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El Deols, Anthanna

Adrian holding his phone in his hand dialed Sheila's number for the fifth time, that night. He placed it on loudspeakers and listened. It rang again like it had done for the first four occasions but the call wasn't answered.

He sighed. He couldn't understand what had happened to Sheila. She had walked in after seeing her Dad off and without saying anything to him, walked to her room. He had thought she would return to the living room after few minutes but she did not. He sent one of the maids to check for her but the maid had returned saying Sheila was not opening the door nor answering her. He stayed and tried for some more hours to reach her but she refused to step out of the room. He had no other choice than to leave for his home. He concluded that her Dad had told her something that got her very angry and she was reacting badly to it.

He dialed her number once again as he reached for the cup of water on the footstool in front of him. It rang in it's usual pattern and ended up not being answered. He dropped the phone on the arm of the sofa and gulped down the content.

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Unknown Location

Bexford, Bethanna.

After many hours of Samantha being alone in the room, the door flung open and three men walked in, the first one holding a tray of food and the second a small table.

The table was placed in front of Samantha and the tray was placed on it. The third man walked to the back of the chair Samantha was sitting on and began to untie her. It took him about five minutes to complete the process and he carefully folded the ropes aside.

Samantha felt some freedom and was able to stretch a little even though her wrists and ankles were still cuffed. The man who untied her took out a key from his pocket and stepped in front of her, he held her hands up and put the key into the hole, he moved her hands closer to her left side before turning the key to unlock the manacles. He released her right hand and cuffed the second part to the arm of the chair, putting her left hand still in bondage.

"I need to ease myself first," Samantha objected.

The man raised his gaze and stared at her face with a suspicious look. He took in a breath before uncuffing her other hand from the chair. He stepped back and stared at her.

"Your legs are still cuffed, I hope you're wise enough not to try any stupid move." The man said in a warning tone
Samantha stared at him and only shook her head in response.

"That's the toilet," he pointed a door close to the back end of the room. She glanced back at the place before getting up. The manacles on her legs had a length of twenty centimetres, so it gave her room to walk without so much discomfort.

As she walked there, she thought about how possible it would be for her to make any move with her feet still cuffed. The men in the room with her and the other men she had seen earlier did not look like men that would be easy for her to beat. And even if she was going to make a move, she needed to know where the key to the manacles binding her feet was first.

She got out the toilet ten minutes after going in. She looked refreshed and less heavier as she walked back to the seat. She wiped her wet hands on her clothes to make them dry. The men had their eyes on her even as she settled on the seat.

She stared at the man who untied her, expecting that he would come back to cuff her hand to the chair but he remained where he was.

"After you finish eating," he said to her when he noticed she was expecting him to do so.

She took the cover off the food and placed it gently under the plate. The aroma was inviting as usual and it made her belly let out a cry for food. She stared at it for a while, still contemplating whether to eat or not. Hutton's threat had been on her mind since she heard him make the call and she wasn't able to figure out in her mind what his plans could be. After about a minute, she decided on eating. She would need enough strength for the next day.

She looked up at the faces of the men who were still surrounding her, feeling uncomfortable with their closeness to her.

"I'm not going to disappear into the food, am I? she frowned at the man who untied her.

He signalled to the rest and they all stepped back, giving her enough space. She ate slowly, still having a lot in her mind. Hutton's words keep echoing in her head and she couldn't imagine being labelled a suicide bomber or a terrorist. She believed whatever Hutton's plan was, she needed to fight it.

A thought came to her mind after eating the food halfway. She wondered what Henry and the rest of the team were doing to get them out. There have been no signs of their efforts and she couldn't tell if they were making any. She thought it was stupid to remain loyal to a team that had probably dismissed her as dead already.

She looked up suddenly and signalled to the man who untied her. She tried to say something but a cough came out instead. She paused to take water.

"I need to see your boss," she said after clearing her throat.

'What for?"

"Tell him I have something important to tell him," she said.

The man squinted at her questioningly.

"Tell him now," she said.

The man took out a phone and dialed Hutton's number.

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Kala - Bexford Expressway,

"Isn't there anyway Cole could help us get the location of the call?" Jenny asked Henry who was sitting at the right side of the vehicle while she drove.

He glanced at her.

"No," Henry replied her. "Those guys use a high security system just like us, we can only locate them if there's a breach from an insider there."

They were on their way to Bexford, both of them having changed their clothes and being slightly disguised. They had also emptied the vehicle of all the guns which were previously in it.

Henry knew after his tip to the FOX that they would take measures to detect security threats even on the roads and now that they were on their way to Bexford, they could be delayed by the security officers if weapons were found in their car.

His mind was filled with questions on how to get Samantha and Wilson but it seemed like a dead end. He had tried to contact "The Boss" who told him about the planned bomb attacks but the line had been unreachable since then. He only hoped now that the man would call him back again and let out more information.

He wasn't sure of what step to take but he knew he could not afford to fail Samantha. If Samantha was allowed to die, it would mean he had also failed the whole team and failed himself. He had to get her out some way and somehow.

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Unknown Location,

Bethanna.

"You called for me," Hutton said as he marched slowly towards her.

"I'll tell you all you need to know about Carl Winston," she said.

Hutton squinted at her, he suspected she was planning something fishy.

"Why did you suddenly change your mind?"

"I don't know what you plan to do, but I'd rather give out information about Carl Winston than let three hundred people die through my hands."

Hutton chuckled.

To be continued.

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Restless - Episode 94

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20:45PM
Paul Edwards' Residence,
Bexford, Bethanna

"Your phone has been ringing sir," the maid said to him as he handed over the phone to the man.

"Thank you," Paul Edwards replied and collected the phone from her. He closed the door and walked back to his bed, checking the missed call notification. He had just finished taking his bath in his room and was dressed in his night wear. He had been hearing the knock at the door while he was taking his bath but he took his time to enjoy his bath.

He had left one of his phones in the living room, the phone which he used for personal communication with his family and friends. His official phone was always with him and he never allowed anyone gain access to it.

The missed call was from an unsaved number, he dialed it back as he sat at the edge of his bed but the call did not connect. He dialed the second time and it gave him the same response, he dropped the phone and was about to get up when his official line began to ring. He shifted close to the headboard where the phone was placed. He checked the caller and it was from the office.

"Good evening Agent," he responded to the greeting from the other end.

"Ten minutes ago, we got and anonymous mail and a phone call to the office, telling us there would be three bomb attacks tomorrow and that we should make sure it doesn't happen."

Paul frowned his face. "Have you tracked the location the mail and phone call was from?"

"It was anonymous, we can't find the location yet but we are still on it." the person replied.

"Be quick with it," Paul said as he got up to his feet and began to pace gently around. "What other information did you get from the caller?"

"She said the bomb attacks were being planned by the Wolves and that they would be using innocent victims to trigger the explosions."

"It was a woman?"

"Yes, it was."

"Did she give any personal information at all?"

"No, she didn't."

Paul was silent for a few seconds. "Make sure you find the location where the call was made from and also pick out her voice from the stored recording and screen voices of female criminals on Our list to get a match."

"We'd do that sir," the voice replied.

"Thank you," Paul said and ended the call.

He sat on one of the sofas and opened his contact list to pick a number. He selected Agent Steve's number and dialed it.

"Good evening sir," Steve said immediately the call was answered.

"A call was received at the office few minutes ago, telling us about three bomb attacks which would happen tomorrow. Do you have any information regarding that?"

"Ermm... Nothing of such sir," Steve replied.

"Get to work man, whether true or not, we must find the location from which the information about the threats came and we must also uncover every possible ploy to cause havoc in any area."

"Yes sir, right away."

Paul ended his call and got up from the sofa. He walked straight to the wardrobe and took off his night wears. He turned back quickly as something came to his mind and reached for his phone, he dialed the number that had called him before he called Steve.

"Agent, give orders for all agents to report back to the office immediately." Paul commanded.

"Right away sir," the man replied.

"Call me back in five minutes after you do this."

Paul cut the call and located another number in his contact lists.

"Hey Man," Paul said into the phone.

"Good day Chairman, it's been a long while."

"Yeah truly, we do have a lot of catching up to do later. Now, I've got something important you need to do for me right away."

"Okay, I'm all ears."

"I need every broadcasting radio stations and television stations airing in the nation to send out information to residents in all parts of the country especially those in Bethanna. They should ask everyone to be careful and watchful, any suspicious activity should be reported immediately. The number they need to call is 811," Paul instructed.

"Uhm, I'll do that but I hope there's no serious problem." The man questioned.

"We are doing this to avoid a serious problem," Paul stated. "Please, give instructions for the information not to be relayed in a way that would cause panic all over the nation. It should just be an information to make people watchful and vigilant."

"I'll spread the instructions right away."

"Thank you," Paul ended the call again. Immediately the call from the office was returned.

"I just finished instructing everyone to return," the man said.

"I'll be calling the Inspector of Police and Army General in a minute from now, the forces would have to combine and cover all road blocks for tonight including major entrances and exits from Bexford. Every vehicle passing has to be checked well and there must be Bomb disposal technicians close to every unit."

"Okay sir, I'll start organizing the men right away."

"Good, I'll join you in the office soon."

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"The emails have been read and delivered," Jenny said and got up from the seat. She turned to Henry who was sitting on the footstool and facing the laptop on the bed. He glanced at her.

"In the next few minutes, we'd be on our way to Bethanna." Henry said to her.

"Any luck with the building's owner information?" Jenny asked.

"No, the real owner died twelve years ago and his next of kin died five years after, the villagers said it was sold to the people currently using it but the owner's information in the land registration online hasn't changed."

"So, what do we do?" Jenny asked.

"We forget about it," he said as he moved the cursor to the computer start button. He clicked on it and selected "shut down". "The important thing now is getting Samantha and Wilson."

"How do we do that?"

Henry stared at her face for a moment. He didn't have the answer to her question, but he knew it had to happen somehow. He didn't have the FOX team agents to give instructions or give orders to, neither did he or his team have access to the sophisticated facilities available in the FOX offices which would have been useful in searching out the possible locations of the bomb threats issued by the Wolves and that was why he had sent messages to the FOX to get them to use their facilities.

His phone rang and distracted him from his thoughts and also the tension to give Jenny a reply, he reached for his phone and answered the call.

"Hey Dave," he said into the mouthpiece.

"Boss, we have to stay somewhere in Oreo."

"Why? That's not far enough from Bexford," Henry questioned.

"Yes but the doctor has said we should not go too far because of Rex's state of health. The vehicle movement is not good for him and we already had a long journey earlier today," Cole explained.

"Okay, how safe is where you are now?"

"It's safe enough and very far from the team's previous location in Vincil," Cole replied.

"Please be careful," Henry said before hanging up.

He dropped the phone and looked up to see Jenny still staring at him, he remembered she asked him a question but he was still unprepared for the answer.

He packed up the laptop and got up to his feet. "We need to leave now, we'll talk about that later."

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Vincil, Bethanna.

Dave and Cole walked into the room where Sophia had been placed in a bed. Her legs and hands were tied tightly and her mouth was covered with a tape. Dave moved closer and tried to help her take off the tape but she began to struggle with him and tried to kick him off the bed with her feet. He however overpowered her and took the tape off her mouth.

"You need to stop misbehaving girl, we're trying to keep you safe here and you're making things difficult." Dave complained.

"I don't want to stay here, let me go home." Sophia shouted in frustration.

Cole let out a chuckle, her way she spoke seemed a bit funny to him.

"I explained to you that your brother is in danger and we are trying to keep you from danger," Dave replied her.

"I don't want to stay here with you, I can go to the police or other security officials if I need to be safe."

"The police can't save you girl, now just shut up and let me take the ropes off you." Dave said and motioned forward. She restricted and hit him in the chest with her feet.

"You people are kidnappers, I and my brother has no money to pay for ransom. Please let me go," she shouted.

Dave got out of the bed frustrated. "I can't deal with this girl," he said to Cole, shaking his head and walking out of the room.

Cole smiled lightly and stared until Dave closed the door behind. He stepped forward slowly and sat at the bed.

She stared at him from where she was. His face was new. She had just seen him earlier that day and he seemed to her less cruel than Dave.

"Sophia, can I talk to you?" Cole asked calmly.

"I don't want to talk, I want to be alone." she sulked.

"Okay then, let me help you take off the ropes so that you can be free to eat this night."

"No, I want to remain like this until you let me go," she protested. "You tied me like an animal and brought me here like this, let me remain this way."

Cole smiled lightly and turned to wards her in the bed, he moved both legs in the bed and moved closer to her in her lying position.

She stared up at his face, wondering what he was doing. She had been tied when they wanted to leave Bethanna. She tried to shout for help immediately she was allowed to step out of the building and the team had no choice than to find a way to keep her silent.

"I apologize for the way we treated you, I'm sorry. Would you let me untie you so we can talk about why you are here?"

Sophia took in a deep breath. Her mind was softened a bit by the calmness of Cole's voice. He had also promised to tell her why she was been kept, which was what she had been requesting to be told. She stared at him for a while before she nodded for him to go untie her.

It took him two minutes to untie her and she sat at the other edge of the bed on the same side where he was sitting.

"I'm sorry again for having you tied throughout our journey here, we had to do so because we were instructed to leave that location urgently but you were not cooperating." Cole explained and glanced at her face. She was quiet. "I was told you were taken forcefully from your house..."

"Why am I here?" she interrupted him.

"To keep you safe," Cole replied.

She stared at his face. "How the hell am I in danger?"

"You may not know but we know," he stared back at her.

"You're not making any sense," she slammed angrily.

"Do you know where your brother is?"

She stared at him silently for a moment and then looked away. "He went in search for someone."

"He went with a friend in search of Morris," Cole stated. She looked at his face. He turned back to her. "Do you know where Morris is?"

Her look changed from that of anger to a confused one. She wondered how Cole knew Morris.

"Where?" She raised a brow. "I don't know, Wilson and Morris' friend went to look for him."

Cole stared at her silently for some seconds. "Morris is right here with us."

She stared at him with disbelieving eyes.

"We came with him to Bexford, he was in the bus and you would have seen him if you had cooperated with us."

She shook her head in disbelief. "If Morris is here, then where is Wilson and the man who went in search of him?"

"That's why we are here, those who are after Morris' life are also after Henry his friend and now after Wilson, the reason we have taken you away is to keep you in safety."

She closed her eyes and shook her head again. It was not yet making sense to her. "So, can I see Morris now?"

"Yes, let's go." Cole said and got up to his feet.

She stared at his face for a while and also got up.

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Unknown Location

Bethanna.

Jenny wondered where Henry was heading to with the route he took, he had left the major expressway to take a smaller one which was in a different direction from Bexford. She remained mute and decided not to ask any question, trusting that he would tell her whatever he had in mind soon.

He soon drove off the road into an isolated street and stopped in front of a old haggard aluminium gate. He glanced at Jenny as he opened the door to step out.

"We need to do something important here briefly, it would help us to determine if we would proceed straight to Bexford now or not." he said before stepping out.

She watched him step out and close the door and she watched him walk to the gate. He pushed in the door to the smaller entrance and stepped into the place without closing it. In some seconds, he opened both wings of the gate wide from the center. He returned into the car and proceeded into the place.

The whole compound was a plot of land and the building in it only covered a quarter of the area. The building also looked old like the gate and apart from the bare area of land by the left side of the building which was meant to be a garden was covered with bushes already. The land around the house apart from the garden which was covered with interlocks also had some grasses already growing out through the connecting spaces between the interlock bricks.

"Help me with the gate," Henry stopped, after driving only about five metres in.

Jenny stepped out quickly and turned towards the gate to lock it. Henry proceeded further in and parked only few metres away from the main building. He turned off the engine and stepped out of the car. He walked to the boot and opened it, he carried out the man in the boot and dropped him on the floor. He took off the piece of material used to gag the man's mouth and flung it away. He stepped back and closed the boot, he rested his bum against the car and folded his arms staring at the man in his curled position.

The man's hands were tied together and the rope was extended to his legs, so tight in a way he could stretch any part of his body except for his neck which he could move.

"Look up," Henry said in a calm voice. The man managed to raise his gaze up to his Henry's face. "I would not like to hurt you anymore, I only need you to tell me all I want. Are you ready?"

The man nodded his head quickly in response. Henry smiled and step forward, he turned and opened the back seat of the car. He took out a piece of metal and a revolver and closed the door. He walked back to untie the man and returned his leaning position against the boot.

Jenny joined them, looking surprised. She had no idea that Henry kept anyone in the boot. She stopped beside the boot of the car and stared at the face of the man who was now able to stretch but still laying on his side on the floor unable to sit up due to weakness in his body.

Henry helped him up, carrying him with both arms and moved him to the side of the car, making him sit in by the back tyre and rest his back against the car. He took two steps back and stood in front of him. Jenny also turned.

"So tell me, who are you working for?"

"We call him the boss," the man began in a weak voice. "My boys have been around Kebba for almost two months waiting for you."

"Waiting for me?"

"Yeah, the boss asked that we stay there and watch for signs of first time visitors in Kebba."

"So, for two months, there have been no first time visitors except me?"

"There have been a several but the boss always said we haven't gotten our target every time we report the visit," he answered.

"So, how did you know your target?"

"The boss called few days before your arrival that we should be ready, I joined them that day."

"So you watched us from the moment we got into Kebba?"

"No, there was no way we could know at the exact moment. We only got to know few hours after, we made our enquires and found out the hotel you lodged."

"How?"

"We knew we got to find out who took you to the hotel and all we did was to ask him where he took the strangers to, he told us unsuspectingly."

Henry was silent for a while. He bit his lips gently.

"So, you installed the cameras outside the hotel?"

"Yes, and we watched all day to know the time you go out and come in. The only time we miss it is when you go out before the day becomes bright but we always notice when it's morning and on the second day we found your vehicle parked around the Home Of Sacrifice. That confirmed you were our target, the boss has always told us the patient our target would come for was not in the popular healing centres but the Priests abode."

Henry stared thinly above the car, it was obvious whoever this boss was had been following his activities and was only waiting to get him, Rex happened to be the perfect trap for him.

He stared at the man on the floor as he moved closer, he sauatted before him and stared straight into his eyes.

"Where can I find this boss now?"

"I don't..."

Henry did not allow him complete his statement before striking a blow to his face. The man fell on his side.

Henry got up and paced around for a moment, he turned to the man again. "You're gonna make things difficult for yourself," he threatened.

"I swear I don't know," the man managed to voice out. His previously bleeding nose that stopped already began to bleed again. "I can tell you his previous location but I'm sure you won't find him there again."

"He camped in Eris, a village 120 kilometers away from the border."

"Where exactly in Eris is he?"

"It's a remote village, I can't describe with a proper address but the building is located at the centre and it's the biggest building in the village."

"Where else can we find him apart him Eris?"

"I don't know, I don't know so much about him, I've only seen him once."

Henry turned to Jenny, she was already using his tablet device and was busy with it.

"Confirm the location Jenny," he said and moved closer to the man, he bent and twisted his neck with a sharp brute force. The man fell to the ground.

"It's 200 kilometres away from here," Jenny said to him.

"Search for directions and the fastest route, we'd head there and dump this body," Henry said as he turned to open the boot again. He put the lifeless body into the boot and then walked into the car.

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Unknown Street,

Bexford Bethanna.

Doctor Alan was sitting calmly in the living room when he noticed a sound at the door. He got up immediately and faced the door, he was sure it was Dave and Cole returning, they had called him earlier to tell him they were close.

The door soon opened and Dave stepped in quickly and held it open for Cole to wheel in Morris. He locked the door after and followed slowly behind.

Doctor Alan at first did not recognize the man on the wheelchair until they got so close to him in the living room. He opened his eyes and mouth wide in shock. Henry had only told him the men were bringing someone paralyzed but never told him it was Rex and he also never had it cross his mind that the person might just be Rex.

He dropped to his knees in front of the wheelchair and widened his eyes at Rex's face, still trembling in shock. Tears filled his eyes as he held both arms of the chair.

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13:09PM

Unknown location, Bethanna.

"Eris is just ten minutes away from here, we can't go there now." Henry said as he slowed down his driving.

"What do we do?"

"You search for any hotel around, we'd camp there until night time." Henry answered.

Jenny immediately typed the word hotel into the search box. "Do you think we can still find them there?" She asked while her search loaded.

"No, they would have left. It's possible they left a trap for us there," Henry replied.

Jenny flashed a quick glance at his face. "Are we walking into their trap?"

"No, we won't go into that building." Henry answered. "The only thing I'm here to do is to find the building owner's information."

He pulled over to a curb and parked, he stared at her waiting to get information about the nearest hotel.

"Five minutes drive away from here, there's a guest house." She finally said.

Henry heaved a sigh. He could tell that the person they were dealing with was some professional of some sort and he knew it could be difficult to get the new location where Samantha and Wilson could be.

He stretched his hand to the back to pick the phone he dropped there and turned the cellphone on. Jenny stared at him in surprise. She knew he was well aware that they could be tracked through the phone he was turning on.

"It might be almost impossible to find their location, if we can't find theirs, we'd have to let them find us." Henry explained himself to her.

She was more shocked and afraid. She began to imagine what would happen if all those men she saw at the hospital and many others came to attack them, they would be outnumbered and without help. It would even be more difficult because the place wasn't an area she and Henry were familiar with but the men would be more familiar with the area.

Just as Henry wanted to return the phone to the backseat, it began to ring. He checked the screen and the call was from "The Boss". He answered the call and placed it close to his ear.

"Hey Carl! I've been trying to reach you for hours now. Why did you turn the phone off?" The caller asked in a calm manner, every single syllable of the words mentioned in the baritone voice without rushing.

Henry tightened his face and clenched his teeth without answering the question.

"I know you turned on the phone to make me find you, but I'm not about to do that " The man paused and chuckled. "You must have also heard that I was in Eris with your devoted Samantha and Wilson, it's a pity that information helps you in no way."

Henry remained silent.

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Unknown location,

Bethanna.

Samantha watched the man in disgust as he spoke on phone. She knew from his words that he was speaking with Henry but there she was tied to a chair and her mouth taped. She had been tied that way before they left the previous location. Her eyes were covered during the journey.

Her hands and legs had been previously cuffed where she was put in the old location and she was served breakfast that way. It was only until they were about to move she was tied to the chair, her mouth taped and her eyes covered and was carried into the vehicle. She had thought they were taking her where she was going to be killed only for them to carry her out of the vehicle and drop her after some minutes. Her eyes were uncovered after and she realized they had only changed location. She was left in the room for sometime, only for them to just return.

The man in white who was the boss was about to start talking to her when someone interrupted and delivered a message to him. It was after that he took out a phone to make the call.

"You must have also heard that I was in Eris with your devoted Samantha and Wilson, it's a pity that information helps you in no way." She heard Hutton speak into the phone.

He was previously sitting in the chair in front of her but had gotten up to make the call.

"Well, I have an important information for you," Hutton continued. "There'd be bomb blasts tomorrow, two in Bexford and one in Oreo. One of them will take the a minimum number of three hundred souls and the agent who would deliver that bomb is your devoted Samantha."

