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Despised: Soon-To-Be-A-Billionaire's Dark Revenge Chapter 17 MARIA'S CRY
We drove toward Ketu, took the bridge and turned toward Apapa expressway. We drove in silence, everyone, I was sure, was thinking about what we were about to do. The road was half empty by this time and Tolu stepped on the gas pedal and the car blasted toward Maryland. We took a left turn from the expressway and went over the Oshodi Bridge, and zoomed toward the airport.We reached Murtala Mohammed International Airport gates by 12:04 noon. Eric paid the toll and we drove in. We drove into the parking space and cruised around the lines of parked cars until we found a space at the extreme end of the park and Tolu brought the car to rest between the two white lines drawn on the floor. We sat for another minute in silence, hearing the humming and shrill of plane engines and the intermittent muffled loud speaker sounds associated with airports.Maria rummaged through the big bag on her lap and brought out a powder case, opened it and dapped at the surface with the brown handkerchief in he
Despised: Soon-To-Be-A-Billionaire's Dark Revenge Chapter 18 INSIDE THE AIRPORT
By three thirty P.M, we succumbed to Maria’s cry for food. Eric walked to the boot and picked out three bottles of Fanta and three Gala sausages. He entered the car, dumping the drinks and the sausages on Tolu’s lap. He closed the door and picked a sausage and a bottle of Fanta and stretched them to Tolu. Tolu took them, a sly look covering his eyes. Eric picked the second sausage and the drink and handed them over to me with a deliberate, easy movement. I took the bottle and the sausage and glanced at Maria. Her eyes stretched wide in an expression of wonder.‘I thought ladies are supposed to be first?’ she asked.Eric turned to her. ‘If you make another sound, you will not eat. Do you understand?’Maria glared at him. Eric held the bottle of Fanta in one hand and the sausage in the other. ‘I dare you to make another sound.’Maria said nothing and Eric remained with the drink and the sausage in his hands—just out of her reach. Several seconds crawled by before his hands moved forward
Despised: Soon-To-Be-A-Billionaire's Dark Revenge Chapter 19 MEETING MR. POTTER
I checked my phone and the time was four forty-two.Where is Eric and Tolu? I thought. Has the target arrived? Or has he changed his mind about coming? Did he turn around and scam us?I stared across the road dividing the parking lot and the route leading into the airport. People moved in droves, like migrating ants, but Eric and Tolu weren’t among them. Maria stood beside me, disturbing her phone and glancing across the road occasionally. She looked as unperturbed as a fed lioness walking among zebras.Four mobile policemen stood beside an armored vehicle parked adjacent to our position and they stood with their guns at the ready. If anything goes wrong, I don’t see how we will be able to escape from them. I returned my eyes to the airport’s entrance and tried to keep them at the back of my mind.What’s keeping them? I thought again. It’s five P.M. They have stayed for an hour; has something gone wrong?‘What’s keeping them so long?’ I said out loud. ‘Do you think everything is okay?
