Stalked By A Mafia - Episode 10

A story by Tisa Phiri

Chile smilled to himself. Now he had something to help him get money from Scar. All he wanted was, according to him a share of what he helped build.

"That boy couldn't have gone this far if it weren't for me" he would say. He chuckled as he slid his hand in his bald head.

Chile was a professional thief, who begun his carreer years back when he was still 12. he grew up in the streets of Lusaka. He had a good family, his mother and father were teachers but after his parents divorced, The 10 years old Chile was forced to live with his aunty after the mother was transferred to Choma town.

As a young boy, Chile lived under the bad treatment of his aunty and he decided to run away from home and live in the streets.

His mother never bothered look for him and for years he struggled in the streets like an orphan. It was in the streets where Chile developed hatred for his parents. So much that when he turned 18 he was fully embedded in the gangs full of drug dealers and robbers and on his 18th birthday, Chile, searched for his parents and murdered them in cold blood. That's when he fled Lusaka and went to the copperbelt.

Years later he settled in kabwe at the age of 32. where he started his own gang and was leader of about 20 boys all aged between 15 and 25.

He meet Scar a smart 19 years old boy with big brains. he instantly loved Scar and made him head of planning and organising robberies.

"Well" Chile thought to himself. "now my own trained boy is bigger than him."

He wanted to avenge for the betrayal of leaving his gang. he thought he would purnish him by making him pay up for years, but Scar turned to be smarter than him and wouldn't allow him to extort him further. So now it was pay back time.

"There's no greater weakness than a love for a woman." Chile smilled as he poured wine in a glass with ice. He clossed his eyes as the wine went down his gullet, leaving it hot .

"Am gonna enjoy" this he chuckled proudly lifting the wine glass in the air toasting to himself.

*******

Scar tried to sleep but he couldn't. his eyes were dry, he couldn't help thinking about what Sila had told him. He understood her pain, she was still young when he raped her. It was obvious the memory hurt her so much. He wished things were different for both of them.

He wished he wasnt a thief and murderer and met Sila as a normal guy. but that was just some wish the reality was worse.

He decided as he lay on his bed to let her go. somehow he couldn't let the boy Zac grow up without his parents. Though Scar had no idea who Zac's father was . He was almost certain the guy wasn't in the Boy's life or he could have seen him around even once. That Jack was definately not the father he thought. Scar could tell the guy practically ignored Zac ..

He called the guy he left watching Silas house.

"hey any activities their?"

"No Boss" the guy told him.

" the lights are even off. I gues they are sleeping now."

"Good" Scar said

"you can leave now."

*******

Early in the morning Sila who too had barely slept stood by the window as she watched some guy sweep around the yard and clean the cars. she gasped as she saw her car packed next to a Prado.

she shook her head,

"this guy is really good at what he does. how on earth did a man who was smart and good looking turn out to be a thief and a master mind for that matter.?" She questioned herself.

She hoped Scar would let her go that day. staying another day away from her normal life and son would kill her. she vowed to file for a transfer and go far away from the town. she knew that as long as she lived within kabwe, Scar and his gang would not leave her alone.

she hated that she will have to leave the peaceful town she had come to love just because of a mafia who started ruining her life since she was 18 but her choices were limited. Reporting to the police was the last thing on her options. she wasn't going to risk her son's life just to see that Mafia in prison. "Karma will catch up with him" she thought to herself...

"Good morning" Boyd who served her food greeted her with a tray of breakfast.

"the boss will join you soon." he said before leaving the tray on the small table. Sila just looked at him. she wasn't in the mood to eat but she had to see Scar.

"excuse me" she called but Boyd didn't answer. she walked out of the room and saw Jo coming out of a room adjacent.

" As you say Boss." he said as he turned heading out the back door.

Sila waited until he was gone and no one was around. He didn't see her so she quickly went to the room Jo came from.

"He must be there" she thought to herself without knocking, Sila opened Scars bedroom door and entered. There was no one in the room.

"how ?" she thought to herself.

"I think I heard two voices from here."

she heard water running in a room opposit were she stood. something caught her eye, a picture of her sleeping in her bed on a laptop.

"what's this?" she asked herself as she went closer to the laptop.

Scar cleared his throat just before Sila could get any closer. she turned quickly and her mouth gasped and opened when she looked at a totally nude Scar standing in front of her.

" um am. I was just looking for you." she murmered moving backwards as Scar slowly moved to her.

" why is that?" Scar asked in a low voice.

" I wanted to tell you that... um... i" she stammered his dominance making it hard for him to concentrate.

"Am listening" Scar interrupted his face expressionless. He moved closer until the only thing separating them was Silas thin dress.

"please dress up" Sila managed to say suprising even to her, she wasn't trying to escape or scream, her heart beat became rapid as she inhaled the sweet scent of Scar bathing soap. Her hands held to the wall. she tried to avoid his face.

"let go" she whispered almost inaudible.

"Am not holding you" Scar told her without looking away.

"but you are in my way" she gasped as he bent his head close to her face. Scar pushed further closer to her, bending his head to her neck.

she closed her eyes and gasped again. He held her waist as he looked into her eyes.

" what's wrong Sila? Am I making you feel uncomfortable?" He smilled as she turned her face down still in the same point.

He lifted her head face up and kissed her lips slightly. Sila neither kissed back nor resisted.

Scar slid his hands up her thighs, his other hand held her waist. He smilled when he saw her closing her eyes shut. she definately couldnt resist him.

"Remember you are my hostage" he whispered in her ears

" and am the murderer and a rapist too." he whispered and moved backwards leaving Sila desparate.

She realised where she was and slapped him hard.

"don't ever do that again!" she scoffed and fled back to the room she was being kept forgetting her mission to Scar's room.

She covered her face in shame and disappointment with herself. how could she let the man she hated so much, her rapist get to her and make her feel so damn good touching her and kissing her.

"you are an idiot Sila!" she told herself. she felt she had to leave that place for sure, even when she was somehow conviced he wasn't going to kill her. Scar looked tough but Sila could tell he had a weakness for her.

She was still scolding herself inside when Scar walked in, he wore a denim black jeans and black golf T-shirt. He looked hot and Sila couldn't help admire him. If it weren't that Sila knew for a fact that he was a mafia, she would quickly fall for him. she hated the uneasiness he was causing her to feel.

Scar looked at her, he smilled in his head. He couldn't stop imagining how Sila couldn't resist his touch. knowing she had feelings for him made him glad but it was time to let her go. He showed her the keys.

"here, your car is outside. but I can't risk you identifying this place too so one of my boys will drive you back to your home with your head covered."

"Thank you" Sila told him.

" I promise i wont...."

"Yeah" he cut her short...

"you will not dare say a thing not even to your maid. I don't need to explain the rest do I?" He asked her seriously.

"No" Sila nodded..

" it's clear. Please stay away from our lives for good." she added.

Scar called Jo...

" take her home" he instructed, "make sure she behaves"

Sila was covered with a cloth as they went out the house. After about what seemed like an hour the car came to a halt and Jo uncovered her face, giving her the keys

"you can now drive yourself " he smiled at her....

She silently got the keys and went to the drivers seat.

"You know whats at stake" Jo told her.

"I can say you are a luck woman. my Boss never shows such lenience to anyone, never!"

Sila nodded as she started the car engine. she was left two streets away from her house and she had no idea where Scar's house was. it seemed Jo drove her in circles before taking her near her house.

After talking with her son for a while, Sila called Martha, she explained the lie about why she hadn't shown up the previous morning.

"It's okey Marth responded

" we will make another day."

" yeah sure" she said trying to make the conversation as short as posible.

Hanging up Sila prepared super for her family she loved seeing her son happy and would never risk his life by telling him who the father was. "He doesn't deserve it " she thought to herself

Since she had barely slept the previous night Sila fell asleep almost immediately she got to bed.

She woke up in the morning and like always she went to check on her son, her heart beat fast when she found the maid fast asleep and Zac's bed was empty.

" Isaac!" She called out as she looked around the whole house for him.

"Oh my God! he's gone." she screamed as she called her son from outside, tears running down her face.

To be continued

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Steve chuckled and turned. He began to walk away from the place with Evelyn by his side.

"There are no CCTV records of how the lady got the bike also, looks like we're dealing with a third party here."

"Or could it be Henson who arranged an escape route for himself?" Evelyn suggested.

"We've got to go back to the mall now, and find out who that woman is." Agent Steve said with some urgency in his tone. He took out his car keys and increased the speed of his steps.

Steve caught a glimpse of the police vehicles already driving towards the garage as they got into his vehicle which was parked directly opposite the entrance.

"I think we should stick around for a moment, or don't you think the police can find them still hanging around this area?" Evelyn suggested to Steve.

"There's no need to hand around, whether the police gets them or not, we would eventually find out but we both know the chances are very slim." Steve answered her. He fastened on his seatbelt after turning on the car. "The most important thing is identifying the woman following after Henson, if we do it'll help us know where Henson could have gone."

"You're right boss," Evelyn agreed with him.

He nodded with a smile as he drove the car out of the parking space. He stopped aside and waited for the police vehicles to all enter into the garage.

"Make a call to Agent Rhoda and instruct her to get officers to raid Henson's houses and anywhere else he can be found," he said to Evelyn before he zoomed out of the garage with the car.

Fifty Minutes later
Location : Eastern Shopping Complex

"This is the admin building," Agent Evelyn quickly glanced and whispered to Agent Steve as they got close to the area.

"Something must have happened here," Agent Steve noted as they saw a gathering of the security guards and few police officers around the place. He stepped aside with Evelyn to have a better view. They soon spotted a police officer walking close to their direction and Steve becoming beckoned unto him quickly.

"Steve, Central investigative department," Steve displayed an identity card to him and quickly returned it. "Can you briefly tell me in a minute what's happening here?"

"The admin area was attacked, two of the men were found unconscious and the storage disk of the master system was stolen." The policeman answered him.

"Only the internal storage disk?"

"Yes, it contains all sales records, cctv records and visitors records for the day."

Agent Steve and Evelyn exchanged quick glances.

"Thank you," Steve said in dismissal to the man. He turned to Evelyn and they began to walk away from the area. "This is all well calculated," he said in a pissed off tone as they headed towards the car.

"Is Henson trying so badly to clear off his tracks or is a third party trying so hard to hide theirs?" Evelyn asked thoughtfully as they rushed down the stairs. She took out her phone and unlocked it.

"That, we would have to find out soon," Steve replied her. He also took out his phone.

They got into the car and both settled in it before they dialed with their phones.

Steve's call was the first to be answered.

"Hey Dan, I want to check past CCTV records of Henson, also check his past criminal records and other recent activities." Steve ordered the receiver who gave a positive reply.

"Rhoda, any luck with Henson?" Evelyn spoke into the phone.

"Henson was not found at his home, we met his pregnant wife who says he's not been home for three days." Agent Rhoda replied from the other end.

"Did you ask her where he could have gone to?"

"Yes, we visited three of his friend's house and none knew his whereabouts."

"Okay, thank you." Evelyn said before dropping the call.

Agent Steve was looking at her. He already fastened his seatbelt and was waiting for her to do the same.

"We've got to ask Mrs Henson more questions," Evelyn suggested to Steve at she pulled on her seatbelt.

"Put a call through to our team members who aren't Undercovers and instruct them to do so," Steve told her as he started the car.

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22:45 PM

Henson's eyes popped open in a dark room. For a moment, he felt some faint dizziness around him and closed back his eyes. He opened again after some seconds and drew in a deep breath.

It felt odd. His head was banging so hard and he felt stuck. He tried to move his hands but could not, he tried his legs and they also did not move. It seemed as if he was suspended above the floor as he could not feel the ground under his feet but he could feel something hard as a wall at his back. He began to struggle again but stopped when he heard sounds of footsteps coming closer.

There was a sound of the door opening and then that of a bulb switch turned on, the room got brightened immediately by the florescent light hanging from the ceiling at the center of the room.

Henson stared at the faces of the two men as they advanced slowly to him. He could now see what was used to hold his hands to the wall. His hands were spread straight and wide on both sides and fastened on the wrist by a strong metal. His ankles were also fastened. He began to feel some pain at those joints, a result of his struggling to make himself free.

He recognized one of the men at his front as the same man he was handed to by the lady who fought him.

"Dude, you have a pregnant wife, two siblings and one aged father, save their lives by giving his answers to our questions without stressing us."

"Who are you?" Henson asked.

"There's no time for formal introductions, just listen to me." Henry answered him. "Now, tell me, all those men you met secretly at the fertilizer store, what was your business with them?'

"That's none of your business, you are not police officers." Henson answered stubbornly.

Henry chuckled and flashed a look at Dave. Dave understood the signal, he turned back and proceeded to the door immediately.

"I guess it'll be our business when he returns." Henry said to him with a smile while he stared back blankly not knowing what to expect. "Before he comes, let's do some introduction... Or rather, let's do some talks."

Henry stopped to look at his face and saw he was staring back him at him keenly.

"Sometime this morning, one of your bosses in the Red Wolves was here with me, his name is Richard Brad." Henry stopped and smiled. "He was stubborn like you at first but he gave up when he knew that my course is unstoppable..."

"Who are are you?" Henson asked with a smirk.

Henry chuckled again. He was about to speak again when the door flung open and Dave walked in with a young man in front of him. The young man had his head and whole eyes covered with a black cloth, a rope was tied around his neck to fasten it.

Henry stepped aside and waited until Dave brought the guy closer.

Dave stopped some metres away from him and took out a gun. He fixed the gun to the head of the trembling masked young man in front of him.

"It's time for you to die but you have one last opportunity of begging someone who has the power to let you go, you are only allowed to speak ten words to plead. Talk now." Dave said to the young man.

Henson stared at Henry's face and wondering what was happening.

"Please, I beg you in the name of Jesus, forgive me for all I could have..."

Henson trembled at the sound of the voice. It was his younger brother.

"Don't touch him you bastard!" Henson shouted out in frustration.

"Brother!" The young man shouted back in surprise.

"Sorry dude, your elder brother here is not ready to save your life." Dave said in a taunting voice and cocked the gun.

"Don't kill him, I'll tell you whatever you want." Henson finally pleaded.

"So, tell me, what were you doing with those men who came to meet you at the fertilizer store." Henry asked quickly.

Henson glanced at his face and then glanced again at his brother.

"Take him out," Henry said to Dave.

Dave turned with the young man and took him back out.

"I don't know what Richard Brad has told you," Henson began immediately the door was closed. "But I know we swore not to ever open our mouths to anybody about this."

"Your oath or your family's life, which matters more to you?" Henry asked in a cool calm voice.

"If they find out I told you the secrets, they would still come after my family and kill them. I would lose my family either way," Henson replied.

Henry could sense the extreme feeling of fear in his voice. "Who are these people? If you tell me who they are, I can get to them before they ever get to your family."

"No," Henson said in a frustrated voice and sniffed in. "They're powerful, very powerful."

"I know they are, but I can stop them." Henry replied him.

Henson seemed to be very sure they could not be defeated. He had fear written all over his face and his body trembling all over.

Henry moved closer to him. "I can stop them Henson, they're scared of me and tried to stop me some time ago. But I'm back to hunt them." Henry said in whispers and looked at Henson's face, but Henson did not look convinced. "My name is Carl Winston, I'm the man the Red Wolves tried to kill eleven months ago, I started directly with the men who shot him but I'm back for the Red Wolves now."

Henson's eyes widened at his words. He squinted again as if to question if Henry could really be the Carl Winston. It however seemed he had no choice than to trust this man. If this man had been able to kidnap the ever careful Richard Brad from his home, he was also very dangerous.

"They all came to take the devices to be installed in their companies," Henson answered briefly.

"What devices?"

"The explosives."

Henry widened his eyes. "And when would the explosions take place?"

"There would be no explosion, they couldn't get the explosives. Richard Brad was to command the release of the devices to me."

"Was that the order you were expecting him to give?"

"Yes."

Henry heaved a sigh of relief, knowing that some planned explosions had been stopped by their capture of Richard Brad.

"So, who was to release the explosives to you?"

"His name is Ernest Daysman, he works at Suntan Farms."

"Suntan Farms," Henry muttered under his breath.

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The next day
9:45AM

THE FOX HEADQUARTERS

"I'm really wondering what a man like Henson would have to do with Richard Brad," Evelyn said thoughtfully to Steve as they walked hurriedly through the offices, the sound made by the soles of their shoes could be heard in the silent environment.

"One could never tell, I still believe though that Henson must have had something to do with Richard Brad's kidnap and murder." Steve replied her.

That morning, their team had discovered after going through Henson's activities for the past few days that one of the numbers he had called more frequently in the past three days was the number saved as Richard Brad. More investigation had been done and they found out that the number was truly Richard Brad's. Richard Brad's dead body had been found that evening, dumped in a vehicle few kilometres to his Mansion.

The abduction and death of Richard Brad had been the talk of the town. The FOX agents had also gotten the news but the case was being solely handled by the intelligence department of the police.

Steve and Evelyn stopped when they got to the front of a room. Steve touched a button and waited for a response.

"Let's go in," he opened the door for Evelyn to step in first after getting his response.

"Good morning sir!" Steve and Evelyn saluted in unison.

"Morning agents, how can I help you?" Agent Elkim replied.

"We need your permission sir to fetch details from the department concerning investigation on the abduction and murder of Richard Brad," Steve said to him.

"Why?" Agent Elkim asked briefly. He rested his back in his chair and placed a finger from both palms on his chin.

"In our investigation, one of our suspects had being in contact with Richard Brad constantly for three days before the murder."

"Permission granted," Agent Elkim replied and leaned back towards his table.

"Thank you sir," the both bowed before turning out of the office.

Agent Elkim picked up his phone after they left and dialed a number.

"Chairman, the team is getting some more information. I just had to give them permission to do something that suggests they suspect Richard Brad as a terrorist."





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"Sam, I'm sending an application to your phone now, install immediately, you'd be able to get Henson's direction from wherever you are," Samantha heard Cole's voice in her earpiece.

She reduced her steps and took out her phone quickly. "When did you install a tracker on him?" She asked as she unlocked her phone and clicked on the command to install the application.

"I'm tracking his sim, he's got the location services of his phone turned on and that makes it easier." Cole replied.

It took Sam nothing less than ninety seconds to finish installing and run the app. She stared at the items displayed on her screen for a few seconds, trying to understand what they meant.

"He's heading out already," she spoke out loud after she was able to understand the reading.

She turned and walked up the aisle to the front. She checked her phone again and saw that Henson was now outside the building.

"He has stepped outside the mall," Cole voice sounded in her ears, confirming what she read.

"Where is Henry?" Samantha asked, heading for the exit.

"He's almost there," Cole answered.

"I may still have to use the same car if Henry does not come quickly," she said.

"No, you can't anymore. The police are trailing the car already, that may cause some problems for you on the road."

"What do I do?"

"Look left," Cole said and Samantha turned to the left at once. "There's a man at the ATM stand, he's next on the queue, you'll have to pick his pocket."

"What?" She asked, widening her eyes.

"Yes, the key to his power bike is carelessly placed in his left pocket. Pull out the key successfully and I'll tell you where the bike is."

Samantha drew in deep breath. The man was now using the ATM.

She remembered she had picked pockets in Nigeria several years ago as a child to survive. She had never thought she would still need to do so. She took another glance towards Henson and saw that he had already gotten to his car, she summoned courage and began to walk towards the ATM. Her target finished cashing out his money and dipped it into his trousers pocket. He began to walk towards her direction.

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Agent Evelyn sat in her car as she watched the Police drive out of the firm in their vehicle with the target she reported. She took out her phone and dialed a number.

"Hey Evelyn, I'm returning to the office already." Agent Steve said immediately he answered the call.

"Has the arrest on your end been made?" Evelyn asked.

"Yes, it has. Get yours done quick and return to the office as soon as possible, I want the questioning to begin immediately."

"I'll be on my way right away Sir," Evelyn replied and then kicked start the car engine.

"We have five men to question already, more arrests could be made before the day ends, I expect to see you soon at the office."

"See you boss!"

___

Thirty minutes after carefully trailing Henson on her power bike. She watched as he drove his car into the enclosed public car garage of a recreation center.

"How close is Henry here?" Samantha asked as she approached the entrance of the garage.

"Five minutes to you once you stop motion," Cole replied.

"Okay."

She followed Henson in immediately and quickly spotted his car moving towards the far left end of the facility. She followed in the same direction.

The garage was occupied with mainly expensive cars and few power bikes. There were close to fifty cars parked in the facility there were still empty spaces enough to take fifty more vehicles.

Samantha reduced her speed again as she watched Henson turn his vehicle into the parking space. She wondered why he choose somewhere quite far from where the entrance was. She decided not to go as far as he went and turned into a space close to her. She parked the motorcycle and stepped down.

She took a quick look around the place. There were only one or two persons in the garage with them and she had only spotted one at the far opposite end while she drove in. Most car owners who parked their cars did very early in the morning and returned late evenings to get them. At that particular period of time day, there was usually very little activity in the garage.

She pulled out her gun as she began to walk in front of the car towards Henson's direction. She noticed when the headlights of his car went off and also heard the sound of his door opening. She hastened her steps but ensured she made no noise that could announce to him that he had company. She was seven vehicles spaces away from him when she heard the sound of the door closing. Only two of the seven vehicle spaces were occupied, and they contained two similar vehicles at the sixth and seventh space just before the space Henson had his car parked.

Samantha bent when she got to the first of the two cars before his and tried to peep but couldn't get a view of him. She moved closer to the second car and bent just by the side of the bonnet to check for Henson. She slowly rose to her feet when she saw no signs of him but she still could not see anything. She stepped forward very slowly and carefully. She looked around to see if he was already making his way out of the garage but could still not find him anywhere.

Just then she realized that he could have noticed her presence and was probably hiding and watching her from somewhere. She reduced her walking speed to an extreme slow speed as she got close to the space the black Camry was parked.

Just as she stepped away from the front of the bonnet, her eyes caught a figure hiding by the front tyre side but before she could make any move, he rammed into her, pushing her down with his shoulder. He grabbed the hand in which she held the pistol and tried to take the pistol from her hands but she held on to it tightly.

He delivered a punch to her face and tried to hit her the second time but she grabbed his fists quickly. She tried to push him away with her foot but he struggled to hold on rigidly to her and only fell sidewards slightly and got back up immediately, still holding on the wrist of the hand she had the gun. He noticed her other hand was going to the back of her trouser and he quickly grabbed the hand again as he climbed over her again.

She pushed him away with her foot on his chest again and this time he fell to the back totally but her gun was tossed away. She got up as fast as she could but he was also up quickly. He charged towards her as she made to pick the gun and she had to dodge his kick instead, she launched a blow to the side of his belly and he staggered to the side but turned again immediately to throw a punch. She dodged the punch, grabbed him by the arm and tried to twist it but he made his arm rigid and dug a kick into her belly, making her stagger and fall on her butt.

He turned and made way for the gun but she was up quickly and got to him before he could bend to pick it. She kicked it away and it went through under the car far away where it couldn't be seen.

He launched a quick blow at her but she swerved to the side and grabbed him by the wrist. She pulled him forward and dug a heavy punch into his belly with the same hand.

He fell on his side with deep pain running his ribs and belly. He tried as much as he could to get back up quickly but the pain made him unable to stand upright immediately. He struggled and charged towards her with a punch but she dodged easily to the other side. He struck another blow at she dodged again in the same manner.

She made a mocking smile as she stared at his face which had pain written all over. He felt angry and irritated seeing her mock him and he rushed to her with another blow but she diverted his blow with her arm and landed a straight punch on his mouth. He staggered back and she followed with another punch to his face. He tried to respond with his but she dodged to the other side and waited for him to turn immediately delivering two jabs to his face again.

He fell back to the ground with a broken nose and swollen lips. He raised his head to see her pointing a gun at him.

"Get up dude, damn you!"

He got up to his feet in pains and put his hands slowly in the air.

She took a step closer to him and stopped when she heard the sound of an approaching vehicle. She looked briefly in the direction of the sound with her side eye but still maintained her gaze on Henson. She was about to tell him to get into the car when the approaching car came into view and it appeared to be the Henry in the car.

She waited as he zoomed into the parking space beside them and stepped out of the car.

"What took you so long?" She asked as she moved closer to Henson. She made him turn his back to her and directed her towards the Henry.

Henry smiled on seeing Henson's face. He knew he must have given Samantha some tough time but like he expected of her, she had treated it so easily.

"Get him into the car," Samantha said and turned back immediately before Henry had the opportunity to commend.

She returned few seconds later with the gun she had kicked away during the fight with Henson.

Henson was already in the boot of the car after being sedated by Henry. Henry was in the driver's side and he had the door to the passenger's side opened for Samantha to sit.

"Why can't I connect to Cole anymore?" Samantha asked as she pulled on her seatbelt.

"Cole has left the base, he and Dave should be at the shopping complex now," Henry answered her.

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FOX Corporation Building, EPA HILL.

In the normal interrogation room setting, Agent Evelyn was sitting at one end while the suspect was at the other end. The interrogation had been on for twenty minutes and the Agent had about two pages of her note already filled with answers.

She was about to ask him another question when her phone rang, Agent Steve was the caller.

"Hello boss," she answered the call.

"Evelyn, we have seven people, all with the same story and mentioning one name - Henson. However, the officers have raided the whole Dran Agro, Henson was said to have left about the same time we got there earlier." Agent Steve said from his own end.

"Do we have to follow personally?"

"Yes, we do have to follow immediately. I believe Henson is someone dangerous and tricky."

"I'll round up and meet you in five minutes."

3 Hours Later

Agent Steve and Evelyn stood in the car park where Henson had parked his vehicle. After some minutes of properly scrutinizing the vehicle, they stood side by side trying to pull conclusions from their observations.

"It doesn't look like there's a struggle in the car," Agent Evelyn noted to Agent Steve.

"But there could have been a struggle outside," Agent Steve noted, staring at the floor around. "They say the CCTV has no records of how this power bike got into this place and there are no records of how the bike user or Henson left."

"A lady was said to have taken the bike from the shopping complex," Evelyn pointed out.

Steve chuckled and turned. He began to walk away from the place with Evelyn by his side.

"There are no CCTV records of how the lady got the bike also, looks like we're dealing with a third party here."

"Or could it be Henson who arranged an escape route for himself?" Evelyn suggested.

"We've got to go back to the mall now, and find out who that woman is." Agent Steve said with some urgency in his tone. He took out his car keys and increased the speed of his steps.

To be continued.

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Restless - Episode 36
Henson Is Caught

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© Oyinloye Oluwatosin Emmanuel


"So what am I supposed to do with this man?" Samantha asked, looking into the tablet device on her lap. Henson's photograph was displayed on fullscreen.

"Follow him, get him, get the necessary informa..." Henry was saying when his eyes caught something by the left. "Damn!" He said as he reduced the speed of his driving drastically. "Evelyn is here also, there must be something serious happening in this area."

"So what do we do?" Sam asked.

"I'll pull over once we get past the flyover," Henry replied her. "You'd go further on foot, taking directions from Cole and I'll join you when the road is clear of the FOX agents."

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"Agent Evelyn, target is out of the building in his car, you need to take the next u-turn," the instruction sounded in Evelyn's earpiece as she climbed up the flyover in her car.

"Gotten Agent, will follow through at once." Evelyn replied sharply. She picked up her phone and unlocked it, she dialled a number and then took out the earpiece in her left ear. She placed the phone to her ear when the call began to connect.

"Hi Agent Steve, got your eyes on any yet?" She asked.

"Yeah, following one down the Industry Lane, will catch up in some minutes. What about you?"

"Not yet following any, but I've got directions from live feed and I'll soon be on to one."

"Let's do it quick, we'd talk later."

With that, the call ended and Evelyn increased her driving speed and sped past two other vehicles on the flyover. She put back the second earpiece on after she heard her name being called.

"Speak on Agent," Evelyn replied.

"You gotta go faster, he's at the u-turn already." The voice replied her.

