CHAPTER ONE

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To Make Justice Visible in the land, to destroy the wicked person and the evil-doer, that the strong might not injure the weak.

Hammurabi.

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The Little girl ran along the long passage towards her father's room. She giggled as she hid underneath his large caftan hanging on the wall at the back of the door.

" Papa will never find me here,"  she giggled again, the caftan covered her tiny frame, a perfect hiding place.

As footsteps approached the door, the little girl held her lips to hinder those betraying giggles from escaping her lips.

" Angel, I know you are here and I will find you soon", A tall and imposing man said as he opened the door to the room.

He looked under the bed, and saw no one, he searched the other places that his little Princess always used as her hiding spot and found nothing.

Smiling, he turned toward the caftan, he had kept it there for a purpose, it seems she fell right into it.

He approached it quietly" Ahh, why can I not find my little angel, I have lots of gifts for her"

Faint giggling was heard, and the man smiled at it.

" now I will have to give it to bobo", He was sure this would bring her out of her hiding. He watched in anticipation as she struggled to remove the caftan, " Ahhh his little idiotic daughter" The man sighed to himself.

The room burst open, obstructing the little girl's attempt, the man looked up and was shocked to see a masked man with a gun pointing at him.

" Who are you," the man said, fear evident in his eyes, he prayed his daughter would be quiet and not move from her position.

" I suggest you stop moving

Sir, this can end badly for you and your family "

" What do you want?" He looked at his assailant,

The masked man chuckled" Can I have the money which you withdrew from the bank yesterday,"

The masked man walked backward and closed it to the door, " You Mr. Alli,  while you and your family live in affluence, others have little or nothing to eat. I want you to see this as your little contribution"

The Man heaved a sigh, all he wished right now was for his assailant not to notice his daughter who was peeking at them. He narrowed his eyes at her making her hide in fear.

" If it's the money you want, give me a second" He walked towards his study table and moved it, revealing a discreet safe, he punched in the password and opened it.

" take as much as you want," Mr. Alli said as he backed away from the save.

The masked man's eyes widened with glee at the sight of the money, pointing his gun at Mr. Alli,

"  Bring out half of it and put them on the table beside you and move back,"

"Kneel there and hands up, no funny movement, or I will order your son and daughter to be killed, we have them downstairs".

Alli narrowed his eyes, his son left the house some time ago discreetly to play mobile games down the street and his daughter was here, the thief must be lying.

However, He complied and moved back,

He then noticed a bangle on the thief's hand as he was putting the cash in the bag, Mr. Alli heaved a sign and chuckled

" Brother is this a new way of informing me that my security is insecure"

The Thief looked up, narrowed his eyes, and zipped the bag he put the cash in. He pointed the gun at Mr. Alli and said " Who is your brother, you hypocrite", a slight movement close to the door then attracted his eyes, as he looked towards it, Mr. Alli charged and removed the masked, he expected to see a familiar face,

" You...." The thief shouted and shot at him at close range.

Mr. Alli fell to the ground as he watched the face he had trusted with his life and kids, his mind filled with regret and warnings he had earlier received.

The thief frowned and said, "you killed yourself, idiot". As he walked out of the room, he heard a whimper, he looked back at the man and shot him in his head.

At that moment two gasps escaped two lips, but the thief walked out of the room, outside the house he saw the gatekeeper sleeping soundly on his seat and snickered.

At the murder scene, the little girl came out of her hiding place and screamed as she saw her father in a pool of his blood, She felt light and allowed the darkness to come in as she fell unconscious.

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Tears streamed down her eyes as she struggled to wake up,  she rolled and trashed on her bed and finally fell off, the impact caused her consciousness to awaken.

She looked around expecting to see blood, seeing none. She cried silently with her knees folded to her chest.