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.