"Huh? What the hell..." He finally heard Carl speak since he began to call but cut it immediately without letting Carl land. He turned off the phone before he proceeded back to Samantha's front. Instead of sitting, he stood behind the chair.

"You heard it already," he smirked. "You'd kill three hundred people tomorrow, be prepared."

He let out an evil grin and turned back immediately. He could hear the sound of her muffled protests as he got to the door but proceeded out without turning back.

To be continued

Restless - Episode 93

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© Oyinloye Oluwatosin Emmanuel




"Did you see any of their faces?" Henry asked Jenny after she settled into the car. She was still dressed in the cleaners uniform.

"I saw some of them but couldn't stare much not to cause suspicion, I'm not sure I can recognise any of them." she replied.

Henry drew in a breath. He kept his eyes staring blankly through the windscreen for a while. He turned off the phones in his hands and threw them back.

"How did you notice they were following you?" Henry asked.

"I didn't, I got into here already before I saw them coming in through the gate."

Henry bit his lower lip and licked it gently for a second before raising his head. He fastened his seat belt and held te gear to reverse out of the parking space.

"Call Cole," he instructed as he got into the roadway and began to drive in direction of the gate.

Jenny picked out her phone to make the call.

As she spoke with Cole, Henry made a review of the just completed task of getting Rex from Kebba. His strategy had worked as planned even though it almost went rough with Jenny. He had thought of giving Jenny's role to Dave while he made his plans but the duo of Dave and Cole just seemed to be his best option in conveying Rex safe to Bexford.

"They're close to Bexford and they have no issues," Jenny gave the report from her call.

Henry had not expected them to have issues, especially if they followed the well laid plan of Cole monitoring the movement and staying with Rex while Dave drove.

As they got onto the road, the voice of the man who had spoken to Henry on the phone echoed again in his head. He wondered who exactly the man was, the confidence and calmness in the tone of the man when he spoke to him showed he had something well planned, or it could just be mere theatrics to put some fear in him. Henry was certain the man was not just someone who knew of Carl Winston but someone who knew more than the face and image.

"Pick my tab and check the link between the bridge and the border, check if it's free of security officials." Henry instructed Jenny.

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El Deols, Anthanna.

"What are you hiding from me?" Emery Jack asked his daughter as they both stepped into the corridor leading to her room. The security officials were gone after the session of interrogation and Emery called Sheila aside to have a private discussion with her.

"Nothing Dad, I said everything I had to say to the Investigators." Sheila replied, She knew her Dad would question her after the men left but still hoped somehow that he would disappoint.

"It was obvious you were hiding something when you were asked for the reason you began the device," Emery insisted.

"I wanted to hide something but I didn't," she replied in a defensive voice. He raised his brows. "I did not want to mention Henry's name."

"Why? What does Henry has to do with this?" Emery squinted at her.

"I made it for him but he left before I thought of showing it to him," she answered.

"And why would you not want to mention his name?"

"I wouldn't want anything that would involve him in the mess, he has a lot of troubles in his life already."

Emery Jack kept his gaze on her face and remained quiet for a while. "I really do hope you are not hiding anything from me."

"I'm not Dad," she insisted.

He shrugged and raised his wrist to check the watch. "I've got an appointment to catch in an hour, I've got to leave now."

"Alright Dad," she smiled. "Thanks for coming, and for standing by me always."

He smiled back, stared at her face lovingly for a moment and then turned slowly and walked out of the corridor with Sheila following behind.

"Hey man! I've got to go now," Emery hailed Adrian as he walked back into the sitting room. He stretched out his hands to him for another firm handshake before he proceeded to the door.

"I'll be back," Sheila said to Adrian while she followed her father out.

"So, you know you have to stay indoor till everything is cleared and the investigations are completed," Emery said as he walked down her balcony with Sheila by his side and his body guards following at a good distance behind.

"Yes Dad, I hope it would not tarry for long though."

Emery Jack stopped after taking an extra step, he was already so close to his car. "No matter how long the investigation takes, I'm not going to let you go out of here till I'm sure you're safe."

Sheila shook her head, she knew there was no point arguing with her father as he would always prevail against her.

The door to the owner sit of the vehicle was opened before Emery got to the car. He placed a hand on the door and turned to his daughter again. He placed the other hand on her shoulder and stared deeply into her eyes. "There's one other thing you really need to do."

She squinted at his face. "What's that?"

"You need to forget about Henry," he stated, his eyes still staring into hers.

She nodded gently and smile faintly. "Yeah, sure."

"I love you baby," Emery said before getting into his vehicle.

"I love you Dad," she replied in a low voice and stepped back as she watched his driver and the guard getting into the vehicle.

She watched them driving towards the gate before she turned back to the house. She met the gate guard smiling at her as she got close to the balcony.

'"Good morning Ma'am," he greeted her with a smile.

"Hey! Good morning," She stopped and stared at him. She glanced back towards the gate and looked at his face again. "You seem to be on break right?"

"Kind of," he replied with a shrug. He was really on break from the gate as the security officials employed by Emery Jack to secure Sheila had manned everywhere around the house. "Ma'am," he called again as she made way to proceed up the balcony.

"Yeah?" She turned back. It seemed as if he wanted to say something important to her.

"Did you got to see Master Henry yesterday morning?" He asked in a cheerful tone.

She squinted at him and turned properly. "What are you talking about?"

He frowned. "Didn't he call you? He told me he was going to see you yesterday."

She stepped down from the corridor. "Where did you see Henry?"

"He was here on Monday night, he came in but didn't stay up to two minutes. He told me he forgot something he needed to give to you and was going to see you the next morning."

She widened her eyes in shock. "Are you sure of what you're saying?"

"Of course ma'am."

"Why are you just telling me?"

"He asked me not to let you know that night, he wanted to make it a surprise for you the next morning."

Sheila was surprised. How could Henry have come in without her knowing. She remembered that she had been with Adrian that night and suddenly recalled that they had been involved in a romance. "What time was he here?" she stared at him widely.

"Ermm, I think it should be between eight thirty... to nine o'clock," the man stuttered.

"Eight thirty?" Sheila squinted as she tried to recall what she was doing around that time. "Did he get into the house?"

"I didn't see him, but it's possible for him to have gotten in within the short duration of time he spent in."

"Was he holding anything?"

The guard squinted as he tried to remember. "He was with a flower, he went back with the flower."

"Oh Damn! No, " Sheila heaved a sigh of frustration and turned running her fingers into her hair. It meant Henry probably had seen she and Adrian kissing in the living room that night.

"Is everything okay ma'am?" he questioned.

"Yes, please." she stretched out her hand to wave him away and hurried back into the house.

She hurried through the sitting room to her room without giving Adrian attention.

"Hey Sheila," he called after her but got no response. He got up and watched her walk out of sight. He wondered what was wrong.

She got into her room and searched quickly for the bag which she had kept the card she found in the living room that Monday night. She took out the card and began to read the words.

To my love,

It's been a long time and I know I have not been the best of myself

But I want you to know that you never left my heart for a single day

I sleep dreaming and wake up thinking about you,

My heart yearning and my soul longing for you in every way

For the imaginations of you to me is better than the greatest piece of art,

The thoughts of you and our memories is the best thing I keep in my heart,

I hope these words provides some warmth in your heart for me

And make you overlook all the days that I've kept you lonely

Yours truly.

"Oh God!" She let out a cry of frustration. She could now understand what every word of the card meant.

She had thought Henry would never come back for her or he did not feel anything towards her but with the content of the card and how he had left immediately after seeing them in the act, it was obvious he had feelings for her and was hurt by what he saw. Now that he had seen her with Adrian, he could believe she never really felt anything for him but just wanted to enjoy the moment. It was her fault! She blamed herself. How could she have easily let herself get carried away so much with Adrian? She should have been more patient.

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"I don't believe her," Dan said to the man sitting with him at the back of the car.

"Why?" he questioned.

"She's hiding something, there's something she's hiding about the reason she made the device." Dan said.

"What do you think she could be hiding? You think the guy she claimed stayed with her has some connections with Frank?"

"Not really, her reason could be totally made up. She probably has direct connections with Frank herself," Dan said.

"Sir," the policeman sitting at the right hand side in front joined the conversation. "I do think if she has a direct connection with Frank, she wouldn't have needed the assassin to kill Charles before she knew she could be the next target."

"The Wolves have a kind of tricky way, they hardly keep direct connections with each other," Dan replied, the other men remained silent. "Our next line should be to find out if she had any direct connection with the late Frank."

"How do we go about it?" The policeman asked.

"We need to check her movements and call histories during and around the days Antonio Carlos and Vincent Shawn visited Anthanna," Dan answered. "This needs to be done between today and tomorrow."

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10:59AM

Suntan Farms, Bexford.

"Why don't you pick up your call?" Jacob stared at Evelyn.

She glanced at him and smiled. "I'll attend to it in few seconds after I get this done," she answered and continued with her brushing the floor.

They were dressed in their work overalls as usual and had covers on their nose and mouth with handgloves for their palms also. They were in a store for pesticides and other chemicals and they were cleaning to make room for the store to be reloaded.

Her phone began to ring again for the umpteenth time. She glanced at Jacob and already saw him looking at her. She smiled and dropped her brush beside the wall.

"I'll go attend to it now," she said as she walked out of the store quickly. She took off the hand gloves from her right hand and took out her phone, looking at the screen as she walked some more distance away from the store.

"Hey! What's up?" she placed the phone close to her ears. She looked around to confirm that there was no one close by who could listen to her conversation.

"I just traced Mr Daysman's car into the car park, he drove in about an hour ago and I didn't see him drive or walk out but he's currently not in the car or anywhere around," the female voice said.

"He must have left in some other car, you have to wait and watch until he returns, put a tracker on the car he returns with and also check the CCTV footages for the movement." Evelyn said to her.

"Okay boss, I'll update you once he's back."

She ended the call and was about to lock the phone but discovered there was a missed call notification from another contact. He clicked on the notification and found out that Steve had also called her. She dialed his number back.

"Good morning sir," she greeted, her eyes looking around as she spoke.

"Good morning Agent," Steve replied. "What have you found from the few days you spent in there?"

"Our target has no dark deal from his office here, he does everything from outside." she replied.

"Is there any more to discover?" He asked.

"Yes sir, a lot more and we're so close already."

"Okay," Steve said and paused for a second. "I thought of reminding you that the seven days is almost expiring."

"I have that in mind sir," she replied.

"Good, talk to you later."

She ended the call and locked the phone. She looked around carefully and then walked back into the store.

Restless - Episode 92

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"Sheila," Emery Jack called on seeing his daughter mute and looking lost in thoughts. "Is everything okay?"

"Yes," she sighed and shook her head as she looked up.

"You're not talking," Emery squinted at her.

"I'm fine," she replied. "The question only made me remember Henry."

She turned her face to the officers and met the eyes of the questioner. She looked away for a second.

"I began to work on it when I had my friend Henry here with me, he started development classes and was more interested in VIU mechanisms. So I started a project for him but he left shortly after I started, he didn't even get to know I was on a project to teach him. After he left, I decided to add it to our products in the company."

"You mean you had a friend Henry who stayed here with you?" Daniel questioned.

"Yes," Sheila answered.

"Can I get to know more about him?"

"I helped him after an accident and he had to stay here for a while before going back to his family."

"You said he never knew about this device?"

"Yes, I couldn't tell him before he left."

"Okay, can you tell me the main reason why you designed this particular device for him?"

"I said it already. While he was here recuperating, he also started taking coding and programming classes, he had some interest about VIU mechanisms. I also took interest and began to work on the area."

"Do you have any idea what Mr Frank wanted to do with it?"

"No idea, I was only told he visited and requested of something of such."

"Okay ma'am, thanks." Daniel nodded gently and began to connect all the answers she had given him in his mind to know his next line of questioning.

Sheila heaved a sigh after being able to say what would stop the officers from asking further questions about Henry. She glanced at her father's face and could see the look in his eyes, she knew she had more questions to answer from her father."

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The men were unwilling to give up in their search, they began to search all the rooms and offices they had searched previously with the hospital staffs now following and helping them to check and confirm the patient's in the wards were real patients.

The same two men accompanied by a nurse barged into the ward Jennifer occupied. They saw the chair empty this time and no signs of the patient they had seen earlier.

"There was a girl here," one of the men said as he moved towards the empty chair. He saw the cup of tea and bread on the drawer and they looked untouched.

The other man walked towards the toilet door, he paused at the entrance and bent to check under the bed from where he was. He saw nothing. He held the knob of the toilet door and turned but it did not open. He turned again more forcefully but it still did not open.

He pulled out his gun and fired at the lock before the door gave way. He walked in to find an almost completely naked middle aged woman on the floor beside the covered water closet with her hands and legs tied and her mouth gagged. A white jacket and blue jean trouser hung carelessly over the wash hand basin. The man recognized the white jacket and blue jean, even though they had not seen the lady's face well, they had seen what she wore perfectly when she was on the corridor of the main entrance.

"Damn it! She was the girl here," he said as he cocked his gun and turned back towards the door.

He hurried to the door while his partner walked to the toilet to check what he saw. The partner followed him hurriedly leaving the nurse alone with the woman.

The nurse was shocked to find the patient in the state she was. Her chest was uncovered, revealing her breasts, only her pants were left on. She moved closer and began to untie the poor woman.

"She still lurking somewhere around, she's dressed in the blue patient's wear." the thug said into his phone to inform the other men.

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"Please, this patient is in a critical condition," Jenny could hear a female voice say as they entered into the ward. She had left the section she was previously into totally and she was now in the intensive care unit section, hiding in the toilet of a ward. The patient in the ward was unconscious and on life support.

She got up from the water closet where she sat and hid beside the closed door of the restroom, she put her hand in her pocket to hold her gun in readiness. Soon, the door of the restroom was opened just like she expected. She remained behind the opened door and couldn't see the man that opened it.

"There's no one here," a male voice said and the door was closed.

She heaved a deep sigh, relieved that the man did not bother to enter the rest room.

She waited and listened until she heard the main door of the ward closed before she stepped out of the restroom. She walked quickly to the door and paused to listen. The corridor was quiet, a sign that the men searching for her had left the section. She opened the door carefully and looked out boldly to avoid causing suspicion in case anyone was watching the door. She saw only one person in the corridor and the woman was holding a mop and a mop bucket.

"Please, I need some help here." Jenny said in a low and draggy tone, pretending to be weak.

The woman looked at her. "Should I call a doctor?"

Jenny shook her head. "No please, I only want to pick something but I can't bend." she said with a sad look.

The cleaner motioned forward without suspicions. Jenny took a step back and left the door for the cleaner to come in.

The innocent cleaner dropped the items in her hand beside the entrance of the ward and pushed the door gently in. She had taken just two steps in when she was grabbed and pushed to the wall. Jenny closed the door gently with a hand and held the woman by the neck to the wall with the other hand. She took out her gun before releasing her grip on the woman's neck.

"Go this way," Jenny ordered, pointing towards the toilet.

The panicking woman walked slowly and stopped at the entrance, trembling.

"Get in and take off your overall quickly," Jenny said to her. The woman obeyed.

Jenny took a quick look around the ward before she proceeded into the restroom to join the woman. She took off the patients' wear and took the cleaners' uniform from the woman. She struck a blow with the butt of her gun to back of the woman's head to make her unconscious and placed her carefully on the ground. She then changed into the cleaners' uniform and proceeded out of the ward. She picked the mop and bucket where it was placed by the woman before heading in the same direction the cleaner was headed in before being called.

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Henry wasted no time in dealing with the men. With a gun and his fists, he got eight killed and fifteen severely injured and unable to stand in fifteen minutes. The remaining three men included the leader of the chase whom he had purposely kept conscious an two other men who were already halfway beaten to unconsciousness.

One of the men who had been forced to land on his butt seconds past managed to get up on his feet again and rushed to attack Henry. Henry dodged his launched blow and grabbed him by the arm close to his shoulder. He grabbed his neck and lifted him up. He turned and slammed him to the bonnet of the car close by. He pulled him again and turned towards the second one running so fast towards him, he pushed him towards the approaching one and followed after.

The fall of the man in front of the one running one made him almost loose his balance and before he could look up, two kicks landed on his chest and he fell to the floor on his butt and almost rolled over but managed to stay on his butt. Henry stepped closer to him and stamped his foot heavily on his chest, making him land the back of his head on the ground on the floor with dust covering his face and chest.

Henry turned immediately and walked to the leader of the men who was laying sprawled on the floor, part of his face covered with blood from his bleeding nose. Henry checked his trouser pockets and took two phones; an android whose screen had been cracked during the fight and the a smaller cellphone. He held the phones in his left hand and pulled the man by the collar halfway up, he dragged him to his car and placed him on the ground behind the boot. He got into the car and took out ropes and a tape. He taped the man's mouth and tied his hands and his legs together before putting him into the boot.

He got into the car and checked his phone, he saw a text message from Jenny.

"Trapped in the hospital, I was followed in by two buses full of men."

"Shi*t!" Henry cursed under his breath. He had seen the possibility of men following her but he hadn't thought it would be as soon as that. That was the reason he had isntructed her to leave the hospital immediately after getting the sick man from Kebba in. He tried to recall if he saw someone watching while he dropped the sick man into Jenny's car, he hadn't noticed any. The other possible way was through the CCTV cameras. He had thought of that even before they embarked on the task to rescue Rex but there was no way his team could have hacked the Bethanna security cameras server while in South Husan and even if it was hacked, there was no way they could have kept the server down since they were all busy with other things.

He put the car key into the keyhole and was about to turn when the small phone he picked from the man's pocket began to ring. He picked it up and stared at the screen. The caller ID displayed was "The Boss". He took in a breath calmly before he answered the call. He placed the phone close to his ear without saying anything.

There was also an unusual silence from the other end as if the caller was expecting the receiver to speak first. Henry took a glance at the phone's screen just to be sure the call was still connected.

"Carl Winston," Henry didn't expect to hear his name, he frowned. A chuckle followed from the other end. "Impressive! You have in no way reduced in strength over the months. Remaining alive despite the number of bullets that were sent into your body and being strong enough to pull such a wonderful and intelligent move today shows you're still as hard as ever. Bravo!"

There was silence for a few seconds. Henry checked the screen of the phone to see if the call was still connected and if he could record the call but the phone had no such feature on the cellphone.

"I know you must have put down all the men who chased you and you must have gotten Rex to a safe place already. I only want to tell you that you'd hear from me again, soon enough."

"Who are you?" Henry asked but the connection went off immediately.

He thought of dialing the number back but he knew the call would probably not be answered. He also had to get out of the place he was before the security officials get there to meet him.

He started the car engine and made a reverse motion until he got out of the area surrounded by vehicles, he turned and zoomed out of the place, heading for the hospital.

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Hutton took out his other phone and dialed the number of one of the men that had gone into the hospital. He placed it close to his ear while waiting for the call to be answered.

"Hey! Have you found her yet?" He asked immediately the call was answered.

"Not yet but we would get her for sure," the call receiver replied.

"Stop the search, get all the men to come out immediately, we're leaving here in two minutes." He ordered.

"Boss?" The call receiver seemed surprised at the order.

"Get everyone out, anyone not here in a minute would be left behind."

"I'd give the instruction right away."

Hutton ended the call and dropped the phone. He placed his tablet device on his laps and unlocked it. He opened his tracking app and selected the profile tracking the number he had just spoken to Carl Winston with. It displayed the moving position of the item on the map. The direction of the tracked object confirmed to him that Carl Winston was on his way there.

He knew Carl Winston would be aware he was being tracked but would be ready to face whatever was in the way. He felt like waiting to challenge Carl Winston to his face but concluded it was not yet the right time and right place for them to meet.

Soon, almost all the men who went in to search for Jenny stepped out of the hospital. The Mercedez Bus in which Hutton was drove out first while the other bus followed a minute after.

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Jenny peeped from where she was, behind a wall, over ten metres away from where her car was parked. She had gotten there by passing throught the back exit of the hospital to the backyard. She could see the second car driving our and she couldn't believe her eyes. She had thought with the intensity of their search that the men would not give up until they found her but they had chosen to end their search abruptly for reasons best known to them. She picked out her phone and dialed Henry's number.

"Jenny, where are you?" She heard Henry ask her.

"Still in the hospital, I just watched the men leave now, all of them, they stopped searching for me." She replied.

"Stay hidden for now, don't step out until I'm there. I'm only seven minutes away." Henry instructed.

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Hutton was silent as they drove back in the vehicle. He however felt no sense of loss or defeat, the anger he felt when he found out Carl had deceived them by taking another man instead of Rex had completely left him. Even though he didn't get to capture Rex and the lady at the hospital, he still had Samantha and Wilson with him and he had also found out an important information about Carl Winston's team which Wilson couldn't give him and which Samantha wasn't ready to give, that is, the number of efficient men Carl Winston had working with him. Two men had been spotted at the home of sacrifice, a lady at the hospital and Samantha in his custody - four fighters. He knew Carl Winston's pattern of always getting all his men involved and was sure there wasn't any other left somewhere else. He noticed the deficiency in Carl's team - the lack of backup for the lady at the hospital and the absence of any of Carl's men trying to use the CCTV database at the same time as he, even though that would have not worked because he was keeping the CCTV cameras server up. Now that he had such information about Carl Winston's team, his plan to use Samantha could be made to work more perfectly. It wasn't a waste of time after all.

To be continued

Episode 91 don't

08:11AM

Unknown Hotel,

El Deols, Anthanna.

"There's some problem sir," Florence said into the mouthpiece of the headset. She was pacing gently about her room.

"What problem?" Aaron asked from the other end.

"There's an heavy presence of security officers around the girl's house," Florence replied.

"What do you mean by heavy presence?"

"The building is surrounded by nothing less than fifteen men from the Federal Security Service and I can envisage some more inside," she answered.

"How did they know you were coming?"

"I think the deaths were linked, I was almost stopped by police officers last night."

"You have killed the first two men directly linked to Frank, you can return." Aaron replied.

"Huh?" Florence could not believe her ears, she had thought he would insist for her to continue in her quest to kill the man.

"Yeah, return to Bethanna."

"Oh! Alright," she heaved a sigh.

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Sheila's Apartment

Sheila and Adrian were watching the eight o'clock news when Emery Jack entered flanged by two bodyguards.

"Dad!" Sheila got up to hug her father as he proceeded towards her.

"Hey dear," he hugged and kissed her on the cheek. "How are you?"

"I'm fine, how was your flight?" She asked.

"Smooth," he answered and stared at his daughter's face for a while as if to check if she was okay. He turned his gaze to Adrian who was already standing up to greet him.

"Good morning sir," he bowed slightly.

"Good morning Adrian," Emery greeted back, offering him a handshake.

Adrian smiled as he looked at the man's face, surprised that he knew his name.

"Hope you are fully recovered now?" Emery asked.

"Yes, thank you sir." Adrian replied. He concluded in his mind that Sheila must have told her father a lot about him.

