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weneva i read d update, my heart always beat faster 4 tarasha, tnx 4 d update

Ride on oyinprince, ade feel u!

Missmossy:
Ghen ghen this is just the beginning. Really captivating. Kudos Oyinprince.

surely u must be an urhobo girl.

bummybummy:
weneva i read d update, my heart always beat faster 4 tarasha, tnx 4 d update

Don't let your heart beat faster cos her time to go down has not come, she's still on the rise, when the time for her fall comes you will know.

ESIXLOVE:
Don't let your heart beat faster cos her time to go down has not come, she's still on the rise, when the time for her fall comes you will know.

Esixlove, my man! How far? Have not heard from you in a long while.

Takin u ages to update ugh?it's gettin boring

Khudus:
Takin u ages to update ugh?it's gettin boring

Can you write?

Nt all commentator can play futbal....does dat forbid them frm criticize?

Khudus:
Nt all commentator can play futbal....does dat forbid them frm criticize?

Footballers get paid you know .

Oyin...... Oyin..... plz don't do this to me before I'll start dreaming about my Tarasha...... I know it's not easy writing sometimes,we are still waiting.........

I'm just loving diz story more and more but I fear for tarasha. thank you Oyin, may God enrich ur reasoning

[color=#990000][/color]Weldon oyin....have been a ghost reader for long time...I jues have to come out of ma shell....u doing a great job man....buh don't starve us with updates

Tarasha - Chapter 11 pt 12

Tarasha's brain began to work fast, she started considering their chances of leaving that place without being caught and the options they had. Engaging the six new policemen in fight would be a waste of time because that would only create more time for more security officials to come.

She then remembered Audu, she didn't see him return to the security department by the stairs, he just disappeared mysteriously at her back in the computer room. That means that he had returned through another route, perhaps a secret escape.

She walked to the female security official's body laying lifeless on the floor and examined it. In few seconds, she began to pull off the uniform on the body. Benny stared for some seconds before he understood what was happening. He joined her and selected a dead security man whose body was almost same size and height as his.

'They're on their way up' Cole's voice sounded in both Tarasha and Benny's ears. Tarasha took a quick glance at Benny and gave him a signal. She had already taken off the lady's top and was halfway with the trousers.

Tarasha got up hanging the uniform's top on neck. She dragged the lifeless body with her and entered into the camera's security room again where she fought with Audu. Benny followed her immediately and they locked the door behind them.

In few seconds, Tarasha was already changing into the security uniform. She still had the new gown around her neck and the old one in a nylon with her.

'Hurry' Cole voice came through again. Tarasha could hear sounds coming from outside the room, the security officials were already there. She quickly began to put on the trousers while Benny was still struggling with the shirt. The sleeve of the top was longer than Tarasha's hand but she rolled it neatly after putting on the trousers which was slightly oversized.

A violent knock sounded on the door. Benny was putting on his trousers already. Tarasha began to look around the room, she remembered that Audu had come out from behind a shelf. She walked towards the shelf to examine it.

The officers outside began to attempt opening the door with force.

**Outside the door**

Ken stood alert with his gun raised above his shoulders as a junior officer tried to open the door with kicks.

'That's a waste of time, the door is well secured' the security man said to the police officers. He got up from his knees where he was scrutinising the dead bodies of his colleagues and proceeded towards the door. He touched the knob and tried to open it but it was stiff. He shifted back and aimed at the knob with his gun. Three shots and the door gave way

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Henry began to search for the car in the park. He couldn't remember the exact spot it was parked, so he attempted asking the security officials but they were too busy looking out for the criminal and trying to control the crowd's rush to answer him.

The only option left for him was to leave the venue without a car like so many people were doing but he couldn't stop worrying about Evelyn. He couldn't leave without her, at least he had to see her driver first to know if the driver had any information about her whereabouts. He removed his phone and dialed Evelyn's phone number again. It was busy. That was the reply he had been getting for several times he had tried.