Despised: Soon-To-Be-A-Billionaire's Dark Revenge Chapter 20 THE POLICE CHECKPOINT
We got stuck in traffic at Oshodi. The yellow buses ran everywhere, picking and dropping passengers like a rural Indian train. Tolu blasted the horn all the way through the crawling traffic, vainly trying to keep the notorious buses from crossing our path. At last, we crossed the Oshodi Bridge, and Tolu let the horn to rest. I looked back at the trio sitting in the back seat and that was when I heard the soft snore. I looked from Maria to the others and then my eyes returned to Mr. Potter’s face; his eyes were shut and his mouth hung opened.I looked at Eric.He shrugged. ‘He fell asleep.’‘Is he okay?’ Tolu asked. ‘Why is he sleeping like a bad palm oil?’‘Maybe he is tired,’ Maria said. ‘Allow him to get some rest.’‘I don’t think he is well,’ Tolu said. ‘I hope he won’t die on us.’‘He is not dying on us,’ Maria said, the anger very clear in her voice. ‘He will not die. Nobody is dying until I collect my portion—’‘Let him sleep!’ Eric shouted. He turned his face to Maria. ‘Let’s t
Despised: Soon-To-Be-A-Billionaire's Dark Revenge Chapter 21 ARMED ROBBERS
‘Tolu, stop,’ Maria shouted. ‘I want to ease myself; I can’t hold it anymore.’ God, I thought. She has no shame whatsoever. I bet she can tell one how her mother conceived if one will care to listen. Tolu slowed down the car. ‘Don’t stop here,’ Eric said. ‘Get close to a settlement. This road is dangerous in the night.’ Tolu accelerated the car. ‘Maria, hold it for a minute.’ ‘I am a woman,’ Maria protested. ‘When it’s time, it’s time. Did you see me go to the ladies’ since we left the house?’ ‘Keep going,’ Eric barked. ‘I would rather she wets the seat than be robbed on this road.’ Maria turned and faced Eric. I couldn’t see her face, but I could imagine what lay under the stare. She turned her face to the windscreen, propping her thick thighs together. I felt the car slowing down and I raised my head to look through the windscreen. I saw a flood of bulbs shining up ahead, lightening a settlement. Tolu decelerated some more and stopped a few meters away to the first building.
Despised: Soon-To-Be-A-Billionaire's Dark Revenge Chapter 22 LOSING HOPE
The hoarse voice over me dragged me back to consciousness. It was loud and gritty, like the voice of an auctioneer who knew he would be going home with a handsome commission. I opened my eyes and found the face with the hoarse voice close to mine. The smell of gin strong and fresh rose from his breath. I heard other voices at the background, and they sounded far and incoherent—surreal. My back felt cold, and I realized was lying on the ground. I shut my eyes and held my breath.'This one is almost dead,' the voice thundered over me and the smell of gin got stronger. He shoved my legs apart with the thick shoe he wore, and then he went through my pockets, shoving his hand into and out fast, like a pickpocket working in a hurry. 'There is nothing on him apart from this old phone. Selling it could buy five packs of B and H.'He stood up from me, taking away the alcoholic breath with him, and I took a deep breath. The sound of his shoes grew faint, and I opened my eyes slowly. It was a m
Despised: Soon-To-Be-A-Billionaire's Dark Revenge Chapter 23 DISCOURAGED
We got to Lagos in the early hours of the morning. The car started after hours of tinkering and fixing and stopped after every few kilometers for the leaking radiator to be filled with water. We used the water meant for the kidnapping operation to cool the car and by the time we got to Berger, the sun had announced it was coming. Tolu drove and I sat with him in the front, and we had the responsibility of keeping the radiator filled. Maria sat with Eric in the back, and they sat like strangers in a taxi. Eric stared through the window; his face drawn up like the face of a chronic alcoholic. He stopped sobbing about five minutes after he started, but he had kept to himself and had not spoken a word to any of us since then.Now I looked to the back; Maria had lost the battle to the sleep that had chased after her since the car started moving. She snored quietly, thank God, and her head leaned against the window. I turned my eyes on Tolu; the side of his face was swollen, and cake of bl
Despised: Soon-To-Be-A-Billionaire's Dark Revenge Chapter 24 MY MOM AGAIN!