Emery made his way to the three seater sofa and settled in it while Sheila sat behind him.

"Have the police officers come here this morning?"

"Not yet Dad, but they called that they would be coming." Sheila replied.

Emery Jack picked out his phone and dialed a number.

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Somewhere in Bethanna

"Hello," Henry heard Jenny said in low tone.

"Have you gotten out Jenny?" he asked.

"I'm getting better already, thanks." She replied.

"Getting better? What are you talking about?"

"I'll be out of the hospital in a few days," she answered.

Henry instantly knew that something had gone wrong.

"What's wrong Jenny, do you have everything under control?"

"No, but I'm trying to." She answered. "I'll be alright."

"Are you sure Jenny?"

"Yes, I will be alright. Thanks for your care," she answered.

Henry ended the call. He took a glance at his side mirror and saw the cars still giving him a close chase. He had already gotten to the destination he was leading them to. He made a turn from the road into a large compound through the wide opened gate and drove further in to the center before he made a sudden swerve and held the brakes. He turned his neck slowly towards the gate to watch the cars driving in after him. He stretched his hand to the back to pick the long gun and quickly loaded it. He refilled his revolver also. By the time he looked up, six cars had already surrounded him.

He waited patiently and watched as they stepped out from the cars one after the other. He only saw guns with two of the men, the others had other weapons with them. They began to encroach his vehicle slowly. He could tell from their motion that they were out with a mission to capture him. He pulled up his mask and put on his cap. He put his revolver in his pocket and slowly stepped out, putting his hand in the air. He closed the door and turned slowly around, his eyes scanning all the men.

"I don't have him in this car," he said aloud.

"We know fool," the man who led the chase moved closer to him, he was one of the two holding a gun. He got so close to Henry and touched Henry's chest with the tip of his gun. He turned briefly to the left and then the right, giving two men signals.

Henry watched as the men he signalled marched forward. He knew they were coming to capture him. He took a glance left and right and then sharply grabbed the man's stretched hand by the wrist, he stretched it to the right as he delivered a punch into the man's belly. The man's finger pulled the trigger and fired a bullet into the man coming from the right hand side.

Henry pulled him closer and grabbed him by the neck with his right fist, he turned him one-eighty degree slamming his back to the car. He pulled out his gun as he delivered a knee kick into the man's belly. He landed a kick on the chest of the second man who was coming closer and fire two shots to two other men at a distant. He bent to dodge a bullet after taking the gun from the leader's hand. He delivered another blow to the man's belly and grabbed his groin with the right hand, he placed the other hand below his chest and rolled the man over, slamming him to the ground. He turned quickly and fired a two more shots.

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Jenny placed the phone back on the bed and only glanced at the men's face like nothing had happened. She kept on stirring her tea until they turned back and walked out of the ward. She continued stirring for some more time, listening carefully to the sounds and shouts she was hearing from outside the place. After the noise in the passage subsided a little, she dropped the cup and hurried quickly to the door. She listened again before she opened the door carefully and peeped. She closed the door back quickly as she sighted some of the men at the exit of the corridor. They had their backs turned to her direction and did not hear the sound of the opening door.

She walked back slowly, thinking of what next to do.

"Sir, she's no where to be found?" Hutton rolled down his window to hear from one of the men.

"Search for her, pick one of the hospital staffs to join the search with you."

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08:54AM

El Deols, Anthanna.

"Sorry we came behind our proposed time," the officer apologized after they were being allowed to sit. The police officer who led was the same who led the questioning at Sheila's firm.

"It's okay Inspector, I'm ready to answer whatever questions you have," Sheila replied him. She still had her father sitting in the same sofa with her and Adrian sitting not too far away.

The officer had come with another police officer who stood at the entrance. Two other men were sitting beside the police officer but they were dressed in a different uniform and had their faces partially covered.

"The reasons we actually came late is because we had to settled some things with the FOX men here," the officer said, making reference to the men beside him. "They've been on an investigation on the first murdered man Frank and they seem to have gone ahead in the case than the police. So they would be asking the questions."

He stopped talking and glanced at the man sitting close to him to signal that he had handed over to them.

"So these men are from the FOX?" Emery Jack put in before any other person could talk.

"Yes, they are." the police officer nodded in confirmation.

Emery Jack narrowed his gaze at the faces of the two specially dressed men. He kept his focus on their eyes especially. He noticed Sheila staring at them also.

Daniel cleared his throat. "Miss, I'll like to go straight to the point. Did you have any direct contact with Frank before his death?"

Sheila took a while before she answered the question. The mention of the FOX organization had reminded her of the word FOX had brought memories of Henry back to her mind.

"No, I never did. Mr Charles and Moses made the contact with him," she finally answered when they were all began to wonder why she was staring only blankly.

"Can you tell me about this particular product Mr Frank was interested in?"

"Well, I was told he was interested in more than one of our products but he was not ready to agree with the terms and that's why the process of the total transfer was delayed."

"Was no there no specific product he was more interested in?"

"Ermm, I think he took more interest in a particular product and that was the major reason he contacted us. It was a sensor, I personally built. It's an electronic device," Sheila answered.

Daniel took out a folded piece of paper from his pocket and opened it. He got up and proceeded towards Sheila.

"Do you recognize this?" He asked as he returned to his seat, taking steps slowly without turning back.

Sheila stared at the paper for some seconds and squinted at Daniel's face.

"This is it," she said. "How did you get it? We only sent pictures of the inbuilt structure to him."

"We got it from those Frank works with," Daniel replied.

There was silence for a while.

"You built it personally, why and what was it built for?"

Sheila stared at him blankly, she wasn't ready for the question he had just asked. There was no way she would tell him why she built it. There was no way she could say she had built it for Henry, or Carl Winston and why she had built it was something she couldn't say also. It was one of the items she had wanted to show Henry when she travelled to Bethanna.

All eyes were on her, waiting for her response. It would be difficult to respond with a lie, she believed the FOX man had an idea of what the device was built for already. She sat there still unable to open her mouth or even look at anyone's face.

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Restless - Episode 91

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Jenny drove in through the gate after being given a pass by the security officials. She proceeded to the garage and parked her vehicle quickly. She stepped out and opened the back door close to where the man was resting.

"Wait here for me, I'll get the nurses to help you in now."

She left the door opened and proceeded quickly into the hospital. She remembered Henry's instruction that she should not use more than ten minutes in the hospital.

A minute after, she stepped out of the hospital and stopped at the corridor, waiting for the nurses to join her. She glanced back through the opened entrance and saw the nurses coming already with a stretcher. Her eyes incidentally went in direction of the gate as she made her way down the corridor and she noticed a scuffle there. She saw two vehicles drive in roughly after what seemed like a struggle at the gate, a Mercedez bus and a Toyota bus. She stopped as she got down the corridor and followed the movement of the vehicles with her eyes.

"The man is in that car," she pointed the nurses to her vehicle and began to take some steps backwards.

She noticed the men in the second car looked like thugs. She wasn't sure what the men had come into the hospital to do but she felt some fear that they may just be connected to the man chasing after Henry, maybe they had seen Henry when he put the sick man in her car. She ran back into the hospital and ran past the reception ignoring the nurses at the desk who tried to stop her. She stopped for a second in the hallway and looked back towards the entrance to see if anyone followed her in. She struggled to get a good view as some staffs of the hospital who were surprised as to why she ran in had gotten into the hallway too and were obstructing.

_

The Mercedez bus which Hutton was in stopped right beside the car Jennifer parked, making the nurses who were trying to get the patient flee for the fear of the vehicle hitting them.

"Get the girl," Hutton glanced back to the men as soon as the vehicle parked. They opened the door and all jumped out and also beckoned on men from the second bus to follow them into the hospital in search for the girl.

Hutton patiently watched his men go in. Then he looked to his side and saw the man in the backseat of the car parked beside him, he couldn't get a clear view and decided he had to go down. He took out a hat and a dark eye glasses and put them on, he also took out a nose and mouth cover and put it on. He opened the door and slowly stepped out of the car. About four men were already waiting around.

He looked a bit taller than his usual self as he took his steps slowly with a confident demeanor. He stopped in front of the opened door and stared at the man in the backseat of the vehicle. The man also stared at him.

"Should we take him?" One of the men asked, stepping forward to get the man.

Hutton raised his hand up. He was boiling with anger inside him but he managed not to make it show in his facial expression or even his voice.

"We have been deceived," he said calmly. "This is not the right man," he began to take out his phone and turned back to the bus. He looked at the face of one of the men. "We must get that girl."

The man he spoke to turned and signalled to three other men who followed him to join the first six that had gone in.

Hutton walked back into the front seat of the bus and took off the hat and other things he had put on before stepping out. He took out his phone after and dialed the number of the man leading the chase on Henry.

"Hey, have you caught up with him?"

"No but we have his car in view."

"Was it only that man you saw at the home of sacrifice?"

"No, he was with two other men who tried to stop us," the man replied.

"Where are the two other men?" Hutton asked.

There was silence for some seconds.

"Ermm, they chased after us for a while but I think they turned back later."

Hutton chuckled.

"You didn't confirm that the patient who was put into the car you have been chasing," Hutton stated, it sounded more like an accusation.

"Ermm, we saw the target man carrying the patient into the backseat, we were watching from the bugs installed around the Home Of Sacrifice and also from afar."

"You did not observe well, he took another patient in the car. The other two men must have gone to pick the right patient."

There was silence.

"Keep chasing him until I give a different instruction."

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Hutton's men began to ransack everywhere in the hospital. They had coerced the nurses to tell them which was the girl went and they followed after but saw no signs of her. They began to check every corner and every room, starting first from the Doctor's officers downstairs. After checking the doctors' offices they proceeded to the labs and ransacked, checking under the tables and behind the shelves and in course scattering the items and apparatuses without care.

Some men proceeded further and took their search into the patient's wards, both male and female wards. The doctors and hospital staffs were unable to stop them because of the weapons the men wielded.

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07: 59AM

El Deols, Anthanna

"Good morning Sheila," Adrian greeted, his eyes following Sheila she walked into the living room.

"Good morning Adrian," Sheila replied with a sigh as she looked around her living room. There were three other men standing at different corners with her personal bodyguard inclusive.

"I had a hard time getting in, the men won't let me." Adrian complained bitterly.

"I'm sorry dear, it was my father's instruction for no one to be let in. The officers won't even listen to me, I had to call him and plead with him." she apologized.

"I understand, I would have done the same if I were him." Adrian replied. "So, who could be responsible for these killings?"

"I don't have an idea," Sheila answered. "It's so confusing."

"What's the police saying about it

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Henry could see his pursuers vehicle so close to him already through the side mirror. He was just two minutes drive away from where he was leading them to get beaten. He again thought about Jenny and believed she should be done with her task. He wondered why she hadn't called him yet like he instructed her. He picked up his phone and checked to see if there was any text message from her but there was none. He switched to the dial pad and dialed her number.

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It took Jennifer a total of three minutes to take off her clothes and makeups and also change into the patient's wear. She settled into the chair beside the bed and faced the small drawer. There was a cup of tea and a plate containing some sliced bread on top of the drawer which also doubled as table. She could hear the sounds from the rough searching of the men and she could tell that they were getting close. She held the cup of warm tea up and began to stir gently.

Someone barged into the ward few seconds later and she looked back, acting shocked. Another man followed the first man in and they proceeded towards her, checking the corners and under the bed.

"Did anyone come into this room?"

She shook her head with a frightened look on her face. The two men were on their way out of the place when the phone she kept on the bed began to ring. The men stopped and turned back.

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Bexford, Bethanna.

"Can I make a call with your phone please?" Sophia asked the doctor. Her voice seemed calmer than it had been and only because she was asking him for a favor.

"You shouldn't be making calls to anyone from here," the doctor replied.

Sophia looked wild. Her unplaited hair was scattered and rough and her eyes were swollen as a result of lack of sleep. She had woken up around two o'clock in the morning the day before to find herself in a dark room. She was in bed when she woke but from the feel, she could tell it wasn't her bed in Vincil. She then recalled how she was home alone and began to hear sounds , you turned on the light of the living room and she turned to see something like a shadow and that was the only thing she could remember before she woke in a different place. She turned on the light in the room but wasn't able to go out until the next morning when a lady came to open the door. She had seen two other faces since then. The man they called doctor and a younger man and none of them bothered to explain how and why she was there. They only told her it was for her safety. She tried to call for help by screaming and shouting on the first day but was surprised that no one bothered to stop her. It was until hours later the lady explained to her that the walls of the building were sound proofed and no one outside could hear her shouts. That same day she stopped seeing the younger man and she was left alone with the Doctor and the lady. It was the second day and she couldn't find the lady when she woke, she was home alone with the doctor. She was scared and began to search and scatter things around to get out of the house but the doctor explained to her that the doors were locked from outside and that none of them could get out until the others returned.

"You said you are protecting me from danger, at least you should allow me call my older brother." she said in defence.

The doctor sitting on the sofa stared at her where she was standing at the entrance door, after making several failed attempts to open it.

"Your brother is with us, that's why you shouldn't even try to reach him." the doctor replied her. "Besides, you cannot even make calls to anyone from here, you must have seen that your phone receives no signal, the only people we can reach from here are members of the team."

Sophia checked her phone again and confirmed what the doctor said. The network bars on the phone had been empty since the day she found herself in there.

She couldn't understand whatever was happening. Whether it was a house arrest or a kidnap, it was unclear to her. All she knew was that she was tired of being locked in all day.

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Unspecified Road, South Husan

"I'm approaching the bridge, where are you?" Henry said into the mouthpiece. There were now more cars on the road and it took him more effort to drive with so much speed without colliding with anyone. The wolves men were still after him but at a farther distance as they found it more difficult to dodge the cars like him.

"I'm waiting boss," he heard Jenny's voice in the earpiece.

He adjusted his rearview mirror and looked at the man behind. "Hey, listen up!" He called his attention. "Once I climb down the bridge, I'd park behind a red car. I'd carry you out immediately and get you into the backseat of the read car. The lady in the car would take you to the government hospital, your treatment bills would be fully paid and Ovil will contact you by evening."

The man remained in silence. He could not say anything as he had no choice than to obey.

After two more minutes, Henry descended the bridge and located the red car parked some metres away from the curb. He turned on the traffic indicator and gradually switched lanes until he was in the lane next to the curb. He pulled up behind the curb and stepped out quickly. He carried the man in his hands and moved forward. The door to the backseat of the red was opened before he got there. He placed the man gently inside and returned to his car.

Jenny was in the red car and the engine was on already, she switched into the road immediately Henry closed the door and drove away. Henry stepped back into the driver's side of his car but left the door opened. He looked in direction of the bridge where he descended from for signs of the men coming after him and waited until he saw them on their way down before he closed the door and moved into the road again. He continued slowly, allowing for them to descend well and see his car before he increased his speed.

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Hutton sat at the right side in front of the Mercedes bus, three other men were in the bus sitting at the back with the driver in his seat. Another bus was following behind the Mercedes and in it were eleven other men.

Hutton had a tablet device in his hands which he used in monitoring the movement of Carl Winston's vehicle and his men's through the CCTV. He was just seven kilometres away from them, a distance which was closing in because they were also moving closer to them.

"Remember we're turning into the lane," he said to the driver.

"Yes," the driver began to prepare to switch immediately, looking for the right entrance into the lane.

Their plan was to get into the other lane of Carl Winston direction and drive in opposite direction to block Carl Winston from the front and it seemed perfect until they were only three kilometres away.

Hutton watched as Carl Winston's vehicle parked behind a red car at the curb and he saw Carl step down and carry the man who was supposed to be Rex out and dropped him in the back seat of the red car. Something seemed fishy about the way Carl carried Rex but it was unclear to Hutton. The only thing that was clear to him was that Carl Winston was trying to confused his men. His men would keep on following his own car without knowing he had dropped Rex into another vehicle. He only had the privilege of knowing because he was monitoring through the live stream.

"Plan changed," Hutton suddenly announced again when the driver already queued behind another vehicle to change lane.

The driver stared at his face. The vehicle before him moved but he waited to confirm which part of the plan was changed.

Hutton delayed, trying to see the direction in which the red car would go. Vehicles queuing behind their two buses began to honk but they remained unbothered.

"Go into the lane but you turn in the right direction, we're pursuing a different car now." Hutton finally said, taking out his phone to make a call.

He kept his eyes on the live feed and saw the red car turn into a different street off the main road while Carl Winston's car continued in the same direction.

Hutton smiled to himself. Carl Winston must have thought he made a good plan and would be thinking Rex was safe now that he had delivered him into the red car, he thought amusingly. It was going to be another loss for Carl Winston. Hutton would go after the red car and catch up with it. He would take Rex and then whoever was driving the car.

"Hey! I'm no longer coming in your way, keep pursuing the black car." he said through his phone to the man leading the chase on Carl.

He was however sure that Carl's plan was to lead his men to a discreet place and kill them all and that was fine with him. That would be enough distraction for Carl while he followed the red car and take the two other men. Once Rex was in his custody, he was certain Carl Winston would have no other choice than to come to him.

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Jenny was dressed in a blue top and blue jean with a white jacket on top. She had a white facecap on her head. Her face was heavily made up to form a slight disguise for her. She only took a glance at the man Henry dropped at the backseat and had said no word to him nor Henry himself.

The hospital she was to deliver him to was just a kilometre away and she was going to link into another main route through the untarred road she had turned into. She drove carefully on the road avoiding the potholes, oblivious of the fact that someone was coming after her. It took her almost four minutes to drive through the untarred route and link to the major concrete road. She had about half kilometre to get to the hospital.


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Restless - Episode 90

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© Oyinloye Oluwatosin Emmanuel

06:45AM

El Deols, Anthanna.

Sheila was still asleep when the loud ring tone of her phone began to sound in the quiet room. She stared for some seconds in the bed before she opened her eyes and stretched her hand to reach for the phone beside her pillow.

"Hello," she spoke in a sleepy voice after turning her side and putting the phone on her left ear.

"Good morning Sheila," Adrian's voice came through.

"Good morning Adrian," she replied.

"It sounds like you're still asleep, sorry for disturbing. I actually thought you would be up because you are usually awake by this time."

"Yes but I slept very late last night."

"Oh! Sorry, maybe I should call back later." Adrian offered.

"No, it's okay. We can talk now," Sheila replied.

"Okay, hope you slept well."

"Yea, but it was short. Hope you did too," she yawned.

"Yes, I did. Sorry for cutting your sleep short," Adrian apologized.

no problem Adrian," she replied.

"Ermm... I woke up early today and visited a news blog only to find out that another employee of yours was killed last night," Adrian said.

"Yes, it's so sad, it's connected to the first murder. We have several policemen in my house right now on my Father's order, he is currently in Zimbabwe but has promised to return this morning."

"Wow! It's so serious, please follow the police order and ensure that you are safe. I hope you are not planning to go out today."

"I don't know for now but I'm sure my Father must have instructed the officers not to allow me go out."

"Please stay indoor, I'll call you again soon."

"Thanks Adrian, do have a nice day and make sure you do not miss your medications."

"You too Sheila, thanks."

Sheila dropped the phone in front of her after the call ended.

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06:59AM

Somewhere in South Husan

Henry kept his eyes on the side mirror even as he held on to the steering wheels, speeding crazily down the road. The vehicles in pursuit of him were not backing down and the driver's were also good motorists, they were able to follow him at a constant pace. It was more than thirty minutes after driving out of Kebba and the chase had not reduced in intensity.

Henry tapped on the device on his lap and navigated to the dial pad. He turned on the bluetooth headset before he dialed Jenny's number.

"Where are you Jenny?" he said into the mouthpiece.

"I'm waiting, close to the location already," Jenny replied.

"I should be on the bridge in twenty minutes time, be prepared." Henry instructed.

"Sure boss," she answered.

Henry ended the call and then glanced at the man behind him. "You can sit up now."

The weak man managed to sit up and looked back to see those pursuing them.

"Someone is coming to take you to safety in twenty minutes time," Henry said, now looking at the man's face through the rearview mirror. "I'm sorry for the troubles you have been put through."

The innocent man look was as confused as he was when he was compelled with a gun to sit in the wheelchair at the home of sacrifice.

A faint smile formed on Henry's face as he observed the man's confused look through the mirror. By that time, Cole and Dave would be far gone with Rex on their way to Bexford.

FLASHBACK

1 Hour + Ago

Morris was sleeping peacefully in the room when they got in. Henry walked straight to the bed and placed a knee on the ground, he held his friend's palm and shook him gently. He noticed no movement and he paused for a second to look at his friend's face. The illness had turned Rex totally into another man, the Rex he knew would have woken up just by the sound of their footsteps in the hallway but here he was still sleeping deeply after the noisy entrance and even after his body was touched.

He shook his hand gently again and then leaned forward. "Morris," he called in whispers. "Morris," he called again and noticed the eyes moved. He waited for some more seconds and Rex finally opened his eyes.

Henry smiled at his friend and leaned forward again. "Good morning Morris," he said and paused as if to wait for a response. "Ermm... I'm here for something urgent," he continued. "I now realize why you did not want me to find you but I found you already and we can't undo it, the Wolves are coming this morning and I have to get you out of here in few minutes."

He paused and looked at his friend's face to ensure he was communicating. "Hope you can hear me?" he asked and without waiting for a response continued to speak. "I have a plan," he said and turned briefly and signalled for Dave to step forward. He turned back to Rex to see him make a blink. "Dave here and his partner would be taking you out of here while I distract the Wolves, this would happen in few minutes from now. I thought I should explain so you wouldn't be taken by surprise, I'll see you later in Bexford later in the day."

Henry rose up after his explanation and reached for the wheelchair. He looked at Rex's face again. "They'll be back for you shortly," he said before heading out with Dave following behind.

They got into the hallway and Henry headed straight for the room at the end. There was another patient there who he had seen on the day he came back to talk with Rex, the patient had stepped out to hiss himself and was returning into the room that day. Henry opened the door and wheeled in the chair noisily. He walked to meet the patient who was still sleeping and gently nudged him until he woke. He stepped back and pointed his gun at the patient.

The man widened his eyes in shock as he saw the gun pointed at him. He managed to drag himself to sit up.

"Get into the wheelchair," Henry ordered, gesturing with his head to also communicate.

"Please, don't hurt me," the man said in a weak voice as he struggled to get out of the bed.

Henry squinted briefly at the man and smiled. "You speak English?" he asked, now remembering that most of the patients in the facility were usually not Kebba natives.

The man did not give a response as he was groaning in pains as he tried to get into the wheelchair. The man's legs were swollen from an infection which he was being treated of but could still walk short distances on the legs, even though very slowly.

Henry moved closer and knelt in front of the man after he sat on the wheelchair. "I'm sorry I have to do this but I'm not here to hurt you and I won't do so, just follow my instructions and you'd be safe. I'll get you back here safely and you'd be allowed to return here or get treatment anywhere else you want."

He got up and kept his gun in his pocket. He grabbed the wheelchair at the handle behind and wheeled it out of the room. Dave followed holding his gun.

