
    But what did Joyce meant by doing her work here, another mystery for me to solve.

    “we were expecting you yesterday night when u ditch peace in the restaurant but we later saw in the news that you’ve metamorphosed into an hardened criminal” she said not answering the real mystery in my mind .

    ” but i believe that you didn’t do it tho it’s hard to believe but I’ve handle many criminals to know a victim from a suspect and believe me, i trust that you’re innocent” she added again not clearing me of my mystery.

    “my mom is a SAN and just trust in her, she will liberate you” peace said in an assuring tone.

    Joyce asked me to narrate all that happened to me how i managed to find myself in the crime scene, i explained everything to her leaving some important details and i told her i didn’t know how i first myself their, i lied to her that i was psychic and can feel when someone is near death.

    My lie was able to sell with the help of Peace who was adding false testimony to it, like how i suddenly stood up and was moving like someone possessed,
    Joyce believed all my stories and assured me that i was not going to sleep inside the police station that night
    she asked that the handcuffs be taken off my wrist and threatened to sue them for treating me like a criminal when i was still a suspect,
    I was told that all the criminals that i claimed to shot are dead except the one i knocked out but he hasn’t been interrogated yet.
    I was treated well by Joyce and peace, they bought different type of snacks for me and Sophia was called to prepare and bring meal for me.

    After some minutes pass 10 in the morning, Ranking came over with Tabitha and Nina.

    Tabitha really did a good job in painting me as the criminal using the sympathy key to support her claim.

    All this occurred inside the interrogation room where the DPO, Ranking, Tabitha, two police officer who i recognized to be the ones who were threating me inside the police car when i was arrested, Joyce and me were present there.

    The case was already turning to a disadvantage to me as every evidence were pointing to me.
    I tried to use Yemi’s number that we saw on one of the criminal’s phone as a loophole but i heard Yemi has already blocked that hole by claiming that the criminal called her but she thought it was a prank call.

    Ranking was the one defending her.

    Even without being told, i knew that my case was going to be charge to court , Joyce that peace was fumbling that she’s a SAN already sweating profusely, tho i knew she tried so much but every odd was just against me,
    After the long run , the DPO said my case will be charged to court where i will be prosecuted ,
    then suddenly , the interrogation room’s door opened and an officer entered ,he saluted the DPO and reported that the criminal that they apprehended has finally confessed,

    I didn’t know why but i suddenly got a bad feeling about it instead of being happy

    To be continued….