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thanks man...I really appreciate your comments. Sorry for all the late updates I've been cracking my brains for ideas for the story

Dibz's POV

The flight to the Bahamas wasn't eventful at all, maybe because I spent a major chunk of the journey sleeping all through. As the plane took off, I spent hours setting up my plan to ensure everything went well. There's no way my dad was going to lose his company on my watch, not all.
If they wanted the company to go public then public it would be .... for now.
I had placed some calls to the very few people in the company I knew I could trust to keep me posted on the happenings there. They confirmed what my dad told me and how they were still in the early stages of the company going public...close to 30 million shares offered to the public constituting close to 83% of the company's total shares and they were going for about #1000 per share. How cheap?? This was no doubt a cover up, a facade for a takeover. Now the shares are that cheap, it's now possible for someone or an entity to garner up as many shares as possible to the extent whereby they would able to get a substantial percent or even more of that of my Dad's and they'd be able to buy us out or even oust us out of the company.

"Hey man", I said as soon as Josh picked up. I needed his plan for my plan to be quick and effective.

"Yo...what's good?...wait where are you and why are you calling with a foreign number?", he asked immediately.

"Bahamas...it's a long story bro. I had to leave yesterday, I'll brief you on everything when I get back. I need your help, you still in touch with that CAC chic?", I asked as he heaved a long sigh.

"Uhmm....yeah but we haven't talked for a long long time, you know after she found out I was also seeing her cousin or sister, I don't know.....but why are you asking about her, you don't want Fola again?", he asked chuckled.

"Fool",I hissed. "I just need her number for some business ish".

"Okay?", Josh said. I'm sure he was really curious now I already told him I'd brief him later so he didn't push it. " Whatever it is that's going on now, I hope it turns out right... sending get number right away".

My phone made a beep sound signalling that he's sent the number.

" And dude, I also need your help again. I need you or preferably your club to purchase about 500,000 shares of my company when they start selling. A share is around #1000 so everything would be around #500m in total".

"What....wait, what are you even talking about? and where would I get five hundred million naira?....are you sure you're ok right now, what's up with you?", Josh rambled on confused. I don't blame him though, I should have told him about everything but there's no time now.

"Look, I'll give you the money, just purchase the shares as soon as possible please", I pleaded.

"You?....give me the money? how?....wait, don't tell me you've sold your father's company and have run abroad to hide or...nooo, is your dad dead and you've gotten your inheritance and now you want to sell the company?....", Josh was rambling on but I cut him short impatiently.

"Shut up man, nobody's dead and nobody's stealing anything. I'll explain when I've got time but please just help me this time, I really need you now please, we'll talk later bye", I said cutting the line.

I needed to get to the bank immediately to claim my inheritance. There was against me and I needed to start putting my plan in motion quickly. I arrived at the bank and I was awestruck at the magnificent building, wow...my family owned this??
Realising myself quickly, I entered quickly, scanning the whole place with my eyes as I also walked to the reception area.

"Hello, you're welcome to the O.M bank. What can we do for you please?", the first receptionist asked with a sweet smile on her face.

"Uh, I'd like to see the manager, or MD or whoever is in charge of this bank", I said confidently. She gave a small laugh, before checking herself and turning to another of her colleague who was also smiling, but not the normal patronising smile it was more of a mock smile. Maybe because of my age or appearance, I don't know, it's their business tho.

"What's funny, I said I'd like to see whoever is in charge here and you're smiling?", I asked impatiently.

"I'm sorry sir but you can't see him now", she answered straight up.
'And why's that?", I asked immediately.

"He's in a meeting right now and it's gonna be like the whole day", she answered politely, but one could still sense the mockery emanating from her countenance. "But if you're looking to open an account or get a loan, I'm can direct you to someone who can be of help", she finished.

I was livid now, I don't have the time to wait through a bleeping meeting.

" Loan??....from my own bank?? Look call him up now and tell him to get his ass here right now. Tell him that Onyekachi Manuel demands his presence right now", I said the last part through gritted teeth.

There was a sharp gasp from her and the other receptionists in the hall. She quickly punched the pads on her telephone.

"Hello, Marie? Yes, I need you to put me through to the boss", she said as she listened to whatever the person on the receiver was saying.

" Tell him there's someone here saying he's a Manuel, in fact the Manuel and he wants to see him immediately", she said as she waited again for sometime before she spoke again.

"Ok sir, thank you", she said as she finally got off the phone.