"Right away!"

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Samantha looked left, right and left again before she crossed to the other side of the road. She looked briefly around before proceeding to the gate of Dran Agro Allied Firm. She was very close to the place when she heard a voice sound in her earpiece.

She stopped and stepped closer to the wall to listen.

"Speak up Cole," she said into her mouthpiece.

"Don't go further, Henson is in a vehicle on his way out of Dran." Cole told her.

"Okay," she replied and pulled a button on the mouthpiece to switch the connection to Henry. "Henry, pick me at the Dran gate."

Henry delayed his response for some seconds. "Sorry Sam, you have to go after Henson alone, I'm following one of the FOX agents too."

Henry was still speaking when Samantha noticed the Dran gate opening. She stepped back to the roadside immediately and her eyes searched quickly for approaching cabs.

She waved down a cab and quickly glanced towards the gate again. She saw a black Toyota Camry driving out. She switched the button on her mouthpiece back to Cole.

An empty cab stopped in front of her, she opened and stepped in immediately without saying anything to the driver. The driver pulled back into the road in the same direction before asking questions.

"Where are you going to?" He asked with a glance at her face.

"Cole, is Henson the one in the black Camry?" Samantha asked Cole and ignored the driver's question.

Cole answered affirmatively.

"Clear the CCTV records of how I got here," Samantha said again to Cole. It was part of his job to make the rest of the team untraceable in their operations.

The driver stared at her again, this time with a look of confusion, wondering why she was talking to herself.

"Just drive straight, follow that black Camry closely." Samantha finally answered.

"Which Cam..." He was about to ask when a large vehicle obstructing his view took a U-turn and he got a clear view of the Camry. He increased the gear and overtook the car in front of him.

"I didn't say you should level up with the Camry, I said follow closely. He shouldn't know we are following him," Samantha said to him.

He flashed a quick suspicious look at her, wondering why she would give him such instruction but he got totally awed when she pressed the tip of a pistol to his belly.

"Pull over and step out of the car," she said to him.

He nodded shakily and turned on the indicator with trembling hands. He switched to the other lane as soon as he got the chance and pulled over.

"Don't try anything stupid with the car," Samantha warned him as she suspected his hand going to the dashboard. "You'll get your car back at the right time."

He opened the door and stepped out and she quickly switched to the driver's side. She zoomed off immediately and left the driver shouting for help on the road.

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Twenty five minutes of following Henson closely. Samantha watched Henson drive into the Eastern Shopping Complex, located at the center of Epa in Bexford. She switched her connection to Cole as she drove in after her target.

"You following us Cole?" She said into her mouthpiece.

"Yeah," Cole replied. "You might need to change your car soon, Henry is coming your way already, keep tracking Henson."

"Okay," she replied as she turned off the car engine in the car park. Her eyes located the point Henson's car was parked as she took off the seatbelt. Her eyes followed Henson all the way from his vehicle into the mall.

She got out of the car and went in the same direction as Henson.

"Going into the shopping mall with him now," she said into her mouthpiece as she walked in through the door. She looked left and right and located him going in the right direction. She walked left for two seconds and turned into the aisle between the displayed goods in the stationery section.

"Cole, can you access the surveillance cameras in this mall?" She asked as she began to go through the goods slowly.

"I'm not sure I can do so from here. I need to be there to hack into the wireless network they use in transmitting the video signals." Cole replied.

On hearing his reply, Samantha hastened her steps and walked down the aisle to the end of the section where there was another aisle which went in the perpendicular direction.

She turned to the right and proceeded in the direction. She looked briefly through each aisle as she passed to check for Henson.

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Stalked By A Mafia - Episode 9

A story by Tisa Phiri

He stood by his car as he watched the boy play soccer. He felt a grip in his throat, tried to swallow it and felt pain. Scar's mind went back to when he was Zac's age.

His friends always made him a leader. He was bad at playing the game but his confidence led other kids put him first.

Scars mother always told him God had a great purpose for his life,

" no wonder he gave you brains" she would add,

"continue trusting him Aaron and your future will blossom like flowers. Decide to trust in God's wisdom" she would say.

Zac noticed Scar watching him, he waved his hands at him.

Scar smilled waving him back and the boy ran to him.

"hey Zac!" Scar greeted.

"hey." the boy answered.

"came to see your friend again? " he asked panting..

"Yeah" Scar lied

"was just admiring your skill back there." He smiled widely

"Thank you" Zac smilled as he played with the ball in his hands. "did you want to greet mom too?" Zac asked...

"No kid, i was just passing. but if she's around then maybe I can say hi to her."

"oh .. but she's not yet back. she went to town this morning and has not come back yet."

"Is that so? Scar asked..

"yes" replied Zac...

"I have something for you."

Scar got the video game and other toys he had bought and handed them to Zac ..

"here enjoy the games."

" Thank you but my mom won't agree with me getting things from a stranger" the boy hesitated.

"well Zac don't worry I talked to your mother on phone before coming here. she told me i can get you the games. So here I am." He shrugged with a smile.

" Really?" Zac jumped with excitment.

"yes kid, come ask her yourself when she comes."

"Thank you" Zac smiled running back to the house.

" am going to show aunty Maria."

Scar watched the boy entered the house. He sat in his car and called Jo.

"hey boss!" he answered at the first ring.

"how is it going with the lady?" Jo asked.

" I need to see you" Scar told him without answering his question.

"meet me home after the work is done. by the way how did the boys react? " he asked before handing up

"You know how it is boss. no one goes against your orders. the general feeling is that we are not safe with the lady. she knows most of our faces and our most important territory." Jo explained.

"I understand Jo, but am working on it. tell every one to calm down." "okay Boss" he acknowledged.

*********

Chile shook his head as he watched the news of robbers getting away with 6 brand new Mercedes Benz.

" damn you Scar. how in hell do you manage to pull off big jobs without a trace? I trained the boy " he spoke to his friend.

" now he's acting all invisible like a god. I can't just sit and watch him expand his territory under my nose."

"Hmmmn the problem is he's grown already and has too many people on his side. so it won't be easy to take him down and remain standing yourself, you have to be careful." Chile's friend advised .

"well I don't know what I hate the most, the fact that the boy is better than me or that I can't find anyone like him on my team. All i have are a bunch of idiots who follow orders without any single sense of reason. Just look at the idiot i planted to work at Scar's house, it's been 3 months now he doesn't have any concret thing for me. he's so dull, " Chile frowned angrily.

"I got to find a way to bring that boy down sooner than later" he added pouring some wine in a wine glass.

********

At Scar's house...

Sila tried all she could do get out of the room but there was no way of escaping..

" that thug! He's so evil." she thought. she missed her son and was getting worried with each passing moment how her son was going to take it if she was killed.

She looked at the food in front of her. she hadn't touched it since some man who looked at her strangely dropped it before locking the door immediately.

She wondered what Scar had planned for her.

"why has he haunted my life..?" She asked herself,

" it's like he had a mission to make my life a living hell" Sila cried silently.

Her greatest fear was dying and leaving her son alone. She knew how her family looked at him, a bastard son. No one would take good care of him.

"Oh my God" Sila prayed,

"please save my life and let me out of this place, please." She cried.

***********

Scar had been talking to Jo in the next room. From the other room.

"so that's the story Jo." Scar concluded as he finished narrating the whole story of him and Sila.

" Oh man, that's deep" Jo sighed.

" it's complicated the fact that she hates you. I don't know, but it's hard to convince her otherwise especially that you raped her man. She sees you as a monster."

Scar looked at the floor really hard, he walked around his bedroom and stood by the window. It was getting dark and he had to do something or Zac and the Nanny would start worrying.

"Give me the Phone" he told Jo.

" I have to see this woman now."

"what are you going to say to her man?" Jo asked.

"it's evident you are not going to kill her. You could have done that already."

"I don't know yet. but I have to do something. I don't want the nanny or her friends to report to the police. I had a guy watch her house. He will keep me informed on the activities at the house." He responded walking out.

He walked to the room where Sila was.

" hey Boyd!" he called the house worker,

" open that door for me now."

"Of course boss" Boyd he answered nervously.

Scar had always noticed how nervous Boyd got around him but he had thought he was just being an idiot.

Boyd opened the door and Sila stood up as she saw him walk in.

" Sit down" he ordered her.

" I would rather stand " Sila answered rudely.

"Very well then, you got to talk to someone, here is the phone. I want you to call your maid and tell her you have been called to work tonight, do anything stupid and your son is dead." He threatened.

Sila looked at Scar with a hateful look. she couldnt take chances with her son, grabbing the phone hestly she called Maria and told her she was working.

upon hearing it was his mother on the phone. Zac shouted,

"I want to talk to mom!"

" put him on." Sila told Maria

"Halo mom!. when are you coming back?" Zac asked. Sila shed a tear at the sound of her son's excited voice

"Tomorrow my son, be a good boy okay ? " she sighed sadly.

"mom." Zac added,

" that uncle, your friend with dark shades bought me a video game and other toys" he announced cheerfully.

Sila glanced at Scar with a knowing look.

"okay baby I have to go now. good night."

"Good night mom" the boy answered.

"What the hell were you doing at my house you fool? you are so pathetic." She screamed loudly.

"well someone had to keep an eye on him don't you agree?" Scar responded calmly.

Sila looked at him.

"don't you dare touch my son, he has nothing to do with all this."

Scar sat on the bed quietly for a while.

" you know my boys think you are a threat to us all. You messed everything up Sila by going to the forest. Now things are complicated.

You know, all the guys you saw look up to me and I can't fail them. So tell me what I can do...? I have never been in such a dilemma before my entire life. I like things straight out. But now with You, I don't know" he frowned looking up her face.

Sila looked down at him, for a moment she saw the honesty in his eyes. she took advantage of the situation and knelt before him.

"please let me go, I promise I won't say anything. My son's life is worth more than anything and he's still young. He needs me. Let me go and forget you ever existed. you already know everything about me so you can ask someone watch me and see if i will betray you, please " she begged touching Scar's hands.

Scar felt like hugging her and telling her it was alright, but he had to remain focused.. He stood up and walked away from her.

"Rest easy, am going to bed now" he told her instead.

"You better eat something" he pointed at the tray on the small table .

"the worker will show you the toilets. Dont bother trying to escape, it's not possible" he said closing the door behind his back.

After giving Sila a fresh set of food. Boyd sat in his room and dialled a number.

"Yes Chile, I have something." He started.

"what happened? tell me now!" Chile responded.

"There's a woman Scar is keeping hostage. I overhead them talk with Jo and i think hes in love with her. she has a kid too." He went on giving Chile the details he had about Sila.

"Welldone Boyd." Chile told him, "Scar in love wow! that's something I can use. keep me updated okey?"

"Yes Boss" Boyd answered happily.

"call you later" he said before cutting the call.

To be continued

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Agent BrynX - Episode 19
Consequences

By Brian Ngoma

I remembered that night vividly, Mrs. Vimbuzi was shot. There was no way she could have survived that. Or was i tangled so much in what was happening that my eyes deceived me. "I don't understand, you died and now you are Hancy Kapito?" I inquired.

"Bryn, stop wasting your time thinking of things that don't concern you," she told me. "You've come this far you shouldn't be surprised by any abnormalities."

I looked at Marie. She seemed uncomfortable and alert. I didn't know what to make of that. Mrs. Vimbuzi on the other hand was taking a sit while Noob stood beside her. I thought of the dwarf. How would he react if he knew Hancy Was Mrs. Vimbuzi? I failed to understand everything.

"Let me make things clear for you, " Mrs. Vimbuzi said sitting upright in her chair. "I still have fifteen minutes," she looked at her watch. "You are dying anyway, that's the least i can do for you," she said coldly and went on. "Noob never shot me. It was all acted up. I won't get into that. How's my Ex husband by the way?"

"He's fine," I responded.

"That short man," she said thoughtful. "Mathias, do you know he was my first love? I fell for a dwarf," she laughed.

Marie looked at me confused.

"That X in the Agency X Corp was because of him. I loved that short man too much, he broke my heart by sleeping around with every skirt that came his way. He couldn't be grateful that i loved him the way he was," she said disgusted. "Anyway, that's all in the past. Me and Mathias formed Black & White Services. It was a good initiative at the time, we had high hopes. We dreamt big, you know being young and stupid but life happened. I got tired of his playboy ways and decided to move on. I took everything from him and when i say everything, i mean everything literally. He was miserable but i didn’t care. Black & White Services died with our divorce. I don't know how he got it running again. After some years, i formed X Corp and we were doing fine till we started having financial problems. I couldn't afford being broke, one night whilst having some beers with some friends of friends, i met Mr. Imp," she paused and stared at the ceiling.

I couldn't forget Mr. Imp. I put him behind bars and he was still paying for his sins.

Mrs. Vimbuzi continued. "Mr. Imp was a love-vendor; a broke one but he was well connected. He had a chain of girls under his arm all ready to work for him and with the little money i had, i saw an opportunity to invest. It wasn't difficult to manipulate him. I told him about my proposition and he was gladly all in it. That's how we came up with the Blackmailers and Hancy Kapito was born. "

"Where was Agency X Corp?" I probed.

"It was operating. The money from my other secret venture saved it. I got in partnership with Mr. White and his colleagues and it grew stronger."

"You were chasing yourself?"

"If you put it that way but i got fade up of Agency X Corps and wanted out. Since i created it, i couldn't just abandon it like that, i had to fake my own death and thanks to you Agent BrynX, you were the catalyst. Had you not being at the Brothel the day Agent JamesX and OlivX bumped into you, i would have still been planning my own death."

"Why go through all that trouble?" I asked looking at her carefully.

"It's not trouble, it's work. You would understand if you were in my shoes. You should be grateful for your life, my men have always wanted you dead. If it's not Mrs. Daka's allegiance to you, you would have been dead but i think you now know too much, you have to be killed."

"Do you know i call you Cold Toilet?" I laughed.

They all stared at me blankly.

"Yeah, and to think that i felt sorry for you," I laughed even more. "Now you are Hancy Kapito. You killed Mrs. Daka and Olivia. People who would have risked their lives for you," I nodded. "You stink!"

She stood up and got some documents from the desk. She walked to me and said, "You are too young to understand, sometimes in life you have to make sacrifices. What's two people? I have killed dozens Agent BrynX."

"You will pay for each death Cold Toilet," I looked at her.

She shifted uneasily and looked at the thug. "Kill him," she walked past me. "And kill the girl too."

"But Ma'am...."

"I said kill her too," Mrs. Vimbuzi said and stopped at the door. "Marie, right?" She looked at Marie.

I turned my head to look at her too. She had clenched her fists.

Mrs. Vimbuzi said, "I know what you've playing at Marie. You led Agent BrynX here. You have been working for Mathias all along, even the time you pretended to be Hooker at one of my brothels, i kept tabs on you. I let you play your games and made you think you were going somewhere but you never did. You have just led yourself to your death."

I was confused. Marie was looking at Mrs. Vimbuzi so angrily she could have jumped her in that moment. "Is it true?" I asked her.

She didn't answer me.

"The Dwarfs games, i beat him again," she laughed and left the room while Noob followed her.

Me and Marie were left with the thug. There was no way i was letting Mrs. Vimbuzi escape but i had to get rid of the thug, how? Was a question. I looked around the office for anything i could use and couldn’t get my eyes on anything.

"Mr. Sitale," the thug laughed. "Marie, you too?"

"Don't waste time, if you want to kill us, kill us now," Marie said defiantly.

"Oh I will," the thug got a knife from the drawer. "I cannot do it from here though. Let's go to the back, now move."

Marie started off and i followed while the thug was behind me. "Marie," I whispered.

"What?" She whispered back.

"Your gun?"

"Hey stop talking," the thug yelled.

"Come on man, you are killing us, can't we at least talk for the last time?" I asked. He didn't say anything. "Marie, your gun?" She didnt whisper back but hit her left leg with her right. Seeing clearly, the handgun was in her boots. I had to get it.

"Stop right there," the thug said. "Now who will die first?"

"Ladies first," I answered.

Marie looked at me furrows forming on her forehead.

I shrugged.

"Don't be funny Agent," he walked to me. "I have a lot to say to Marie and you are kind of an obstacle so you have to go first." He held the knife in his right hand. "Death is such a bore," he said and lifted his hand.

He swung the knife at me and i looked at it as if coming at me in slow motion. My reflexes instantly went to work. I blocked it with my hands. "Marie, Now!" I shouted.

Marie quickly knelt and got the gun from her boots and pointed it at the thug. His face was written with shock all over it. While his concentration went to Marie, his face was left open for a sucker punch. I punched him so hard he threw in the air and hit his head on the ground. "Don't you dare move!" I shouted.

Marie moved in and pointed the gun to his face. She was about to shoot him when i stopped her. "Why?" she asked me.

"We are outnumbered here," I answered. "The moment you pull that trigger, we are done for."

"What should we do with him?" She asked still pointing the gun at him.

I looked at him and then her. "We do this," I kicked him in the face he laid on the ground unconscious.

"Impressive," Marie said.

I ignored her remarks. I carried the thug and threw him in the trash bin. "Now let's go back to the office, i have to make a car," I told her.

We went back the way we came in. No one seemed to notice us. Whilst in the office, I made a call to Floyd. "Hello Floyd!" I said with urgency.

"Bryn? Is that you?" He asked.

"Yes. Listen to me, I know the top leader of the blackmailers. I'll send you an address now. You have to come here now."

"Where are you?" Floyd asked.

"I'll text you the address and Floyd, tell Triza to call Leah so that she can come there."

"I'll do that, hang on we are coming," I hung up.

"So whats next?" Marie asked.

"You shot me," I said. "You even shot the dwarf."

"I knew you were wearing a vest," she rolled her eyes. "As for the dwarf, he too had one on. I bet he refused to show you the wound," she laughed.

"That short man," I grinded my teeth. I remembered earlier when i wanted to check his wound and he said it hurt. "So that was the plan?"

"Yes. The dwarf said you needed motivation and it worked. Here we are. And the thugs really believed i was on their side. What bothers me is how she knew i have been working for The Dwarf all along. And you knew she was married to Mathias?"

"Yes, i found out today," I responded. I heard a car engine start from outside. "Did you hear that?"

"What?"

"Mrs. Vimbuzi is still here," I answered. "Let's go now," I stormed out of the office. I reached outside and found the Limousine at the gate about to leave.

Marie got where i was. "She's getting away," she said.

"Not on my watch," I said and sprinted my way to the Limousine.

As it was about to leave the premises, I jumped on the lid of the trunk and dived on the roof top sliding my way to the drivers door whilst on the rooftop. Noob must have been aware of me now because the speed of the car Increased. I knew i didn’t have much time on top, I held on, luckily, the drivers door window was open. I stretched myself while holding the window frame and grabbed the wheel and turned it so hard that the car drifted off the road and drove off road into the dirt throwing me out of the top of the car and landed on the ground with my back. It hurt so much, I must have landed on a stone. While trying to feel the pain, the front door opened. Noob came out while stretching himself. He looked at me and breathed heavily. Mrs. Vimbuzi also came out coughing. She looked at me and shouted, "Are you that stupid! Why would you do that?"

"Same reason you killed those people," I answered.

"Noob Kill him now," She ordered him.

Noob started walking towards me when Marie showed up. "Don't move!" she shouted pointing the gun at him. "I'll blow your brains out Noob and you know i can," she threatened him.

Noob wasn't threatened. He continued walking towards me. Next thing i heard was a click of a gun. Noob stopped. I looked at Marie, she was confused looking at her handgun. "Are you kidding me right now!" I yelled.

"I didn't know i had run out of bullets," she shrugged.

Noob smiled mischievously. I was dead meat. "Don't let Mrs. Vimbuzi get away," I shouted at Marie while moving backwards.

Noob caught up with me. He dragged me from the ground and stood me up. I was facing him and damn did he look scary. He punched me in the face it felt numb. I couldn't stand i fell on the ground. Whilst down, i heard some screams and shouts, i looked up and it was Marie and Mrs. Vimbuzi at it by the car. Marie was on top of Mrs. Vimbuzi and giving her a beating she deserved. She shouted for help and Noob turned around to walk to where the women where.

I stood myself up breathing heavily and my nose was bleeding. I saw Noob reach where Marie was and pulled her by the hair. I ran fiercely at him and dived at him pushing him against the Limousine both of us hitting it. I saw Marie standing looking at me. Behind her was Mrs. Vimbuzi trying to get away, "Get her!" I yelled. Marie turned around and chased Mrs. Vimbuzi.

On my left was Noob getting himself up. We both stood up facing each with our fists clenched. Noob came at me and threw a punch which i ducked. He threw another one and i slid to my left. His punch came out strong that it made him lose his balance exposing his whole right body. I hit him with my elbow on his temple that he squealed like a chicken. After momentarily staggering to the car, he found balance. He looked at me as if wanting to say something but poor thing, he didn't have his voice. He turned around and forcefully removed the windshield wiper and turned back to me.

"Come on," I complained. "That's not fair."

He ran towards and jumped with the wiper in his hands and whipped me in the face i fell on my butt. My hands were on my face trying to soften the pain. Before it could stop, Noob repeatedly whipped me all over i felt like i was walking in a field of thorns. I don't know what happened, he dropped it and stepped back. He must have been tired.

I stood myself up feeling my whole body tingling. I charged at him throwing punches which he blocked till he got hold of my right hand and twisted it. I screamed like a baby, it hurt so much. I looked at him and he was enjoying my screams but he was wasting my time. I turned with my all mighty turning my hand against the direction he was twisting it, i was now looking at him clearly, I crashed his nose with my forehead. He let go of me and his hands were on his face. I pushed him to the door of the car he landed on his knees. I lifted his head and banged it against the door. He was unconscious.

I crossed the road and reached the gate. "Marie!" I shouted. There was no one, there was only the rover i had come with. I ran to the car whilst shouting Maries name. I opened it and got the dwarfs phone.

"Agent BrynX!" Mrs. Vimbuzi called me from a distance.

I turned around and she had a knife on Maries neck.

"Drop that phone!" she said slowly walking to me.

I dropped the phone. "We can talk about this Mrs. Vimbuzi," I said. "It’s over for you, the cops are on their way."

She had the knife tightly pressed on Maries neck. I could see from Maries eyes that she was scared. I had to do something.

"The car keys now!" she yelled.

"They are in the car," I stepped away from the car.

She dragged Marie with her to the car and reached the door. "You have to understand that actions have consequences," she said before slitting Maries throat and dropped her her like a stone on the ground.

"No!" I screamed.

To be continued

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Agent BrynX - Episode 18
Tough Son Of a Gun

By Brian Ngoma

"Don't look at me like that, I can see you," Leah had said earlier that day. "You know i don't like that vest. It's ugly," she frowned.

"I get you baby, you have been whining about it since forever," I had said staring at her. Her facial expression said it all. She had had it. It was time to get rid of it or get a new one but the dwarf had said to wear it all the time. Damn. "Okay let me just wear it one more time and you'll never see it again."

She just nodded without even looking at me. She had washed her hands out of it. She didn't even want to look at me. "Do whatever pleases you Bryn," She carried Zoey.

"Just one more time," I smiled. "I love you. Bye now."

Ouch! I opened my eyes and felt the dirt in my eyes. I rubbed my eyes while rolling my body to my back. I laid for a moment breathing heavily looking at the window i had just fell from. It was all wrecked up with the pieces of it with me on the ground. I tilted my neck to check where i had been shot. I unbuttoned my shirt and there was the bullet; Stuck on the vest. "This thing sure hurts," I complained trying to put it out. I couldn't manage. I was too weak to stand up. I just laid there thanking the heavens for the vest The dwarf had given me. Had it not been for it, i could have been dead. Marie betrayed us and the dwarf trusted her. "The dwarf!" I shouted gathering my strength to stand up. I finally managed and ran around to the entrance. I wondered where Cyrus and the girl were. I ran to the dwarf but found him laying like he had been dag into the ground with his buttocks vertically positioned. I couldn't bear the sight. I knelt down. I didn't know what to do. I couldn't see my phone.

Mathias's office was a mess as usual. Everything was out of place. Papers every where. One thing caught my attention. A small shiny box under his table. I reached for it and grabbed it. It was designed like those old briefcases that had combinations. It was beautifully custom designed. I tried to open it but failed. It was obvious it needed a combination. I didn't have time to start thinking about combinations. I put it down. Then again, why was it hidden? I took it again and thought about numbers. It needed five numbers. I thought about what The dwarf could put as his password on this case. Fortunately, the first number i thought of was 87013. It opened. There were a ton of pictures and documents. I got one picture and saw the Dwarf with Mrs Vimbuzi. The dwarf was in a suit and Mrs. Vimbuzi in a wedding dress.

I looked at the Dwarf on the floor and got more confused. I checked the other photos and it was there wedding. On one photo, was a date 3/10/87. The dwarf and Cold toilet. Who could have thought? I started laughing as i checked more photos. It was insane. I got one of the documents and it was a divorce agreement from 18 years ago. Wow, the dwarf and cold toilet. I remembered what he said about Black and White Agency to be a sister agency to Agency X Corps. I now got the picture. That's the reason he talked about Agency X Corp whenever he mentioned Black and white Agency. It was sad he was dead too, so i thought.

"Bryn!" The dwarf shouted faintly. "Here," He said.

How glad i was to hear his voice. I put the box away and quickly crawled to his aid and found him laying on his back. Upon seeing me, he smiled. "Tough son of a gun," he said.

"It’s the vest you gave me," I knelt down and held him and since he was as big as Zoey, i held him like a baby.

"She betrayed us," he said with hate in his voice.

This was not a time to start saying i told you so. He was hurting and i could see his body and soul were crashed. "Let me take you to the hospital," I said trying to check his wound.

"No, don't touch it, it hurts," he complained bitterly. "And i didn’t wear my vest today. Stupid me," he nodded his head looking at the opened shiny box on the floor. "You opened it?"

"Yes i did. You and Mrs. Vimbuzi?"

"Yes Agent BrynX, we were once married but like all good things come to an end, we got divorced," he said. "Ouch, it hurts!"

"Let us go to the hospital," I tried to stand up.

"No. Marie is meeting up with Hancy Kapito as we are speaking right now, go after her," he directly looked me in the eyes. I was confused. What kind of man would think about his enemy when he's in pain. "I had Cyrus put a GPs tracker on her car, get my phone and track her," he got his phone and handed it over to me. "See that app named Black and White Tracker, that's the one. Follow her," he pushed me.

I got up looking at him while the phone was in my hands. The dwarf was one sick little bastard. "How about you?" I asked him.

"Cyrus and the girl will take me to the hospital, " he answered.

"Where are they?"

"Upstairs, probably hiding," he chuckled and pressed a button under his table.

A moment later, Cyrus and the girl rushed in looking petrified. I watched them run to him carrying him to the table. Boy was he small. "Go sir, we'll take care of Mr. Goma," Cyrus said.

I left the house and ran to the car. It was time to drive the Land rover. I got on it and left the compound. I turned on the GPs tracker and found that even my car was bugged. I found Maries car. It was not in motion. I drove at a speed so fast that i almost hit another car. The dwarfs cars had phones in them, i called Leah. "Hello Leah." There was silence. "Hello baby it's me."

"Hey babe. I got scared. Whose line is this?" She asked.

"It's Work's babe,.. How are you holding up?" I asked.

"Fine. We just miss you. I had a strange feeling and thought something had happened to you. Tried calling you but your phone is off, Is everything alright?"

"I forgot my phone at the office, I'm running an errand in town," I said. I had reached where Maries car was parked. It was at a famous restaurant in town. Only the big bosses afforded that place. I knew she was with Hancy Kapito in there or at least someone who could lead me to him. "Baby i have to go," i told Leah.

"Come back home safely, I love you," She said.

"Hold that thought," I smiled and cut the call.

