Episode 15
Dara cleaned her tears as she listened to her lawyer,
she had been arrested the day before after the
incompetent DPO she had connived with
was suddenly
removed and a new DPO who doesn't take nonsense
was brought to replace the previous one. and
unknowingly for her, she had thought the new DPO will
accept her offer but instead he arrested her, for offering vintage evening dresses
bribe and for murdering her mother. And to add insult
to the injury, her mother's Will was read and the dead
Dam had willed everything to the orphanage. and now
her lawyer was saying something like she can't
represent her in court.
"look Dara I won't lie to you, this your case is really
beyond me, I don't think I can represent you in court
you need to get another lawyer please " the fair lady
adjusted her glasses as she pressed her glossy lips
together, the charges pressed against her were much
and authentic and representing her in court is not
advisable for her growing status in the judiciary, as she
always win cases not loose. But she felt Dara's case
was a straight failure as all the charges leveled
against her were all correct. She stood up and
adjusted her skirt to leave. The policeman standing
close to them, helped Dara up.
"you are incompetent! " Dara spoke up with red puffy
eyes, how could she end up like this, stalk in a mess
she didn't do, she didn't kill her mother
" excuse me,.... You can call me any name you like but
all I care about is my success in court dear, don't
worry I will recommend another lawyer for you, good
day!" Dara wiped her tears again with cuffed hands
while the police man led her back to the cell.
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"it was a vintage 1772 wine, a red one to be precise,
search harder" Ade dragged his breath ever since he
was released from the police station, got sick like he
couldn't understand himself, he threw up countless
times and even caught cold at times. He rarely slept,
and he always stared into space and got lost he only
came around whenever his girlfriend, Romoke came
visiting him in his parents house. he was almost killed
that night in the cell, they had given them dinner and
he had given his share to one of the guyz in the cell, it
was later that officer John came by to tell him not to
eat his meal, and he had told him that if he had eaten
the meal he should let him know. And they had woken
up that morning only to find the guy he gave his meal
to, was dead.
"sir I think have found it, " Patrick voice brought back
his memory to the present. His dad had placed the
phone on a loud speaker, Patrick his private
investigator had gone to Mrs Sarah's house in other to
collect the wine for testing, since Mrs Sarah died of
poison.
" good, take it to the lab for testing,... "
" okay sir,... But I still want to search her room for the
video and her phone" Patrick breathed into the phone
like he was scared of Mrs Sarah' s ghost appearing to
him.
"ehmm, okay do that quickly and leave" he hung up, Mr
Emmanuel sat beside his son and kept on saying.
"don't worry son, you will be okay, " Ade smiled at his
father
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" Romoke! Oh my God! Please wait! " Romoke couldn't
believe her eyes, Bola was hurrying up to meet her,
how could she have seen her in this large mall. She
looked around the mall, people were probably busy
minding their business. she had decided to get some
things for Ade and Sikemi had driven her in her small
car. Her eyes got glued on Bola 's thin frame, Her
complexion had started fading like the colour of dried
harmattan grass, the flowery dress she wore sagged
and thereby revealing her protruding belly. Romoke
suddenly remembered the threat she had received
some weeks back, she shifted away from her and
started picking somethings from the shelf and throwing
them in her shopping basket.
"of course Romoke I don't expect you to see me and
be happy. Am really sorry for the way I treated you.
Look my sins have really caught up with me I wished I
listened to you, and not allowed jealousy cloud my
emotions. I got married to Emma after you left and I
got pregnant shortly afterwards he would bring his
girlfriends home and will force me to serve them, he
would beat me even in my condition. So I decided to
look for you and apologize " she sniffed her nose and
blinked her eyes so as not to prevent tears from
falling.
" Bola why will you threaten me on phone, what have I
done to you"? Bola lifted her face as her highly pimples
face creased into a frown.
"me? What are you talking about? I never did what you
are thing Romoke, have been engulfed with my own
problems not to think of yours" Romoke shrugged,
though confused if it's not Bola then who doesn't want
her progress.
"alryt I have to go now, see you around Bola ". She
smiled at Bola and left before she stops her.
Romoke got into the car and heaved a sigh, she turned
to her friend, unable to hide her fears she blurted out.
" it wasn't Bola who threatened me on the phone the
other day" Sikemi frowned, her heart raced.
"it was who? "
" I don't know and I think I need to let Ade know"
Sikemi relaxed, she felt irritated all of a sudden, why
must she always find a way to chip Ade in every
discussion they made, she almost told her to shut up
but was almost grateful when her phone rang until she
heard her say "helo Ade...." only then did she return to
her previous mood and drove off.
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Martha moaned,as the skinny guy on top of her kept
on increasing his thurst, he turned her backwards with
her slim buttocks facing him as he increased his thurst
again, he collapsed on her after some minutes, then
climbed down the slim mattress and wore his trouser.
Martha stood up and wrapped herself with her faded
wrapper and checked on her baby who was sleeping
soundly in her cradle. She wasn't proud of what she
does but she couldn't bring herself to stop either. The
skinny guy gave her some few wads of naira notes and
then something wrapped in black nylon, she smiled.
"na two shots dey inside, use am wisely" the skinny
guy rubbed his nose like a drug addict.
"ehrm babe, be careful with your child, don't always
leave her with people and don't trust anyone " Martha
noded, she doesn't trust anyone except her roommate
and friend Ezinne. She closed the door after he left and
went to check the black nylon he had given her, she
brought out the AK-47 and smiled it is time for
revenge.
To Be Continued