"He'll be with you shortly sir",she said to me meekly now.....TBC

Spot on.. I'm floored

Dibz's POV

Few days had passed since the unfortunate that unfortunate Saturday where Hailey's presence had ruined my time with Fola. It was just the typical 'Fibz' relationship scenario which was always going to be strained by the seemingly constant Hailey figure.
It's pretty much the truth, back then when things were rosy between Fola and I, Hailey was the only thing that caused issues between us, well , except when I screwed up with the whole bet thing then.
She said not to call or come see her till I was sure I could trust her well enough to let her in on everything that was going on, which I don't know if it's ever going to be possible.
I know I told her that I was protecting her, which, technically is the truth but it's only a part of the truth. The other part is because I'm still scarred on the whole trust thing, especially with her.
I don't know if I'm ready trust her like before again but I just know I don't ever want to lose her again. So how can I not want to trust her but still don't ever want her away from me??....Ah, I'm really a nutcase.

Apart from being sad my messy love life and also kind of....ok I'm just going come and out right and say it, I've been stalking Fola online and everywhere. Yeah , I've been keeping tabs on her since cus I just can't help myself, I'm that hopeless. She's been staying with T for sometime now probably because she knew I'd check her place if I ever wanted to ignore her instructions about not coming to her which I already did but T kicked me out.
So that's that, and apart from that, I've been cracking my head on how I'd get the flash drive from Hailey. The whole nice guy facade hasn't really been that effective in getting me close enough to get it from her. She's been pretty protective about it as she's even stopped wearing it round her neck, God knows where she's kept it now.
Sometimes, I've been tempted to just come and out right and ask her to give it to me but that would just be disastrous for me. She might just lay another accusation on me and it'd be back to jail, for life this time around. I needed a new plan, a plan that would make her confess this time around but how I was I going to pull it off?

'Grrrrrrrrrr', my phone rang bringing me back to reality. I groaned as I rolled over to pick it and sat up when I saw the caller ID. 'This must be huge', I thought as it'd been pretty long I heard from him.

"Hey dad. How're you doing?", I asked as I picked.

"What are you doing?", he fired without even answering my greetings. I rolled my eyes even though I know he couldn't see me.

"Talking to you", I answered his question.

"Don't get smart with me now boy. Where are you?", he fired again . Okay, this is weird what's with the hostility. Maybe he'd found out about Fola and he's now angry, but how would he know that?

"Uh..I'm... I'm in the office", I lied, feeling confused now that I know he might know about Fola and I coming back to together or maybe that Fola had been living in his house for quite sometime or that I'm now chummy with Hailey, ahhh I'm so confused right now.

"You mean the same company that you haven't stepped foot in for the past one month، almost two months now sef. The same company I entrusted into your hands because I'm ill or the same company that I hear is about to go public in a few hours time now....Which company ,goddamnit!!!!!", he yelled over the phone. I had to create a distance between the phone and the ear to protect my eardrums.
How can the company be going public, it's not even possible, we have majority shares and so such decisions can't be held without our knowledge.

"Dad, pls calm down, remember your health. The company can't be going public without our consent, you have majority shares remember? Almost 83%."

"That's .... that's not really true", he replied. His voice calmer now but I was still stunned at his reply, what did he mean by that?

"I...I...don't get it dad. What do you mean by not really?", I asked confused.

"We do have majority shares, however on paper
it's just 32.5% and the remaining 50% was purchased through different individuals and businesses. Your grandfather was the one who did this, you know he was a mafia Lord and he built the company as a means to wash his dirty money and so as not to arouse any suspicions from the finacial security board as to how one person could single handedly build an aircraft comapny without help from the bank or other loan sectors, he made it look like he had a board of investors. Now this so called investors stayed loyal till they died leaving their children to inherit their shares but it seems I wasn't as tough as my father or maybe you weren't either and so they feel they can oust us like that. I'm sorry I didn't tell you this before but if you'd been more serious with the company, this may not have happened, instead you choose to still hang out with that Dokubo's girl", he finished.
Wow, that's some story there and I felt bad for what my nonchalance was about to cost my family. I had to fix this now, Hailey and Fola can wait for now, I have to think out something or find a loophole somewhere. I know one thing for sure and its that Mr. George had a hand in this, he had to. The man has always expressed his dislike for me or my family.

"I'm sorry dad, I'll fix this", I promised. "But did you know about Fola, are you spying on me and how?".

"The fact that I didn't follow in my dad's dubious mafia steps doesn't mean I can't still command their services. Why do you think we didn't use bodyguards....Each member of the Manuel family has atleast four members of the Anika clan protecting them from afar", he answered, abit of pride in his voice.
With the mention of my grand-dad's gang name, q light bulb lit in my head.

