Birthdays are nature`s way of telling us to eat more cake. Birthdays are like boogers. The more you have the harder it is to breathe. Another year older, none the wiser. Birthdays are just finger posts on the road of getting old… I was born with a gift, the gift of awesomeness I`m not just a year older I`m also a year better and prettier. I know you`re jealous. I`d like to thank my mom and dad for making this miracle possible. ITS MY BIRTHDAY

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Nd party for everybody
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It been long

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‘So what’s the Boss’s instruction now?’ Benny asked joining Cole and Aisha in the living room.

‘You are to act as a backup for her in the banquet, you step in case anything unexpected comes up. We’ll all be communicating through our devices, your Bluetooth piece should not leave your ear’

‘Okay. How do I get to attend the banquet?’ Benny asked, taking his seat. ‘I believe there’ll be a ban of entry of uninvited guests’

‘Tarasha would work out your invitation card, so you won’t encounter any problem entering into the hall’ Cole answered his questions before proceeding with the rest of the instruction to Aisha. ‘Your job is to monitor the switch off the streets cameras when if we give the order. There’ll be a tracker on the Lamborghini, you have to keep monitoring our location both with the cameras and the tracker. If you notice any strange movement or someone following us through the streaming, you have to let us know immediately’

‘Boss is almost doing this job individually’ Benny commented.

Aisha hissed playfully. ‘So don’t you like it like this?  You want us to be so involved like we were in the last job? Her methods are so daring and dangerous’

‘Yes, so dangerous but I do think I love them’ Cole said thoughtfully.

‘Yes, I’m beginning to love her methods too. Its making us gain more experience’ Benny added.

‘Too dangerous’ Aisha insisted with a playful frown on her face.

‘Lazy girl, just make sure you do your job well tomorrow’ Cole teased as she walked away from the living room. He turned to Benny with a serious face, looking like he just remembered something important. ‘Benny, there’s something I’ve not told you. The banquet is taking place at Jubril Lawal’s mansion and there may be serious security protocols there. One very important thing the Boss wants you to do is to smuggle in the guns she might be making use of. You have to find a way to pass through the security stands without the machines detecting you have guns with you’

‘Wow! How am I supposed to do that?’ Benny widened his eyes. ‘That would only happen if I’m able to get to the control base of the security doors and deactivate the detecting of metals’
‘If that’s the only option, then you have to do it’

‘Huh?’ Benny stared at him in surprise. ‘Do you know how many security guys would be present at Jubril Lawal’s doorpost? Am I supposed to fight all of them?’

‘Eh!’ Cole hushed him. ‘Stop whining already. I believe the Boss has her own plans. Her instruction was that I should tell you to begin to think of a way to do it’

Benny shook his head in disbelief. Cole continued talking, ‘she also said you have to come in first without any gun and find her during the party, she’ll give you more instructions’

‘Can’t she take in the guns herself?’ Benny asked.

‘She won’t be free to move in and out of the party. Remember she’s a special guest and would have a lot of business people to meet and friends to make’ Cole answered.

Benny sighed. ‘Don’t get all worked up Ben, she only wants to get you prepared. I’m sure she’ll be able to get the job done without guns’

‘Then why is she asking for guns then?’

‘Because she doesn’t want to take chances’ Cole slammed at him. He was getting irritated by Benny’s sissy behaviour.

‘Why the hell is she even passing information through you to me?’ Benny shouted back.

‘Her phone is lost and she has only my number offhand’ Cole replied, purposely to taunt Benny.

Benny hissed. He got up from the sofa and began to walk away slowly, shaking his head. Her ways were too dangerous truly. How does she expect him to take in guns past machines that were designed to detect them?

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‘What do you have to say?’ Inspector Ken repeated to Jefa.

‘She..sh..sh..’ Jefa stammered and paused again, facing Tarasha.

‘She did what?’ Ken snapped impatiently.

‘She was the one who drove out the car yesterday, I saw her’ Jefa finally said, rushingly.
‘Is that all?’ Ken asked.

Jefa nodded. ‘Please take him back and return his belongings to him, let him go’ Ken dismissed the junior officer.

‘That man sells food and drinks just at the front of the building you were kept in’ Ken said to Tarasha and Evelyn just as Jefa and the junior officer left.

‘Oh! I see…’ Henry muttered.

‘So, who do you suspect?’ Ken directed his question toward Henry.

‘Ermm… I do have suspects from two sides. First, from Samantha Osman’ Henry began. Tarasha glanced at his face.

