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Baba God, no allow uche to see d shadows of Dennis nd Bode.... Uche must be hang to death, once his caught

Onyi carry on dude.

I started reading dis yesterday.I really luv it.I joined dis morning jez to comment.keep it up oyin

Huh,Uche,you bah,na to treat your Bleep up send you to death by hanging,that is my judgement.Cooourt!Thanks for the update oyin,welldone

Oyin weldone i pray say uche no go found dem ooo dont keep us waitin ooooooo

sandra n bola are major suspect now bola is dead

A job well done Ve bin reading ur story for some tym now infact u re a genius pls kip d update coming

Oyin if i fail examz 2moa na u oh since i discover dis story i no fit read again n ma exam na 2moa anyway u story mak since like die #thumbsup

Oga Oyin... please we need d final update

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It was almost 7pm already when Uche rode into the station. Helen saw him from where she was seated in the reception as he drove in through the compound, she had already given up hope of him returning that day so she was only waiting for report from the officers sent to arrest Dennis.

As she watched Uche park his bike at the parking space, her phone rang. She brought out the phone and saw the caller, she was surprised that it was from the hospital, she wasn't expecting a new development so quick.

"Hello Doc" she answered the call.

"Hello Inspector" the Doctor voice sounded serious, "there's a big problem here"

"Huh? Big problem?" She was shocked and afraid that something bad had happened to Bode. "What's it?"

"Someone broke into the hospital and killed him" the Doctor said.

"Huh? Killed who?" Helen shouted unbelievably, almost fainting from the news.

"They killed the police officer here?"

"The police officer?" She asked, panicking. "What about Bode?"

"He's nowhere to be found"

"What do you mean by nowhere to be found?"

"He's not here Inspector and we found the officer dead on the bed"

"How did it happen?"

"We..."

"Don't bother, we'll get there now" she said and dropped the call, still panicking.

She looked around her, some junior officers were already around as she drew attention with the way she reacted to the call, it was then she realized she had been too emotional.

She tried to calm down before Uche got into the office, as he was already approaching the building, walking slowly. She reminded herself that she had to compose herself and keep her head cool if she wanted to be successful in dealing with this case that has already taken a new turn.

"Uche, we have to go out straightaway, Bode has disappeared from the hospital" she said to Uche as he entered, forgetting her previous anger with him.

"There's nothing we have to go and do there, he must have taken him far away, it happened just some minutes after we left there" Uche replied without thinking.

"Huh?" Helen looked at him strictly and suspiciously, "what do you mean? The hospital authorities just found out now, how come you know that it happened few minutes after we left"

"Ermmm... Ermmm..." Uche stammered, realizing that he just said too much.

"And where have you been since when we have a critical case to solve?"

"I went to the bank quickly to transfer some funds to my Grandma, you know I do that every two weeks"

"And you couldn't take excuse before you left?"

"Time had gone already, I had to rush before the banks close"

'Well we'll come back to that later. Now tell me how you knew that Bode was abducted few minutes after we left?"

"That Doctor, that Doctor you thought his walking steps was familiar"

"Huh? The Doctor! " Helen exclaimed. "How stupid was I, we should have been more suspicious. But why didn't you talk then?"

"I didn't know too, I just realize now that the Doctor was Dennis, he walked like Dennis" Uche intelligently manufactured lies, not sure himself if the Doctor was Dennis.

"We have to..." Helen stopped abruptly as the officers she sent to Dennis' house walked into the building and saluted.

"Where is he?" She demanded.

"Ma, we didn't find him at home. There was nobody in the house except for this gateman who was blindfolded and tied to a chair" one officer replied as they brought the gateman forward.

"Where is your Oga?" Helen inquired from the gateman.

"I don't know where he is. He left this afternoon after his mum left hurriedly"

"Take him away, make sure he tells you where his Oga is" Helen ordered the junior officers and walked out with Uche.


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*** The Next Day ***

Thoughts of a new kind of life raced through Ini's mind that afternoon, she thought of a best way to forget all the recent events; she had been thinking of how to put behind the past since the last week but the harder she tried, the more memories of the events that came back to her.

She concluded that the best thing to do was to change her environment, she even had no choice. Her father already called to inform her that morning that he will be sending her to join her mother in the US the next day. The man left her with no choice, he made it compulsory. And she had no reason to object it since she already longed for a change in environment.

The only thing she argued about with her father was that she wasn't given enough time to prepare nor resign from her job but the man argued that he already spoke with the chairman of the company which was his friend and told him about her departure so she wouldn't cause any setback for them.

She almost didn't remember that she was in an elevator when she got to the floor which she was headed for until someone in the elevator who noticed she was lost in thoughts tapped her. She thanked the man who she was just seeing for the first time in the company, he probably worked in a department or held a post that had no relationship with hers.

She walked out hurriedly and headed for the Chairman's office to submit some final reports which were more like handover notes.

"Good morning sir" she greeted as she walked into the office.

"Good morning Miss" the man replied with a smile. "So you're leaving us so suddenly?"

"It's not my fault sir, My father would not ..."

