Tarasha 2 Chapter 22 Part 13 – Oyin Oluwatosin Emmanuel
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© Oyinloye Oluwatosin Emmanuel
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The fall was more than something he could
control. He couldn’t stop the scream that forced
itself out of his mouth as he found himself
struggling against the force of gravity. His body
hit the window guards from the top most floor
and his head also hit one of the opened window
glasses and continued downward until it got to
the middle floor at the fourth second where it hit
another opened glass window, all this slowing
down his movement and increasing the pains of
his fall. He closed his eyes in anticipation of his
death as he continued falling.
He suddenly stopped moving after three more
seconds of hitting two more opened windows. He
opened his eyes expecting to find himself dead
but he was still about twenty feet away from the
ground. The thick collar of his cloth had hung
one of the window glasses which was now
oscillating because of his weight on it. Breathing
heavily he managed to look down from that
position. He could see people there looking up
and pointing at him as his legs flew in the air. He
heard a tearing sound and his body dropped a
centimetre downward, the collar was giving way.
He quickly used his hands to grab the window
glass and also supported himself with the legs.
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He was panting heavily as he managed to turn
his body to the other side. He heard a scream
from the room of the window.
_
Tarasha opened her eyes to look down after
seven seconds. The distance to the ground was
quite far and the bright lights on the walls of the
building at every floor made it impossible for her
to see the ground clearly. She however saw
traces of gathered people and concluded that Rex
must have fallen to the ground and they were
surrounding his dead body.
She turned and dropped to her knees weakly, she
closed her eyes and then took in some very deep
breaths. She opened her eyes after few seconds.
She still felt so weak in her body but she
managed to get up to her feet. She picked the
other end of rope on the floor and dragged her
feet as fast as she could to the structure at the
centre of the roof. She knew that security officials
would be making their way up to that floor at
that moment, the fastest way for her to escape
would be to leave with the rope through the back
of the building.
She quickly located her phone where she kept it
on the floor and also located her bag.
__
‘What did the boss say?’ Nicholas asked Cole for
the umpteenth time.
Cole remained mute as usual as he tried to settle
in the speedboat.
‘Are you sure you can sail this boat?’ the keeper
of the boat asked Cole again.
‘Yes,’ Cole replied the man. ‘You don’t need to get
scared,’ he added even though he was not so
confident of his riding ability.
The man stared at Cole doubtingly. He had
compromised the standards to release the boat
that night after Cole offered him a huge sum of
money. The speedboat usually goes with a sailor
who works with the organization, but at that
time of the night, the sailors had closed and the
sailing company was supposed to have closed
operations for that day. Cole had claimed to
forget his license but needed to use the boat
urgently, his enticing offer made the man
compromise.
‘Or should I sail you?’ the man offered.
Cole turned and stared at him. He heaved a deep
sigh of relief. He wondered why the man had not
offered to help from the beginning.
‘But you would have to pay extra,’ the man
quickly added on seeing that Cole was
considering his offer.
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‘I’ll pay right away,’ Cole accepted.
The man joined them on board and sailed the
boat while Cole and Nicholas sat behind.
‘So is she coming to join us on the ship?’
Cole stared at him, he wondered why he won’t
stop disturbing. He didn’t want to tell him the
truth that Tarasha was dead like he heard from
Rex because he wasn’t fully convinced that
Nicholas was truly on their side. He didn’t want
anything to stop Elvis Richards’ death. He knew
that was one thing Tarasha wanted to do and he
made up his mind to complete the task even if
she wasn’t there.
‘Yes, she’s coming to meet us.’ Cole finally
replied him.
Nicholas sighed. ‘You don’t trust me yet,’ he
asked, amazed that Cole still doubted him. ‘What
would you have done if your mother and child’s
lives were in danger?’
Cole stared at him, unwillingly to answer. His
phone rang at that moment.
‘Hey Henry, have you been able to ask for a
stop?’