I checked the time, it was 7:34pm. I waited for about an hour when Marie came out of the restaurant. She was with one of the thugs from the brothel. They stood talking and looking around suspiciously. I had parked the rover where it was impossible to be seen. The gentleman started moving but not towards Maries car. She followed him to what seemed like his car. Looking at the car clearly, it was the Limousine i had seen from the night of the gala. The same one Agent OlivX had chased. Marie and the gentleman got into the Limousine. I expected it to start off but it didn't. I was determined to wait. Eventually it started moving and i followed meticulously.

I called at the office to check on the dwarf but no one answered. I assumed they were at the hospital. The Limousine had left town and we were heading North of Hillpark. Luckily, there were some other cars on the road. It didn't seem obvious i was following the Limousine. It made a turn into a dust road and i didn’t turn. I parked the rover and started following walking. My guts told me wherever the Limousine was headed to, it was getting closer. I ran following it's trail and i got to another brothel. A peculiar thing about this brothel was that it wasn't loaded like the others. There were only two cars parked together with the Limousine. I went to the Limousine and checked it. As i turned, a gun clicked behind me.

"Don't move," a male voice dictated. "Put your hands in the air and turn around.

I did as told and turned around. It was the thug who had come with Marie. "Start walking, " he said.

I started walking feeling the gun behind my back. I reached the entrance of the brothel and stood not knowing what to do. "Enter!" he shouted.

Entering the brothel, i saw three men chatting at the reception. They didn't mind me. As soon as they saw me, they turned their heads away. I looked back and the thug motioned me to take a right turn. I walked to a corridor leading to a number of rooms.

"Keep moving," he said behind me.

"I don't know know where I'm going," I said.

"Open the door to your right," he said.

I opened the door and entered. As i entered, i found Marie. It was as if she expected me. She didn't say a word but nod. The door closed behind me. "Where is Hancy Kapito?" I asked.

"Sit down!" the thug said.

I sat down looking at Marie. "Where is he?"

"Who said it's a he?" a female voice asked while the door opened. It was a familiar voice. Marie looked at me as she was also in awe. The thug didn’t move a muscle. "Hello Agent BrynX."

I turned around and saw Mrs. Vimbuzi entering the room. Trailing her was Noob. "Mrs. Vimbuz!" I shouted. "How?"

"Agent BrynX!" she exclaimed. "You never give up, do you? I underestimated you."

"Where is Hancy Kapito?" I asked. "Aren't you both supposed to be dead?" I looked at her and Noob.

She smiled and looked at Noob. "We didn't die, you are not seeing ghosts. Me and are Noob are here," she touched Noobs shoulder. "Poor thing can't talk anymore, you and your friend destroyed his vocal cords."

"Noob shot you," I said aback.

"That's what i made you think," she laughed. "And who is this pretty girl?" she turned to Marie.

"The girl i told you about Ma'am," the thug answered. "She's been of great help."

"I see," she said turning to me.

"Where Is Hancy Kapito?" I asked.

"I'm Hancy Kapito. It's so funny how everyone thought i was a man," she laughed inordinately.

"Why? How?" I looked at Marie who was equally shocked.

To be continued

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Stalked By A Mafia - Episode 8

A story by Tisa Phiri

"Please" Sila pleaded her face drowned in fear as the giant gave her another slap. she felt pain ran down her body, every strength in her was gone.

"Tell me who sent you here" the Guy asked still charging on her as she crawled in an effort to flee.

"I wasn't sent by anyone please. I just followed that car." She shook pointing at the BMW.

"oh well you followed a car for no reason at all?" Ken asked her raising his big hand to hit her again.

"please please! I have no idea what you people are doing here. let me go I won't say anything." she cried.

Ken moved his hand to hit her.

"stop! " Scar ordered as he came out of the underground,

" thats no way to treat ladies man " he said as he walked closer to Sila. He turned her around to face him.

"what the hell!" He shouted as he realised who the woman was.

"what on earth are you doing here?" He asked his face furious.

Sila looked at him and grasped.

"you?" She pointed at him.

" it has been you all along. oh my God." Sila shivered as she saw The scar on the top of Scar's face. Up until that moment she had not been able to realise it was the rapist from her past. now that Scar had no shades on, she clearly identified him. she recalled him pushing himself into her as she tried to scream. his hands on her mouth. she recalled the stench of alcohol which almost made her throw up and it pained reliving the moment from the past.

What in God's name had she put herself into.

"You thief!" she snapped

"leave me alone already you are a damn Rapist. God will punish you." She screamed loudly.

Scar watched her in silence as she shouted not understanding clearly what she meant by rapist.

"Boss let's get rid of her" one of the boys spoke up.

"she probably was sent by that Mafia Chile." He suggested.

" I dont think so" Scar told him while inspecting Sila.

Another guy moved forward and slapped Sila hard,

"tell me who sent you, you bitch!" he yelled...

Sila fell to the ground again and collapsed.

"How dare you!" Scar scolded him grabbing his shirt and shaking him angrily,

"don't ever hit a woman like that again you idiot." he shoved him back.

"now everyone get back to work" he called out..

Ken put her in the car. I will take care of this myself."

"but boss." Ken almost spoke up..

"I said put her in the car dammit! has everyone gone deaf today?" he yelled.

Sila was put in the trunk.

Scar whispered something to Jo and drove off. He wondered how Sila had figured out his hideout. Scar had always wanted a life free of complications. everything had to be staright forward. he hated the complication Sila was putting on his life.

"damn woman" he cursed as he accelerated the car furious. had it been anyone else, the person could have been buried already.

He hooted continously as he reached his gate. Daka the gate man came running to open the gate.

"welcome back boss!" he greeted him.

Scar didn't bother to look at him and Daka knew it was a bad day. He lifted the now shaking Sila. she was almost coming to. He lay her down on the couch.

Sila screamed as she opened her eyes just to look at the face of her rapist close to her.

" Leave me alone already!" she screamed.

" please I beg you I have a son to take care of don't kill me."

" well." Scar grinned,

" you brought this on yourself woman and no one goes free after seeing our faces and knowing our hideout."

"I won't say anything to the police please I beg you in the name of God." She cried

"Mmmmmmm take it easy Sila and tell me one thing, what the hell was that about me being a rapist..?" He asked trying to stay calm.

" Aaron or whatever your real name is, stop pretending. I now know you have been following me around and even threatened my boyfriend. you are the thug that raped me 10 years ago. please stop tormenting my life already I owe you nothing. I beg you let me go back home to my son." She pleaded crying.

Scar was shocked and he sat down. "what? You are the girl in the toilet?" He held his head in confusion now that she had said it. Scar recalled the night he had raped her. how could he forget her face.? No wonder she looked familiar the day he saw her first.

"dammit !" he spat, how was he going to handle the situation now.

The woman he had follen in love with was the same innocent girl he had raped. He remembrred less about the rape cause he was drunk.

Looking at Sila he felt pity for her but letting her go was risk not for him but his whole gang. he was not going to risk his life's work for a woman.

" Well then... Sila. it's good to see you again." he fodged a smile,

"to start with the reason you are even alive now is because I like you a lot. I stalked you without remembering you were the girl I accidentally raped." He mumbled standing up.

"So apart from being a thief and a rapist you are a liar too" Sila snapped. she felt hate for the man before her. she wondered how posible a gentleman who looked calm and so responsible could turn out to be the mafia she was looking at that moment.

"you will pay for this you thug" she added sacastically.

"Don't bite more than you can chew woman. don't take my leniency for granted. I don't honestly care what you think of me. you have no idea who I am, so judge me all you can I dont give a damn." Scar scolded.

Sila stood and ran to the door. Scar took quick steps and caught her by the door. He gave her a slap on her face.

" behave yourself now you hear? " He shouted, pushing her back to the couch.

Sila hugged her knees as she cried visibly. Scar felt bad he had slapped her. he felt like reaching out to her but hesitated, he loved her but as it was she made every thing even more complicated.

He was not one to be so attached to a woman. he always got a woman he wanted did whatever he wanted and got rid of her but for some reason he felt so attched to Sila it scared him.

He moved to her and gently touched her face,

"stop crying now"

he whispered..

Sila spat in his face.

"you devil leave me alone!" she shouted.

Scar withdrew as he wiped his face with a hank .

"do that again and you will never see your son again" he warned her.

"Infact let me go see how his doing " Scar announced after locking Sila in the spare bedroom.

Sila screamed and hit the door in anger

"stay away from my son you idiot Stay away!" She cried hopelessly.

"Give her something to eat" Scar ordered the man who worked in the house.

" make sure she doesn't leave that room." He added.

"Yes boss" the worker responded ...

He got in the car. he felt sadiness in his heart.

" why is my life so bleeped up?" he said to himself.

"what the hell is wrong with me.. ?" He sighed angry

Scar decided to go see his mother. he hadnt visited her in a month, she was the only person he wanted to be with whenever things didn't make sense in his life..

His mother was seated outside on the corridor as Scar parked the car.

"wow my son, you are welcome Aaron" his mother smilled tying her wrapper.

"Thank you mom" he said hugging her.

His mother looked at him.

" now what made my Aaron have a sad face this afternoon?" She asked with concern.

"Let's sit inside mom" Scar told her instead leading her in the house..

"Tell me what's bothering you Aron. am your mother I can see something isn't right with you." She started the moment they sat down

Scar swallowed hard, tears formed in his eyes. Everyone else had never seen him that weak and desparate. People around him thought he was the tough Mafia who had no time to cry., his was action, he was fearless, the master planner, little did they know their Mafia had a tender heart. He had his weak moments too and felt desparate. He too ran out of plans.

His mother held him as he sobbed in silence. she felt her son's pain but had no idea what was going on in his life.

"Tell me what is eating you up my son?" His mother rubbed his back.

"I can't mom" Scar told her.

"I feel so sad and lonely my life is meaningless mom I seem not to do anything worthwhile. " he sniffed in sadly.

"Don't say that Aaron. your life is worth more than anything in this world. God has blessed you with a good Job and rescued us from poverty. You have all the reasons to thank him..know that he protects your life... for u have a great purpose to fufil in this life.

"There's no such thing as God mom, forget it. otherwise he could have put my life in a better position my life is So ruined mother." He responded looking away.

"Please my son" his mother stopped him.

".there's a God, don't ever doubt that. no wonder you are breathing and alive today. He loves you and gives you life" she added.

After talking with his mother, Scar felt better. He got to his car and took off. He still was not convinced about the issue of God but he was glad his mother had talked to him he felt some relief..

He went to the shops and got some toys and other items. He was to see Zac. He knew the boy would miss his mom, he had to come up with something to calm him and the maid down.

To be continued

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Stalked By A Mafia - Episode 7

A story by Tisa Phiri

Now!" Scar shouted as the first truck emerged from a corner. he had chosen a spot just after a corner.

The first guy with a trap threw the trap over the road, without noticing the truck driver who was enjoying the night drive drove right through the trap.

"pooooooff....!" Went the front tires as the truck swayed slightly from the way.

The second truck which was 200 meters away approached and as the driver tried to figure out what went wrong with the friends truck, he drove on the second trap and he almost lost control, immediately he managed to control the truck, Scars crew emmerged from the bushes.

Scar and Jo went for the drivers.

"To the cars drivers, now!" He ordered the other guys.

As they stood at their positions ready to drive Scar was trying to get the keys.

"where are the keys to the cars?" He asked The drivers.

The drivers acted tough for a minute.

"give me the keys or I will kill you." Scar threatened them with a gun pointed at them. one of the drivers he was holding shivered with fear as the grip on his shoulders sent pricking pains to his whole body.

He pointed at the small box with all the keys.

"good." scar smilled in his mask.

"get the keys" he told Jo.

In an instant all the car engines went on.

" let's go boys !" He ordered as the 6 New Mercedes Benz car landed on the road and speed off in two directions three on each.

"Listen you two? don't dare to move from here or even attempt to call the police or one of my boys in the bushes will blow your heads off you hear...? " he warned the drivers

The drivers nodded in fear as they watched Scar disappear in the thick bush. In 5 minutes the night was quite as though nothing had happened.

When the drivers gained momentum and called the cops., Scar and his men were long gone. ..

Scar was the first to arrive at the agreed spot with Jo. They had used the truck they came with. He looked at his watch,

"well that went well" he told Jo.. we pulled the ambush in exactly 5 minutes. The boys should get here any second." He added.

As he was finishing his sentence, the cars emmerged one by one skidding as they halted in front of them

"yea !" They all shouted with excitement getting out of the cars and raising their hands.

"Well done boys!" Scar told them as he gave the drivers shoulder hugs.

"Great job, okay so now step 2. we are to use our planned farm routes to get to the ware house." He looked ag each one if them

"Hey Jo and Ken you two use the truck and go by the main road. I want an update on the police activities.

" okay then" Scar added

", the rest as per plan.. go!. I will drive one of these babies" he pointed at the Benz with a smile. "lets Go !"

They all disappear in the night and all was quite again.

*********

At home Sila was tucking in her Son in bed. she wondered to her self how a precious gift would come out of a thief. she wished things were different. maybe a normal guy getting her pregnant could be better. she knew she had to do all she had to do to raise her son but couldnt help wish her son came to know his father.

In her bed Sila lay down and thought about Jack, even with the fact that their relationship was not so serious. she had a man at least but now since Jack called to tell her about how he was threatened she had not seen him again. she missed his company.

"it's all the fault of that stalker" Sila thought. she looked at the dressing table getting the gift and looking at the chain and the watch.

"how is it that a man with the kind of money to buy such gifts has no confidence to approach a woman? " she asked herself.

Sila felt so lonely. She even wished the stranger Aaron had shown more interest in her but she never saw him again after the day he entered her home. Deep down her lonely heart she admired him he looked so calm and composed and handsome too. The short sleeved Gray shirt and Dark blue Jeans he had on outlined his perfect body.

Sila recalled his nice scent.

"wow!" she thought,

"he's a true definition of a gentle man." she smilled to herself as she decided to rub off the thoughts of a man she barely knew.

*******

Scar and the crew had arrived at the warehouse and all cars were parked inside. It was a great and successful job. Scar dismissed his boys.

"Now go and get yourselves some drinks, make sure you go to public places and be seen around, we cannot afford any suspicions."

He handed a stash of cash to the boys.

" share that. lets meet here tommorow morning" he added ad they all walked away.

In his bedroom Scar opened the laptop. He watched Sila as she slept. he kissed the screen.

" I missed you my woman" he spoke to himself,

"see you tommorow." He mumbled.

Early in the morning Scar had already bathed and sat on his stool. He was a light sleeper, of course one of the reasons was the night mares of the people he had murdered and those he had killed using people like Harry which was a bigger number.

He was not a strong believer in God but his conscience always haunted him. Scar believed in survival of the fittest. According to him everyone had their own battles to fight in life. he decided to be on the stronger side, he knew his life was not for a long time, with his job he could die or be jailed any day. The main reason he never wanted any wife or children.

"Why have children who will have to suffer living without a father." Were his thoughts. His own life was an example. he had decided to live one day at a time. he had never anticipated falling in love with anyone till the day he met Sila. He never understood why he felt so much attached to a woman and a kid he barely knew.

Scar was brought back to the present when Jo knocked on his door.

"Come in Jo" he answered.

"Morning Scar."Jo greeted..

"Hey Jo!. rested enough?"

"Yea" he told him..

" good then" said Scar. ."I need you to get to town and buy some food for everyone and drinks. we are spending most of the day at the warehouse."

"Okey man. but let me use you BMW my car is dirty." Jo responded

"sure" Scar threw the keys at him..

"see you. I will start off in 10 let me just bite something my stomac feels empty."

"sure" Jo nodded, as he left the room.

*********

Sila prepared herself she and Martha had agreed to go shopping in town since she was still on nights off. she prepared breakfast for her son. kissing him good bye, she drove out of her yard. Martha called that they meet at shoprite.

"you will find me" Sila told her as she hang up.

Sila parked her Runex in the shoprite parking lot and waited for her friend. Just then she saw the BMW parked two cars from her. she got out and looked at it, it was the stalker's car.

"now you show up you stalker" she spoke to herself.

She saw a man carrying plastics heading to the car, put the plastics in the trunk. Her thought told her to go to him and confront him. but she Changed her mind and decide to follow him.

Jo who was busy listening and shaking his head to the music as he drove didn't notice a Runex following him. As he turned to head to the farms Sila's heart skipped. she however talked herself into it.

" I have come this far and am not backing out." she increased the speed and left a gap of 500 meters before Jo's car.

"Today you will face me you stalker " she whispered to herself.

After driving for about 30 more minutes Sila who had ignored Martha's calls noticed they had drove through some thick bush.

she decided to park the car and walk to the man as she saw him park in front of what seemed like a small shade. As she approached the spot, she saw two other cars parked outside. fear gripped her.

"who is this man?" she asked herself reliving all the stories she had heard about ritual killers and Satanists.

"my God am dead."

as she turned to go back to her car.

"Boom!" she bumped into a man. raising her head, there standing before him was a tall dark man with a very scarely look.

she tried to dogde and ran for her life but he was faster. He held her hand and pushed her down with so much force she fell down on her back on the ground.

Sila shook with fear as the man charged towards her.

" please let me go" she tried to plead.

"I didn't mean to be here."

To be continued

Agent BrynX - Episode 17
Today Is The Day

By Brian Ngoma

"If anything happens to my family, i will kill you," I said.

The automated voice laughed. "Like you can Agent BrynX. Check the Kitchen," the phone cut.

I ran to the kitchen and found Leah and Zoey sited in the chair she used to use to breastfeed her. They were all fast asleep. "Baby," I woke her up.

Leah opened her eyes and smiled at me. "My love," She yawned and stretched herself.

"Yes baby," I carried Zoey off her hands. "Why sleeping in the kitchen?"

"It’s your daughter. She kept crying and only settled when we got here. I guess we all fell asleep," she yawned again.

"Let's go to the bedroom," I said checking the windows. We went to the bedroom. "Zoey is sleeping here too," I said.

She looked at me weirdly. "Okay," she said. "You will watch over her. I'm tired. How was the gala? Don't mind, tell me tomorrow," she laid on the bed.

I smiled looking at her. I laid Zoey. She stretched herself. I went in the bathroom and changed. "Olivia," I said under my breath. "Agency X Corp was still operative," I said with a grin on my face.

Looking at myself in the mirror, i felt scared. What could have happened to my wife and daughter? I took this as a warning. It was true these people were watching me. I had to be careful.

A month after the gala, my life transformed. I became more alert and my heart always had that one beat which alarmed me of any dangers. I guess it was because of my work because one slight mistake, my head could be blown up. Leah had asked me about the night of the gala. She had noticed that i was tense the whole night. She said she could hear my footsteps all night. I never slept that night. I kept watching Leah and Zoey sleeping. I couldn't bear the thought of losing them. They were my responsibility and i had to protect them. This was one of the reasons that prompted me to sell the house and move into a more safe neighborhood. We bought a house the same street Triza and her husband Floyd were living in. Triza was deliriously happy that her therapists were now within her vicinity. At least i felt safe whenever i was away because that's what usually happened.

The mission to catch the blackmailers proved to be futile time and time again. I'm sure our bosses were now getting pissed off because in that same month, three of them were blackmailed. This didn't look good on us especially the dwarf. The dwarf had called me the morning after the gala.

"You left without telling me," he had said.

"I'll tell you when i get to the office," I had said cutting the call.

When i got to the office, i found him waiting for me. He was upset with me but after telling him what happened, i could see his face sympathized with me especially after mentioning the part of the call threatening to harm my family. We got the number that called me and tried to trace it but it was a burner phone.

"These bastards," the dwarf had yelled angrily. He paced around the office looking at the logo of Black and White thoughtfully. "You know it seems like these people know each and every move we make."

I didn't say anything but waited for him to calm down because i had news to break to him. I didn't know how he would take it. Surprisingly, after telling him about Agency X Corp still being operational, he didn't act surprised. He just said we were the biggest enemy to the blackmailers because we had a lot of clients.

A few days later, the dwarf called me in his office. Entering the office, he was on the phone. I sat in the chair and waited for him to finish talking. After he was done, he wore a sad face. What could have happened? He sat down and handed me a picture. "Know her?" he had asked.

"Yes," I had answered. "This is Agent OlivX." I didn't know what the whole essence of that was until he showed me another pic.

"This is the same woman," he had said with a sad face.

I grabbed the picture and it was the face of Olivia disfigured i couldn't identify her. She was badly bruised and cut all over that pretty face. I couldn't believe how cruel people can be. I didn't say a word. I had figured that while she chased Hancy Kapito, she got in a showdown with him and brutally met her fate. It was terrible to think of it that way. Where was James? I'm sure he was now curled up in a room sobbing and blaming himself for the death of his girlfriend.

"We have to be careful now," The dwarf had said. "Don't worry, I'll have someone watch over your wife and child 24/7."

"Thank you very much sir," I had said grateful. "Where is Marie?"

For the first time, when i mentioned Maries name, the dwarf seemed sad. I wondered but couldn't put the pieces together till i saw the tension that was building between them. Was she denying him the cookie? Usually, when a man stops getting some from a lady, he becomes bitter towards her. That's what started happening, they would disagree on almost everything and she would end up storming out of his office. I didn't ask him. I would always wait for him to tell me but damn, that bastard never said anything to me. He would just act like i hadn't seen everything. I still didn't trust Marie at all. With all the tension between her and the boss, i just wished he could fire her. She made my heart pound everytime we were in the same room. She had that negative vibe on her. I could see she was on to something but couldn't figure out what it was till it was too late, well according to me.

"Are you there?" The dwarf asked.

"Yes," i answered parking outside the brothel in Hillpark South. I breathed heavily and looked myself in the mirror feeling nervous and on the edge.

"Today is the day," the dwarf said excited. "Let's get these bastards. A month has been enough, today we end things," he added. There was some excitement in his voice. He was pretty sure that everything was going to end that day. "I rely on you Agent BrynX, do your work and come to the office afterwards," he cut the line.

I sat in the car for about twenty minutes thinking about the plan. Marie had information that today, they were going to blackmail me. Mr. Sitale anyway. Thats what i was known to them. The plan was to let them take me into the office and ask me for money threatening they will publicize my private life and whilst at it, they won't find anything they can pin on me. Instead, all they will find was that Mr. Sitale was a degenerate gambler, alcoholic, had no family and pretty rich. I would then lead them to a safe at my alleged house which the dwarf had arranged for me. Whilst there, the dwarfs other secret men would come to my aid and we would abduct those men and question them.

The plan made me really nervous. What if it would not work? That meant my brains would be blown out. Last time,my ear was left with a hole in it. I couldn't afford to die, i shook to the core. I thought about Leah and the conversation we had in the morning.

"You seem to be enjoying your work," she had said looking at me with her usual straight face.

"Yes I'm enjoying," I had said. "It’s interesting. I now feel adequate. I can provide for my family. I don't have to worry about anything. "

"We are happy," she said. "We have always been happy. I don't know what we could do without you. Me and Zoey."

That stung a little. I thought of me not being around my family. Zoey growing up with no father and my wife probably getting married again and Zoey calling someone dad instead of me. I felt jealous. They were mine and i had to grow old with them. "I'm not going anywhere, " i told her.

"I know you are not," she smiled."Now hurry up. I hope you didn't wear that black vest of yours.You know how much i hate it and it really bothers me that you wear it all the time. You have a lot of vests."

Now sitting in the car smiling at that conversation with Leah, i even loved her more. I got into the brothel and everything went as planned. I was taken to Mr. Tembos office and those two thugs came in. They threatened me while Mr. Tembo checked my background information. He was stunned at how rich Mr. Sitale was. They had scored a jackpot. I told them about the money at the house and they agreed to go with me. They drove behind me and i was excited that we were finally cornering them till their car stopped. I couldn't see what was happening in the car but it made a U-turn and drove back. I lost heart and called the dwarf. "I don't know what's happening," I said.

"Come back here now," the dwarf said urgently. I could hear the urgency in his voice. Something was wrong. My stomach felt sick. "Now Agent BrynX," he yelled.

I drove the car to the Agency hurriedly with my heart pounding. After parking, i ran to his office. I knocked but there was no sign of me to enter. I followed my guts and kicked the door. What i found was no surprise at all, i had expected it from day one. It was Marie pointing the gun at the dwarf. She had betrayed us, that wench. "What's happening?" I asked looking at the both of them.

"You were right Agent BrynX," the dwarf said regretful.

"Close the door Bryn, " Marie said still pointing the gun at The dwarf.

I closed the door. "I knew i couldn't trust you," I said.

"You ignored your instincts," she laughed. She had that evil laugh from the movies. For a moment i thought she was imitating one of those characters. She thought she was in a movie because of a gun she held in her hand. "Close the door and move to this side," she ordered me.

I slowly moved and stood before the window. The dwarfs face was miserable. It was filled with remorse. I was pretty sure he was thinking about the first day i told him i didn’t trust her. "So it's you?" I asked.

"Yes, i tipped those guys not to follow you. I told them it was a plan and you are Agent BrynX," she smiled. "At first they fell for your plan," she looked at the dwarf. "It’s sad that you would never know who Hancy Kapito is."

"The gala?" The dwarf asked.

"Yes he was there and he was watching you all the time," Marie said. "So here is the thing, i have been ordered to kill you both."

"You LovePeddler," I said angrily stepping towards her.

"Don't move Agent," she yelled stepping back.

In that moment i wished i knew some kind of Kunfu or Karate because i could have just acrobatically thrown myself at her and beat her up. Now with no combat skills whatsoever and her holding a gun, i was at a disadvantage. I thought of negotiating with her. I looked at the dwarf and he looked sick. He couldn't even speak. It must have been terrible to be betrayed by your lover. Someone he shared his soul with. It sucks. "Marie we can talk about this," i said.

She just looked at me and the next thing i heard was a gunshot. The dwarf was knocked out. I couldn't even see him. "Jesus," I shouted. "You shot him?" I looked at her terrified. The LovePeddler is serious.

"You think I'm playing. Hancy Kapito is too powerful to be taken down especially by you. You thought you could take him down?" she asked me.

"Mathias!" I shouted. I couldn't see the dwarf. He was laying on the other side of the table and him being too short, not even a leg could be seen. "He trusted you."

"That was foolish of him," she pointed the gun at me aiming for my head. I was done for. That was it. My precious life coming to an end. How tragic. "You irritate me you know?" she asked.

"Yes i know," I responded looking around.

"You think you are all that. Because you have a small pretty family you think you are better than us. You even judge us because we led a different life compared to your perfect life. Some of us had to survive and to survive we had to do nasty things. You cannot get that," she paused. "All along have been working for Hancy Kapito and this man thought i stopped, " she looked at the dwarf. At the time, i didn’t know if it was a corpse or body because i didn’t know whether he was dead or alive. "When i met you at the brothel a year ago, i knew you couldn't be one of those guys. I could tell you were a family man."

"Get it over with slut," I said.

"Oh, the cat is now out of the bag," she laughed hysterically. "Okay Bryn." She pulled the trigger and bang.

My chest felt like it had broken into pieces. That hurt more than a heartbreak. The bullet was powerful that it dragged and pushed me out of the window falling to the other side. I felt my head hit the dirt and my face was buried in it. The excruciating pain on my chest made me beg to die. In that moment, life flashed in my face. Surprisingly, i didn't feel sad but happy. I had done what i could and my family would no longer be in danger. I was going to be out of the way. Me being alive meant that they had to live their life in danger. I felt relieved as the pain surged across all parts of my body. It was time to go. I closed my eyes. Oh they were covered with dirt, i couldn't close them, they were already closed. At least i would die a happy man.

To be continued

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Agent BrynX - Episode 16
The Gala

By Brian Ngoma

The instructions on the message were specific. The dwarf was precise. He even concluded the text with, 'This is important. Be on your best behavior.' What made him think that i wasn't going to be on my best behavior? I threw the phone on the passengers seat and drove into town. I didn't own a tuxedo and i knew getting one on short notice would be expensive. I had to rent one. I went to Smart Wears at the mall and luckily, they were still open. "I'm here to rent a tuxedo," i told the man serving me.

