Mr. Wellington had just finished attending a meeting and was on his way to the hotel he was staying. He was being escorted by various security personnel. His phone started to buzz suddenly, he picked the phone up and opened it. “Sarah!” He screamed. Various pictures were sent to his phone by Charlie, the one who kidnapped his daughter. There was also a small message written underneath the message. It read; “we have your daughter, sign the contract with the Lotus group. Don’t be responsible for what might happen to her next.”Mr. Wellington in panic, stopped to dial Sarah’s number. When he saw she wasn’t answering he dialled my number, but I couldn’t answer either. Mr. Wellington’s phone fell to the ground as the security men that were with him drew closer to him, to see if he was alright; "what is going on, my…my daughter.” He said as he was still in shock. Shouting at one of his assistants, he let out; "Hey, you let's prepare to fly back home now!” The assistant ran immediatel
Charlie returned back to where he had Sarah hostage. He was smiling and satisfied; “what is this? What do we have here now? You fall off your seat. Are you trying to escape that hard?” Charlie is amazed by Sarah's zeal to get freed from the chair; “do not worry. In just a matter of time; your father would have given the Lotus group what we want, then I will be out of your way.” Charlie added. "How dare you want to force my dad to get into illegal shit you do here?”“I will never let that happen.” Sarah added. "It is already happening dear; your dad is probably on his way to meet some of The Lotus officials in charge of you know what.” He replied as he winked at her. He helped Sarah adjust the chair and tighten her hands even more; “are you hungry? You must be hungry; I am sure you haven't had breakfast yet. I made pancakes, interested?” Charlie asked as he was about to leave. Pretentiously, Sarah responded; "yes I am very hungry. What did you expect, you guys kidnapped me. You ar
After beating Phillippe till he fell unconscious. I got up and realised we were at the other side of town. I tried to look for my phone and realised that it wasn’t with me; "that bastard must have dropped my phone at Gordon." I needed to reach Trina fast but it wasn’t going to be easy. I tried to see if I could get help back to town, but there was barely any vehicle passing by so I decided to walk down. Trina and pain got to Charlie house; “are you sure he still stays here?” Trina asked Pain. "Yes I am sure. It was just three years ago he left Dark Dragon.” Trina was shocked at the words Pain just let out; “wait this Charlie was in Dark Dragon before Tony lost his memories?” “There’s no time to explain let’s just go in.” Pain said as they both head for the front door. Pain knocked the door out as they both barged in; “Charlie where are you!?” Pain shouted. Charlie came out of the of the kitchen holding the plates of pancakes he was going to give Sarah; "didn’t they teach you t
Charlie cleaned up the mess that Pain and Trina had done. He then received a phone call from the lotus group asking him to come. Charlie went back to the basement where he was keeping Sarah. He saw she had fallen over again. “seriously why are you trying so hard to release yourself. It’s really no use.” He said as he helped her put the chair back up, at the moment the watch had stopped beeping. “I am so sorry that I can’t bring you breakfast again, some unexpected incident happened. The lotus group need me right now.” Charlie said as he left. Sarah was relieved that he didn’t notice the watch. Sarah looked at the watch as she saw that it had stopped beeping.Trina got to my house but John wasn’t there yet. She looked around for the possible place I would have left my house keys. “where is it?” she muttered as she looked round the house and noticed a flower vase hidden at the back of a panel. “it must be here then.” Trina said as she raised up the flower vase. She saw the key undern
Phillippe woke up still feeling the effect of the blow I gave him. He looked around and saw that I was nowhere to be found. He got off staggering as he walked about and saw the mess that had happened. “Oh no, Tony must have escaped. Why can’t you do anything right Phillippe.” Phillippe said, hitting his head. “I have to call Charlie!” he exclaimed as he took his phone to call Charlie. “Hello, Phillippe not now, I am attending to important things right now.” Charlie said as he attempts to cut the call. “This is serious Charlie. We are in big trouble.” Phillippe added. "What are you talking about?” Charlie asked, assuming that Phillippe was just ranting. “Listen, I don’t know how exactly it happened but Tony freed himself.” Phillippe said, trying not to let Charlie know that I beat him up. “What the hell are you saying?” Charlie shouted as he stood up. “I am saying, Tony is no longer here, he escaped.” Phillippe added. "You fool, how could you…” Charlie said as he got up and look
It was now one hour plus and George was very hungry. “Dad, I am hungry!” he exclaimed. “George calm down, you can’t eat now until…” John said as he looked at the clock and saw it was already one hour plus. “oh ok, you can but you need to take a bath first.” John said as he started to help George take off his clothes a picture fell out. John took the picture and looked at it carefully. It was a picture of me and some other dark dragon members. The logo of the Dark Dragon was at the back of the photograph. “Is this…, George, where did you get this picture from?” John asked, wondering where he got it from. “from the house we were in.” George replied. “didn’t I tell you not to pick up things and besides how long had you been awake before that lady found you?” John asked him as he put the photograph in his jeans pocket. “Dad give me back my picture.” George said angrily. “Your picture, it doesn’t belong to you George, we have to return it before the owner finds out it was gone.” John s
