Essyprity:
Diamonds?!! The beast treasures diamonds more than his daughter? I hope those diamonds become his undoing. Ironkurtain,u are better organized in this story than d first part. I guess it's something to do with practice. Keep it coming!

Maybe the diamonds are some kind of a special diamonds........who knows.

now this is getting interesting cant wait fir the next update

What kind of a father does DAT? well I reserve my comment..and weldone swthrt..u are d best

it is common in the world with power,the power tends to ride and control dem,kudos to u ironkurtain.

Having a very busy week......sorry for the slow updates. Pls bear with me.

Waiting patiently bro

take ur time,d lord is ur strenght

Alex swung the Hyundai Genesis sedan into the parking lot of the building with a blinking neon sign that says, "CAFE DE TROPICANA". He slowly brought the car to a halt in one of the empty parking spaces and surveyed the area carefully. He paused for a moment and took a glanced at his wristwatch.

It was almost 11:40 pm.

Alex surveyed the area again and killed the engine of the car. Taking off his seatbelt rather slowly, he sighed and opened the door.

Alex didn't know why his mother wanted to see him so urgently. Whatever it is, it must be very very important because of her numerous phone calls he had missed. About fifteen to be exact. He had been sleeping all day after partying hard throughout yesterday night at friend's house party.

After he had managed to shake off the bad hangover, he called Nina. His mother sounded quite paranoid when she answered. And bombarded him with alot of unusual questions; asking where he had being, if he had noticed anything unusual, if he was being followed. She even wanted to know if he was keeping his weapon close.

Then Nina told him that she wanted to see him immediately, saying he might be too groggy to understand if she told him on the phone. But it wasnt her saying he should come as fast as he can that made him to go. It was her tone of voice. She was persuading, even begging. His mother had always used the bossy tone whenever she called or demanded for something. And it was this new attitude that made him jump out of bed and drive to place they are suppose to meet without even taking a shower or brushing his teeth. Throughout the ride to the place, all he could think was something is definitely not right.

Putting one foot out of the car, Alex paused and looked at the dashboard compartment for a few seconds. Then he leaned over and opened it. He took out a .45 acp springfield handgun and checked the clip. Seeing that it was full, he took an extra clip and got of the car. Tucking the handgun in his belt, he straightened the black tee shirt he wore to conceal the weapon and headed towards the cafe's glass door.

"He is here", Nina's bodyguard whispered to her on seeing Alex walk into the cafe that had very few customers.

Nina slowly looked up and saw her son approaching them. She gave a weak smile and looked down at cup of coffee she had being staring at with her hands folded under her chin.

Alex nodded at the bodyguard who did the same and got up from the table to give the mother and her son some privacy. Alex sat on the chair opposite Nina and waved at the lone female staff working in the place as she made a move to come over. He stared at his mother as she kept staring at her cup of coffee and sighed uncomfortably.

"Mom what's the matter", he asked and glanced at the big bodyguard who seem to be watching the door and cautiously staring outside the cafe. "What on earth is going on?", he asked again. "You sounded kind of nervous when i called".

Nina remained silent and keep staring at the cup.

"Aw for heaven sake.......", Alex began irritatedly after waiting for almost a minute for her to say something. "........it's almost 12 mid night, i'm very tired and tomorrow i have a boatload of paperworks to sort out.......don't tell me that you called me just to come have coffee with you in silence......why don't......",

"He got you father", Nina then said quietly, interrupting Alex as he was about to ask more questions.

"Who?", Alex demanded.

Nina looked up and their eyes met. "Your grandfather got your father", she said to him quietly with a worried look on her face.

Alex exhaled slowly and looked away. He sighed and moved his body uncomfortably in his seat as he rubbed his head rather coarsely.

"Oh sh!t", he finally muttered and shook his head. "When did this happen?", he asked and looked at Nina.

"Today", Nina replied. "And he had being monitoring us for some time now", she added.

"Monitoring us?......for some time?......how long?", Alex asked with some concern in his voice.

Nina didnt reply.

