Life as a corper
Episode 176
7:45pm, Adaora’s house
“you know i can handle that obnoxious lady, if you let me” Adaora said as we enjoyed a quiet dinner. I scoffed and stared at her.
“i have my contacts, moreover my mum is avilable to help with the right connections” she continued quietly,
“hmmm please don’t think of it, besides Tessy is equally highly connected, going by the way i feel you plan handling her. I fear the whole thing will be blown out of proportion and the press will fight each other with the resultant news” i mumured, while she shrugged, facing her meal.
“na you sabi. I rest my help” she breathed.
Early the next morning, she went to a lab. For a pregnancy test before heading to her PPA. She however returned two hours later with a bright face.
“i’m not pregnant, now i can face other fears squarely” she joked.
I spent Monday night, thinking and orchestrating the first stage of my plans against Tessy. By Tuesday morning, i had it mapped out and ready to execute. It was equally the day i planned travelling back to the east{1mo}.
I spent an hour with Adaora in her room, apologizing all over again, and making promises which could have moved any girl but her.
“you already know that i love you. I have nothing else to say” was all she could say to me. She never sounded harsh nor affectionate. Her heart really was one that has bled a thousand times over. I was near tears as we managed to hug before i left the house, heading straight to Tessy’s office.
I saw Tessy walking into her shop as i dropped from the Taxi. I smiled evily, closed my eyes with the new sunglass i bought minutes earlier and went after her.
She was extremely surprised to see me at her office. The surprise and slight shock on her face suggested she was kind of scared. I never for a minute imagined she could be scared of me, which made me smile with both hands on my waist, looking big and cool.
“were you following me?” she asked in a somewhat confused manner.
“i hate what you did to me at your house and i so much resent what you did on sunday by calling my girlfriend” i said calmly,
“and what do you intend to do?” she asked suspiciously.
“nothing” i answered, confusing her a great deal, with my calm pose and behaviour.
“i came to apologize and set things straight on saturday, but you showed me how bad you are. So now how do you think i can continue loving a woman who almost killed me?” i asked, while she blushed in regret.
“i never took five hundred thousand Naira from you, but i will send you the money before christmas, just like you demanded. Please just leave my girl out, she will even help by contributing half the sum. So you see nothing will break us up” i boasted seriously, turning to leave, but just as i expected, she quickly grabbed my hand.
“i was decieved by a friend. Elinor arranged the whole show. You know i can’t afford harming you?” she begged like a child.
Her revelation destablized my whole being. I was shocked beyond imagination, but still a bit suspicious. She really wasn’t only smart but cunning.
“I just don’t know” i murmured and backed her, pretending to be confused. She came closer and held me from behind.
“please my dearest, i really can’t stand losing you” she begged, while i breathed deeply.
“i’m heading back to the east to recover from the trauma, you will have your reply by saturday” i promised,
“but just know that i will never step foot into your house again. If ever we are getting back, we will be meeting somewhere else” i said with a deceptive smile, my back still on her.
“no problem” she accepted without hesistation. I turned, gave her a last look before disappearing.
one week was the perfect time needed to finalize my plans and draw everything to a super conclusion.
‘She used a horsewhip on me, i will use an iron rod on her’.
For days, i busied myself planning my vengeance. I rehearsed and polished every bit of it, until it became part of me. There really wasn’t any room for mistakes this time around nor last minute emotional breakdown, thus my heavy rehearsals.
By friday evening, all was set and ready. My speech, the character to play, and the end result were all in my head. I planned executing everything alone without outside help.
The vengeance i planned was very deadly and career breaking, but not violent. I hated a violent revenge, because of its threat to human life. Something i couldn’t risk doing again.
Throughout saturday, i eagerly waited for Tessy’s phone call which never came, however early sunday morning, she called to know my mind.
“seriously what did you really expect me to say?, the wound you inflicted on me is yet to heal” i said to her, sounding a bit broken and sad, after she asked of my well being.
“i’m really sorry, i will compensate you handsomely, just give me the chance please” she begged. I breathed deeply and keep quiet for a while.