‘Which Samantha Osman?’ Ken asked.

‘Same unpopular one, who carried out two notable assassinations recently’

‘Okay, go ahead’ Ken relaxed back on his chair to listen.

‘I’ve been working on locating her recently, that’s why I was brought to Abuja’ Henry continued. ‘She might have gotten signals of my job and decided to come for me’

‘She killed the officers and the special US agent that tried to locate her the other time. Why did she now free you after capturing you first?’

‘I believe it’s because she found out that I’m no longer working on locating her’

‘You’re no longer working on that?’

‘Yes, it’s complicated, we had to quit it. We’re working on blocking her from manipulating the CCTV systems for now’

‘Hmmm…’ Ken leaned forward. ‘Who is the other suspect?’

‘Dare Jubril Lawal’ Henry looked into Evelyn’s eyes as he mentioned

‘Huh? Why is he a suspect?’

Henry stared at Evelyn, as if to askfor confirmation whether to go on or not. The look in her eyes discouraged him. ‘He threatened me recently’ henry gave an indirect reason. ‘He thinks I’m dating Evelyn here’

‘Hmm? She isn’t your girlfriend?’ Ken asked in surprise. ‘The report we got was that you were kidnapped alongside with your girlfriend’ He turned to Evelyn.

‘I’m not his girlfriend’ Evelyn spoke, mentioning her words slowly, one after the other. ‘We’re friends who just met recently’ she glanced at Henry. Henry nodded in confirmation.

‘Unbeleivable!’ Ken exclaimed. Correcting his previous notes on his tablet device. After sometime, he looked up again. 'Do you have proof that could link him to the kidnap? Any proof?'

'No' Henry shook his head sadly.

'Then we just have to investigate properly first before accosting him. Stepping on the toes of someone like Jubril Lawal is like stepping on the government toes itself'

'I understand' Henry shook head slowly.

... to be continued



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Happy birthday in arrears Osman. Long life and prosperity

Congrats my brother.You arent seen anything yet,more laurels to come.

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Thanks. Hope I'm correct with the new title?

Yeah very correct. Congrats once more.

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Thanks to all of you for voting Tarasha as story of the month. God bless you all .

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Oga u still Owe me an update

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It deserves the award. Keep it up Oyinprince

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It deserves the award. Keep it up Oyinprince

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Tarasha - Chapter 11 Pt 5


Thursday

2pm

Henry was sitting alone in the living room on the three sitter sofa, he was occupied with something on his laptop. He didn't quickly take note when Tarasha walked in. His eyes were still fixed to the laptop's screen until Tarasha sat beside him.

'Hi' Tarasha signaled.

'Hey' he smiled back.

'What are you doing? I see you've been quite busy since morning' She said, shifting closer to him to peep into the laptop.

'Yeah, I've been trying to conclude some leftover jobs. I have to give a report this evening'

Tarasha rested back after finding nothing meaningful to her on the laptop's screen. 'Well, I'll be leaving for the banquet by four thirty pm'

'Oh!' Henry took a quick glance at his wristwatch. 'So you still insist on going?'

'Yes. I have to conclude the deal, that's what I'm in Nigeria for'

Henry paused. He turned to Tarasha and stared deeply into her eyes for some seconds. 'I have this feeling that I've met you somewhere else before' he said, returning to his laptop. 'Something in your voice tells me so'

Tarasha chuckled. 'Maybe, in your dreams'

'Well, maybe' Henry picked an opened jotter and stared at a phone number written in it. 'I would have loved to come with you but I can't stand coming in contact with that murderer again and most important is this job that I need to finish this night'

'It's okay, I understand. I've arranged for a driver to take me there'  Tarasha replied.

'Just be careful' Henry warned.

Tarasha smiled. 'Put your mind at rest, you have nothing to worry about' she said. She frowned as her eyes suddenly caught something on Henry's jotter. It was the phone number Cole had used to call Jubril Lawal and act her father, Alexander Amaechi.

She stylishly moved closer to Henry and placed her head on his shoulder, peeping into the laptop.

Henry was surprised, she had not come close to him like that for sometime. He inhaled deeply as he perceived the soothing fragrance from her body. She placed her hand on his chest and ran it under his button. He felt a tickling sensation.

'I wish you could follow me to the banquet' Tarasha said, looking into his eyes. She needed something to distract him from finishing the job or else he'll be disrupting her operation that night.

'But I can't' Henry replied, astonished, she never sounded like she wanted his company before.

'Can't you postpone this job and submit tomorrow?' Tarasha pleaded.