"Dad, remember you said before that Grandpa left me some money before he died?"

"Yes, yes....he did but I told you before, you can't have it, it's dirty money. You already have a trustfund so you don't need it".

"How much?", i asked anxiously, not waiting to hear what he had to say.

"Onyekachi..you can't ..."

"How much dad?", I caught him off. He sighed.

"About a few billion dollars", he answered reluctantly. I gave a low whistle immediately he said the amount. With that amount of money, I could be abit higher than my Dad's net worth.

"How can I access it?", I asked.

"Onyekachi, I forbid you from that", he thundered.

"Good thing, I'm not a kid anymore which you can control. I'm a man now dad and I can make my own decisions for myself".

'Well, you make a nice point but pls be careful. It's in a bank in the Bahamas, O.M Bank, Odiba Manuel Bank. Yes, the bastard created a legitimate bank to store his illegal money, how ironic", dad said, scoffing at the last part. Even in death, he still had this daddy chip on his shoulder. They never got along but I know he still loves his old man, he never stops going on about how my grandfather is the cleverest person he's ever met in his lifetime.

"When you get there, just say your name, full name and they'd take you to the safe boxes, now here's the tricky part, the password is the name your grandfather always called you as a kid, if you even make a mistake in the spelling, a herd of Anika gangsters would drag you out to be killed for impersonation so you've got to be extremely careful", he continued.

"Okay dad, I'm leaving now. Thanks", I said.

"Son, don't... don't...don't do anything stupid", he stuttered. I smiled at that. Typical Dad.

"Love you too dad",I said as I hung up so as to prepare for my trip to the Bahamas. I just hope my plan works out..... TBC

New updates today.... updates. Even if I forget, you guys you remind me. 07065269928. Peace

Dibz's POV

"Fola...babe?", I called out softly as I entered my room. I looked under the bed but she wasn't there.

"Come on out babe, she's gone", I said again before I heard the door to the closet creak and stood up from the pile of clothes she used to hide herself. I looked away to hide the laugh that was threatening to come out at her ridiculous sight. She looked like a mess, a sexy mess.

"Are you trying to laugh right now?", she asked annoyed. "You think this is a joke?".

As she spoke one pair of my boxers fell off from her head and I didn't know when a chuckle escaped my mouth. It was really really funny but I guess I should have been more considerate about how Fola was feeling instead.
She sighed and she shook her head as she walked past me. Confused at her reaction, I followed her down the stairs trying to ask her what was wrong but she wouldn't say a word.

"Babe, what's wrong, talk to me now", I pleaded as she looked around for her stuff, she was definitely leaving.

"Ok, I'm sorry for laughing at you. It's just that you looked so funny there I couldn't resist the urge to laugh", I blurted out foolishly.

"Wow, wow", she finally said as she held her purse and turned to me.
"You're just so unbelievable. Tell me something, are you ashamed of me?", she asked.
Now what kind of question is that, why would I be ashamed of her? She's Fola, who would be ashamed of Fola?

"No, I'm not", I answered.

"Sure about that? Cause it didn't seem like it when you rushed me up to your room and practically shoved me into your faint wardrobe or closet, whatever, at the sound of Hailey's voice".
'Ok, so this is the issue', I thought as I tried hard to come up with an excuse to give her.

"I'm sorry babe, I really am", I said with my head bowed down.

"You're sorry?....just that?", she asked annoyed. "You're not going to tell me why?"

"Right, of course", she scoffed and smiled a fake smile. "I'm leaving, bye", she said and made to leave.

"Wait Wait Fola, don't go pls", I tried to stop her.

"Then tell me everything, plss. Why was Hailey even in your house, why did you even apologize to her and why did you hide me, what's really going on. Look baby, we're just got back together and I don't want any secrets to be between us. I've pledged myself to be there for you, always, in good and bad. I love you so much, so so much that it's not healthy, it's so bad that even if you commit murder, I'll also murder someone and go to jail with you. All I'm saying is that, you trust me and let me in, plss", she said softly as tears slowly slid down her cheeks. She caressed my cheeks softly and the sight of her teary self coupled with her speech now made me feel guilty but I don't know if I was ready to tell her yet. If I did and the plan backfired, she might be in trouble too and I wouldn't want that. Plus judging from Hailey's illness, if she discovers someone else knows about her secret, she might be willing to do anything to make sure it doesn't come out, anything at all, even kill the person that she thinks knows about it.

