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I AM NOT SOMEONE THAT LIKES TO COMPLAIN AND I DON'T INTEND TO BE ONE, SO I WILL JUST SAY A BIG THANK YOU TO ALL THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN READING ALL ALONG WITH PATIENCE AND THOSE WHO WOULDN'T CALL FOR MY HEAD ON A STAKE ALL THE WHILE I WAS DEALING WITH SOME PERSONAL ISSUES AND I COULDN'T UPDATE. THANK YOU ALL. THE ENEMY WITHIN CONTINUES SHORTLY

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Wow! This is a great story, when I saw it some days back I quite know there will be need requesting for updates especially if the story is so interesting as it is, I waited till many updates has been compiled up because I really don't like suspense..... Great Story Madera.
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THE ENEMY WITHIN - EXPOSED


EPISODE 12 CONTINUES

She looked down, trying to avoid any eye contact with me and nodded. ‘look at me!’ I screamed at her. ‘look me in the eyes and tell me that your own blood sister, my wife, the mother of Isabella your favorite niece is trying to poison me her husband!’ that rush of anger I was looking for has finally arrived. I guess it must have been the prospect of hearing the final confirmation that my beloved wife is my worst enemy that caused the rush. She was bringing the truth to me and I wasn’t ready. I wasn’t ready to lose my wife, my kids (that is if they are even mine), the home I once had, everything was about to go up in flames.


She was obviously angry at my outburst. She stormed into the house, I even thought she has abandoned me to my fate only to see her emerge with her car key. ‘you want to know the truth, come along, I’ll show you instead’ she said as she led me to her car.


We got into her car and she drove us away, after about 20minutes on the road, I finally realize she was taking us to my house. She blew her horn and Taju the gate man came to open the gate for us. I suddenly started feeling like I was indeed in an enemy’s territory. The place I once called home was no longer home to me.


As we approach the front door, I held Abigail’s hand back this time I was speaking to her in a much lower tone ‘wait wait, why are we here? Let’s just go back ok? I don’t want any troubles’ ‘you want to know the truth don’t you?’ she asked as I nodded in reply ‘then follow me, there is nothing to be afraid of’. She yanked the front door open! Lo and behold, my beloved wife Andral was placing her head on the lap of another man! The man was sitting on the edge of our long sofa in the living room while Andral was lying down on the same sofa using the man’s lap as pillow. Ironically, I wasn’t angry or surprised. I guess after everything I have seen and heard, I was pretty sure anybody is capable of doing anything, especially Andral.


Immediately she saw us, Andral sprang to her feet ‘what are you doing here? What is your business here? She was directing her question at me but I was busy looking at Abigail who seemed to be a bit shocked to see Andral in that position. It took Abigail a while to recover from her shock and soon as she did, she made for the kitchen and Andral dashed after her. ‘Where do you think you are going you idiot, you husband snatcher?’ ‘Baby ignore her' the man with Andral shouted as he followed the two women to the kitchen. ‘Nnamdi hold on, lemme show this abomination of a girl who is boss’ I was taken aback a little bit, the thought that came to my mind was ‘wow! So this is the Nnamdi, the one I almost got killed for, so this woman cannot wait for me to sign the divorce papers before bringing another man into our house’. While all this was going through my mind, I knew Andral might really hurt Abigail if nothing is done so I followed them through to the kitchen.


I saw Abigail scrambling through the cabinets in the kitchen, Andral and Nnamdi were standing at the door watching as she was frantically searching through the cabinets. They could not tell what she was looking for and neither do I.


After searching for a few minutes, she came up with nothing, she dashed out of the kitchen again but not without pushing both Andral and Nnamdi who were still standing by the door aside. We all followed her as she finally made a stop at our bedroom. She went straight to my wife’s wardrobe, brought out a bag I could literarily swear that I have never seen in my entire life from the last row, unzipped it, and poured out its contents on the bed while staring at all of us who were still standing by the door of the bedroom.


What came out of the bag was what caught my attention. A couple of white drug plastics with the name Cal-G boldly written on the label on them fell to the bed, about 8 of them. I wanted to move closer to the scene of the action but something held me back. Andral moved closer to her sister and said ‘yes? What is this all about?’ she asked ‘what are all these drugs for’ Abigail fired back ‘they are mine’ Andral replied. ‘ I know they are yours but what are they for’ as Abigail gave me a look as if telling me to pay attention ‘Andral looked back at me then turned back to face Abigail ‘they are for my body weight loss’ this time the self confidence, composure and fury she once had had somehow disappeared. What was left was the picture of a woman who knew trouble was imminent.


