TARASHA Episode 11 Pt 4 – Oyin Oluwatosin Emmanuel
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�So what�s the Boss�s instruction now?� Benny asked joining Cole and Aisha in the living room.
�You are to act as a backup for her in the banquet, you step in case anything unexpected comes up. We�ll all be communicating through our devices, your Bluetooth piece should not leave your ear�
�Okay. How do I get to attend the banquet?� Benny asked, taking his seat. �I believe there�ll be a ban of entry of uninvited guests�
�Tarasha would work out your invitation card, so you won�t encounter any problem entering into the hall� Cole answered his questions before proceeding with the rest of the instruction to Aisha. �Your job is to monitor the switch off the streets cameras when if we give the order. There�ll be a tracker on the Lamborghini, you have to keep monitoring our location both with the cameras and the tracker. If you notice any strange movement or someone following us through the streaming, you have to let us know immediately�
�Boss is almost doing this job individually� Benny commented.
Aisha hissed playfully. �So don�t you like it like this? You want us to be so involved like we were in the last job? Her methods are so daring and dangerous�
�Yes, so dangerous but I do think I love them� Cole said thoughtfully.
�Yes, I�m beginning to love her methods too. Its making us gain more experience� Benny added.
�Too dangerous� Aisha insisted with a playful frown on her face.
�Lazy girl, just make sure you do your job well tomorrow� Cole teased as she walked away from the living room. He turned to Benny with a serious face, looking like he just remembered something important. �Benny, there�s something I�ve not told you. The banquet is taking place at Jubril Lawal�s mansion and there may be serious security protocols there. One very important thing the Boss wants you to do is to smuggle in the guns she might be making use of. You have to find a way to pass through the security stands without the machines detecting you have guns with you�
�Wow! How am I supposed to do that?� Benny widened his eyes. �That would only happen if I�m able to get to the control base of the security doors and deactivate the detecting of metals�
�If that�s the only option, then you have to do it�
�Huh?� Benny stared at him in surprise. �Do you know how many security guys would be present at Jubril Lawal�s doorpost? Am I supposed to fight all of them?�
�Eh!� Cole hushed him. �Stop whining already. I believe the Boss has her own plans. Her instruction was that I should tell you to begin to think of a way to do it�
Benny shook his head in disbelief. Cole continued talking, �she also said you have to come in first without any gun and find her during the party, she�ll give you more instructions�
�Can�t she take in the guns herself?� Benny asked.
�She won�t be free to move in and out of the party. Remember she�s a special guest and would have a lot of business people to meet and friends to make� Cole answered.
Benny sighed. �Don�t get all worked up Ben, she only wants to get you prepared. I�m sure she�ll be able to get the job done without guns�
�Then why is she asking for guns then?�
�Because she doesn�t want to take chances� Cole slammed at him. He was getting irritated by Benny�s sissy behaviour.
�Why the hell is she even passing information through you to me?� Benny shouted back.
�Her phone is lost and she has only my number offhand� Cole replied, purposely to taunt Benny.
Benny hissed. He got up from the sofa and began to walk away slowly, shaking his head. Her ways were too dangerous truly. How does she expect him to take in guns past machines that were designed to detect them?
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�What do you have to say?� Inspector Ken repeated to Jefa.
�She..sh..sh..� Jefa stammered and paused again, facing Tarasha.
�She did what?� Ken snapped impatiently.
�She was the one who drove out the car yesterday, I saw her� Jefa finally said, rushingly.
�Is that all?� Ken asked.
Jefa nodded. �Please take him back and return his belongings to him, let him go� Ken dismissed the junior officer.
�That man sells food and drinks just at the front of the building you were kept in� Ken said to Tarasha and Evelyn just as Jefa and the junior officer left.
�Oh! I see�� Henry muttered.
�So, who do you suspect?� Ken directed his question toward Henry.
�Ermm� I do have suspects from two sides. First, from Samantha Osman� Henry began. Tarasha glanced at his face.
�Which Samantha Osman?� Ken asked.
�Same unpopular one, who carried out two notable assassinations recently�
�Okay, go ahead� Ken relaxed back on his chair to listen.
�I�ve been working on locating her recently, that�s why I was brought to Abuja� Henry continued. �She might have gotten signals of my job and decided to come for me�
�She killed the officers and the special US agent that tried to locate her the other time. Why did she now free you after capturing you first?�
�I believe it�s because she found out that I�m no longer working on locating her�
�You�re no longer working on that?�
�Yes, it�s complicated, we had to quit it. We�re working on blocking her from manipulating the CCTV systems for now�
�Hmmm�� Ken leaned forward. �Who is the other suspect?�
�Dare Jubril Lawal� Henry looked into Evelyn�s eyes as he mentioned
�Huh? Why is he a suspect?�
Henry stared at Evelyn, as if to askfor confirmation whether to go on or not. The look in her eyes discouraged him. �He threatened me recently� henry gave an indirect reason. �He thinks I�m dating Evelyn here�
�Hmm? She isn�t your girlfriend?� Ken asked in surprise. �The report we got was that you were kidnapped alongside with your girlfriend� He turned to Evelyn.
�I�m not his girlfriend� Evelyn spoke, mentioning her words slowly, one after the other. �We�re friends who just met recently� she glanced at Henry. Henry nodded in confirmation.
�Unbeleivable!� Ken exclaimed. Correcting his previous notes on his tablet device. After sometime, he looked up again. ‘Do you have proof that could link him to the kidnap? Any proof?’
‘No’ Henry shook his head sadly.
‘Then we
just have to investigate properly first before accosting him. Stepping on the toes of someone like Jubril Lawal is like stepping on the government toes itself’
‘I understand’ Henry shook head slowly.