That evening Lizzy organised a dinner for some of the investors who were going to be present at the presentation. The admin manager had given her two of their numbers.She took them to a very expensive restaurant in an attempt to bribe them. “good evening sirs.” She said smiling. “to what do we owe this pleasure?” one of them asked. “ok, I will just get straight to business then. Tomorrow morning the both of you alongside some other investors will be coming to our company CELL to pick a presentation.” She paused. “Yes and so?” the other one asked. “I am one of the presenters. My name is Lizzy Paters. I have worked in CELL now for almost 4 years. This makes me the perfect candidate for a promotion of general supervisor, don't you think?” she asked them both.“Well I can’t say. There are many others in the company who have worked in CELL for a very long time and yet are not capable.” One of them replied. “There are two different things. It’s one thing to be capable and it’s another t
Charlie was still at the warehouse and thinking seriously. “Tony must have told Mr Wellington to do that to help him buy him sometime. It means that Tony must have some plan.I have to figure it out, otherwise my plan will be ruined.” Charlie muttered to himself. He looked at Sarah and then decided to do something. “Pretty girl, it seems like your dad doesn’t want to cooperate with us. I have to do something to you that you might not like.” Charlie said to Sarah. Sarah stared at Charlie wondering what he was planning to do. Charlie went to a corner and brought back a transparent glass jar filled with insects and worms.“You come on here.” He called out to one of the security guards that was there. “take this phone and record this.” He said as he tied a bandana to his face. “start recording.” He said to the guy. “Now listen Mr Wellington, I know you are pretending to have broken your arm. Now let me tell who might actually break her arm if you don’t sign the contract immediately. If
I wanted to save his face the disgrace of his past life. I asked him to walk to the cafeteria while I follow him behind and he did as I commanded him. The cafeteria is a big one with so many serving tables here and there. Some of the costumers were eating some Kenyan delicacies and you needed to see how they were devouring the "sumptuous" meal. It had a good aroma that would cause anyone that is famished to salivate but this wasn't the time to try their food. Douglas and I had something important to discuss. We sat at the nearest serving table as I signaled the waiter to get us soft drinks. My kindness caused Douglas to fear the more. He thought I was doing him a favour that he would pay back in a thousand folds. But this wasn't so. He wasn't thinking well enough. I wanted to hear his story. Everything about him. The waiter had served us the drinks. It was enough to calm my nerves down. I gulped it as I was thirsty. Douglas felt very reluctant to take his drink. But I asked him to tak
I wasn't too sure if the idea of naming the child George was a good one. How will John and his wife take it? Will they be happy about it? Will I be mocking them with the name? I hope my son will not die prematurely like the late George? My mind was preoccupied with these thoughts so I had to relax for a while. When there wasn't any other name that my heart desired, we named the child George. Sometimes, our fears only threatens us but if we shun the threat, we would be heading for success. The christening was a success and to my greatest surprise, John and his wife were happy about it. The way they snuggled the child in their arms read a million meanings. Lyda said that he looked like George during his days as a toddler. She smiled and hoped that he lived long. Thank Goodness I didn't change the name. After another week or so, I travelled for a leadership conference at Nairobi - the capital of Kenya. It was hosted by one of the most accomplished business man in the world and it was hel
Maggie and I were having all the fun in this world. It was just she and I. No disturbance. I kept the news of Mama's death at the back of my memory. I wouldn't let it interfere with the nice time I was having with the love of my life. The wailing was for Uloma and Lizzy to do. I wailed enough while she was alive. Even in her wickedness, I loved her. I hope that her soul find rest in heaven or wherever! It's God's choice not mine. It was the first time Maggie had a sexual experience. She was a virgin. No one would believe she was because she was a full grown up lady. All through her years with Malid, they maintained "sexual distancing". Malid must have his own good sides too. Waiting till after marriage before such an experience must have come with a lot of patience. But maybe he wasn't patient enough so he loose his girl and not only his girl, but now, his life. I wonder what explanation he was going to give his creator for taking the life that was given to him on a platter of gold. I
In as much as we all enjoy peace, no one desires an eternal peace or say rest. But this wasn't the case for Mama - Uloma's mother. She desired death even though her children rebuked her severally. "Mama, don't say that!" "Mama, stop!!!" They cautioned. They warn her on a daily basis about her pessimism but she turned deaf to everything they ever said to her. She wanted a ticket to hell or wherever because life was teaching her hard lessons. She suffered from chronic fever, an illness one would consider "minor" or "ordinary" but it was getting worse by the day. There wasn't any kind of treatment Mama didn't receive. They did one thing or the other to ensure they meet up with the bills. They sold some of their properties and even their bodies for money to take good care of Mama. They went out of their comfort and did some menial jobs and secured something profitable for themselves. There was virtually nothing they didn't do. But their efforts were not amounting to any positive result.