“you have to prove your seriousness” i murmured,
“how do i do that?” she asked curiously,
“prove you love me by coming over to Owerri for my sake” i said softly, my heart furiously pounding with hope. She kept quiet for a while, i could hear her deep breathe through the phone.
“but you know i’m a business woman. I can’t just leave my business chasing over a boy, simply for few hours of fun” she slowly answered, killing my spirit.
“alright you have denied me the only one thing i asked for. I have nothing else to say” i sounded as if i wanted to end the call.
“but why do you want me to visit Owerri of all towns?, what kind of fun is in there?. The town is all hotels and clubs” she said desperately,
“it’s my town, i can get a rich hotel we could use as our love nest. We know how to make each other happy? Isn’t it so?” i asked, while she kept quiet, taking some time to think.
“alright i will take a plane down to Owerri next saturday. Don’t bother about the hotel, I will arrange for it myself. Just keep yourself healthy for me. Remember my advice, ‘try taking as much fruits as possible, they are more nutritious than you can imagine” she said, laughed and hung up, while i smiled evily. My pound of flesh was so close at hand, my knife ready to take a slice.
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I travelled down to Enugu{home}, after the phone call with Tessy. Spent the rest of the day with my family, before heading back to Imo state the next day with one of my dad’s cars {actually the same car i used some weeks back}. Mum never gave any form of resistance as i took the car because she believed i had changed.
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I got to my lodge at a quarter past three in the afternoon. Hearing strange noises coming out from my neighbour’s room, I quickly rushed to the room and banged on the door without wasting time. The noise instantly died down, which made me more suspicious.
Had it been some other place that the noise was coming from, perhaps i wouldn’t have been bothered, but it really was coming from Jenny’s room. A girl who has been so close and nice to me. A girl who sometimes understood and reasoned with me.
I definetly was sure i heard at least a male voice from the room which equally made me very suspicious, because as a female corper she entertained just few male visitors, who were mostly her students.
The compound equally was very deserted and quiet. A very good time for criminal minded people. I banged on the door again and again, determined to pull it down.
Suddenly, the door slightly opened, revealing a masked face and a gloved hand stretched out from the room, pointing a short local gun at me with the intention of drawing me into the room without any form of resistance, but unfortunately due to fear, i quickly attempted to shut the door in order to disappear. But on doing so, i forgot that the gloved hand was just inbetween the door and lock, thus making my attempt a futile one.
Instead of closing, the door banged on the gloved hand, making the owner shout out in pain, the gun falling lazily at the same time towards me. I drew back and seized it out of fear than bravely, before he could reach for it……
Thus I found myself holding a gun i couldn’t shoot. The disarmed bandit staring down at me.
How many of them were inside the room??, i equally couldn’t tell…
Episode 177
Suddenly the disarmed bandit came upon me as if he knew i wouldn’t dare shoot, which gave me a reason to think that perhaps the gun wasn’t functional or had no bullet in it.
He leapt at me with great force which sent both of us flying over the pavement in front of Jenny’s room. I crash landed on the hard soil, some part of my right elbow peeling off in the process and putting me through great pain.
Thus i found myself pinned on the floor by a not too courageous bandit, who snatched the seized gun from my wounded hand without much struggle and ran after his colleagues who were already escaping through the route they came from.
I heaved a sigh of relief, lazily got up and dusted myself, while Jenny ran out from her room, hugging me happily.
“you are my hero, you saved me from being raped” she happily said as if i did anything extra ordinary.
“what of your roomate?” i curiously asked while she sighed,
“please don’t ask me about that girl” she replied sadly.
She couldn’t sleep in her room that night, despite all the assurances the landlady and i gave her. She insisted on sleeping in my room and very early the next day left town without taking permission from anyone.
“my life is more important than Nysc, i will return when i feel like” were the last words she said to me before leaving that fateful day.
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I spent two serious days at my PPA before heading to my new apartment in Owerri. Finally furnishing it with few properties i managed to buy, and making the place look habitable.
Apart from that, my days really were a bit boring until Tessy called me on saturday evening, telling me that she was in town.
“you can now come over at Links Hotel” she said with her sweet but authoritative voice.