I eventually decided to move close only for me to see a hand holding me back – the hand belonged to Nnamdi – without thinking twice I gave him a punch that brushed his mouth up to his nose! He hit the floor so hard you will think something pulled him from the ground. Andral screamed ‘devil!’ and rushed down to the side of Nnamdi on the floor while sobbing. I went straight to the bed, picked up one of those plastics and read through it in front of Abigail who was standing at Akimbo. I finally saw what I was looking for ‘calcium Glucate’ was written boldly under the Cal – G on the label. I turned around and moved towards Andral (she was still on the floor trying to comfort Nnamdi who was bleeding from both mouth and nose). ‘so you mean these drugs belongs to you? Andral! Answer me! You own these drugs? What is my offence? I thought you loved me?’ I tried not to be emotional but I failed. Tears were gathering around my eyes by now. ‘I’ll rather die in the gutters instead of loving you!’ Andral said as she was standing up from the floor, ‘I’ll rather spend the rest of my life in jail instead of spending it with you’. She was moving so close to me, so close I could smell the lotion on her hair and the alcohol in her breath. ‘all my life I have loved only one man and one man alone’ pointing to Nnamdi on the floor ‘you may be judgmental and say all the crap in this word about him but he is twice the man you will ever be and believe me if I have to kill the entire world populace to be with him I’ll do it without blinking’. ‘Wow, so I have been in love with another man’s wife all along’ I thought to myself. I somehow admired their love in a bizarre and strange twist. I felt a profound appreciation for what they have. The fact that someone could love anybody like that made me want to believe in love again, to me, standing there, and watching Andral profess her love in such an unapologetic way made me feel like the outsider in this circle of love for the first time and it made me want to admit that maybe, just maybe I have been standing in the way of true love all along, maybe I deserve to die.

THE ENEMY WITHIN - EXPOSED


EPISODE 12 CONTINUES

As my father in-law was narrating the story to me, I was beginning to suspect even the said Abigail. How convenient was it for her to stumble on Jide’s documents and at the same time stumbling on my wife again, I shook my head in disagreement with my father in-law ‘no, no, no! how come Abigail is in the heart of everything? She was responsible for finding out about Jide’s plot, now you want me to believe that it just so happen that she knows all this about my family as well?’


My father in-law giggled a bit and was probably going to give me answers but I flood him with another question ‘for how long has she known all these things that you are now revealing to me now and why now, why wait until now to reveal them all?’ ‘Well maybe it’s time you hear from the horse’s mouth yourself, at least it will help you understand better’ he retorted.


We were already at the gate of my father in-law’s house by this time and I could spot Isabella and Abigail playing around on the front porch of the house. As soon as Abigail noticed that it was me and her father, she whispered something into Isabella’s ear and Isabella skipped back into the house while waiving at us.


As we were approaching her, she was also moving towards our direction, she briefly gave her father a hug and shifted her attention towards me, she leaned back a bit while clutching one hand into the other and waiving from side to side. The way Abigail looked at me was more sober and passionate than the last time we saw in my father in-law’s office the day Jide and Mr. Patrick was arrested. She looked at me as if to say ‘I’m sorry’ then out of nowhere, she hugged me suddenly.


As the hug continue to linger on, so was I coming to the realization of the fact that I really needed a hug – a long passionate one. I held on tight to her and so did she.


We broke the hug only to see my father in-law’s back as he was walking away from us while waiving his hand without looking back.


She held my hands and led me to the set of two chairs place on either side of a rectangular table under an umbrella. We sat down on opposite sides of the table and were quiet for a while before she finally broke the silence ‘Ben……I’m sorry for everything you have been going through I’m really sorry’. Apparently someone must have told her that I have been updated about everything. I wanted to be angry with her but I just couldn’t do it. I could not muster up enough hatred to get angry but I was full of questions though. ‘We were close, close enough for people to easily believe that I was capable of impregnating you, but why couldn’t you tell me or at least give me a heads-up that my life was about to get torn apart, why?’ I asked her ‘I couldn’t tell you……Ben God knows I wanted to, but I couldn’t! when I found out about Jide, I wasn’t sure that you were not involved, the whole thing was tied around your neck as well, so I had to take my time, keep you in the company and find a way to exonerate you if at all you were innocent, as for Andral…..’ ‘is it true?’ I cut in ‘is it true that Andral has been poisoning me?’

THE ENEMY WITHIN – EXPOSED
EPISODE 12


The morality of the world has gone really bad. Mankind has hailed what is bad as good and what is good as been deemed to be lame. That is why we have sex workers fighting for their right to continue fornicating and get paid for it legally. I am one of those who still believe in the sanctity of not just marriage but humanity in general, but my latest ordeal as led me to question my own moral values. I’m beginning to think that those who take marriage as a mere contract that can be terminated anytime the conditions no longer feel right might be right after all. A broken marriage is better than a pile of dead bodies.