"Do you think he knows about us?", Alex asked again, getting really worried.

Nina nodded slowly and sighed. "He might come for you guys next", she murmured.

"Aw jeez.....", Alex rubbed his head again and reclined on his seat. ".....So what does he intend to do with dad?", he asked and folded his arms.

"Kill him of course", Nina replied. "Unless i bring him diamonds".

"Diamonds?", Alex snorted.

"Yeah......diamonds", Nina said. She too looked confused as Alex was when he heard the old man's demand. "He gave me seven days to bring it or else your father will be a dead man".

"Why the hell will he want diamonds when he has enough money to buy any amount of diamonds he want?", Alex asked with a furrowed eyebrow. "Anyway, if it is diamond he wants, then lets pool our resources together and buy diamonds for the old man", he continued.

"He is talking about some .....diamonds Barry's father took from him", Nina sighed. "It must be be some kind of a special diamonds".

"Whatever!", Alex retorted. "Diamond is diamond....lets just buy some diamonds and give that old fool.....i know a dealer who will give us the best.....".

"Do you think he wouldn't buy diamonds if it was diamonds that he wanted?", Nina interrupted him with a smirk. "A quarter of his wealth is stored in gold and diamonds........he even owns and runs an illegal diamond mining operation in Congo".

Then Nina sighed and looked at the cup of coffee she is yet to drink. It had gotten cold.

"Maybe Barry's father did take his diamonds", she continued. "But i think he just want me to go look for it so as to make a fool of myself because he knows finding it is an impossible task.......especially this case being something that happened over forty years ago, even before i was born".

"Yeah....", Alex nodded. He understood his mom's situation.

"But that's just the least of our problem", Nina then muttered as she rested her elbows on the table and face-palmed.

"Least of our problem?", Alex asked.

"Yeah....", Nina replied, still face-palmed. ".....the Sosai kicked me out of the family. That means no protection, no help and alot of enemies coming after me and my loved ones".

Alex stared at his mother with his mouth open.

"The jobs that i did for the family made me get in alot of mix with some bad people that i rubbed the wrong way. And these people, who are mostly remorseless criminal individuals, all have an axe to grind......in a violent way. If they find out that i am no longer with the family, well, you already know what's gonna happen to me or even any of you if they also find out that you and Eric are my sons".

"Oh gosh", Alex murmured and rubbed the bridge of his nose. "What are we gonna do?", he asked without looking Nina.

"I don't know", Nina replied and shook her head.

"And this diamonds that he wants......what if we can't find it?....",

"We have to find it, no matter what. We have to find it because i dont wanna lose your father. If we cant, i dont mind giving double or even triple the amount of that diamond".

Then Nina paused for a few seconds. "I need your brother......i need Eric more than ever", she continued.

Alex hissed. "And what is he gonna do?", he asked. "The only thing he is good at is....going 'Action Jackson' and leaving a trail of carnage with reckless abandon", he muttered. "This situation is best handled with care because it is the Sosai we are talking about"

"We still need him......someone who wrecks carnage......atleast it will make any individuals coming after us to think twice".

"Including the Sosai himself?".

"Yeah......including the Sosai himself".

"Then why dont you call him?".

"I cant. I promised to stay away from him and never get him involved in anything after the Congo operation", Nina said. "I have to keep my promise. Beside you know how unpredictable he is. He could end up causing greater damage".

"Yeah", Alex nodded thoughtfully.

"That's why i want to solve this problem quietly......unless if i dont have any other choice but to get someone like him involved", Nina smirked and looked away. "Someone who can make things go real loud".

"But we still have to let him know what's going on......for his own safety", Alex noted.

Then Nina glanced at her wrist watch and started checking her handbag.

"Do you have any cash with you?", she asked Alex as she took out her cellphone from the handbag and keep rummaging in it. "Sosai has frozen all my bank accounts so i cant use any of my bank card", she continued.

"I will pay for the coffee", Alex sighed. "First thing tomorrow morning i will bring you some cash".