I really was a bit surprised but happy, because i almost had given up that she was honouring her promise that day, after seeing the clock struck 5pm without hearing from her. I felt all my plans had failed, my hopes dashing. I could have called to know her whereabout but decided not to, that resulted into the surprise and happiness i felt when she called me by 6:15pm.
I hastily prepared and headed to the hotel, smiling as drove, wondering what prompted her into picking and getting to the hotel herself.
“Perhaps she’s scared of me, perhaps she’s still doubtful of my motive in inviting her over”. I grinned, shook my head and laughed out.
“oh Tessy, always calculative, but flexible”
Approching the beautiful hotel complex, i slowed down, greeted the security and was directed to a nice parking space.
Locating Tessy wasn’t hard at all. I easily spotted her enjoying a nice meal as soon as i walked into the plush hotel. She smiled on seeing me, while i calmly walked over and gave her a warm peck.
My game was all set and ready to execute.
What really was my plan?? Hmmm
Suddenly the disarmed bandit came upon me as if he knew i wouldn’t dare shoot, which gave me a reason to think that perhaps the gun wasn’t functional or had no bullet in it.
He leapt at me with great force which sent both of us flying over the pavement in front of Jenny’s room. I crash landed on the hard soil, some part of my right elbow peeling off in the process and putting me through great pain.
Thus i found myself pinned on the floor by a not too courageous bandit, who snatched the seized gun from my wounded hand without much struggle and ran after his colleagues who were already escaping through the route they came from.
I heaved a sigh of relief, lazily got up and dusted myself, while Jenny ran out from her room, hugging me happily.
“you are my hero, you saved me from being raped” she happily said as if i did anything extra ordinary.
“what of your roomate?” i curiously asked while she sighed,
“please don’t ask me about that girl” she replied sadly.
She couldn’t sleep in her room that night, despite all the assurances the landlady and i gave her. She insisted on sleeping in my room and very early the next day left town without taking permission from anyone.
“my life is more important than Nysc, i will return when i feel like” were the last words she said to me before leaving that fateful day.
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I spent two serious days at my PPA before heading to my new apartment in Owerri. Finally furnishing it with few properties i managed to buy, and making the place look habitable.
Apart from that, my days really were a bit boring until Tessy called me on saturday evening, telling me that she was in town.
“you can now come over at Links Hotel” she said with her sweet but authoritative voice.
I really was a bit surprised but happy, because i almost had given up that she was honouring her promise that day, after seeing the clock struck 5pm without hearing from her. I felt all my plans had failed, my hopes dashing. I could have called to know her whereabout but decided not to, that resulted into the surprise and happiness i felt when she called me by 6:15pm.
I hastily prepared and headed to the hotel, smiling as drove, wondering what prompted her into picking and getting to the hotel herself.
“Perhaps she’s scared of me, perhaps she’s still doubtful of my motive in inviting her over”. I grinned, shook my head and laughed out.
“oh Tessy, always calculative, but flexible”
Approching the beautiful hotel complex, i slowed down, greeted the security and was directed to a nice parking space.
Locating Tessy wasn’t hard at all. I easily spotted her enjoying a nice meal as soon as i walked into the plush hotel. She smiled on seeing me, while i calmly walked over and gave her a warm peck.
My game was all set and ready to execute.
What really was my plan?? Hmmm
Episode 178
“so how was your trip?” i asked politely, my eyes sparkling innocenly. She shrugged and smiled, breathing deeply.
“oh wonderful, just so tired” she replied quietly as i sat opposite to her. My heart furiously pounding.
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She refused going out for a little sight seeing with me that evening, stressing that she was too tired to leave the hotel. But deep down i felt she just wasn’t too comfortable with me, I felt she was d–n too scared of so many things best known to her.
However we headed to the hotel room she got for herself an hour later, while my mind kept rehearsing and playing back all i intended doing. I was very determined to carry them all out.
We took a hot bath together, before settling down for the first round of super hot s-x.
“i hope our quarrels are now a thing of the past?. I hope your mind is clean towards me?” she suddenly asked as i tried to grab her right b—m. Stopping me with her words, while i hid my true feelings as her eyes scanned me all over.