'Get away, you fool!' Someone who was rushing out cursed loudly as his phone dropped on collision with Henry, he didn't bother to stop and pick it up. That's when he suddenly remembered something, he had a smaller phone which he dropped in the car, he could track the number to know where the car was.

'Please, you have to exit the venue right now' an official accosted him.

'I'm sorry, I can't leave, my girlfriend is still here' Henry replied, feeling surprised with himself that he had called Evelyn bus girlfriend.

'Just go out, she may be outside waiting for you' the man said and began to push him forward, threatening him with a rod in his hand.

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**Port Harcourt, Rivers State **

Dakolo drove his CRV Jeep into his compound after several days of absence. He was too fatigued to even respond to the gate man's welcome greeting. He turned off the engine and released his seat belt. He took another deep breath before opening the door. His kids and wife were already rushing out of the house to welcome him. He quickly to turned to the back seat and picked up a nylon bag. He didn't forget to buy biscuits for his kids this time and a gift for his wife despite his tiredness.

'Hey Young man' his little boy ran into his legs as he stepped out of the car. He picked the boy up gave him a peck before  taking out is brief case from  car. His second and third boys hugged him one after the other and took the brief case and nylon bag from their father. Dakolo dropped the little boy and left him to run back into the house with his elder brothers. He was left outside alone with his wife.

The smile on her face made him smile too, he had missed her so much. Just too weeks in Lagos and it looked like they had been away from each other for years. They engaged each other in a deep embrace and afterwards a long kiss before saying anything to themselves.

'I've missed you so much' she said after they broke away from the kiss.

'I missed you too' he replied and held her hand, they began to walk into the house slowly. She rested her arm on his shoulder. He knew what she was asking for and immediately lifted her up into his arms and carried her all the way to the living room.

He dropped her on his laps as he sat on the three seater sofa beside his briefcase. The maid, Lydia greeted before taking the kids into their room. The couple engaged each other in another long kiss before speaking again.

'So, how was your trip' Angela finally asked, looking into her husband's eyes.

'Great' Dakolo replied, avoiding her eyes.

'How did it go?' Angela got up from his laps and sat beside him. The maid returned with a glass of water for Dakolo.

'Still on the matter... No lead suspect or new discoveries yet. Samantha Osman seems to have no one related to her in this country. No blood relation, no friends, no acquittances' he replied before taking the glass of water from the stool. He gulped it down immediately.

'That serious o' Angela hissed. 'So you guys did not make any progress?' She asked another question, starting intently into her husband's eyes.

He still avoided her gaze for some reasons, he had some news to give her which she might not like. 'Not really, the criminal is a damn professional' he replied, biting his lips after.

'Shhh...' Angela hushed him, glancing around the sitting room. 'You shouldn't use such words around, the kids might pick them up'

Dakolo gave a short hiss. 'Yeah, sorry about that, it's just frustrating' he said and bent down to start taking off his shoes.

'Well, we'll talk more later' the wife said, getting up from the seat. 'Let me make sure your food is served first and prepare your water for bath' she began to walk away.

'Angela' Dakolo called softly.

She turned back and stared at him without saying any word in reply. He had just taken off the shoe from his left leg and he stopped.

'Come sit down' he said, motioning her to return to the space beside him.

'Yes' she said as she sat beside him. He turned to face her and held her two hands, both staring into each other's eyes.

'I...' Dakolo tried to begin but was short of words. He turned back to his briefcase and opened it. He took out a folded A4 paper from it and gave to her. It was a letter, a letter of transfer to Abuja.

She kept glancing at his face occasionally as she read it. The transfer wasn't really the problem, the problem was that they won't be able to stay with each other for the next five months. How? They would have moved together but for the kids who were still in the second term of the school session. The education system in the country no longer allowed for admission if new pupils into schools after the first term, it only allowed for admission at the beginning of a new session. That means Angela had to wait with the kids for five months until the session ends. They had never stayed that long apart from each other.

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**Ikeja, Lagos**

Chief Gab sat quietly in his living room, his back well rested on the couch's  back pillow and his legs on a short stool as he busied himself reading articles about politics from Nairaland site on his tablet device.