My phone shrieked at about four that evening and forced me out of sleep. I woke up with a headache that was twice what I felt the previous day after the accident. I groped around for the phone, with each movement sending waves of pain in my head. ‘Turn that thing off,’ Maria cried from the settee. She turned her body and faced the inner part of the settee. Her huge buttocks faced me, and I quickly minded my business and took my eyes away. I found the phone hiding under the edge of the mattress and looked at the screen, wondering and hating who was calling. It was my mom.I sighed and closed my eyes, feeling the weight of ten bags of cement on my chest. I didn’t want to talk to anyone—anyone except Talatu. ‘Hello, mom,’ I said into the phone. ‘Paul,’ she yelled. I heard the anxiety in her voice and knew the conversation will be difficult. ‘What happened to you? I have been calling since yesterday. What happened to your phone? Are you having issue with the battery again?’‘No, mom
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Chapter 124 TALATU'S ENDGAME
“Someone is asking for you,” Mrs. James said, an hour after we came back from the restaurant. We came back for Esther to pack her things so we can go to the hotel. “She has two police officers with her,” Mrs. James added. “That must be Talatu,” I said. “What does she want?” Esther and she got up and walked out of the house. I ran after her, holding her hand. Mr. and Mrs. James came after us. I wondered where Dorathy was, because I knew would have taken over the fight. We found Talatu standing between the two policemen and behind them stood a police Jeep. They came prepared, I thought. They came to arrest me. But for what?” I looked at Talatu and saw that her eyes were bigger than they originally were. She was staring at Esther as if she had seen an alligator’s ghost. “What’s going on Talatu?” I asked. “Why are you here?” Talatu kept staring at Esther as if I had not spoken. I turned to the officers. “Sir, why are you here?” I asked. “She said you assaulted her,” the officer
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Chapter 123 A SURPRISE!
There was no one in the living room. I heard voices outside, and I looked through the window. I cleaned my eyes, wondering if I was seeing right. Mom and Jasper were standing in front of the house. Esther and her father and mom also stood beside them.“What's mom doing here?” I asked.Then I saw the G-Wagon coming.“I thought I told Isaac to wait for my call before he would come?” I said.The car stopped in the parking space and then Isaac came out of the car and then a man came out from the passenger seat. He was carrying what looked like a bible in his handIsaac opened the back of the car and brought out a black suit. He hung it behind his back and walked toward the house with the man with the Bible following him.“What’s going on?” I asked.“You don’t know?” Dorathy asked.She stood behind me, also peering through the window.“Know what?”She looked at me and smiled. “Come outside and find out,” she said and walked out of the room.I wore my shoes and walked into the toilet. I cam
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Chapter 122 DREAM LAND
I walked back into the house and found Esther sitting on a large mattress, waiting for me. I noticed another mattress to my right, and I knew without a doubt that sleeping together wasn’t encouraged.“Where is everybody?” I asked, whispering.“They have gone to bed,” Esther said. “There food; what do you want to eat?”“It’s late. I will eat tomorrow.”“You are not hungry?”“I am; but if I eat now, I would have constipation,” I said. “I will just wait for breakfast.”She tapped the bed she was sitting on. “Come and sit,” she said.“Not come and lie down?”She smiled.“You know mom and dad won’t approve that. But soon everything would be fine.”“Is that right? Everything would be alright?”“Yeah” she said and smiled.I sat down beside her and held her hand. My heart was biting so fast I thought I might faint.“We have to talk,” she said. “That’s why I asked you to stay over. I don’t like the way things are going and I am afraid.”“You are safe now—”“I am not talking about that. I am ta
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Chapter 121 HOME AT LAST
I took Esther to her house at about quarter pass midnight. Esther had spoken to all the members of the family after I called and told them we were on the way. They were ecstatic and they kept asking if Esther was really with us.The road was rough, but I was driving a G-Wagon. I sped like I was coming out of hell, and since the traffic was light at that time of the right, I tested the car to see what made it thick.“I have to leave,” I said. “I have my driver in the car. I will drop him and head home.”Mr. James extended his hand and held my shoulder. “I can’t tell you how much we are grateful to you. I can’t thank you enough. Thank you for bringing our daughter back.”Mrs. James held my other hand. “We are grateful,” she and squeezed my hand. “You can come to our house anytime you want.”“Does that mean he can marry Esther?” Dorothy asked.“We will see what happened,” Mr. James said. “It’s no longer in my hands though.” He looked at Esther. “She has the final decision. We would just
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Chapter 120 THE LAST BATTLE