“we are here together and that’s all that matters” i replied slowly, kissing her softly. She breathed deeply as she felt my lips, falling back on the bed to enjoy the night of passion ahead.
Grabbing her two rich bosoms, i sucked, fondled and played with them to my satisfaction, before settling down to the great task of ravaging her body with all my strength. All these i did without any iota of feelings.
I made love to her with a very cold heart, and i really couldn’t tell of enjoying the whole show because of the plans that weighed down my heart.
After the third round, we showered again before returning to the bed. I grabbed her sweetly, in order to continue all over again, but she begged me to stop.
“gosh what did you take before coming here?. Please i’m tired ooo, i can’t take another round again” she said, stopping me from holding her. I smiled and kissed her.
“dear i do understand. I know the flight plus other things must have stressed you up. Let’s just hold each other and sleep unclad” i suggested harmlessly.
“c’mon ain’t you feeling the cold?” she asked. I breathed deeply, turned off the a/c before joining her on the bed.
“let’s try it out. But if the cold persists, we will put on our clothes” i proposed innocently. She shrugged and fell back on the bed without any other word. I smiled, laid beside her with my hands around her. Soon she was fast asleep.
After about an hour later, when she was already deeply asleep, i pulled away from her, grabbed my phones and took pictures of her unclad body without any fear. I took a whole lot of pictures, making sure that her privates and face were well exposed. I forwarded all to my mail, before picking up her phones to check if my harmless half clad pictures were in there. Keying in her very popular password *orange* i gained access to the phones without much stress.
After minutes of searching, i saw what i was looking for. The pictures were just three in number and the one she sent Adaora was the most provoking of the three. I smiled, deleted and replaced them with three of her unclad pictures.
After making sure everything was in place. I woke her up, taking more snapshots as she lazily opened her eyes to reality.
“what are you doing?” she asked with disbelief. Her face colouring with shock as she scrambled to cover her unclad body.
“just taking pictures” i answered lightly, smiling as i took more snapshots of her halfclad body.
“for God’s sake, what has gotten over you? What are you trying to achieve with this nonsense” she asked, jumping out of the bed, as if there was a snake in it.
“nothing my dear, i just felt like taking your n.aked pictures which i did. C’mon there is nothing bad in it. Check the ones i transferred to your samsong” i answered with an innocent look. She couldn’t believe herself.
Supposing she was a guy, she would have sprang on me, fighting to death just to snatch my phone. But unfortunately she was nothing but a lady, and had no choice than to wait for a wrong move from me.
Profusely sweating, she grabbed her samsong phone with shaking hands, her lips quivering as she searched for the pictures i sent to her phone.
“dear lord it’s more terrible than i imagined” She cried.
“now tell me, what is it that you want?, what are you trying to do to me?, i thought we are cool with each other?” she asked, trying so hard to control her emotions. I drew close to her, she quickly pushed me away.
“what else will i want than to have these lovely pictures in my phone. It excites me alot, c’mon baby lovers share unclad pictures every now and then” i replied with a sweet laugher, as if it was all a mere joke, which further infuriated her. She bit her lips and stamped her right foot angrily on the floor.
“i demand you delete all the pictures you have taken” she ordered, while i laughed out loud.
“i’m sorry but i can’t my love” i murmured with laughter,
“you are insane, you are mad” she cursed angrily,
“oh yes dear, i’m insanely in love with these pictures” i answered, sending her nerves flying high with my reply. Without another word, she stepped forward and slapped me very hard. Such a terrible Slap it was, that i was stunned for fifty seconds.
“i know what you are trying to do, and i dare you to try release those pictures to the public. I will come down hard on you and i won’t mind dying over it. I warn you, don’t ever try playing with my reputation” she barked seriously, rushed to the toilet, where she spent some minutes before coming out to pack her things.
I couldn’t say a word for some minutes. I had expected her to beg, or negotiate her way out of the whole mess. I never bargained on recieving such shocking atitude from her. She really was an iron lady to the core.
She quietly left the hotel room after packing her bag, saying nothing to me, and thus leaving me all alone even though sunrise was still hours away. I smiled to myself, fell back on the bed and breathed deeply. I really had no plans circulating her pictures, all i wanted to achieve was to make her scared, confused and afraid of me. I knew with what i did she would never dream of having anything to do with me ever again.
