When The Tide Of The Heart Changes

Episode 16

RAGING TIDE

“That b—–d have crossed the line this time” Bimbo barked shattering the glass cup in her hands.

More lines appeared on her face defiling the make-ups she had on.

Those cheeks turned red exaggerated more by the pink cheeks she wore.

Her chubby face sagged and her eyes blazed with fury turning her roasted plantain colour to that of a red ripe plantain.

“I will demolish that boy, i will crush him that he will become poorer than he ever have been before. . . he messed with the wrong woman, he messed with me now he is now using my daughter…”

Her eyes widens into a pop, as her clenched fist bangs on the table.

A burst of rage waved past her, making her shake and quake with rage.

“I will take everything from him, and that stupid prodigal daughter of mine will have no choice than to crawl back here begging”
She reaches for her phone.

“Hello, am i speaking to chief of custom” She intoned with an aura of authority exhibiting in her every utterance.

“Hello madam.. Good afternoon.. yes this is Alhaji danjuma” Came a trembling voice from the other end of the phone.. “What can i do for you ma?”

“Their is a shipment of 20containers arriving nigeria from china belonging to one mr John Williams..yes? Bimbo asked in a tone of utmost command.

“Yes ma… its tagged XH3628……” The alhaji replied with voice exhibiting much humility and respect.

“That ship must not enter Nigeria…Contact the president of Warf… those container should not cross our borders, sink that ship” Bimbo commanded again.

“What? ….Yes ma” the helpless alhaji replied again in mixture of utmost confusion and submission and obviously shaking.

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Johnny entered his house in the wee hours of a soft warm friday.

His eyes caressed the interior of the building taking in the fine condition of the interior buttered in the greyzish black scene casted by the twilight.

The gloom on his heart which clearly showed on his face was nothing to be compared to that which was on Yvonne’s face as she sat on a cushion in the sitting room obviously lost in her own thoughts.

Johnny’s heart bled, You wouldn’t need a soothsayer to tell you she was so troubled.
who wouldn’t be, when its obvious she just lost everything and all for what? to be with the man she so strangely love.

He pitied her, and at the same time he pitied himself. his life was turning apart, everything was turning upside down.

He just got a call from Mclewis Plc informing him he has lost the contract he was supposed to handle worth over a 200million naira, whats worse was that he needed the money to pay off the bank from whence he borrowed 180million to acquire a shipment from china and he used his house and cars as collateral.

His only hope now is for the bank to exercise a little patient so he could distribute the goods in his container then her can easily pay them off since the goods are worth more than 800million.

He was sure Onyinye was the architect of him loosing that contract, he had heard rumours that mr Mclewis did everything she asked for even though she was just his secretary, Johnny shuddered to think why.

He joined Yvonne on the cushion, taking her in into his arms with his left hands caressing her stomach trying to notice the tiny life that formed inside.

He recounted to Yvonne all that happened that day, only stopped when he noticed beads of tears forming on her face.

A sudden outburst of the phone took him off his stomach caressing posture as he turned swiftly to answer the call.

It was a from warf he was sure judging from the number, just a six digit number.

He wasnt expecting his shipment for 2 more months, it was clearly betrayed by the surprise on his face as he picked the call.

“Hello…John Williams speaking” He addressed the caller.

6seconds of silence followed making him wonder if the call was still on.

“Good day sir” the phone finally gave out a sound.

“Good day..How may i help you” he asked betraying his curiosity to find out the motive of the call.

“Sir i just called to inform that your shipment with the tag XH3628.. just sunk at the pacific ocean, east african continental shelf area, and nothing was recovered.
Johnny’s heart stopped beating for a moment, the phone fell from his hands with a thunderous crash jolting Yvonne whose head rested on his chest.

This was it, everything he worked for all this years have gone into the shipment and now all his lost in a flash.

Johnny was welcomed into the world of dreams…..