‘Yes, but it was quite difficult and still
complicated, they asked me to speak with the
company’s Rep on board. He wasn’t fully
convinced it was his boss’ voice. He tried to
contact his boss after speaking with him but I
already redirected his boss’ call to me. They’ve
agreed to wait but they’re expecting to see men
in Erico’s company shirt, you might find it
difficult to get on board since you don’t have
their uniform.’
‘Alright, thank you so much Henry. You’ve done
a wonderful job,’ Cole commended.
‘Okay, what about Tara? Is she there with you
now?’
‘No, she’d join us.’ Cole replied, trying to hide the
sadness in his tone. He couldn’t tell Henry that
she was dead yet. He saw himself as the leader of
the team in her absence and did not want to give
any room for weakness of the team.
___
‘I tried her number and it isn’t connecting, you
guys should play safe.’ Henry said into the phone
before ending the call.
He looked at Madam Henrietta who was still
staring at him. He still wondered how the woman
got Tarasha to call her mother. Tarasha was a
daughter of the Danjumas and the couple were
dead. He couldn’t hold his urge to ask questions
anymore. He got up from the chair and sat at the
other edge of the bed where she was. She was
quick to talk before he could begin with his
questions.
‘Where is Omotara? Please tell her not to go
anywhere, i have this strong feeling that she
might never come back.’ Madam Henrietta said.
‘No please, don’t say that. Tara is coming back
and one day, she would find a way for all of us to
go back to our normal lives.’ Henry scolded her.
The woman shook her head sadly. ‘I don’t know,
I don’t think that day is ever going to come.’
‘Come on Madam, stop talking negatively. It’s
going to be well.’
Madam Henrietta let out a deep breath. ‘Can you
tell me what she’s going to do?’
‘Just to round up our task,’ Henry replied.
‘Please tell me in plain words,’ the woman shook
her head.
Henry sighed. ‘The Vice President is trying to
escape from the country and she wants to stop
him.’
Madam Henrietta’s face went blank for a moment
as she pondered on his reply. ‘She’s gonna kill
him?’
‘I don’t think so, she could stop him without
killing.’
‘Are you sure?’ the woman asked, with her body
vibrating.
Henry could sense fear all over the woman’s
body. ‘The truth is she’s going to stop him, I don’t
know how, she might end up killing him or just
handing him over to the police.’
‘But that man is deadly, he can harm or even kill
her and he…’
–5 Minutes Later —
In the ceiling of the building Dave had gotten
into, after confirming the exact room where
Henry had lodged the team from the hotel. He
wanted to hear their plans and know their next
steps.
‘Did someone knock the door?’ Dave could hear
Henry’s voice. He was now very sure that he was
in the ceiling directly above them. There was
silence for a moment.
‘There’s no one at the door,’ Henry’s voice
sounded again. Dave knew that it was the noise
he made in the ceiling that attracted them to the
door.
There was silence for almost one minute before
Dave heard Henry’s voice again.
‘I never imagined that Omotara wasn’t a real
child of the Danjumas, I always believed that she
was the only girl and I think she also believed
that she was.’
‘Yes, you’re right.’ Dave heard Chief Gab’s voice.
‘She only found out recently who her real mother
was.’
Dave listened to them carefully as they talked,
Three minutes later, he heard Henry on a phone
call.
‘Cole, I’m coming to join you on board.’ Dave
could only hear Henry’s voice but not the reply.
‘Don’t tell me not to, my mind is made up. I’m
coming.’
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The woman’s scream became louder as Rex
dropped into the room weakly. She was an
middle aged woman, she had come for a business
meeting in Lagos for the next morning and had
changed into her night gown to sleep for the
night. She turned to the other side of the bed to
have a clearer view of who dropped into the
room. She saw him sprawled on the floor weakly.
She couldn’t tell if he was dead or not.
She needed to talk to the reception and tell them
about him immediately but she was scared, the
landline placed by the hotel management for the
room user to communicate her needs was at the
side the body was. She watched him for seconds
and after being sure that he could not do
anything to her walk past him quickly. She
picked the phone and dialed.