As my father in-law revealed to me that the place my wife eloped to was actually France, I couldn’t have been more confused than that ‘wai..wai…wait, did you just say France?’ I asked him. He was a little bit surprised by my question but he answered any way ‘yea, France……’ he wanted to continue his line but I wasn’t done ‘you mean the same France that has Paris as its capital?’ ‘yes!’ he replied ‘but why didn’t anyone tell me this before now, you all knew we travel to Paris every now and then for holidays, but it never occurred to anyone to hint me that I might be walking into an enemy territory?’ my father in-law could no longer hide his surprise at my latest question ‘so are you saying you don’t know that your beloved wife once eloped when she told me she was dating an upcoming musician and I was fiercely against it?’ ‘sir, I’m aware she once eloped with a guy named Nnamdi, I just didn’t know that they eloped to France’ ‘Beeeeeeen! you must be the dumbest husband I know, how can you not know the location of their escapades when you already know the story?!’ he asked me with a stern look that seems to be telling me ‘careful what you say next otherwise your dignity might evaporate with every word you say’ but I replied still ‘sir, she really wasn’t chatty about that incident, she said it was one of the most trying times of her life, so I figured: why bother her about something that brings pain to her when we can just sweep everything under the carpet and act as if it never happened’. My father in-law laughed as hard as he could, his laughter made me think of my statement again and I could see how foolish I was to have loved a woman so blindly.


Don’t get me wrong, there are still MANY women out there who deserve to be treated like queens because of their pure heart, undying love and incomparable self sacrifice they have made for their husbands just not the kind of woman like Andral.


‘Ben Ben, I am the Father of your wife but sometimes I think you loved her too much’ I simply nodded at my father in-law’s comment, but then the question I was dying to ask finally popped up in my head ‘but sir, how did you get to know about the poison, is there really any prove that Andral is actually poisoning me?


As usually, Abigail again was the detective. She had snuck up on my wife in the kitchen at our home; she paid us a late night surprise visit. She actually came to see me and intended to sleep over that night but I wasn’t home yet. As she was slowly sneaking into the kitchen, she noticed my wife sprinkling something into the soup of a meal that was meant for me, oblivious of the fact that someone was watching on, she continually said ‘eat and die you idiot, eat and die...’



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THE ENEMY WITHIN – EXPOSED
EPISODE 11


The fear that gripped me when I was told about how Jide wanted to frame me for a fraud that would have earned me years behind bar is nothing compared to what I felt when the Doctor announced the test result ‘Mr. Benjamin, I’m afraid to tell you that an almost lethal quantity of Calcium Glucate is residual in your blood stream!’


To me, the day has been long enough and has had its fair share of shocks and bad news, to add this one to it is more like adding salt to injury. The first thought that came to mind is how can someone hate me so much to want to get rid of me this way? The questions of what could I have done to merit this injustice and have I been this terrible a person to someone to the point that I now deserve to die?


I looked at my father in-law, and as if he knew I was about to ask him a load of questions, he quickly dispatched us from the doctor’s office. After obtaining our bill, he handed it over to Tunde (who has been at the hospital lobby all this while) to take care of it while we stepped out of the hospital, as we were making our way to his car, he said ‘ I know by now you have a lot of que……’ ‘yes of course I do!’ I cut him short, ‘I mean, how did you know about all this? If it were not a hospital I choose by myself I would have concluded that you are the one planning all this all by yourself’ ‘well it’s a good thing I asked you to pick the hospital yourself…’ he grinned for a second and then frowned again, ‘but how did you know about all this……and, and who is trying to kill me’ I queried ‘oh Ben! Your innocence impresses me but sometimes it may cause your downfall’.


By now we were already driving out of the hospital ‘Ben, I believe you know in your mind who might be trying to kill you, you are just finding it hard to believe that your beloved wife could do something as terrible as that to you. After all, you are the model husband every woman should be praying to have’. The mention of my wife made me shiver! I started questioning everything I ever believed in. Like my father in-law said, I knew the only person all this could point to is my wife Andral, but like I said earlier, I wasn’t ready anymore to jump into conclusion, especially in matters as delicate as this.


‘How did you know all this?’ my curiosity could no longer be hidden, ‘and why would Andral want to kill me? I love her, I adore her and the thought of cheating on her has never crossed my mind, so why on earth will Andral want to kill me? I wasn’t sure I wanted to know the answer to that question though, my heart skipped as my father in-law’s mouth was about to start explaining the theory behind the plot of my death to me.


‘Ben do you remember the time Isabella your so called daughter was ill?’ the fact that he used the word ‘so called daughter’ in this topic means I was in for a shocker that I may never recover from, I knew it was going to come hard on me. It was now I started grabbing the meaning of everything he said to me in his office that Monday morning when he called me back from the Airport. His words ‘What I can't promise you though is if things will ever be exactly the same again for you or any of us[b][/b]……’ started ringing in my head, so instead of talking, I simply nodded. My heart was giving me signs that it might fail me but I was interested in what he had to say anyway. I tried to make myself comfortable in the back seat that we were both seated as my father in-law’s driver drove us away.


‘Did it ever occur to you how abnormal it was for your blood and that of your wife not to match with your daughter’s own?’ I did not give him any reply to his question, I just maintained my gaze on him as he continue, ‘well Abigail suspected something when the news that your blood is no match for your daughter, so she started digging, what she found out was that the anonymous blood donor was indeed, Nnamdi, the boy that your wife once eloped with to France’ the way my face lit up would suggest to you that I had seen a ghost, but no, I haven’t seen a ghost, what got my attention was the fact that my wife once eloped to France -the same place we did our honey moon, the same place we conceived both Isabella and Caleb!

