I was just about to sleep when my phone started to ring seriously. “can’t a man just rest.” I sighed. I picked up my phone to see who it was. My phone fell from my hand. “How did he get my number?” I asked. “Uncle Ben, what does he want?” I asked, wondering seriously. I don’t know why I was a bit hesitant to pick up the call because I seriously have nothing to lose. The scars uncle Ben had left on me when I was young were still fresh so he wasn’t my favourite person on the planet but he is still family. I picked up the phone and called him back. “Hello Uncle Ben.” I said in a calm voice. “Why didn’t you answer the first time I called?” he asked with a serious voice. “I heard you came home, why?” he asked further. “to see my family. Is that bad?” I wondered why he was questioning me. “Well for three years you hadn’t visited, why show up all of a sudden?” he asked. “Uncle Ben, why didn’t anybody even try to call for three years? Since I left, nobody has even tried to call or check
I got to my family house and stopped by my parents grave to honour them. As soon as I got there I saw some officials throwing my family members' belongings outside. My aunty saw me and ran towards me right away. “Damien, I am so glad you are here. Please stop them, help me explain to them that this was your parent’s house.” she said crying. “What exactly is going on?” I was so lost and confused. “Who are all these people and why? Why are they packing your stuff out?” I asked. I looked round and saw my two uncles sitting quietly in a corner. My niece and nephew were both playing silently. “it’s my son’s fault but I will explain it to you later. Damien we owe a debt of $1.5 million to the bank and our house has been put on mortgage.” She said further. “What did Femi do this time?” I asked how they were owing such an amount. “I can’t tell you now, can you first assist us with whatever you have. It doesn’t matter, we will manage to find the rest.” She added. I look at my two uncles w
I guess the saying is true “there is no life without competition.” The news I was given was one that is inevitable. “what are you saying Maggie?” I asked once again. “you have a strong competitor Tony. A very strong one at that.” Maggie added. “a competitor in what exactly?” I asked confused. “in business. If you had stayed a while at the conference they introduced a young man named El Malid. He is a young business man just like you who own Alvary a big tech company even Mr wellington has some shares in his company. I heard that he wants to start somethings that BRADON produces. He wants to start his own coffee, clothing line, electronics and many other productions that BRADON does normally.” She added. “hmm, so let him. The sky is wide for every bird to fly.” I replied. “I know but EL Malid is very popular amongst the business men in the society. He is a very prominent business man and has a promising future. I want BRADON to overtake. the market but with this kind of competition
What did you just say? Say it again.” I said laughing. “I said I want to take care of you. There’s nothing funny about it Tony. I am very serious.” She replied. “in other to prove it to you. Let’s go on another date.” She said all of a sudden. “Sarah you don’t have to think you owe me anything just because I saved your life. Your father is our client and my very good friend you know. You are also my friend so I would do anything for anyone I consider my friend.” I added. Sarah looked disappointed at my statement. “I guess you treat everyone the same way. You are just a nice guy.” She said. “but that won’t stop me. Despite the fact you take care of everyone no one takes care of you. I will be that person.” She said confidently again wrapping her hand on my checks. She added. “since you insist I can’t stop you can I?” I asked jokingly. “no you can’t. Let’s go out when you are free ok?” she asked. “fine sure.” I replied. “alright I am done but still go to a hospital to do a proper ch
“Hello Tony, I need your help!” Maggie shouted. “Maggie, calm down. Why do you sound so sad?” I asked. She started to cry. “Tony, two malls that we are a huge investor in just got burnt.We have lost a lot of money Tony.” She added as she started to cry even more. Before I could say anything my second phone started to ring, I looked at the call and it was Ashely.“Maggie I will call you back but definitely don’t panic. I will help you with everything. Just relax.” I replied to her and hung up the call. “hello Ashely what’s up. I am on my way to the Dark Dragon base.” I said in a rush. “No, I was about to ask you not to come any more. Pain said you’ve already been through a lot and needs to rest. Pain said he was going to take on the mission.” She said, “oh ok, but what was the mission about?” I wondered what it was. “We are looking at an arsonist case.” She replied. “an arsonist? Wait, did they burn a mall by any chance?” I asked further. “Yes, two malls. The case is really very con
I brought in a white board in front of the parlour. “Look here. I am trying to put these things together. None of it is actually making sense now. I feel like there is something that is not showing on the surface.” I said looking at the clues that we have been able to gather. “For now we need to see how we can find any of those witnesses who said they saw the person who set the fire.” I added. “I think Ashely should be able to help with that. She received a call from someone who claimed to have seen the person. Let me call her. What should I ask her?” Pain asked. “ask for the witness number. We need to talk to the witness.” I added. “ok Pain replied as he walked aside to handle that. I downloaded the image of the burnt malls. Also pictures of all the investors of the mall and even various rival’s malls and I found out something shocking. I discovered that the guy who Maggie had told me about in the conference owned a rival mall. He is also an investor of one of the malls, the one
I printed out some more pictures. “I have it, the CCTV footage. Ashely sent it.” Pain said. I took it and as we looked at it, we noticed something. “something is off.” I said as I replayed the footage over and over again. “That lady said there was a truck parked outside but there’s no truck at all in this video.” Pain said. “yes and also it looks like someone tampered with the video. This isn’t the complete thing” I added. “whoever is behind this must have planned this for a while.” Pain said, shaking his head. “We have to identify the possible suspects for the fire.” I said looking at the pictures I had printed. I took El Malid’s picture and placed it on the white board. “he is my first suspect because he owns a very huge mall at the eastern bay and yet he owns a share in the one that just got burnt. Why invest in your competition?” I wondered. “Wait, what if the guy is just very ambitious? What if he sees profit in it?” Pain asked. “hmm. You are right though. I thought about tha
John walked back to his office really confused. “that day was the same day that Tony was missing wasn’t it? That was the same day that Tony left my son alone in his house.” John said, pondering. “but Tony told me that he went to see a friend that day. Why would he… something is not right. Trina was also feeling very panicked that day. A lot of things don’t just add up.” John said calculating. John was confused.I entered El Malid's tech company and he did have a lot of workers. I walked straight to the receptionist. “Good afternoon. I am Tony Jason. I have an appointment with Mr. Malid.” I said looking at the watch hoping not to waste time there. “ok sir. Hold on let me check.” She said as she picked up a cell phone and called El Malid’s office. “tell him the president of BRADON.” I added. She looked at me weirdly and said. “he claims to be the president of BRADON.” She said sizing me up. She dropped the call and said. “ok you may go to the first floor someone would be there to rec