"Okay sir, what's the occasion? " he asked looking at me.

"A Gala," I answered. "A Charity fundraiser kind of thing and many important people." I have absolutely no idea why i went into details. I was showing off obviously and that was pretty dumb. "A gala," I said again after i saw his annoyed face. Who wouldn't be annoyed?

"Color?" He asked.

"Dark Navy please," I answered.

"Follow me," he led me to the back and told me to sit down and wait for him. I waited and after some minutes he came back with an old man with a measuring tape. "Let's take the measurements sir."

"Aren't you just supposed to ask my size?" I asked. They didn't answer me. The old man was rough. He measured me while staring at me as if i was the one who made his life miserable. He seemed angry and upset with everyone. He was in despair obviously. "That's it?" I asked him while he stood writing in a book. He didn't say a word and just walked away. "Bad customer service," I said under my breath.

"Here is the tuxedo," he came back after twenty minutes. He handed it over to me. "So it comes with a white button down shirt and a bow tie as part of the package." he said this time politely. " And wear black shoes," he looked at my shoes. I had worne brown shoes. "You can make the payment at the reception."

I paid and left the place. I drove home and reached at 7pm. I quickly went to the bedroom and put the tuxedo on the bed and rushed to the bathroom. After showering, i found Leah in the bedroom waiting for me. "Baby," I said getting my lotion.

"Whose Mercedes is that outside?" she asked. "Where is your car?"

"My car is still at work. That is my bosses," I answered carefully. I could feel her eyes on me. She needed more than the answer i gave her. It wasn't enough. Realizing that, i went on. "I had to run an errand for him and it so happened that i didn’t refuel my car, so he let me use his."

"On the first day and your boss trusts you like this?" She asked folding her arms.

"It’s not trust baby. It's work. I needed the car. The dwarf didn't mind," I said.

"The dwarf?"

"Oh snap," I said grabbing the tuxedo. "Yea that's what he calls himself. He's Mr. Goma," i laughed nervously.

"What's with this tuxedo?"

"I'm going to a gala. My boss invited me. I'll be back before midnight. Don't wait up," I answered. "Help me with the bow tie."

She walked to me and properly tied it. She even checked if i had tucked in perfectly. "You don't look like my husband," she said.

"What is that supposed to mean?" I was hurt. How can she say something like that. Did i look too smart or what?

"Have a good time baby. Don't cheat on me," she said walking away.

"Baby wait," i ran to her and held her hand. "It’s just a business thing. There are a couple of people my boss wants me to meet. It's no big deal. Why would i ever cheat on you?"

"The same reason all men cheat," she frowned.

"You know me better than that," i said. "Take back your words. I'm not all men I'm your husband," i kissed her cheek. "Don't worry."

I could see her face brighten. It was as easy as that. She just needed assurance. That's one thing i loved about Leah. She would be like a child when she got jealous. She never got tired of how many times i had assured her that she will always be the only one. Everytime i told her, her face would beam up as if it was the first time. "Zoey," I asked her.

"She's just from eating, she's sleeping," she answered. "Now go you will be late."

I reached Hillpark Glamor Hotel at exactly 8pm. I parked the Mercedes next to The Dwarfs Land Rover. I found him waiting for me. "Not so bad," he looked at me getting out of the car.

"Not too bad yourself," I said. He had worn a grey Tuxedo. It looked like a baby suit but fitted him eloquently. He rocked and owned it. He had worn small black shoes which were shining i could see my face on them. He even had a haircut. "I wonder why that office is dirty," I said.

He looked at me and gave a fake laugh. "Grown people are complicated Agent BrynX," he said.

We reached the entrance and found two ladies all looking beautifully perfect. They knew what they were doing. The dwarf talked to one of them. She checked the guest list and looked at him. They talked while she looked at me. I figured the Dwarf was talking her to let me in. I was not on the guest list. "Come on Mr. Sitale," the dwarf said.

That name again. I followed him and we entered. Upon entering, we found two gentlemen chatting and drinking some wine. When they saw the dwarf, they happily greeted him with cheerful smiles. I couldn't help but wonder who the dwarf was. He called me and introduced me to the two gentlemen. "This is my new recruit," he said smiling.

The two gentlemen looked at me and looked at each other. They both nodded and greeted me. One said. "At least we know where our money is going. Do your work effectively young man. Don't mind this old man," he looked at the dwarf. "He can be a pain in the butt but he's a good man."

I kept a straight face and smiled more. "Thank you sir," I looked at them.

"Mr. Goma!" a male voice exclaimed behind us. We all turned around. "Long time," he knelt and hugged the dwarf. The two gentlemen looked at me and left us.

I watched the dwarf talk with the unknown figure. They were so happy seeing each other. It was obvious they were good friends. "Sitale," he smiled looking at me. "Come closer don't be shy." I moved closer. "This is the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Finance."

I stiffened. The dwarf was now scaring me. "Nice to meet you sir," I said.

"Mr. Goma told me about you Agent BrynX," The P.S said.

I looked at the dwarf.

"Don't worry, he knows. Almost everyone here knows you," the dwarf said. "These are all our clients."

"Yes you know us men," The P.S said. "We want to have fun privately Sometimes and it's pathetic when someone tries to take advantage of us. We are just men. We have needs and a little fun shouldn't hurt," he laughed. "That's where the Agency comes in. We cannot go to the police. Those people are also corrupt and there is alot of media tension around them. It's better to operate in the dark."

slowpoke of a man. How can he be talking about infidelity so proudly and justifying it? He disgusted me. I wished i could punch him in the face but i couldn't. He was my bosses boss. "We do our best sir," I said.

"Make sure you find the Blackmailers one more time and put an end to them. What you did a year ago was wonderful. We are all sure you'll do your job nicely, " The P.S said.

"We are on it," The dwarf said.

I was introduced to a lot of dignitaries i couldn't keep up. Ranging from Company owners, Managers, Members of Parliament, Permanent Secretaries, Deputy Ministers etc. It didn't need a genius to figure out how influential the dwarf was. I was tired and it was only thirty minutes to midnight. I had told Leah that i was going to be home by midnight. Earlier, the dwarf introduced me to the organisers of the gala who told me about an after party. I wasn't in the mood for partying. I thought of finding a way to desert the dwarf but i had to tell him.

A moment later, my phone rang and it was 83017. It was the office. Why could they be calling at this time of the night? And why call me? I answered it. "Hello."

"Cyrus here sir," he said. "Is Mr. Goma in your vicinity?"

I was looking at the dwarf but he was busy chatting with his friends. I couldn't disturb him. "Yes but he's held up," I answered. "Is everything okay?"

"Everything is fine sir," he said calmly.

"Then?"

He was quiet for some seconds. "I guess i can tell you," he breathed heavily.

"Tell me what?" I asked curiously.

"Hancy Kapito is at the gala," he said.

My heart stopped. Everyone around me in my head stopped moving. I hadn't paid much attention to them since i got here but that changed. I could see their faces now. Sipping on wine, laughing and talking, staring at each other jealously, pressing their phones, talking on their phones, the whole place became still. Who was Hancy Kapito among these people?

"Are you still there sir?" Cyrus asked.

"Yes I am."

"It’s Marie who has just texted to inform me. She said she was trying to reach the boss but couldn't," he said. The dwarf had left his phone in the car. When going in, he said it's a distraction. He needed to be fully attentive to his bosses because they were all here. "Thats it sir, inform the boss."

I quickly went to the entrance and talked to the ladies who had the guest list. Since i was not that influential, they refused to show me the list threatening to throw me outside. I didn't want to cause a scene, i went back inside. I moved across the room scrutinizing anyone but it was difficult. I was looking for a person i had no idea who they were. The only thing i had was a name which everyone knew was fake. I couldn't even ask anyone. That would have been suspicious. My phone rang again, it was Cyrus. "What is it now Cyrus?"

"He's with a lady sir," Cyrus answered.

A few men came with women. It was like it was a male thing. Spotting men with women was not easy. "What's she wearing?" I asked.

"I don't know sir but that can help you," he hung up.

There was one man in particular who had a young sophisticated lady with him. He had worne a black suit and seemed to be introvert. He just watched everyone around him as if studying them and waiting to strike. That could be him. I thought to myself. I meticulously walked to where he was standing. I was two meters away from him and planning my move. I had it all planned out that i would just walk to where he had stood and greet him saying Hancy Kapito and see his reaction. I was ready. I walked to him when a lady bumped into me and threw her tray of glasses of wine on the floor. I knelt down to help her and when i looked closer, it was Agent OlivX.

"Don't say anything," she said. "That's not the man you are looking for."

"Olivia!" I whispered happily.

"Bryn behave," she said looking at the exit.

I looked up and the man was angrily looking at us. I looked back at Olivia. "How do you know?"

"Look to the exit," she said.

I looked at the exit and saw a man leaving. I didn't see his face but his back. "That's him?" I asked.

"That's where all the bet is," she said. "Lets go," she stood up and i followed her.

We got outside and saw a Limousine leaving the premises. "That's him," she pointed.

I ran to my car while she ran to hers. I got into the car and my phone rang. "Hello," I picked up.

"Your wife and child," an automated voice said and hung up.

I started the engine my heart pounding thinking about Leah and Zoey. I saw Olivias car leave the premises. She hooted on me to follow but i couldn't. Not with the call i had just received. I drove home in an adrenaline rush. I didn't even park the car nicely. I ran to the door and opened shouting Leahs name. I ran to the bedroom and couldn't find her. My body felt weak. It was 1am now. I checked Zoeys bedroom but there was nothing. "Leah!" I shouted.

My phone rang again. "Where is my wife and child?" I asked.

"Agent BrynX, don't mess with my operation," the automated voice said. "I have been in this business for too long and i won't let a shitty agent like you mess with it. Forget your mission and live your life. Accept the fact, that's how life is, we all benefit from someone's shortcomings and I'm making money from your silly employers. If they want they can stop being promiscuous, as simple as that but they don't want. It's not my fault, my job is to provide the best merchandise and they get hooked. Can you blame me?"

"Where is my family?" I asked steaming up.

"A man's vulnerability lies in that which he loves the most,"the automated voice said." Why do you put them in armsway Agent."

"Where the hell is my family?" I shouted.

To be continued

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Stalked By A Mafia - Episode 6

A story by Tisa Phiri

A week had passed, Scar was busy preparing for the truck deal.

It was the day for the job and Scar gathered 8 of his boys plus him and Jo making a crew of 10..

"listen up!" he called everyone's attention.

"we all know what is required out there. You two " he pointed at two guys.

" ensure that the traps to punch the truck tires are ready. you will throw it over the road one after the other at my signal."

"yes boss" they nodded..

He pointed at the other guys.

"the 6 of you will drive the cars from the trucks. Jo and I will use our own truck back here we all meet up at the spot within 30 minutes after the job is done .

Any questions?" he asked them looking at his watch, it was going to be 7pm, in an hour's time the trucks will pass kabwe..

"only one question" a guy asked raising his hand.

"what do we do with the drivers? "

"Well" Scar told him.

" we are not killing anyone. I will take care of them. Those guys have families and I don't want any of their blood on my hands."

"sure boss" the guy acknowledged.. "we all wear masks as we go for the job, as always.." he emphasized

After about 30 minutes they had driven past kapiri town where they planned to ambush the trucks with cars.

Scar sat in the front seat of the truck, it was a Toyota hilux with an open van. the rest of the guys were in the van..

Scar pulled on his cigarrate, inhalling the smoke he felt relaxed as its warmed his inner organs. he loved the April Jobs, the weather was cool and perfect. The night was getting darker. He got out of the vehicle and stood 3 steps away, feeling the fresh bleeze of the night on his face and he smilled.

It was a good night, be just loved the tension and mood before a job is done.

He observed his boys on the truck their faces were clear, everyone seemed prepared for the action. Most of the boys were from the streets, they had similar back grounds.

Scar loved the one thing about each one of them, loyalty. he knew all the boys would take a bullet for him. Especially Jo who was more like a brother to him..

He cleared his throat and everyone looked at him.

" I trust we will do a good job tonight as always."

"yea ! Boss!" they all answered in unison.

Scar looked at his watch.

" it is time boys!" he told them when his phone beeped, it was the guy in kabwe. "the load is heading your way ready in 30" the text read.

Scar and his crew silently walked to the road side. The two guys with traps lay down 500 meters apart. The rest of the guys where still hidden in the long grass.

Minutes later, Scar who was standing along the road indicated the trucks where on the way Everyone was set, a couple of minutes later Scar shouted,

"now!"

To be continued

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Stalked By A Mafia - Episode 5

A story by Tisa Phiri

20 minutes later, Harry got to Scar's house. Harry was a huge guy with a strange character. He talked less, he was a guy who was rarely seen but had great skill of making people disappear without a trace.

Scar knew him through Chile and when ever there was a rogue in the gang or anybody who possed as a threat, Harry was contacted to eliminate such persons. He never asked questions, his was to do the job and get his money. His theory was simple.

" if someone hired him to eliminate the other they had their reasons."

Harry sat down on the couch waiting for Scar who was Stil in his room. Jo had gone to let him know he had come.

"am coming" Scar told him as he looked through some papers. He looked at Jack's picture and shook his head.

" you have messed up this time Jack" he spoke to the photo.

" I was willing to tolerate you but it seems you want to use my woman to satisfy your stupid desires. this world is too small for both of us." He shook his head standing up.

He handed the photo to Harry. "that's the guy, the address is on the back of the photo."

Harry looked at the photo and nodded. Scar handed him a stash of money.

"come for the balance when the job is done."

" I will get in touch" Harry sighed and headed out.

Scar looked at the bar, he took a bottle of wine and drunk without using a glass.

"damn woman" he whispered to himself.

"you make me drink this early."

Jo who stood watching his boss came closer.

"Scar was it necessary to kill him?"

Scar looked at his wine swallowed hard before responding

" the idiot dared sleep with my woman Jo."

Jo shook his head.

"is he the boyfriend then?" He asked.

" Well I don't care" Scar told him.. "all i know is that he's a jerk and is only using her. maybe if he was a good person I would spare him . But he is a damn womaniser who uses women for his d*ck satisfaction. How dare he plays with Sila!"

Jo nodded in agreement.

"it's okey boss am sure he won't do that again."

Scar asked Jo to follow him

" in case I send you I want you to keep an eye on her" he told Jo showing him the house where Sila lived .

"I need to see her. " Jo responded

"of course you will today."

Sila's night shift had ended that morning. so she had some days off before the next shifts would start.

After resting a bit she decided to join the maid outside who was washing clothes. she sat on a stool talking to her maid, unknown to her, Scar and Jo were watching her..

"That's her" Scar pointed at Sila. Jo smilled lustly,

" she's gorgeous" he complimented..

"well she's not to be touched" Scar warned..

"sure boss" Jo chuckled.

Just as they were talking Zac who was out playing noticed the car parked closer to his yard . He looked at the man in the car and recognised Scar. since he had his shades on, the boy easily remembered him.

"hey uncle!" he shouted.

Scar turned and saw the boy waving at him.

"oh no he has seen me, let me handle this" he told Jo.

" stay back."

"Hey boy !" Scar answered walking to where Zac stood.

"what are you doing here?" Asked Isaac.

"Oh well I came to see a friend down the street. I didn't know you guys stay here.." He lied...

"yes" Zac answered happily

"thats my house" he pointed.

"Good to know you stay here" Scar smiled at the boy Zac.

" mom is outside there" zac pointed at his yard.

"well let me say hi then. "

Sila saw her son walk in with Scar. "hey !" she called out standing up. "what are you doing at my house? " she smilled.

"I was visiting a friend and saw Zac outside. I just came to say hi, the boy told me you are out here." Scar shrugged..

"You are welcome"

"mind to come in?" She asked him indicting for him to go in the house.

"I can spare some minutes" Scar agreed following Sila in the sitting room.

He looked around and he loved the serenity that surrounded the house. The colours and neatness of the room felt so comfortable, he relaxed as he sat on the small couch.

"you have a beautiful house" he told Sila.

" I like the colour and display in your sitting room" he complimented honestly.

"thank you" Sila smilled.

"welcome to my humble home. can I offer you anything?" She asked with a wide smile.

"Water Scar" told her..

As she disappeared to the other room Scar stood and looked at a picture of Sila and Isaac hanging on the wall, they looked great. The other pic had Sila alone in a uniform, he looked at the third pic. It was a photo of Jesus.

His mind wild back. he remembered how growing up he was a regular church boy. He even served as an alter boy in the Catholic church and participated in most of the youth activities as a teenager. He smilled to himself, those days where gone. now he had no time for God nor prayer. According to him, God had abandoned him, he even doubted his existence

"if he was there and cared so much he wouldn't allow all the bad things to happen especially to children" he thought.

Sila came back with a glass of water, Scar turned sharply.

" I was admiring your pictures." He cleared his throat.

"Thank you" she answered handing him the water.

"So where is the father to Zac?" he asked. Sila was quite...

"mmmn ... oh sorry " Scar quickly apologised

" I didn't mean to meddle in your private life, am so sorry."

"it's ok" Sila shrugged.

"you are the second person to ask about him today and honestly I would rather not talk about him."

"My bad.." Scar apologised again.

"well I see you're a nurse ?" he pointed at the photo.

"yes" Sila smilled

"i work at Chowa clinic." She added.

" I will surely run to you when sick Scar" jocked and they both smiled .

"Anytime" Sila said with a chuckle.

Sila's phone rang interrupting them. she looked at it and ignored, it was Jack .

"won't you pick that?" Scar asked her.

" it's nobody " she said putting down the phone. just then a text came in and she opened it.

"Sila pick up, am coming to your place some one broke into my house, am scared of going in. I have a bad feeling about all this."

Immediately Sila called him back. "what do you mean someone broke into your house Jack? Stop playing games already." She shouted .

"It's true Sila" Jack answered

"I think I saw some guy over the bedroom window, there's someone in my house and I just fled am heading there now."

" okay then" Sila responded cutting the line..

"Any problem .?" Scar who was listening on all this time asked.

"ummm it's just my friend thinks someone broke into his house so he's coming here." She told him.

"oh that's bad" Scar responded.

" I must leave you to attend to your friend then." he told her leaving the house.

"see you around" Sila saw him out.

"yeah " he answered rushing out and waving at the maid outside.

upon getting to the car Scar dialled Harry's number.

" where are you?'

" Pursuing the target now, he just fled from his house."

"you idiot how could you let him ran..? Drop the mission." Scar ordered.

"what ? " Harry asked shocked.

"I said drop the mission you fool. wait for my call."

"yes boss" Harry answered furious that he had to let the guy live another day, he's thirsty to kill was intense.

"Damn idiot why is he coming to Sila!" he shouted.

"maybe we can wait for him here and sort him out this night." Jo suggested...

"no.... change of plans. I need him alive for now. just give him a good beating. Mark the territory for him and let him not mess with my woman again, he's a lucky bastard."

*****

Jack knocked at Sila' house some minutes later.

"but who could it be?" she asked him.

" I have no idea" Jack told her.

"I just noticed the door handle was a bit broken and I think I saw a shadow in my bedroom."

"mmmn that's strange" Sila agreed.

"since when do you have enemies? Or was it thieves? " she asked.

"I dont think the guy wanted to Steal anthing Sila. if that were the case he could have gotten things before I went back, besides when I peeped through the window, everything seemed to be in place and I could swear someone followed me as I drove here " Jack panted.

" Are you crazy!" Sila snapped.

"you mean someone was following you and you decided to risk my son and my life to save yourself?" She yelled at him.

"But I had not thought of anyone close by." Jack looked up at her.

" oh how typical of you Jack. you only think of me when you are Hot or in trouble. well am not ready to risk my life for you Jack leave my house and find another hiding place." She pointed at the door.

"but Sila." He spoke up.

"no way, just leave already it's getting dark outside."

Jack reluctantly left, as soon as he joined the main road a car stopped in front of him and some guys Came to his car and grabbed him out. They beat him up leaving him laying in blood.

"Stay away from Sila you idiot" one of the guys warned him.

"or you are dead meat" he added before speeding off..

Jack tried to stand but he couldn't. he was so weak from the beating . it was around 19 hours.

People parked their cars aside and some went to help Jack.

"you need to go to the hospital sir " some elderly man told him.

"who did this to you?" They asked.

"I have no idea" Jack whispered painfully his entire body sore and in pain.

At the hospital he was told to get a police report. Unfortunately he couldn't identify the people who beat him, he had no idea. He hid the warning of staying away from Sila from the police.

After being treated, Jack was discharged the following morning. he had insisted he continued treatment from home. looking at his phone he found a lot of missed calls from Sila and a text..

"Tell me you are safe..." it read.

Jack dialled her line and when she picked he sighed weakly.

"well Sila I got the message from your boyfriend it was quite clear. " he informed her

"what do you mean ?" Sila asked suprised.

"which boyfriend ?"

"Don't play dumb Sila some guys beat me up on my way from your place last night. am sure it's the same people I saw at my place. guess what they told me after leaving me half dead.? stay away from Sila, care to explain that?" He asked her.

Sila was shocked. she had no boyfriend as far as she was concerned.

"but who could have beaten Jack? " She wondered..

********

Scar looked at Sila as she hang up the call. he had his laptop replaced and he reconnected the feed from Sila's room.

"good" he smilled.

"That idiot got his potion. I hope you stay away" he spoke to himself.

" next time i won't be so lenient. " He stoped talking when Sila started mattering something.

"It's that stalker" she talked to herself.

"yes it should be him. what the hell is that man up to?" she wondered as she paced around her bedroom.

Scar shook his head.

"stay calm..woman."

Sila walked out of her room and Scar watched her bedroom. He wished he had planted cameras the whole house.

Sila sat in front of the TV her mind busy.

"I have to put an end to this" she thought to herself.

"next time i see that BMW I will have to play that man's game and stop this nonsense before it's too late, how dare he" she frowned.

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Agent BrynX - Episode 15
The Price of Gold

By Brian Ngoma

The blonde looked at me despairingly. Apparently, my membership card was a gold one. I don't know how The dwarf pulled that off but i was given the finest of wicked things. She bowed her head on the other side of the bed and asked, "Then why would you pay K15,000 if you don't want sex?"

"What did you just say?" I felt my heart pound.

"Yes, K15,000 all for what? For company?" she asked.

I couldn't fathom the fact that The Dwarf paid K15,000 knowing that i wouldn't screw her. Perhaps he wished i did but that amount was too much and all for what? Knowing if the Blackmailers were the ones operating the Brothel. I was hurt. I know i wasn't supposed to but K15,000 is a hell lot of money. I gulped and composed myself. "There are other ways you can make me happy," i said. "Of course not the weird fetishes."

"What do you want?" she asked.

"I need some information on who is operating this joint," I said carefully not to alarm her.

Unluckily, she was alarmed. "I would rather you are one of those guys for fetishes than what you are asking me for," she said.

"I just need to know who is running this place that's all," I said observing her.

"You could have asked from the reception," she looked away.

She was trying to be tough. What she didn't know was i had dealt with people like her before. Before i met Leah when life gave me a lot of lemons i would go with a couple of friends to a club and have ourselves some hookers for the night. I studied their vulnerability. They really treasured their job. It was like they had tried all else and prostitution was the only thing they had to hold on to. "Okay then, i will tell your bosses that you didn't treat me the way you are supposed to. You gave me a hard time and once he sees my membership card, i don't know what will happen to you," I said and stood up.

She jumped off to her feet and grabbed my hand. "Please don't," she begged. "What do you want to know sir?" she asked politely.

I put her in a tight corner. I acted like it wasn't all planned and sat down on the bed. "Who owns this place? Who runs it?"

"Our boss is Mr. Tembo," she said.

"Who is this Mr. Tembo?"

"A family man. Faithful to his wife obviously. All the girls here say he's impotent. He can't get it up unless with his wife."

"Does he run it alone?"

"Ofcourse not," she scoffed. "This is a company and I'm sure you know how companies operate. There is a manager, the deputy manager, the accountant etc. There is an hierarchy duh."

At least she went to school. I thought to myself. "How did you find yourself here?"

"What do you mean?" She asked. I could see she was offended. How dare i ask her about life choices. That's what not what i meant anyway, it came out wrong. "You mean how did i become a hooker?"

"No i don't care about that. Where were you working from before here?"

"I'm not allowed to disclose that," she answered scared.

I knew i had to play my game tactfully. I moved closer to her and touched her shoulder. "I won't put you in any trouble i promise." She was still quiet i could feel her shaking. "Okay don't tell me where you were before but tell me something."

"What?" she looked at me.

"Any strange things that happen around here?"

She didn't answer. She started biting her nails. She reminded me of me. I had that habit. Whenever i bit my nails, i was nervous and i knew she was nervous. "Talk to me, we are running out of time, someone might come. Don't you people work with time?"

"Every day on a Thursday, Two men come in. They sit in the lobby for a while and head to the managers office. After a while, some important clients are called to the office and the way they come out. It's horrifying. It's like they had been strapped off of all their things. Mostly the clients who go in there never return to the brothel," she said. "Nobody knows what happens."

The blackmailers. It had to be them. Who else would make someone petrified and never want to return to the land of sex. A mans dream. "Why Thursday?" I asked.

Before she could answer, there was a knock at the door. The blonde looked at me horrified. "Today is Thursday," she answered.

"Oh shit," I quickly got up. I looked at myself and was fully clothed. I told the blonde to take off her clothes and get into the beddings. She abridged. I also got naked and went under the covers. "Who is there?" I asked.

"Room service," a female voice answered.

"We are good," I responded. There was silence. She had left. I had the information i wanted. I knew with my Golden membership card, i had attracted the blackmailers. I told the blonde to wash off and promised her to never tell a soul about what happened if she kept her end of the bargain. She just nodded and i could see she was sincere. "You can leave now," I told her.

"The rule is that we leave the room together sir. At least it would show that i gave you a good time."

I didn't want to argue with her. I got myself ready and we walked hand in hand to the reception. All eyes were on us. It was obvious she was known to be a high class merchandise and being with her attracted all the attention. I'm sure they were envying me. Hands down, the blonde was top class. I could understand why she was worth K15,000. It's such a pity i didn’t do anything with her. I wondered how the dwarf would feel me using his money for just talk. That was none of my concerns. The blonde escorted me to my car. I gave her a hug and thanked her for the evening. She smiled and whispered. "Whoever you are, this path you've taken isn't worth your life but it seems you are already in too deep. If this will be helpful, find Hancy Kapito and you have the whole operation. "

Hancy Kapito again? Who the hell is Hancy Kapito? I asked myself as i got into the Mercedes-Benz. I drove to the gate. The gate was not been opened. I saw the security guard on the phone looking at me and motioned something to me. I couldn't hear what he was saying. I got off the car and walked to his small office. "What's the problem?"

"No problem sir. The manager wants to see you," he said smiling. "I'm sure he wants to give you his compliments. It won't take long, just park the car over there."

My whole conversation with the blondie ran through my mind as i knocked on the managers door. I remembered what The dwarf said about my reputation. What if someone had recognized me at the brothel? I was instructed to enter. I entered the office and could feel the fresh air. Standing on the window was Mr. Tembo. A tall dark man wearing a denim shirt and a Khaki. Too contemporary for his age. He looked old. He smiled greeting me showing off his teeth which he obviously had the dentist check up. He was all smiley. "Mr," he paused and looked at a list on his table. "Sitale," he continued.

Sitale? Me? For a moment, i wanted to turn around and check if there was someone behind me. Looking at his facial expression, he had the man he wanted and he couldn't be more happier. I had to play whatever game he was playing. "I'm sure you are Mr. Tembo," i smiled shaking his hand.

"Yes that's me, take a seat," he said politely. For a man running a brothel, he seemed so content and proud. It was like he was running a Bank of high prestige. He sat comfortably. He offered me a drink and i refused. "So Mr. Sitale, we just realized when you were leaving that you are a new client. It was impolite of us not to introduce ourselves."

