Chapter 16

The sailor had let out a few sighs and exclamations on the grounds of exhaustion, but none of this made way to king's ear as he stared into the ocean, his mind not filled with any thought. It was just a thoughtless drift of his mind, and till his phone rang, did he come back to himself.

"boss" T said as King answered the call.

"ah, thank God. T please tell me you have good news. This babe won scatter my head" King said, expecting a yes from T. It had been two weeks already.

"in a good way I hope" T joked.

"no, no, no! na una tell her that nonsense wey make her come my room yesterday night ba?" King asked.

"me I no dey there o, they just tell me wetin sup. And I don lose money now" T said.

"you guys were betting?" King asked in disbelief and wondered why he had such people working for him.

"we gat do something as you no dey na. So how e be?" T asked and gave a short laugh.

"there was no be-ing. Nothing happened" King replied.

"ah, sure boy. Heys, make una come dey drop una money. Boss K say e no do" T said. King scoffed on hearing T.

"I can't believe you guys are betting on my sex life. And you dey there T. I go kill persin when I show for that place" King said.

"don't be angry. We were just betting on what's left of it" T said then King groaned.

"okay, calm down, calm down. That's not why I called. I called to tell you, you can't come back now. Baba Sege is still hot on your trail" T said.

"so till when? You know say I no like to dey run"

"when everything settle, I go call you. Just wait for my next call" T said.

"okay. Thanks" King said and ended the call as Leah walked in.

"who was that?" Leah asked.

"T" King said.

"can we go back now?"

"no. He says Baba Sege is still hot in his search for what happened to his men. We would have to stay here a little longer. Sadly" King said.

"for you" Leah said.

"you are the one who is making it said for me" King said.

"sorry… but I need to go out" Leah said. King looks at her. she really didn't understand the point of low-key. It was staying away from the public, not the other way round.

"well, I'm not going to be stuck here with your grouchy behind for God knows how long, I need to go out. I need to get some things. Really urgent, important, woman things" Leah said.

King ignores her and then walks away, she follows after him, calling his name but he ignores her till he gets to his room and then shuts the door in her face.

* * * *

Baba Sege is seated in his home and some ladies a fanning him. Then two of his boys, Gogo and Boro come in.

"baba o!" they say, hailing Baba Sege.

"wetin you get for me?" Baba Sege asked. Gogo and Boro looked between each other.

"Baba o. We never get anything o. We no get anything for you" Gogo answered.

"una no dey make sense, talk something make I hear" Baba Sege said, not wanting to take no for an answer. They had to have something, his men could not go missing without any trace and they had nothing.

"baba, we no find anything" Boro said

"Boro, I no say make you repeat wetin you talk the first time, I say make you talk something else. Like you don find wetin happen to my boys, or say you don find my boys" Baba Sege said and got up from his seat. "na wetin dey worry small pikin be this?" Baba Sege added as he looked at Boro and Gogo.

"boss…" Boro was saying but was cut off by Baba Sege.

"shut up! na the work wey I send you, you dey bring back for me so, na the work? I say go bring me answer you dey bring me conclusion abi una dey mad ni. Emi yoo na ọ (I will slap you). My boys don disappear, no trace, no nothing and una dey tell me this rubbish. Gogo even you, even you. You suppose know pass these small boys to dey bring me this kind news" Baba Sege said, his rage very evident.

"boss. I know. But we don search tire, we never find anything" Gogo said.

"you must find o. Gogo I said you must find. You and Boro must find where my men are and what happened to them. Because, emi yoo pa ọmọ ẹnikan. Emi ko ṣe awada pẹlu awọn ọmọkunrin mi (I will kill somebody's child. I don't joke with my boys). Have you checked that boy King again?

"yes. But e never dey since the thing happen. They talk say even the day you send boys go there, e no dey" Gogo said.

"that's just crap. Gogo, Boro" Baba Sege called.

"baba" they both answered.

"no come back this place till you get the answer wey I dey find. Find my boys" Baba Sege said, then went back to his seat and the ladies continued fanning him while Gogo and Boro looked at each other before they leave.