Rex was in severe pains, his head was terribly
injured from Tarasha’s hit and the window
glasses which he hit in the process of falling. He
didn’t feel like he had any strength to get up
until he began to hear the woman reporting his
fall through the phone calls. With deep sighs and
groans, he dragged himself up and dragged his
backside on the floor to the woman, she
screamed and dropped the phone on seeing his
movements towards her. She jumped onto the
bed and fled quickly to the door.
Rex picked up the receiver of the phone quickly
and held it between his shoulder and his ear as
he dialed Elvis Richard’s number.
‘El…Elvis Richards, please ask that the power of
the hotel goes off again, this time for ten minutes
before coming back on.’ Rex said panting into the
phone.
‘Okay, I’ll tell him right away.’ James replied
instead.
‘Have your ship moved?’ Rex asked.
‘Yes, it has.’
‘Make sure you watch all those men on board, do
not trust any of them.’
Rex did not get a reply immediately. He heard
James talking to Elvis Richards.
____
‘Can you swim well Steph?’ Dave asked as he got
back into the room.
‘Yes, I can.’ Stephanie answered as she turned to
him. She stared at him inquisitively on seeing the
dust and cobwebs on his body.
Dave flashed a glance at Lizzy. ‘Liz, we’d be
going together to Lekki Port, we’d make a stop at
the NIS office to get some swimming kits. Please
make calls right away to any officer on duty to
bring out the kits necessary for an emergency
water operation.’
‘It’ll take us a total of about twenty five minutes
to get to Lekki Sea port,’ Lizzy said, looking at the
time. She considered the traffic at that time of the
day.
‘Thirty minutes,’ Dave corrected her. ‘Five
minutes to stop for the kits,’ he said and then
turned to Stephanie. He began to use a towel to
wipe off the stains on his body. ‘Steph, you’d get
to Inspector Dakolo at the hospital and tell him
we need reinforcement, Elvis Richards is trying to
escape by sea and the likely meeting point of the
assassins and Elvis Richards would be on that
ship.’
‘Okay,’ Stephanie replied with a nod. She picked
her phone and the key on the table and
proceeded to the door.
Lizzy picked her things and also followed behind.
She got to the door and turned back to look at
Dave. She was surprised to see him still standing.
He looked like he was being disturbed by
something.
‘Is anything wrong?’
Dave shook his head slightly, carrying a narrow
gaze on. ‘Nothing’s wrong,’ he replied.
‘Then, what are you waiting for?’ she raised her
brows.
He shook his head and proceeded towards her
weakly.
___
‘What the f*** is Henry coming to do here?’ Cole
wondered to himself after the call ended.
Tarasha’s instructions was that he remained with
Chief Gab and Madam Henrietta until the mission
ended.
He looked at his phone’s screen again, Henry was
not answering his calls. Nicholas kept stealing
glances at him but did not bother to ask any
question.
Cole closed his eyes and rested his back on the
backrest. He took a deep breath as he
remembered his boss again. He couldn’t believe
that she was dead already. It made him realize
that death was truly inevitable for humans, no
matter how powerful or dangerous the person is.
____
‘Guys, I want you to take a very good look
around this ship. We must make sure we check
anything that looks suspicious, we must not give
rooms for any nonsense this time.’ James gave
instructions to his men. A total of seven in
number, he had ordered for them to come
together after he received the call from Rex
where he warned them to be very careful.
‘But why has the ship stopped?’ Ayo asked,
wondering if the reason was related to the
warnings given. He had gone to call the other
men when the ships came to a halt.
‘I just asked the sailor, he’s says Erico Company
has to add something to the goods in store.’
James replied.
‘Well, I don’t like the idea of taking a pause here
in the middle of the sea.’ Ayo said.
‘That’s why we have to keep checking around
now and remain alert, the sailor says a staff of
the company is coming here. We have to check
that staff before we let him come on board,’
James replied. ‘Please go now, spread out and
leave no stone unturned.’