The gold membership card. As expected, it raised suspicions. He acted like he was interested in me meanwhile he was interested on what i could do for him or how much i would pay for his hookers. "That's nice of you. In fact I'm in a hurry," I said looking at my watch.

"Ohh did you have a good time? The blonde is the best and with your membership card, that's what you deserve."

"Trust me, i had a good time," I grinned. "The price of gold."

"Good to hear Mr. Sitale," he stood up.

That was a sign of him acknowledging me been in a hurry. I got up aswell and shook his hand. Leaving the office, two men entered and from what the blonde told me, i knew they were being briefed about me. They couldn't show their wits on the first day i went to the Brothel. They had to wait like a hynae waits for it's meat.

"Mr. Sitale? Really?" I asked the Dwarf on the phone.

He laughed hysterically. "That wasn't me. That was Cyrus and what's wrong with the name Sitale?" he asked.

"Nothing wrong but at least you could have briefed me. What if i was caught unaware?"

"An Agent never reveals his true identity. You are lucky your agent name seems so fake that no one could even suspect there is your real name in there."

He was right. Who could suspect BrynX to be a legit name? Since when did they start making Bryns with an X. For what its worth, BrynX defined me. It defined what i did and i was proud of it. "Okay old man, see you!"

"It’s time you meet the people who pay us," he paused. "Let me send you the location. We are attending a gala. Wear a suit not that thing you are putting on."

"What's wrong with what I'm wearing?" I asked and he cut the line without answering. The dwarf was a douche bag. I hated his guts. That short man. Who did he think he was? Ordering me around? I received the address and specific instructions on what suit to wear and even shoes. I got angry looking at the text. The dwarf had me in his hands. He was my boss and i was his servant. Shit... But who could have thought that Hancy Kapito was at the gala?

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Agent BrynX - Episode 14
The Blackmailers

By Brian Ngoma

Marie stood at the door with an expressionless face. She wore a navy blue dress that was way over her knees. Looking at her made me angry. I relived that night again. I remembered the deaths so clearly in my head.

She wasn't surprised to see me. She knew she would meet me that day and that irritated me. "What is she doing here?" I turned and looked at the dwarf.

"I'm sure we can talk about this," The dwarf said calmly. He walked round the table and held Maries hand and led her to a chair beside him. It was like he knew what i could do to her had she been near me. "Mr. Bryn, may you please sit down."

I could feel my heart pound. I tried to calm myself. Perhaps i was overreacting. What if i had everything wrong? I sat down intently looking at the two. "You didn't answer me, What is she doing here?"

"We have been waiting for her, haven't we?" Mathias asked getting comfortable in his big chair. "She's the one i told you who knows more about the blackmailers but from the look of things, you have met."

"I wish it was under different circumstances," Marie said.

"Like me sleeping with you?" I asked sarcastically.

"Or that," she laughed looking at the Dwarf.

"That would have been better," he added. The dwarf's face changed. I could see he was making himself look more serious. His seriousness showed in what he said next. "You two might have met under terrible circumstances but that's in the past," he stared at me making me uneasy. "Ms. Marie here," he pointed at her and went on. "Was working for the blackmailers but after the last incident, she quit. When looking for you Agent BrynX," he paused and inhaled. "I learnt that there was a girl and i used my resources to find out who that girl was and it was Marie here. It was difficult to make her work for me because she didn't want anything to do with this business at all," he looked at Marie who kept her gaze at me. "We eventually came to am agreement."

"Why are you telling me all this?" I asked.

"I'm creating a base here. A basis and a common ground where we can work together," he looked at Marie and then me. Marie nodded in agreement while i didn’t show any approval on my face. "The thing is, we all have the same enemy; The blackmailers. So instead of being on different sides, let's work together."

"I don't trust her," i said looking at Marie. "She almost killed my wife."

"It was just some sleeping pills....."

"Marie shut up!" the dwarf yelled paying no attention to her. "That i know," he said to me. "I'm not asking you to trust her but I'm asking you to work with her. As simple as that. No one needs to trust the other. Trust is as deadly as a crocodile in the river," he smiled.

Did he just shut her up? I looked at the dwarf bewildered. "Can i talk to you?" I asked him and went on. "Alone?" I looked at Marie. She got the idea and left the room. "Do you trust her?" I asked the dwarf.

He got a glass of water, sipped on it and relaxed in his chair. "Surprisingly, yes," he answered. He saw that i was disgusted. "I didn't trust her at first but hearing her story and what that Noob of a guy did to her, i felt sorry for her. She's a good girl beneath."

What beneath? Did he have an X-Ray? He had to be screwing her. Why would a man as intelligent and as clever as him talk about a hooker so articulately? She gave him the cookie and he was under a spell. I could see the grin on his face whenever he spoke her name. Mentioning her name brought a kind of glow which could only entail a man who is happily satisfied with his sexual relations. Damn, the dwarf. "I cannot trust her," I said.

"Like i said, you don't have to," he said. "She knows a lot of information that could help us get to the Main players. All I'm asking is for you to work with her, that's it Agent BrynX, " he said impatiently.

"She doesn't have to know about my private life," i said giving a Condition. "She knew my last place but she doesn't have to know about where i stay."

"That is sorted don't worry but trust me, she's not dangerous," he had that grin again. It irritated me. He was showing me how happy he was to be screwing her. That disgusted me. "Marie!" he called her back in.

She came in and sat beside him. "So we start woking?" she looked at him. He nodded his head and she reached for her handbag and grabbed the phone from it. "I'm sure Mathias briefed you on the people we are dealing with," she looked at me. They were screwing. She even refered to him informally. "So this organization has been operating for almost fifteen years. They had their humble beginnings in the 90s and it's now an international empire."

"Humble beginnings my foot," I said.

She ignored me and went on. "So they have had stations mostly in brothels where they could catch the big fish and by big fish i mean; Loaded."

"Yea i get it," I said.

"The operation our Agent BrynX blew up with his friend Floyd was just a small but important one. It burned a lot of people and Mr. Imp in prison, Agent BrynX here was put on the watch list but what everyone wonders is why hasn't he been taken down together with his friend Floyd who apparently was an undercover detective."

"Wait, how the hell do you know all this?" I asked. The dwarf didn't interfere but watched us.

"I have my sources," she answered looking at Mr. Goma for his approval to keep going. She didn't give a damn about me. "Rumor has it that Agent BrynX here will be got to as soon as the dust settle," she smiled.

That smile was a grateful smile. She wanted them to get to me. She was patiently waiting for that moment for me to be taken down. My hatred for her even grew. "So what's our job here?" I asked looking at The dwarf who seemed to be in thoughts. I admired the man. He seemed to be wise and had everything under control. I was just hate he was screwing her. He deserved better. "Mathias!" I called him.

"I heard you the first time Agent," he said thoughtful. "We get to the top man, that's who I'm interested in."

"Who is the top man?" I asked looking at Marie.

"Hancy Kapito," she answered. "That's what they call him and that's not his name."

"Hancy Kapito is our man. We take him down and the whole operation will be no more," the dwarf said confidently.

"Has anyone seen this Hancy Kapito?" I asked.

"No one has ever seen him," Marie sighed. "I worked at the brothel for three years but all we could hear was a name."

"That must have been a lot of sex," I said. "Three years. Damn!"

"Agent BrynX, be serious," The dwarf said harshly.

"I'm just saying," I shrugged.

"Not even the top men of the brothel have ever seen him," Marie continued. "Noob and Mr. Imp had no idea who Hancy Kapito is."

"That's strange," I said.

"Strange is what Black And White is all about. Agency X Corp did their part and couldn't finish the job, we are finishing it," The dwarf said assured of himself.

His fascination with Agency X Corps startled me. Whenever he mentioned His agency, he also mentioned Agency X Corps. Yes, he knew the founder, so what? There was something amiss with the dwarf.

"Recently, we have information that there is a brothel that has been opened in Hillpark South. It's on a farm and it's restricted. You cannot enter with no membership card," Marie looked at me.

"That's where Cyrus comes in," The dwarf said and dialled his phone.

In no time a young man came. "Yes sir," I recognized his voice from the call. It wasn't so automated after all. "I have the membership card with me sir," he showed it to The dwarf.

The dwarf smiled and looked at me. "Give it to Mr. Bryn," he pointed at me. Cyrus handed the membership card to me. "That's it for now Cyrus, thank you," he dismissed the young man.

I held on to the card surprised. "What do i do with this?" I asked.

"That's your membership card to the brothel for tonight," Marie smiled.

I looked at The dwarf and he looked at me nodding his head. "No one knows what's really going on in that brothel. We don't know if the blackmailers operate there so it's an easy task," Marie said.

"Easy task?"

"Yes," she said. "Just go and probably screw a hooker. They say a lot when you do them good," she said.

"I'm married," I said. "I love my wife."

"All men at these brothels are married. You will find out. Apparently their wives don't do what hookers do," she smiled.

She was enjoying this. It was obvious she missed what she used to do. Three years? No one came out sane after that. No wonder she had taken advantage of The dwarf. I pitied the old man. "What time do i go?"

"7pm. You are going with the Agency car, leave your car here. You cannot go with your car," The dwarf said. "Come on let's go," the dwarf stood up. Standing and i couldn't see him behind his table. "Follow me Agent. Marie I'm coming back," he told her.

We went outside the house to the parking lot. There, we found three cars in the garage. There was an Audi, Land Rover and a Mercedes Benz. I couldn't believe my eyes. Was this man very rich? I stared at him as he walked to the Rover. "My friends say I'm too old fashion because i got this old rover. They say i should have bought a Range Rover but you know old is Gold."

How did he fit in the cars? He was the same height as my daughter Zoey. The cars were huge and he looked like an ant underneath a mountain. He walked to a door in the garage and opened it. He surveyed it for a while and got a box. He came back to me and opened it. He removed something that looked like a vest. He gave it to me and it was stiff. In ones eyes it looked soft but in the hands very hard. "What is this vest for?" I asked holding the vest.

"I understand last time you encountered the blackmailers, there were a lot of bullets involved. That one is for your safety, it's a bulletproof vest," he answered. "Wear it all the time."

"Thanks, don't they come in different types. My wife wouldn't allow me to wear the same vest all the time," I smiled.

"With that one, she has to compromise. Danger lurks around in your line of work but never reveal what you do, you'll put her at risk."

I nodded my head. The dwarf had an authoritative type of leadership. He showed he cared but at the same time, demanded respect. I admired that in him.

Driving the Mercedes into the premises of the brothel. It was all flashy and one could tell it leaked dollars. I parked and walked to the reception and showed my membership card. Some woman directed me to a room and told me to wait. A moment later, a beautiful blonde came in with a flashy smile. This place even had white hookers, The Blackmailers were taking their operation to another level.

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Stalked By A Mafia - Episode 4

A story by Tisa Phiri

Scar shook his head, he knew that if Chile was to know how much he felt for Sila he would use her against him and he vowed to himself not to let that happen.

He dialled some numbers and held the phone to his ears as he waited for the other person to pick up.

"Scar" some guy responded on the other end of the phone.

"hey meet me at the site with the boys. we have to go through the plans of our next job."

"sure Boss" Jo acknowledged..

Before Scar could put down the phone. The other phone with a private number rung. He knew that could only be his mom, they were only few trusted people he had given that line to.

"Mother!" He answered

"yes Aaron..how are you my son? "

"Am fine mom. what is it? any problem.? "

"When are you paying me a visit it's been weeks ? " His mother asked.

"I will see you soon mom am quite busy this week."

"That's what you always say Aaron. what kind of job is that which keeps you away from me your mother? "

"Mom.please not now." he told her.

" well when then Son.? I always tell you am getting older. I need grand children" she continued. "when are you planning on marrying?"

"Mom please drop it already we have gone through this a thousand times am not marrying anyone anytime soon, later on have kids. I don't have time for them.."

"oh so all people who have married and had kids are useless uh?" the mother shouted sounding upset. she had always wanted her son to settle down and have a family of his own but her efforts to make him make a decision failed.

" okay mom I have to go am driving " he cut her off.

He shook his head after hanging up.

"oh mom you won't ever understand " he muttered to himself as he accelerated the car engine.

1 hour later he joined the small road leading to the forest. he found all the boys had already arrived.

"hey guys!" he raised his hand to greet them and signalled everyone to follow him. Two guys remained outside to keep watch.

Before he could start his meeting. one of the guards came in and whispered something to Scar, he nodded and went outside.

"Well, Well, look who is here!" he announced looking at a man being held by the guards.

"he followed you here." one guy told Scar..

He looked at him for a couple of minutes.

"too bad you won't say a thing to your Boss Chile. You are heading to hell right this minute " Scar said to him seriously.

"please Scar don't kill me " the man begged.

"I was just following orders. remember you and I were on the same team before."

"Yeah precisely why I should kill you. you and your Boss wants to stab me in the back."

Scar asked him some questions to find out what he knew. when he was satisfied there was no serous threat, he cocked his pistol,

"well, see you in hell !" he shouted before shooting him in his head. The man fell to the ground lifeless..

"Burry him! " he ordered the guys as he headed back inside.

Scar never enjoyed killing unless he had to. He knew letting that man live will mean his down fall he couldnt risk anyone apart from his trusted crew know about the where abouts of his under ground warehouse.

The guys knew that any betrayal meant death. That's why he made sure he paid them well to avoid room for lack. he knew if they had enough the chances of betraying him were slim.

He explained the plan about some new job when they settled back inside. They were to intercept two trucks carrying brand new cars to Congo. he went through the whole plan and gave every one around some roles to perform.

"we will reap well if we work according to plan" he explained as the crew nodded on every step.

***********

Sila and her son had headed back home after lunch.

"Mommy?" Zac asked her

"where is my father? "

"And why would you ask that?" Sila answered him.

"well all my friends have fathers but me i have none . Why won't you just tell me where he is already. ? "

"Stop it already Isaac !" Sila shouted annoyed

" you have no father and that's it " she said angrily.

" but mommy" Zac almost spoke, his mother stopped him before he could go on .

"stop asking any further questions about your father. enough!" she screamed the car almost swaying away from the road.

she stopped and breathed heavily.

"Am sorry mom" Zac said touching his mother's shoulders.

" It's okey sonny" Sila forged a smile.

"it's not your fault, don't worry I will take care of you. we don't need your father trust me."

Sila was always hiding the truth from her son. how would she explain to him that his father was a rapist and a thug. she however knew that she some how had to tell her son the truth one day. he was growing up and would need to know the truth one day, "but today is not that day" she told herself as she drove home in silence..

In the house she found Jack seated waiting for her.

"what are you doing here Jack," she asked him upset he had gone to her place without informing her.

" I just came to see you guys" he giggled following her to the bed room.

Sila stopped in her steps looking at him.

"Jack I told you we are done. I know you have another girl and am not interested in this relationship any more."

"well I still care about you Sila" he insisted getting closer to her.

"well I don't" she told him leaving his side.

he grabbed her hand and kissed her instead.

"i love you Sila" he pleaded.

It was all an act to have sex with her. Sila pushed him back.

" stay away from me Jack I have told you it's over. Am not your toy. " she gnarled.

Jack pushed her to the Bed and started kissing her passionately.

"you enjoy being with me just admit it." He smiled in her face.

"yeah I do, but we both know this relationship has no future." She tried to push him aside.

"well then, let's have one day at a time. who knows maybe in future things might change." He mumbled making her face him as he played with her face contours.

Sila relaxed and allowed herself to enjoy the moment, they caressed and made love.

"mmmn I enjoyed that to the max" Jack smilled putting on his clothes later on.

" will see you later" he added

"already? " she asked surprised

"you just came for sex you fool, you are so predictable" she snapped throwing a pilow at him.

Jack laughed as he buttoned his shirt.

" see you babe" he kissed her before heading out.

Sila went to the bathroom and bathed.

"Am so stupid" she thought to herself. she had always known their relationship was just for sex. no love, no commitment. she had always tolerated that, maybe because deep down she needed a man close to her and Jack was the one playing that role at the moment. .

she closed her eyes and thought of Aaron as she poured water on her body.

"God he is so handsome" she thought yo herself.

" I wonder why he hid his eyes wearing dark shades, am sure he's more sexy without them" she murmured and smilled at the thought of being with him.

******

Back at Scar's residence, he had finished his meeting with the boys and all was set for the coming week, they were set on intercepting the tracks and getting away with the cars. later that day he had looked at the Gen sets in the warehouse.

" we will deal with these and the Jeep in 3 months" he Had told every one.

"Meantime, dismantle the parts for those two vehicles and sell them. we can't risk selling the whole car with the police officers roaming around. "

He now sat on his bed after taking a long shower feeling relaxed and imagined Sila's smile.

"she's so beautiful" he thought to himself, looking at his laptop he pulled and played back the video recording from minutes past. He had to see what was going on in her house.

His heart raced when he saw Jack. He saw her resist him a bit and then give in. watching them having sex got Scar so mad he threw the laptop down, it fell with a crash and he kicked it hard several times.

"I will kill you Bastard!" he spat furious, his fist shook.

Jo came in rushing at the noise coming from Scar's room .

"Hey Scar anything the matter? " He asked looking at the broken laptop.

"Yes!" Scar screamed...

"someone just signed their death sentence! Get me Harry !"

"Harry?" Jo asked suprised.

"are you deaf you fool?" he screamed at him.

"yes I will" Jo responded looking at Scar's boiling face. He knew Harry was only called on when there was a job to eliminate someone permanently and Scar was not willing to take up the job personally.

"who is the unlucky guy?" he thought to himself as he searched for Harry's contact from his phone.

"The boss calls for you immediately " he told Harry when he picked the phone.

"I will be there in 20 minutes" Harry responded.

"You better be." Jo added. He went back and reported to Scar

" Harry will be here in 20."

"Good" Scar frowned.

"that idiot will know better than to mess with me." He spat looking out the window.

To be continued

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Restless - Episode 35 contd


"Good one," Henry said to Samantha when she got back into the car after shooting twice. He turned to look at the car which the bullet hit, it had pulled over by the side of the road. "We don't have to shoot at them anymore, we have enough space between us and the second car."

Henry balanced back in his seat and kept the gun. He took out his phone to check the time.

"Roundabout now in clear view," Dave said as he changed the gear of the vehicle.

They were approaching a rotary intersection and they could see a truck approaching at a slow speed from the left traffic. The traffic light showed red, a signal for them to stop but Dave was not ready to pull the brakes.

"How are we gonna do?" Jenny in front asked Dave when she noticed he wasn't reducing the speed.

"We're going through, fasten your seatbelt." Dave warned

"What the bleep! You're going to get us killed." Jenny shone her eyes widely at Dave. She looked towards the roundabout again and could see the truck still on its slow speed and yet to reach the roundabout. From her calculation, their car would collide into the truck if Dave refused to stop. Jenny turned to look at Henry but he wasn't saying anything. She looked at Samantha's face also and saw a look of uncertainty. She looked once again at Henry and concluded that he must have had a prior knowledge of Dave's plan not to stop.

They had already gotten so close to the roundabout by the time she looked forward again. The truck was also close by and about entering. Jenny closed her eyes and held her breath as Dave increased the vehicle's speed to the highest and sped past the roundabout, narrowly missing the truck. She widened her eyes and let out a deep breath as Dave continued on his high speed. She looked back to check, even the driver of the truck was shaken by the near collision and had held the brake the very last second, blocking the road totally.

"Good job Dave, " Henry was heard, saying. He had a smile on his face. "Good job Cole," he added after turning on his mouthpiece.

"That was so dangerous," Jenny commented after Dave reduced the speed by few metres per seconds.

Samantha was sitting quietly and she looked indifferent.

"The dangerous life is an interesting one," Henry said with a chuckle. "It looks so dangerous that no one would suspect we planned the truck's movement," he added to explain better.


The vehicles following after Richard's abductors all got to the round about skidding and swerving to avoid collision with the truck. Luckily for them, there was none. The vehicles on the road at that time were very little and only one small car was using the roundabout at the same time as the truck and it was about twenty metres behind the truck.

The truck driver after recovering from the shock drove away from the entrance of the lane and went on his own way, followed by the car behind it. The vehicles in pursuit readjusted themselves and continued in the same direction. A uniform police officer in one of the security vehicles called some other policemen at a check point along the way and described the vehicle they were pursuing, asking them to stop such vehicle when it was seen. They continued on that land until they got to a Tee intersection, the vehicles split into two groups and each group continued in one direction each.

The vehicles that continued in the straight direction were soon to locate the car they were after. It had been dumped by the roadside with no signs of where the occupants had gone. All the doors were opened widely and the tail lights were left on.



Thirty Eight Minutes Later.

Dave dropped the unconscious body of Richard Brad which he had carried from the car on the floor in room. He closed all the windows and turned off the lights before stepping out of the room. He took out his phone and dialed at the entrance before moving.

"Hey Cole! Where are you?"

**

10AM, The Next Day.

Richard Brad still lay on the floor sleeping, the effect of the drug used on him by Henry was still active. He stirred when the door was opened when he continued his sleep.

Henry walked into the room and closely following him was Samantha. Henry had on a camouflage shirt of the Bethanna Military Service with white shorts and a black sneakers. Samantha was also on white shorts and black sneakers but had a black tight fitted shirt on instead.

They walked to the center and stopped where Richard was. Henry kicked Richard on the knee twice and he began to stir again. After some seconds, his eyes opened and he stared up blankly.

For a moment, his vision was blurry and he wasn't sure if he was in his room or not. The hardness of where he laid finally suggested to him that he wasn't anywhere in his home. Then he remembered in an instant how he was abducted and the last thing he saw before he passed out.

He looked up, his vision was getting clearer and he could see two faces standing above him. He took in a very deep breath and closed his eyes again.

"That's enough man," Henry bent and pulled him up by the shoulder. "You've had enough rest, now is the time to talk to me."

Henry signalled for Samantha to bring closer the chair at the corner of the room. He pulled Richard and placed him on it.

Richard remained quiet even though he did not struggle as Henry moved his body. His mind had for a moment totally wandered away. He recalled seeing the vehicles of his security officials already after his abductors' vehicle but he was surprised to still be in the abductors' captivity. He never thought it would possible for them to escape with him. He realized that these people must be specialists of some sort, being able not only to abduct him but also to escape being caught by even the national security officers.

"Look here man, do you know me?" Henry asked, tilting his head up with a finger under his chin.

Richard squinted at his face. The man looked like the same one who guarded him from the corridor to the vehicle in the compound but this was without beards and moustache. He widened his eyes and slowly squinted them again. This man looked like someone so familiar, who it was he couldn't just tell exactly. He struggled for a moment to remember who the man standing before him was but it proved difficult.

It however dawned on him that what happened was more than mere abduction, and that there wasn't going to be any request for ransom, it seemed to be something more personal.

"You don't know me?" Henry asked again.

Richard squinted again. He considered the military camouflage Henry was putting on and wondered if Henry was a man in the army but then, he had never had a clash with anyone in the army. His eyes caught a badge close to Henry's breast but he couldn't see what was written on it clearly.

"So, it's nice that you don't know me but it'll be nicer if you answer all questions I ask you quickly." Henry continued when it seemed that Richard did not know who he was.

They had not had any previous encounter even before Carl Winston was declared dead but Henry had expected that Richard who seemed like a top member of the terrorist group would have seen his picture before and most likely recognize him.

"So tell me something man, how long have you been working with the Red Wolves?" Henry asked.

Richard flashed a quick look at his face, shocked by the question. He remained mute.

"Talk to me man, don't let's go the hard way." Henry urged, tapping him on his cheek.

"I don't know what you're talking about," Richard replied.

Henry raised his brows quickly. "Come on man, don't give me this nonsense. Don't make this difficult for the two of us."

"Who the hell are you? You took me from my residence and you brought me here to ask silly questions," Richard slammed in a loud voice. He had looked around and saw no sign that it was a facility of the Bethanna Military Service or any other National Security Agency.

Henry looked sharply at his face. He chuckled and then bent over, bringing his face closer to Richard's face. "I'm your nightmare Richard, you need to start talking before the nightmare gets scarier than it should."

"Damn whoever you are, do whatever you want to do to me and quit asking me stupid questions."

Henry stood back straight. "Are you sure you're ready to die after joining the Red Wolves to kill thousands of people?"

"Damn you! What the hell are you talking about?"

Henry bent forward again. "I'm talking about how you and your brothers in the Red Wolves take the lives of several people," Henry replied and rose up, he took two steps back and put this hands in his pocket. "I'm talking about how you Richard Brad organized for the murder of FOX Agents Carl and Rex."

Richard widened his eyes and slowly turned his gaze to the ground. He remembered Eddy instantly. He recalled how he had gotten news of Eddy's sudden abduction by a gambling partner from his clubhouse and how he was found dead several days after. He hadn't taken more than a minute to feel sorry about Eddy's death and he in no way thought it could be connected to him.

He wondered now if Henry was one of the men who worked with Eddy in killing the two Agents. He flashed a look again at Henry's face and racked his brain to remember who he is. Suddenly like a flash through his mind, he remembered having seen the face displayed on a large screen several times, the last time being during the search, for confirmation of Carl Winston's death.

He raised his head back slowly and stared at Henry's face. He knew indeed that there was trouble and there was no way he was going to get out of it. Carl Winston was back just like Hutton envisaged.

To be continued

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Restless - Episode 34
Richard's Details

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© Oyinloye Oluwatosin Emmanuel

"Stand aside now, everyone stand..." Dave was saying as he stepped into the hallway with a gun kissing the side of Richard's head but he couldn't complete his statement as what he saw in the hallway was contrary to what he expected. He had expected to see more men combating Henry but instead, there were over ten men on the floor and one in Henry's hand close to the entrance of the hallway being held to the wall by the neck.

Henry on hearing his voice flashed a look towards the direction and then turned back to slam the man in his hand on the floor. He bent quickly beside him and broke his neck. He got up and put the gun back in his side. He hurried towards Dave who was also approaching him.

"You get the car ready for us," Henry said as he collected the gun from Dave and grabbed Richard by the collar from the back. He waited for the ladies who were behind to level up with them.


"Drop your weapons everyone, don't make this terrible for you and Richard." Henry announced loudly as he stepped out of the main building with Samantha and Jenny flanging him and watching around for him with guns in their hands.

More security men had assembled at the entrance of the building with their guns and watched in awe as they saw Richard held helplessly by Henry and being led away.

"Drop your weapons," Henry repeated in a harsher and louder voice and cocked the gun for them to see his seriousness.

The men dropped their weapons and began to move back as Henry proceeded with the man. Dave picked some of the guns in front as he hurried to the car.

Henry and the others stopped close to the area where the car was parked and waited for Dave to get it out from the parking space.

"Do not follow us!" Henry sounded a warning to Richard's men. "We'd throw him out of the moving car if you do."

Dave drove out the car and stopped beside them. Henry signalled for Jenny to get into the front seat while he sat behind with their hostage and Samantha.

Henry turned his neck back to look as the men gathered together and watched them while Dave drove the car towards the entrance. He turned again to look at the entrance gate and saw that it was already busy. Cole had been instructed to plant a small explosive at the other side of the road to distract the men at the gate.

Dave was allowed to drive out of the compound without questions from the busy men. They also noticed outside that police officers had also arrived the explosive scene and were checking it out.

"Take off Dave," Henry said after noticing Dave was taking time to observe the explosion scene. "These guys won't leave Richard to us, they're coming for him."

Dave heeded to the instruction and sped off immediately. It was already late in the night and the roads were free.

Henry who still had his hand in Richard's collar and the gun on the side of his head, looked his hostage in the eye and made a face.

Richard stared back at him with cold eyes. He had never thought this kind of day would come: a day that he would be easily whisked away such as this. He had put this trust in his security and didn't see the loophole until now. This group of kidnappers or whatever they were had taken time to study when the security was easily penetrable. If it had been an hour or two after, when the midnight was approaching, it would have been more difficult for them to defeat all those men in the hallway because they would have settled and prepared for night duty.