It had been about two weeks since Tarasha and her crew had left for Abuja to execute his work and he had only heard from her once. She only called him to request for money to buy some necessary things, she didn't even update him on the progress of the job. But he was sure she would do the execution perfectly so he didn't bother much about it.

'Happy birthday to Chief Jubril Lawal' he mumbled to himself as returned to the front-page of the Nairaland.com site, the thread topic was at the seventh position. He hissed and was about to close the browser tab but out of boredom, he scrolled up to see if he had read all political topics on the main page.

'Pictures from Jubril Lawal's ongoing birthday party' he read the topic on the second position and hissed. Why was his enemy's news making the headlines today? He hissed. He promised himself again not to read any news that talks about Jubril or any of his enemies.

He scrolled further and saw the time on displayed on the site, he realized that It was over an hour ago since he loaded the front-page. He clicked on the refresh button to check for newer updates on the site.

It reloaded, the first thing his eyes met surprised him. He wiped his face with his hands and checked again. 'Jubril Lawal Dead - Unconfirmed' was the new headline on the front-page. Gab quickly clicked on the link to read the news.

There was nothing long to read but there was a screenshot to back up the claim. "The minister of information just tweeted this now, we hope he's not talking about Chief Jubril" the details read and the screenshot displayed under it. It was a tweet from the minister of information who was also a guest at the birthday party. It read, "Something drastic needs to be done about these recent assassinations in our country, how can a former minister of defence be murdered confidently with all the security officials present?"

The source beneath the post was a link to Linda Ikeji's blog.

His phone began to ring as he started scrolling down to read comments. He stood to pick it from the centre table where it was and returned to his seat before answering the call.

'Chief Gab' Chief Nonso's voice rang in happily like someone who had just been awarded a trillion dollar contract.

'Yes, Chief Nonso. Good evening, I hope you didn't forget anything in my house?' Chief Gab replied.

'Noo, not that' Chief Nonso continued, 'haven't you heard the breaking news?'

'What breaking news?' Gab feigned ignorance.

'Jubril Lawal was killed today during his birthday party by an unknown assassin'

'Oh! Unknown assassin? During his party? Has he been confirmed dead?' Gab expressed his doubts.

'Yes, the news was sent via text message through my subscription to Linda Ikeji's blog and I just confirmed from someone who stays around the event centre where there party took place' Chief Nonso answered.

'Well, if it's true, then it's good news for us. We need to celebrate' Chief Gab excitedly.

'Yes, good news. I'm sure it would be all over the news by tomorrow. Let's just wait and see'

'Yes, sure. Thank you Chief Nonso' Chief Gab said and ended the call. He glanced at the phone's screen, he had four unread notifications. He swiped down to check. There was a message from Tarasha sent three hours ago. 'Job would be completed tonight, prepare the extra allowance for my employees' he smiled as he read to himself.

He closed the messages and opened the dialpad to quickly dial her number but it was connecting, same way it had been since she left for the operation, he had never been able to reach her, she only reached him when she wanted. All the same, he felt joy in his heart and he returned quietly to his former resting position.

...to be continued

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Oyinprince has nailed it again! Buh i fear for tarasha o!
I have a nagging feeling dah d end of tarasha is near cos an assassin must not fall in love but she is!

Rideon oyinprince, ure doing great!

nice update. Oyinprince i think u're the main BOSS

Nice job, prince

Nice one

oyinprince u are d bomb kudos!!

Tarasha's downfall is jst around the corner. Shes already making silly mistakes. Her fingerprints wld b all over d place; shes having feelings for Henry; henry's phn is in her ride and Henry is one heck of guruHarker. Mayb Henry s d odourless bait 2 catch her. (jst my thought though). Oyinprince, kudos 2 ur wide thinking into d future, maybe 9ja still got hope. Gudluck bro.

Yes. I finally caught up with you. Nice story so far. Ride on bro. You are a genius.