All the men turned and left the room
immediately. James turned back to see Elvis
Richards already walking into the room.
‘I don’t like the idea of the ship stopping too,’
Elvis Richards complained.
‘I’ll get it to move as soon as possible,’ James said
with a reassuring look to his father. ‘I think Rex
wants to come here too, it’ll give him sometime
to catch up with us.’
Elvis Richards let out a deep breath and
proceeded to sit on a chair.
‘Dad, all you need to do is remain here. The ship
is safe but this part of the ship is the safest, no
one knows you are here.’ James told him.
Elvis Richards nodded in reply.
‘I have to join them now and ensure they are
doing what they need to do,’ James said and got a
consenting nod from the man before he left. He
got out of the quarters assigned to them and after
five minutes of walking around got to the front
verandah of the ship. He met some of his men
already surrounding someone. He walked quickly
to see what was going on. A battered lady was
right in the centre of the circle.
Ayo landed another blow on her face. ‘You
b***h! When are you going to speak up?’
‘Where did you find her?’ James asked, directing
his question to Ayo.
‘They found her loitering around, one of our man
has monitoring her since we got on this ship.’
Ayo replied.
‘We caught her sneaking on us,’ one of the men
joined in. ‘She got into the toilet to make a call
and we caught her asking someone where he
was. It appeared he told her he was on his way.’
‘I knew that the Erico’s company call for the ship
to stop was a fake one,’ Ayo put in.
James stared thoughtfully, he looked at the face
of the lady on the ground in anger. ‘So what’s
your mission here?’ He asked, he was about to
squat to look into her eyes directly when he
caught a glimpse of something moving afar off on
the water. He stared at it for a while so nice that
he attracted the attention of all the other men.
‘Take her somewhere in,’ James said to one of the
men. ‘Everybody should take strategic positions,
that looks like a Catamaran, the man she was
calling may be the one coming in it.’
‘More like a speed boat,’ one of the men put in.
A SPEED BOAT (The One used by Cole and
Nicholas )
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‘I think Tomi has gotten into some trouble, she
isn’t answering her calls anymore,’ Cole said
aloud. He was worried. She had called him and
asked where he was, after reporting that Elvis
Richards had not less than ten men on board, the
phone call ended abruptly and since then she
had not answered his calls.
‘Maybe she was discovered,’ Nicholas put in.
Cole looked at him but didn’t say a word.
‘Do I wait for you guys, are you returning
immediately?’ the boat sailor turned and asked
Cole.
Cole found the question difficult to answer. ‘Well,
I can’t tell, you can come on board with us and
wait for a while.’
‘No, if you want me to wait, I’d rather stay in my
boat. I don’t want anyone to mark my face for
working at the prohibited time.’ the man replied.
‘It’s okay,’ Cole had no choice than to agree.
They got closer and closer to the ship. Cole could
see some men on the large verandah at the
exterior. They seemed to be about their own
business and oblivious of his coming until the
speed boat got so close to the ship. He saw the
three men gather together as expected, looking
towards their direction.
____
Tarasha checked her time on getting to the port.
The place was not so busy like it used to be
during the working hours. The last ship for the
day had left and so everywhere was deserted.
She glanced around, looking at all the
standpoints of all the different Sea travel agencies
around. She needed to get something to follow
the ship that had left.
She took out her phone to dial Cole’s number
while she waited. It began to ring. She noticed
something like a Jet ski coming towards the sea
shore. She paid closer attention to see if it could
be her opportunity to get on the sea faster. She
walked down to the direction where the Jet ski
was facing. Her phone call to Cole wasn’t
answered but she did not bother as her mind was
already preoccupied with getting the jet ski.
The man soon got to the sea and got out of the
machine. He took out his was dialing a number
on his phone when Tarasha approached him.
‘Hello sir,’ she said with a smile.
He stared at her with suspicious eyes. He noticed
bruises on her face and some worn out parts on
her clothes.
‘Hi,’ he forced out a reply.
‘Can I rent your machine for the night?’