'That'll be difficult, I already promised today'

'But you can tell them that you have some thing to attend to tonight and that you'll give a report tomorrow morning'

Henry took away her hand from his chest and turned face to his. He stared at her with doubt in his eyes. 'Why do you suddenly want me to come with you?'

Tarasha looked away from him. 'I just felt like I'll be needing your company'

'But you didn't feel like that before' Henry said, taking the laptop off his lap. 'And you said you'll be going with a driver'

'Yes, but I need a friend' Tarasha said childishly and clutched to his chest again.

Henry let out a deep breath. He had been looking for an opportunity to hang out with her, could this be the right time? Was his work worth postponing for her?

He was feeling strange about her request but his desire to go out with her beclouded his reasoning.

'You also said that it's a ticketed event?'

'I have an extra ticket already' she put in quickly.

He let out another deep breath and wrapped his hands around her. Tarasha felt deep warmth within her, that was a sign that he had fallen for her trick.

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Dare drove straight to the car park as he entered in through the gate of Orex recreational centre. He parked in a good position as directed by the marshalls and spent some few more minutes in the car before opening the door and stepping out. He looked around for any sign of those he had an appointment with. His phone beeped.

'In the garden' the text message from Afo read. Dare locked the doors carefully and looked around to locate the garden. He put on his face cap and proceeded at once as he located the garden.

'Mr Dare' a voice spoke softly to him as he stepped into the garden. He turned to see the person.

'Over there' the man said, pointing him to we here Afo and Audu were seated. Dare walked over to them immediately. He stood beside Afo's seat for a minute without saying anything or getting any word from his hosts.

'What's the plan tonight?' Afo finally asked.

'I should be asking you that question' Dare retorted.

Afo smiled. He turned to face Dare and stared at him without saying anything.

Dare took his face away from the gaze. 'All I know is that she would be present in the banquet today. You must find a way to take her and make sure she leads you to the guy' Dare spoke angrily and then paused. He dipped his hand into his pocket and brought out a picture. He threw it towards Afo and it landed on the floor. 'That's both of them in the picture, in case you don't recognize them anymore'

Afo stamped his feet angrily on the floor and got up as if to pounce on Dare, but he was restrained by an unknown inner strength and Audu's constant warning stare at him. 'Wetin dey work you now, Dare?' Afo spoke angrily in pidgin. 'No be today we don dey deliver for you, why you con dey do like person wey no know me before'

'That's what you'll say, what if I've been already implicated by your silly mistake?'

Afo returned to his seat and remained silent for another couple of seconds. He picked up the picture and carefully examined it before tucking it into his pocket. 'No worry, we go handle the job tonight, we go carry the girl'

Dare cleared his throat and was about to walk away when Audu spoke. 'Wait' Audu said and got up from his seat. 'Why don't you let's tweak the plan a little bit?'

'How?' Dare turned back, somehow interested.

'Trying to use the girl in tracing the guy may not work, that girl seems stubborn and quite difficult to handle' Audu paused and glanced at Afo. Afo nodded in agreement. 'She may not lead us to him'

'Oh' Dare exclaimed under his breath.
'I think we should drop her immediately' Audu said. Dare and Afo stared at him in disagreement. 'We'll keep the dead body in the guy's house to implicate him' Audu quickly added to ease the tension. 'He'll never come out of the trouble'

'Hmmm' a slight smile began to appear on Afo's face. He glanced at Dare who was also smiling and nodding his head as he reasoned the idea.

'Sounds nice' Dare said, smiling at Audu as he took a quick glance at his wristwatch. 'I've got to go now, please make sure the job is done that way' Dare said with a note of finality and walked away briskly.

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5pm

'My driver is outside already' Tarasha called to Henry as she stepped out of the bedroom and walked into the living room.

'Okay, I'm ready' Henry answered from his room. He came out to join Tarasha in the sitting room few seconds later.

He stood speechless at the centre of the living room as she turned to face him. He had never seen such beauty emanating from anyone else. Even with very little makeup, her fitted short blue gown made her look more stunning than all winners which the Miss World Beauty Pageant had ever produced put together. He let out a very deep breath as she stared at him too.

As if he was aware that she was going to put on blue, he also adorned himself in a deep blue suit and a white inner shirt with a butterfly bow tie to complement it.

'Oh! I've been with God's most beautiful Angel without knowing it' Henry exclaimed as he moved closer to her.

He could inhale the attractive accent of her perfume as he got closer to her. He placed his hands around her waist and stared into her face. She returned his stare as she placed her hands on his shoulder.

