So you don’t want to talk, don’t
worry I will deal with you
personally.
Officer, I don’t know what you
want me to tell you. I have told
you all I know please believe me.
You want to tell be what to
believe? Do you know how many
years I have been in this job? We
see people like you, calming not
to have any involvement but they
are the real criminals.
Sir, please am not a criminal,
I just don’t know that’s who my
friend is.
Shut up or I shut it for you.
Officer, what if we ask him to
give us the number that call him,
so we can trace it, maybe we can
get to my wife.
Ok, you have a point there.
Hey sikpo or whatever you call
yourself give me the phone
number that called you.
And don’t you dare give me wrong
number or you are dead.
Sikpo gave the number of his guy.
They start calling, but he did not
pick, he just look at the number
and then looked at Tina.
“So you call your husband to
start tracing me right?”
“No, I did not, I have never reach
out to him since we are here
right? She turns and ask Miriam.”
“Yes she has not Miriam said.
Hoping that will help the issue
at hand.”
Fine if I go down, you go down
with me.
What?
Yes, so if you no what is best for
you, and you. Point at Tina and
Miriam, you better call off your
husband from my case.
They got sikpo, and they are after
me, so you are going to call
your husband and tell him to
drop the case then I will let
you go understand.
Yes, yes I understand you perfectly.
Tina said shaking like a leaf.
He put Tina on call
Hello, hello, is me Tina.
Tinaa.. where are you?..
Wait.. wait.. the army told Mr.
Jackson to hold on, lets record
the call.
The man took the phone from
Tina forcefully and push her
aside.
So they are trying to track
the call right.
Lock them up he ordered and
the scarier woman obeyed .
Look we need to escape from
here, using the approach will
not make them to let us go
Miriam said.
What should I do? Tina ask
“Think of a way to escape”.
“Let’s kill one them and run away”.
“What!, kill? No… I can’t kill anyone
please think of something else”.
“Something like what”?
“Ok, I will pretend to die then
they will throw me into a pit then
I will come out and look for help
to come and rescue you”.
Tina said.
“Hmmm, and how did you know
your plan will work out the way
you think?. “What if they buried
you alive?.
“God forbid, let’s think of
something else”.
“Call your husband again”
“But the phone is not connecting”.
“Give me let me try to calling him”.
Miriam took the phone from
Tina’s hands and press call, it
starts to ring.
“Give me the phone”. Tina
snatches it from her.
“Hello honey, please help us”.
“Hello Tina is that you.?
“Yes is me, we have be kidnapped”.
“Where are you right now?
“In the middle of no where”
“What did you mean”?
Give me a location, or description
we can use to locate you”.
“Ok, ok.. eee.. Miriam snatch the
phone from Tina.
“Sir, we are in the forest where
we went to look for ken”.
“Oh mine, Miriam! Is that you”?
“Yes sir is Miriam, Madam took
me to here”.
Tina snatch the phone from
Miriam
“Honey don’t mind her, right now
we are in a mess, they want to
kill us please come quickly and
please tell the army to stop
chasing Skipo.
“Why? You know them?
Yes, their boss here ask me to
transfer the money so they let
us go, but after the transfer they
needed more money, and they
lock us here saying that you
have to come with 100 million
to reuse us.
Please do something we are
about to die”.
Mr. Jackson don’t know what to
do or where to go, he put a call
across to the army head quarter
and within a matter of an hour
they are already in the forest
looking for Tina and Miriam.
Dad, let me go with them, I know
the way.
No son, this is dangerous than
you think, I don’t want to lose
both of you. You can see that
up till now we’ve not been able
to find your brother. And now
his mother have been kidnaped.
No, I would let you go.
“Ben your father is right, you
can’t go with them just stay at
home and take care of things I
believe both son and mother
will be save.
Am going to the church.
“To do what? Jackson asks
his wife”.
“To pray dear, Tina and her son
must be found, I can’t stay in this
house while they are in the
kidnapers hands”
“Ok Jackson said and let her go,
wondering what has come over
her. Since Ken gone missing
she has totally become a different
person…. “God women are
unpredictable”.
He turns to his son, “ben take
care of the house I will go with
the army to look for my son
and wife”.
“Yes dad, take care”. Ben was
now too afraid for his family, he
no longer understands what is
going on, everyone is now
running halters scatter and is all
because of that ken, even his
mother have no rest again.
ben’s mom got to the church
and all she could do was cry.
“Oh.. God do not forsake me lord,
what will people say, they will
say I kill him and his mother so
I can inherit my husband’s wealth,
please bring them back even if
is half dead please bring them
back to me like that.
“Ohh… God please answer me,
I will give anything for them to
come to us, I… I promise never to
fight with them again, and I will
live in peace with all men lord
please answer me in Jesus
name Amen.
She finish her prayers and was
about to go home, she met
the pastor coming out of his office.
“Hello Mrs. Jackson hope all
is what, you don’t look bright
to me”.
“Pastor, my family is in a big
mess right now, so I come to pray”.
“Yes, yes that is what a good
woman will do for her family,
you’ve done well.
Let us pray, the held hands and
pray that where ever Mrs. Tina
is and her son they should
come back without any harm.
[The forest]
Mr. Jackson and the army scan
the whole forest but no sign of
ken or his mother.
“Call that number again”.
“Yes sir, the army man dial the
number again.
“Is ringing
“ok,
“hello is Tina,
“Fine where are you in the
forest?
“We.. we.. are in a house. Is
dark here we can’t see anything”.
“Ok,, ok stay there we are coming”.
“Ok.. Thank God they are here.
“Really? Miriam ask
“Yes they are in the forest.
Then let’s escape so we can
meet they on the way.
“No let’s stay here so we don’t
miss them.
“Ok”.
The pastor told ben’s mom to go
home, “you can go home now,
your co wife and her son will be
found I promise you our God has
never fail us”.
“Thanks you sir”.
“You are welcome keep being a
good woman, only a good woman
will pray for her co wife safety.
May God continue to reward you.
“Amen thank you sir, she said
and went home.
“Any news? She ask her son
once she got home.
“No mom no news yet, he
wanted to ask his mother why
she was doing all this but
couldn’t find the courage to do
so, because his mom has
become a totally different person
since ken went missing. “Let
me leave her alone, maybe time
will tell, am no longer comfortable
with my mom’s behavior this days.
Hmmm. He walks to his room.
But he can’t stop thinking of
Miriam, somehow he has
started to like her, she is strong,
never giving up type of person,
she is determine, ben keep
counting all the quality she had
and couldn’t help falling for her,
she is the type of girl for me. I
need her. But her madness is way
out of this world, he laugh as
he keep fantasizing about her.
But why will she go back to that
forest with ken’s mom? Anyways
maybe because she is her maid,
she doesn’t have a choice but to
do whatever she was told, she
was right been a maid is hard
work, that’s why she wants to quit.
But the way she is going about
it is not the best.
Ben keep thinking about her
till a knock landed at his door,
“What again, he was enjoying
himself fantasizing about a
woman and now what? A knock
on his door!
“How is that? He yell,
“Is me, your mother wants to
see you”.
“Tell her I be will be with her
in a minute”.
“Yes sir”.