Nina smiled and got up. "I have to go now", she said and picked up her handbag. "I dont want to keep you awake all night", then she placed her hand on Alex shoulder. "You take care of yourself my dear", she gave him a peck on his head and headed towards the door.

Alex watch his mother leave with her bodyguard and sighed. Then he looked around the cafe and glanced at his wristwatch. Seeing that it was fifteen mintues past mid night, he looked around again and saw his mother's cellphone on the table. She must have forgotten it. Picking it up, he got up and headed towards to the door, telling the cafe waitress that he will be back in a moment.

"Mom!......", he called out when he got outside. Nina and her bodyguard are now standing near her Range Rover. She looked in his direction and smiled when she saw him waving the cellphone at her.

As Alex was about to go over to where they stood, a black van suddenly raced into the parking lot and screeched to a halt a few metres away from Nina and her bodyguard. Then the door of the van slided open and some masked men pointed automatic rifles in their direction.

A loud gunfire echoed all over the place as the masked men unloaded the clips, sending volleys of bullets at Nina and her bodyguard. The slugs ripped into Nina's body. But it was her bodyguard who got hit the most because he had acted fast and used his big body to shield her. And almost got cut in half by the rain of bullets.

Alex screamed as he watched his mother and her body guard drop to the ground. Then one of the masked men got out of the van as he dislodged the empty magazine and slapped in a fresh one. He wanted to finish the job. Alex pulled out his pistol, swung it at the masked man's direction and let the hammer blow. The gun bark out and sent several slugs that hit the man on his chest and shoulder. It knock the man to his side and made him drop his rifle. Alex let off more shots as he raced towards the van but missed because he wasnt focused enough to take a good aim.

The masked man who was visibly hurt got dragged into the van by the other men and the van took off immediately, disappearing in the empty street. Alex ran to where Nina laid on the ground and saw her bleeding quite profusely. Her hands were shaking uncontrollably with fear in her eyes and her breath was rapid.

"Oh God!", Alex held his mother who immediately grabbed his shirt and held it tight. "Mom are you okay?!", he asked frantically as he tried to lift her up. "Stay with me!.......we have to go to the hospital!.......you gonna make it.....dont worry you gonna make it!", he was frantic with fear as he put her in the back seat of the bullet ridden Range Rover.

"Eric.......call Eric", Nina managed to whisper as her laboured breath made her unable to speak.

Alex slammed the back door close. He took a quick glance at the bodyguard lying on the floor as he rushed to the driver seat. The man is definitely dead. There is no way he would have survived with the sizes of the numerous holes the bullet had torn in his chest and tummy.

Alex brought life to the car engine and screeched the car into the street, heading to one destination as fast as he can. The hospital.


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Alex watched as the nurses hurriedly wheeled the stretcher carrying Nina into the the emergency section. He stood in one corner, his cloths covered with bloodstains and trying to hold back tears as he watched his mother being wheeled into the operating theater.

Then he dialled a number and waited for the called to be answered as he listened to the ringtone.

"Eric!, answer your phone you motherfucker!", he barked and startled some of the nurses passing-by after hearing the automated voice telling him that the recipient is not answering the call.

That was his tenth time of calling Eric's number. He gave up and dropped his phone on the chair beside him. The next unsuccessful try could make him smash his phone into a million pieces because of how furious he is right now.

Alex gently lowered his weight on the chair and sighed with his eyes closed, wishing that what just happened in at the cafe parking lot was just a dream. A dream he could wake up from in any moment. Then he opened his eyes and picked up his phone. And started trying Eric's number again and again.......and again.

CHAPTER FIVE.


Eric opened his eyes slowly and looked around the bedroom. Something must have woken him from his sleep. Wondering what it was, he yawned and stretched his arms. He pushed the thick blanket aside and sat up on his bed. Then he heard the sound again. It was a playful laughter and sounds of footsteps coming from the living-room.