Tarasha - Chapter 11 pt 13

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The officers moved in one after the other carefully, welcomed into the cameras control room by three different dead bodies. Two half unclad ones and a fully clothed one. One of them bent to examine the bodies while the others spread around the room with their guns raised high in readiness for any attack.

Ken carefully examined the lady's body, the bullet hole in her forehead. She must have been shot by a professional because the hole was drilled right in the middle of the forehead and she had no other wound in any part of her body. It wasn't a close distance shot, he noticed as he observed the head with his gloved hands. He stared at the rest of the body, it was only clad in underwear, someone must have taken off the clothes. The male dead body beside her too was only clad in briefs, only the third, which was a man's body was fully clothed.

'These are our staffs, they work in this department' the security man pointing to the two half unclad bodies knelt beside Ken to explain. 'The other man is an external official'

'But I think I heard some noises where before we came in' Ken said, getting up to look around.

'I heard it too, it sounded like there were some movements' the security man joined, getting up too.

The other four men paused to listen, all standing alert with their guns. Ken continued to pace around checking behind and under each computer system.

'There is a secret exit in this room, only the senior security staffs and those who work here knows the place' The security man said as he picked a book from the shelf. He opened it and flipped. 'It should be here in the navigation map'

Ken joined him as they checked through the book together and discovered the secret route behind the shelf.

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Tarasha used her phone's flashlight to brighten up the way as they rushed down the stairs of the dark escape route. The door was fastened behind by a simple metal lock which easily gave way.

A policeman almost bumped into Tarasha as she walked out of the escape.  'Sorry, did you guys see anything yet?' The unsuspecting officer asked.

'No' Tarasha answered briefly.

'You saw anything?' The policeman stopped and directed the question to Benny again, breathing heavily and wiping sweat off his face.

Tarasha moved forward, and pressed the Bluetooth device against her ear to reduce the noise entering as she called Cole's name softly. There was no response, Cole must have disconnected. Tarasha gave up trying after several attempts.

From the look of things, they had come out to left side of the events centre, just few centimetres to the backyard. She moved backwards to check, she could see the cleaners and chefs hurriedly packing up things. She saw a staff toilet there too. She took a quick look into the nylon bag in her hand, her cloth was still there; she heaved a sigh of relief.

'Hey' Tarasha gestured at Benny, 'let's check the toilet'. Benny quickly used the opportunity to escape from the policeman and followed Tarasha.

'Hey' a familiar voice called to them from the back. It was Cole, dressed in a police  uniform. Tarasha and Benny turned back and headed straight towards him. The officer who had accosted them at the escape entrance looked at Cole in suspicion.

'We gotta leave quickly, you guys should enter through the back' Cole quickly whispered to them, pointing at a Ambulance parked far away at the front. A nurse was opening the back door to the part meant for patients.

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It was five minutes to ten when Henry got to his personal apartment. He had chosen it instead of the cameras security commission quarters because of it's closeness to the event centre from where he escaped from.

The effect of the tear gas that has been dispelled by the police outside the event centre did not allow him wait outside the compound. He hurriedly left the environment and joined a cab which was going in direction of his home.

Henry didn't like the smell that welcomed him into guys living room, not that it was bad, but it made it obvious that no one had been in the house for days. He switched on the bulb and searched for his airfreshener, he quickly sprayed it before turning on the air conditioner. He finally sat down and took out his phone. His first move was to track his smaller phone to know the location of the Range rover in which he and Evelyn was driven to the event. But on a second thought, he opened the dial pad first and dialed Evelyn's phone number again. This time, it rang.

'Evelyn' Henry called anxiously as the call was answered.

'Henry' she called back, softly.

'Where are you? Are you safe?' Henry asked, happy that he finally heard her voice.

'I'm fine, what about you?'

'Fine too, I was worried about you'

'I'm safe, thanks'

Henry heaved a sigh of relief before he continued. 'Where are you now?'

'I don't really know this place but I'm in good hands'

'Just wait there, I'll come pick you up'

'No need, don't bother' She rejected with a strong tone.