Henry held his breath as his eyes met her inviting lips, he felt her hold hers too. His heartbeat increased, he could hear hers drumming loud too.

...to be continued

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5pm

DJ Basky rocked the atmosphere with old school music from veteran artistes like Tu-face, styl plus, Eldee and a host of others. The hall was set with about 25 tables with four chairs around each. Space was left in the middle of the hall for dancing and other special performances.

The MC, fifty two years old comedian AY, stepped into the stage exactly twenty minutes past five to kick off the party. He called the attention of the guests who were already chatting and getting to each other.
He encouraged them to settle down as the party before he began to opening prayer.

Jubril Lawal entered the hall with his son immediately the opening prayer began. He was dressed in a shiny black tuxedo suit, a white shirt underneath and a black bowtie. He had a fancy walking stick in his hands. Dare was also dressed in a tuxedo suit, he wore a black hat to complement his.

They motioned towards the table reserved for them in the middle and settled there, occupying two seats and leaving the other two empty. The party continued.

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Cole occasionally stole glances  at Tarasha and Henry through the top mirror as he drove them down the road. The journey was steady as the traffic was minimum.

The tension between the two at the back was obvious to Cole, but Henry was the more tensed one. He looked like someone who had just been caught stealing red handed. Tarasha on the other hand was chewing gum slowly and looking out through the window.

'What is this place called?' Cole could hear Tarasha whisper to Henry.

'Asokoro' Henry answered briefly.
'Is everything alright?' Tarasha asked, noticing his demeanor.

'Yes, I'm fine'

'You don't look so' Tarasha placed a hand on his knee and rubbed it gently.

Henry took her hand in his and looked into her eyes. 'I'm sorry' he stated.

'Sorry about what?' Her eyes shone mockingly at him.

'I didn't mean to...' Tarasha cut him short as she covered his mouth with hers and engaged him in a deep kiss.
Henry gladly welcomed it this time since she was the initiator. He had felt embarrassed when she broke away from him quickly after he placed his lips on hers back in the house. Since then, she refused to mention a word to him until now.
It took Cole's clearing of his throat for them to break off from the kiss. Cole's eyes met with Tarasha through the top mirror, he was waiting for orders as they had already arrived at the event venue.

'Oh! We're there already' Tarasha rested back and straightened her cloth as they paused at the gate. Two security officials searched the car before allowing them entrance. They were handed a pass ticket

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'I think she's here' Audu said aloud to the other occupants of the security room. He was cross checking the picture on his hand with the person in the video. 'She came with the boy' Audu added as Afo joined him.

'Who's that?' Sanyi, a dark muscular man with a stout figure asked, trying to select the captured area on his laptop. Sanyi was the head of security operatives in the events centre.

'Nothing, just a lady that the boss asked us to keep tabs on' Afo replied quickly to prevent further questioning. He turned to Audu and spoke in low tones. 'The guy's presence makes things easier for us, or what do you think?'  Audu nodded in agreement.

A couple dressed in deep blue attires stepped out of a Lamborghini. They locked hands and began to walk away from the car park towards the hall.

They walked out of coverage of the camera capturing them. Audu minimized the selected footage to the dashboard where several other footages from other cameras could be selected. He first clicked on one which was capturing the couple's backside, he and Afo zoomed the video and studied their targets from the back view. Another footage which showed their front view was selected and Audu made two screenshots.

'Return to clip two' Afo said to Audu. Audu rolled the mouse at once and selected the previous footage where the couple stepped out of the car. A black range rover had been parked beside it and the occupants of the range rover were stepping out.

'Looks like the driver is still inside that car, we need to go check' Audu said to Afo.

'Yeah, I'll call Blade to check out the car for us now' Afo said, taking out his phone.

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Cole adjusted the car seat and rested his head properly. He released the tie on his neck and unbuttoned the top of the shirt. He then took out his tablet device and powered it . The device was still booting when he began to notice someone's reflection on the screen when turned upward rightly. He sat up and took a look at the side mirror. A tall guy dressed as a security official was scrutinizing the car. Their eyes met.

The tall guy walked up to the car, Cole wind up the glass and sat upright as he waited for him.
'Good evening sir' the tall guy bent to talk to Cole through the window.

'Evening sir' Cole replied, wondering what the man wanted.

'May I see your pass please?' The man requested.

Cole picked up the card from the rack and showed it to the man. The guy nodded for him to keep it after validation.

'Are you going to be staying here?' The guy asked again.