"Benjamin....you little brat", Eric sighed with a faint smile as he got out of bed and adjusted his pyjamas. Glancing around for his cellphone to check the time, he pushed the window drapes aside and slide the window open to let in the morning sunlight and some fresh air. He looked around for his cellphone again. Then he remembered that he left it in the living-room last night and headed toward the door.

Benjamin, Esther and David's four year old son saw Eric walk into the living-room and his cute face lit up with excitement.

"Eric!", he shrilled in his cute voice and raced to his big brother, still holding the toy he had been playing with.

"Benny....", Eric grunted as he picked the boy up and avoid stepping on the toys lying around the living-room floor. "Wow, you are getting bigger and bigger. Soon you you will be the one carrying me", he grinned. "Where is mummy?", Eric asked as he sat on the sofa and put the boy on his laps.

Benjamin pointed at the kitchen and rested the back of his head on Eric's chest. Eric glanced at the clock on the wall and saw it was almost 10 am. Then Esther emerged from the kitchen and smiled at Eric on seeing him and Benjamin together.

"Did you sleep well?", Esther began as she opened the refrigerator. "Yesterday night you looked so tired that i thought you might spend the whole of today lying in your bed".

"Nope.....i wasn't that tired", Eric said and moved Benjamin from his laps to the sofa. "I just wanted to go to bed early last night".

"Oh really?", Esther murmured and closed the refrigerator after taking out two apples. "Sometimes you forget i am a nurse", she chuckled and sat on a chair in the dining place. "Arent you taking this training of yours too serious?", she asked with a little bit of concern. "Yesterday you and your sister looked completely wasted......i thought the three months the both of you spent training hard in the mountain was enough for whatever it is you are preparing to destroy".

"No i wasnt training to destroy anything", Eric smiled.

"Then why would you cut yourself off from civilization and spend three whole months in a mountain.....especially when the weather is cold".

"Did you see my cellphone?", Eric asked, trying to change the topic and glanced around the living-room. "By the way, where is Suzanne?", he asked again and got up.

"Gone to the gym.......after going jogging very early in the morning", Esther sighed and pointed at Eric's phone that was lying on the t.v stand and being charged. "When i was her age, we spent most of our time getting beautiful, learning how to cook......and making boyfriends. You will hardly ever see any girl engaging in this....whatever it is that she is try accomplish".

"You mean her quest of becoming a one man human abattoir?", Eric asked as he went over to the dining and sat on the chair infront of Esther.

"One man human abattoir", Esther snorted and took a knife from the cutlery rack on the table. "What is that suppose mean?", she asked as she sliced the apples.

"It means someone who seems to be a gullible, minding his or her own business kind of person. But in reality, that person is a mobile slaughterhouse".

Esther laughed at the thoughts of 'mobile slaughterhouse' as she cut the apples into smaller bits and put them on a plate. Eric reached out for one and she smacked his adventurous hand, reminding him that he hasn't brushed his teeth. Eric protested that he is old enough to decide what to do with his own teeth. Esther reminded him that it is her own house and he has to follow her own rules.

Then Suzanne stepped into the livingroom.

"Hey guys", she began and dropped her duffle bag . She sat heavily on the sofa and rested her head on it's back cushion. "Oh am so tired......aunty Esther please tell me there is something to eat because i'm dying of hunger", she continued weakly.

"Hm....so when will you finally become a slaughterhouse", Esther asked intently without looking at Suzanne.

"Huh?", Suzanne looked at Esther with a furrowed eyebrows and wondered what a slaughterhouse had to do with her being very hungry.

"Your brother told me about your quest......no wonder you are training so hard", Esther continued.

"What did he say?".

"He said you want to be a walking slaughterhouse".

"Ha.....says the person who spent three months punching tree trunks because he wanted to have 'god hands', Suzanne scoffed.

Esther laughed. "Anyway i made some toast.......i knew you would be hungry after your workout", she said.

"Yeah....you better go stuff yourself up with food and put some curves in your body", Eric muttered. "You are beginning to scare the boys away with that body".