I must have been the most foolish husband in the history of family life...............................

THE ENEMY WITHIN - EXPOSED

EPISODE 10 CONTINUES

My father in-laws looks at me like ‘I pity you’, he thanked the doctor for his incite and probed further ‘the doc, can you now with this pre knowledge determine if there is a trace of the drug in Ben’s body?’ the doctor affirmed that it can be done but will cost a lot, my father in-law gave him the assurance that money wasn’t the problem and gave the go ahead for the doctor to carry on with the test.


Believe me, I wasn’t sure I wanted to pull through with this test, I mean- imagine you sitting in a hospital and the question they are about to ask is ‘life or death?’- that’s how I was feeling. I was more nervous about this test than I would if it were a HIV AIDS test.


Somehow I managed to stay calm, go through with the test and the result confirmed my worst fear, I -as a matter of fact- have some quantity of Calcium Gluconate in my system……………..

THE ENEMY WITHIN - EXPOSED


EPISODE 10 CONTINUES



I no longer have the courage neither the inner power to argue with my father in-law. He was getting at something, but I wasn’t sure what it is. A lot of thoughts crossed my mind but the willingness to cross the Ts and dot the Is for him was no longer there, I decided to leave the rest to him and let him take me to the conclusion of things. He asked me ‘Ben, which hospital do you know around that we can visit, one that you trust but you have not been to with Andral?’. The hospital that came to my mind was the one beside the hotel I have been staying for almost 6 weeks now; the hotel is not that far from my house.


I told my father in-law the hospital name and location of the hospital and he told me to hand over my car keys to Tunde while we ride in his own car with Tunde driving mine right behind us. We got to the hospital not sure what this visit about my chest pain has to do with the whole saga. Anyways I was finally able to speak with a doctor. I complained about the pain in my chest, series of tests were carried out; we had to wait for almost an hour. Eventually the test result came out, I was summoned in by the doctor but my father in-law requested to be present- he wanted to see things for himself. The doctor confirmed that what I was experiencing was in fact a heart attack!


I wasn’t sure how to react to the news, I am a young man in my mid thirties, I don’t drink, smoke and I exercise regularly, except for recent weeks mainly because I had to make do with staying in a hotel for the time being, so the news of me having a heart attack took me aback for a while.


I was about to start asking questions about what treatment to undergo but my father in-law was faster ‘Doctor, for a young man like Ben, what do you think could have caused this?’ the doctor went on and on about how stress, body neglect, bad diet habit and the likes can cause such but he kept emphasizing on the fact that I am still too young to be having a sickness like this. Then my father in-law posed a question ‘but erm…..doctor…..what if a significant quantity of a drug that contains Calcium Gluconate is been introduced into the body system gradually and consistently, can it induce this as well?’. The doctor was taken aback! He looked at me as if requesting a permission to answer the question, meanwhile I was looking at him with keen interest on what he was about to say. He adjusted himself a little bit in his chair, feigned a cough as if trying to clear his throat and then he replied ‘well calcium gluconate is a drug that is usually used to reduce excess potassium……’ ‘doctor cut all that medical jargons out, we are already aware of that, just answer the question’ my father in-law cuts in, I was also becoming a little agitated, I wanted to get to the root of this conversation as soon as possible so I encouraged the doctor ‘please go ahead and answer the question, whatever you say ends in this room’ he look at me as if trying to read the expression on my face, he nodded and continued ‘well if a lethal dose of the drug is introduced to the body by infusion, it could initiate lethal electrolytic imbalances that may disturb the normal levels of sodium, potassium and chloride in the body’s cells. These electrolyte imbalances interfere with and slow the heart to dangerously low levels, eventually creating a heart attack and consequently death within minutes especially when combined with potassium phosphate, and if there is no prior knowledge that the drug was introduced into that body, it can be very hard to detect even by the very best Medical Practitioner………but if it is introduced through food, it needs to be introduced consistently over a period of time, this way, the perpetrator cannot be suspected because signs of a heart attack will have been manifesting gradually before the final demise of the person, that is why those two drugs are proscribed in some countries of the world’.

THE ENEMY WITHIN – EXPOSED
EPISODE 10
No pain cuts deeper than the pain of knowing that those who accuse you wrongly of a wrong doing knew that you were innocent all along, the feeling of being victimized, the question of’ ‘why me?’ and the pain of the consequences that follow the accusation…………nothing can be compared to that.


