Chapter 30 Tina in a mess

What did I do to you?, why did you

 slap me?

She wanted to slap her again

 when the boss said stop.

   "Wait, sipo is on the line

 hello skipo whatsup have you seen

 the alert?

   "Which alert? Which maga you get

 there? Wa don da make skilawo

 people follow me talk na.

   "Skipo what kind of talk is that?

   "Don’t joke with my money, do

 you hear me?

   "See this guy oo, I said skilawo

people dey follow me talk as am

 talking to you.

   "Why?.

   "I don’t know, that’s why am asking

 you which maga you have there.

   "Na one woman like that, dose

her identity matters?.

   “Yes, it dose they are following

 my account right now, what kind

 of problem did you get me into?

I told you to always look before

 you catch maga.

“How am suppose to know? We

 find her in the forest, we were

 coming with the treasure but all

of a sudden this guy shows up

and boom the treasure is gone.

What! Don’t tell me that, you

must provide that treasure else….

He hag up the phone.

   "What! He hag up on me? Skipo..

skipo… don dare me. He said

warning him as if he was there

with them.

Then he turn to the woman and

said, you, who the fuck are you,

and why is those army following

out account?.

   "Army, what army?

   "The money you gave to us has

 started raising dust, they are

following us, I mean my man that

you just transfer the money to.

   “Oh… that will be my husband,

is a company joint account that

 I use to transfer the money to you.

   “Fuck!”

   "Don’t you have your own personal

account.

   "No, my husband did allow me

 to have one.

   "Look at you the scarier woman

 said, lucky you, you have a

 husband that give you millions,

every month, then look at us, we

 are here looking for how to make

common 1 million.

   "Tina was beginning to get

 confuse, what was I suppose to

do, did I ask her not to marry,

beside who will marry a scarier

looking woman like you? She

murmured.

    "Exscus me, do I sujet something?

     "Shut-up!! The boss shouted at her.

You, you, if those skilawo caught

 my guy, you are finish.

   "Come with me, he ordered the

scarier woman who follow him

obediently.

   "Once outside, he gave her a

slap that made Miriam pip out of

 the hole in her dark room to see

if it was Tina.

   "Oh my God, thank God is not

her, she will just die before me.

And I won’t have any explanation

 to give to her husband, oh Mr.

Jackson will kill me, but am already

 dead, no I will not die just yet my

 money is in the bank, not yet

Miriam she said to herself.

You are the one who put us in

this us in this mess, you brought

 the idea of collecting money

 from this woman now look what

 you have gotten us into.

Sikpo is now on the run, and

where is my money and treasure!

He shouted for all to hear.

“Am sorry boss, you can give

 me any punishment boss.

Get out of my face you idiot!!..

and take her back to the room..

   "Yes boss.

   "Get up, she ask Tina, this time

 not harshly, the way she use to,

Tina just got up and follow her

 without said a word. Afraid of why

 she will get if she dares to say

something to her.

Go inside she said and was

about to lock the door when

Tina spoke.

“Please can I say something?

She raises her little finger,

waiting for approval which

 did come.

The woman just stood there

 looking at her, with a look that

said “go ahead”.

Ok, can you guys let us go, and

 I will tell my husband to drop the

case, like stop following your

skipo?.. she pause a waited to

 hear a command or maybe a

slap across her face. But none

 of that happen.

   "The woman just looked at her

and lock the door.

Well done, ma Miriam said

well done.

For what?

  "That is a good business

 transaction,

   "What do you mean?

   "I heard that in the rich people

world nothing goes for nothing,

you gave and you take.

   "“Don’t worry they will go and

reason, and come back with

a decision”.

“You think so?”

“Yes, I happen to know it works”.

“I pray it works”.

“Don’t worry it works. I know

 it work”.

By the way did they slap you?

Hmm, just once, I almost die.

Thank God you didn’t die, a lot

of things would have stop.

“Stop? Tina ask confuse.

   “No I mean a lot of things would

have gone wrong, you know, your

husband how would he have

 live life with you.

“Yea, my husband hmm, that is

true, I did think of my husband,

I was so busy with thinking only

 of myself.

“how is he doing now?

“I don’t know, maybe crying”

Tina looked at Miriam and sat

 down facing the wall.

[Back home-]

Patrick took Gina home when

she was discharge from the

hospital.

   "Patrick thank you so much for

 been here Mr. George said collect

 the last bag from him.

Is fine, sir, Gina needs a lot of

 rest that is what the doctor said,

Well I can’t tell her what to do,

she knows how to take care of

 herdelf Mr. George said not

wanting to interfere with Gina’s life.

Patrick turn to Gina and said,

If you need anything just call I

will be here in seconds.

Gina Patrick that you so much

 I love bye.

On his way home Patrick was

 having a miss feeling.

Why is Gina always tell him she

loves him when is obvious is

 ken she loves, no he shakes off

 the thought of Gina loving aside,

maybe because he was helping

her, that I love you don’t mean a

thing right? He went home

 more confuse.

Getting home Amanda was there

 waiting for him.

Hey Amanda welcome, how

 are you doing?

Patrick so you are around?

Yes

Good, I came to confirm that you

are around, like seriously, Patrick,

you did not call or text me since

 I left your house because Gina,

and where are you coming from.

Well am coming from Gina’s

house, she just get back from

the hospital and she lost a baby,

so can you be more sympathizing

with her?

“What? She lost a baby?”

“Yes, she lost her baby, the blood

 you see the other day, she was

 bleeding so I took her to the

hospital.

Ohh.. so sorry, so how is she

now?

She is fine, she just get

discharge today.

Ohh. Thank God and thank you

too, am so sorry for the way I

acted that day.

Is ok lets just forget about it,

come in.

They both walk inside the house

 and then they were good

 couple again.

Mr. George has a lot he wants

to say but he was afraid of how

to put it, so he just stare at Gina

 day and night.

Gina has lost a lot of weight and

 she is not ready to talk to anyone,

all she is feeling right now is

loneliness, she wants to be left

alone so she can bury herself in

 the grave of thinking.

Her father try all he could to

lighted her mood but nothing

 makes her excited this days, she

 only lock herself indoors and

 manager to come out in the

evening for fresh air the went

 back inside without talking to

anyone.

Ben thought of visiting Gina to

see how she was fairing but on

a second thought he gave up

that thinking because what will

he tell Gina? and not to talk of

his brother who was missing for

 how many days now.

Gina will think that he has kill his

 brother to take over her.

No. that is a bad idea.

Instead he join his father in the

search for ken.

The army waste no time in fishing

 out sikpo and retrieving the money

they took form Tina.

 “now where is my wife?, Mr.

Jackson ask sikpo

 “how am supposed to know

where your wife is?, I have not

 even seen her before.

 Then how did you get the money

 in her account?

 “look my guy gave me the money,

look I have not seen this guy for

 like four months now, then he

call me to send him my account

 details and I did, that’s all I know.

 You have not said the truth, one

of the army officer said, “by the

time we are through with you, you

 will tell the truth, now double

him up.

They tied him upside down and

 start trilling him, but sikpo don’t

have the answer they are looking

 for, he too was looking for his guy

 before he called him to send

 his account number.

 “God what is all things, I pray

that I get out of here alive, then

I will hag that niga once and for all.