‘No,’ he stared at her with a scornful look. ‘I was
about to call the owner, he’d be coming right
away for it.’
‘You have to tell the owner that I’m borrowing
it,’ Tarasha said as she dipped her hand into her
pocket and moved closer to him. He took a step
back but didn’t go too far away to stop her from
touching him.
A JET SKI ( The one used by Tarasha )
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‘What do you guys want?’ one of the men
questioned Cole and Nicholas after they step onto
the ship. The man who sailed the speed boat
waited in it.
‘We’ve come to add this to the package for Erico
Group Of Companies,’ Cole replied. Nicholas
remained silent.
One of the men stepped forward ‘One, there’s
nothing like Erico group of companies and
secondly I don’t recognize you two as workers at
Erico.’
The man looked different from the two others,
while the other two looked like security officials
with guns in their hands. He looked ordinary, he
wore an Erico labelled shirt on a black plain
trouser.
‘I mean we were contacted to bring this here,’
Cole tried to cover up. He could see other men
appearing from other sides of the ship. He
remained as calm as he could, he didn’t expect it
to be easy but he was sure he would fight at his
best. ‘We do not work for Erico, we were only
sent here.’
‘I wasn’t sent here with you,’ Cole was shocked
beyond words to hear the words come from
Nicholas. He turned slowly and widened his eyes
in shock as Nicholas moved from beside him to
the men’s side. Nicholas took a pistol from one of
the men and pointed at Cole.
‘Who’s this?’ Ayo asked as he stepped back into
the verandah with James.
‘I see Rex’s secret man in Samantha Osman’s
gang is here with a member of the gang,’ James
replied. Rex had showed Nicholas to them while
they were in Solace Hotel and they were both
present when Rex gave Nicholas the assignment
of tricking Samantha Osman or any of her men
into their trap.
‘He’s here and he’s expecting Samantha Osman
to join him.’ Nicholas said to James as he came
closer to him.
The other men took out their guns and pointed
them at Cole too.
Cole wanted to curse Nicholas loudly but the
sound of the speed boat speeding away
interrupted him. He glanced back and saw the
sailor already on his way back. The man must
have been scared by of the guns he saw been
taken out.
‘That’s just the man who brought us here,’
Nicholas said as he stepped forward and joined
James and Ayo. Ayo stretched out his hand to
give Nicholas a handshake.
‘We should get the ship moving again, I was
forced to make the call to stop the ship on
Samantha Osman’s orders but I also saw it as an
opportunity to bring this fool here.’ Nicholas said
and looked Cole in the eyes with spite. ‘Rex
would not be glad if he finds out we are not
moving, I’ll go tell the sailors to continue.’
Nicholas got on the way before James could reply
him. James only nodded and watched him go. He
then turned to one of the men. ‘Go bring that girl
here,’ he ordered and the man responded
immediately.
Two minutes later, the man returned with Tomi
whose hands were tied behind her. They
motioned her and Cole to the centre of the large
verandah and asked both of them to go on their
knees.
Cole had four men pointing their guns towards
them from different directions. Inspector James
and Ayo were standing in front of them. He
studied the positions of all the gunmen carefully
and began to conceptualize how he could get his
way past them without injuring himself or Tomi.
Another major challenge he faced was the ropes
used to tie Tomi’s hands.
‘You guys should search him and take any gun or
weapons you find on his body out,’ Ayo said to
one of the men.
Cole breathed in gently, it could just be the
opportunity he was waiting for.
‘No, don’t do that.’ James objected and the man
who had made the move step back. He then
looked at Cole eye to eye. ‘This guy looks smarter
than that,’ he said and chuckled. ‘You know what
boy? You’re going to take out everything in your
pockets and put them on the ground.’
Cole was disappointed by the change in
instructions. He could feel his phone vibrating in
his backpocket again as he put his hands in his
pocket to take out his gun. He put down the only
gun in his pocket and his phone after silencing it,
he pushed it forward towards Cole and Ayo. Then
James signalled for the man pointing the gun
behind to move closer and search his body
‘The sailors are dead, the two of them.’ A voice
sounded from behind.
