The Enemy Within Episode 7 by Madera

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THE ENEMY WITHIN EPISODE 7
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by Madera

I stormed out of the office like a mad man with no directions; I could tell my face wasn’t the friendliest one as I could feel water gathering around my eyes. I avoided all eye contact while heading to the park to fetch my car with the divorce paper in my left hand.

I zoomed out of the company, heading straight to my father in-law’s house. I didn’t even bother to call him to find out if he was home; I demand answers and I’m sure I’ll get them once I get to his house.

Getting by his security was an easy one; I was already a familiar face. I headed straight to his living room. I found my daughter Isabella watching TV while sipping from a cup of what seems to be a juice. On setting eyes on me, she shouted ‘daddy!’ completely abandoning her drinks, she ran towards me and jumped into my open arms and I raised her up to my chest. I became very emotional at this point. All the tears I have been holding back just started pouring out freely and my chest was beginning to ache again. I hugged her more tightly while sobbing. She must have noticed this. She loosens her hold on me to look at my face only to see tears rolling down my cheek. ‘Daddy why are you crying’ she asked me, ‘nothing dear’ I replied as I dropped her to the floor, ‘is grandpa home?’ I inquired. ‘No daddy, grandpa went to the golf club with uncle Tunde’, I was about turning my back on her when she asked again ‘daddy, mummy said you won’t be coming home again, is it true?’ Prior to that question my anger had subsided a lot but the question brought everything back. I didn’t want Isabella to see this so I feigned a smile, squatted in front of her and said ‘look baby, daddy and mummy are just trying to settle an issue but Daddy will come home very soon ok?’ she nodded back and I stood up ‘tell grandma I came by, I will see you soon’ I hurriedly turned away from her as I could already feel tears were about to start rolling again. I drove out with a fiery rage hot enough to compete side by side with the fabled ‘hell fire’ and headed straight to the Oriental golf club where my father in-law usually hangs out with Tunde his right hand man. Tunde is more like his handy man. Whenever he wants anything to happen, Tunde makes it happen. Tunde was responsible for bringing my wife back home from where she once eloped with a guy named Nnamdi before we met. He tracked her down there and brought her back home. I don’t think my mother in-law knows half of the things Tunde knows, little wonder he is considered family in my father in-law’s household.

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I got to the club, checked in with my membership card (it was the only way you can be allowed on the course when going alone) and located my father in-law who seemed to be having the time of his life with a club in his glove covered left hand and a bottle of energy drink in the other.
On sighting me from afar alighting from my cart he called out to me cheerfully ‘Ben my son!’ but I wasn’t in the mood for merriment. I approached him wearing my sternest look yet and stabbed the letter into his out stretched hand and without saying a word, I moved a step away from him towards his left hand side backing him. As he was opening the letter, he asked me ‘what is this?’ ‘I don’t know, maybe you can explain what is going on’ I fired back.

As soon as he finished reading the paper he burst into so much laughter! I couldn’t believe it. I had to turn to face him to confirm that his laughter wasn’t out of sarcasm but it wasn’t. He was genuinely laughing because he thinks it’s funny. He handed the letter to Tunde who glanced through it and also smiled devilishly. I couldn’t hold myself anymore, I had to say something before this people will dismiss my entire life with the back of their hands, so I began to pour my hearts out ‘sir, I beg of you, this is my life, this is everything that matters to me, my whole future and sanity depends on this……’ by now my tears were pouring out freely, the smile on my father in-law’s face has wiped out, replaced with a frantic look.

I continued ‘if there is any way I have wronged you or anything I have done to provoke your anger, if not for my sake, please for the sake of my children and your daughter make all this go away! I can’t take this anymore! It’s not funny anymore,’ I was now clutching to my chest again which by now seems like someone was dragging some wires therein. I bent down a bit to get some comfort and I felt my father in-law’s hand patting me on the back.

‘It’s ok Ben……..it’s ok’ he told me. It seems I had finally reached his heart. I stood up erect looking at his face. He dropped his club to the floor and placed his left hand on my right shoulders, he said ‘Ben………are you aware that the fraud committed by Jide and Patrick was committed in your name?’

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I raised my head up in amazement and confusion. What is he saying? I thought to myself. I looked at him in the eyes and he nodded back at me, then he turned to Tunde and gestured him to continue from there.

Tunde: Shortly after Abigail started dating Jide, their intimacy grew strong and they started spending more time with each other to the point that she started staying over at his house. On one morning while Abigail was at Jide’s house. Jide had gone to the firm leaving Abigail alone by herself………

Me: hm hm?(I cut in as if encouraging him to go on)

Tunde: she was doing a general cleaning of Jide’s house when she stumbled on some documents belonging to the firm. They all contained your signature for some post dated transactions which were to be carried out later. She also found a stamp, the replica of the one you use at the office.

Me: Jesus!!!

Tunde: Jide was not only carrying out these transactions, he intended to frame you for it when the time comes. You were too lenient with him. Most of those documents pass through your table but you wouldn’t know because you do not check his work. He knew this and he took advantage of your naivety.

By now I have my hands on my head. My focus was no longer on the matter of my wife serving me a divorce. I just want to know if I am now safe and how I got to be saved. Tunde continued ‘this is why your father in-law asked you to stop appending your signature on all files for the time being. Despite this, the transactions still kept coming with your signature on it. That was how we got to know that you knew nothing about it. You were being framed’

I could already feel the dryness in my throat, I reached for my cart and took out a bottle of energy drink and emptied it in one gulp. I was feeling pains in my chest again, damn this suddenly frequent pain! I sat on the course close to my cart thinking about the latest revelation. Then I heard my father in-law’s voice ‘you should be grateful to Abigail for revealing this to me shortly after that incidence at your house if not it would have been you in the cell in place of Patrick and Jide’ I was tempted to now ask ‘but sir, what role did Mr. Patrick play in all of this?’ my father in-law gave me that his smile again and beckoned Tunde to explain that part to me.

Tunde: we made attempts to contact the companies that were involved in those transactions to find out if they were involved in all this. What we found out was that they actually paid in full for the purchase they made just not into the firm’s account. They paid into Mr. Patrick’s account who told them the company was having some issues with its account at the time. Upon checking the account history of Mr. Patrick, it was discovered that they actually paid the money to him and he in turn transfers some parts to Jide’s account while he keeps the rest for himself.

My father in-law cuts in again ‘Ben! you were a dead meat already if not for the God your mother serve and Abigail’ in my mind I’m like so I should be thankful to the same woman who has successfully ruined my marriage! I sat there for some minutes reminiscing on everything I have just heard and then my mind took me back to what brought me here.

Just as I was about to ask my father in-law about my marriage, he gave me another shocker ‘and Ben for your information, Abigail was never pregnant………………………………………….’

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Lastborn
Lastborn
4 years ago

Well done madera ,tanks opradre

Juliet
Juliet
4 years ago

Great job Madera, more grace, thanks Opradre for the good work.

OLIVIA
OLIVIA
4 years ago

GOD IS AT WORK

Godfrey Joseph
Godfrey Joseph
4 years ago

I love your stories
Keep it up

John Chikaodiri Ifebunandu
John Chikaodiri Ifebunandu
4 years ago

I am not a silent Reader, Madera. Your writing has only mute my comments for the general overview at the end… (Smiles)