9 Locked Out

Bella entered her boos' compound. She had been sitting in one spot for the past two hours, receiving lectures from her English teacher. The teachings were not boring at all, in fact, she had enjoyed every bit of it. After two hours, she had left her teacher's house.

She locked the gate behind her and made for the main house. She pulled out a bottle of water when she got to the kitchen, poured some water into a glass and drank her fill.

As she made for her room, she heard a bang on the gate. It was definitely not her boss because he had taken the car.

She dropped her bag on the kitchen counter and went to the gate. She didn't like this gateman job at all.

Immediately she identified the person who was at the gate, she prepared herself for a fight. With the speed of lightening, she opened the gate, jumped out locked it and put the key in her back pocket while jamming the entrance.

Tinka stared at her. "What is the meaning of this nonsense? Get out of my way, you idiot."

"At your service milady." Bella moved out of the way and Tinka was faced with the closed gate.

Tinka turned eyes of fury towards Bella. "You think this is a joke, right? If you don't open this bloody gate now, count yourself out of this house effective immediately."

"Oooohhhh… I am so terrified now." Bella shook dramatising. "Look ma'am, my boss' orders, you are not to enter this house. He employed me so I must obey him."

Tinka raised her brows. "Oh… I see… Now listen to me you slut, I know what you are after. You want me out so you can take your shameless ass to my husband's bed, right? You must be a big fool if you think that I would allow that. You are nothing but a common maid, okay?"

"And you are a stupid gold digger who just wants to marry my boss for money." Bella shot back.

"How dare you talk back at me?"

Tinka's hand swung to hit Bella's cheeks but Bella held her hand before the slap landed.

"Never you try that again." She threw her hand down forcefully. "Now, please leave madam before I scream and gather a crowd."

"Stupid slut."

"Useless bitch" Bella retorted.

"What?"

Bella grinned. "Check out the meaning in the

dictionary."

Tinka left the place while Bella entered the house. Tinka foamed in anger as she walked away. She would make that bloody girl pay in full. She knew that Ray wasn't around because his car wasn't in the compound when she spied the compound. He must be in the hospital with that damned dirty girl. That girl is beginning to occupy too much of his time and thoughts. I think I need to pay her a visit. She thought to herself as she walked towards the main road to get a taxi.

The confusion and tension on ground was so

intense. The police had searched the entire

compound for Fred but all their efforts were futile. They had broken into Fred's apartment which was pointed out by Lucy's friend, Tola. They noticed the chaotic state of the apartment, making it obvious that the occupant was in a hurry to leave. That alone was enough to mark Fred as a prime suspect in the disappearance of the victim. The police noted this with interest.

Peluce had already resumed her whaling. Tola was trying hard to calm her even though she was feeling the extreme urge to scream. Never had she seen her dreams manifest with such short time interval. Deo was just looking on, lost in his own world and blaming himself for not protecting the woman he loves. Mr. Mbabazi was busy discussing with the policemen; his veins were now so visible. The trauma was beginning to take it's toll on him. The entire compound had been searched and no one seemed to be home at that time.

As they were about to leave, they saw a guy come into the compound. He was fairly tall, about 5.8, his gaze held curiosity. He approached the handful of people skeptically.

"Hello… hope there is no problem?" His gaze was somewhat confident.

The police officers shielded out everyone and one of them approached Chris. "Excuse me sir, we are from Jinja road Police station." He brought out his ID card. "I have a warrant for the arrest of one Mr. Fred Masaba."

"What?!" Chris squeeled. "That guy is crazy ooo… What did he do?"

Peluce jumped in immediately. "He kidnapped my daughter; that is what he did."

"What?! That bastard. I saw him this morning when he was rushing out of his house with hand luggage. I asked him where he was going and he said he wanted to quickly get to Ajumani to see his sick mother."

Mr. Mbabazi squeezed his fist in a frightening

manner and Peluce started shouting on top of her voice. The animal responsible for her daughter's disappearance was nowhere to be found.

"Even if we have to search the whole of Uganda, I will find my daughter and that scoundrel" Mr. Mbabazi thundered.

One of the policemen looked at Chris who was still gapping in surprise at what was happening around him.

"You will need to follow us to the-"

"Ehnehn… but police officer, I have told you all that I know. How does this concern me now? I don't even know his surname. Please ooo… I have never entered a police station before and I won't enter one today... please." Chris pleaded and before Chris could be stopped, he rushed into his apartment and locked the door firmly behind him.

As the policemen were busy trying to persuade Chris to follow them to the police station, Deo took out his phone and dialed a number.

"Hello Akim… Long time… I am not fine… My girl friend is nowhere to be found… yes… I need a favour."