I looked in the direction of my father in-law like ‘what did you just say?’ he waived his index finger to reaffirm his statement ‘she was never pregnant!’ the feelings I felt at this point were many and they came almost simultaneously. At first I felt a sigh of relieve that at last! Someone of importance knows and confirms the truth, but that feeling didn’t last more than a few seconds. Then there was this rage after remembering that I have been separated from my sweet family for so long and the shame I had to face whenever I see a close family member. I screamed back at my father in-law ‘then why did you allow me suffer this much injustice?! Why did you not just say the truth all along?!! My mum is in a state of despair, my wife hates my existence and my kids are dying to see me come home. All this for what? A silly prank by you and Abigail……….’ I was ranting on when my father in-law cuts me short ‘Ben!...........I didn’t know anything about all this at first, Abigail only told me a day after she named you the father of the baby she claimed she was carrying……………. and if I were you, I will be grateful’ I was so angry at his statement that I responded rudely at the top of my voice ‘grateful for what?! For you - still giving a stupid job that almost got me into prison? Or for the family you gave to me and then took back? Please explain to me why I should be grateful’.


I was obviously getting my father in-law angry, I could see his countenance has changed but he was trying hard not to lose it. ‘have you…have you heard of the drug called Calcium Gluconate?’ he screamed back at me ‘wha…what has that got to do with anything?’ I was beginning to get irritated at his attempt at trying to change the conversation. ‘since you love your wife so much why not go ahead and Google it, Calcium Gluconate, and then maybe we can pay a visit to a hospital, maybe a doctor can tell us why you have been having pains in your chest lately’. By now his demeanor was no longer that of a person who was having the time of his life, it was as if he was about to say something he wish he doesn’t have to say. The first thought that came to my mind was to ask him who told him I was feeling pains in my chest but I refrained after remembering that the pain has plagued me all the while I was there so I figured he must have seen me rub my chest in obvious pain. I scrambled out my phone from the left pocket of my trouser, unlocked it and quickly typed calcium gluconate on the search on the home screen though I wasn’t sure of the spelling, first topic that Google brought was the ability of the drug (Calcium Gluconate) in fighting some excesses in the body but what I later saw that got me bewildered was the topic ‘The Perfect Murder Weapon’ I glanced through it but what I saw wasn’t pretty at all, then I heard my father in-law’s voice again ‘like I said earlier Ben, you were already a dead meat, your only saving grace is I know your mum prays a lot and secondly Abigail, the girl you hate so much’.
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THE ENEMY WITHIN - EXPOSED


EPISODE 9 CONTINUES


I raised my head up in amazement and confusion. What is he saying? I thought to myself. I looked at him in the eyes and he nodded back at me, then he turned to Tunde and gestured him to continue from there.


Tunde: Shortly after Abigail started dating Jide, their intimacy grew strong and they started spending more time with each other to the point that she started staying over at his house. On one morning while Abigail was at Jide’s house. Jide had gone to the firm leaving Abigail alone by herself………


Me: hm hm?(I cut in as if encouraging him to go on)


Tunde: she was doing a general cleaning of Jide’s house when she stumbled on some documents belonging to the firm. They all contained your signature for some post dated transactions which were to be carried out later. She also found a stamp, the replica of the one you use at the office.


Me: Jesus!!!


Tunde: Jide was not only carrying out these transactions, he intended to frame you for it when the time comes. You were too lenient with him. Most of those documents pass through your table but you wouldn’t know because you do not check his work. He knew this and he took advantage of your naivety.


By now I have my hands on my head. My focus was no longer on the matter of my wife serving me a divorce. I just want to know if I am now safe and how I got to be saved. Tunde continued ‘this is why your father in-law asked you to stop appending your signature on all files for the time being. Despite this, the transactions still kept coming with your signature on it. That was how we got to know that you knew nothing about it. You were being framed’


I could already feel the dryness in my throat, I reached for my cart and took out a bottle of energy drink and emptied it in one gulp. I was feeling pains in my chest again, damn this suddenly frequent pain! I sat on the course close to my cart thinking about the latest revelation. Then I heard my father in-law’s voice ‘you should be grateful to Abigail for revealing this to me shortly after that incidence at your house if not it would have been you in the cell in place of Patrick and Jide’ I was tempted to now ask ‘but sir, what role did Mr. Patrick play in all of this?’ my father in-law gave me that his smile again and beckoned Tunde to explain that part to me.


Tunde: we made attempts to contact the companies that were involved in those transactions to find out if they were involved in all this. What we found out was that they actually paid in full for the purchase they made just not into the firm’s account. They paid into Mr. Patrick’s account who told them the company was having some issues with its account at the time. Upon checking the account history of Mr. Patrick, it was discovered that they actually paid the money to him and he in turn transfers some parts to Jide’s account while he keeps the rest for himself.


My father in-law cuts in again ‘Ben! you were a dead meat already if not for the God your mother serve and Abigail’ in my mind I’m like so I should be thankful to the same woman who has successfully ruined my marriage! I sat there for some minutes reminiscing on everything I have just heard and then my mind took me back to what brought me here. Just as I was about to ask my father in-law about my marriage, he gave me another shocker ‘and Ben for your information, Abigail was never pregnant………………………………………….’
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THE ENEMY WITHIN – EXPOSED
EPISODE 9


I stormed out of the office like a mad man with no directions; I could tell my face wasn’t the friendliest one as I could feel water gathering around my eyes. I avoided all eye contact while heading to the park to fetch my car with the divorce paper in my left hand.


