Chapter 149

Mike was able to take advantage of his position, it was a plan well thought out by Margaret and her Grand pa, to the knowledge of other family members, so as to get what they so much wanted. What they do not know was that the person they were fighting to separate Mike from was the hen that lays the golden egg. While they enjoyed the fact that things seemed to be moving there way, though Mike was ignorant of that, he was able to spot out those whose actions were suspicious. He had already noticed Bruno and Chase, and was cautious not to be taken unaware. 

Mike thought of calling Brains, at least he was now in talking terms and in such condition he could come handy with a possible idea on what might be happening and how to handle it. His position was not conducive enough to do so, Margaret was flanking him on one side while Grand pa was on the other. Both of them could hear whatever conversation he would have with Brains because of the closeness. He thought of what to do, the only option available to access was to leave his seat and find a comfortable location in the building where no one would see him. The more he felt like standing up, was the more scared he became. His mind was still on what might possibly happen to him peradventure Bruno and Chase saw him in such a secluded place. 

Mike got an idea which he saw as helpful, he would rather send a message to Brains. So he brought out his phone, opened his wassup messenger, and carefully typed a coded message with a pig Latin language that only himself,Brains and Phillip learnt way back in their youthful years. They made use of it whenever they found themselves in the midst of people and didn't want them to have knowledge of what the were discussing. When he was done typing, for it was a long one since he had need to explain in details what was on and what he needed from him (Brains), he tapped on send and the message displayed as sent. Having done that, he became a little bit more relaxed, at least someone was aware of his situation.

Brains had just gone off the phone with Lucymang, when a message came to him. He checked and got shocked that the message came from Mike. He had not been himself while he was on phone with his lady, due to the way she sounded. Her feedback made it look like Mike was missing or probably something terrible might have happened to him. Brains opened the message and his face was filled with smiles. The moment he saw the language, he knew that Mike was up to something and whatever it was, he wasn't comfortable. He took his time and read through the message, after which he knew that Mike was in the party. 

The moment Brains read the message, he forwarded same to Philip and added a note seeking for his contribution to what next to do. Mike's response didn't take time, he was less busy when he got the message so he read and responded. He suggested that Mike be made to know that they sent some people, also he should know them in case he was in any danger and needed help. Brains did not think twice, he bought the idea and immediately called back Lucymang. When he told her the latest finding, she was shocked too, it was then she recalled the kind of person Brains was and by extension the kind of friends he had. 

Mike was giving Margaret some space to pass, she had asked him to excuse her for a moment so she would get something, when his phone beeped. He wasn't bothered about about where she was headed, All he was more concerned about was his safety. He allowed her walk pass before taking a look at his phone. It was a response message from Brains. It was also replied in Pig Latin language. He read through, while he did, he looked around to confirm the information that was sent. After a few search, he was able to spot them. Mike smiled, he sent a confirmation message to Brains. 

It was a big coincidence, that the moment Mike saw Lucymang and the other journalist, was same time they saw him. They had to focus the camera on him for a moment as a signal that they were aware of him and as a confirmation that they were the ones he received information about. Now that they have seen Mike, the next thing was how to get to him. Two things were on Lucymangs mind, she wouldn't know why Bruno and Chase were after Mike, this was scary because of the way Brains sounded on the phone, her fear being for Mike's life, she thought perhaps they might be after his life. The second being on how to find out the truth about the pre wedding pictures, which was why she came down for the party. 

When the camera was focused on Mike, the young engineer, saw what happened. He had suspected the Journalist and Lucymang right from when he got into the house, but he wasn't very sure of their mission. He knew from expert that such pair was rare. It was usually a lady and a man for such a job. He made up his plan to keep an eye on them all times. He finally succeeded in proving his instinct right when h overheard the conversation between Lucymang and Brains. Although he didn't hear Brains side of the conversation, he was able to understand what they were talking about. This made him give Moe attention to them until he saw the sign given with the camera. Having found out Mike's position, the next big thing was how to reach out to him and how to get the information he needed. 

Lucy's contact almost gave up in the deal, she had in fact made up her mind that she was going to refund the money back. This she told the Chef when he noticed that her countenance wasn't okay, and had asked her the reason for such change. From that moment, the chef sought for a way to help. He feared that her failure to earn the money, would have a negative impact on their relationship. Fortunately for him, Margaret walked by and he seized the opportunity to enquire of Mike. Margaret felt comfortable giving the chef Mike's position as she believed he was part of the household and as far as she was concerned there was no reason to suspect him. 

As soon as Margaret passed, the chef signalled his girlfriend and disclosed Mike's position to her. This made the young lady very happy that she gave him a passionate kiss. She confirmed from the picture that it was truly Mike. The challenge just like the others, became how to get the information needed. Meanwhile she called Lizzy and told her that she was able to spot where Mike was, she also used the opportunity to let her know about the incident that happened so Lizzy would know that it was possible Mike was in danger. 

Lizzy didn't waste time reaching out to Lucy and passed the message exactly the way Lizzy had given it to her. Lucy thanked her for letting her know, and quickly rush to Olivia. When she got to her room, Olivia was in call, so she had to wait for her to get off the phone. It tools quite a long time before Olivia got through with the call. She already knew that Lucy was wait for her, but she felt whatever she had come to her wasn't that important compared to what she was discussing on phone. 

When Lucy had finished narrating what she got from her contact, Olivia having got the information from Chase, of same occurrence, also having known Chase was particularly involved, she pretended to be surprised and feigned fear. She finally told Lucy that she would reach out for contacts in the UK to see that Mike was safe. She had said so because she knew that was the only thing that would make Lucy leave immediately and exactly the kind of thing her ear wanted to hear. 

Olivia waited for few seconds after Lucy had left, then she called Chase and gave him information on what she heard, she did this so that Chase would be more careful having known that some other eyes were on him just as his was on them.

Chase thanked Olivia for you informed, but being an experienced personal who had done more tasking jobs, he knew he was going to deliver on the job. All he needed to do was change his strategies. Chase decided that he would work alone from that moment. He designation Bruno somewhere so that he wouldn't know what he had in mind doing, the same he did to other agents under Bruno. Having done that, he moved into action fully.