As i left the hotel, hours later. I got a surprising phone call from Elinor. I answered, wondering the reason she could be calling so early, and equally where Tessy might be. I felt she was still within the vicinity.
“val, val, val, you too much ooo, you no dey fear at all ooo. Tessy just told me everything. How do we see, i have a proposal you will like” she asked with a sweet decieving tone. I smiled to myself.
Unknown to her, she was next in my list for her double dealings. This time around, i planned serving her a nice hot urine without hiding behind a mask like the previous ocassion.
“what are you doing?” she asked with disbelief. Her face colouring with shock as she scrambled to cover her unclad body.
“just taking pictures” i answered lightly, smiling as i took more snapshots of her halfclad body.
“for God’s sake, what has gotten over you? What are you trying to achieve with this nonsense” she asked, jumping out of the bed, as if there was a snake in it.
“nothing my dear, i just felt like taking your n.aked pictures which i did. C’mon there is nothing bad in it. Check the ones i transferred to your samsong” i answered with an innocent look. She couldn’t believe herself.
Supposing she was a guy, she would have sprang on me, fighting to death just to snatch my phone. But unfortunately she was nothing but a lady, and had no choice than to wait for a wrong move from me.
Profusely sweating, she grabbed her samsong phone with shaking hands, her lips quivering as she searched for the pictures i sent to her phone.
“dear lord it’s more terrible than i imagined” She cried.
“now tell me, what is it that you want?, what are you trying to do to me?, i thought we are cool with each other?” she asked, trying so hard to control her emotions. I drew close to her, she quickly pushed me away.
“what else will i want than to have these lovely pictures in my phone. It excites me alot, c’mon baby lovers share unclad pictures every now and then” i replied with a sweet laugher, as if it was all a mere joke, which further infuriated her. She bit her lips and stamped her right foot angrily on the floor.
“i demand you delete all the pictures you have taken” she ordered, while i laughed out loud.
“i’m sorry but i can’t my love” i murmured with laughter,
“you are insane, you are mad” she cursed angrily,
“oh yes dear, i’m insanely in love with these pictures” i answered, sending her nerves flying high with my reply. Without another word, she stepped forward and slapped me very hard. Such a terrible Slap it was, that i was stunned for fifty seconds.
“i know what you are trying to do, and i dare you to try release those pictures to the public. I will come down hard on you and i won’t mind dying over it. I warn you, don’t ever try playing with my reputation” she barked seriously, rushed to the toilet, where she spent some minutes before coming out to pack her things.
I couldn’t say a word for some minutes. I had expected her to beg, or negotiate her way out of the whole mess. I never bargained on recieving such shocking atitude from her. She really was an iron lady to the core.
She quietly left the hotel room after packing her bag, saying nothing to me, and thus leaving me all alone even though sunrise was still hours away. I smiled to myself, fell back on the bed and breathed deeply. I really had no plans circulating her pictures, all i wanted to achieve was to make her scared, confused and afraid of me. I knew with what i did she would never dream of having anything to do with me ever again.
As i left the hotel, hours later. I got a surprising phone call from Elinor. I answered, wondering the reason she could be calling so early, and equally where Tessy might be. I felt she was still within the vicinity.
“val, val, val, you too much ooo, you no dey fear at all ooo. Tessy just told me everything. How do we see, i have a proposal you will like” she asked with a sweet decieving tone. I smiled to myself.
Unknown to her, she was next in my list for her double dealings. This time around, i planned serving her a nice hot urine without hiding behind a mask like the previous ocassion.
Episode 179
“i really can’t wait to see those pictures, how do i get them?” she asked, while i scoffed.
Knowing Elinor’s dubious character, i knew she had something big already planned out.
“i don’t understand, please what are you trying to say?” i asked quietly,
“oh please stop playing dumb. I want those pictures, how do i get them?, i’m willing to pay” she said seriously, pausing for my reply.