But Eric was wrong. Suzanne is indeed very beautiful with curves in the right places despite her favourite hobby being all hard combat sports. She had grown from a quiet and naive bookworm girl to someone boys stare at for too long while drooling over her lovely physical features. Eric himself had admired Suzanne's beauty several times, even though he labelled her the younger version of Nina because of the expressionless look she always had on her face. And Nina happened to be Suzanne"s role model.

"You mean to say that am scaring you.....", Suzanne said and got up. Then she picked up Eric's cellphone. "Can i use your phone?......thank you", she said without waiting for his approval.

"What happened to yours?".

"The battery is down......you got alot of missed calls.......from Alex", Suzanne scrolled through Eric's cellphone call log.

Esther stopped what she was doing and looked at Eric. Eric glanced at her and looked at Suzanne.

Alex called?, when?", Eric asked.

"Last night.......he called like four thousand times", Suzanne replied as she stared at the numerous missed calls. Then she went into the kitchen to go get the toasts.

"You said you were done with Nina?", Esther asked Eric without looking at him.

"Yeah am done with her", he replied and rested his elbow on the dining table with a thoughtful look on his face.

"Then, why is Alex calling you?".

"I don't know.......maybe he just want to hear my voice after more than three months of no contact".

"Well.....", Esther gently placed the knife on the table. "Alex have never called you just to say hello or hear your voice. It's always to inform you that Nina wants to see you or make inquiries about one of those........missions she always send you to accomplish", she said quietly.

Eric said nothing with the thoughtful look still on his face. Then he looked up and saw Suzanne coming out of the kitchen. She stopped and stared at them, her eyes watery and the look of fear on her face.

"It's aunty Nina......", she began with a shaky voice. "......she had been shot".



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"The doctor said she gonna make it", Alex said quietly as he and Eric stood and stared at their mother lying in the hospital bed, still in a medically induced coma.

Eric remained silent and stared at Nina who had a hospital breathing apparatus on her face and her body connected to a beeping machine that monitored her heartbeats and blood pressure. Suzanne sat beside the bed, holding Nina's hand and sobbing. Esther stood behind Suzanne with her hands on the girl's shoulder as she comforted her and stared at the wounded woman lying in the bed.

On hearing the news about Nina's shooting, they booked the available to Easthill. Esther called her husband David to inform him that something came up and that she wont be at home for a day or two. She took Benjamin to her sister in-law's place and then boarded the flight with Eric and Suzanne.

"She lost alot of blood and had a blood transfusion", Alex continued. "The doctor said she was very lucky.......they took out six bullets from her body and they all missed her vital organ, one missed her liver by a few centimetres", he sighed. "They wanted to blow her away.......thanks to Max her bodyguard, it would had being a different story. God bless that man's soul".

Eric rubbed the back of his head and looked away. Then Alex held his arm and whispered to him that he wanted to talk to him in private. Eric rubbed Suzanne's shoulder and told her he will be back. He whispered something to Esther who nodded and followed Alex as they left the hospital private room.

"The Sosai got our old man", Alex then said when they got outside the room.

Eric looked at him and sighed with a downcast gaze. "Do you think he is responsible for mom's shooting?", he asked.

"I don't know man", Alex muttered. "But mom told me that he had given her seven days to bring some.......diamonds or else he will end our father's live. So i don't know if it is the Sosai or those numerous enemies mom said would be coming for her if they find out that she is no longer under Sosai's protection".

"No longer under Sosai's protection?, what do you mean by that?", Eric asked.

"Mother said that the Sosai kicked her out of the family after giving her that ultimatum.....that means she no longer have any kind of protection......and so do we".

"And these enemies she was talking about, did she mention names or anything about them?".

"Nope......", Alex exhaled and shook his head. "What are we gonna do?", he asked and looked at Eric. "Mother is down, that f@cking......Saddam Hussein or whatever got father......and he could be the one responsible for gunning mother down".

Eric stared ahead thoughtfully and said nothing.

Then Alex's cellphone ranged. But he ignored the cellphone that kept ringing and ringing.

"Arent you gonna answer that?", Eric asked.

Alex reluctantly answered the call.