I zoomed out of the company, heading straight to my father in-law’s house. I didn’t even bother to call him to find out if he was home; I demand answers and I’m sure I’ll get them once I get to his house.


Getting by his security was an easy one; I was already a familiar face. I headed straight to his living room. I found my daughter Isabella watching TV while sipping from a cup of what seems to be a juice. On setting eyes on me, she shouted ‘daddy!’ completely abandoning her drinks, she ran towards me and jumped into my open arms and I raised her up to my chest. I became very emotional at this point. All the tears I have been holding back just started pouring out freely and my chest was beginning to ache again. I hugged her more tightly while sobbing. She must have noticed this. She loosens her hold on me to look at my face only to see tears rolling down my cheek. ‘Daddy why are you crying’ she asked me, ‘nothing dear’ I replied as I dropped her to the floor, ‘is grandpa home?’ I inquired. ‘No daddy, grandpa went to the golf club with uncle Tunde’, I was about turning my back on her when she asked again ‘daddy, mummy said you won’t be coming home again, is it true?’ Prior to that question my anger had subsided a lot but the question brought everything back. I didn’t want Isabella to see this so I feigned a smile, squatted in front of her and said ‘look baby, daddy and mummy are just trying to settle an issue but Daddy will come home very soon ok?’ she nodded back and I stood up ‘tell grandma I came by, I will see you soon’ I hurriedly turned away from her as I could already feel tears were about to start rolling again. I drove out with a fiery rage hot enough to compete side by side with the fabled ‘hell fire’ and headed straight to the Oriental golf club where my father in-law usually hangs out with Tunde his right hand man. Tunde is more like his handy man. Whenever he wants anything to happen, Tunde makes it happen. Tunde was responsible for bringing my wife back home from where she once eloped with a guy named Nnamdi before we met. He tracked her down there and brought her back home. I don’t think my mother in-law knows half of the things Tunde knows, little wonder he is considered family in my father in-law’s household.


I got to the club, checked in with my membership card (it was the only way you can be allowed on the course when going alone) and located my father in-law who seemed to be having the time of his life with a club in his glove covered left hand and a bottle of energy drink in the other.
On sighting me from afar alighting from my cart he called out to me cheerfully ‘Ben my son!’ but I wasn’t in the mood for merriment. I approached him wearing my sternest look yet and stabbed the letter into his out stretched hand and without saying a word, I moved a step away from him towards his left hand side backing him. As he was opening the letter, he asked me ‘what is this?’ ‘I don’t know, maybe you can explain what is going on’ I fired back.


As soon as he finished reading the paper he burst into so much laughter! I couldn’t believe it. I had to turn to face him to confirm that his laughter wasn’t out of sarcasm but it wasn’t. He was genuinely laughing because he thinks it’s funny. He handed the letter to Tunde who glanced through it and also smiled devilishly. I couldn’t hold myself anymore, I had to say something before this people will dismiss my entire life with the back of their hands, so I began to pour my hearts out ‘sir, I beg of you, this is my life, this is everything that matters to me, my whole future and sanity depends on this……’ by now my tears were pouring out freely, the smile on my father in-law’s face has wiped out, replaced with a frantic look. I continued ‘if there is any way I have wronged you or anything I have done to provoke your anger, if not for my sake, please for the sake of my children and your daughter make all this go away! I can’t take this anymore! It’s not funny anymore,’ I was now clutching to my chest again which by now seems like someone was dragging some wires therein. I bent down a bit to get some comfort and I felt my father in-law’s hand patting me on the back. ‘It’s ok Ben……..it’s ok’ he told me. It seems I had finally reached his heart. I stood up erect looking at his face. He dropped his club to the floor and placed his left hand on my right shoulders, he said ‘Ben………are you aware that the fraud committed by Jide and Patrick was committed in your name?’

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yewande1234:
I can't find this story on wattpad

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bigbauer:
Well done sir, you deserve some accolades as a certified 'lazy Nigerian Yoot' Love your story!

THANKS BROS. I'M HUMBLED

u3man:
@Madera001 never take what is giving to u as a gift for granted. Pls keep it up bro, am enjoying it

BROS SHEY YOU SEF DEY SEE AM TOO. ABEG HELP ME PRAY MAKE GOD SAMMA NAIRALAND ADMIN WITH MORE MONEY IN THE BANK ACCOUNT

hidhrhis:
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Anijay1212:

calm down, no be una dey talk say half bread is better than none abi?
Let's encourage him.

THE ENEMY WITHIN - EXPOSED
EPISODE 8


Sometimes all it takes for an able bodied man like me to faint is just a bad news delivered with a few spoken words. I realized this when I had to calm my nerves and bring my breath back to normal. I was on the brink of unconsciousness. My limbs had gone numb and my heart was pounding fast and heavy, everywhere had gone dark and bright all within seconds. It took the help of a chair before I could bring myself back to the reality on ground – Jide and Mr. Patrick has just been indicted in a fraud not me!