I danced David's dance at the reception of my wedding. We were so elated and fulfilled. I now had a woman I could call mine with confidence. Friends and family joined in our dance. The bridal train were not left out too. The songs were so melodious. I mean, it was remedy for any broken heart. The musical instruments synchronized without any flop and we were just taking different steps - from left to right. We heard of the tragedy. It was as though we didn't hear the right thing. But it was true. Zero lies. It was so pathetic - the untimely death of Malid. No one could have thought that he would kick the bucket so quickly with the life of wealth he lived in. It was no news that he killed himself with poison right inside his room. He just wasted his life for nothing. He threw his poor family into mourning and complete bitterness. They hearts were heavier than the stone that was used to cover Jesus' tomb. The rumor was all around the place. It was everywhere that the founder of El-Tech c
Nobody would believe that I "snatched" Maggie from him. After all, I didn't do that. She simply got too tired of him so she "kicked" him out of her life and will not allow him back. Thank God for Thunder who stopped him right at the gate perhaps he would have done something worst. He was such an animal. I think God assigned some angels to create him and that day, they were too tired to add a pitch of calmness in him. He just liked to burn everywhere he is found. But the fire from a lantern is not same as the one that erupts from a cooking gas. Thunder's punches were enough lessons for him and a warning never to thread the path of lions like us. Malid got home badly injured. He collapsed on his couch in tears. He had sacked all his staff and some of them resigned because they could no longer be patient with him. He was acting like a demigod and they wouldn't let another man trample on them like a snake Malid hates to see. He was growing more wild by the day so they all had to leave him
I think Maggie is truly the divine woman made for me because for the first time in my entire life, I felt truly loved by a woman. I was betrothed to Uloma by her father who considered me a responsible man. He was sure that I was going to take good care of his daughter because of the traits I displayed during my stay at his house. I felt like I was marrying my step sister even though we were not in anyway related by blood. This was his death wish so I decided to honour the poor man. But one of the lessons I have learnt in life is never to marry a man or a woman in pity. I had compassion for Uloma and her family especially after the demise of their lovely father. So I married her but I regretted it quite too early. I wonder how Uloma, Lizzy and Mama coped with a man whose spirit provoked their demons. He was just one of a kind. A complete father and an epitome of love. I mean, he took me in without knowing a thing about me. Just assumptions and the fact that I was a human being as him.
Now I had to tell Maggie the story of my life to clear the air. She kept asking too many questions and I couldn't deny her the right answers because she was now very dear to my heart. I mean, can one withhold the truth about the colour of one's skin from one's buttocks? That would be eating beans with the eyes. Maggie was pensive when we got home. It was as though she had just finished watching a Hollywood movie but this time, she didn't watch it on screen but on set! She was amazed to see me take them down, one by one, as if I had prepared for the attack. I didn't prepare for anything but that sharp thought that flashed through my mind was enough to sense something. I usually had such a feeling when something goes wrong. My demons were never asleep. They kept on knocking the door of my heart until it dawn on me that there was something wrong about the route we were taking. I told Maggie about the Dark Dragons something I never mentioned to Uloma. Paula knew about it of course, because
It is true that once a soldier, always a soldier. But I also think once a fool is always a fool or maybe... Once a culprit, is always a culprit! Malid was at it again. His usual display of foolishness. I called it "foolishness" because he thinks he can play smart and get me tied to his trap. Me? What a dream! Malid couldn't sleep well. Of course, he wouldn't have. He was dreaming of the impossible. So how possible was it for him to find sleep? Sweet sleep are for those who have laboured in truth. Not some evildoers like Malid! I sensed it from the smile, the handshake, the gestures, uneasiness, friendliness, useless talks... everything! I knew he was surely up to something. Can I ever forget Aunty Raina? Even if she belongs to the family of evil-doers with Malid as the head. She would say; "a rat does not run in daylight for nothing. He must have seen a cat or something." Malid is the rat here but instead of staying clear, the idiot remains adamant, like a forgotten morsel of pounded