“Let me go back,” Isaac said. “I will find the key and return immediately.”“No; I have to come with you. You can’t go there alone. What if they wake up and you find three of them? what are you going to do?”He brough out the gun. “I have this; I will make sure none of them lives to tell what happened to them if they attack me.”“All the same,” I said. “I will still go with you. We have to do this together.” I turned to Esther. “Please, wait in the car. We will come back soon.”“I want to come with you,” Esther said. “I don’t want them to come and meet me alone. I want to come with you.”“You are safer here,” I said. “Lock yourself in the car and then you will be safe. We will come back now. I promise you we will be back soon.”She looked at me doubtfully.“I promise,” I said again. “Just wait in the car. No one would be able to get to you.”“Okay,” she said, and she walked back to the car. She looked lean and tired. She sat in the car and closed the door.“Let’s go,” I said to Isaac
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Chapter 119 BULLETS FLYING
I heard the footsteps at the door and knew that they were backs.Time to face the music, I thought. Maybe I should offer him more money. But I knew within my heart that Dangin will just collect the money and still kill me. I decided against the idea. But the thought of dying and leaving my money behind was one thought that I didn’t like at all.The footstep stops, as if waiting for the other man to come along.“What are you waiting for?” Dangin asked, his voice loud and angry.I heard the steps coming in our direction.“What are you guys waiting for?” Dangin asked. “Let’s finish what we are doing and get out of this place.”The door creaked opened, slowly.“Hurry up,” Dangin said and pointed the torchlight on my face.One of the men came into the room and tiptoed toward Dangin who was backing the door and facing me.I took in a deep breath and then I saw Dangin eyes widened. He reached for the pistol by his side, but Isaac was already upon him.I heard a punch, a hard punch, and I hea
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Chapter 118 CAUGHT IN DANGIN'S HANDS
They dragged me with my hands and legs bound into a dark room, and they quickly closed the door behind us. Then they searched me and removed the packet of dollars I had kept in my pocket as soon as I had come into the dark corridor. “I found the money, boss,” one of the men who dragged into the room said. I heard footsteps coming toward us. “It is complete?” Dangin asked. “I don’t know,” the person said. “It better be,” Dangin said. “Or I will kill him.” “Relax,” I said. “It’s complete. Everything you asked for its in there.” “Relax?” Dangin asked. “Who are you to tell a police officer to relax? Who do you think you are?” “See,” I said. “You have gotten your money. Just let me and Esther go. I don’t want any trouble. You asked for money and I have given it to you; what else do you want?” Dangin laughed. “So, you thought I was going to let you go after giving me the money? Was that what you were thinking? I am sorry, that’s not possible. Remember you cut off one of my toes, and
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Chapter 117 FINDING ESTHER!
We waited for two more hours and by that time evening had come. No other call came and I was beginning to wonder if I had heard the instruction right. Isaac dropped from the car and bought some sausages and bottles of Coke for us and that was the food we eat for that day.At about six in the evening, another call came.“Take the route to Government College,” Dangin said. “Go to the gate and wait for further instructions. Remember, no police or she dies.”“I don’t know where the college is,” I said.“There is a man coming toward your car with a white shirt. Come down from the car and ask him.”I looked to the front but there was no one with a white shirt coming. I turned around, looking at my back.A man with a white shirt was coming toward the car. I came down from the car and waited for him.Isaac opened to the door,“Just stay inside,” I said. “There are watching us. I don’t know where they are, but they are watching.”Isaac closed the door and I waited for the man to reach the car.
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Chapter 116 THE DELIVERY
This was my chance to make things go my way. I was sure Esther’s parents were disappointed with the way Kennedy reacted to the rescuing effort I was putting in place to bring back Esther. He could he love her and not go to rescue her; I know that’s what would be on their minds.So, if I am able to rescue her without any incident, and without them knowing she was kidnapped because of me, then I will be the hero and they may give me their blessings to marry their daughter.The thing about life, I thought, is that people are ready to forgive your evil if you turn out to be do more than they expected. And I will do more than expected. I will not only rescue their daughter; I will marry her.I got the dollars that evening and then I came back to the house with Isaac by my side. I looked around but Kennedy was not there.I asked Dorothy where he was and she told me that he was going back to the UK.“Coward,” she added. “And he said he loved my sister.”I chuckled. “He never thought he would