'No, I'll be leaving in few minutes'

'Please do, we don't allow people loiter around or remain in park'

'It's okay, I'll leave in the next five minutes'

'Thanks' the man tapped the car playfully and left.

Cole smiled. Just another security officer doing his job, he thought.

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5.25pm

'Wow, another round of applause for the poet, I've not seen such a beautiful art performance for a long time ' AY the MC said as the crowd reacted with another thunderous applause.

'Well, while the dance was going on, some very important people walked into this hall' AY continued. 'Very important people to us and to the nation at large. First of all, I'll like to recognize the present of our minister of information, Mr Dimeji Saki' the guests responded with a thunderous applause as Dimeji Saki got up and waved at the crowd.

'Also with us this night is the wife of the most honorable celebrant, Tomi Jubril' AY continued. A lady in her late fifties who had just joined Jubril and Dare on the table got up and waved at the crowd.

'Right now, we'll move to another round of ...' AY suddenly paused and stared towards a couple walking in through the entrance. The audience also followed his gaze and all attention was turned to the couple with a matching blue attire.

'Another round of presentation' AY continued with a smile. The couple were definitely one of the best dressed people for the event. What made theirs unique was their choice of color. AY introduced the next performing acts and left the stage.

Evelyn and Henry who looked embarrassed at their attraction of attention quickly motioned to the table the ushers directed them to. They sat in gently after greeting a few people who were still staring at them.

'Your friend' Jubril Lawal smiled at Dare as they all looked in direction of the couple.

'Yeah, I didn't know she was going to be coming' Dare faked a smile.

'I sent her an invite, then she called to request for another, for a friend' Jubril continued, chewing the pan cracker as he spoke.

'Who's she?' Lola Jubril asked, taking another look towards Evelyn's direction. She couldn't get a clear view as Evelyn's table was far from theirs which was in front.

'A friend I helped connect with Daddy' Dare answered.

'A friend? I thought you were working on her?' Jubril cut in.

'Working on her? As in?' Dare stared at his Dad.

'Come on, you know what I mean' Jubril replied back.

Dare took a glance at his mum who was staring at him and patiently waiting for an answer.

'She has a boyfriend already Dad, that guy is her boyfriend' Dare answered.

'Boyfriend? The guy looks Nigerian to me. I thought she just arrived in Nigeria few weeks ago' Jubril said with a note of doubt.

'Yes, they just met recently' Dare struggled to say. 'They've not known each other for long'

'And you gave up my boy? Because someone else showed up?' Jubril questioned.

'I...' Dare was trying to find words but was rescued by the Indian dancers who had just come on stage, their music filled the air and the entry dance caught the crowds attention.

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'Hey, Miss Evelyn Alex' A guy in a black suit joined Henry and Tarasha's table, smiling. 'It's nice to see you again' he said as he stretched his hand to her for an handshake.

Tarasha smiled back at him. 'Good evening Mr James, it's my pleasure to see you again'

'Wow! Who do we have here?' James turned to Henry and smiled, offering him an handshake. 'You're a very lucky man I must say'

'He's Henry, my friend' Evelyn introduced. 'Henry, please meet Mr James'

'Nice to meet you sir' Henry smiled as he took the handshake.

'Just a friend?' James asked, rolling his eyes.

'No, more than a friend actually' Evelyn answered, glancing at Henry's face. 'A special one'

'I see' James blinked and sat upright. 'Have you seen the exhibition for Julal stakeholders and partners?' James asked Evelyn.

'No' she answered, looking interested.

'Do you have your partner's card?'

'Yes'

'We could go there now if you wish'

'Oh!' Evelyn stared at Henry's face for some seconds.

'Come on, you may go. I'll just wait for you' Henry said with a smile.

'We'll be right back then' Evelyn said and got up from the seat, she dipped her hand into her bag and took out her purse. James took her by the hand and motioned her in the right direction.

Henry felt a pinch of jealousy as he watched them leave. He took a sip from the juice on his table and turned to face the stage, distracting himself with the performances.

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'She's gotten up from her seat and it seems she's headed outside the main hall with the other guy' Audu said to Afo.

Afo moved closer to Audu and stared into the screen. 'Who's that guy?'

'I've never seen him' Audu replied.

'Blade' Afo called, turning away as he spoke into his Bluetooth device. 'The girl has left her seat and she's heading towards...' Afo paused and glanced at Audu.

'The hall entrance' Audu answered.

