Lonely Women

Episode 29

Amarachi’s POV

I was waiting four streets away from the street Winifred lived and my radio was playing Maroon 5’s Girl Like You. I was singing along when I heard the other door open and Steve slipped in next to me. I turned down the volume of the music and turned to smile at him. “Sharp guy!”

“Mama!” He hailed me.
“How far na?”
“I’ve done what you guys asked me to do, so now I need my balance.”
“I have it right here.” I patted my handbag that was in between us. “But first, tell me how you managed to pull this off.” I asked him.

“Well it was not easy at first because she’s the indoor type and I tried to get her attention as best as I could. It was a very slow process that I almost gave up, believing that she was not into me.”

“But how did you managed to use the charm?”

“I just had a lucky break that she left her clothes out overnight. I poured the charm on her p@anties then took her laundry to her the next morning.” He explained
“But the annal sex thing was not part of our deal, where did that come from?” I asked.
“It was just to get rid of her. I knew that she would refuse and I was already getting tired of her demanding s€exual appetite. Whatever that was in that charm turned her into a dog.”

I smiled in satisfaction. “That’s the exact result, Patricia and I want, a dog!” I said.
Steve gave me a puzzled look now then asked, “If you don’t mind my asking, I thought you three were very good friends?”
“Yes, why?” I asked.

“Then why are you two trying to destroy her.”

“Dude, leave the matter alone, it’s a long story and besides, you won’t understand but there’s one more thing we would want you to help us do in order to finalize this deal.”

“What?” He asked and I beckoned him to come closer then I whispered it to him.
“What! Mama, that one is a big demand o.” He complained. “If you want me to go that far, you’ll have to add three hundred thousand naira to my pay.”
“Haba, why are you this greedy? As if you won’t enjoy it. Can’t you take two hundred?”

He reluctantly contemplated for a while then finally said, no problem. When do you want it done?”

“This month’s end. Her husband should be coming into the country on Sunday evening and we have to make sure that we give him a copy of the disk.” I explained.

“No problem… As long as he won’t come seeking my arrest.” He said.
“You don’t have to worry about it. With the kind of money you have made from this deal, you can go hide in Ghana until everything blows over.” I suggested. He nodded in agreement and I pulled out a brown envelope from my handbag and handed it to him. “When you are ready to carry out the second one, just give me a call and Patricia and I will be there in person to record it all.”
“Alright…” He checked the content of the envelope and smiled.

“Won’t you count it?” I asked.
He scoffed. “I trust you.”
“Good, so we want you to move out of that apartment latest that same day after the final deal takes place and we will handle the rest from there.” I said as I turned the key in the ignition and started the car.
“Okay.” He nodded, opened the door and got down then slipped the envelope into one of his back pockets of his jeans. As he walked away, I turned up the music again but it was Ed Sheeran’s “Give Me Love” that was playing now. Please with how everything was falling into place just as we had planned, I drove away.