Henry stared intently into Richard's eyes for over a minute and he could tell that the man was not one that would give him the needed information easily. He chuckled and looked away, he knew exactly what would make the man give him what he wanted.

Richard squinted at Henry's face as the hand on his collar and the gun was taken away. Henry was now staring forward like someone who was planning something else for him. Richard took in a deep breath and began to search his mind thoroughly, hoping to discover who could be behind this abduction. He knew none of the people in the vehicle with him and they had not mentioned why they abducted him or who sent them. He believed he was going to find out soon even as he believed that it would be impossible for his abductors to get him to their destination because his trusted security men would ensure he was rescued that night. Little did he know that his personal security officer who he trusted to lead the rest had been already been taken down.

As expected, some cars began to show up behind them in pursuit. Richard tried to conceal his smile. He was sure that his abductors were going nowhere, the deadliest thing they could do was to kill him and also get killed by his security men. He turned to glance at the vehicles coming behind but as he tried to turn his neck back, he met Henry's hand already on his shoulder. He looked and saw Henry with a syringe close to his neck. Before he could do or say anything, Henry injected the contents into his neck and he fell asleep in seconds.

"The police has joined them in pursuit," Henry announced to the rest of the team even though he was aware they could already see it. "We won't shoot here, until we get somewhere no other vehicles are on the road, I don't want to get much people hurt, especially the harmless citizens that could be on the road."

"So, how do we get them off her track? What if they shoot at us?" Jenny asked, looking into the mirror at her side.

"They won't shoot at us," Dave replied her. "We've got their man here and they would not want anything to happen to him."

"Cole is ready for us," Henry announced after a minute of silence. The vehicles coming after them had now increased up to seven - three police vehicles and four security vehicles from the Richard's facility but their vehicle was still ahead with a good gap between them.

"We're sticking to the plan?" Dave asked, staring into the side mirror. He could see the police vehicle behind them and the man shouting out with a megaphone for them to stop.

"Yes, we stick to the plan." Henry answered him after fixing an earpiece in his ear and mouthpiece close to his neck at the tip of his shirt.

"Three more minutes to the roundabout," Dave announced loudly, he looked into the rearview mirror to see Henry's face.

"Cole, are you with us? We're very close," Henry said into the mouthpiece.

"I'm following, you're two minutes and twenty three seconds close." Cole voice sounded in Henry's earpiece.

"Okay," Henry replied and turned off the mouthpiece.

He turned back to look at the men chasing after them, one of them was still shouting into his megaphone for them to stop.

"Sam, do you need an extra gun?" Henry asked as he raised up the one he took from Dave and also took out his own.

"Yes, " Samantha answered and pulled out hers.

"We've got to distract them now a little," Henry said and then cocked his gun. "Be careful not to shoot a vehicle that isn't after us," he quickly added before he rose and then positioned his body halfway out of the vehicle. He fired two quick shots at the vehicle coming behind them and moved back in.

The driver swerved in a bid to dodge the bullets but he was only able to dodge the second as the first bullet pierced the front glass but hit no one. The officers in the car quickly brought out their guns and tried to aim at the vehicle but were reluctant to shoot since Henry had moved his body back into the car. They kept watching, expecting him to attempt to shoot again, instead someone else fired another two shots from the other side of the car and this time both bullets hit the glass and left it shattering, the second bullet pierced through into the top of the shoulder of one of the men sitting at the backseat of the car.


"Good one," Henry said to Samantha when she got back into the car after shooting twice. He turned to look at the car which the bullet hit, it had pulled over by the side of the road. "We don't have to shoot at them anymore, we have enough space between us and the second car."

Agent BrynX - Episode 13
The New Job

By Brian Ngoma

Leah stood at our house door watching me get the things i had bought, out of the car. She couldn't help because Zoey was giving her a hard time crying probably hungry. "Can you imagine this girl?" she sternly looked at me. "She's been crying all noon. I just breast-fed her," she said coyly.

"Just breastfeed her again," i laughed walking past her. I saw the confusion in Leah's eyes. She was anxious and curious. The things i had bought were just too much. When i left home, i had no money. She couldn't ask but wait for me to finish. "Perhaps there is something wrong with her?" I asked touching Zoey.

"No she's fine. She's just been eating too much," Leah said tiredly. "She doesn't give me space."

"Isn't that a good thing?" I asked. I was carrying the last parcel. "Let's get in now."

"It is a good thing but I'm tired today ah," she complained. She watched me with a straight face while i sat on the couch breathing heavily. She finally saw a time to dive in. "You left in a hurry, where did you go?"

"Can't you ask me how i am?" I smiled wryly. I was thinking of what to tell her. Should i tell her the truth? I thought of the Dwarfs words. At least i had to tell her something close to the truth. That would make me feel less guilty. "I have a New Job."

"Wow," she exclaimed sarcastically. "A job that pays on the first day?" she curiously stared at me. The question gave me the chils. I had to play this intelligently. There was no need to alarm her. "Baby?" her eyes showed she needed an answer.

"Come here," i called her. She stood up and walked to me. "Bring Zoey to me," she handed me Zoey who apparently had fallen asleep from eating too much and draining her mother. "Sit beside me," i told her. She sat with a worried face searching for answers. "What kind of person wouldn't feel sympathy for a man who tells them that they have a one year old daughter and a beautiful wife they are taking care of? Wouldn’t that person help in any way they can?"

Leah searchingly looked at me. I guess i sounded melodramatic because she had that stare where she is concentrating on a character on TV spilling out the words the script instructed them to. "My new boss gave me an advance. I was straight with him. He seems understanding and didn't hesitate. I couldn't refuse, could I?" I put Leah in a corner and i was finally breathing fine.

"He seems to be a good person," she said sighing. "What kind of Job is it?"

"I'll be managing finances for his Hardware," I said proudly. "It’s not one of those small hardwares, it's a big company."

"What is the name of that same company?" she asked me her eyes brightened.

I stammered. I didn't think of that. Then i remembered the name of the camouflage hardware in front of the agency. "Goma's Hardware."

"Okay, I'm happy for you babe," she said.

I knew she was fine now and was glad that i had found a job. She leaned on me while she looked at Zoey. I could feel her breath. It was a breath of relief. A year was too much for her husband to be jobless. "I promised to take care of you and i will never fail," I said.

Me having a job meant she didn't have to stress nor ask her sister money. I was also glad because Floyd would no longer feel superior to me. "Let me prepare something for supper baby," she stood up.

"I bought pizza," I said when she stood up. "I think we might have that for dinner, what do you think?"

"All the better," she smiled and went to the kitchen. She came back with the box of pizza. "We are just eating from here, i don't have time to start washing plates."

"I'm okay with it," I said while i laid Zoey on the couch nicely. I looked at her and she was obviously in dream land. She was smiling and moving her body as if she was running. I envied her innocence. She had it all. Parents who loved her and a roof over her head. Her only worry was her mother who was denying her breast milk. "Let's eat," I said.

We ate. Later, i put Zoey to bed after Leah breast-fed her for the night. I could see how Leah was tired. After breastfeeding Zoey, she directly went to bed. I took Zoey to her bedroom which was just next to ours. She never liked sleeping with the light off. I left the room and went to the bathroom to shower. By the time i got to bed, Leah was snoring. She had a rough day and Zoey was doing her bad, in a good way.

I sat on the bed while thinking about Black & White. I got up and checked outside through the windows. I didn't see anything strange. I laid on the bed with my eyes on the ceilings. I couldn't sleep and The dwarf was the reason. What kind of person would call themselves a dwarf even if they were one? Was it a defensive mechanism he had employed to fight bullies while growing up? Even if i had a big head, i wouldnt call myself Big head. Not at all. The dwarf was exceptional, intelligent and clever. It all showed in the way he carried himself.

"So Agent BrynX, what I'm trying to say is your life has always been in danger ever since you tempered with the Blackmailers," The dwarf said looking at me closely. He's eyes were all over me searching for a point that could break me despite knowing that he had already broken me when he mentioned my wife and daughter. "The Blackmailers is a National underground organization. It's been in operation God knows for how long."

"Why haven't they come to me?" I asked. "It’s been over a year now."

"That's my question too," he nodded. "The way i know this organization, they would have struck a long time ago but what's holding them back?" he touched his head. If he had known, that was not doing me any good but making me more anxious. He seemed to know it all and the most important thing i wanted to know, he didn't know. What a bummer. "The information i have is that they have you on their watchlist and when they do that, they Don't forget."

I felt a rash of blood in my nerves. What the hell was a watchlist? I was no criminal but they were the criminals. Why would they put me on a watchlist? I shifted uneasily in the chair and Mathias noticed. "But you don't have to worry," he said assuredly.

"Meaning?" I asked.

"When you work for me, you will have my immunity, " he confidently said. "I have been in this business for too long and no one can touch me unless they want to die," he said smiling but i could feel he meant it. There was something deadly about this dirty short man. He seemed fearless. "I will protect you and your family."

For some reason, i believed him. He seemed sincere. "Work for you how?" I asked relaxing in the chair.

"What you do best," wrinkles formed on his face studying me. "Your reputation as an agent exceeds itself."

Did he know how shitty of an agent i was? He kept praising me when all i did was dodge bullets when one almost smashed my head off but instead took a part of me with it. My ear skin. "Agent? Doing what?"

"According to my sources, Agency X Corps was working to bring down the Blackmailers but since that incidence, the Agency went quiet. I personally searched for it but to no avail. I was saddened with the death of its founder and since i knew her personally, i wanted to help the agency to bring down the Blackmailers. If three Agents could have managed to bring down a major operation, what more?" he paused. "When i gave up, i started hearing about Agent BrynX. I had my people search for you. You kept a low profile. I knew one day you will go back to Agency X Corps. Before you went to the Agency, i kept tabs on you, my people found you. When Nomsa called me...."

"The receiptionist?" I interrupted him.

"Yes, she works for me too," he said. "When she called that you had gone back there, i knew you needed a job. That's how i decided to take action."

"Well that's good," i said feeling proud. "I don't know anything about the Blackmailers other than that they sucked money from people who came at that brothel," I said.

"I know you don't but there is someone who knows enough don't worry. I need your agent expertise. That's what I'm interested in," he smiled. "You have to go now, come in tomorrow morning."

I stood up and shook his hand. He reached for his drawers while he motioned me to hold on. I stood still while i looked around the office. "Here is something for you," he handed me a brown envelope.

"No i cannot accept this," i waved my hand.

"Just get it Agent BrynX," he said. "You need it. I know you have been out of work for a year now. That's really hard for a family man and by the way, my men said your little girl is adorable. Now get the money," he said with command in his voice. "With it is the job's contract."

I got the money and walked outside. I didn't find the girl i had met when coming in. I got to my car and opened the envelope. I counted the money and it was K4,000. What the heck? Who is this man?

I woke up early the following Morning . Leah was still sleeping. I checked on Zoey after finishing everything and she was still asleep like her mother. I guessed they were both tired from troubling each other the previous day. "Baby," i whispered in Leahs ear. She whined. "Have gone to work now," i kissed her goodbye. "Have left some money on the table," I left the bedroom.

Sitting across each other with the dwarf. I could see him scrutinizing me while he was going through the contract i had signed. We were waiting for the person he said knew more about the Blackmailers. It had been an hour now and i was getting impatient. "Mr. Goma," I said.

"Wait," he said.

In a split second, the door opened. "See? She's here now."

"She?" I asked turning around.

"Agent BrynX, meet Marie," The dwarf said.

Marie, the girl from the brothel. I clenched my fists.

To be continued

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Stalked By A Mafia - Episode 3

A story by Tisa Phiri

After the incidence in the evening with Sila, Scar drove to a bar and decided to stay away from Sila for that night. As soon as he sat down in the corner. some guys approached him.

"Boss we have news on the Lusaka Job." they informed him.

"spit it out already." Scar asnswered.

"Well" one of the guys started...

"we heard that the police are seriously looking into the issue, that business man has so many connections."

"Let them work their buts off for all I care." Scar snapped.

"they will find nothing on me. do I look like thief to you? " he asked the guys, pointing at himself.

"no way Boss" the guys answered grinning.

"you can leave me alone now" he dimissed them.

"but I need you close by just order the drinks you want the bill is on me." He looked at them as they grinned happily.

"yeah!" They all cheered excited.

"you are the boss Scar !" they said going to the other side of the bar.

Scar sat quitely sipping on his wine. unlike other gang leaders Scar drunk moderately, he always prefered to have a sober mind. That's one of the reasons he managed to put everyone under control and gained his respect.

Jo joined him a few minutes later.

"hey Scar! am glad you got a successful deal with our buyer." Jo smiled the moment he settled down.

"well" Scar answered..

"that was good for sure. just make sure you find a way of putting off the cops from my boy's tails and control the boys I don't want anyone going out to behave like idiots and jeopardise us, you understand?"

"Yeah boss" Jo responded standing to leave.

Before Jo could leave Scar called him back.

"I trust you Jo. You know that?"

" Sure Boss. what's up now? you look rather worried tonight Scar tell me what's eating you up?." He sat back down.

Scar opened up to his right hand man.

"there's a woman Jo and I don't know why I can't stop thinking about her. she's beyond my reach man, I want to but I can't have her."

"Tell me where she is Scar and I will bring her to you tonight. You know you can have any woman of your choice" Jo suggested calmly.

"no.. you will not do such a thing Jo that woman is not to be touched. I will find a way to deal with this but I don't want anyone near her

am I clear?"

"Yes Boss" Jo nodded he knew the woman in question was important to his boss. He had noticed his boss disappear without a word for the past months and he knew now it was definitely that woman.

Following morning...

Scar woke early and looked at the package on his bed. He had bought a beautiful Gold chain paired with a nice Gold watch. it had cost him a fortune but he gladly spent the money. He had always thought of giving it to Sila but didn't know how.

Lifting the package he walked out of his house and drove out a flew minutes later.

******

Sila's shift had ended at 7 am.

she wipped her hands after washing them. she had just finished attending to a patient.

lifting her bag, she went straight to her car and her eyes widened when she noticed a small package on her driver seat before she could open the car.

"what is this?" she asked loudly. she tried her door it was closed. "How on earth did that thing get in my car?" Sila wondered. she opened the car door and lifting the packet, it had a small note attached on top.

sighing, Sila looked at the note and thought for a while.

"who is?" she opened the small wrapped gift and the Gold chain and wrist watch glitter her hands.

"oh my !" she whispered to herself, "this is so beautiful, but who could have sent such an expensive gift to me.?" She wondered.

She went back in the clinic and called her friend Martha.

" come and see what I found in my car" she told her as she pulled her to the parking lot.

"Wow! Sila this is so beautiful. this your secret admirer must be rich. just look at this." she shouted lifting and admiring the gift. Sila was quite for some time.

" you know what Martha? Now am officially worried. why won't this man just approach me instead of stalking me and leaving gifts in my car. ? How did he even place it inside when the car doors were locked?" She asked worried.

"I don't know my friend and to be honesty this man is so much into you. I don't understand why he won't come direct though."

"That's my point exactly Martha" Sila pointed out.

" am not going to rest now till I find out who this man is and what he wants from me. This is totally freaking me out. Who does this? " She scoffed sitting in the car.

Meanwhile, Scar was smilling as he listened to the conversation in his car parked a few meters from the clinic. He had decided to drop the gift at 04 and planted a recorder in Sila's Runex.

"You will never find out my dear woman" he smilled to himself.

Scar drove back home after seeing Sila's vehicle driving out. He had to prepare to watch her bath. he knew the oppession with Sila was driving him crazy but he couldn't let go,

"I will have her one day" he thought to himself.

*****

Sila went straight to her room. unknown to to her, Scar was watching her from his house. she removed her uniform and her undies, leaving her self in just an inner pant.

Just then her phone rang, she picked her phone and looked at the caller.

" Jack" she sighed loudly.

on the other side Scar's heart skipped.

"That idiot won't leave her alone" he thought to himself.

He had inspected him for some time and he knew that Jack was a banker. He was quite a womanizer too. Scar had noticed that the relationship between Jack and Sila wasn't that serious. It was dragging. so he didn't pay much attention to him.

"but he better not mess with my plans" he thought to himself.

"or else I will just send him to hell where he belongs."

"Hey Jack what's up ?" Sila answered.

"Hey babe I missed you. how are you? " Jack responded.

"Don't lie to me Jack we both know you don't ever miss me. so drop the act." She responded.

"Sila don't talk like that i was just busy for the past days."

" By that you mean weeks?" she added sarcastically.

"just admit it Sila, am the man for you" Jack boasted from the other side.

"you are wrong Jack you are not the man for me and I really don't care what you do so leave me alone already I have to take a bath and take my son out for shopping." she said cutting the line.

"Good girl" scar nodded as he watched Sila.

"you are mine alone Sila" he whispered as he touched the screen drawing the lines of sila's naked body. He swallowed hard as he admired the contours of her body. she looked so attractive with water running down her body. He watched her until she was done bathing and dressed up.

"For shopping!" Scar whispered to himself. He had to go see her into town. He opened his drawer and got the keys to the Prado. He couldnt risk following her with the BMW that she had already noticed.

Sila had breakfast with her son who was telling her all the stories about school.

"I can't wait to get back to school mommy" he said excited,

"I miss playing soccer."

"you have Saturday and Sunday Zac just take it easy" Sila told her son as they both laughed. she looked at him as he ate and wondered what the father to Zac would look like.

"that thief" she thought to herself.. "he's a rapist and I hate him. Am glad he is no where near my son" she thought.

"I would never let him near my son." She frowned.

Sila was brought back from his thought when Zac announced he was done eating.

"shall we go now,?" Sila told her son and they walked out to her car outside the house. They had gone round buying things in shops for over 2 hours.

"lets have lunch in Steers" she told Zac when all was bought.

Upon seeing them head to Steers, Scar quickly put on his dark glasses and locked the car before heading their way.

Sila accidentally dropped the purse as she stepped in the shop and when she stood up to walk on, someone bumped into her. she turned to look at the person who bumped her and found a handsome gentleman apologising.

"am so sorry lady" he said his face down. Sila looked at him. He was so handsome she gasped.

"well, it's okey sir" she sighed smilling.

"it's my fault i bent to pick my purse."

"well thank you then" Scar smilled heading to the counter. Sila joined Zac who was already standing next to Scar at the counter.

"Is this your son?" Scar asked looking at Zac..

"of course" Sila answered proudly. "he's name is Isaac." she added...

"Well he looks like a good kid " Scar chuckled.

" yeah" Sila nodded..

They ordered their meals and Scar offered to settle the bill.

"Thank you Sir" Sila told him extending her hand to shake his.

"ummmm Aron. You can call me Aaron."

"yeah sure" Sila smiled...

"am Sila"

"Nice name" he said shaking her soft hands..

"well. I must be leaving now" Scar excused himself.

"see you around."

He went out, his heart filled with joy.

"shes amazing" he thought to himself as he started his car engine. He had to go to the underground warehouse to check on some items.

Just before he turned to join Lusaka road someone hooted behind him, he looked at th side mirrow and saw a black Jeep following him.

"damn you Chile" he thought to himself.

"not now."

He parked at th hospital junction and waited for the Jeep which parked right in front of him.

Standing outside Chile, his former boss came near him.

" hey man !" Scar greeted him.

"Hey boy!" he answered grinning.

"I heard about the Lusaka Blow. was that you?" Chile asked.

"Mmmmmm rumors travell fast uh ?" Scar shrugged.

"But anyone can pull that man, who knows who it could be for sure "

"Are you sure?" Chile eyes him with suspicion.

Chile had developed jealousy as to how the Boy he trained had turned out to be more wealthy and successful than him. even though Scar had paid off his debt. Chile had planned to get more from the Boy but Scar knew that for a fact. he wasn't going to let chile scare him.

After talking for a while.

Chile adďed.

"I saw that chick you followed around town. I must say you have good tastes" he smilled before heading to his car.

Scar looked at him with rage.

"Damn! " he spat hitting the steering as he got into his vehicle. "That Bastard !" he cursed as he drove on.

To be continued

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Agent BrynX - Episode 12
87013

By Brian Ngoma


We got home that evening with our thoughts obviously in all the places. Leah didn't say anything but held Zoey in her arms like the way she did when she was born. I knew she was thinking of what she could have done had Zoey not been found. I was also thinking about that but the business card had me on the edge. Was it that Agency X Corps had changed its name? I was very sure they had seen me at their old offices and followed me. But why use my daughter? They could have just approached me and handed me the card. I didn't tell Leah about the card. Floyd knew something was up but i couldn't tell him either. What mattered was Zoey. She was found and that what was important.

"Let me take her to bed baby," Leah said. "You have to tell me how your job interview was," she left me.

Before she could come, i thought about what to tell her. I convinced myself that i would tell her that the interview was conducted and i would be called if i made the final cut. Thats what i told her and she was happy. We sat and looked at each other in bed. "You know i love you, right?" she asked.

She caught me unaware. "Yes Leah." I answered.

"I don't want you to feel pressured when i talk about you finding a job. I'm happy so long as I'm with you and Zoey. You are my life. Without you guys, i don't exist," she held my hand.

She had never been this sincere for a while and i knew she meant it. I felt exactly the same way she felt. Looking at her in that moment made me realize how far i could go for them. She was everything i ever needed.

"Make love to me," she said pulling me close. I didn't expect that. Thinking about how the day was with the minute missing of Zoey, i thought it was going to be one of those slow nights where you just reflect on life and fall asleep in each other's arms. "I'm serious babe," she said her pupils dilated.

I moved in closer and kissed her. Her lips were as soft as the day i first kissed her. Her love exposed my whole being. I became vulnerable whenever we made love and that night, she made love to me like her life depended on it.

I woke up early in the morning feeling all energetic and happy. I couldn't stop thinking about the previous night. Leah was an animal; Freak at Night. I must have been stupid because at one point i even thought that Zoey could go missing regularly so that i could have those nights more often.

I was landscaping the yard when Leah called me. She was washing the clothes we had worne the previous day. She came to me with an expressionless face and stood before me. "Why didn't you tell me?" she asked folding her arms.

My heart stopped. What did she mean? There were a lot of things i didn’t tell her. What exactly was she referring to? I had to be careful because i would rat myself out like the way i did with the discisplinary committee. I remained calm and wiped my sweat from my face and answered. "What babe?"

"That there was a business card in the trousers?" She stood still.

"Oh that?" I took in a long breath. If there is one thing i learned about women especially Leah was that they ask questions which they already know answers to. "I forgot. How can i remember when i had the greatest night of my life?" I stood up.

She smiled shyly and handed the card to me. "That card is strange. The way it's created, no one can see those numbers."

"Numbers?" I quickly took a look at the card. I didn't see the numbers. "Where are the numbers?" I asked.

"Hmm Bryn," she said annoyed. "Give it to me." She got the card, turned it upside down and faced it to the sun. "Here, come and see."

I moved closer and true, there were numbers on the Letters. "Woww! How did you see this" I asked her.

"Any fool can see the numbers," she scoffed walking away.

"I love you," i shouted.

"Whatever," she said.

I just smiled. I stopped what i was doing and went in the house. I found Zoey playing with her dolls. I carried her and went with her to the bedroom and put her on the bed. "Play!" i told her. She smiled as she picked up her dolls.

I got a torch from under my bed and sat on the bed. I torched the card and could see the numbers. Where there was B, there was an 8 underneath; L was 7; C was 0; I was 1; E was 3. That was it. Only B, L, C, I, and E had numbers. The numbers were 87013. I sat on the bed thinking about what those numbers could have meant. I had no idea whatsoever. I had reached a dead end. Perhaps it was time to call Floyd and tell him i had reconsidered.

"Dada, Halo!" Zoey was playing with my phone. She was trying to give it to me. I looked at the number again but nothing clicked. "Dada!" she called. I turned and got the phone.

I tried to dial the number but there was no response. What did i think? I put the phone and the card on table. No sooner had the phone hit the table, than it rang. My heart skipped a beat. I slowly grabbed it.

87013

I looked at Zoey who was playing innocently. I got up and checked the windows. All i could see was Leah washing the clothes and singing her songs. "Hello," i answered. There was silence on the other side of the call. "Who is there?" I asked.

"Bryn Williams," an automated female voice answered. "Is this him?" she asked. "Confirm?"

With my heart out of place, i answered. "Yes this is him. Who am i talking to?" The phone cut. "What the hell?" I shouted angrily.

"Dada," Zoey said looking at me. She had the exact face her mother would have whenever i cussed. She was growing too fast. She had even recognized that i had cussed. Obviously she was telling me not to cuss in front of children. "Mama!" she pointed at the door.

Yes, she wasn't happy with my cussing. She threatened on telling Leah about it. "Sorry baby," i said sitting on the bed. I looked at the phone for some minutes. A text came. I quickly opened it and it read;

Go to this address in Hillpark North Central, 87013.

Was i being played? Who was this person? Was it the agency? What if this is a trap? My curiousity got the better of me. In an hour, i found myself driving to the said location. I got there and found a Hardware Shop. I stood in front of the store looking at my phone. I was getting the shop owners attention i could tell. He looked at me curiously. "To hell with this," i said turning around.

My phone rang again. It was the same number. I answered but this time a male voice answered. "Show the shop owner the text," it cut.

I hesitantly walked into the shop thinking about what happened the previous day. I was embarrassed and it couldn't repeat itself. I had to be cool. I got in and greeted him. He had a curious face on. I didn't say much but handed him the phone. I was prepared to leave right away if he started asking questions. "This way," he said. I felt relieved. I followed him to a corridor which led outside. Behind the store was a big house. "You can go in," he said returning.

I walked to the house and reached the door. Before i could knock, the door was opened and a young girl stood in front of me. "Welcome Bryn," she said. I recognized the voice from the phone call. "Come in."

I entered the house and the door was closed. Underneath, i was dead scared. What if this was my last day of being alive? I cussed my curiousity for leading me here. What was i even looking for?

"Mr. Bryn, you can enter the office," she said pointing me to a office in the house. "He's waiting for you."

"Who?" I asked.

The girl just smiled and walked away. I opened the door and entered. Unlike most offices, this office was untidy. "Hello!" I shouted. There was no one in the office. Is this a game? I asked myself. I turned around to open the door, it didn't badge. My heart started racing. Was this a trap? I banged on the door. How can i be so stupid to walk into a trap? From the start, it looked suspicious and i walked right into it.

I felt some movement above me. I didn't move. I was dead scared to even check out what it was. Within seconds, i felt something fall on my shoulders. It was a person, a small one for that Matter. I grabbed him, and threw him to the table. Looking at him clearly, he was a dwarf no wonder he felt so small in my hands. I felt like i was holding Zoey. "What is this?" I asked. "Who are you?"

He didn't say anything. The way he landed on the table, so swift and effortless. While trying to figure out what was happening, he jumped to me with a kick. It was like he was in slow motion. I watched him fly over to me with his face expressionless. I got hold of his small leg with my right hand and threw him again, this time on the floor. Again he landed like a superhero. I was becoming irritated. Whoever had sent this man didn't mean serious business. Why send a dwarf to fight a big man like me?

He clenched his fists while i looked down on him. "Don't be deceived by my height," he finally spoke.

"It talks," I laughed. "What's your deal?" I asked.

He smiled furrows forming on his face. If i had known better, that was a time i was supposed to run. Everything that happened after that devilish smile, i had no idea. The way he ran to my legs, i don't understand upto now. I just felt him in my legs punching them that i fell to my knees and we were now the same height but still i was still slightly taller than him even on my knees. What he did to make my knees so damn weak intrigued me. He looked at me and said, "You see? I told you."

"I can't fight a dwarf," I said concealing the pain. "That would be unfair to the laws of nature."

He laughed and said, "Really?" He went on. "I can kill you right now Agent BrynX."

"You know me?" I asked.

"Of course i do Agent, I'm a big fan but you have disappointed me. I thought you'd put up a good fight, such a turn down."

"I told you i don't fight dwarfs. You are too small."

"Ouch."