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PRESENT

The Wolves' men were unrelenting in the pursuit of the vehicle. However, it still maintained a far distance from them. They had shot severally initially and got only a few hits on the car before they realized it was also bullet resistant like theirs. They had no option than to pursue until they were able to stop the car.

Four men were sitting in the car leading the chase. The man sitting in front with the driver had a stone-hard face with a scar close to his eyes. His heavily built muscles were obvious through the armless shirt he wore. He had a long gun on his laps and a cigarette in his mouth. He was the leader of the chase team.

The phone in the front pocket of his shirt rang and he took it out quickly. Hutton was the caller.

"Sir..." he answered the call.

"I'm tracking you and your location right now is towards the third bridge," Hutton said.

"Yes," he replied.

"The black car is our target right?"

"Yes sir, the patient was taken into the car."

"I'm watching through the CCTV, keep following and be careful. I'm sure he's got another plan."

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Unknown road, Bethanna

"Doctor Alan isn't answering his calls," Cole said to Dave. He was sitting at the backseat of the car close to Rex while Dave was driving the car. Rex was sitting upright with eyes wide open. The seat was no as comfortable as the wheelchair and the movement of the vehicle made it difficult for him to maintain balance but Cole was sitting very close to him to make sure he was comfortable.

"You have to keep trying," Dave replied Cole. "The doctor needs to be ready for him," he added before turning on the traffic indicator. He queued the vehicle behind two others who were waiting to make a turn into the opposite direction lane.

Cole picked up his phone and dialed Doctor Alan's number again, it rang for some seconds but wasn't still answered. He heaved a sigh and dropped his phone beside him. He looked at Rex's face and held his hand as Dave made the u-turn.

Rex's mind was filled with thoughts on what the future was going to be like. He didn't want to come into Carl's life to distract him from fulfilling his mission, but now that Carl had found him despite his efforts to make sure he wasn't found, he knew Carl would never want to leave him helpless. Himself would have probably done the same if he was in Carl's shoes and if Carl was in his.

His inability to speak made him feel totally useless, his speech being intact would have made him at least contribute to their efforts with ideas and strategies. He was sure in his heart that he was only going to be a distraction to Carl and hoped Carl would not end up losing the war while trying to keep him alive.

He managed to close his eyes and could see Carl's face in his imagination. He remembered some of their times together and then recalled how Carl had woken him that morning.

"Would you like to sleep?" he heard the voice of the man sitting beside him.

He wished he could open his mouth to say no and tell him his eyes were closed to shut out the world to himself.

"I think he's dozing off already," Dave glanced back.

"Well, I can't tell. Ovil did tell us he sleeps for long at night and barely sleeps during the morning except after his afternoon dosage and he also previously told us he prefers sitting up while awake," Cole replied Dave. He looked at Rex's face and noticed it was still closed. He decided to leave the man as he was and not to disturb him.

FLASHBACK

"We've got to turn back now," Dave said to Cole, driving the car while at the passenger's side in front

"Let's get to the gate," Cole replied.

They got to the gate and stopped, they watched for thirty seconds the vehicles continuing to chase Henry before they reversed and turned and sped back to the Priest's Lodge.

On getting back there, Cole jumped out of the car with two pistols in his hands but leaving his backpack in. He hurried into the building. Dave stepped out and locked the doors before he followed him.

Cole picked the wheelchair left in the first room and hurried into the hallway with it. No one he came across tried to stop him, so he proceeded until Ovil Matuse appeared in front of him, carrying something that seemed like a jar in his right hand, the cover being held in his left. The vapour escaping from the opening of the jar made it obvious that it contained hot liquid.

"What would happen to the other man Louis went with?" Ovil asked, standing in front of Cole, stopping him from going further.

"He's going to be safe," Cole replied quickly. He dipped his hand into the front pocket of his jacket and took out a small piece of paper. "Call this number by four p.m this evening," he handed the piece of paper containing the phone number to Ovil. "He would be kept safe in a hospital and we would tell you how to get him back," he said.

Ovil collected the number and stared at it for a while.

"Please let me pass quickly," Cole said and Ovil slowly gave way, following him with the jar in his hand behind.

He had been surprised to see Henry step out with another man in the wheelchair and did not understand what was happening. While Dave and Cole had gone to check outside to see if it was safe enough, Henry had told him that none of the men were killed but sedated and also that Cole and Dave would return in few minutes to get Morris.

"I wasn't sure if you were coming back but I prepared enough concoction to last Mr Morris for seven days, you have to warm it always before giving it to him." Ovil Matuse explained as they got into Morris' room.

Rex was still on the same spot in the bed where Henry had left him with his eyes unclosed, he noticed when they entered but could make no movement. He had also heard the distant sound of gunshots and knew something was happening.

Ovil Matuse dropped the jar in hand close to the entrance and moved closer to help Rex into the wheelchair. It took some few seconds before getting him to balance well on it.

"Please bring the jar with me," Dave said as he began to wheel Rex out of the room.

"You've got take it easy, you can wheel him too fast like that." Ovil warned Dave on seeing his impatience.

They got back to the first room after ten minutes to meet Cole waiting. Cole on sighting them hurried out to check the area. He rushed down to the car and opened the backseat before beckoning on Dave to proceed with Rex. Dave wheeled Rex to the corridor but with Ovil Matuse's help carried him together to the car and made him balanced at the backseat, Cole sat inside with him while Dave rushed to the driver's side.

"Don't go without his medication," Ovil warned as he rushed up into the house to get the jar he dropped in the first room. He rushed back out to meet the car engine already started and Dave trying to turn. He waited until the turn was completed and moved closer to hand the jar to Cole.

"One tea cup four times daily," Ovil said to Cole. He watched the glass wind up and stepped aside as the car finally sped off. He turned back towards the building after the car was out of sight.

PRESENT

"Doctor Alan is finally calling back," Cole said as he picked the phone. He shifted a bit away from Rex as he answered the call. The car was now on a smoother road and there were less chances of a sudden jerk. "Hello Doc."

"Hi Cole, sorry, this girl has been giving me issues since morning." The doctor replied.

"Which girl?" Cole asked. Dave glanced at him.

"This girl with us, she wants to leave but the doors are locked."

"Oh okay," Cole finally remembered Henry mentioning that Wilson's sister was with the team in Bexford. "We're on our way there, it'll take us approximately 2 hours."

"Henry told me you're coming with someone who is paralyzed," the doctor stated.

"Yes, he's with us."

"You need to get some provisions for him, I composed a text containing what you'd buy and what you should feed him this morning, I'll forward it immediately after this call."

"Okay doc," Cole replied. He placed the phone back beside him.

"That girl is hell of a stubborn kid," Dave commented.

"The sister to the guy who was taken with Samantha?" Cole questioned.

"Yeah," Dave answered.

Cole's phone beeped. The text message from the doctor was in.

Eighteen Minutes Later

HOME OF SACRIFICE

"We have to go in, we need to see Ovil Matuse," Henry said again to the guards at the entrance of the building who refused to let them in.

The five guards who could not understand English formed a roadblock to the visitors, insisting it was too early to allow visitors in. The argument continued until Ovil Matuse and two other priests showed up.

"You, Louis!" Ovil Matuse exclaimed from behind the roadblock formed by the men.

"Yes, Ovil. I need to see you urgently," Henry replied.

Ovil spoke calmly to the men in the Kebban language and they gave way. He gestured for the visitors to come in.

He stopped to talk to them in the first room while the other two priests stepped aside. Only one of the guards stepped in with them.

"Louis, why are you here so early?" Ovil asked.

"I need to see Morris," Henry replied. Dave and Cole stood behind him.

"Isn't it too early? Morris would still be deep asleep," Ovil replied.

"Yes, I know but it's urgent, the assassins are on their way here for him.

Ovil squinted at him. "How did you know that?"

"It's not the time for questions Ovil, we need to get Morris out of here immediately."

"How am I sure you are not making this up?"

"You would know when they get here in some minutes," Henry answered. "First allow us get Morris out of here immediately."

"I'm sorry, I can't let Morris get out of here. He still needs his medication," Ovil replied.

"I know but you can package the medication and tell us the dosage to use for him everyday," Henry retorted.

"It's not done that way, these are local herbs not western drugs."

"I'm sorry Ovil, we have to get him out."Henry replied and turned towards the hallway entrance.

Ovil stepped in front of him to stop him but was surprised to see a gun pulled out by Cole.

"Step aside man," Cole said to Ovil with a nod. One of the Priest tried to attack Cole but he fired at him in the belly and also shot at the guard. The two men fell to the ground and that sounded a warning to the remaining two. Cole moved closer to the entrance and locked the door from behind, keeping the two priests hostage in the room.

Henry and Dave also pulled out their guns and proceeded quickly towards the room where Rex was kept.

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Unknown Location, Bethanna.

Hutton rolled out of bed quickly to pick the phone he dropped on the footstool not far away. He wondered why he had a phone call so early, the caller was the leader of the men he had kept to watch in Kebba.

"Hey!"

"Boss, we located two vehicles driving into the Home Of Sacrifice some minutes ago," the voice said.

"Damn it!" Hutton cursed. It was just five thirty and Carl Winston was already at work. Even though he hadn't expected it to be so early, he knew that with Carl Winston, one had to expect the unexpected and prepare for it. "How long ago did they drive in?"

"Ermm... We just...we found out ten minutes ago."

Hutton knew from the stammering lips of the man that he wasn't sure how long ago the cars had driven into the Home Of Sacrifice. He also wondered how his men did not know when their targets left the hotel that morning but he realized it was so early and just like him, the men were probably not expecting them to act so early. It wasn't the time for questioning however, he needed to give orders to stop Carl Winston.

"Gather all the boys and go into the Home Of Sacrifice, watch them closely and don't let them go with the patient."

"All the boys?"

"Yes, all twenty six boys you have."

"Can we kill?"

"You can do anything but make sure the patient remains alive and that they don't escape with him. I would join you as soon as I can."

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HOME OF SACRIFICE, Kebba.
Fifteen Minutes Later

A total of five men who tried to stop them was shot. They made their way back in the same direction after getting to Rex. Henry wheeled the wheelchair with his left hand and held the gun in his right. Dave followed behind guarding him. It took them ten minutes to get back to the first room where Cole was keeping Ovil. Dave stepped forward and quickly proceeded to the door, he unlocked it but held it closed with his hand.

"I'm sorry it has to be this way Ovil," Henry stared at Ovil's face again.

Ovil squinted at Henry's face after glancing at his patient in the wheelchair. He shook his head slightly, wondering if Henry knew what he was doing. Cole moved closer to Dave and they signalled to each other. They pulled their masks on and changed the tranquilizing guns to the lead bullet guns, Henry who was behind pulled his mask on. Dave opened the door and stepped out together with Cole pointing their guns around to check for anyone around. No threat was in sight.

The day was brighter now, they could see the surroundings very clearly. Dave stepped down the balcony and hurried to the car behind, he opened the backseat and signalled to Cole who was still on the balcony, Cole in turn signalled Henry that it was safe to step out of the house.

Henry carefully arranged the legs of the sick man and lifted him from the wheelchair carefully. He stared at his face in compassion for a second before he proceeded forward quickly. Henry walked straight to the car and him carefully at the backseat which was already opened. They closed the door carefully and Henry quickly proceeded to the front driver's side.

Just at the same moment, they began to hear sounds of cars driving roughly in their direction. They looked up and sighted the cars from afar.

Henry reversed out from the space immediately and turned into the road in the direction which led to the other gate of the Home Of Sacrifice.

Cole jumped down from the balcony quickly, taking out his second gun. He and Dave pointed their guns towards the coming car in readiness. They also spotted the men in the cars taking out weapons, a total of five cars was coming their way. They opened fire immediately.

Several bullets hit the cars but could not stop them, they headed in the direction taken by Henry. Dave and Cole realized that the men had come with bullet proofed vehicles just life theirs. They hid behind their car to escape bullets from the men and allowed them to pass before stepping out again. They got into their car and followed from behind.

Henry looked into the side mirror as he approached the second gate of the Home Of Sacrifice and saw the cars several metres behind him. He heaved a sigh on realizing that Cole and Dave had not been able to stop the men. He had hoped Dave and Cole would be able to stop or delay the men but as it was, their inability to do so was only going to make the escape plan tougher and rougher.

To be continued

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Restless - Episode 89

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20:07PM
El Deols, Anthanna.

Charles drew in a deep breath as he unbuckled the seatbelt. It had been a tiring day at work and then after work, he had to shop for some groceries and take them to his mother before returning to his own apartment. His only consolation was that he had dinner in his mum's house before finding his way home.

He could still feel the shock from Mr Moses death and his mind was filled with questions as to why such a nice man could have been killed. Maybe he had some hidden businesses which the world didn't know about, Charles thought. That would be it, he said to himself as he stepped out of his car and headed for his apartment. He was yet to get to the entrance of his apartment before he realized he was in the wrong line of thoughts. He remembered that the police had claimed the wife of the deceased heard the assassin mention his name too. He hadn't been in any secret business with Mr Moses. He wondered how and why the assassin knew his name.

He heaved a sigh as he climbed up the corridor, he looked left and right as if to check if the police were really keeping an eye on him like the officer who questioned them had promised. He saw no one but chose to believe they must be somewhere around truly. He turned on his phone's flashlight before he proceeded into the house. He locked the door behind him and tapped the switch of the bulb. He dropped the magazine on his hand on footstool in the living room and proceeded into the bedroom with his suit jacket and phones in his hand.

Twenty minutes later, he returned to the living room after taking a shower. He was dressed in shorts and an armless top. He had missed his boss' call while in the bathroom, so he dialed back her number with the phone in his hands. While it connected, he proceeded towards the television stand to pick the remote control but he stopped as he got to the sitting area, shocked to see a figure on his three seater sofa, lying in a sleeping position with the head well rested on the left armrest and the feet on the other armrest and a black hat covering the face.

He quickly glanced at the door and glanced back at the person, wondering how entrance was gained since he locked the door. He noticed the shoes of the intruder and knew it was a lady. Fear gripped his heart as he remembered that the assassin who had killed Mr Moses was reported to be a lady.

"I've been waiting for you here since five o'clock," the intruder said. She placed a hand on the hat to hold it and she rose to a sitting position. She dropped the hat on the seat by her left side and raised her head to look at his face.

He was filled with fear and was confused about what to do.

"Come sit here," she offered with an evil grin, tapping the space at her right with her palm.

"What do you want from me and how did you get in?" he managed to say as he began to step back towards the door slowly.

"Why don't you sit and let us talk?"

The living room was a small one, so it took no time for him to get to the door and try to open it. He was disappointed to find out that the key in the keyhole had been replaced with a wrong one. He turned back to see her smiling at him and raising the right key up in her hand.

"Come take a sit and let's discuss," she offered again.

"What do you want from me?" he asked once more in a shaky voice. He remained at the door with his back turned against it and his hands still on the key as he continued trying to unlock it.

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Sheila's Apartment

Sheila was alone in her living room where she had just watched the news update of Frank's death on the network news. The news had reported that Frank was killed by a woman he met at the back of the clubhouse. To Sheila, it looked somehow connected to the death of Moses and she was wondering if the lady assassin was just a serial killer. She had dialed Charles number twice, just to speak with him and ask if he had also heard the news about Frank's death and his thoughts about it, but Charles had not answered the call but was now calling back.

"Hello Frank," she said into the phone. "Hello..." she said again when she heard no response. She squinted as she reduced the volume of the television to listen closely, she could hear him talking to someone underground. After listening for some seconds, she realized he was talking with an intruder and quickly got up to pick her second phone. She dialed the police' number.

She kept the phone which was on call with Charles close to her left ear while she placed the second close to her right.

"Hello officer, there's an intruder in Mr Charles' house at the moment, I'm afraid he needs to be rescued immediately."

"Okay ma'am, we have men around his house, I'm also close, I'll order them to go in now." the officer replied.

She ended the call and tried to continue listening with the other phone but she discovered the call had ended already. Her mind was filled with fear for Charles' life and she wondered if she should dial his number back.

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Charles' Apartment.

"You worked with Moses and Frank to develop a sensor, who else was on your team?" Florence asked.

Charles' heart was beating so fast and his whole body was trembling. She saw that he was delaying and took out her gun.

"Ermm... There was no team, the codes used to develop the product was solely done by Miss Sheila Jack," Charles answered quickly.

"Mrs Sheila Jack? Who is she?" Florence asked as she got up from the sofa and began to walk closer to him.

"She's our boss," Charles replied.

"At SheiDev?"

"Yes."

She stopped a metre in front of him and returned the gun into the pocket of her jacket.

"Tell me the truth, who else joined you guys in building the sensor?"

"Please spare me, I'm saying the whole truth. Miss Sheila Jack had the work in progress before Frank came to our company to ask if we had such product..."

"Shhh..." Florence hushed him. She was hearing some sounds outside and she could tell it was more than just an entrance made by another person living in the compound. She placed her stare at his face and dipped her hand in her pocket to take her knife.

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Sheila's Apartment

Sheila continued to pace about the living room minutes after, she couldn't put her mind to rest. She had called the officer's number again but he didn't answer. After a while, she couldn't hold it any longer and decided to dial Charles' number. It took a while before it was finally answered.

"Hello Charles, hope you are safe." Sheila said into the mouthpiece.

"Sorry Miss Sheila, he was killed before we got in." she heard the officer's voice instead. "But we are after the killer and would catch up very soon."

Her mouth was left wide open in shock. Charles was gone already. Her mind began to beat so fast and she wondered what the reason for the murders was. She began to wonder if that was the end or if it had just begun.

Her mind was gripped with fear and the only person she could think of talking to was her father. She dialed his number quickly.

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Unknown Hotel, El Deols.

"Damn it!" Daniel cursed as he jumped up to his feet. He ran his fingers into his hair and bit his lips slightly. "This was the same man who was killed last night at the club," he said to the men who were in the room and studying the footages with him.

They had taken turns to study the footages received from the Hotel patronized by Antonio Carlos and Vincent Shawn and had found Frank visiting them twice at the Hotel.

"I'll call the police office immediately and ask for details surrounding the murder case of Frank," one of the FOX men said as he rose up to his feet to pick his phone.

"Please do," Daniel replied. He took out his own phone also to call Agent Steve.

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FOX Underground Facility,
EPA Hill, Bexford.

"Have you traced all of the men who was in his office today?" Evelyn asked the officer sitting at the center. The open office containing tables and chairs for over twenty different officers had only four of them presently in it, the others had closed for the day. Evelyn was pacing slowly around, she had a pack of chocolate bars in her hand and she picked often from it to her mouth.

The agent who had dropped her off in the morning was the one sitting at the table in the center, the other two agents were sitting at other sides.

"Yes, not one of them seem to have any connection with the Wolves or the previous suspects," the junior agent answered.

"Are you sure?"

"Yes, they were all there for farm businesses." he answered.

Evelyn turned to the female officer at the left. "I called you after I placed the tracker on his car, did you check his movements today?"

"Yes, I followed everything from the moment I noticed he was moving." she replied. "There was something strange about his movement."

"What was it?" Evelyn asked.

"He drove straight from the office to an indoor car park facility and the tracker never moved until four hours later," she answered.

"Did you check the CCTV to see where he went to after?"

"Yes, I checked all the footages an hour ago. There was no record of him stepping out after parking the car and no record of him going back in to get the car four hours later."

"Is that all you checked?"

"Yes, for now."

Evelyn remained quiet for a while, taking time to enjoy the chocolate bar she had just put in her mouth.

"You have to check more tomorrow, see all those who drove into the park thirty minutes before and after he drove in and do the same for thirty minutes before and after he drove out." She instructed.

"Okay, I'll get it done."

"Make sure you keep tracking, I'll get the report when I return tomorrow." Evelyn said before she put another bar into her mouth. She picked her suit jacket from a table and headed for the door. "Goodnight."

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April 6, 2016
05:05AM
Bethanna- South Husan Border

"I'm driving into Kebba now, do not delay. Jenny has gotten into the plan and she should be on the way to the directed location now," Henry said into the headset receiver and then switched the button to end the call.

He had an earpiece in his left ear and the mouthpiece attached to his collar, his phone was on the passenger's seat of the car. He had connected the call to the phone through the bluetooth accessory.

He was dressed in all black and had black gloves covering his palms. He also had dark eyeglasses and black face cap on the passenger's seat. He didn't have beards and moustache attached this time but he had a mask hanging around his neck, all he needed to do was to pul it up to cover his mouth and nostrils. He had his cap to cover the top of his head and the dark glasses for his eyes when the time for it came.

It took him thirty five minutes to get to the home of sacrifice from Kebba entrance, his journey had been made faster because the road was less crowded by pedestrians who always walked about without respecting the space meant for vehicles.

He parked some distance away from the main gate and turned off the car engine. He knew Cole and Dave must have seen him wherever they were. He waited patiently for them to join him.

Soon, someone knocked twice on the window of the passenger's side. Henry pressed the button to unlock the doors. Dave stepped into the front seat while Cole entered the back. They were both dressed in the same way Henry was.

"You're sure no one saw you leaving the hotel?" Henry asked.

"Yeah, we turned off all lights around the hotel building and our car was parked far from the hotel like you instructed." Cole replied from the backseat.

"We have three small backpacks at the back," Henry began, glancing back to the backseat where the bags were. "They contain two tranquilizing guns and two revolvers each, enough tranquilizing bullets and enough lead bullets. Remember, the tranquilizing bullets are for men of the home of sacrifice who would try to stop us and the lead bullets are for the Wolves men that may appear. The long guns on the floor are for my use only."

"Okay boss," Dave replied as he collected the backpack handed to him by Cole from behind.

"Check well, each person's backpack is labelled," Henry turned back to Cole.

"I saw the labels," Cole replied and handed the bag labelled "H" to him.

"Get the wheelchair from the boot of this vehicle and take it to yours, we'll drive to the building at the same time, you'd drive in before me." Henry instructed finally before the two of them stepped out of the vehicle.

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The sounds and voices sounded so distant and like echoes from the top of a mountain. The environment was harsh and chilly. Samantha managed to open her eyes as the sounds continued in her ears.

Her vision was so blur and all she saw were like shadows, she could hear sounds like human voices even though she couldn't pick out the words. She didn't know if she was in heaven or in hell but she was quite sure she was dead. She was only confused as she was feeling a terrible headache and that made it look like hell, as she didn't believe one could feel a headache in heaven.

She felt so lifeless and without a body. Her feet were touching the floor but obviously not strong enough to support her body, only the chains locking her to the poles kept her in the slant position.

The shadows came closer and the sounds which were like human voices began to make more sense.

"She...is not dead," she heard someone say. It sounded like a roar in her head.

"Yeah, I can see her blinking her eyes," another voice said.

The shadows came closer and so close to her. She felt a hand on her left wrist and it felt strange. She had thought she was without her body any longer and had now become a spirit.