It was Nicholas. Ayo and James raised their eyes
to look at him.
‘I saw traces of a female’s hair on them, I think
she killed them,’ Nicholas added, accusing Tomi.
Tomi turned her neck to stare at him. She was
the only female there, so she was sure he was
referring to her.
James stared thinly at Nicholas’ face for a while
trying to compare the time at which he met with
the sailors and when Tomi was found.
‘So you killed the sailors already?’ Ayo asked,
staring at her with furious eyes.
Tomi only stared at his face for a moment but
gave no reply. James took her silence to mean
she was guilty of killing them. He concluded that
she must have done it immediately he left the
sailors after he went to ask why there was a
pause in the movement.
‘Now, we have a very big problem here if we
can’t move the ship.’ James lamented. ‘Is there no
other person who can sail it?’
‘I asked, but the security men do not seem to
know what to do.’ Nicholas replied.
James stared at Tomi angrily he took out his gun
and pointed at her. ‘Damn you b***h! He said
and fired a quick unexpected shot at her and the
bullet entered straight into her belly. Everyone
was surprised, they didn’t expect he would shoot
her that we quick. She fell on her side and gave
up the ghost.
Cole widened her eyes on seeing her fall dead.
His heartbeat changed and his blood began to
boil. Even though he and Tomi had not been the
best of friends, her fall still had some huge
impact on him. He was still boiling in anger
visible when one of the men behind kicked him
at his back with the knee and he fell face flat.
‘Don’t kill him yet,’ Nicholas cautioned as he saw
James trying to pull the trigger angrily. James
and Ayo looked at his face for explanation. ‘He’s
the only one who can easily trick Samantha
Osman to us, we lose if we kill him. I can’t do
that because she doesn’t trust me completely.’
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The speed boat sailor zoomed as fast as he could.
He had believed Cole and Nicholas when they
told him they were from Erico company and one
of them had to meet with the ship. He was
surprised to find the men taking out guns on he
ship and he decided to flee immediately since he
had already been paid for his own services
before they get him involved in whatever their
business was.
He could see another small water vessel coming
from afar, at first it looked like a canoe from afar
but as it came closer, he wondered what
someone was doing with it on the sea and going
in that direction at that time of the night.
Two minutes later, that got to the same point and
he had a better view of her. He knew who owned
the ship and he was confused about how she got
it but he remained silent and focused on his way.
Five minutes after he passed her and the Jet ski
was out of his sight, he saw something else that
surprised him. A raft coming afar off from a
different direction but towards the same direction
of the ship carrying the Erico goods. He could see
from afar that the raft had three people on it. He
shook his head as he wondered what could be
happening that night.
___
‘You’ve previously gotten information from
Samantha Osman, you can’t say she wouldn’t talk
to you when you haven’t given it a try yet? Why
don’t you try?’ Ayo suggested.
‘I’ve been away from them since morning, it gives
her room to be suspicious. She would believe I
could have changed sides within that time,’
Nicholas said, reemphasizing his point that she
wouldn’t trust him. He however picked up Cole’s
phone which was on the floor to show them he
was willing to try. He unlocked it and switched
to the call history where he dialed Tarasha’s
number on. He placed it close to his ear to listen.
‘She’s not answering,’ he said after the second
time of trying without the call been answered.
There was silence for a few seconds.
James took out this phone and dialed Rex’s
number. ‘Hello Rex, we have a problem.’
‘What problem is that? I hope your ship is still
moving,’ Rex replied.
‘I’m afraid it’s not,’ James answered in a low
tone. ‘It stopped and when we checked both
sailors were dead.’
‘What the f***! I told you to watch carefully and
ensure you do not have any enemy on board,’
Rex answered angrily.
‘I truly do not know how she got on board with
us but she’s dead now, Nicholas also led
Samantha Osman’s right hand man to us.’
‘But you gotta get the f***** ship moving
immediately.’
