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Episode 33

“Jesus of Nazareth!” I screamed on seeing the black highlander jeep. “You mean this jeep is for me?”

“Yes dear,” the senator replied smiling. “The jeep is for you.”

I couldn’t hide my joy.

I ran round the jeep touching and inspecting every corner of its upholstery.

Then I opened the door to the passenger seat to inspect the inside.

“This is beautiful,” I exclaimed feeling the seats with my hand. “This is very beautiful.”

“I’m happy you like it,” the senator said smiling.

“I sure do like it,” I replied smiling back.

Senator Clifford’s driver drove me back to my hostel in the brand new highlander with me sitting at the back.

The necessity of going for some driving lessons flashed through my mind as we drove back.

My friends at the lodge were so dumbfounded when they saw me.

“Its my new car,” I announced smiling.

“Wow!” They exclaimed with eyes ogling.

I threw a party later that night in the lodge and everybody drank and drank till they were satisfied.

I soon started feeling tipsy and danced freely. One guy slipped his hands into my skirt as we danced but I didn’t mind.

I was high on cloud nine so nothing else mattered.

Around 11pm, an unfamiliar set of guys entered our lodge.

Next thing they drew out guns and started demanding for our phones and everywhere became noisy.

In the chaos, I quickly ran into my room and locked the door.

“Please don’t do this to me,” I heard a female occupant of our lodge screaming downstairs.

“My friend open it well!” A harsh masculine voice countered.

The significance of what was happening was clear to everyone – the poor girl was being raped downstairs.

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The next morning I came downstairs to inspect my jeep and luckily for me it was still in good condition.

There was no scratch anywhere nor bullet marks.

After that I went over to the room of the girl whom I had heard screaming that night.

The poor girl lay on her bed crying profusely.

She had been unlucky that night and had the guys raping her in turns.

I consoled her to the best of my ability and went back to my room.

As I got close to my room, a call came to my phone and I looked to check who it was and saw the name Dennis, my boyfriend, calling.

“You’ve been avoiding my calls,” he complained as soon as I picked.

“I’m no longer interested in this relationship,” I replied shocking him.

He kept silent for sometime before the line went dead.

Another call came in almost immediately. This time it was from Leo hotel.

“A very important senator would be needing your services this night,” the receptionist informed. “Will you be available?”

“Yes I will,” I replied without thinking.

“Alright see you then,” he said and dropped the call.

Initially I was happy for the new job till the significance of Leo hotel and the thought of Ray flashed into my mind.

My instinct told me that it was possible that they must have discovered Ray’s lifeless body and wanted to use the job to draw me out.

I was right.

I decided at that moment that I won’t show up for the job; definitely not in a hotel where I was still a fugitive.

The expected time for me to show up soon came and when I didn’t show up, the receptionist started calling my number but I refused to pick. He gave me over fifty missed calls but still I didn’t pick.

At the end, he gave up and let me be…

That evening, senator clifford called me and informed me that Leo hotel had called him and informed him about the murder of one Mr. Ray in their hotel and about my involvement in the murder.

According to senator clifford, he said that it was reported that I stabbed Ray five times in the abdomen and ran away and that the police was searching for me everywhere.

“Darling they are lying,” I replied when senator clifford had finished. “You know I can’t do such thing.”

“Honestly I was surprised when the manager called me and informed me about the crime,” senator clifford continued. “I said I would hear from you first before I reach my conclusion.”

“Sir please I didn’t do it,” I begged. “It was all a set up. The man was already dead before I got to the hotel.”

“But what did you go to the hotel to do that night?” The senator asked.

“I went to deliver a package from edex company,” I lied. “You know I now work with edex group of companies and by the time I got to Ray’s room he was already dead. The whole thing is just a set up,” I explained.

“Anyway don’t worry I will see what I can do about it,” the senator reassured and dropped the call.

Ofcourse I knew the capability of senator clifford and what he could do so I wasn’t bothered at all.

My mum’s call came in soon after I dropped senator clifford’s call.

“I’ve been having series of nightmares recently,” my mum informed me. “I had a dream last night in which you were a prostitute and slept with different men till one of them used you for ritual. Then I woke up and discovered that it was all a dream.”

“Ah mama you over-worry yourself over nothing,” I replied sounding casual. “Nothing will happen to me. I’m fine.”

“Ok o if you say so,” my mum replied and dropped the call.

The next day, senator clifford called me again to inform me that everything had been taken care of but that I should be careful and stay out of trouble. I thanked him immensely before ending the call.

I had a job that night that promised three hundred thousand naira and I wasn’t going to miss it for any reason.

The job had gone smoothly till I woke up the next morning to discover that the client I slept with was no other person but the head pastor of my church in school…

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“Pastor Joshua?” I gasped.

“Blood of God,” he echoed in surprise.

“Sister Linda, is this you?”

“Yes its me o,” I replied smiling to myself. I wanted him to know that I recognised him very well. “Hope your wife is fine?”

“Yes my wife is fine,” he replied hesitating out of guilt.

“Greet her for me,” I said smiling.

“I will increase your money for you but just keep your lips sealed please,” he pleaded. “No other ear should hear of this please?” I begged.

“Ok no problem,” I replied and went to have my bath…


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