"Hello.....is this Alex Philips", the voice rasped out of the phone speaker.

"Yes this is Alex", he replied.

"This is inspector Adams of Easthill police department", the voice said.

"Yeah i talked to one of your men last night concerning my mother's shooting", Alex said.

"Yes but you need to come to your family house immediately".

Alex furrowed his eyebrow and looked at Eric. "Why?", he asked.

"There have been an incident at your family's house.......a home invasion".


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ghen ghen...my hrt is really beating fast ooo...nice update boss

this is getting interesting. welldone ironkurtain



cc lijay

Nice job. keep it up

Is It Just Me? Coz Your Story Is Not Only Captivating, But Also Mind Blowing. .You Are Really Proficient In This!!

Dis is getting more intriguing..kudos and weldone to u

Been away for awhile.Tnx for the invite ironkurtail. Exciting story as usual. Yet to get to the end but needed to comment, and while at it please I recommend you use "what is that supposed to mean" "or what does that mean "rather than the "what does that suppose to mean". Now let me finish the movie. Nice job.

kelsmic:
Been away for awhile.Tnx for the invite ironkurtail. Exciting story as usual. Yet to get to the end but needed to comment, and while at it please I recommend you use "what is that supposed to mean" "or what does that mean "rather than the "what does that suppose to mean". Now let me finish the movie. Nice job.

Oh thanks for the correction. I appreciate........please do point out other corrections and thanks for the comment.

This is really nice. How can we make this room interesting? Am thinking of spicing it up. Anyone in?

Abbykem:
This is really nice. How can we make this room interesting? Am thinking of spicing it up. Anyone in?

Seanixking:
Is It Just Me? Coz Your Story Is Not Only Captivating, But Also Mind Blowing. .You Are Really Proficient In This!!

Thanks bro.

ironkurtain:

Whatyasay

Abbykem:
Whatyasay

Any ideas on how to spice up this room?

ironkurtain:


Any idea of how how to spice up this room?

Yeah, by educating ourselves everyday. I will try to start doing that next week

Abbykem:
Yeah, by educating ourselves everyday. I will try to start doing that next week

Cool...we are waiting.

ironkurtain:

Thanks bro.

Thank Us Your Reader With An Update To Keep Us Glue. .

Seanixking:

Thank Us Your Reader With An Update To Keep Us Glue. .

Working on it bro.....today is sunday so am kind of crazy busy with church activities and things i have to organize at home. Pls bear with me.......i promise to make it worth the wait.

war between grandchildren and grandfather

Oga Ironkurtain whatever you do Nina and her loved ones must not die. Do anything with the Sosai and the damned enemies but don't touch Nina. Av a nice Sunday.

Permit me again iron. You should use has for singular eg she (Nina)has lost a lot of blood, and have for many(plural), they( Eric and Alex) have a part to play in keeping Nina. Safe. And also take your time to write and reread cos sometimes, some words are usually mising . but we read it anyway and assume the omitted word. Still following.

[right]Permit me again iron. You should use has for singular eg she (Nina)has lost a lot of blood, and have for many(plural), they( Eric and Alex) have a part to play in keeping Nina. Safe. And also take your time to write and reread cos sometimes, some words are usually mising . but we read it anyway and assume the omitted word. Still following.

What a wonderful update and now you are about to unleash the dragon against the solar and my money it's on Eric.

Thanks man for the update and looking forward to more update

kelsmic:
Permit me again iron. You should use has for singular eg she (Nina)has lost a lot of blood, and have for many(plural), they( Eric and Alex) have a part to play in keeping Nina. Safe. And also take your time to write and reread cos sometimes, some words are usually mising . but we read it anyway and assume the omitted word. Still following.

Thanks once again.......most of the time i am typing while at work.....so i am always on a constant look out for my boss. Sometimes i get confused on which sentence to use 'has' or 'have'.....and end up using the one that sounds "good" to me. Anyway thanks altogether.

please let all d readers encourage the OP by dishing out likes or share it goes a long way atleast 4 courtesy sake.