"Don't bother explaining" the man cut in pleasantly, "he told me about some weeks ago. I tried to convince him but he wouldn't listen, so I was hoping that he would listen to someone else but it seems as if his mind is made up already"

"I'm sorry Sir"

"It's Okay, it's just so unfortunate that we are loosing some of our competent workers at this time we are supposed to do a lot of investments. Dennis had to go on leave because I sensed that he needed to have sometime to rest and become himself again. I just hope he's not in trouble because I heard that the police came looking for him here today"

"For what?"

"I don't know, but they were told that he was on leave. Well, lets talk about you for now, you know I would have done the same if I was your father, I do think you really need to join your mother, you've been going through a lot recently and it has been affecting your work" he said and took the file from her. "I hope you have everything properly briefed and well documented here"

"Yes Sir"

"Okay, you can take your leave now. I was about to leave the office too"

"Thank you sir" she curtsied and left the office.


As she walked back to her office, she tried to remember all that she needed to do before leaving. The first thing that came to her mind was Amarachi's parents. She already paid the money needed to carry out the operation for Mr. Kolawole and even given the family money for their upkeep but she planned on giving the man an extra sum of money to set up a small business to take care of his family when he fully recovers.

She decided that she would visit and talk with them that evening after which she'll transfer a sum of nine hundred thousand which was seventy percent of her savings to any account given to her by the family.



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3pm**

"Hello Mr. Dennis" Helen spoke eagerly on the phone. "Where are you?"

"I'm somewhere"

"Where? We've been trying to reach you since yesterday, we went to your house yesterday and to your office today"

"Yeah, I know. Were you the one that scattered my house yesterday or was it he?"

"He? Who are you talking about?"

"Don't bother, you'll know soon"

"Dennis, listen we know you have Bode with you. Don't do him any harm, just tell us where you are and we'll come and get him, then everyone can go in peace"

"Hahahaha" Dennis laughed uncontrollably. "Bode is safe here with me, you want to take him away so that the murderer can kill him?"

"No, Bode will be safe here with us"

"No, you won't see Bode anymore until we get the criminal who has been behind all this"

"No, don't do that"

"I call you in twenty minutes and tell you where to meet me if you really want Bode"

"Where?"

"I said I'll tell you twenty minutes time"

"How can I trust your word"

"You have no other choice"

"Okay, twenty minutes"

"Good, make sure you come with enough backup. Lets say about seven to ten men, the murderer would also be in the meeting with us and he's very dangerous"

"Okay then, twenty minutes" Helen replied and ended the call.

"Trace the call immediately" Helen ordered the officer who was seated in front of the computer who got into action immediately

Uche was thinking deeply about the phone call as he watched the officer work on the computer, he overheard a little of the conversation and he believed that Dennis knew he was the killer. He thought of something to do quickly.

"The number is switched off ma" the officer replied Helen in a few seconds, "I can't trace it for now"

"Okay, once he calls again make sure you trace him" Helen said. "I believe that guy is dangerous and he may be playing tricks on us"

"Yes, we need to act fast before he does something to Bode that's if he hasn't already"

"I hope Bode is alright, even if he doesn't do anything to Bode, taking him away from the hospital alone would have done a lot of damage. I just hope nothing happens or I'll skin that Dennis alive" Helen said angrily.

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Dennis ended the call and turned back to speak with the Doctor which he employed to treat Bode.

"How is he doing now?"

"Not better yet, his condition got worsened when the drip was removed from his hands. Now he needs a lot of time to recover his strength, It will be better if you bring him to our hospital" the female doctor replied.

"No, I can't do that. Not for now, just make sure he gets well here, I'll pay any amount you want"

"It's okay, I'll be back. I want to use the toilet" she said and left the room briefly.

Dennis switched on his phone and dialed a number after it booted successfully "Emmanuel, take some money from that wallet I gave you and meet me at Bovi Garden"

He ended the call and dialed Helen's number again.

"Meet me at Bovi Garden in one hour, fifteen minutes" he said and ended the call.

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"He's at 5/6, Flora Street, Main city" the officer announced as he traced the call easily.

"Oh! Good" Helen sounded delighted.
"What's the plan now?" She faced Uche.

"Let's meet him in Bovi Garden, if he plays any trick we know where he's hiding now and we'll invade the place"

"Good, prepare fifteen heavily armed men and let's leave immediately"


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6pm


Dennis smiled to himself as he watched from afar in his car with Emmanuel seated by his side, the police had surrounded the garden heavily and positioned themselves at strategic places. He saw Helen and Bode in the garden pacing around the place, impatiently waiting for him.

He removed the pistol from his pocket and stepped out of the car, he put on his dark shades and headed to the garden. He didn't leave without instructing Emmanuel.

"Immediately I enter the garden, you come out of the car and come to the garden too. Don't act like you know me, just join other people around, I'll be talking to some people there. Once you see that man that came to ask about your Oga's boyfriend that day, you come back here and sit gently in the car" Dennis instructed strictly. "If those people seize me, just get out of the car and go back to the hotel alone"

Dennis walked speedily to the garden, he stopped at a far distance to Helen and Uche and stared at them, he used that to give enough time for Emmanuel to get to the garden too.