'Evelyn' Henry called softly, in surprise of her refusal. 'I'm coming to get you' he insisted with a stronger tone. The line went off.

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Tarasha ended the call and switched off the phone immediately. She was seated on a chair opposite Benny who was seated on the patients bed.

Tarasha took off the back cover of the phone and then took out the sim card. She destroyed the sim card by scratching the surface, then she broke it into two and dropped it on the floor.

Cole who was now putting on a lab coth over his police uniform was smiling and stealing glances at his boss through the front mirror as he drove with Aisha seated by his side, dressed in a nurse's uniform. The operation had been the most exciting for Cole and he felt fulfilled.

Working according to his plan with the boss two days before the main day, he had driven out the Range rover after the security man had accosted him in the park and returned the car to where it was rented from. After that, he went to hire the ambulance and lab coth from the gang he had contacted the day before. Their choice of an ambulance was for the reason that they could easily escape with it and also disobey traffic signals.

They've had a successful operation, everyone had played their parts excellently and the team had come out victoriously. But something was wrong with the look on the Boss's face, Cole observed.

'Boss' Cole called, knocking the transparent glass in the middle of the partition.

Tarasha did not speak but stare at him. The look on her face had the message for him to say what he wanted to.

'Did we miss out anything?' Cole asked, taking another quick glance at her.

'No' Tarasha replied briefly. 'We did well' she added when Cole continued to look at her for more explanation. She continued with fixing back her phone.

'Okay, you don't look like you think we did well' Cole continued.

'True' Benny joined in the conversation. 'I wanted to say...'

Tarasha looked up with a frown. A frown which warned Benny not to speak further, he refrained quickly.

'You wanted to say?' Cole who didn't see the frown continued.

'Would you shut the hell up and face the road' Tarasha slammed at him.

A deep silence enveloped the vehicle as a strange kind of tension gripped their hearts.

Even Tarasha herself could not understand. What kept coming to her mind was Henry. The kisses which were supposed to be a part of her job and long forgotten immediately after the operation began to play back into her mind the moment they left the premises of the operation. Her several attempts to wave off the thoughts proved futile and the pictures kept coming back to her head, stronger and clearer.

In her mind, she could see him again, standing speechless in front of his room as she turned to face him. His face shine brightly like the sun, emanating a kind of glow that brought a strange smile to her lips.

He fed his eyes on her body and then paused to stare into her yes, the flame in his eyes was strange to her, revealing a kind of passion she had not seen for a long period of time. What it was, she couldn't still explain. Then, he moved closer to her and mumbled some words. He placed his hand around her waist and continued to stare into her eyes. She placed her hands on his shoulder, returning his stare. Their lips met. She broke away shortly, the mission was not yet accomplished then, she couldn't let the strange passion consume her.

The mind drifted to their journey to the events centre, in the Range rover. The silence. How Henry was trying to avoid speaking with her. How his body shook when she rested a hand on his knee. He tried to explain but she covered his mouth with hers. Her hormones rushed through her body as she felt the soft touch of his lips again.

'Boss, Boss...' Cole broke into her thoughts, knocking and looking through the partition window. 'What's next?'

'Huh?' Tarasha's body vibrated, feeling embarrassed as all eyes were on her. The bus had been stopped right in the compound of their initial lodge when they landed in Abuja and they were asking her a question which she didn't hear because she was lost in thoughts.

'Boss, you said we're not going to stay here tonight, that we'll only get here to pick something' Cole said.

Tarasha who was still lost eyed both Benny and Cole who were staring at her wickedly and hissed. She didn't know what to say or do as she couldn't remember again her earlier plan.

'Who said we're not staying here tonight? 'She said with an intimidating voice as she opened the backdoor and dropped off the bus.

Benny was staring at her strangely as he stepped out too. He didn't understand what was going on.

'We are staying here for tonight' Tarasha said and walked straight towards the house. Now she was wishing that moment she had with Benny never ended. She wished she could go back to play the Evelyn role again but the mission was over, she had to return to her default assassin settings.