Before she could understand what was happening, the chains were detached from her wrists and she almost collapsed on the floor but for one of the men who held her up. The chains around her ankles were also unlocked. The man holding her up carried and carefully and placed her to sit on the floor, making her rest her back on the wall. She fell on her side immediately he left her to herself.

"Do you think she can eat on her own?" One of the men asked another. They were four in total.

"Doesn't look like," another replied. "We got to make her take some glucose first."

"I'll get it right away," another one replied and hurried out of the room immediately.

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SheiDev Firm,
El Deols
01:23PM

"I have several projects running with Mr Moses and I can't say which one you're talking about exactly," Charles replied to the questions from the police officer.

They were sitting in a room which looked like an office but was not. An empty table was at the center, Sheila and Charles were sitting at one side of the table while two officers were sitting at the other side, another one was standing behind them. The other parts of the room were empty.

"You were not the only person mentioned by the assassin, the wife said she mentioned someone else but hasn't been able to recall the person's name." the police officer said.

"We have over a hundred staffs here, Mr Moses as the head projects supervisor works with almost everybody." Charles replied.

"Have you had any personal business with the deceased apart from your work here?"

"Not at all, we're not really close friends, we only have the colleague to colleague relationship."

"Hmmm," the policemen shrugged and nodded gently. "Well, we'd get to the root of this matter soon. That will be all for now, thanks for cooperating with us."

"Officer," Sheila who had being quiet put in. "If the assassin mentioned Mr Charles' name, doesn't it mean Mr Charles could also be in danger?"

"Yeah ma'am, we are very conscious of that and we would be monitoring Mr Charles from this moment, to ensure nothing happens to him." the officer replied.

"Thank you, please nothing should happen to him."

"You're welcome," the officer got up from his seat and offered handshakes to Sheila and Charles.

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Unknown Hotel, El Deols.

"Can I see your overseer?" Daniel asked for the second time, his both hands placed ont he reception desk. Standing behind him were two other men, junior FOX agents from the branch in El Deols who had been assigned to assist him.

"Yes, but like I said before, you have to come back tomorrow or some other time." the lady replied him.

"It's urgent please, let me see him."

"It's a she," the lady corrected. "And what is it about? You could drop a message, it will get to her later."

Daniel was forced to take out his Identity card. "We're from the FOX and we need to see her right away." he said in more of a commanding tone as he displayed the card to her.

It seemed his tone worked as the expression on her face changed immediately and she picked up her phone to make a call. After talking for a minute, she got up and turned out of the reception area.

"Please follow me," she said and led them into the management area.

30 Minutes later

In the Manager's Office

Daniel stood just beside the manager, looking into the system as she scrolled, the other two officers were standing at the other side.

"I think the four most recent visits are enough," Daniel said and stood upright.

The woman turned her neck to look at his face. "What do you say is next after this?

"We need footages from your security cameras for these four visits," Daniel replied.

The woman stared at his face for a while, and then drew closer to the table to pick the landline. "I'll make a call right away and ask that for the footages to be prepared."

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16:34PM
Unknown Location, Bethanna.

Back to life, Samantha remained in the sitting position with her back leaning against the wall and waiting for what was to come next. She knew the men had something in store for her for not letting her starve to death. She could not sense what it was but believed it would be tougher than physical torture.

She heard voices and the door was opened soon. Hutton stepped in with two other men without any chair this time.

Hutton walked straight to her, not waiting for her to be brought closer. He stood in front and stared down at her while she also stared at his face.

"Samantha," he called out her name in an unexpected soft tone.

She stared blankly at his face.

"You see, we carried out some search on you and found out that you are from Anthanna, an unusual female street thug and a basketball enthusiast in Gege Slum. You should have continued with your life silently in the slum instead of choosing to die with Carl Winston," he chuckled and stopped. He looked straight into her eyes and she didn't look away. "I see confidence, much more than a young woman should possess, they're in your eyes. And I see loyalty and dependability. Sadly, none of these can save you from being murdered by us or being a tool in our hands."

He stopped again to look at her face. He was sure she was yet to understand what he was talking about. He squatted and looked directly in her eyes.

"Samantha, I don't want to torture or force you, I want you to give in easily. Help us get Carl Winston, you'll not only be rewarded handsomely but you'd have your freedom to live the kind of life you want to live." He said in a patronizing voice. "Work with us," he added with a brief smile.

"I'd rather die than work with you," Samantha voiced out weakly.

Hutton chuckled, unmoved. "I would have loved to see you dead but unfortunately for you, I need you alive. Whether you like it or not, I'm going to make you work for me, I'm only giving you the option to make things easier for yourself."

"I'll never work for you," Samantha repeated.

Hutton smiled and got to his feet. "I really like you young woman, I do wish a lot of other young women are like you."

He turned and began to walk to the door.

"Make sure she doesn't miss a meal, she would need enough strength when she finally has to start the work I have for her." he said with confidence and stopped as he held the knob of the door. He turned and looked back in her direction again. He smiled at her before turning again to the door, he opened the door and walked out.

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18:15PM

Ont Hotel

"Come over guys," Henry called onto his men. Cole and Dave who were at other angles of the room came closer to him. He was sitting on a footstool and had a laptop placed at the edge of the bed in front of him. They moved closer and bent beside him to see what he wanted to show them.

"Been studying this map all day and I've found out two other routes out of Kebba, we'd have to go in separately, the both of you would go tonight and I will join you tomorrow to take Rex out of there." Henry explained.

"So, what's the plan?" Dave asked.

"I'll tell you, but let's understand the routes first," Henry replied. He zoomed the map and pointed to a route. "I propose we take Rex out through this way, it's farther into South Husan but it leads to a neighboring town where we can change our vehicle and move into this city."

"We have to go farther into South Husan? I thought we were bringing him into Bethanna," Dave frowned.

"Look here man," Henry pointed to something on the map. "The route links back, we're only going round to come back to the border," he stopped and looked at Dave's face.

"And that is to escape a possible attack?" Dave questioned.

"Yes," Henry replied. "There would surely be an attack but they would not expect us to go through this long route."

"I get you boss," Dave nodded. "That means we have to study the routes individually."

"I would mark the points and send them to you two," Henry replied and then turned the other way to see if Cole had any question.

"How are we going to get Rex out with Ovil Matuse's resistance?"

"We would try to convince him," Henry answered. "If he doesn't get convinced, we would do it with force but try as much as possible not to kill any of Kebba's citizens, that's why we are taking more tranquilizing guns with us. The only people we can shoot dead are the Wolves men who we're expecting to try to stop us."

Cole shrugged and got up. "When we do we move?"

"Right away, start preparing." Henry replied.

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19:56PM

Unknown location, Bethanna.

Hutton reached for his ringing phone on the footstool beside the couch. He checked the screen to see the caller before answering.

"Boss, we just spotted a tinted car driving into Kebba." the voice from the other end reported.

Hutton put on his leather slippers carefully and got up. "Keep your eyes on the vehicle and those in it," he replied as he headed for the door.

The citizens of Kebba barely used cars and most times when a car was seen driving in it was a visitor. Hutton knew for sure that the vehicle must have something to do with Carl Winston and the reason was to take Rex out of Kebba. He was sure Carl would be with more of his men and it was the most appropriate time to attack them.

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Restless - Episode 88

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© Oyinloye Oluwatosin Emmanuel

Bexford Bethanna,
Suntan Farms Road,

Evelyn was sitting at the passenger's side of the car while a junior agent was at the driver's side of the car. He had a tablet device on his laps.

"Study the documents and get to me as soon as you find anything." Evelyn said to him.

"Yes ma'am, we would reach you immediately."

"I'll also like to know the visitors he received throughout the day, so you guys must keep your eyes on the footages." Evelyn said and then opened the door to step out.

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Hex Hotel, El Deols.

"Meet us up by 3pm at the Ont Hotel before the border," Henry said into his phone before he hung up. He was fully dressed and ready to step out. Cole was also dressed but didn't seem ready to leave, he was sitting at the table with his eyes fixated and fingers busy on the keypad of his laptop.

"Boss, I just got it." Cole flashed a look at Henry. "Florence was registered as Florence Frank for the flight, a car picked her up from the gate of the airport and dropped her at a restaurant. I'm yet to get her movement from the moment she stepped into the restaurant but I'm sure I'll do if I continue tracing."

"That means the CCTV does not capture what goes on behind the gate of the restaurant, you can only get that from the restaurants' security office." Henry replied as he walked to Cole's back. He stopped behind him and stared at the laptop screen for a while, then he placed a palm on his shoulder. "We have to leave now Cole, let's save Samantha and Wilson first."

Cole nodded gently in agreement and moved the cursor to the start button to hibernate the system. He got up and laced his shoes first before closing up the laptop.

"I hope nothing has happened to them," Cole said as he put the laptop in the bag.

"I hope so too," Henry replied with a gentle breath.

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11:23AM

In a large busy supermarket, the trading activities were on as usual. The two ladies were sitting in the inner room behind the admin table discussing.

"How much would it cost to modify and repackage the items?" Sheila asked Victoria who was sitting directly in front of the monitor with her hand on the mouse.

"A million Anthannian dollars," Victoria replied. "That makes it four million with the purchasing and shipping down here."

"How do you intend to get you to the customers, especially the ones you are targeting in the neighboring countries?" Sheila asked.

"That's why I have you here, I want you to partner with me." Victoria answered. "You have great skills in digital marketing and you even have an agency for it, we just have to come up with a partnership agreement."

"Ermm..." Sheila squinted. "But, we need to be sure that..." she paused to take out her ringing phone, she checked the screen quickly. "We need to be sure that the products will be accepted and also see how much arrangements for shipping to other nations will cost. Please excuse me," she added before answering the call. "Good morning Mr Charles."

The look on Sheila's face changed immediately and she squinted at her friend's face. "When did this happen?" she asked and listened to the caller's response. "Okay, I'll be on my way there right now."

"Is there a problem?" Victoria asked after she dropped the call.

"Yes, an employee of mine was assassinated this morning in his house," Sheila replied as she hurriedly put her things in her bag.

"Oh! That's serious," Victoria exclaimed.

"Yeah, it is. I was told the assassin asked him some questions related to his work in the company before killing him," she got up after putting her shoe on properly. "There are policemen at the office now for questioning and I have to join them."

"Alright then, we would continue later. Please accept my sympathy," Victoria said as she watched her friend rush off.

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12:10PM
Unknown Location, Bethanna.

Wilson laid shivering on the cold floor, alone in the room. He had been awake for more than three hours and had tried sleeping again but sleep had failed to come. The room was very different from the previous one where he and Samantha were, the walls were painted and the floor was tiled, the windows were also made of sliding glasses and modern burglary proof materials unlike the previous one. The condition he was placed however was not too different, the only very significant little difference was that he wasn't made to stand like Samantha was where she was. He had not tasted food nor water since the previous day, he could tell his body was already dehydrated. His bladder was also full but he could not empty it on himself. He didn't know what to hope for. He loved Morris and Louis but he wasn't sure he could keep his mouth shut anymore if asked questions about them.

He felt a gleam of hope when he heard the sound of the door opening. He managed to turn his head in the direction and felt relieved in his mind after seeing a man walk in holding a plate of food and bottle of water. The man stopped a metre before him and placed the items carefully on the floor before turning back. Wilson dragged himself to the plate and began to devour the food like an hungry lion. He finished it in five minutes and gulped down the bottle water, emptying it to the last drop. He fell to the floor to rest.

The door opened again fifteen minutes after and four men walked in this time, led by the man who was dressed in all white the previous day. The last two men carried plastic chairs with them. They arranged the chairs at the center of the room facing each other. One of the men walked to where Wilson was and pulled him up.

"I need to go to the toilet," Wilson managed to say, feeling very heavy.

The man released him and turned to Hutton. "He says he needs to ease himself."

Hutton stared at Wilson's face for a second, then he glanced at another man and gave him a signal. "The two of you should take him there, I'll be waiting."

Hutton settled down on one of the seats and stared blankly at the wall behind after he heard them shut the door. He wondered where Carl Winston was and what he was probably doing at that time. He believed Carl must be doing something very strategic to get back the two abductors fellows. He knew he also must be very strategic in his plans as the most strategic and thoughtful person would win the war at the end and the current battle at hand. He didn't believe he would get enough information from Wilson but he had to try and see.

Wilson was brought back in ten minutes later and made to sit on the chair in front of Hutton. Hutton for a while, spoke no words but kept staring at his face silently.

"Wilson," he finally called.

Wilson stared him in the eyes.

"We've been following you a long while ago," he began. "Particularly since that day you picked Rex up from the bottom of the Oso Rock. We never left there that day, I saw you when you arrived and we watched as you called for help. You got four other men to help you lift Rex up and help you to the hospital."

Wilson squinted at his face, he was now a hundred percent sure that these men were the assassins who were after Morris and Louis lives. The man had just described exactly what happened that day. The only thing confusing him was that Morris was being called Rex, a name he never knew to be associated with Morris.

"Two of the men that helped you get to the hospital that day were my men, so I've had my eyes on you for a long time now," Hutton continued. "I lost track of you guys but only for a brief time and I got to find you later at Vincil," he paused briefly and continued again. "We did not know on the day Rex was taken to Kebba but we found out few days later and since then we've had our eyes on Rex in the home of sacrifice."

Wilson let out a breath. The information was too much for him to handle and he realized at that moment that he and his sister's life had been in danger all the while. He now understood perfectly why Morris had always told him to forget about him and leave to a safer place with his sister.

"That's just to let you know I know you well," Hutton paused and let out a brief smile. "So, don't lie to me. If you do, I'd find out the truth later and you would pay with your life and that of your sister's."

Wilson swallowed in.

"Where exactly did Carl go in El Deols?" Hutton asked.

Wilson shook his head slowly. "I don't know," he said and then stared at Hutton's face again. "I only overheard him saying he was going to meet someone at Anthanna."

"And who was he going to meet?"

"I don't know," Carl replied. "But it's someone that has been communicating with him for a while."

"For how long have you been with Carl since he returned to Bethanna?"

Wilson frowned. "Just few days ago, he came in search for Morris."

"So you never knew of his presence until he came in search of Morris?"

"Yes but Morris once said he must have returned one evening and that was why Morris left for Kebba."

"I see," Hutton paused and thought for a moment before he spoke again. "So, how did you know Carl and Rex?"

"I don't know them as Carl and Rex, I know them as Louis and Morris. They met I and my sister several years ago after the FOX took us out of abduction from the terrorist group in South Husan, they brought us back to Bethanna but I and my sister could no longer find our parents. Morris has been taking care of us since then even though we only saw once over the years until last year."

"I thought as much," Hutton said, almost in whispers. From his overview of Wilson, he had noticed Wilson had no skills or ability which Carl and Rex would have wanted to keep him for but he never realized he could just be somebody they helped out of trouble.

"So Louis and Morris were part of the FOX Agents who helped you escape abduction?"

Wilson frowned. "No, they are just ordinary citizens who took charge of our welfare."

Hutton chuckled. He realized Wilson was not even aware that the two men were FOX agents.

"So, how much do you know of Louis Winston now?" Hutton questioned. "Apart from the lady in the other room, who else works with him presently?"

"I only know of two others, a young man and an older man currently at Vincil asked to watch over Sophia and wait for us." Wilson answered.

"I see," Hutton got up and took some steps forward after turning his back. He took some seconds to think before he turned again. "Is there any information you have to give us that will help us reach Carl Winston?"

Wilson shook his head. "I don't have any," he said in a shaky voice.

"How much do you know of the lady that was brought here with you?" Hutton asked.

"I only know her name, Samantha."

Hutton looked at the men and signalled to them. "We'll see again," he said to Wilson before turning back towards the door. One of the men picked the chair he sat on and they all followed him out.

Hutton took only few steps in the hallway before he stopped, he made a hand gesture for one of the men to come forward.

"Get some food to the lady," he ordered. "Get the chains off her hands, let her relax but keep a watchful eye on her."

The man bowed slightly and hurried off to execute the order.

Hutton picked out his phone from his pocket and dialed Kahn's number before he continued walking slowly.

"Carl is in El Deols, tell the new girl to thread carefully." He said into the phone as he walked out of the hallway.

"Yeah, we told her already." Kahn replied from the other end.

"I'll be sending men all over El Deols now, we need to find out what Carl Winston was there to do."

�The Vipers Girl �




(You mess with the wrong person)




By Hossana Isaac O.




(Hossy Korean Series)




Chapter 12




______________________________________________________________________




�Rosa's POV�




He parked roughly and got out almost immediately. He wore his sunglasses again and walked inside without saying a word or even looking at another direction apart from his front. The guards cleared out of his way and began to arrange themselves as if they were going for an interview. I sat in the car dumbfounded, throughout the drive Bad Boy didn't talk to me at all and I was too tired and terrified to say something. And now he just left as if he came alone.




I was badly injured and feeling much pain so movement was really hard for me. As I turned to open the door, a young man opened it and took my hand




Man: let me help you




I looked at his face and nodded, I thought it was going to be Leon but it was a different face. A face I haven't seen before




The man helped me out and closed the door. He also helped me into the house.




The living room was filled with men. Some that I've seen were there. Their gaze all turned to me. I felt embarrassed and I looked down




Man: everyone, she's been found. You can now disperse and go back to your various duties




I looked up again and I saw Leon sitting down, looking pained. His face was damaged and his white skin was bloody.




Oh no! I'm sure Bad Boy did that to him. He was in charge of my well being, but I got missing. He's in this state because of me.




He smiled a little when his gaze met mine and I smiled back. I'll make sure I sincerely apologize to him later.




The man who was holding my hand turned towards the elevator with me. I entered




Man: a doctor would be with you soon




I nodded and the elevator closed. I began to shiver because my body was assimilating cold. I hugged myself and rubbed my palm softly on my skin, avoiding contact with the injured parts in order to make myself warm.




The elevator opened and I sheepishly walked out like a chicken drenched by the rain. I located my room and pushed the door open. I heaved a sigh because the room was warmer. I gently sat on my bed and breathed in.




It feels good to be back home, not in the midst of enemies




I looked at the time. It was still quite early.




I managed to stand up and entered the bathroom, took a warm careful shower and got into my bed. I remembered that I was on my period so I stood up and walked to the laundry basket. I took my previous dress and checked the pocket. I brought out the reason why I got into trouble and sighed. I went back to the bathroom and arranged myself before coming back to bed again.




I yawned and closed my eyes then sighed again




I was really tired




�Bad Boy's POV �




I hurried inside, totally ignoring the stare of uncertainty from my men. I entered my room and took a pack of cigarettes and my favorite beer then entered the bathroom. I ran a cold bath and sat in.




I began to drink not minding that it was too early. The only thing on my mind was how to deal with Ron.




How dare he touch what is not his?




What the hell entered his skull?




Damn!




I hate him so much!




But I'm not ready for him yet, I'll leave him for now.




His cup is not yet full, but when he tends to cross my boundaries, I'll skin him alive and make a jacket out of him




And as for that stupid girl called Rosa, she has a lot of explaining to do. She has caused a lot and I don't want to even see her now.




What exactly I'm I going to do with her?




I don't want her to be a liability




I sat up and dropped the empty bottle on a table then took a stick of cigarette. I lighted it but the smell irritated me for the first time so I just quenched it and dropped it in the ashtray




�Rosa's POV�




I turned around and watched as the young man who helped me earlier entered with another young man. I sat up and watched as the new guy dropped a suitcase.




Guy: hello. I'm Eun Soo and you're Rosa, right?




I nodded and he smiled




Eun Soo : okay, I'm a doctor and I'm here to help you get better




I smiled as he sat down beside me and brought out his stethoscope. He did all those stuff doctors do then he brought out bandages and other first-aid materials. He cleaned the surface of my wounds using a cotton wool and a liquid substance




After a while, he packed all his equipment into his suitcase and brought out two tiny bags




Eun Soo: here, take this pills every morning and night after your meals. They're going to help you treat any infection you might have gotten through any means




Me: thanks sir




Eun Soo : just call me oppa




He winked




Me: thanks oppa




I smiled as he smiled and closed his suitcase




Eun Soo : I'll be on my way now. Get well soon Rosa, and eat well too




I smiled and laid down. I dropped the drugs on the bedside table




Man: I'll bring food for you now




He left and closed the door behind him.




I wonder why Bad Boy's men are all cute. Doesn't he make use of ugly people?




�Bad Boy's POV�




I wore a black vest and black shorts then slipped into black slippers. I walked down the hallway and stopped when I got to Rosa's door. I wanted to go in and see her but I couldn't. I just don't want to see her.




I don't even want to think about her, whenever I do, the pictures Ron sent showcase in my mind and I feel so bad




I braced up my steps and walked down the stairs. I met Max coming up with a tray of food and a drink




Me: where to?




Max: to Rosa's room




I frowned




Me: why?




Max: because she's hungry




I stared at the food and stared at his face. I wanted to collect it and give her myself because I don't trust Max when it comes to girls. He's the ladies man. Even a granny can fall for his charm




He raised an eyebrow




Max: do you want to give her yourself? Because I know you're afraid of her falling for me




I puffed and walked past him.




Me: I don't wanna see her




What he said was true but I didn't want him to know it was true.




Actually, the reason Max is the most deadly man I've got is because of his ability to read minds. It's like a superpower that he has.




He knows your next move even before you act on it




He said I'm in love with Rosa. That can't be true, I can't love. I haven't loved before and I don't even know what it feels like to be loved




I shoved my fingers into my hair and looked up. I saw the doctor attending to Leon. I chuckled and sat beside him




Me: you look pathetic...




He looked away




Eun Soo : next time, when you're asked to look over Bad Boy's Girl, you'll do it with diligence




I frowned




Me: she's not my girl




Leon: really. Thank God. I like that girl, the only reason I couldn't make a move was because I thought she was your girl. But I'm so glad she can be mine




My eyes darkened




Me: Leon watch your tongue




Eun Soo muttered something that I didn't hear and the both of them laughed. I frowned again




Max came down and sat opposite me




Max: that girl is really hungry I bet she wasn't fed well at all




Eun Soo : did they even feed her?




Leon: I highly doubt




Max: and Bad Boy.... You should definitely go and see her




Me: I said I don't want to see her!




Max: it's not her fault she was raped. So why are you pouring the anger on her?




I kept quiet and stared at him




Max: I told her that you said you didn't want to see her and she nearly lost appetite. But I pecked her and said you were joking. That was when she regained appetite




Leon : you pecked my girl?




Max: your girl?




I stood up and they looked at me. Each one of them ready to defend himself just in case I decide to punch anyone of them. They know my ways, when they get on my nerves too much, I punch their pretty faces




But this time I don't feel like doing that.




I went outside and entered my car then drove out




�Rosa�




I woke up late in the evening. I was feeling stronger and better. Though I was surprised at the hours that I spent sleeping.




Did Eun Soo add sleeping pills to those drugs he gave me?




I stood by the window and inhaled the evening breeze. I looked down and saw Bad Boy coming out of his car.




I sighed and went to stand by the door, I know he's going to go straight to his room so I'll wait for him here




After a while, I heard footsteps coming closer. I closed my door partially and peeped through the little space remaining.