He continued to walk closer to them as they spotted him. He smiled as he saw more policemen hiding at different sides.

Three policemen rushed out suddenly and grabbed him, they searched his body for weapons and after finding none, they dragged him and dropped him at Helen's feet.

"Good evening Inspectors" Dennis greeted with a smile, standing up and dusting his body. He extended his hand to Helen for an handshake.

"Where is Bode?" Helen asked without taking his handshake.

"Calm down inspector, Bode is safe with me. What you should ask is where is the murderer?" He smiled with a mocking smile as he glanced at Uche.

Uche replied with a devilish grin, "stop playing pranks with us and tell us where you kept Bode"

"You're asking me?" Dennis smiled, he placed his hand on Uche's shoulder as he spotted Emmanuel some distance behind them watching.

Uche flung his hand away angrily and threatened, "don't let us go the hard way, tell us where you kept Bode"

"Oh! The hard way? Well, maybe you guys should tell me first why someone shot Bode and still tried to kill him in the hospital" Dennis replied, pacing around and staring at each policeman playfully.

Dennis got no response and was about to speak again when he heard someone shout.

"Heyyyy! Na this Oga o, na him I kollect Ogs husband address from me eeh!" Emmanuel shouted, pointing at Uche as he approached them.

"Na him kill my Oga husband and see that shoe" the mallam continued, pointing to Uche's shoes. "Na him wear am kill my pa"

"No Emmanuel, you shouldn't come here" Dennis shouted, disappointed and angry that the gateman did not follow his plan.

All eyes turned to Uche as he couldn't deny the accusation. He brought out his gun and was about to drag Dennis closer but Helen acted quickly and hit a rod on his hand. Three other officers overpowered and handcuffed him immediately.

Helen landed a blow on Uche's cheek and forced him to kneel. "What are you trying to do? So you're the murderer?"

"Shut the hell up mam" Uche shouted at her, "you gonna arrest me?"

"Idiot! Carry him to the van" She ordered the officers. She was confused about what was happening, she wouldn't have believed that Uche had anything to do with the murder if not for the way he reacted to the gateman's accusation.

As they made attempt to drag Uche to the van, three unknown gunmen appeared at their front, stopping them. The other policemen which hid at the back came out of their hiding place and the three gunmen were surrounded.

Uche laughed aloud devilishly, surprising those around except the three gunmen.

"Before you take him away, you need to see something that might interest you" One of the gunmen spoke, moving closer to Helen and the policemen surrounding Uche. By this time, everybody else who was around the garden had been ordered by the policemen to leave the place

He brought out an Ipad and showed a picture of Bode lying on a bed with armed men around him, there was something around his neck.

"Look, there's a bomb tied to his neck. Once I pushed this button, the bomb goes off" the man explained with a devilish look, holding the bomb igniting device up for them to see. "Just take off your handcuff and release Uche to us"

Uche glanced at Helen and Dennis, he gave a smile of victory and confidence



...to be continued

e no go better for uche I swear.. haba!!! oyin, thanks jare..

oyin, you are the bomb.....lol.this piece of yours deserves Pulitzer literature award on NL or possibly Nobel prize award in literature here on NL.great job young man.You are truly going places.

Thumbs up to you oyin more ink to your blue pen.

dennis acted in haste nw his life nd dat of bode is in danger....


dat gateman too dull 4 my likin....


tanks 4 d update oyinprince......anticipatin wu wil save helen and dennis out of dis mess

Another twist. Lemme just watch how oyin wants to save Bode and Dennis

labaski:
e no go better for uche I swear.. haba!!! oyin, thanks jare..

Haba maaam take am easy o lol
Great job oga oyin nw am happy I joined nairaland u ar d blast men!

noooooooooooo, Bode must no die thanks for d update. u r wonderful

My mind tells me d doctor Dennis brought home informed the gunmen when he requested to use the toilet...Expecting more Oyinprince.....

Oyinprince na y u stop half way na,u won give me heart attack, haa wu go safe bode nd dennis na,pls i don dey cry;(for here,dat emmanuel sef, he lack patience,more update pls nd more ink to ur pen

Oyin u be too much. Welldone n keep up d good works[color=#990000][/color]

what can i say......thumbs up

Ninety nine days for the thief nd one day for the owner. Uche's character in this story is what is happening in nigeria police force.

Uche must not go free from his crimes.



Onyi...continue dude...

@oyinprince, dis ur chapter 30 too long oo

ur chapter 31 must be longa dan dis ooo abeg com nd finish it up dont keep us waitin anyway is a gud job u derserve a lot

Asiri tu o,thanks for the update Oyin,more wisdom to you lagbara Jehovah

what!!!....Oyin tanx for d update

Even prison break no get dis kind of suspense.

Oyin, ur story too sweet.... I hope nothing happens to helen or bode or dennis.

nceedaga:
Even prison break no get dis kind of suspense.

Yess ooo..... Just update it quickly Oyin

Hmmmmm..... love this piece, Updates please

ds story z indid d bomb :Dds story z indid d bomb