Aisha who had been silent all through the journey stepped out from the front seat and followed immediately after the boss to open the door because she had the keys with her.

Cole stepped out after switching off the inner lights of the vehicle. He was smiling as he joined Benny at the back of the ambulance. Benny gave him a cold stare. 'What? Why are you laughing? Do you know what's wrong with the boss?'

'Yes, I think I do' Cole whispered back. 'She feeling sad because she's going to miss someone here in Abuja'

'Going to miss someone in Abuja? Who?'

'Someone I saw her kissing passionately today' Cole replied, taking off his doctor's coth.

'Oh!' Benny's eyes since brightly in the dark, his interest arising more. 'Who was that?'

'Never mind' Cole managed to say while he flung away the coth. He dipped his hands into his pockets to pick out what was there. 'We will all know when the time comes' he said as he walked away, leaving Benny to stand alone in the dark.

Cole hissed as he brought out an handkerchief and a small Nokia phone from his pocket. The Nokia phone he picked from the backseat of the Range rover before returning it to the owners.

THE END OF CHAPTER ELEVEN

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Tarasha missing someone?hum! life could be funny.

Oyin,don't let anything happun to tarasha......chief gab is jues too wicked after all d killings tarasha did for him....he is still planing to set a trap for her...

Oyin the prince, u too much. keep it coming God z behind u. BT pls I need ur help o. I missed a page DAT has to do with meeting of tarash, henry nd dare

it took me a week plus to through wit dis film,.
4 me oo,Its just like am watching it live via DVD player.the only diff is dat i no depend on NEPA to read it,.


-KUDOS TO U OYINPRINCE ITS TRULY THRILLER.


OmoOla1

Nice one bro. You are such a good writer.

I think chief Gab and his cohort killed tarasha family. And if she finds out from her long lost brother then there will be a terrible blood bath

Tarasha - Chapter 12 part 1

~~Abuja, Nigeria ~~

11am

The shock and grief that came with the news of Jubril Lawal's assassination was still very fresh in the African atmosphere. The streets were flooded with people rushing the newspaper vendors to get their copies so as update themselves on the latest discoveries surrounding the death.

Journalists also flooded the street to get the farewell speeches from the citizens whose lives have been affected in one way or the other by Jubril Lawal. Everyone had something good to say about Jubril, from his charity works to his service and commitment to the nation's growth, they all had felt his impact in one way or the other. None except for a middle aged man expressed doubts in the man's integrity and commitment. The middle aged man after praising Jubril for his visible works, paused before talking about the likely cause of his death.

'It is possible that the man had an evil secret hidden with some people and they had to come and demand for his life. And it is also possible that the murderers are just enemies of the country and they killed Jubril because he refused to agree with a selfish plan of theirs' the man had said while being interviewed by a journalist from the national TV station.

'I really don't have much to say anymore, all I know is that he was a good man' Mallam Jefa said into the mic with a sad face.

'All right, thanks for speaking with us' the reporter said and left Jefa's presence to face the camera alone.

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Dakolo glanced at the beautiful buildings as they drove through the streets of Abuja. The cab man took his time to tell Dakolo the names of every street and what they did in every magnificent building that they passed by. The cab man was never silent, no wonder he didn't put on the radio in the car, he himself was doing the job of a radio.

'Sir, so why have you come to Abuja? Business? Pleasure? Both? Or none?' The cab man asked as he took a glance at Dakolo seated at the back.

'I'm relocating' Dakolo replied him, enjoying the man's jolly nature.

'Relocating?' The man stared at him. 'What about your family? Where are they?'

'My wife and kids are in port harcourt, they would join me after the school session ends'

'Wow! That's a long time, why didn't you wait for them to finish the session?' The cab man adjusted the front top mirror so that he can see Dakolo's face from there.

'I couldn't wait, I was transferred at my place of work'

'Oh! I see...'

'Yeah. So what about your wife and kids?'