He paused when he got to my door, sighed then walked forward to his own room




Me: it seems he really doesn't want to see me




I pouted and opened my door then came out. He was about to open his door




Me: Bad Boy......




He looked at my direction. We kept staring at each other with non of us saying a word.




Finally, his eyes went down from my own eyes and I looked away when I felt tears forming




Bad Boy : Rosa...




I walked and stood in front of him.




Me : why....why don't you want to see me?




He stood straight and crossed his arms




Bad Boy : I just felt like being on my own




Me: why?




He didn't answer




Me: if you're angry with me just tell me




Bad Boy : I'm not angry with.....




Me: yes you are. You're angry with me but you don't even know the reason




My tears fell but I didn't bother to wipe them off




Me: why are you making this hard for me? I'm the one who got kidnapped and beaten up. I'm the one who almost got killed because they think that I'm your stupid lover and they want to get to you through me. I'm the one who is the prey here, over something that I have no hand in. Yet you're angry with me. Why are you so stupid?




My face was already soaked in tears and I couldn't feel my skin turning red. Bad Boy just stared at me like I was a ghost. I felt irritated by his stare and I turned abruptly to go.




I felt his grip on my wrist and a force pulled me over and I found myself hugging him. His right hand was over my back and my head was resting on his chest




His left hand lifted my face up and wiped my tears




Bad Boy : I'm sorry.... I'm at fault. Ron made you cry and I'm also making you cry, it means I'm not different from him.




I sulked and looked away. He chuckled and used his second hand to wipe my tears too




Bad Boy : crying pretty girls are ugly




I hit his chest and he laughed and opened his door. He pulled me in




Bad Boy : come and tell me what exactly happened.




He sat on the bed and made me sit on his legs




I hugged him and he smoothed my hair




Bad Boy : why did you allow Ron have access to you?




Me: I don't understand




Bad Boy : I mean.... Why did you.... Allow Ron have his way with you? You should have kicked his loins. He took what doesn't belong to him




I looked up and saw jealousy. Wait.. Bad Boy thought Ron had his way with me?




Me: Ron didn't do that. He couldn't. Something stopped him




Bad Boy : something did? What? Tell me




Me: I was... I was.. Just forget it




Bad Boy : but how did he get these pictures?




He brought his phone and showed me three pictures. I gasped and covered my mouth




Me: it's editing. He didn't do anything to me. The pictures are fake




Bad Boy : are you sure? Should I check?




I pushed him and he fell on the bed




Me: you're crazy




He laughed and sat up again




Bad Boy : I'm just glad he didn't touch you. I'm free with you now




Me: wait... You were angry because of that? Were you jealous?




Bad Boy : let's not go there




I crossed my arms and glared at him




He cracked




Me: now tell me how you got taken and everything else that happened




I sighed and told him everything that he needed to know




Bad Boy : so are you having cramps?




Me: no... And don't ask me such a question again




Bad Boy : okay ma'am. But next time, don't go out alone




Me: okay I promise




Bad Boy : all these wouldn't have happened if I was around. But I'm going to be free now. How about we leave this environment for a while and go to somewhere safer and normal




Me: we? You mean you and I? Or with your men?




Bad Boy : just you and I




Me: are you sure it's gonna be safe




He nodded




Me : okay. Let's give it a try




I smiled and he smirked and took his phone.




Bad Boy : excuse me please




I stood up and sat down on the bed, he went outside the room and closed the door




�Bad Boy's POV�




I stood outside and waited for Max who texted me to come out




He came after two minutes




Max: are you guys good now?




Me: yeah




Max: okay, that's all I wanted to hear




Me: we'll be leaving soon




Max: where to?




Me: I don't know yet. But I need to take her away from this environment for awhile




Max: hmm, can you teach her some skills while you guys are away?




Me: skills?




Max: yes. Like how to handle a gun, how to load a gun with bullets. You know, all those stuff. Also some karate skills




Me: why?




Max: so she can defend herself while you're away. Or, so she could be your partner in crime. She won't be a liability




Me: makes sense....




He tapped my shoulder




Max: and if you are able to feel normal, without any extra new feeling, then you're not in love with her. Good luck..




He turned and walked away




Me: crazy..




I opened the door and entered. Rosa was lying on the bed and playing with a pillow




Me: hey Rosa. Do you want to know how to shoot a gun?




She stood up abruptly




Rosa: huh..

Read Episode 13 here -- https://youngicee.com/2020/05/the-vipers-girl-episode-13.html

� The Loverboys�
(Hurt)

Episode 11

By: Faith Lucky.

Jeanne's Pov:
"Oh, my Molly; what do you think?" I as
ked in a low key and Molly just shrugged.
I covered my mouth with my palm and sighed. I was so nervous.

I can't believe Alex wants me to meet him in his room.

"Well, one thing's for sure, nanny; he isn't gonna eat you up. I'll be waiting for you in the dining" molly said and walked away and I became stranded.

I rubbed my palms together and breathed out heavily before going to the door.
I dallied a little and knocked and his soft masculine voice spoke from inside:
"Come in"

I slowly opened the door and went in and my eyes beamed at the sight I had beheld.
Oh, my gee! Was this really a room?

It had a king sized bed and the room entirely had a brownish color.
The floors were HD wallpaper and it was a picture of the sky.
Incredible!

There was a big wardrobe beside the bed and a big table of cosmetics and deodorants and wow! A lot of glittering jewelries.
How can a guy have so much jewelries?

The room was very cold and had a Swiss flower fragrance.
On the king sized bed were three laptops and two phones. And on the table were two laptops and three big phones.
What?
Seriously?

There was a big keyboard by the right and I saw Alex sitting on the edge of the bed, backing the door.
He held his pet - Ambrose -and played with his head.

He acted like he wasn't aware of my presence as he continued petting the dog which laid quietly in his hands.

Then after a short while, he spoke up.

"I want you out of here, Jeanne" he spoke calmly, still backing me and concentrating on his dog.

My eyes dilated and my hands shook.
Did I hear him correctly?

"Just tell me what you want" he continued.
"I'll pay you triple of the money my mum has agreed to pay you. You're still gonna go for the training and I'll make sure you become one of the lovergirls. I can give you cars, estates, houses, anything you want. Just ask for it.
All I want is for you to get out of here. Quit the nanny job and leave".

I stood gobsmacked, staring at him from behind.
my head was rotating.

Oh my God! Is this the reason he wanted to see me? To tell me to get out of here? To stay away from him?

But why's he chasing me away? Why does he hate ladies so much?
And how can he ask me to do such a difficult thing?

I don't think I want to leave. Although he's promised to do everything Mrs Tristan has agreed to do for me. But leaving in his favor might look like a betrayal to Mrs Tristan.
She needs my help and I've also gotten to like Molly who likes me as well.
How can I leave them now?

I bebent my head in agony and knew he was waiting for an answer.
But what do I say?

"S...Sir Alex" I called and paused, sniffling a little.

"I...I'm sorry, but...I'm not sure I can do what you asked for.
"You see, it's not like I wanna disobey you or something, but...your mum...she really needs my help. And I don't want to betray her." I said ruefully, my heart beating heavily.

Then, I noticed he stopped playing with the dog.
oh God!

He slowly laid the dog on the floor and stood up, going to face the window.
He crossed his hands at his back and stared outside through the window and I could now have a side view of his face.
A little part of the morning sun rested on his face.

He took in a deep breath.

"If you really wanna stay here" he said calmly.
"Then, so be it.
But, from today onwards, I want you to stay far from me. Avoid anything that concerns me. Don't touch me or anything I'm likely to touch. Don't ever talk to me.
And just have this in mind, I dislike you" he said spitefully and I felt hot tears forming in my eyes.

"Is that understood?" He asked, but I kept mute, trying not to shed a tear.
Then, for the first time since I stepped into the room, he turned to look at me.

"Is that understood?" He asked again and this time around, his voice came out a little cold.

I sniffed and didn't realise a tear was already rolling down my cheek.

"Y..yes sir" I replied in a breaking voice and tried not to stare at him.

He took his eyes back to the window and didn't say any other thing and I figured we were done.

I turned around and left the room, releasing more tears.

Read episode 12 here -- https://youngicee.com/2020/05/the-loverboys-episode-12.html

� The Loverboys�




(What does he have to say?)




             Episode 10




By: Faith Lucky.




              Jeanne's Pov:




Mrs. Tristian had told me not to give a thought to what Alex said. But, she had warned me to avoid getting into trouble with him.




I can’t believe I’m being asked to stay away from my crush.




Mrs. Tristian had told me Molly was to take a glass of milk every night before going to bed. So, I went into the kitchen to make her a glass of milk.




The kitchen was fabulous and almost looked like a supermarket. Everything was in tins, rows, cartons, packets and bags. They were all in bulk. There were about four gas cookers in the kitchen, two ovens, microwave, and the whole place was sparkling neat.




I opened one of the refrigerators and my eyes beamed at what I saw. It was stocked to the brim with different kinds of fruits.




Wow!




I took out an apple and ate from it. It was so cold and delicious while munching it. Just then, the door opened and one of the love boys walked in.




Oh, my gee!




It was Carl.




My hands shook and the apple fell to the floor. It came as a shock to me.




"Hey" He called as he walked in, and I quickly picked the apple from the floor but didn’t eat it.




‘Good… good evening sir’ I stuttered with a bow, and he chuckled.




He went to one of the refrigerators and brought out a bottle of red wine. Then he opened another refrigerator and brought some ice cubes and an empty glass cup. He kept them on the kitchen table and stood facing me.




He was young, very handsome and stylish too. His hair was dark and curly and he had pink lips.




‘What are you doing here?’ he asked while pouring out wine from the bottle into the glass.




I gulped nervously.




‘I …I …’ I paused and looked around. It seemed I’ve forgotten what I came here to do.




‘I came to get a glass of milk for Uhm… Molly’ I replied and quickly went for an empty glass. I took a spoon as well and brought down the tin of milk, but I was too nervous and it fell from my hand, but luckily it didn’t spill on the floor.




Surprisingly, Carl bent down and picked it up. Whaaat?




‘Hey, you don’t have to be twitchy around me, ok? I don’t eat people’ he said with a smiled as he returned the tin to me.




I just stared at him, gob smacked.




‘I’m not Alex’ he further said.




‘I’ve got no issues with ladies, I mean, just as long as you aren’t a commoner’ he added and winked at me, and I managed a nervous smile.




He looked back at his drink and put some ice cubes into the glass. After that, he returned the big bottle into the refrigerator.




‘Nighty – night’ he whispered and winked at me again as he finally left the kitchen with the glass of wine.




I heaved a sigh.




Wow! That was so close. I can’t believe he spoke so nicely to me.




I smiled and prepared the glass of milk, after that, I went with it to Molly’s room.




she was watching a movie when I went in.  I handed it over to her; she collected it and drank from it.




I turned off the TV and got ready to tuck her to bed when she was done with her milk.




‘Alex is mad at me’, she said as she lay on the bed.




‘He wouldn’t talk to me anymore’.




I winced and looked at her.




‘Why?’ I asked.




‘Well, I broke our deal. He’d made me promise him I’ll never have a nanny’, she replied, and I scoffed.




‘Are you serious? So, the rumors are true then? You were really the one sending the nannies away? But, how come you developed interest in me?’, I asked and she shrugged.




‘I don’t know, I guess I just liked you. Please, nanny, can you sing me a song?’ she said and I rolled my eyes and nodded.




‘Okay then.’




I paused and cleared my throat, and then I began singing a Barbie song.




�Now that I’ve seen the world around me




‘Now that the answers are all close




Old concerns behind me




Now adventures ma ………�




She smiled and closed her eyes as I sang along, and by the time I was done, she was already fast asleep.




Wow! What a quick sleep.




I smiled and covered her well with a duvet and turned off the bright light afterwards, leaving only the sleeping light on, then I left the room.




When I got outside, I stood staring at Alex’s room which was adjacent to me. A soft song was playing from there. Could it be him?




I drew closer and placed my ear on the door, trying to see if I could hear him doing anything. I smiled as I listened, but the only thing I could hear was the sound of the music playing.




Oh, Alex! I wonder what he was doing. Could he be sleeping, reading, showering or what?




 I giggled and leaned closer to the door.




‘And what do you think you’re doing?’ I heard a familiar voice and quickly turned around to see Alex standing behind me.




What? I quickly left the door and stuttered for words. I thought he was in the room.




He was putting on a black trouser and a blue shirt; he didn’t have any jewelry on him aside a gold earring on his left ear. His lips were still pink and I got to know they were natural and a cool fragrance came from him.




‘I …I’m sorry sir, I was just…’ I stuttered and just then, his phone rang, he sighed and picked the call.




‘Yes? ... I know. I’ll send it right away.’ He spoke dazily on the phone and walked into his room.




I looked at him as he closed the door and immediately I heaved a big sigh of relief.




Gosh! I thought he was in already.




I looked at the door and thought of drawing near again but I quickly snapped out of the thought and left for my own room.




I smiled happily as I lay on my bed. Seeing Alex gave me so much joy, even though he was mean and cold to me.




 I remembered all the time he stared at me. It was so beautiful. I wish he could get to like me.




               ***




I woke up early the next morning and prepared for school, so I’d also have time to dress molly up.




I went to her room afterwards and helped her bath and dress up.




 Their uniform was a purple shirt, tucked in a short flair skirt and a pair of purple stockings with black sneakers.




I brushed and packed her hair in a ponytail and she looked so sweet.




‘Do the love boys come down for breakfast?’ I asked while packing her hair in front of the mirror.




'Uh...sometimes; but notnot all the time- especially Alex" she replied and I smiled and nodded.




I wish Alex would come down today.




"Nanny, will you sing me more songs today?" She asked after a brief silence and I smiled at her.




"Sure. I'll do that on our way to school" I replied and she nodded happily.




When we were done, I took her bag and left the room with her so we could go to the dining for breakfast.




But when we got outside her room, I met Alex standing outside his.




I developed goose bumps immediately.




He was on a call but rounded it up when he saw us.




He was putting on a white long sleeve with the two upper buttons open, exposing his chest a bit.




And his dark curly hair flopped across his eye.




"Good morning, Alex" molly greeted immediately he dropped the call.




"Yeah" he replied simply and touch his forehead with two fingers.




"Uhm...g...good morning, sir" I greeted nervously with a bow but didn't hear a reply.


"Can I have a word with you, Jeanne?" He said and I lifted my head to see him walking into his room.


Oh, God!


This is a dream.


I looked at Molly and she was looking back at me.


Did Alex just ask to have a word with me in his room?


What could he possibly have in mind?


Read Episode 11 here -- https://youngicee.com/2020/05/the-loverboys-episode-11.html

Restless Episode 87

06:43AM

El Deols, Anthanna.

Sheila was applying sitting in front of the mirror, applying the body cream on her skin when her phone began to ring. She looked back and hesitated for a while before going to pick the phone where it was in the bed. As expected, Adrian was the caller.

"Good morning Adrian," Sheila greeted as she returned to the seat.

"Good morning love, hope you slept well." Adrian replied in cheerful tone from the other end.

"Yes, I did. What about you?" She asked, taking off her finger from the phone and using her right shoulder to hold it up to her ear.

"I did too," he replied. "I just woke up and I wanted to thank you again for your time yesterday."

"Oh! You're welcome," Sheila smiled. "Hope you plan to take your drugs early this morning."

"Yes sure, breakfast is almost ready."

"Good."

"You sound like you're rushing somewhere, I thought you weren't going to work."

"Ermm, Yeah. I was actually sleeping when I got a call from Victoria, she wants me to meet her up at her mall," Sheila replied.

"I see, I'll call you later then," Adrian said.

"Yeah, talk..." she was about concluding when she suddenly remembered something. "Adrian, I forgot to ask you this last night when you called. Did you drop a card on the center table last night?"

"Uhmm, card? What kind of card?"

"Ermm, like a greeting card."

"I didn't come with anything like that with him to your place," Adrian replied.

"Uhmn, okay." Sheila smiled. "We'd talk later in the day then."

"Take care."

"You too."

She dropped the phone on the table in front and hurried up with her dressing. She was ready in fifteen minutes time and she walked out of the room with her bag and the card in her hand.

"Lesedi," she called when she got to the living room.

"Yes ma'am," Lesedi appeared from the hallway, wiping her wet hands on the apron. "Good morning."

"Good morning, how are you doing today?"

"Fine ma'am."

"Good," Sheila said and then raised the card in her hand up. "Is this for you?"

"No," Lesedi shook her head. "I saw it on the floor last night when she drove Adrian back home and kept it on the centre table for you to see."

"Adrian said he didn't drop it," Sheila frowned.

Lesedi shrugged. "Well, I only picked it from the floor."

"Okay, thanks." Sheila shrugged and was about keeping it in her bag but changed her mind. She handed it to Lesedi. "You should confirm from your colleague, it probably dropped from her."

"Okay ma'am," Lesedi cleaned her palms again before taking it.

"I'll see you when I return."

Sheila proceeded out of the house still wondering who the message could be for, she was going to ask her bodyguard to confirm if it had dropped from him the last night.

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07:14AM

"How long will your sister be staying for?" Moses asked his wife who was serving him on the dining table.

He was dressed already, in his sky blue shirt and navy blue tie, his black suit was hung over the backrest of the dining chair. His wife was dressed in house wears with an apron over it, she had a cap on her head covering her hair fully. Two kids were at the living room, dressed in school uniforms and playing with each other.

"Just the weekend," the lady replied him.

"Well, it's okay. She can help us stay with the kids while we spend time out together on Saturday." Moses said.

"My thoughts exactly," she smiled as she dropped the container at the center of the table and covered it. "I'll go change to take the kids to school right away."

"Alright dear," he said as he watched her go in direction of the hallway.

She was about to step into the hallway when she heard the bell of the main entrance ring. She turned back and proceeded to check who was there.

She looked through the peephole, it was a lady dressed in black pants and a collared short sleeve white shirt. She had a hat on and dark glasses covering her face. The stranger did not look like someone evil to her.

"Good morning," she greeted as she opened the door, standing at the entrance.

"Good morning ma'am," Florence greeted back with a smile, she took off the dark eyeglasses covering her eyes. "Is your husband in?"

"Yes, he's in." the wife replied, taking a quick glance back to her husband who was looking in her direction while eating.

"I'll like to see him," Florence stated.

"Please wait, he'll be here with you soon." the wife replied and closed back the door.

"Who's it?" Moses asked.

"A lady, she's here to see you."

"Who's she and where's she from?"

"I didn't ask," she stopped and turned back to the door. The stranger who was looking back turned to her immediately after she opened the door again. "Please, what do you need to see him for?"

Florence was disappointed not to see the man at the door instead. Her impatience grew as she scanned the woman from head to toe with her eyes. She took a step forward and pushed the woman in with her right hand while pushing the door in with the left.

"What the bleep!" Moses cursed as he watched his wife staggering and supporting herself with the wall. Florence stepped in and closed the door immediately.

Moses got up from his seat and headed towards the door immediately while his wife stood back on her feet and tried to attack the intruder.

Florence grabbed her with her right hand easily by the neck and slammed her back to the wall, she took out the gun from the back pocket and pointed at the man who was rushing towards her.

Moses stopped immediately and raised both hands up as he saw the gun pointing to him.

"Move this way," Florence said, pointing to the center of the living room with her gun. Moses obeyed and slowly moved to the center of the living room.

Florence released the grip on the woman's neck and pointed the gun at her. "Move away," sher ordered.

The wife whose eyes were red and watery already coughed as she moved back slowly without turning. Florence kept the gun pointed at her as she walked in Moses direction. She held one of the little innocent kids by the arm and held him close.

"No, please, do not hurt him! I beg you," Moses pleaded. "I'm here and you can do whatever you want with me, please let the kid go."

The wife was also on her knees, pleading and rubbing her palms together. The second child walked to her mum who held her in an embrace.

Florence held the boy closer and pointed the gun to his head.

"I have few questions for you, answer quickly and I'll let go." she threatened.

Moses shook his head steadily in agreement.

"Apart from you and Charles, who else worked with you and Frank in making the sensitive igniter?"

Moses frowned, "I don't know what you're talking about."

"You worked with Frank to produce a sensor that can identify customized voices and words, who else worked with you?" she asked again.

"He breathed out, we are selling out a sensor to Frank but I don't know about the igniter," Moses replied. "The idea of the sensor is a property of the company and he offered to buy the product and the processes but we are yet to agree."

Florence stared at him for a while, considering taking his words as true or questioning him further.

"Who else knows about the sensor?"

"Like I said, it's a product of the SheiDev company, I and Charles were only responsible for the interacting with Frank and negotiating the process of ownership transfer."

She released the boy she was holding and let him run to his mother while she pointed the gun at Frank.

"Take them in," she ordered the woman.

The woman hurriedly held both kids and shakily led them in.

Moses hands were raised and he watched the gun pointed in Florence's hand. He was confused and could find no reason why he had a gunwoman in his house. He was not a bad person and had not hurt anyone and the sensor which she was asking questions about to his knowledge was for a good purpose.

Florence cocked the gun, she felt he didn't deserve to die since he did not know what Frank planned to do with the sensor but she already had the order to kill him.

She saw in his eyes the desperation to live and pleas for mercy as her finger touched the trigger but there was no turning back, she pressed the trigger and the bullet hit him right in the chest. She turned immediately and walked out of the house.

To be continued

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Restless - Episode 87

® 18+ SNVL
© Oyinloye Oluwatosin Emmanuel

01:08 AM
Unknown Location, Bethanna.

For more than an hour after the men left Wilson and Samantha in the room, there was total silence. The two of them felt so weak in their bodies and it felt difficult even Samantha got up to check the doors and windows and see how possible it was for them to break out.

Wilson struggled to find sleep but he could not, he could still feel the pains in his belly and the weakness all over his body but that was not the only reason he couldn't sleep. He was worried about what their fate was and if it would be ever possible to get out of the place. He couldn;t tell for sure what reason they were kidnapped but he had an idea. He thought the abductors were the ruthless men who threw Morris off the cliff and possible were the same assassins who Morris said was after him and Louis. They had probably come to kill Louis too or make him paralyzed the same way Morris was.

One thing he was yet to comprehended however was the man referring to Louis as Carl Winston. He had finally recalled that it was the name of a popular FOX Agent. It wasn't making sense to him but the pain he was feeling all over his body coupled with hunger made him not to think properly or even think of questioning Samantha.

He was finally being able to sleep when he began to hear sounds of distant footsteps approaching. He turned and looked at Samantha who was sitting with her back leaning against the wall to check if she had also heard it.

The footsteps got closer and closer slowly until the door opened. The man in white walked in again but was followed by three men this time, one carrying a chair with him and the other two holding short metal rods.

The chair was dropped at the center of the room close to where the captives were and the man stood beside it, resting his left palm on it.

"I don't plan to use this chair tonight," Hutton began. "I have some questions for you guys and I hope you answer me quickly, if you don't I'll have to sit and watch these men torture you until you are ready to speak."