“Tessy asked you to make this call?” i asked curiously, trying hard to figure out if she was playing with Tessy or against her. I already knew Elinor as someone who was good at cashing into any opportunity just to make few bucks and i wanted to be sure of the situation i was dealing with, even though I strongly felt she was planning something nasty for either me or for Tessy.
“does it matter dear??, let’s just cut the deal and that’s all that matters” she intelligently replied.
“but we need to have a face to face transaction” she added, making me draw back with suspicion.
“fine, you can come over to Owerri, if you are really serious about having the pictures” i answered, while she kept quiet for a while, perhaps weighing her chances with me.
I had no doubt about succeeding with my plans in dealing with her once she sets foot in the city of Owerri, but i equally knew i need to plan something big ahead, by drawing out a bigger and more ambitious plan or else i could lose out and end up being used. Moreover i knew she won’t easily fall into my trap like Tessy if she was to come, and she equally would definetly have her own backup plans incase of any eventuality.
“isn’t it better you come to Abuja, i can foot the bills” she offered,
“i can’t” i answered a bit coldly.
“fine, i’ll be there in five days. Just wait for my call” she said and ended the phone call, while i breathed deeply, smiling to myself.
However two hours later, as i was resting in my new apartment. I got another call from her, which kind of surprised me.
“i think i have something more important to exchange for the pictures, and it concerns Tessy’s health issue which i feel may be of utmost importance to you. Call me dear, it’s something big” she announced, abruptly ending the call and leaving me a bit desperate.
I felt she wanted to play a nasty trick on me, by trying to turn the table around, yet i found myself dialling her number. My curiousity very high.
One thing was definetly for sure. Elinor was very eager to outsmart me, but the question therein is:
DID SHE SUCCEED??
“hello Val, you did the right thing by calling, now listen to me” I heard Elinor say as she answered my call.
“i truly believe you will find my information very helpful, but i just can’t disclose it here on phone, moreover i just checked my activities for the week and there isn’t any space for me to come over in five days. If you can have a change of heart, i promise to pay you handsomely when you get here, plus the health issue i intend revealing to you. Believe me, your life is at risk” she seriously said, while my heart skipped a beat, but on a serious thought, i found myself very doubtful of the genuineness of the information she claimed to bear, moreover Tessy and her children looked quite healthy to me, giving me the feeling that Elinor was simply trying to do what she was good at. Which was playing on my intelligence.
“unfortunately, your information gives me no great concern. All that matters to me is the money you are willing the pay, moreover don’t think Tessy havn’t offered me anything yet for the pictures” i said calmly, while she kept quiet for some seconds.
“you mean Tessy offered you money for the pictures?” she asked as if it was something so impossible.
“yes, a huge amount precisely” i lied convincingly, which drew her into another deep silence,
“and you believe she really will risk offering you such amount you claim, knowing fully well that you still have some copies of the pictures with you?” she intelligently asked.
“dear it isn’t your cross, so stop sniffing around please” i murmured with a deep breathe,
“i pity you Val. You really don’t know Tessy. She has friends scattered everywhere who are ready to do her bidding. Owerri is too small a town to hide, but i believe she won’t just come after you, but will first destroy what you value the most before coming to you. I’m leaking this information to you because i’m the only one that can help you, forget our past misunderstandings and be wise. Having unclad pictures of a big society lady will bring more harm than good to you. Moreover what do you intend doing with the pictures?” she curiously asked,
“what i intend doing, is my business so don’t worry” i replied coldly, even though i was a bit frightened and shaken over all she said to me.
“okay oo, don’t complain when you see Lizards at your door-step when you have ant infested wood in there” she concluded and ended the call while i thought over all she said to me.
I felt she was a bit right over some points. I believed Tessy wouldn’t just sit, fold her hands and wait for me to play around with her pictures. I had the feeling she was cooking something for me, though i couldn’t pinpoint the exact thing she could do, but then i equally refused to rule out the possibility of Elinor setting up a hit for me and making it look as if it was from Tessy, just to get my confidence and have the pictures.
I thought i was done with Abuja ladies, but instead i found myself getting more buried in the mud.
Things were far from being over.
Episode 180
As the month of december slowly dragged by. I did my nysc monthly clearance and prepared to head home. I was yet to hear from Elinor nor Tessy and it seemed as if all the tension had died down and things were finally getting back to normal for me.