"Didn't mean it that way but that's the only way to say it," I shrugged.

He stepped away from me and started walking round the table. "Stand up, you look silly kneeling. You are too big to kneel like a dog."

"Who are you?" I asked standing and feeling the last surge of pain in my knees. Damn, it hurt. The dwarf sure knew where to hit me but what was his deal? Looking at him, He was as tall as Zoey only that he had an old face. His all face had wrinkles written on it. His eyes were brown and puffy and he had a big mouth, literally. Only good thing about him was the clothes he had wore they fitted him perfectly. "Why am I here?"

"87013 brought you here," i admire your curiousity. "I thought you wouldn't take the bet. Welcome to Agency Black and White. "

"Agency Black & White?" I asked curiously.

"Yes Mr. Bryn Williams," he answered. "Take a seat please," he said politely.

I sat down while i looked at him go around the table to sit aswel. He had issues getting on the chair but i bet he was used to that. "So what is this all about?" I asked after he had sat comfortably. "You sure went through a lot of trouble to get to me. Is this all part of Agency X Corps?"

He smiled and said. "No, this has nothing to do with Agency X Corps. I don't know where they are. Think of Black and White as a sister to Agency X Corps."

"What does that even mean?" I asked.

"By the way, I'm Mathias 'The Dwarf' Goma," he extended his arm.

I extended mine to greet him. "Sister?" I asked.

"Yes," he smiled. "Agency X Corp was created the same time Black & White was formed. I knew the owner, Mrs. Vimbuzi," he nodded. "One tough lady that one. May her soul rest in peace."

"That's good, what am i doing here?"

"Good question Mr. Bryn. What are you doing here?" He looked at the ceiling. "I like a man who is straight forward. When i learned of Mrs. Vimbuzi's demise, i was stunned. I couldn't believe it. I also learnt about what happened. One thing that got my attention was the name Agent BrynX. Everyone was talking about it. The man who put Mr. Imp in prison. The most wanted Blackmailer. I was impressed. Ever since, i started looking for you till some weeks ago."

"What do you want Mr. Goma?" I asked.

"I want you to work for me," he said calmly.

"You almost broke my knees and you are talking about working for you?" I asked. "Are you serious?"

"That was just a technique i learnt a long time ago. I'm sure you are feeling alright. I was pampered to meet the Infamous Agent BrynX so i thought I'd test you before we talk," he said smiling.

"I told you i don't fight small people. If i wanted i would have thrown you off the window the first time you got on my shoulder," I said and went on. "Working for you, No thanks," I got up and walked to the door. I didn't know why i did that but i wasn't going to go back in this business again. I know i wanted to but i got scared when i thought of everything that happened. How dangerous it was. I got scared not only for me but for my family too.

"Agent BrynX!" he stopped me. "What if i tell you that the people you stopped were just a part of a larger underground organization? What if i tell you that your life is in grave danger as we speak now? What if i tell you that right now, your wife and daughter are being watched? Do you think you can just step on a snake and it leaves you just like that?"

The dwarf was serious. I could feel his seriousness in his voice. I stopped.

"Now i have your attention," He said huskily. "Close the door please."

To be continued

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Stalked By A Mafia - Episode 2

A story by Tisa Phiri

"Hey sonny !" Sila hugged her son Isaac but they all called him Zac.

"Where is my ice cream mommy ?" Zac asked searching his mother's plastics.

"Take it easy" Sila smilled .

" l always keep my promise don't l ?"

" Give me already." Zac shouted impatiently.

His mother looked at him shaking her head..

"hey sonny, is that how you ask for things ? Say it properly now will you ? "

The boy smilled at his mother and "please mommy can l have my ice cream." he pleaded with his head bent one side. Making Sila smile.

She kissed her 10 years son and handed him the icecream ,

" here now go sit in your room and watch Cartoons."

"Watch him and let me rest am so exausted." she told maria, Zac's nanny who stayed with them.

" Yes aunty." Maria responded .

In her bedroom Sila removed her uniform and threw It in the washing basket , she went to the bathroom and took a quick bath before going to bed. she had a few hours before going back for work . Her shift was starting at 6 pm , she planned to sleep for at least 4 hours and watch her favourite serie before going for work .

Sila was a 26 year old single mother , her parents lived in the copperbelt , her father worked as a miner at KCM and her mom was a business woman. Sila was the second born in the family of 3. Her elder sister was well married to a wealthy business man in Lusaka.

Though Sila desired to get married one day, she never desired a man like her sister's husband despite being wealthy. He had lots of issues with girls , later on he was involved in dirty politics and he had earned himself a name and so Sila's parents always considered him a god .

" Find yourself a man like your sister's husband" her mother would tell Sila .

"Unfortunately mom that son in-law of yours isn't what you think he is and I would never marry a man like him" she would tell her back .

Sila's younger brother was also doing well , he did engineering at UNZA and was now employed at Lumwana Mines in Solwezi.

Well, everyone else except Sila had done something worthy talking about unlike her who just did a nursing course and found herself employed by the government and was now working as a nurse at Chowa clinic in Kabwe.

Even though her family made funny of her job , she loved it . Helping people was always her passion . Growing up, she wanted to become a doctor but years ago when she was rapped by some thief who had broke in her auntie' s home there in kabwe , her life had changed drastically .

She had just completed her grade 12 and so her aunt the young sister to her mother invited her to go to kabwe for a visit before the grade 12 results were out .

5 days after her arrival some thieves broke into the house and stole all the big items , the fridge , 40 inch flat TV , the air con and other items.

Sila was in the bathroom when the robbers broke in , her uncle and aunty hid under the bed with the little ones but Sila had stayed in the toilet listening on the activities the other side .

She was stattled when the door banged open and a man with a very handsome figure and his face covered in a mask walked in with a gun, she tried to scream but he held her mouth with his strong hands

"sshhhhssshhh" he whispered he looked down at her night gown and swolled hard . Sila didn't dare to look at him for the second time , her eyes kept down as she shivered in fear.

The thug had torn her gown and raped her before going back to join his boss after someone who sounded like a boss ordered everyone out .

Sila stood up and her hands landed on the piece from the mirrow which had broke a day before , she slashed it in his face before he could leave. He held his face in pain and Sila saw blood oozing out . She covered her head thinking the thug would kill her but surprisingly he left her without saying a word .

Sila remembered how everyone didn't buy her story of being raped and accused her of wasting her future by getting pregnant . Her aunt even said if she was raped she could have screamed out that night or said something the following morning but she didn't say anything because she was so embarrassed and ashamed .

Sila had lost her virginty to a stranger and 3 months later when she discovered she was pregnant she had no choice but narrate the truth unfortunately her family didn't listen .

lt was after a lot of pleading and crying when her father agreed to take her to a nursing school thus, all her dreams of becoming a doctor died .

"Who would take care of your bastard son if you went to the University for 7 years" her parents told her .

Though the circumstances behind her son's birth hurt her, Sila had loved her son since the first day she lay her eyes on him , she worked hard and hoped for her Son to have a better life than hers. since no one bothered her for anything, She spent all her money on her son and herself.

Sila started dozing as her mind was lost in the past memories. She sighed deeply and allowed herself to sleep.

******

At Scar's house.

Scar looked at his image in the mirrow.

"lf not for that stupid wild girl I would look handsome" he thought to himself. he recalled how he had charged on the girl in the toilet on one of the jobs with Chile . That day he was a bit tipsy and was hard the moment he looked at a beautiful girl standing behind the door scared.

He succeeded on helping himself on her and before he could walk out after Chile called everyone out. The girl slashed his face with a broken mirrow.

He almost shot her dead but then changed his mind heading out. when Chile asked what the blood in his face was for. Scar had lied he cut himself from the convenient room..

"the handle is broken Chile so l hit myself when rushing back here ." He had looked back one more time before joining his friends in the car parked outside .

"Damn!" he cursed ,

"why the hell did I spare that girl's life ? If l had told Chile am sure she could have been eaten by moth by now." he thought to himself.

Scar smilled to himself when he thought of Sila trying to bury his past. She was a beautiful woman and for some reason he was madly in love with her .

Scar had women follow him and had no problem finding himself a beautiful girl but he only eyed Sila . Surprising , even for him he never approached her directly , for the past 5 months he had been stalking her .

He knew where she worked and almost all her activities . He had sent one of his boys to plant some cameras in her bedroom and bath room , everyday he would watch her bath , sleep and dress in her bedroom .

Everytime he would play the videos especially when Sila took her bath . He loved every bit of her, she drove him crazy. He's obsession with her was immerse.

Scar was stattled by a knock on his bedroom door so he quickly clossed the laptop.

"am coming..!" he answered picking his car keys and heading out to meet Jo. They had to go see the buyer for the prado and Hilux from their last job 4 months past .

He had his boys Change the paint and as usual bribed some officers for new registration id's for the vehicles .

"It's time Scar, we have to meet our buyer in 20 minutes."

"he will wait" Scar grinned .

"I control people not the other way round . He knows better than walking out on me" he shouted reluctant.

"Let's go boy." he told Jo as they went out to the car .

"I came looking for you in your bedroom boss. you weren't there , where did you go ?" Jo asked as they started driving off the yard.

"Oh so now you question my moves uh? " Scar answered rudely .

"am sorry boss." Jo apologised looking ahead , he knew better that challenging Scar. It was a bad idea even though they were friends . Jo always knew his boundaries , he knew when his boss wanted things kept to himself , he was not to meddle .

********

Sila woke up at 15 hours and watched Tv with her son , she later on prepared some food for them .

"Mommy schools are opening on Monday " Zac told her.

"Mmmmh" the mother answered knowing were the topic was heading to ." So I need things for school mommy." Zac added softly.

Sila looked at her son ,

"sure boss tomorrow when I knock off we will both go get your things . " she giggled.

"Thank you mommy." he kissed her forehead and ran out .

Sila prepared herself for work , at exactly 17:40 hrs she took off in her car heading to the clinic .

"l hate night shifts." she murmured to herself as she drove , she was taken by the songs and didn't take note of the car following her .

Just before she could turn she saw it again in the side mirrows , the BMW she had seen that morning .

"What the hell is that person doing ?" she asked herself .

She suddenly stopped and Scar's car almost hit hers from behind. realising she was coming out of the car, Scar quickly drove passed her and sped off .

"What is your problem you idiot!" Sila shouted but he didn't stop to respond to her. She drove to work irritated and told Martha about what had happened .

"Who could it be ? " Martha asked.

"I have no idea my dear but am almost certain that man is following me. It cannot be a coincidence."

"Maybe he's a secret admirer " Martha added .

"Well why can't he come out of hidding and face me like a man instead of him stalking me , I don't like it at all." Sila shook her head.

"By the way" Martha changed the subject

"How is Jack ?"

"Mmmn please don't bring that jerk up" Sila responded ,

"imagine he hasn't called me in two weeks. after all I don't love him and he's cruel with kids . I don't want him near my son , let him be. " she frowned.

The ladies chatted a bit more before Sila started working , her shift was on . She wondered who the stalker was as she worked.

Her phone rang an hour later , she looked at it , it was her sister .

" Hallo!" she answered wondering why she was calling her at that hour .

"Hello Sila! l have bad news ."

"Tell me what happened ?" Sila answered as she prepared medicine for a patient .

" We were robbed in the early hours today , some robbbers stole the gen sets for our company and my husband's new Jeep which he just bought a few weeks ago." Her sister complained.

Sila almost laughed ,

"that proud fool deserves it." she thought, but then she compossed herself sighing sadly.

"Oh no..thats sad sis, so any news on the robbers ?" She asked.

"Not yet" her sister responded,

"but the police are fetching for them every where."

"I hope they catch them" Sila added sounding concerned .

"They will , you know my husband he is connected and the cops will surely work hard to find the thugs" her sister added proudly.

"Yeah sure they will. Am sorry for your loss sis" Sila agreed .

She shook her heard as she hang up ,

"proud fools" she spoke to herself getting back to work.

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Stalked By A Mafia - Episode 1

A story by Tisa Phiri

Scar looked at his watch , it was slightly past midnight . "This job is a hit " he thought to himself.

He looked at the boys in the back of the truck and they all seemed prepared and ready for the job. He loved his job and being in control.

"Hey Jo" he called the man Next to him ,

"make sure you control your group I don't want any faults on this job you hear ? " He commanded..

"Sure Scar..don't worry this will be pulled as planned"

5 minutes later, the gate in front of them opened as a brand new Jeep pulled through.

"Now ! " Scar charged and the driver to the truck stepped on the ignition and the truck zooomed forward. Before the gate could close and the driver to the Jeep notice what was going on, Scar and the group jumped off the truck , Jo and five other guys ran as fast as they could to the front of the mansion . They came back after 5 minutes with two big gen sets big enough to support the whole industry .

Scar had them rush to the truck and he let go of the driver of the jeep who was shaking uncontrollably . Scar pointed a gun at him to keep him quite.

" If you make a sound even as low as a wimp, I will blow your head off " he had warned him .

The man who was the owner of the mansion , a big business man obeyed the order .

"Let's go boys!" scar shouted as the boys finished loading the gen sets . He started the Jeep engine and they speed off disappearing in the dark road.

Back at the mansion, the man still shaking struggled to find his phone and by the time he could dial 991, Scar and his group were long gone .

The security guard emerged from where he was hiding and ran to his boss.

"Are you okey sir ?" he asked him .

The man looked at him ,

" you are fired! stupid guard. How could you be sleeping there instead of being alert and informing the police about the armed robbers? Didn't you hear when the gate opened you idiot ? " he snapped furious .

"Get out of my sight lazy! " he added.

The security guard shrugged and smilled when he turned to go and stood a distant from his boss , he had played his part of informing Scar about details of the mansion and his boss , he knew later in the day he would receive his cut which was 20 times his stupid boss paid him .

Later, the police arrived and interviewed the guard before the mansion owner who was still in shock , he narrated his odeal .

"Can you identify any of the robbers?" The police officer asked him .

"No , it was too dark l couldn't see clearly , besides that idiot had a gun pointed at my head , l couldn't look up."

"Don't worry sir , we will do all we can to find them."

"Please do so and when you catch them let me know immediately."

Being a well known Lusaka business man and politician he had confidence the police will do all they can to find the robbers .

"Of course.." the police officers answered as they drove out .

Meanwhile scar and the group had arrived at their hide out 1 hour 30 mins later where they put their stollen items and prepared them for sale . He parked the Jeep inside the big warehouse and started inspecting it, smilled to himself proudly . He knew he will reap millions from that night's job , the Jeep and gen sets would sell at a big price.

"Well done boys , " he told his crew , you were exceptional tonight , let's go home , he said . Lock the building , he indicated to Jo his right hand man .

The ware house was built under ground about 100 kilometers away from Kabwe town . No one not even the police could ever track that place , it was in the middle of a thick forest . The only people close by where for about 30 kilometers away.

Scar got in the drivers seat .

"I will drive " he told the guy who drove the track before.

Scar stared at his watch again , it was almost 04 am . He pulled once more on his cigarette before driving off . He held the steering on one hand as he drove .

Scar was a very successful robber , the police had hunted him for years without yielding any results , unknown to them he was always before their eyes , he sometimes even bought rounds for them in the drinking places .

Scar is his nick name , he got it from the second job he had pulled out about 10 years before, by then he was just one of the boys under his master Chile.

His real names are Aaron Mulenga but he preffered Scar . The name always reminded him of his past , not only the mark on his face but also his bitter past , his mother was a poor widow whose husband died while Scar was 12 years old . Scar had witnessed his father's relatives grab all their properties including the house which they lived in .

Being the only child , his mother worked extra as a house keeper and ensured he completed secondary school . Since he was very intelligent, Scar passed his grade 12 with 6 points , unfortinately poor Scar could not go further in his education . He tried applying for bursaries but nothing worked for him , it seemed the issue of bursary in the universities wasn't meant for the poor after all .

Scar was desperately looking for a job to do to help his mother out but it was hard for him to find something in kabwe , it was during this time that he met his friend Jo who he knew from grade 9 , Jo was not as intelligent as Aron, so for him he dropped out of grade 9 and joined Chile's group of thieves . He' he was the one who connected Aron ,now Scar to the business .

Chile realised how sharp and clever Aron was and decided to use him , he was the one to plan most of the robberies and whatever he planned mostly turned out successful . At the beginning it was just simple collecting information about some people and companies but later on Aron become fully involved especially after money started flowing .

After 5 years of working with Chile , Scar decided to form his own group and do his own thing , at first Chile objected but Scar made him a promise to be giving him 10% of the money from his jobs as a complement and also to respect him as the leader Mafia of Kabwe town .

So now here he was 8 years later , he has been working with his own crew , even Jo decided to join him after he saw how Scar was pulling out better Jobs than Chile. Scar had expanded his territory , he did most of his jobs from Lusaka and copperbelt . He had left the small kabwe town to Chile who now lagged behind in terms of wealth , Scar had earned himself loyalty and respect from those in his circle . Just mention his name and everyone would literally bow down , he built himself a big house at Nkrumah extension .

Scar didn't want to risk his mother's life so instead of staying with her he bought her a 2 bedroomed house in Lukanga , she wasn't so sure of her son's job but Scar assured her he was working as an agent for the company which paid them well ,deep down she questioned his son's honesty but her new life was better than her living in poverty .

"Hey man !" Jo called out bringing Scar back to the present ,

" lets drop the boys first before we head home"

"Oh yeah sure!" he answered driving to the side , the boys jumped out at banker's nest , they had their quaters at some flats in pollen.

That was the goodness with their boss . He always made sure every one was comfortable .

Scar and Jo drove to Scar's house and the guard ran to open the gate as he heard the car engine outside.

"Morning boss," he greeted as Scar lowered the window to greet him .

" Morning Daka" Scar greeted back and handed him some notes ,

"buy your kids food. "

"Thank you boss," he responded running to the gate .

In the house Scar and Jo discussed how they would discard the items .

"we will wait for 3 months till these officers are tired of doing their job then we find some customers , meanwhile am meeting the buyer for the other cars we just finished painting and registering , the guy is promising a good cut."

well .." Jo sighes and stood .

"Let's rest then you have about 5 hours until you meet that guy ."

Scar took a quick bath and instead of going to bed he got in his BMW and headed out he had someone to see .

Sila's shift ended at 7 hours but she decided to cover for her friend Martha who was delayed with some issues at home . She called Sila to stand in for her till 10 hours .

She was tired and wanted to get home as soon she could and rest before her next shift started.

Martha came at 10 as promised and immediately Sila headed to her car , she got the keys from the hand bag and opened the door to her Runex .

Unknown to her Scar watched her moves at a distance , she joined the road from Chowa clinic as she played Don Moen's collection , humming to the song . She noticed a BMW in the side mirrows but ignored it and drove on .

She had bought a house in railways however, instead if going straight home, she decided get her son something from shoprite before going home. After quickly picking what she wanted she saw the same BMW she had seen earlier in the side mirrow parked on the oppsite road .

She looked closely in the hope of seeing the driver, something told her the person could be following her but the Windows to the BMW were tinted and shut . Shrugging , she decided to drive off rubbing off the thought of being stalked. She drove home .

Scar watched her as she went in her house , he noticed the woman might suspect being followed so he decided to keep a distance as followed her .

He saw a boy hug the woman at the door and he smilled to himself , he loved kids especially boys but he would not risk having kids. His work was too risky , whatever happens his family could be a target for his enemies as well as the police . He watched Sila's house a few more minutes and sped off .

"See you later woman" he whispered to himself.

To be continued

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Stalked by a Mafia

If one is oblivious of being followed, life would still be normal but the moment one finds out about the fact that you're being followed, everything changes.

Scar is in love but he's afraid of getting attached, stalking his lover seem to be the best option for him. A rival in business is on his tail and Scar's gonna try all he could to get rid of this rival.

Once his rival finds out about his love life, things will definitely become tough. It seems even his rough past is about catching up with him..

The police are watching him, his rival will not rest until he finishes him, a rich victim wants also revenge.

However, for the record all he wants to do for now is to stalk his lover...



This is an action/romance story, the Mafia's world against the human world, Enjoy.

By
Tisa Phiri

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Agent BrynX - Episode 11
Start of something new

By Brian Ngoma

The happiness Zoey brought in our life was heavenly. A year and some months old, she was a busy body in the house already, Even more active than me and Leah. Whenever i looked at Leah and Zoey, the joy i felt was inexplicable. How could i be this lucky? I was a nobody. Just a kid from the hood with a woman who saw what every woman couldn't see. I wasn't a strong beliver in God but when i looked at my wife and daughter, i believed God existed.

"Baby you have to wake up," Leah said looking at me.

I yawned and rolled over the bed. "Just five more minutes baby," I said. I felt her eyes on me and couldn't go back to sleep. Oh and one other thing, i still didnt have a job. For the whole year my daughter had been born. The first eight months, we survived on the money the agency had given us. I had planned that by the time the money would finish, i would have found something to do but No, life had other plans; to make me jobless for as long it wanted. "I'm awake baby." I said getting up.

"Sometimes i think you are not taking the job hunting seriously," she said concerned.

Why would she think that? I had dropped applications everywhere for the past months. I had used my plumbing skills whenever i could to get something for them but it didn't work. The field was just too rigid. If you are not a recognized plumber, no one dared to have you work for them. I was trying my best, God knows. "We are not going to have this converstaion again Leah," I looked at her. I could see she shifted uneasily. One thing she didn't want to do was to make me feel pressured but hell, we needed to survive and i knew she was at her wits end. "Let me take a quick bath."

I went in the bathroom and showered. Before going in, i came across the water bill on a table at the door. I knew Leah had put it there delibaretely. To remind me that the water i was bathing needed to be paid for. I was glad the house didn't need any rentals otherwise i would have committed suicide. I finished bathing and joined them in the kitchen. We had our breakfast in silence while Zoey kept playing with her food and shouting dada all the time. Leah and i could't deny the fact that Zoey made our problems look like a speck of dust. "Bye baby," I kissed her goodbye. I could see she had hopeful eyes for the day but just couldn't tell me. "I will let you know how i will go, ok?"

"Okay baby and don't forget that we are meeting my sister and her husband for lunch at Hillpark View Mall," she said.

Floyd and Triza were living the dream. Apparently, Floyd had been promoted at the station for the job well done. He took down three most wanted criminals. In short, he took down the whole operation. Anyway thats what everyone thought.

Leah and i were basically living off Floyd. Leah was afraid to tell me that her sister usually helped her because i would be hurt. It wasn't too long ago that her sister came to beg for help from me and Leah and now. How tables change. Leah knew if she had told me, i would have thrown a fit but i couldn't, even if i had to. You don't bite a hand that feeds you. I had to be humble and hustle my way out of my mess. Desperate to find a job, i found myself going back to the Agency.

For months i had been pondering about it. What i went through was a deadly experience but i survived. The hole in my ear was a reminder. What could stop me from surviving another experience? After all, Mr. White followed me to offer me my job back but i was caught up in the moment. I thought i would find a way for my family but as it stood, i didn't. I drove to the headquarters and thought i would find my way in easily since i was obviously a legend back there. I caught and beat up Mr. Imp. He was in prison because of me. The agency ought to thank me for that, at least. Why else did Mr. White give me a huge sum of money?

I reached the entrance and found a girl. Last time i came, i found a sluggish old man. Perhaps he was dead. I walked to her. She was smiling and welcoming. Things had changed. The reception looked more beautiful. It was beautifuly decorated and had two beautiful paintings on the wall. One had a waterfall on it and the other had a tiger.

"Goodmorning sir," the young lady said maintaining her smile.

"Morning," I said adjusting my tie. "This place looks beautiful."

"Thank you sir," she smiled even more showing her white teeth. "How can i help you sir?" she asked.

"Oh yes. Iam Bryn Williams, I'm here to see Mr. White," I said looking around.

"Mr. White?" she asked.

"Yes Mr. White, the manager?"

She looked confused.

"Middle aged, simple looking man but always serious and has a funny accent?"

She nodded her head in confusion.

Was she playing with me? It then hit me that Agency X Corp was a secret agency. "I worked here a year ago. I am sure you have heard of Agent BrynX," i said proudly.

"say what?" she chuckled.

I looked around. What was this all about? "Agent BrynX?" I said. "The man who took down the blackmailers?"

"Is this a prank sir?" she asked looking around. "Where are the cameras?"

"What?" i asked. "No, hell no. Come on, we are just the two of us here. I know this is the headquarters of Agency X Corp. I have worked here before," I said desparetely.

"Sir this is a Massage parlour. It's no secret agency," She laughed.

I felt weak in my knees. I turned around and saw three women sitting on some waiting chairs reading magazines. A gentleman came and called one lady from the waiting chairs. He intently looked at me and the girl at the receiption. "Everything fine Nomsa?" he asked the girl.

"All good sir," she answered. She waited for him to leave while she made herself busy and i didn't know what the hell i was doing. "Sir, like a said, im sure you have the wrong place."

That was a dismissal. I didn't need to be told to leave. "How about James and Olivia? Don't they work here?" I asked. Some part of me told me that the Agency was playing me. Maybe they wanted to see how bad i needed my job back. "They are agents too. JamesX and OlivX?"

"Sir iam calling security," she reached for the receiver.

"I am leaving sorry," I bowed my head. As soon i exited the building, i heard the women laugh. It was obvious i seemed liked a deranged person to them. How could i be talking about a secret agency and secret agents? Even mentioning Agent BrynX. I felt like a fool. Now the main question was, where the hell was Agency X Corp?

"Agent BrynX?" Floyd laughed after narrating the whole incidence to him. "You seriously told them about the X?" he couldn't stop making fun of me. "I love it when a man is desperate," he said.

"It was embarrasing man. I don't know what happened to the Agency," I sighed. "I didn't know a year was this long." I hadn't told Leah how i had gone. She thought i had a job interview somewhere in town. I didn't tell her i was visiting my old Agency. "I love my family man. It's heartbreaking not having a job. This was supposed to be a start of something new."

"I told you i could always hook you up in the force," Floyd sipped on his orange juice. Floyd had been offering to help but with my pride, i couldn't let him. I had to show him i was a man who could provide for his family without any help and i knew he knew. Hence the reason for using his wife to help my family. "Next month, we have an opening and i could squeeze you in."

Perhaps it was time to consider his offer. I couldn't continue letting pride deprive me of an opportunity. But working in the force? I never dreamt of that. Floyd used to tell me that i would make a great detective someday even though i was a chicken. The agency was my last hope at getting a job and i had nowhere to go to. "I will think about that Floyd," I said.

"Bryn!" Leah shouted running towards us. I got affrighted. She reached where i was standing with Floyd. "Zoey is missing," she said her eyes dropping tears.

My stomach turned. I felt like my bones had turned flaccid. I looked at her composing myself. "What do you mean she's missing?" I looked where Zoey was playing from and she wasn't there.

"She was playing over there with some friends while i was having a chat with Triza and the friends came saying a man in a black suit took her," she said panting.

Floyd quickly got his phone from the pocket and called the police station. Leah couldn't stop weeping. "Where is your sister?" I asked.

"She has gone to check the other side of the bulding," she responded.

"Let me follow her," Floyd ran off.

I also left Leah and went to the entrance of the mall. I called Zoey's name but there was no sign of her. While searching, i kept thinking of what could happen to me and Leah if we lose our daughter? I ran as fast as i could around the mall while shouting like a mad man. How worse can a day get? I had left my old life and this was not supposed to be happening. I had other problems and now this. I got tired running and sat on a bench panting heavily. For the first time in my life, i raised my head above and prayed. "God if you are hearing me please help me. I cannot lose Zoey now, not ever God. She's just a baby. My baby, please God help me. I will do anything you want me to do God, Amen," I said.

"Dada," Zoey called me from behind.

I turned around and saw her walking towards me smiling. She was alone. I quickly got up, carried her and hugged her tightly. I know she didn't understand why i hugged her so tight but i was glad i found her. "Where did you go?" I asked her.

She just smiled and looked away.