While I was battling with my thought, the officers had already put handcuffs on the two suspects. Jide was proving to be a real nuisance, screaming at the top of his voice ‘no! What is this, what is this? I didn’t do anything! Oh oh, I swear to god, you will hear from my lawyers, this is just the beginning!’ I couldn’t bear to look him in the face. I was busy thanking God for my own safety. But Jide wasn’t done ranting ‘Ben! I know this is your hand work. You will pay for this; you will surely pay for this!’


The officers bundled the suspects out of the office with Abigail and my father in-law on their heels. Just as my father in-law was about leaving, he turned back and looked at me ‘Ben you are in charge for now, I won’t be back for a couple of days’. Then he left.
The other staffs were looking at me for answers that I don’t have. Their attention was on me. I looked up to them and said ‘alright everyone let’s get back to work, the meeting is over’. As they were making their way out, so was my father in-law’s secretary making her way in with a curious look on her face which suggested to me that whatever this is, it has been kept a top secret all the while the ‘investigation’ was going on, otherwise, his secretary would have known. I gave her a stern look and she went back just the way she came.


I sat in my father in-law’s office for what must have at least 30minutes, reminiscing on the events of the past one month. There must be something I’m missing. If I’m not missing anything, how do I explain all this? I was accused of impregnating my sister in-law yet here I am at their family firm as the man in charge. My wife wouldn’t let me come home, she can’t even stand my sight yet again here I am, being favored by her own father, even trusted enough to handle his biggest firm. ‘What am I missing?’ I thought to myself. Abigail lied and I guess my father in-law is in on the lie as well, so why won’t they just tell my wife so that all will be well in my marriage once again. I am dying to be in the arms of my wife again, to take Isabel for a swing at the back yard of our house, and to hold Caleb our son in my arms and look at his pretty innocent eyes; damn! I am dying to be home again!
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It’s been a week now, yet no sign of Jide and Mr. Patrick in the office and neither did my father in-law show up too. Except for occasional calls from him inquiring about issues both past and present and asking about the general welfare of the firm, nothing else was being heard from my father in-law.


Reports reaching us from ‘Bush Radio FM’ suggests that the fraud was related to unremitted collection (transaction carried out and duly paid for but not remitted into the company’s account) spanning across a period of 13 months. That was all I heard and this was from the secretary’s conversation with one of the cleaners. So the authenticity of the story is not that strong.
I resumed work late on a Wednesday afternoon because I had to attend a seminar organized for NUPENG members. My secretary had called me earlier about a letter from a lawyer’s chamber which I asked her to sign and collect on my behalf.


I was just settling in my chair when I noticed a brown envelope on my table addressed to me. I picked it up and opened it. It was a divorce paper accompanied with a restraining order from my wife’s lawyer! She wants a divorce and she doesn’t want me anywhere near her or the kids!!


‘No!!!’ I screamed, clutching my chest which by now seems to be hurting pretty bad. Then I started soliloquizing (more or less like crying) ‘this cannot be. This is a nightmare and it has to stop now!’ This entire prank on me and my family has to stop now. Someone must say the truth’. There and then I decided it was time to pay my father in-law a visit. He has to tell me what he knows………………………………………………….

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surddick:
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lol.....bros i fear for my life oo. Problem is i am also a Micro-finance Banker, but i will try to keep updates coming as quick as possible. thanks for reading though.

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Bros see gun...E quickly con update
Nice story pls no let us use gun to harrass before update

THE ENEMY WITHIN - EXPOSED
Episode 7


We were all gathered together in my father in law's office. Departmental heads have been summoned to an emergency meeting via phone call from the C. E. O's secretary. However Jide my assistant and a teller officer also from my department were in attendance. Their purpose in the meeting was not known to me but I didn't really pay attention.


We were all exchanging pleasantries and trying to figure out why the emergency meeting was called. No one seems to have a clue. I have always been the one to know these things but since that mighty revelation by Abigail about a month ago now, my father in-law has been keeping his cards very close to his chest. He even asked me not to sign a single memo while also maintaining that all memos should still come to my desk afterwards I will then bring them to his table for signing and approval. He also made a little adjustment in my work schedule. He invented a new slip which becomes the mark of approval for every single transaction. This slip is stamped with my official stamp but with no signature just date and then sent to the Operations department for the transaction to be carried out. All I have to do is deliver this slip to the Operations department while the original memo stays in his office. This arrangement of me not signing any documents was strictly between me and my father in-law. No one else knows. So to every other person, I'm still the one in charge of approval.


All the while I’ve been living with a friend. My wife has refused to let me come back home nor even see my kids. I made a series of efforts to apologize to her to at least allow me to come home for a few hours to play with my kids but all to no avail. My mother won’t help, my father in-law won’t even discuss the issue with me and neither was Abigail anywhere within sight nor contact. The only person I could turn to was my mother in-law but there is just so little she could do. She is still struggling to deal with the news that I am about to father the children of her two daughters. The only way she helps is to bring my daughter Isabel to their house and allows me to come to visit her there.