Wilson, still lying flat on the floor with his head slight raised and his staring at Hutton was gripped with fear in his heart as he heard Hutton's words. He wondered what the questions were and hoped the answers required will not be the ones that would put the life of Morris or Louis in danger. He managed to gather himself and sit on her side with the other knee slightly raised up.

"Where is Carl Winston presently?" Hutton asked, looking directly into Wilson's face.

Wilson heart almost failed him as his eyes met with Hutton's. He blinked and gasped unconsciously and directed his gaze to Samantha as if to seek for permission to speak.

"What exactly do you want from Carl Winston?" Samantha spoke up.

"Well, that's too bad." Hutton let out a brief devilish smile. "Why do you answer questions with questions?" He shrugged and then stepped to the back of the chair, and placed the second palm on it, gripping the top of the backrest with his fingers. "Just answer my questions without wasting time."

"Well, I do not know where Carl Winston is, he left us for something else."

Hutton chuckled. He redirected his gaze to Wilson who was alos staring at him. "Where exactly is Carl Winston?"

Wilson lips trembled for a moment, he was still wondering why Samantha had also confirmed Louis to be Carl Winston when Hutton faced him with the question.

He glanced at Samantha again and returned his gaze to Hutton.

"I don't know...where he is," he finally stammered

Hutton took in a breath and turned to one of the men by Wilson's side, giving him a signal with a nod. He turned to the other side and gave the same signal to the second man.

The men stepped forward and pulled Wilson and Samantha closer together to the front of the seat leaving about two and half metres space in between.

Hutton stepped forward and sat on the chair.

"I'll ask again for the last time, where is Carl Winston presently?"

There was no response from the two, Samantha kept an expressionless face while Wilson was shaking his face was full of fright.

Hutton took in a deep breath and gave an eye signal to the men who were ready for his instructions. They both turned almost immediately, the man beside Wilson dug the rod into the side of his belly while the one beside Samantha struck her from the from.

Wilson screamed and fell on the floor rolling while Samantha remained jerked like she felt an impulse of throwing up with a more silent groan. The man beside Samantha struck her again but this time by the belly side and she fell on the floor and rolled just like Wilson, writhing in pain. Wilson was lashed twice on the back with the rod before he was picked up and dragged back to the previous position.

The second man followed Samantha as she rolled in pain and waited for her to reduce her movement before piercing the rod straight into her belly again.

Wilson felt so weak and unable to keep himself in sitting position, the man had to support him with his knees at the back and held up his chin for him to look at Hutton.

"Where is Carl Winston?" Hutton asked Wilson again.

Wilson could feel the pain transferring all over his body and he forced himself to breathe in and out and keep life in his body. He heard Hutton's question but found it difficult to open his eyes or even his mouth but the man holding his chin kept on shaking him to make him keep his eyes opened.

"Where's Carl?" Hutton asked one more time, bending forward to look into his eyes.

"He's... He's in Bethanna," he managed to say.

Hutton sat up and looked at the face of the man holding him. He made a nod towards the door, giving the man a sign to take Wilson out of the room.

Samantha watched Wilson was being lifted and carried out of the room on the man's shoulder. She was just being dragged to the previous position and did not know what had happened with Wilson. She also found it difficult to sit on her own but was helped by the man behind her. She also could not raise her head properly at him but managed to raise her eyes to his face.

"Tell me where Carl Winston is, or continue your suffering?" Hutton said, leaning forward again to look into her face.

She took in few deep breaths and a determined look formed on her face.

"Carl Winston is in your bleeping ass," she smirked.

Hutton smiled softly as he leaned back. He stared at her face for a while before he looked up at the face of the man behind her.

"Hang her back to the poles," he said and immediately got up from his seat. He proceeded straight out of the room.

The third man joined to move Samantha back to the back wall where the poles were, the chains were still locked around her wrists and ankles.

Samantha managed to keep on breathing softly as one of the man held her up while the other man bent to lock the other parts of the fetters on her feet to the poles. He rose up and they both locked the top parts to the poles. They walked out after, leaving her alone in the room.

It was the most discomforting position to be. Her feet were too weak to sustain her weight but there was nothing else she could lean on, she couldn't lean against any of the poles at either sides because of the lengths of the chains and the distance of the poles to her body. Her back could also not touch the wall behind. It was going to be her worst night ever and she wasn't sure she could survive.

�The Vipers Girl �

(You mess � with the wrong person)

⚡By Hossana Isaac O ⚡

(Hossy Korean Series)

�Chapter 11�

�Leon�

I came downstairs and noticed that there was a shiny material on the floor close to the entrance. I went there and picked it up. It was a bracelet.

Must belong to Rosa

I sat down on the cushion and dropped the bracelet on the table. I brought out my phone and went through the pictures of our newly acquired cars.

I'm going to choose mine first then the other men would. We're going to take them on some operations

I wanted to go upstairs and give Rosa her bracelet when Bad Boy's call came in

�hello boss

�I'll be back tomorrow but don't tell Rosa

�haa, okay I won't. Come on time because she misses you a lot

�okay, go and ask her if she's in need of anything so you'll order it for her

�okay boss

He hung up and I stood up and went upstairs. I knocked on her door but there was no answer

Me: Rosa, it's me Leon

I knocked again and she didn't answer

I pushed the door a little and it opened. I gently entered

Me: Rosa! Rosa are you in here?

The room was quiet

I walked towards the bathroom door and waited to hear any sound

Since there was none, I knocked. I kept knocking and then I pushed the door open. I looked through all the sections but didn't see Rosa

�she might be by the pool side�

I closed the door and went downstairs to the pool side

She wasn't there. I started to have feelings of worry

I asked the guards on duty and they said they last saw her entering the security guard's office.

When did Rosa start visiting the security guard? Is it because of boredom?

I went there and met only the guard

Me: where's Rosa?

Guard: I haven't seen her today

My heart gave a thump sound as if it was thrown into a bucket of water

Me: what do you mean by that?

Guard: I haven't seen her today

Me: what! She came into your office today.... Did you leave here??

My voice was becoming harsh and my eyes turned red

Guard: I.. I've been here since morning. But I went to use the bathroom once

I glared at him and went outside. He followed me out too

I went back to the guards on duty

Me: he says he hasn't seen her today

Men: we saw her going there about an hour ago

My brows raised

Me: what! An hour ago, and you didn't see her coming back

They shook their heads

Me: ahhhhh...

I punched one of the men and kicked the other. The remaining ones shifted back to avoid my wrath

Me: you bunch of hobos. Why are you all so stupid? Didn't I order you to keep an eye on her? Do you know our heads are in danger if she's in trouble? Everyone of you go round the house and find her! NOW!

They all dispersed and went to find Rosa. They too know how Bad Boy loves that girl. If she gets a scratch on our skin because of our carelessness, then we might be in the grave soon

Guard: I'm sure she's somewhere here. She wouldn't go out without telling you and even if she did, I'm sure she'll come back

Me: I hope we find her soon. Bad Boy is coming back tomorrow

I looked away with my hands on my waist.

If by any chance Rosa was taken by Ron, then there's going to be trouble for me and for Ron

�Kick �

Me: I told you that we could count on Byreom.

Ron: by bringing a girl?

Me: boss, don't you see this? She means a lot to him. If you touch her now, you touch his weak point.

Ron: what makes you think she's that important to him?

Me: when we bombed that house, Bad Boy thought she was in it. He thought she died in it. Byreom told us that he was all moody and drunk throughout. She definitely is he's weak point

Ron: bring her to me. Let me see this girl that Bad Boy is in love with

I left and went to the room where she was tied up and blindfolded.

She felt my presence and sat well.

I grabbed her tied hands up and she groaned

Girl: where are you taking me? Please let me go. Please I'm begging you

She began to cry.

Me: shut up. You're making so much noise. Or I'll kill you

She began to sulk and I grinned. I pushed her to the room where Ron was.

She fell down and her elbow got bruised

Ron: untie her....

I untied her eyes and hands and she looked up at Ron

Ron: such a pretty girl. A rare gem.....

He bent down and began to arrange her scattered hair

Me: Bad Boy sure has good eyes. Haha

Ron brought his hand to touch her face

Girl: don't touch me

She jerked off and Ron laughed

Ron: if I want to touch you, will you be able to object?

She kept quiet and looked down

Ron: I like your dress. You look beautiful in it

He lifted her face and she looked at him

Ron: what's your name?

She didn't answer

I cocked my gun and looked at her

Girl: Rosa

Ron: Kick, take Rosa up to my room and lock her up. I'll be there soon

I nodded and grabbed her up and took her to Ron's room




�Ron�

I went upstairs about ten minutes later. I opened my door and saw her sniffing and crying on her knees.

I smirked and went to her

Me: angels don't cry...

I wiped her tears and kissed her cheek. Her eyes widened and I tried to pull her up. Halfway up, she kicked me very hard in the balls and I groaned painfully and released her. She fell down but stood up almost immediately. She tried to run out but I threw a stool and it met her leg. She shouted and fell down and as she was falling, her head hit the door and she passed out

I slowly and painfully sat on the bed. I took my phone and called Kick

�bring me a camera. Let me teach this bitch a lesson

�Leon�

I paced around the living room not knowing what else to do. Rosa is not yet back and the sun has gone down

We checked the security cameras and she truly went outside and even took a taxi

Where the hell was I when all these were going on?

What do I tell Bad Boy?

And I don't have her number. Did she go and visit a friend?

I sat down not knowing what else to ask myself. Just then Bad Boy called. My body began to shake

�boss..

�where is Rosa?

My heart dropped

�I.... She's...

�is she upstairs? I've been calling her but she's not picking

�Bad Boy... Rosa is... She's not...

�did something happen to her??

�she's.. She's missing

� Bad Boy �

�whaaaaaaat!

�she left the house without informing me and she's not back yet

�Leon! How dare you let her go outside! What happened to the guards? What about the men? How could you all be so careless? Find Rosa or y'all will be dead!

I hung up and angrily yelled. I threw my phone to the bed and punched the wall

Nothing should happen to my Rosa.

I'll kill all of them if they dare it.

I sat on my bed and took my phone. I called Max. One of the deadliest men I've got

�Max, my girl's been taken

�I know

�what do we do?

�you have an inside man from Ron

�what? Who is he? Get him and make him talk

I hung up and took my documents and luggage. Then I went to the airport and took the next flight to Korea

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Leon: we just need to know who has her

.i looked at his broken lips and swollen cheek. He looks pathetic. It's his fault we haven't heard anything from Rosa.

When I arrived few hours ago, I couldn't control myself and I vented out my whole anger on him. If not for Max who stopped me, I would have killed him

Max: where is your weapon man?

Me: Leon answer that

Leon: he's always upstairs in the weapon room

Max: we need his assistance. Go and call him

One of the men went up to call him

Max: Bad Boy, what's happening to you?

I looked up

Me: what do you mean?

Max: the Bad Boy I know is mean and vicious. He's a terror who has no time for any other emotion apart from anger. But right now, the Bad Boy I'm seeing is trapped by a girl's disappearance. Tell me, have you found love in her?

My eyes reddened

Me: this isn't a matter of love. I don't have time for love

He laughed

Max: let's just say, you don't know what love is. Or you would have known that you're in love with Rosa

I wanted to say something else but the guard came down and said the weapon man and he's properties were gone

Max: look for him and bring him back alive

I stood up and went to the window

�whosoever is with Rosa is trying my patience

My phone beeped and I checked it out. I opened my phone and saw three pictures

Me: what the Bleep

My fist tightened, my teeth gritted, my brows furrowed and I yelled out in anger

Ron just awakened the viper in me

�Rosa�

Ron tried to have sex with me but something happened that saved me. My period came up

He was so angry that he kicked my tummy so hard.

Nevertheless, he still took pictures of me and gave it to Kick.

I was almost naked and was badly injured

I begged Kick to give me my bag and he did

I was locked up again. I was so hungry and tired

I felt really bad for disobeying Bad Boy. I just hope they don't kill me

� Bad Boy �

I have never been this angry in my life. Ron has gone too far. He went too far

Leon took the phone and saw the pictures too. He looked at me and looked at the phone again

I grabbed one of the guns on the table and made my way upstairs.

I went to my room and took whatever it is that I could take. I went back downstairs and Leon gave me the phone.

There was a message on it

�come and take your girl

I traced the location of the sender and nodded. I checked the time, it was few minutes after 5am.

Me: time runs fast

I took my keys and headed out




�Rosa �

Early in the morning, I was carried to a van and it drove to the outskirts of the city. I was loosened and taken to a cliff

They ordered me to stand there or I'll be shot

I was so scared. I thought they were going to push me down.

They all went and hid behind trees and rocks. I stood there for ten minutes then I saw a car driving very fast and creating a cloud of dust as it drove closer

I began to shiver and cry. Suddenly the car stopped and Bad Boy came out

All my fears vanished

Me: Bad Boy?

He saw me and tightened his fist. He looked so angry

He ran to me but suddenly all the guards came out and all the guns were pointing at him

Ron came out

Bad Boy glared at him. He was just few inches away from me and Ron was behind him

Ron: truly the downfall of a man is a woman

Bad Boy : and the death of a man is where he touches another man's woman

Ron laughed and turned to go then he stopped halfway

Ron: good luck going out of here alive.

He left and each man cocked his gun

Bad Boy moved to me. I cried and hugged him




Bad Boy : you got yourself into this mess

Me : I'm so sorry...

We disengaged and he looked at my bruised cheek

Man: enough! You're out numbered! Surrender or die!

He turned and faced the men. I held his hand

Me: we can't defeat this whole men. Let's just surrender

Bad Boy : yeah you're right. WE can't defeat them all. But I CAN

He smirked and wore sunglasses.

Suddenly, he threw something on the ground and it exploded. Everywhere turned white, I couldn't see a single thing. It was like very thick fog � . It was stinging my eyes so I closed them

The only thing I was hearing were bones breaking, people groaning, someone being kicked, gun shots and people falling

After peeping through my fingers to see if the fog would subside, I saw Bad Boy standing alone. I uncovered my eyes and saw the men on the ground. Some groaning in pain and some motionless.

My eyes widened

How did he do it?

He removed his glasses and walked back to me

Bad Boy : I'm sorry I forgot to give you a sunglass to cover your eyes after I exploded the smoke bomb. You should have seen how I kicked their asses

He laughed and my eyes widened even more

He carried me on his shoulder and took me to the car. Then he went back to a man who was groaning on the ground




Bad Boy : tell Ron that he has once again failed. But I won't let him go scot free for laying his bloody hands on my girl




He stood up and walked back to the car, entered it and turned to me




Bad Boy : buckle up girl, this is gonna be a bumpy ride.....

He started the car and took off in a very high speed that I felt like I was flying in the air


To be continued

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86 contd


PRESENT

"Bring him here," Hutton said to the men and they proceeded quickly to loose Wilson the same way they did to Samantha. Wilson dropped to the floor weakly but they picked him and dragged him closer to where Samantha was.

Wilson was put in a sitting position beside Samantha and he remembered everything that happened previously. He looked around and wondered why they weren't in a police cell instead. Samantha was groaning in pains beside him, in a partially crawling position. Her groan was what woke him from his deep slumber.

"Look here young man," Hutton called his attention in a soft voice.

Wilson looked up on hearing Hutton's voice. He saw the face and saw the mode of dressing, it didn't look like that of a police officer. He squinted his eyes at Hutton.

"You look like someone that would cooperate with us better and I hope you really do," Hutton said with an evil smile.

Wilson glanced at Samantha who was by his side and he felt she was trying to communicate something to her by the way she looked at him but all he saw in her face was the pains she was going through.

"What do I need to do?" he asked.

Samantha gave him a warning stare but he wasn't looking at her.

"We know you work for Carl Winston and we've seen him together with you before," Hutton continued. "We would let you go freely if you're ready to give us information about him."

"Carl Winston?" Wilson frowned. He had heard the name before but he wasn't sure of where he heard it from. "I don't know what you're talking about," he replied, looking at Hutton's face.

"I think you do not understand what I just said, you've been spotted on more than one occasion with Carl and we are sure you work with him." Hutton said to him.

"Who is Carl?"

Hutton stared at him thinly for a while, being infuriated that he was trying to feign ignorance. He moved closer to him and suddenly sent a heavy kick into his belly which sent him groaning aloud and tumbling.

"You've been going around with Carl for days and you were with him in Kebba, we watched all of that and you're still trying to play pranks on us." Hutton fired angrily.

Wilson could hear Hutton's words even as he groaned in deep pains and he realized that the person they were talking about was Henry whom he only knew as Louis but he wondered why Hutton was calling him Carl Winston.

"Boss, you have a call." one of the men said after taking out Hutton's phone.

Hutton turned to him and collected the phone, he checked the screen and took another look at Samantha and Wilson before walking out of the room. The other two men followed him.
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El Deols, Anthanna

Sheila walked back into the house after dropping Adrian off at his place. She dropped the car keys on the drawer below the television and turned back to walk into her room when something caught her attention on the center table. She walked there and picked it up, it was a small card and in it were written affectionate words. She smiled as she read it to herself, believing it was from Adrian.

She got confused towards the end when it talked about the days she had been kept lonely. It made her doubt for a moment if it was meant for her but she shrugged and took it along with her into her room.

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Lion's Club

Daniel did not leave the club hall immediately like the manager advised him, he sat waiting and watching to see if he would get anything useful before leaving. He was sitting quietly, his fingers wrapped around a bottle of beer which he had barely taken a sip from when he noticed that armed men were walking through the hall hurriedly, looking like they were looking for someone in the hall. He wondered what was happening and got up to find out. He did not get full details of the answer, he was only told someone was stabbed to death by one of the customers who was leaving the place after everywhere went silent and the security men began to raid the place.

He later got to find out from one of the security men who he had earlier introduced himself to that a lady stabbed one of the VIP members of the club. He got to the back of the building to see the dead body and how it was stabbed. By the time the police arrived, the club was almost empty except for the workers in the place who had to be around. Dan stepped aside for the police to carry out their investigations as he knew nothing about the whole murder. He left the place after some minutes of the police arrival, planning to return the next day for his own investigations.

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"Francis is dead," she said into her mouthpiece as she drove towards the bridge in the dark night.

"Did you confirm his death before leaving?" Aaron asked from the other end.

"There was no way he could have survived, the knife I stabbed him with was poisoned." she replied.

"And did you get the necessary information from him?"

"I got the names of two men and a firm, I'll be working on them immediately."

"Good, I'll update the chairman of your progress."

"Okay, I think someone else was after Francis, I don't know who it is." she said.

"Why do you say so?"

"Someone gave him a package from the club house few minutes before I killed him, inside it was a tracker hidden secretly."

"And do you have an idea who it is?"

"No, I picked up the carton containing the package to check if I could recognize the labels on it but I didn't, I threw the carton away already."

"I believe you don't need me to warn you to be careful," Aaron replied. "It could b the FOX or an enemy of our organization, thread carefully and report when you notice any anomaly."

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Hex Hotel, Anthanna.

"Damn damn damn," Henry cursed silently under his breath after taking his time to hack into the Bethanna security cameras server but still could not find footages of what happened to Samantha and Wilson on the road, the only thing he saw was the car left by the road side the same way Dave saw it.

He picked up his phone and dialed Dave's number.

"Hey Dave, where are you now?" he asked.

"On our way to Bexford," Dave replied.

"Are you sure no one is following you?"

"Yeah boss, I made sure no one followed us."

"Okay, you and Jenny should focus on keeping the Doctor and Sophia safe for now. You might need to leave them and meet me tomorrow, I'll give you details later." He said and ended the call.

He was about to dial Cole when the call came in from Cole.

"Hey Cole, do you have it done already?"

"No boss, where are you please?" Cole asked.

"Sorry I didn't tell you I won't be coming any longer, I'm in your hotel room, do you need my help?" Henry replied.

"Yes please, I need to track a ca. I need it to be done urgently because I'm following already and can't track it myself while I'm driving."

Henry frowned. "I thought you were going to track him with the package, don't you have the tracking app on your phone configured to follow the device?"

"I have all that boss and I got the package delivered to him but something else happened and now there's a twist," Cole answered. "Someone killed him after he received my package and that's who I'm after now."

"Wow!" Henry exclaimed. He seemed baffled for a while and didn't speak for close to a minute.

"You there boss?"

"Yeah," Henry replied in a weak voice. "Retreat right away."

"Huh?" Cole seemed surprised to hear his instruction.

"Yeah, retreat immediately and return to the hotel."

"Boss, I'm following the murderer, she may posses what we need." Cole said in a somewhat aggressive tone.

"Withdraw immediately," Henry insisted. "It could just be a trap for us."

"But boss..."

"It's an order and I'm not negotiating it," Henry fired at him. "Retreat immediately!"

___

Cole marched the brakes angrily and hissed in frustration, the car was stopped at the centre of the road but he did not bother to move aside because no car was coming behind. It was midnight already and hardly did he come across any other motorist as he drove for the past few minutes.

He hissed again and stamped his palms on the steering wheel angrily. He still felt the urge to follow Florence and find out who she was and why she killed Francis but he had to obey Henry's orders.

After some few seconds of breathing silently in anger, he reversed and turned back.

___

Unknown Hotel, El Deols.

Florence was back in the hotel room with only her bra and pant on. This time, she was sitting behind the table with her laptop in front and Francis' two phones by the side.

She had watched the man who handed the carton over to Francis but did not know where he brought the carton from. She needed to know who it was who was tracking Francis also to avoid an unprepared clash, but having no information about it, she could not do anything.

On her laptop screen was the google search results for the SheiDev firm. She read the Wikipedia result for it and got details more details about the company and it's headquarter location in El Deols. After that she began to search for profiles online for Moses and Eston who worked in SheiDev. It was easy for her as their business profiles were on LinkedIn, she saw their positions as top staffs of the organization. After getting their surnames , she proceeded to search for their profiles on facebook to pull out more information concerning them and their families. After a total of one hour work, she was ready with information enough to kill her next two victims and she was going to get both done the next day, the first man in the morning and then other later in the day.

___

01:08AM

Hex Hotel

Cole walked straight to the bed and sank in after getting into the room. He spoke no word to Henry who was using his laptop at the table and Henry also did not look at him. The silence in the room remained until after ten minutes.

"I know the lady who killed him," Cole broke his silence. "And I was going after her to find out why."

Henry glanced at him. "You know her or you saw her killing him?"

"I didn't see her killing him, but I'm a hundred percent sure that she killed him," he said, clearing his throat after.

"And do you have an idea where she is from or who she works for?"

"She's from Bethanna, we arrived El Deols on the same flight, her seat was next to mine."

Henry turned with his eyes widened at Cole in shock. He got up from the seat immediately and walked to the door, he opened and peeped carefully to check the corridor.

"Are you sure no one followed you here?"

Cole stared at him with his brows gathered together, wondering what he was doing. "I came here alone."

Henry did not return to the table, he opened the wardrobe and took out two pistols he kept there. Cole squinted at him.