'They're all here in Abuja. My wife runs a mini restaurant and my two kids are in college'

'Good' Dakolo said with a chuckle.

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Jefa turned back to the road, he picked out the piece of paper from his chest pocket again. 'Tara works in Elymax hotel' he read out the words which he had written down after the first day he had the encounter with his younger sister.

Several days had gone by and Jefa had made the decision to meet her and explain things to her. What delayed him was his lack of proof. The Omotara he saw had now developed into a big girl, she looked highly educated too and he believed that she would not just accept his stories if he had nothing to show as proof. Now, he was bringing a picture and a diary with him. A picture which contained the whole family's image as at that time in it. The diary was their mum's. He had taken the diary from his mother's room and hid it behind in his trousers, planning to read it after the celebration of Omotara's birthday that night, but he never had the chance to read it on that day. His parents were killed and he and his remaining younger ones were abducted on the same day. He later found the picture in the middle of the diary on the day he opened it.

He hoped that Omotara would be able to recall by seeing the picture and even the diary, which their mum had always warned them not to touch anytime she brought it out.

Deep down inside, he wished that Omotara would be a person of influence in the country; perhaps an influential lawyer or a friend to one who would be able to fight their cause for them. He was still hungry for revenge, he was tired of seeing the faces of the perpetrators of the evil that was done several years ago to him and his family and several thousands of other Nigerian families and kids, now in government offices parading themselves as saints and nice people.

He waved down a taxi and bent over to look inside. A man was already sitting comfortably at the back. 'Elymax hotel'

'Elymax? That's where we're going to' The taxi man replied, giving him a surprised look.

'May I join you?' Jefa replied indifferently, already trying to open the front door.

'Okay, if you can pay five  thousand naira'

'What? For what? I'll pay you two thousand'

'No, I can't take anything less than three thousand'

'I'll pay you two thousand five' Jefa said and entered into the cab without waiting for a reply.

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~~ Lagos, Nigeria ~~

11am

Laughter filled the room as the two friends joked and chatted happily. Chief Gab was in his casual native wear seated on the sofa in the middle of his large living room while Chief Nonso was seated on the sofa opposite to him, in a more official wear; his black trouser was matched with a black waist coat on a blue shirt.

'You know I've been really thinking of something new' Chief Gab interrupted the laughter, taking a sip of wine from the glass cup in front of him.

'What's that?' Chief Nonso wiped off the tear formed in his eyes as a result of the heavy laughter and paused to listen.

'I'm thinking we are being too harsh in judging some of these people'

Chief Nonso cleared his throat. 'Why do you say so?'

'We could just make Tarasha leave them alive after decapitating them; in a way that they'll be able to see our success after we finish our plans while they are suffering'

'Hmm... That sounds like a good idea' Chief Nonso heaved a sigh and gave Chief Gab a stare. 'Chief' he called calmly.

'Yes' Chief Gab who was busy with his iPad looked up to see the serious look on Chief Nonso's face. He narrowed his gaze as if to ask Chief Nonso what the matter was.

'You've not still told me the reason we have some people on our list. I don't understand why we are punishing some of them yet'

'I think we talked about this before' Chief Gab replied, standing up from his seat. He took the wine bottle and proceeded to the bar to take another wine bottle.

'Yes, Chief Onwuli said before his death that you'll explain to before we begin but when I asked you, you said you'll tell me soon. I'm wondering why the "soon" is not yet here'

Chief Gab walked back to his seat with a bottle of wine, he dropped it on the stool and walked to the flat screen TV to switch it on. He turned back to the sofa and returned to his former seating position without hurrying, not minding Chief Nonso's eyes which was escorting him all about, awaiting his response.

'If we don't take care of these people, they'll come back for us when we rise again' Chief Gab finally said, looking straight in his friend's eyes. Chief Nonso was already getting pissed off.

'Several years ago, Seven of us were involved in a certain illegal businesses. Five of us were politicians. At that time, we were all successful, but we wanted more ; we wanted to lay up riches for our kids, we didn't want them to suffer like we did' Chief Gab paused his story to pour wine from the bottle into the glass cup.