My father in-law walks into the emergency meeting (looking seriously pissed) with about 5 Special Anti Robbery Squad (SARS) officers and closely behind them is Abigail - the author of my predicament - whom I have not seen since the incident. She didn't even look at me and neither was she smiling.


The sight of her and these other goons made me want to bolt. It was like my spirit left and came back within seconds, but I held on. A billion thoughts crept through my mind. Is this the day I finally go to jail for all the crimes I didn't commit? How could I be so stupid not to know that my coming back was a setup? Chai! Why did I even listen to my mum sef? I should have gone to Paris jejely.


I was deeply buried in this thought when my father in-law dropped the shocker! 'A fraud of 96.4million Naira has been committed by some staff in this Company............' I have never seen this look on his face. He wasn’t even wearing this look when Abigail announced that I impregnated her. He looked like someone who is about to pass a death sentence, mean and remorseless, as if he feels no pain. He continued ' unfortunately, this is not what we stand for at Grazmo oil. We pride our self in our integrity, transparency and honesty. For some set of people to commit these crimes is totally unacceptable and not in conformity with our norms. The investigation has been ongoing for a month now, and after gathering enough evidence we can boldly say we know who the culprits are.


At this point, Jide was all smiles, passing a look at me as if saying ' you are dead today '. I was sweating profusely; I wish something could whisk me away from this place. This is all b***s**t and a grand conspiracy to see my end! I said a little prayer within me and I reassured myself that my God in Heaven will eventually vindicate me. I have never stolen 10kobo of the company's money. I have spent personal money on official duties without seeking retribution. I have always lived with self satisfaction and great contentment.


One of the officers took over the speech from my father in-law ' the following staffs are under arrest and should please step forward as they will be going with us for questioning and interrogations.........' I was almost stepping out myself when the names were about to be called - ' Ogunmuyiwa Olujide! Ovienmwanda Patrick. You have the right to remain silent as anything you say can and will be used against you in the court of law'………………………


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THE ENEMY WITHIN
Episode 6
Don't mind me jumping the gun like that. I was just a little bit carried away.


Let's go back to me on my way back to the office after receiving my father in-law's call.


Finally, I got to the office looking scared, suspicious and curious, all at the same time. Not knowing where to go to nor what to expect, I started questioning the look on everyone's face at the office trying to find a clue from their facial expressions and body languages suggesting that they know something about anything that happened last weekend or whatever scheme I'm about to fall into. I read meanings into every greetings, smiles or frowns; I couldn't get anything from them, everything seemed normal. I figured it's either these people are good actors or they just didn't know anything.


Eventually I summoned up the courage to go straight to my father in-law's office first before proceeding to anywhere else. I was expecting him to act as if nothing happened, same way he sounded on the phone, avoiding the topic and just ditching out instructions to me about work with a not-so-smiling face.


I knocked on his door and he invited me in. The moment he saw me, his face lit up! You will think NEPA took light on his face and I just brought it back 'hey my son! Ben o Ben.....' by now he was already up and approaching me with his arms wide open. I was surprised. 'See drama King' I thought to myself. He gave me a warm embrace! Can u imagine that? A warm embrace!! He said ' look ehn, no matter what happens to you in life always look at the positives to it, sometimes things happen for a reason'. I'm like this is what I should be telling this man (that is if I have the courage). I know I'm innocent but the advice he is giving me is what I should be giving him not the other way round.


He wasn't done. He gestured me to sit down by the long couch in his office and he sat beside me, placing his right hand on my left shoulder, while gesticulating with his other hand, he said 'look, good and bad things happen in life every day. Sometimes, good things happen for bad people and bad things happen to good people. But always believe in your God. Let him be your strong pillar of hope and soon you will see that everything He does is for your good'. All the while he was speaking, I was just nodding, my upper lip was going up and down as if I was trying to mutter something out in a very low tone but I was really not saying anything meaningful. I was looking subdued with my hands placed in between my laps


At this point I was 200℅ sure this man knows something I don't. I was sure he knows I didn't do it too. The look on his face seems like one of mischief, but he was calm and confident. The tone of his voice sounds genuine, yet I was feeling blank. He mentioned things happening to me, which means the status quo still remains as it was but he is now more than happy to see me which completely wasn't the case the last time we saw.


It was like he was reading my mind. He said 'Ben are you confused or lost? Which one?' I said 'both sir' and he replied by saying 'aah don't worry about a thing, not a thing! Be of good cheers and go about your daily routine the way things were'. Then he dropped a bombshell 'What I can't promise you though is if things will ever be exactly the same again for you or any of us, but my son......' He nodded at me reassuringly 'everything will be fine'............

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Bros abeg come and carry your update oo. Biko

koligns:
Imagine no update, you just dey go to other people update go dey advertise wetin you never update enough...

After tomorrow and no update, I go stop following this trend

Me sef don dey fear oo

horwa140:
Na to dey use gun harrass person to come update na ihm remain

I'm surprised nobody nominated me for the writer of the month in May. Please don't let your nominations pass me by this month oo
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Hadassah43:
what ur wattpad id or the name of the story on wattpad