But Precisely on the 9th of december 2012, i got a very terrifying phone call from Adaora. She sounded so nervous and frightened that i immediately knew something serious was up.
“dear i don’t understand, what’s really happening?, what sort of strange business did you do?” she cried, confusing me profusely.
“i don’t understand” i murmured, my heart furiously pounding as my thoughts raced wildly.
“some men who claim to be from the state security service were here this morning, demanding to know your whereabout plus the location of your village and residence in Enugu” she explained, while my heart froze.
“i really had a hard time, convincing them that i have no knowledge of your village nor residence. They didn’t believe me, but left after threatening me. They promised to be back in a short while. I’m all nervous down here, please what’s happening?” she asked curiously, leaving me extremely stunned.
I never expected such sudden move from Tessy and I equally was clueless on what to say to my girl. She truly was the only weak point i had, and my enemies very well knew they could get me through her.
The last thing i wanted was allowing any harm come to my Adaora, but as long as she was in Abuja, she was the perfect target needed to send message across to me, which made my greatest wish to be on finding a way to get her out of the city since christmas was just few weeks away, but how to go about it was another ball game.
Just like Elinor told me, Tessy was all out for a serious fight.
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Later that same evening, i got a call from a strange number. On answering, i froze while my ear enlarged as the caller introduced himself.
“good evening Mr Valentine, my name is Mr Tosin from the department of state security. I guess your girlfriend must have told you we checked her up. And i also guess you arn’t surprised to be hearing from us. You know your crime don’t you?” he asked, while i kept quiet, unable to make out any speech.
“so how do we reach you in order to get your own side of the story?. Sending us your address will definetly be a wise gesture” he asked curiously. I swallowed hard, thinking fast as sweat drained my shirt. I had a strong believe that the SSS agent was fake, even though i had no prove whatsoever.
“but what if i choose not to give out my address?” i heard myself ask,
“then you are in for a whole lot of trouble. First your girlfriend will be detained and quizzed as an accomplice, then your sister and mum. We already have your data with us. It’s just a matter of time before you find your sorry a.ss in jail. Call me back whenever you are ready to be reasonable” he said and hung up, leaving me extremely scared and lost.
I felt he was fake yet i was scared.
WHAT DO I DO??
I laid awake all night, planning and thinking of my next line of action. I felt insecure and scared of my position. I never imagined Tessy would have the mind to carry out different kinds of assaults on me, just for the sake of mere pictures.
It really was true she had a lot to lose if the pictures were to be made public, and it equally was very natural in trying to protect it from happening, but then i had expected her to be more reasonable. I had expected her to reach out to me for a lasting solution. I only had the pictures as a form of leverage against her advances and tricks, but it seemed as if i miscalculated by having the pictures. My reputation was now at sake, my love life highly at risk and my life in great danger.
All these thoughts kept me awake all night and the next day i headed to my home town in order to inspect the family property against the upcoming christmas as was the tradition in our family.
Stopping at a gas station slightly opposite Capitol hotel, infront of the Military check point at Orji Owerri. I noticed a black honda civic car, pull up within a very close range. I immediately felt uncomfortable on noticing it, but never made it look obvious. Instead i filled my tank and drove homewards, throwing occassional glances at my rear mirror as the car dutifully followed me. There wasn’t any doubt in my mind that i was being followed.
If not for my restiveness and high state of alertness due to my pressing problems, perhaps i wouldn’t have even noticed the car in the first place.
On getting to Ata junction {about twenty five miles from Owerri, Imo state capital and about fifteen miles to my destination}. I quickly took a right turn away from the highway and into the hinterland, heading towards Ama-Imo, taking the route with the sole aim of losing the civic car inside one of the numerous villages. But alas i miscalculated by taking such route, because it gave my pursuer the opportunity to increase his speed and gain up on me, which sent my nerves flying high.
Still increasing his speed, the driver overtook me, taking a sharp stunt to double-cross me.
I was so dead.
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Interesting story and full of suspense but too many repetition of words (swallowed hard, shrugged, scoffed, biting of lips, etc)