"You said you were with her on the plane," Henry turned back to him.

"Yes, we sat next to each other and we discussed briefly."

"Damn!" Henry exclaimed. "The Wolves have gone farther than I thought, they probably know everything about us now."

He said as he walked back to the table.

"What are you talking about?" Cole got up and turned to him.

Henry close up the laptop after hibernating it, he picked the bag and put it in.

"Are you sure no one followed you here tonight?" Henry asked again.

"Yes," Cole said in a bold voice and then frowned at him. He was beginning to get confused.

"Samantha and Wilson were kidnapped on their way back to Vincil, the Wolves must have done it. It means they were silently following me all the while."

"What? How could that have happened? And who is Wilson?"

"Wilson was the one who helped me find Rex, but as it is, Rex was used as a trap for me." Henry turned the chair backward from the table and sat.

Cole was more confused.

"Rex is incapacitated," Henry continued to explain. "He wasn't lucky to escape death as whole as I was and he's been treated by local doctors in Kebba. The Wolves knew all these while where he was but kept him alive to trap me, they knew I was going to look for him if I found out he was alive and so they were waiting for us at Kebba."

Henry's mind flashed back as he spoke and he recalled how they had driven into Kebba on the first day. He imagined Agents of the Wolves around and watching them that day. He remembered the cameras and knew the Wolves must have placed them there and they probably did not attack them at the hotel because they knew he had seen the cameras and would be ready for any surprise.

"The Wolves now know I'm alive and they are out to stop me," Henry stared up at Cole. "It's possible they know about the rest of you too, and may be meeting that woman in the plane was not an accident, it could have been part of their trap."

Cole thought about it. There was no way anyone could have found out about his trip to Anthanna. The only two people he had told was Jenny and Henry, so it would have not been possible for anyone to know without they telling them but he was still confused. Florence killed Francis and that was a pointer that she could have something to do with the Wolves truly. Could it have been a trap like Henry said or was their meeting in the plane just a coincidence?

"Even if your flight with her was a coincidence, we should not fall into their traps again by meeting them without being well prepared," Henry spoke out after a long silence, as if he knew what Cole was thinking.

"Have you been able to locate those who kidnapped Samantha?" Cole asked.

"We have no idea, they did a good job clearing the records." Henry replied.

"So, there's almost no way to get Samantha out?"

"There is a way to do so but first we have to take Rex out of Kebba and get him to safety."

"You still want to go back to Kebba? I thought that's where they got us."

"Yes, but I can't leave Rex there. He's paralyzed and they would easily end his life if he isn't taken to a place they can't reach."

Cole thought about it for a while, he could see a glimpse of fear in Henry's eyes and could tell Henry cared deeply about his friend. That was a weakness Henry warned them about during their weeks of training before the mission started. He had said it was always difficult to overcome it but may be impossible sometimes to avoid as long as one has family and friends close.

"What do we do after taking him out? How do we get Samantha back?"

"The only way out after that..."Henry paused for a second and stared at Cole's face. "Is surrendering myself to the wolves."

Cole widened his eyes in shock, surprised that he was saying something that could not be possible. If the Wolves could get Henry, then the mission was already over.

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Restless - Episode 86

® 18+ SNVL
© Oyinloye Oluwatosin Emmanuel

FLASHBACK
30 Minutes ago.

"I'm at the back now," Francis said into the phone as he got behind the building, his eyes searching around the space to see if she was anywhere.

There was a space in between the main building of the club house and a smaller building behind it. The front door of the small building was the entrance to the store for the club house provision and was usually locked at nights as the workers would have taken out everything they needed to use for the night since afternoon, only on few occasions when they needed extra supplies was the place opened. By the left side of the building was another entrance and it led to a restroom which was meant for only staffs of the place. The third entrance was at the back of the building and it led into the store room for the security officials of the place.

"I'll call you in thirty seconds." she replied from the other end.

He stopped walking and dipped his hand into his pocket while having the small carton under the armpit of the left.

"Good evening Francis," a security guard greeted him.

"Good evening," Francis turned and greeted him back. He realized the man had stepped out of wherever he was because of him. "I'm waiting for a call," Francis explained to the man who nodded understandingly and returned to where he was sitting at the front of the store.

Francis phone rang and he answered.

"Turn towards the restroom, I'm waiting there for you," the voice said.

"Okay."

Francis proceeded in the direction he was called to. He turned and walked some few more steps before getting to the entrance of the toilet.

She was standing on the corridor, her two hands placed in front of her with her fingers locked.

"Florence," he called to confirm she was the one.

"Yeah, Francis," she called back his name and made her way to the ground.

The place was quite dark, the bulbs at the side walls were off and only a reflection from the light in the restroom through the window was seen outside.

"Kahn sent me to you," Florence said, now standing in front of him.

He looked directly into her eyes like she stared at him. It was Kahn's first time of sending a woman to him and she didn't look like a weak one, instead there was something evil in her eyes.

"I know, he asked you to deliver something to me." he replied.

She nodded. She dipped her right hand into the front pocket of her jacket and brought out something. It was wrapped in a transparent nylon and had a shape of a mathematical set.

She stretched it forth to him and he stretched out his hand to hold it, but she withdrew her hand.

He stared at her face.

"I was asked to get something from you before releasing it," she said.

"What's that?"

"You collaborated with other individuals in building the sensor, may I know who those other individuals are?"

"Why? That's not a part of the deal, I'm the only one working with you directly and you have no business knowing those working with me."

"We need to know them to be certain of the number of men who knows our secrets," Florence replied.

"I don't agree, we never said that from the beginning, just hand over my tool to me."

She sighed and then stretched it to him again, she released it this time and as he grabbed the other edge of it, he felt something press down and then a red light beamed on the other side.

"What's this?" he frowned at her, taking the object out of the nylon to see a remote control embedded at the centre.

"By holding that end of the processor, you have just activated an explosive." she replied as she dipped her hands into her pockets at both sides. She took out her phone from the right and a small device which had the shape and size of a match box from the left.

She turned the large size of the device to him and it showed a timer counting down and five buttons under it, the timer was about a minute and two seconds. She unlocked her phone and turned the screen to show him a picture. He widened his eyes as he saw his car that was parked at the VIP garage, an explosive device had been attached under the boot.

"You have fifty more seconds, or you'd go back to meet the ashes of all the men waiting for you."

He checked the timer in her hand again, it was forty eight seconds. He thought about his chances, there was no way he could run out quickly to warn the men. He couldn't also take the device from her and deactivate it himself, he would need the password which only she knew.

"Just stop the timer first and I'll tell you." he pleaded in a shaky voice.

"You have forty seconds left," she replied unwavering.

"Okay, ermm... I had Moses and Eston from SheiDev," he answered in a frustrated tone.

"Where is SheiDev and what are the full names of the men?" she asked.

Thirty two seconds left.

"I don't remember their full names," he answered. "They work as developers and they are top staffs of the firm SheiDev which is located here in El Deols."

"Where can I find them tonight?"

"I don't know their houses, I only met them at the company."

She kept quiet for some seconds. Twenty seconds was left and she didn't seem to be in hurry.

"I feel that you are lying to me," she said, raising her brows.

"No, I'm not, I swear with my life."

Florence stared at his face for some more seconds until eight seconds was left. She turned the device in her hand and punched in the four digits password before deactivating at three seconds.

"Who the hell do you think you are to threaten me?" he asked in an angry tone after heaving a sigh of relief.

"I'm your death," she chuckled sardonically, looking straight into his eyes after dropping the device back into her pocket.

He threw a blow to her face but she dodged easily by shifting her face. She grabbed him with her hands by his arm close to the shoulder region and sent a kick to his belly with her knee.

Out of frustration, he turned with another blow to her but she grabbed his fists and turned him swiftly, she slammed his back to the fence wall behind and pinned him to the wall with her fist around his neck and her knee to his groin.

Francis struggled to free himself but he felt so much pain that weakened his whole body. He had thought he would get her easily and even though she didn't hold him with too much strength, she had him at the right place. He knee was crushing his genitals and her fist was tightened on his neck, cutting short the supply of oxygen in his body.

She placed a knife with the other hand close to his neck.

"Your only daughter attends Howard School and your wife works as a school teacher there," she said in warning note to him. "Tell me the whole truth or I kill them first thing tomorrow morning."

"Spare me please, I've told you everything." he managed to say with his choked voice.

He widened his eyes in horror as she drove the blade of the knife into his belly for the first time, she took it out and released her grip from his neck. He thought that was all until she suddenly stabbed him again two more times before leaving him to fall on the ground.

She cleaned the blood stained blade of the knife on his trousers before inserting it back into the cover. She put it into her pocket and turned back. She saw the carton which had he dropped in his hands and picked it up, she took out the device in it and checked it for a moment before throwing it on his dead body. She searched his trouser's pocket and took out two phones, she silence them and hid them inside her jacket before she walked out of the place.

Life oozed slowly out of Francis as the blood rushed out. His vision was blur as he watched Florence walk away. He had regrets for his life and his decisions at that point of death. Even after knowing Kahn led a dangerous and evil organization, he had decided to work for Kahn because of the money but he never thought the same evil would end his life so abruptly.

He breathed his last, his eyes left wide open.

The Vipers Girl �




�By Hossana Isaac O.�




�Chapter 10 �

�Bad Boy�

I stood still, not knowing what exactly to do. I heard her sobbing and felt bad

I wrapped my arms around her and she tightened the hug.

Me: I'm glad you're back

I lifted her face and she smiled. I couldn't smile because my mood didn't change, but deep down I was happy

Rosa: you're not happy to see me?

Me: I am

I smiled

She hugged me again and I brought her to the room.

Rosa: the wallpaper is no longer here

I smiled as I took her to the bed




Me: I ripped it off




Rosa: why do you look so tensed up and all red




Me: because you made me this way. I was kinda angry




Rosa: still angry?




I chuckled and bit her ear




Rosa: ouch....




She fell on the bed and held her ear




Me: hahaha, I'm not angry anymore. Wait here...




I stood up and walked to the bathroom. I stood over the sink and washed my face. It turned back to normal and I stared at my reflection in the mirror.




Me: I'm kinda handsome




I poured water on my head and face then looked at the mirror again. I smiled, ever since I was a kid, I looked cute whenever my hair and face were wet. I pulled a towel out of the towel rack and dried my face and hair then walked back to the room. Rosa was looking at my phone.




Me: hey




She looked up at me and I sat beside her




Rosa: why don't you have pictures in your phone?




Me: there are pictures in it




Rosa: I mean your personal photos. The only pictures here are of guns, sites, cars, bombs, and naked ladies




I chuckled




Me: I have personal pictures. Lots of them.




Rosa: where are they?




I took the phone from her and opened up the place where I hid my Bad Boy pictures




She took the phone and went through them




Rosa: wow hot... Cool... Oh my God!




I looked at the phone and chuckled at the picture




Rosa: you are really fashionable. Where did you take this picture?




Me: somewhere in Japan when I went to get my clo......




I cut myself shut because I was about to tell her a top secret of mine.




Rosa: I love this particular picture. You're so cute here.... Gosh




I looked at the picture and smiled. It was a picture I took while I was coming out of a stream down a waterfall in China. Of course my hair was wet




She kept staring at the picture.




Me: that's enough or I'm gonna get ugly




She laughed and scrolled to another one. I stood up to wear my shirt




Rosa: there's a viper on your back....




Me: do you want one?




Rosa: noo




I wore my shirt and pulled her up




Me: let's go down for dinner




Rosa: do you have a maid here?




Me: no female worker is here.




Rosa: why??




I stopped and looked at her




Me: my men won't let her legs close even for a day




Rosa: eww




I looked at her face and she looked disgusted




I think she's a bit of an innocent girl




We walked down to the dinning room and met an already set table




Rosa : wow....




I pulled a chair for her and she sat down. I sat adjacent her and uncovered the food. I checked the drink and called the attention of the chef to change them to ordinary water because it was alcohol




It was changed and Rosa and I ate while talking like brother and sister. We were already fighting over chicken �and sauce and we laughed at regular intervals




We finished dinner and went outside the house. The guards were all over but she was no longer scared




I carried her and sat her down on the car then stood in front of her with my arms beside her on the car




Rosa : the stars � are up




She looked up at the sky and I looked too. I never noticed skies at night before




Me: don't look up. I'm jealous




I pulled her face down and she laughed




Rosa: a taste of your own medicine




Me: what do you mean by that?




She smirked




I looked at her thoughtfully, it seems she really got jealous over Fedora and I




Me: give me the phone




She gave me and I turned around and turned on the camera




Rosa: what are you doing?




Me: taking a picture with you.




She kept her hand over my shoulder and I took one photo




Me: no, it's too cold. Let's make it warmer




I carried her from the car and dropped her on the ground. I stood behind her and held the phone with my right hand then used my left hand to cross over her chest like I was drawing her close to me




Her hands moved up and restingly held my left hand. I smiled at her then took the picture.




Me: now that's better...




She smiled and looked at me




Me: I'll get you a phone tomorrow morning. I'll soon be really busy so you'll be able to call me whenever you miss me




I drew her hand and cuddled her cheek




Me: is that okay with you?




Rosa: yes




I smiled and pinched her nose




Me: Good girl




�Rosa�




(A week later)




To be honest, this house is boring without Bad Boy. I just feel half alive. I can't sleep, can't watch TV because I'm not used to watching TV alone anymore. I can't do anything fun




I groaned and reluctantly stood up. I walked outside and tried to walk round the whole house but laziness wouldn't let me




I took my phone and sat on the cushion in the living room. I began to play games. A guard walked into the room and I looked at him




Guard: hello Miss




Me: hello




He sat down on the cushion and I became surprised. He's not acting like a guard.




Oh I recall his face, he's the guy who brought pizza for me the first day I came




Guy: you're Rosa right?




Me: yeah and you are?




Guy: Leon...




Me: nice to meet you Leon




I looked into my phone again




Leon: Bad Boy will be back in two weeks




I looked up




Me: what? But he said it was just going to be one week




Leon: you miss him already?




Me: well...I.. Not that I miss him but he's supposed to do something for me




He brought out a pack of cigarettes and lighted one




Leon: care for a cigarette




Me: no thanks. I don't smoke...




I stood up




Me: we'll see some other time Leon




I went back upstairs and decided to take a nap




I closed my eyes and soon fell asleep




�Bad Boy �




I came back and hurried inside because I was really missing Rosa. Though I won't spend the night because I have to rush back to Japan tonight.




While I was coming, I bought a bigger teddy bear for her. I  entered the living room and saw Leon




He stood up immediately




Leon: boss? You're back?




Me: yeah... Why are you sitting here?




Leon: I just got back from the campaign for the governor and I haven't gone to my room




Me: where's Rosa?




He raised an eyebrow and stared at me as if he didn't hear me




Me: Leon, where's Rosa?




Leon: Bad Boy, what's between the two of you? Is she your girlfriend? Have you finally found love?




Me: how many times have I warned you to stop asking me personal questions?




Leon: this type of personal question is needed. I'm just trying to help here




He moved closer to me as if to make sure no one will hear what he's going to say




Leon: everyone here are asking themselves who Rosa is to you? If Ron finds out that there's a girl whom you care about, he might see her as your weakness. She's not save Bad Boy




I found sense in what he was saying so I decided to think things through




Me: you're right. But she's save her. Make sure you keep an eye on her. I'll go and tell her now not to go out of the house at all until I come back fully. I can't afford to have her in the wrong hands




Leon: that's much better. She seems like a good and innocent girl to me. She'll make a good wife after I stop being your sidekick




Me: don't even think of it. You don't deserve Rosa




Leon: do you deserve her?




I frowned and punched him on the shoulder. He groaned and I laughed




Leon: next time when I'm teasing you, I'll remember to create a huge space between us




I chuckled




Me: serves you right




He cracked and I raced upstairs




I gently knocked on Rosa's door before opening it. I entered and she was sleeping. I gently moved to the bed and sat down beside her. I looked at her peaceful face




�do you deserve her�




Leon's words rang in my ears again. I don't know why he's words always replay in my head




I gently removed the strand of hair that fell across her face.




Me: she's beautiful




Her eyes gently and slowly flicked open. She jerked back when she saw me




Rosa: wait... Bad Boy?




I smiled




Rosa : Bad Boy..




She flew and hugged me. I laughed and carried her up




Me: missed me?




Rosa: 100%




She laughed




Me: I missed you more. That's why I came. Though I won't stay till tomorrow




Her face changed




Me: come on... Don't give me that face. I'll be back next week




Rosa: not next two weeks?




Me: no... I'll try to conclude everything next week




I made her sit down and I dropped the bag that contained the teddy on her leg




Rosa: what's this?




Me: your teddy bear




She brought it out and screamed then hugged it and kissed it repeatedly




Hmm, lucky teddy




Rosa: thanks oppa




I laughed and sat beside her.




Me: No one has called me oppa in years




Rosa: which means I just broke another record in your life




Me: yeah




She dropped the teddy and stood up, she took my hands and dragged me up




Rosa: I'm bored.. Let's play.




She began to run round the room while dragging my hand. I suddenly carried her up and used her to turn around very fast. She was screaming and holding me tight




I suddenly stopped and we both fell down on the floor because we were very dizzy




We were laughing so hard as if something really funny happened




I pulled her into a cuddle though her eyes were closed




Me: Rosa, don't leave the house for any reason okay?




Rosa: okay




Me: and if you need anything you can contact Leon




Rosa: okay




Me: I'll miss you my princess




She didn't reply that, instead she opened her eyes. I looked at her




Me: I think I'm hungry




She chuckled




I stood up and pulled her up. Then we went downstairs together




�Rosa�




It's been a week now since Bad Boy went back. I called him last night but we didn't speak much.




I'm in an emergency situation right now, my period will show up tomorrow and I don't have any tampons or sanitary pads. I need to get them




I would have asked Leon to help me but it's too embarrassing to have a boy get them for you. I have money so I want to go and buy them.




I won't waste time at all. I'll just take a taxi to a pharmaceutical store � and get them then take another taxi back.




I won't be out for long




I took my phone and purse then went out of the house. I saw guards but I didn't want anybody to follow me so I just pretended as if I'm going to tell the security guard at the gate something. I peep into his office but he wasn't there. I sneaked out and saw a taxi almost immediately




I stopped it and entered then sighed softly




�By-reom�




Good and perfect timing. Bad Boy's girl is leaving the house. I better call Kick




� hello Kick. There's a taxi with the number 23412 leaving Bad Boy's street now. Follow it and kidnap the girl in it.




� okay I'm on it




I hung up and sat down and faced my computer again. I looked around the compound through it and after the taxi to see if anyone was following her but no one was. I smirked and stood up then poured myself some beer.




�Rosa�




I bought them and held the bag firmly as I walked outside.




I didn't want to waste any time so I immediately flagged down the taxi that was coming




I entered and told the driver my address.




He grinned and drove off but later took another street




Me: Sir you should have taken the other street, it's quicker than this one




Driver: I hope you know Bad Boy's number, because you're going to need it




Me: what!




He suddenly stopped the car and pointed a gun at me.




Driver: your phone now!




I shivered and quickly gave it to him




He demanded for the bag too but I begged him that it was something else. He didn't listen




He came out of the car and pulled me out




A black long van drove to us and he kicked me in




Someone pushed me down and tied my hands




Driver: Bad Boy has good eyes...




They laughed and the driver used his gun to hit the back of my neck. Everything became blurry and I passed out


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The Loverboys




(Why is he so scared?)




Episode 9




By: Faith Lucky.




Jeanne’s Pov:




“Is she dumb?” Daniel asked and Molly spoke up immediately.




“She’s my new nanny” she said and the confusion on the lover boys faces increased.




“New what?” Malcolm asked.




“Did mum really hire a new nanny?”




“Uh…g…good evening sirs” I greeted nervously with a bow.




Then I heard Alex scoff.




“is mum around?” Carl asked.




“No. But she’ll be back soon” Molly replied, fiddling with the toy she held.




“this has got to be a joke” Alex said and touched his forehead restlessly.




He threw his specs on the floor and sighed.




Then, he came up to me and that was the moment I developed goose bumps.




He was standing in front of me!




I took my eyes from the floor to look at him and my eyes ran into his sparkling eyes which were staring vacuously at me.




“Get out of here” he said icily and left, talking the right staircase.




Oh, God!




Daniel brought out his phone and started operating it and walked away.




Carl and Malcolm just shook their heads and also left.




I turned and looked at Molly immediately, my heart beating heavily.




“I told you he’d be upset” she said and shrugged and my dilemma increased.




“I…am I really supposed to leave?” I asked, worried.




“Well, that’s what he said, right? But I’d suggest you just hang around and wait for mum. I’m sure she can talk to him” she replied.




I placed my palma together and sighed. I was so scared.




I hope Mrs Tristan gets back in time.




“Come on, nanny, let’s wait in your room. You wouldn’t want him to see you again” she said and I nodded and followed her to the room.




I was so anxious. Alex had really seemed angry when he saw me.




Will I be able to stay here?




I kept looking through the window, hoping Mrs Tristan gets back in time before Alex throws me out of the house.




After a while, Mrs Tristan returned.




Oh, thank goodness!




Molly suggested I stayed in the room while she went out and explained things to her.




So, she left while I remained in the room with my fingers crossed.




I spent a long time in the room, waiting for a reply from Molly but I didn’t see her




So many horrible thoughts kept flashing through my mind.




Could it be possible Mrs Tristan has finally agreed to let me go?




Are they really going to send me away?




I waited a little more time in the room until I felt I could wait no longer.




I needed to see the condition of things for myself.




I left the room and slowly went downstairs. The only person I saw in the sitting room was just a house servant, dusting some items.




He just glanced at me and took his eyes back to what he was doing.




I took in a deep breath and looked at the right staircase and slowly approached it.




I got on it and started walking carefully, trying not to be noisy.




The staircase was a bit long and pretty too and when I finished climbing on it, I quietly went to where Alex’s room was.




I started approaching it and as I did, I could clearly hear his voice and that of his mum.




I stopped and tired to listen it them.




“We’ve been over this, Alex” I heard Mrs Tristan say.




“You know how stressful looking after Molly is. And now I’ve finally gotten some one she likes, you want me to just send her away?”




“I just don’t want any lady around me…”




“And why?” She cut him off.




“Talk to me Alex; why don’t you want any lady around you?”




I didn’t hear anything immediately.




“Please mum; just take her away from me” I heard Alex say and his voice had sounded tearful.




Oh, God! What could be wrong with him?




“I’m sorry Alex, but since you won’t open up to anyone, I don’t know how I can be of help” Mrs Tristan say and I quickly left the passage, guessing she might come out of the room.




I went to another passage and leaned on the wall.




Alex’s words replayed in my head:




“Please mum, just take her away from me”.




He had sounded bittered and scared.




What could the problem be?




whys he so scared of ladies now?




Or, could it be possible it was a result of the deaths of the girls he loved?


But, what could be the cause of their deaths?


What really happened to the loverboys?


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