"You gave me a scare. You gave us all a scare." I checked her and saw that her little hand was folded as if she had something in it. "What is this baby?" I asked her. As usual, she had her bright smile on her. "Give it to dada." she unfolded her hand and passed me a business card. It read;

BLACK & WHITE SERVICES

Just like that, nothing written on it except for Black and white serivices. I heard Leah happily shouting Zoey's name while running towards us. With her, was Floyd and Triza trailing. I put the card in my back pocket and put Zoey down, She was equally happy to see her mother that she got off my tight grip. I walked behind her while looking around to see any strange man in a black suit. I didn't see anyone but mere people having fun at a mall. I kept wondering about the business card.

What is BLACK & WHITE SERVICES? I asked myself.


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Restless Episode 33

"What do you want from me? I can give you money and lots of if that's what you want." he offered.

"Just shut the hell up if you don't want this bullet in your head," Samantha threatened.

Jenny got dressed very quickly and collected the pistol from Samantha's hands giving room for Samantha to also dress up.

"We keep him here until they come right?" Jenny asked.

"Yes, that's the instruction." Samantha answered a she zipped up her dress. She moved back to the wardrobe and began to search it.

"What are you doing?" Jenny questioned her.

"Searching for some other important documents that can be of use to us," Samantha answered.

"Ladies, we do not have to do this," Brad said as he stepped out of the bed carefully, still with his hands raised.

Jenny moved closer to him with the gun. "If you step an inch further, I'll send this bullet into your chest."

"What do you need?" Brad asked again.

"Your bleeping brain." Jenny answered him.

___

Dave now fully dressed in the security guard's uniform stormed out of the room and walked straight into the first living room they entered in the building. Henry followed behind him but stopped at the entrance and peeped in.

There was only one security man in the living room and he was standing at the corner straight to the entrance door. His eyes caught Dave as he entered. Dave did not look at him but advanced quickly towards the hallway. The security man squinted at him, the face looked strange to him but he got confused by the uniform. He felt more suspicious on seeing the way he was walking fast.

"Hey!" He called and quickly followed Dave but Dave proceeded on without looking back to see.

Henry stepped in silently and followed after the security officer. He was already so close before the security man noticed that someone was following behind him. The man turned immediately with his gun but Henry grabbed his hand and delivered a uppercut straight to his jaw. He followed up with a kick to the man's chest and the man fell back. He followed quickly and hit the man on the forehead twice with the gun.

The large hallway had six doors which led to rooms used by the house workers and security aids. Unlike the first time when they were led in, only one security officer was now in the hallway and he was standing at the far end, holding a long gun with him.

He began to walk forward immediately he saw Dave walking hurriedly towards him. At first, he mistook Dave to be a security personnel in the house who was coming to report a problem to the Chief Security officer but as they got closer, he realized that Dave wasn't a part of them. He quickly unhang his gun and tried to cock it but Dave was faster and had a bullet into his chest.

Dave increased his speed after shooting the man. He knew that the gunshot would have caused the attention of other security men in the house. He stopped at the exit of the hallway which served as an entrance into hallways in both directions. He turned to look at Henry already at the entrance of the hallway but moving at a slow pace.

As expected, the doors in the hallway opened and more security men began to come out.

___

"How much were you paid to do this? I can pay you far better?" Richard Brad questioned and began to step slowly closer to Jenny.

He had not heard when Jenny and Samantha talked about keeping him there till Henry and Dave joined but he was confident that the girls were not sent to keep him as they would have tried to drive the knife into his neck if they really wanted to kill him. He summoned courage and increased his pace towards Jenny.

"Don't step closer," Jenny warned again.

He stopped for a second. "Damn you sl*t! Do you know who I am?"

Jenny remained quiet and stared at his face but cocked the gun as he continued to step further.

"Shoot me if you want girl!" Richard flared. His hands were still raised as he was staring straight into her eyes. He been to shake his naked waist to distract her with the view.

"What the hell is happening?" Samantha asked. She closed a wing of the wardrobe to look at them. She noticed Brad was already so close to Jenny and could be up to something.

Before Samantha could step any closer, Richard pulled the blanket from the bed and flung it to Jenny, the material spreading and covering her head. With a sliding movement, he zoomed towards her and cleared her from her feet to the ground. He quickly got up to dodge a blow from Samantha and tried to kick her in the belly but she caught a grip of his ankle and pushed him away. He landed on his bare butt to the ground.

Samantha followed him quickly but he managed to dodge her punch as she knelt by his side. She delivered another punch successfully to his belly but he responded with a headbutt to her nose which sent her falling back on the left arm. He got up quickly and rushed to Jenny who was already getting up and trying to pick the gun. He delivered a kick to the side of her belly and she fell in front of the wardrobe. He rushed quickly to the gun to pick it but as his hands touched it and he tried to stand, kick landed on the left side of his head and he fell to the ground. Samantha got over him and rained him with punches on the face and in the chest until he was so weak and he couldn't struggle anymore. She picked the gun which had fallen him his hand and stood up, pointing the gun at his unclad body.

She took a glance at Jenny who had just gotten up beside her.

Jenny was panting hard as she stared at the naked man on the floor. She hadn't expect him to pull such stunt he did. She remembered something Henry had told them during the training and realized it had just played out. Henry had told them to always ensure the enemy never got to see their weakness. She wasn't used to see naked men and she had allowed Richard see that she was disturbed by the sight and he had used it against her.

___

The two opposite doors at the middle of the hallway were the first to open and two men came out from the right side while one stepped out from the left.

Henry fired two quick shots at the men from the right while Dave fired at the one from the left. Henry increased his pace as he heard the door to the first room by the right opening. He got there in time to land a kick on the face of the man who stepped out, he quickly turned to the other side of the door and fired a bullet into the man's chest.

He took a quick glance at Dave and saw that Dave was still waiting for him. He made a quick sign for Dave to go ahead while he kept the men at the hallway busy.

**

Dave stepped out of the hallway quickly and looked left and right. He saw a uniformed man coming from the right hand side and knew immediately that that was the direction of Richard Brad's room.

"What's happening?" The man asked Dave who he thought to be one of them but Dave replied with a bullet into his chest.

Dave advanced forward quickly, he stopped briefly beside the man and took out his gun before proceeding. He got to the last door which he assumed to be the room Richard and the girls were. Hs stopped and turned the head of his belt.

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"Check who's at the door." Samantha said to Jenny om feeling the itch in her hair.

Jenny took out her knife and proceeded quickly to the door. She stopped by the wall and tapped it thrice. She listened and heard it tapped thrice from behind.

She unlocked with the key and opened for Dave to step in.

"Where's Henry?" She stared at his face.

"He's coming," Dave replied and proceeded straight to join Samantha.

"How do we get out of here?" Samantha asked him.

"We'd get out with him as our hostage, Cole is at the gate already distracting the other security men." Dave replied and then placed his gaze on Richard. "He's got to put on something so that we can leave now."

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Restless - Episode 33
Romantic Night Gone Sour

® 18+ SNVL
© Oyinloye Oluwatosin Emmanuel

Henry eyes scanned around the place as they drove into the compound after passing the security check at the gate. A security man pointed them to another who directed them to the parking space.

Henry took out a mirror to check his attached beards and moustache before they got to the parking space. He passed the mirror to the ladies at the back after being contented with what he saw. He turned to check them and concluded they looked ready for the job.

Dave and Henry stepped out of the car after he turned off the car engine. They stepped to the back and opened the doors to the back seat at the side where they were. The ladies had a final look and brief touch on their makeups before stepping out of the car. The four of them were led into the house by a security man.

Henry carefully observed everywhere as they walked into the building. He noticed the standpoints of the security men, those close to the house especially. He could see some afar off guarding the other places in the big estate but distance made her observation of the very far places unclear.

They were stopped at the entrance to the house. Dave and Henry were searched thoroughly but the ladies who were on skimpy dresses were not searched, it seemed impossible to hide something in the clothes they wore. They were allowed to proceed in after nothing was found on their bodies.

They were led past the first living room into a large hallway where they met three security officials that stopped them at the middle. One of the officers took his time to scrutinize the ladies and smiled at the end as he was pleased with their sexiness.

"Take them Mr Richard," he ordered one of the officers behind him after being satisfied. He placed his gaze at the men while the ladies walked away. "Who of you is to receive the money?"

"I," Dave answered. "Michael said you would give us in cash."

The officer who asked stared at his face for a while and then turned to stare at Henry's face. He made a distorted look in the end, he didn't seem to like Henry.

Henry noticed some other security men entering the rooms from the doors at the hallway. He could see that they were less prepared for an attack than they were when he saw them at the airport. There he had noticed almost all of them on bullet proof vests and each one with a minimum of three guns with him. Now that they had gotten Richard Brad safely home, they had taken off their protections and attack instruments.

"Come with me for your money," the officer finally said and directed the men to turn, his colleague stepped in front of them and led them out of the hallway.

Henry's hand carefully reached for the head of his belt and he turned it carefully. Dave glanced at him in response, a sign that he received the signal and that the other members of the team would have received it.

They were led back past the living room they came through into another corridor and another living room which seemed like a different quarters in the same building.

"Please sit while we arrange your money for you," the security officer behind said and took his seat before them, while the officer who led them walked further into an hallway.

Dave and Henry sat beside each other on seats adjacent to the security officer.

"I usually don't bring people in here, I used to come and get the girls from the club myself but I got busy with some other things tonight. That's why I called Michael." The man said to them.

"He had an accident on his way to pick the girls from the club and asked that I bring them over here for him." Dave replied him.

"That was stupid of him, he should have asked me first before doing so. He only called to tell me that you were already on the way." The man replied.

"Oh! I don't know how you guys do it or what your agreement was," Dave shrugged. "I think he was so desperate to get the money tonight and he didn't want you to have a chance to change your mind."

"That bleeping dude loves money a lot!" The officer said in a jesting manner.

___

Richard Brad was already in his night robe when the ladies joined him in the room. He was sitting with his legs straightened and crossed over each other, his back resting at the center of the headboard and his hands on top at both sides. He smiled broadly on seeing the two ladies.

They smiled back at him with seducing eyes and took off their high heels as the got close to the giant sized bed. They began to unzip their clothes in his presence but he beckoned on them to come closer first. He wanted to have a taste before the real action began.

Jenny was the first to climb into the bed, she seemed to be better at the act of seducing than Samantha was. Samantha on the other hand, even though not a tomboy had lived her life as a fighter, and she was better at punching and beating guys than at seduction.

Jenny crawled forward onto the man with her knees. She spread her knees out to both sides, leaving the man's legs at the center and carefully crawled closer.

___

"Here he comes," the security officer sitting with Dave and Henry announced as the man who had left them returned to the living room with a small paper bag.

The man got closer to them and the sitting security officer pointed him to Dave. The man walked to Dave's side and handed over the paper bag containing the money.

Dave opened and checked briefly, he then looked at the security officer's face.

"Hope this is complete?"

The security officer chuckled. "You don't know who you are dealing with right?"

"It's an innocent question, I don't want to have issues with Michael." Dave replied.

"It is dude!" the man slammed. "You can count to confirm right away and get the hell of here immediately."

"I wouldn't mind counting," Dave replied calmly. He took out the bundle of cash from the bag, he flattened the paper bag on his laps and began to count.

The security officer stared at him with disgust but did not say anything.

Henry heaved a sigh as he felt a turn on the head of his belt. That was a signal from the girls, a device had been attached to Samantha's hair band. He glanced at Dave and also met Dave's gaze, a sign that he had gotten the same signal.

"You know what? I'll just trust you," Dave said and bundled back the money without counting to the end. He had gotten the signal for which he was trying to buy time for.

"Now, get the hell out of here." the security officer said in harsh tones, nodding towards the entrance of the room.

"When are we coming back to get our girls?" Dave asked.

"They would be brought to the club by 9AM tomorrow," the man replied.

"You have to call me to know..."

"Get the hell out of here!" the security officer barked as he sprung up to his feet immediately.

"Oh! Relax man," Dave said and got up slowly.

"You're wasting too much of my time," the security officer added.

"We're sorry man," Henry said and slowly rose up to his feet. He began to step closer to the man. "But you sound too arrogant."

The security officer and his colleague stared at him sternly.

Henry stopped in front of the man and stared directly into his mean eyes.

"So what the hell do you want to do? Beat me up?" the security man asked in confidence. He suspected Henry was about to cause trouble but he was confident that Henry could not do just anything and get away with it. "I wouldn't warn you two anymore to get the hell out of here."

Henry chuckled. "I like your confidence, but it just cost you."

He grabbed the man by the neck immediately and jacked him up he mentioned his last word. The other officer by the side tried to react but Henry dug a kick into his stomach, making him fall to the ground.

Dave rushed up to the scene immediately and attacked the man on the ground, landing him blows on the face.

The security officer struggled in Henry's hand. His legs were no longer on the floor and he struggled to locate his gun in his pocket but before he could, Henry slammed him to the sofa behind and landed him two huge blows, one on the chest and the other on the face. He picked out the gun from the man's pocket and then pulled the man by the head up. He struck the back of the head with the butt of his gun and the man fell back unconscious.

"Quickly, change into his uniform." Henry said to Dave. "Most of the security men inside the house are resting now, so it'll be easy to get back to Richard."

___

The romantic atmosphere in the room had gotten more intense. The girls had now stripped to their underwear while the robe had been taken off the man's body.

The man's groan of pleasure was already getting annoying to Samantha when she got the twitch from the device attached to her hair. She carefully pinched Jenny who was having the man so busy with her busts.

Jenny slowly stopped the man and pushed him gently away with a smile. She kissed him lightly on the lips and drew his ear closer to whisper something into hit. The man smiled in response to her and turned to lay flat on his back. Jenny began slowly by playing with her fingers around his chest while Samantha went straight to his boxers and began tp pull it down.

The man was getting set for intense pleasure but was greatly shocked when Jenny pulled a knife close to his neck. He widened his eyes at her in shock.

"Don't move or I'll drive this into your neck so fast," Jenny warned.

Richard Brad was too shocked to speak. His eyes followed Samantha as she got up from the bed. He saw that she had taken his robe and boxers and flung to the floor.

She proceeded to his drawer and began to search inside for a gun. She moved away when she didn't find one and proceeded to the wardrobe. She found two loaded pistols.

She took them out quickly and cocked one of them. Jenny quickly rolled away from Richard's body on seeing Samantha already with the gun.

"What are you two doing?" He asked in surprise as he placed his knees down and raised his hands up.

"Getting your ass kicked of course," Samantha replied, holding the gun pointed at him.

Jenny began to get dressed immediately.

Nice start, looks interesting.

I think for your context here, the right word to use is "shone" not "shined" and it should also be "the shadows of the tree 'caused'".

Kindly mention me again when you have at least 4000 words. Well-done

Restless Episode 32

Seven Minutes Later.

"Boss, communication data gotten, most of the population make use of Vitel Network. A minimum of twenty communication lines are created in a minute. The busiest times are seven AM to Nine in the morning, four to six in the evening and eight to nine at nights." Cole reported.

"Send us cracked codes for eight to nine immediately," Henry replied.

"In two minutes boss," Cole replied. He remained quiet and spoke again after one minute and thirty seconds. "Check your devices, and install the application sent."

"Thank you Cole, please send us texts if there are new developments." Henry replied. He took out the earpiece from his ears. "Hey guys! Any one installing already?" He asked the rest of the team in the car with him, he could already see their hands working on their devices. "You have to disconnect from our communication lines before it installs, else our connection would not make it work."

They took out all the earphones from their ears in response to his instruction. He kept instructing them on what to do and in five minutes, they all had their earphones plugged again, listening actively.

"Supplies are coming in this night for their food store," Samantha turned to Henry with a sharp look.

Henry took out his earphone for a second. "Did you get the name of the supplier?"

"No, it wasn't mentioned, but I just copied out the numbers making the contact." Samantha replied.

"Send to Cole the supplier's number, he'd pull out the company." Henry replied Samantha before putting back his earpiece into his ear.

A minute later, Jenny gently nudged Henry and gestured for him to look into his device. She had also caught a live communication.

"Henry Brad's first son is visiting tomorrow. He's on a flight from London," she said to him.

Henry squinted his eyes at her. "How were you able to break into Richard Brad's communication?"

"It wasn't Brad's, it was a security officer, discussing with someone outside how to get Brad's son to the mansion safely." She replied.

"Okay, send the details to Cole immediately." Henry replied her and plugged back his earphones.

He pondered on the information from Jenny and Samantha. Both of them were not in line with his initial plan of getting Richard Brad that night but they were very good opportunities to get to Richard Brad if used properly and they were also the best options available.

Some minutes after, Dave turned from the driver's seat to Henry.

"Boss, I've got a good one here."

"Talk to me," Henry answered.

"Richard Brad wants to have a party tonight, his security officer just called the man who's gonna bring in the ladies."

"Oh!" Henry raised his brows.

"Are the ladies known faces to Richard?"

"I don't think so, I heard the officer telling the man to bring in very hot ladies."

"I see," Henry replied and squinted for a second and then glanced at the two women in the car who were not paying attention to his conversation with Dave.

"We have two hot ladies here, I do think and hope they can get the job done."

"You're right," Henry said in soft tones. "They can handle it, they do not need to have sex with the man. You, send your details to Cole, call him and ask him to pay closer attention to yours first."

"Okay boss," Dave unplugged his earphones to make the call to Cole.

"Hey ladies," Henry touched Samantha's shoulder gently and also tapped Jenny on the knee. They unplugged their earphones to listen. "We've got something new," he continued. "Dave just intercepted a call, and we now know that Richard Brad is expecting two ladies in the mansion tonight for a party."

He paused to see the reaction on their faces.

"I'll come up with a plan, you two would have to represent the two ladies he's expecting, all you have to do is keep him busy until you get signals from me." He continued.

"Okay, how do we go instead of the ladies?" Jenny squinted at him.

"Cole and I worked that out," Henry answered. "Now, you too would have to go to the nearest store that could still be opened at this time and change into some sexy clothes, I'd communicate the next step to you before you finish dressing up."

"Okay," Samantha drew in a breath.

"Yeah, please, make good choices of clothes where you can hide small weapons or very small knives." Henry quickly added before they stepped out of the car.


Ninety-nine minutes later

"Shawn, please listen. I and Micheal had an accident on our way to pick the girls at the club, but we've asked our other boys to bring them there. Please pay them our money, we really need the money now to settle our hospital bills...." The man tied to the seat said in a trembling voice. He was shaking all over and sweating profusely.

It was in a dark room. He wasn't the only one tied, another man and two skimpily dressed ladies were also tied to chairs in the room. Their mouths were taped additionally, only his was still untaped. Cole had a pistol with the mouth fixed under his neck.

"You didn't say it well," Cole complained and pressed the mouth of the gun further into his neck.

"I... I will," the man stammered in fear.

"You have to make this call in less than ten minutes and you have to say it perfectly, like someone who really had an accident and is in the hospital bed." Cole said to him.

"I'll try again please," the man begged shakily.

"Better get it this time," Cole raised his eyebrows threateningly. "If anything is noticed when you finally make the call, I won't hesitate to blow off your brain. Is that clear?"

"Yes," the man nodded fearfully.

Cole took a phone on which he was recording the voice closer to the man's mouth. "Now, try it again and also look at my lips and answer my questions."

"Shawn, I and Micheal had an accident on our way to pick the girls at the club, but I we've asked our other boys to bring them there. Please pay them our money, we really need the money now to settle our hospital bills." The man repeated.

"What? Which hospital are you in?" Cole asked in whispers.

"New Day hospital in Epa," The man replied.

Cole stopped the recording. "Better than the previous ones, but you have to do better, no foul must be noticed. Let's rehearse again."

Cole started the recording again.

They rehearsed for three more times before Cole was satisfied.

"So, I'm going to make the call now." Cole said as he stepped back. He walked to a table and picked the phone which they had seized from the man. He also picked a hand sized Bluetooth speaker and returned to the man's front.

He played the recordings he had done on his phone through the Bluetooth speaker. He took sometime to change the settings of the audio player until the voice from the speaker began to sound natural. He played the recording again and paused from time to time, he seemed to be rehearsing something with himself.

He stepped closer to the man after he was done. "This call is a chance to save yourself, I'll hold up the phone while you speak, and I'll cut the call once you try to play smart. I can always call back and play the recording for him instead, that's why I've recorded your voice with answers to all the likely questions that can be asked." Cole said with an evil smile. "So, it'll benefit the both of us if you behave as you should."

**

21:45PM

"It's done boss, I hope you're almost there." Cole's voice sounded in Henry's phone speaker.

"Yeah, we're close." Henry replied.

"You are expected before half past ten," Cole replied.

"Okay, hope it went smoothly and we would not have any problems."

"Sure, you wouldn't. He spoke to the security officer himself and answered all the questions."

"Good job Cole," Henry commended. "So, keep them locked in like we planned and come around this location."

"Right away boss."

The call ended and Henry put down the phone. He turned his neck and smiled at the ladies at the backseat. "We're good to go now."

They had all changed their clothes. Dave who was now driving had on a white shirt and blue jean, Henry was dressed the same way and they had taken away every weapon with them and in their car, to enable them pass through the security check at the gate of the mansion.

The ladies were now dressed in short gowns and had their faces made up.

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Restless - Episode 32
(The Brad's Mansion)

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© Oyinloye Oluwatosin Emmanuel


"Stay at your positions, I have a clear view of Richard Brad now. He just landed and he's got an escort of seven men." Henry spoke into the earphone's mouthpiece. "Cole, connect to the surveillance cameras on the roads leading in and out of Benson Mike's street."

Henry got up from his seat in the airport gatehouse. He took off the earpiece from his ears and dropped them into his pocket. His eyes followed Brad as the man and his men stopped on the road to join an entourage of three cars that had been brought to meet them at the airport. Richard Brad and a man who seemed to be his personal bodyguard entered into the white painted Limousine. The bodyguard opened the door to the back for him and allowed him settle before getting into the front seat. The other men walked into the other vehicles in front and behind the Limousine.

Henry's eyes followed as the Vehicles drove out of the airport facility. He got into his car and turned on the engine, he waited a minute lextra before he zoomed off.

"Connected boss, what do I watch out for?" Henry heard Cole's voice in his earpiece.

"Two black Corolla Jeeps and a white Limousine at the center," Henry answered him calmly as he approached the airport gate in his car. He took out a card and handed it over to the security men at the gate. The card he gave to them was checked and torn into two before Henry was allowed to proceed out of the place

There was silence for almost two minutes before Cole spoke again.

"Nothing of such yet in view,"

"They just got out of the airport, I've got them in view." Henry replied. .

Fifteen Minutes Later.

"Two Corolla Jeeps and a white Limousine in view, approaching the Ruthernard bridge," Cole's voice sounded into the earpiece.

"That's Sam's location," Henry joined in. "Sam, do you copy?"

"Yeah, I'm alert." Samantha responded in a tiny voice.

A minute went by before anyone spoke again.

"In view now, I'm following after." Samantha said as she turned on her indicator, she looked left and right properly and quickly pulled out of her parking space. She zoomed off in direction of the Ruthernard Bridge.

"Everyone except Sam changes location now, fix yourself at points of exits," Henry said after her.

Jenny and Dave, listening where they were kicked on their car engines and pulled into the road immediately. Henry also took a quick U-turn in opposite to his previous direction.

"Richard Brad is on call with Benson Mike again," Cole announced into his mouthpiece. His eyes fixed on the screen before him and an earpiece plugged into his ears.

"Any change in plan?" Henry asked.

"None, he's only called to inform him of his closeness." Cole replied.

"Listen up guys," Henry said and cleared his throat to get the attention of everyone connected. "Sam would not get into Benson Mike's house but would watch to see if anything unusual happens, our game plan is to follow Richard Brad back to his place of rest this night. We cannot attack yet because his men are equally ready for defense, we should attack them when they are most vulnerable, that is at the point when they believe they are at their destination and are out of danger. Copy that all?"

"Yeah, copied." He got his reply in unison.

**

It wasn't until after forty five minutes that Richard Brad and his entourage was seen driving out of Benson Mike's house. Sam and Cole announced his departure at the same time to the rest of the team.

"He's moving in a straight direction," Cole added. "From my projection, his destination is Epa."

"Epa," Henry muttered under his breath. Epa was a city in Bexford, just beside EPA Hill where the FOX Corporation Headquarters was located.

"That is in Dave's direction," Cole put in.

"I'm alert," Dave's voice sounded.

"Changing direction now, taking the back route to Epa." Samantha chipped in.

"Cole," Henry called distinctly

"Boss," Cole replied.

"Run a quick search around Epa and locate all Richard Brad's properties there," Henry replied.

"Right away," Cole answered.

"We all converge at Epa now," Henry spoke, giving the team the new direction. "Once he gets to his location, Cole would run a quick aerial survey of the place while we move out of our individual vehicles to converge at the same point, only Jenny would stay in her car and listen for Cole's instructions. We'd launch the attack at the most suitable time," he paused for a moment before he continued again. "Our aim is to capture Richard Brad alive, he owns the key to the information we require."

19:17 PM

Richard Brad's Mansion, Epa, Bexford.

The gigantic gate opened as the cars approached. The first Corolla jeep drove into the compound and was followed by the Limousine and then the other jeep. The gate was closed as the vehicles moved to the parking lots.

The Mansion was a great edifice worthing billions of Bethanna Dollars, built to the taste of Richard Brad. It was one of the most expensive and largest facilities in the continent and the world. Like a city on it's own, it had a vast land area with several building quarters, gardens and relaxation spots.

Richard Brad stepped out of the Limousine in his usual stylish manner. He straightened his suit jacket and looked around the place for a moment. A smile appeared on his face as he took in a deep breath of the cold air. He began to march forward towards the entrance while three of his men followed behind with briefcases.

Richard Brad was a man of average height and a moderate sized body. The white colour of his skin easily made people mistake him for a white man but his flat nose betrayed the look and revealed his true identity as African. Born and Bred in America, his accent and manner of life was American in almost every way.

He had a good reputation in the country, being one of the biggest businessmen and companies director, his ventures attracted a lot of income and provided job opportunities. How he got so much money could not be explained, no one really knew how he was able to acquire so much to set up his multi-million dollar businesses. He had only been a one-time adviser to a former Governor of Benuit who was not as rich as him. When investigated, the source of his business capital was traced to his connection in the white man's land and most of his business partners and shareholders in his company were white men. His riches had begun to arrive miraculously after the end of his service to the Benuit Governor.

He was not found to be corrupt in Government, neither was he ever linked to any crime. The rapid geometric growth of his wealth was the only suspicion arousing element in his life.

After his service in the previous Benuit Government and a failed trial to become part of the legislative arm in the country, he had gone into business and had grown since then. He was known to lead a private life, away from the view of the public and the media.

**

"Boss, Richard Brad's mansion is one of the largest in the world. It has over five hundred people living in the area and more than thirty legal security officers securing the place. It has two main gates, one of which is the entrance taken by Brad and his men minutes ago, the other leads to the road leading out of Epa." Cole voice sounded in the earpieces of the team as he gave a result of his investigation about the Brad's facility.

Everyone of them was now sitting in one vehicle as they waited for their next line of action. Dave was at the driver's side while Samantha was with him at the front, Jenny and Henry were sitting at the back.

"We can't go in for a casual attack in that facility," Henry said aloud, heaving a sigh. "If we do we'd get a lot of innocent people killed if a crossfire happens."

The rest of the team kept mute as they listened, not knowing what their next line of action would be.

"We have to take him this night, it would take us more time and work to get this kind of opportunity again." Henry spoke again, after a minute of thoughtful silence. "Cole, locate all the roaming lines and send us some codes, we've got to hack into their communication lines together and find a link to get in. How long will it take you to do that?"

"Ermm..." it took Cole twenty seconds of thinking to come up with a reply. "I'll need ten minutes to send you the log in codes," he said and took another five seconds pause. "We need more hands to get our goal faster."

"Yeah, the rest of us here would work on it."