'The hall entrance' Afo spoke back into the device. 'There's a guy with her, find out who he is'

'This girl is up to something' Audu commented, suddenly taking more interest. 'Imagine, she's identifying and looking straight into all the cameras, as if she's aware that someone is watching her'

Afo walked back quickly to the computer to confirm what Audu was saying. 'What's she doing there? That's the main hall security room' Afo said, touching the screen.

... To be continued

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Well done oyin,oliver twist

nice one oyin.nothing must do henry

Oyinprince congrats! Though my congratulations came quite late buh ure d best!
Thanks a million times Pls dont stop d updates! Please sir!

Oyinprince where art thou........

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Oyinprince where art thou........

I'm working on an update already. it'll soon be served

What a nice piece!............................loving this story more than my boo

I av been readin dis story since three days ago, it got my attention, i cant remove my eyes of it. In work, at home, on the street, in the toilet n even in my dream.
Its inhuman after goin tru dis story not to drop a comment.....

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I av been readin dis story since three days ago, it got my attention, i cant remove my eyes of it. In work, at home, on the street, in the toilet n even in my dream.
Its inhuman after goin tru dis story not to drop a comment.....

U are GOOD @oyinprince, jus kip d update coming. May God increase ur inspiration

Thanks. God bless

Tarasha - Chap 11 pt 7


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Benny walked into the restroom unsuspicious of the fact that he was being followed. The restroom for males had two toilet compartments, two urinals and a bathroom, making it different from the ladies' which had four compartments for toilets, a bathroom compartment and a dressing part.

Two other guys were in the restroom when Benny walked in. Another man followed him and walked straight to the faucet. Benny entered into the toilet and closed the short door. He began to think of how best to disguise as a blind man. He needed a walking stick to add more effect to his eyeglass.

After some seconds, Benny felt he was alone in the restroom. He decided to move out and use the mirror in the main room. As he stepped out, he saw a shadow move away from the main entrance door. He paused to think, staring intently at the door. He took some more steps and he saw the shadow move further. He was sure that the person wasn't aware that his shadow had announced him. Benny walked back into the toilet compartment and pretended as if nothing had happened. He sat on the WC after taking out his Bluetooth earphone, he punched some buttons on it before attaching  it to his ear.

'Hello boss, I'm being followed by someone'

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Tarasha pulled out the band holding her hair as she walked into the restroom, making it fly freely. Luckily for her, the only woman who was using the toilet left as she entered. She locked the door behind after the lady left and moved closer to the other end of the wall. She took out a nose mask from her purse and put it on.

She ran her hand into her hair, searching for something. She then picked out two hair pins carefully one after the other and placed them on the the floor.

She put down her purse and opened it widely. Various makeup kits and  an hair brush were the major contents of the purse. She took out a lipstick and took off the cap. She rolled out the lipstick bullet but instead of rubbing it on her lips, she took one of the hairpins and inserted a part of it into the bullet.

The lipstick bullet which looked rigid solid before began to melt, evolving a deep blue smoke and a pungent smell.

Her Bluetooth device beeped and she paused to listen.

'Did you see the person's face?' She took off her nose mask and asked in response to the caller's first statement.

'Is the person aware that you know?' She asked another question after getting the first reply but a loud knock sounded on the door, preventing her from hearing the response.

'Is the person aware that you know?' She asked, pressing a finger against the Bluetooth device to make the voice louder but the line was disconnected.

Heavy knocks continued landing on the door, Tarasha briefly looked up and returned to her work hurriedly, she wore back the nose mask. She removed the first hairpin and carefully placed it on the powder box.
The knock paused as she repeated the same process for the second hairpin with another lipstick. She then tied the hairpins with a tiny rubber bands each to differentiate the parts that was inserted into the solution.

She picked the two pins and wrapped them in a tissue paper. She rolled up her gown and inserted the pins into an inner pocket.

The knock came again, this time more violently. Tarasha stared at the door, straightening up her dress. She couldnt open the door now, she needed about thirty seconds more for the smoke and smell to vanish completely.

She took off the nose mask after opening the windows, she arranged back into her purse the contents. Then, she straightened her hair and held it back together with the band. After that she quickly cleaned the floor with the mop she found by the side of the wall.

The knock was continuous but Tarasha wasn't looking bothered, she walked into one of the toilet compartments and pushed the flush button on the water closet, to make it sound as if she just finished using the toilet. After that, she motioned towards the door to open it. The knocking seized as the person knocking could hear footsteps approaching.

She turned the knob and the door gave way. She wasn't expecting who she saw at the door.

... To be continued


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