'We were friends; secret friends, nobody knew our association. Four of us were in the ruling party, ADP as at the time we started working together. One was in the strongest opposition party, PCP while the remaining two including the minister of health who was dropped recently were not involved in politics then . Two deflected from the ruling party to the strongest opposition party before the next election on seeing that there were little chances of victory for the ruling party at the polls. The remaining two of us remained faithful to the ruling party. The election year came and we were defeated at the polls. The new government came in and began to investigate corrupt deals of the past government. Although, ours was not really a political crime; meaning it didn't involve stealing or mismanagement of country's fund kept in our trust, the crimes commission began to look into the personal lives of some politicians. This got us scared and the seven of us held an urgent secret meeting, we concluded that we would stop all illegal deals after we concluded the hanging fake drugs consignment and do our best to cover up our track. But unknowingly to I and Onwuli, my friend who was in my party, our counterparts in the new ruling party and the other two non-politicians had other plans. The only one out of the them who didn't agree to their plans was found dead mysteriously several days after the meeting; I didn't know it was connected to our meeting then'

Chief Gab took another pause and took a sip of the wine. He put back the cup on the stool and refilled it. 'Unluckily for me, I was the one in charge of the execution of the last fake drugs consignment. Some of our secret documents were released to the police. The late minister of health was the NAFDAC chairman then, he didn't show me pity at all. Jubril Lawal was the head of the law enforcement agency that handled my case; neither he showed any pity. I  was indicted, found guilty in court and was sentenced to ten years imprisonment for a crime that we all committed. Onwuli and his whole family were murdered when he tried to speak out for me'

Chief Gab paused and stood up, taking the cup of wine with him. 'The last time I went to Onwuli's family grave, I swore that I was going to repay everyone of them even if it was going to take my last breath'

Chief Nonso heaved a deep sigh as he stood up and stared straight at Chief Gab. He now understood why Chief Gab was bent on seeing the death of everyone on the list. Chief Onwuli's family's murder was a very gruesome one. Onwuli was made to see the bodies of each member of his family including the young ones chopped into pieces by the murderers and himself was given a poison that killed him slowly. Onwuli was a saviour to Nonso, being the one who helped Nonso survive a life threatening disease and also brought Nonso's family out of pain and distress.

Chief Nonso let out another deep breath as he remembered the promise he made to Chief Onwuli seconds before the man gave up the ghost. Chief Onwuli had made him promise to stand by his friend, Gabriel in prison and also help him when he comes out. He also made the promise to assist Gabriel in whatever he does to take revenge for Chief Onwuli's death.

'So you see, we are delivering judgement to those who deserves it' Chief Gab added, smacking his lips as he took in another sip.

'None of them deserves to be left alive, they should all die' Nonso said, giving a determined stare at Chief Gab. 'I think we should even increase their pain, make their death as horrible as Chief Onwuli's'

'Yes' Chief Gab agreed. He took another sip from the cup before speaking again. 'And I've been thinking of something else'

'What's that?'

'How to get rid of Tarasha after we finish all the enemies. She seems to be very powerful and fearless, she might become a threat to us in the future'

'So, what's your plan?'

'I don't have any yet. I fear her myself'

Chief Nonso smiled. He gave Chief Gab an awkward look. 'So you mean that with all the wisdom you've used to organise the big men's destruction, you're afraid of a little girl?'

Chief Gab hissed in reply first before thinking deeply on Nonso's statement. He spoke again after a some seconds of horrible silence. 'You're right, no matter how powerful she seems to be, she is a small girl and she does not have the wisdom we have'

'Exactly... She will just fall into a little trap set for her, we only need to be very wise'

... To be continued

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Such a well balanced plot with a beautiful diction. Tarasha is in for it. Kudos Oyinprince.

Hmmmm... I feel Chief Onwuli is Tarasha's father.

i kno it dat Chief Gab z going 2 set a trap 4 Tarasha after using her, op tarasha wil not fall into it