Dark Night

Episode 16

Mrs Johnson was sitted outside with her legs crossed eating mangoes when her phone rang.

Mrs Johnson: Hello,

Caller: Hello madam,

Mrs Johnson: Yes who is this? And how may I help you?

Caller: madam abeg na we jhoor.
She dropped her legs and turned around to make sure no one was around or listening to her conversation.

Mrs Johnson: (silently) is it done?

Caller: Madam come, abeg if you nor dey sure of information nor dey give us o. Which one you dey na?

Mrs Johnson: What do you mean by that? I gave you all the information you needed.

Caller: Madam, madam, no need for plenty talk just ready our balance.

Mrs Johnson: my money is with you and you are talking of balance. You keep my money safe. I don’t want to hear stories.

Caller: which money? Madam nor let me vex o, which money you day talk? Anyways I nor won argue with you, just keep our balance make we for not get problem.

Mrs Johnson: We won’t have problems so long we both keep our side of the deals. You hand over the money you collected from my husband and you will get your money. Is that not the deal?

Caller: e be like say this woman nor day hear English for evening. I say money nor dey, you nor dey hear? There was no money in the car.

Mrs Johnson: eh eh eh, don’t play that line with me o, don’t just try it. You want to scam me or what? The 100million you carried and now you are saying what?

Caller: which 100million? I say money nor dey you dey yan nonsense. Anyway I just call to tell you to ready our money finish. You nor day get right information yet you won be informant. You almost let them catch us today, if nor be say we smart enough to dissolve the man maybe ……

Mrs Johnson: Dissolve which man? What are you talking about?

Caller: the man na, the yeye man wey you say make we rob so, the guy won fight us na, e be won collect my guy gun na. Na be say we smart make us fit fire am down. Dissolve am If not maybe all of us including you for don dey jail now.

Mrs Johnson: slow down abeg. (Shaking) you mean say you kill the man when drive the motor?

Caller: straight up, my guy waste am
Mrs Johnson burst out crying and shouting.

Mrs Johnson: ewooooooo, ewoooooo,Jesus ooooo, you have killed me oooo, you have finished me oooo.

Caller: (surprised) madam wetin na, why you day halla any how?

Mrs Johnson: Was that our agreement? Did I ask you to kill anyone? I said collect the money and move, not kill.

Caller: ehen,, naim make you dey halla? You nor know say casualty dey dey this our job?

Mrs Johnson: ewoooo you have finished me oooo

Caller: wetin na?

Mrs Johnson: That man was my husband ooooo, you just killed my husband oooo

Caller: what?? You mean say na your own husband you say make we tif? Your own boo? (Mrs Johnson didnt reply because she had fallen on the ground crying and wailing) Na which kain woman you be sef. Say make them rob your own husband? Mtchew! (He hissed in anger) abeg abeg mourn your husband finish make you cone settle us o, nobody send you message o. You hear me? You hear me so? (She kept on crying without answering, as he ended the call )