"There's ...I'm not hiding anything", I muttered slowly. Fola closed her eyes tightly as more tears flowed freely , if in pain at my answer. She slowly dropped her hand from my cheeks and turned to leave while I just stood there. This wasn't how I had planned today or how I imagined it wold go down in my head.

Just before she crossed the door, she turned to look at me. "I really hope that one day, you'd be able to let me in but don't call or look for me till then, bye Dibz", she said as she slid on her shades and left.... TBC

bigbauer:
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Contd

"Hales hi, what's up", I said as I met her halfway through the stairs. I leaned against the wall in a bid to appear bigger in order to prevent her from going further. She smiled a little at my posture as she took a step down the stairs.

"Hi", she said. "I didn't get to see you before you left early this morning. I'm sorry I was quite busy and so I decided to get your gift", she said as she stretched her hand containing a small wrapped box.
I was a little taken aback at why she got me a gift seeing as it wasn't my birthday yet or any special occasion.

"Uhm.. thanks Hales but I'm a bit lost though. What's the gift for?", I asked.
She smiled again as she bent her head to play with her fingers. Wow, Hailey's acting shy now? Great, just great.

"Just see it as some sort of thanks, for accepting my invitation to the party. It really meant alot that you came", she said, raising her head up to meet my eyes.
I smiled at that and for a moment there it seemed as if my heart started warming up to her. I wondered how someone so sweet and beautiful could have done something that wicked to me. Maybe she's sick afterall and needs urgent help, maybe she wasn't really herself when she was doing it.
I pitied her as I looked at the gift-- which I'm guessing is a watch, judging how small the package is-- and as I raised my head up, my eyes met the flash drive that was hanging off her neck and just like that the surge to vindicate myself flooded my senses and just like a flood, it swept away all atoms, even the mintuest of pity I had for her.

"Thank Hales, I really appreciate", I said smiling forcefully. I felt it wasn't that effective and so I pulled her in for a hug. To pull through with my plans, everything had to be perfect. I couldn't risk exhibiting any action that would make her doubt me at all.
She seemed to enjoy the embrace seeing as she held onto me tightly and I could have sworn she sniffed my neck but before I could mentally deliberate on that, she said something that mafe the hairs on my body stand.

"You smell abit familiar. Sorry that came out wrong, I meant to say your cologne, I can swear that I've smelt the exact one on someone else but I can't place my mind on who",She said as she broke off the hug.
Just then a noise was heard upstairs like someone crashing down heavily.

"Did you hear that?", Hailey asked. I pretended to not know what she was talking about instead.

"Hear what?", I said as I wore a mask of ignorance.

"That sound. Upstairs", she continued.

"Is someone else here?", she asked.

"No. Even the maids are off duty now", I said.

Hailey reluctantly nodded her head but I could tell she was far from believing me and I had to act fast.

"Ok, I think I'll be on my way now", she said as she made to get her bag. I heaved a sigh of relief as she said that, I didn't even know I'd been holding my breath since. She walked towards the exit but turned her heels all of a sudden.

" Actually I'd like to use your bathroom pls", she asked and started heading for the stairs.

"Uhm...Hales there's a bathroom down here", I suggested. She turned and gave me a look.

"Really?....you want me to use the guest bathroom? ok, if that's how you see me now, then fine, I just thought that, we were friends again", she softly.
I was confused now. How does a bathroom relate with our relationship?

"I'm lost here Hales, it's just a bathroom it has nothing to do with our friendship", I said.

"Yeah it doesn't, maybe I just felt abit bad that you'd let me use a guest bathroom that you'd offer normal visitors or even strangers too or maybe it's just my own way of thinking", she replied.

Wow she's good, she's damn good. This is a master in manipulation. I had to give it to her, she's really a master at this. Making me feel guilty with that petty speech of hers so I'd let her use my bathroom in my room so she'd satisfy her curiosity as to whether there's really someone else in the house.

"Ok, you got me Hales. I dont want you to use my bathroom", I said bluntly as I watched her shoulders slump.

"I knew it..you're...

"It's because it's pretty messed up and I was embarrassed. The maids were excused so it's not been cleaned today", I said cutting short whatever she was about to say.

"Oh", she said slowly. "Im sorry for my crazy assumptions earlier pls forgive me. I'll just use the guest bathroom now", she said as she followed my directions to where it was, before she left and I was left to think up how I was going to explain everything to Fola now. Lord pls help me and help her understand...... TBC


So sorry guys about yesterday, my phone was down for the most of yesterday. I'll drop another one later today. Have a blessed Tuesday ahead

Good afternoon guys....double updates tomorrow. HSD