CHAPTER 10

Joshua peeped from a distance at what was happening by the sea shore. Several men stood ready to leave and a huge private ship floated in the waters all ready to go. Crawling closer to take a good look and possibly hear what was happening, a figure in a work suit being accompanied by two other men approached the others and said unheard words which ended in a handshake. Recording the whole scenario on his phone, he realized who the man in the work-suit was, it was his target Kenneth and he knew he had to strike else he would fail his mission and possibly never get to know the mastermind behind the bombing that wiped out his entire family

"Hey Romeo lets go!" one of the men called out as they got into the ship while Kenneth stood by the shore bidding them farewell. Joshua watched as the Romeo guy approached the ready to sail ship then released a bullet which pierced through his neck killing him instantly. That was when the mayhem started as Kenneth tried to navigate his escape while his guards remained playing a shootout game with Joshua

"Sail on! Go!" Kenneth screamed at the crew who immediately acted on his command by starting the engen and attempting to drive off. Managing to get rid of Khetha's two guards Joshua got out of hiding trying to calculate his next move because he was now caught up between a rock and a hard place. On one hand Khetha was escaping, the man who could potentially have the answers he desperately needed while on the other hand the ship was sailing away and he had to stop it as well. It was then that a series of bullets were shot at the escaping ship and turning to trace their source, a lean figure in black clothing and face masked jumped into the water and swimmed after the ship managing to quickly get to it and enter via the back door.

"He is escaping!Go!" the stranger screamed at Joshua who reluctantly turned to run after Kenneth. He could still hear shootings as he ran from the scene and hoped whoever that was would be safe. There were a whole lot of them in the ship and surviving would surely be a struggle.

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Raymond could feel his head spinning from all the trauma and stress he was going through. He had managed to get hold of some contacts to help with the secret marriage and now his only obstacle left was Amanda who was a possible threat to his plans. At least Julia was blind hence she wouldn't know whom she was getting married to. The plan was to have a very private and secret wedding if not a court one in order to get it over and done with. He simply had to make sure nobody close to Julia was to be around if possible pay some people to be part of the wedding in order to make it realistic that is if the court wedding option was disapproved. Julia might have been blind, but she was not stupid her other senses were very very sharp. Still wallowing in his world of plots a phone call snapped him out and looking at the screen he cursed seeing Grace's name. He had avoided her calls the entire day and avoiding this one again would land him in trouble

"Yes?"

"Hey, been calling you all day but you were not picking any of my calls. Are you okay?" that came as a surprise to Raymond. He expected yelling, curses but all he got was concern

"Well i am very sorry i was occupied all day, work issues."

"That's okay, but tell me next time even a quick text will do because i tend to worry a lot. I just wanted to hear your voice before i sleep and now that i have i can sleep peacefully. Night night."

"Goodnight Grace." he whispered then cut the call. He silently asked God to forgive him for what he was about to do all in the name of love. Scrolling through his phone he tried to call Julia again but he still could not get to her. He had last spoken to her in the afternoon when she told him she had arrived. He always worried whenever she went out alone and now that she was not picking any of his calls, anxiety was beginning to kick in.

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Kenneth got onto his knees begging for dear life after Joshua had beaten him to a pulp. His eyes moved to the pistol in his hands then to him before strongly regretting not bringing along a lot of guards as he realized his life was just about to be milked out of him

"Please don't kill me please." he begged tears threatening to spill out. The great politician was now on his knees begging for his lousy life. Joshua knelt next to him his face still hidden behind the black mask which only revealed his eyes

"I will ask you one simple question and you will give me a straight answer are we clear?" he asked making Kenneth nod vigorously out of fear

"The Havani mine, it was a farm before it was licensed for mining. Who bombed that farm?" Kenneth looked at him fear dancing in his eyes. The answer he sought was a state secret which he had sworn never to reveal to anybody. He wondered what to do because talking or not would both lead him to his grave anyway

"So it was you...you murdered the other share holders?"

"You have a lovely family Kenneth sir. Your youngest daughter what is her name again...? Caroline! She is so adorable."

"If you ever harm my family i will..."

"Shut up! You are going to tell me who bombed that farm or i will do the same to your family and leave no trace of evidence leading back to me. I have killed your associates still i am roaming free and trust me i will do the same to your family if you don't tell me who did it." Kenneth looked at him and laughed out loud annoying Joshua to the core

"Whether i say it or i don't i will die anyway!" he laughed louder, "Its top secret, i will only say it to you if you promise not to kill my family." Joshua nodded in agreement. It was just a threat anyway and he would never wipe out a family because of the father's sins. His consciousness would never allow him to

"Come closer i will whisper it to you." he said wiping away the blood on his lips. Joshua leaned in, his gun resting on Kenneth's abdomen ensuring he doesn't do anything funny but before he knew it the man slipped his fingers on to the trigger and pulled it twice, managing to laugh his way to death.