‘I’m afraid but…’ he stopped to look at Ayo’s face.
‘There’s no way we can, I don’t know anyone
here who can navigate the ship.’
‘You have to move it anyhow… Oh f***! Now
listen, make sure that Chief Elvis remains in that
room and does not take off his disguise. I’m close
to the port and I’ll join you soon.’
‘Okay Rex,’ James wondered why Rex sounded so
afraid, he expected that Rex should have killed
Samantha Osman like he said he was going to do
before leaving Solace Hotel.
He returned the phone into his pocket. ‘One of
you should take this body and dispose it off,’ he
said, referring to Tomi’s body. ‘Pick him up and
take him in, we’d remain watchful with all our
man while we wait here for Rex.’
James signaled to Ayo and both of them walked
in, leaving the remaining with Cole.
‘Get up idiot!’ one of the men said as he slapped
Cole hard on the back. He put the gun at the back
of his head to show his seriousness. Cole forced
himself up and raised his hands in the air like he
was instructed to do. He turned to look back and
watched as Tomi’s body was taken away, he was
aggrieved in his spirit but he still had not gotten
the right opportunity to attack the men who
could easily overpower and kill him if he made
any mistake while trying to attack them. His eyes
met with Nicholas’ and he gave him the deadliest
stare ever. Nicholas replied with a confident
look. He unlocked Cole’s phone again and dialed
Tarasha’s number.
They were about to enter into the interior of the
ship when one of the men caught a glimpse of
something coming afar off the sea. He called the
attention of the others and they all delayed their
movement to check what it was.
‘What could that be?’ Nicholas asked loudly.
‘Looks like someone else is coming here,’ one of
the men answered.
They were sure another boat was coming
towards them but what they could not ascertain
yet was how many people were in the small boat.
They waited for more than one minute before
they could see clearly that it was only one person
in a Jet ski.
Cole used the opportunity to observe each of
them, four out of the five men were holding guns
while the fifth one and Nicholas were without
guns. It wasn’t still the right time to attack them,
they still kept an eye on him even as they
watched the coming vehicle. His eyes caught
Nicholas’ eyes and Nicholas seemed to know
what he was looking back for. Nicholas raised his
brows and nodded his head gently. Cole stared at
him suspiciously not understanding the meaning
of his gesture.
‘Someone should tell James that someone else is
approaching,’ one of the men said aloud and
then turned to look at the vehicle well.
They dragged Cole with them as they walked
back towards the guard rails, three of them
spreading themselves out while one stood behind
Cole with a gun.
Cole also took a brief look towards the coming
vehicle, he wasn’t expecting anyone but the
structure of the person sailing the Jet ski caught
his attention. He stared more attentively for
about thirty seconds and couldn’t believe who it
was when he saw her.
‘She’s here,’ he said aloud with confidence, his
mind gaining some peace of mind. He couldn’t
contain his joy on seeing her again.
‘Who the f*** is here?’ the man standing right
behind Cole asked.
Before Cole could answer or make any move,
someone screamed from behind. All the men
glanced back to see Nicholas attacking the man
beside him.
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The speed boat sailor was glad as he journeyed
towards the land. He had heard a gunshot sound
after he left the ship and he imagined in his eyes
that they had shot Cole.
As he got closer, he saw a man walking towards
the direction he hoped to park his speed boat. He
hoped it wasn’t what he was thinking, he wasn’t
ready to talk about the speed boat with anyone
else that night.
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‘Get the f*** down now,’ Rex ordered with his
gun pointed at him.
The man jumped out of the speed boat
immediately. He longed to call the attention of
the security men but he noticed that he couldn’t
catch a glimpse of anyone around.
He watched as Rex got into his boat and sped off
with it. He was frustrated as he walked the
seashore wondering what kind of debt he had
put himself into. He suddenly spotted a man lying
on the floor, he rushed to the man to see if he
was alive. The man was breathing. He recognized
the man as the one who rented the Jet ski from
another man earlier that day.
