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welcomed into the cameras control room by three
different dead bodies. Two half unclad ones and a fully
clothed one. One of them bent to examine the bodies
while the others spread around the room with their guns
raised high in readiness for any attack.
Ken carefully examined the lady's body, there was a
bullet hole in her forehead. She must have been shot by a
professional because the hole was drilled right in the
middle of the forehead and she had no other wound in
any part of her body. It wasn't a close distance shot, he
noticed as he observed the head with his gloved hands.
He stared at the rest of the body, it was only clad in
underwear, someone must have taken off the clothes.
The male dead body beside her too was only clad in
briefs, only the third, which was a man's body was fully
clothed.
'These are our staffs, they work in this department' the
security man pointing to the two half unclad bodies knelt
beside Ken to explain. 'The other man is an external
official'
'But I think I heard some noises here before we came in'
Ken said, getting up to look around.
'I heard it too, it sounded like there were some
movements' the security man joined, getting up too.
The other four men paused to listen, all standing alert
with their guns. Ken continued to pace around checking
behind and under each computer system.
'There is a secret exit in this room, only the senior
security staffs and those who work here knows the place'
The security man said as he picked a book from the shelf.
He opened it and flipped. 'It should be here in the
navigation map'
Ken joined him as they checked through the book
together and discovered the secret route behind the
shelf.
++++
Tarasha used her phone's flashlight to brighten up the
way as they rushed down the stairs of the dark escape
route. The door was fastened behind by a simple metal
lock which easily gave way.
A policeman almost b.u.mped into Tarasha as she walked
out of the escape. 'Sorry, did you guys see anything yet?'
The unsuspecting officer asked.
'No' Tarasha answered briefly.
'You saw anything?' The policeman stopped and directed
the question to Benny again, breathing heavily and
wiping sweat off his face.
Tarasha moved forward, and pressed the Bluetooth
device against her ear to reduce the noise entering as she
called Cole's name softly. There was no response, Cole
must have disconnected. Tarasha gave up trying after
several attempts.
From the look of things, they had come out to left side of
the events centre, just few centimetres to the backyard.
She moved backwards to check, she could see the
cleaners and chefs hurriedly packing up things. She saw a
staff toilet there too. She took a quick look into the nylon
bag in her hand, her cloth was still there; she heaved a
sigh of relief.
'Hey' Tarasha gestured at Benny, 'let's check the toilet'.
Benny quickly used the opportunity to escape from the
policeman and followed Tarasha.
'Hey' a familiar voice called to them from the back. It was
Cole, dressed in a police uniform. Tarasha and Benny
turned back and headed straight towards him. The
officer who had accosted them at the escape entrance
looked at Cole in suspicion.
'We gotta leave quickly, you guys should enter through
the back' Cole quickly whispered to them, pointing at a
Ambulance parked far away at the front. A nurse was
opening the back door to the part meant for patients.
++++
It was five minutes to ten when Henry got to his personal
apartment. He had chosen it instead of the cameras
security commission quarters because of it's closeness to
the event centre from where he escaped from.
The effect of the tear gas that has been dispelled by the
police outside the event centre did not allow him wait
outside the compound. He hurriedly left the
environment and joined a cab which was going in
direction of his home.
Henry didn't like the smell that welcomed him into his
living room, not that it was bad, but it made it obvious
that no one had been in the house for days. He switched
on the bulb and searched for his air freshener, he quickly
sprayed it before turning on the air conditioner. He
finally sat down and took out his phone. His first move
was to track his smaller phone to know the location of
the Range rover in which he and Evelyn was driven to the
event. But on a second thought, he opened the dial pad
first and dialed Evelyn's phone number again. This time,
it rang.
'Evelyn' Henry called anxiously as the call was answered.
'Henry' she called back, softly.
'Where are you? Are you safe?' Henry asked, happy that
he finally heard her voice.
'I'm fine, what about you?'
'Fine too, I was worried about you'
'I'm safe, thanks'
Henry heaved a sigh of relief before he continued.
'Where are you now?'
'I don't really know this place but I'm in good hands'
'Just wait there, I'll come pick you up'
'No need, don't bother' She rejected with a strong tone.
'Evelyn' Henry called softly, in surprise of her refusal. 'I'm
coming to get you' he insisted with a stronger tone. The
line went off.
++++
Tarasha ended the call and switched off the phone
immediately. She was seated on a chair opposite Benny
who was seated on the patients bed.
Tarasha took off the back cover of the phone and then
took out the sim card. She destroyed the sim card by
scratching the surface, then she broke it into two and
dropped it on the floor.
Cole who was now putting on a lab coat over his police
uniform was smiling and stealing glances at his boss
through the front mirror as he drove with Aisha seated
by his side, dressed in a nurse's uniform. The operation
had been the most exciting for Cole and he was feeling so
fulfilled.
Working according to his plan with the boss two days
before the main day, he had driven out the Range rover
after the security man had accosted him in the park and
returned the car to where it was rented from. After that,
he went to hire the ambulance and lab coat from the
gang he had contacted the day before. Their choice of an
ambulance was for the reason that they could easily
escape with it and also disobey traffic signals.
They've had a successful operation, everyone had played
their parts excellently and the team had come out
victoriously. But something was wrong with the look on
the Boss's face, Cole observed.
'Boss' Cole called, knocking the transparent gla.s.s in the
middle of the part.i.tion.
Tarasha did not speak but stared at him in response. The
look on her face had the message for him to say what he
wanted to.
'Did we miss out anything?' Cole asked, taking another
quick glance at her.
'No' Tarasha replied briefly. 'We did well' she added
when Cole continued to look at her for more
explanation. She continued with fixing back her phone.
'Okay, you don't look like you think we did well' Cole
continued.
'True' Benny joined in the conversation. 'I wanted to
say…'
Tarasha looked up with a frown. A frown which warned
Benny not to speak further, he refrained quickly.
'You wanted to say?' Cole who didn't see the frown
continued.
'Would you shut the h.e.l.l up and face the road' Tarasha
slammed at him.
A deep sudden silence enveloped the vehicle as a strange
kind of tension gripped their hearts.
Even Tarasha herself could not understand. What kept
coming to her mind was Henry. The kisses which were
supposed to be a part of her job and long forgotten
immediately after the operation began to play back into
her mind the moment they left the premises of the
operation. Her several attempts to wave off the thoughts
proved futile and the pictures kept coming back to her
head, stronger and clearer.
In her mind, she could see him again, standing
speechless in front of his room as she turned to face him.
His face s.h.i.+ne brightly like the sun, emanating a kind of
glow that brought a strange smile to her lips and
happiness to her heart.
He fed his eyes on her body and then paused to stare into
her yes, the flame in his eyes was strange to her,
revealing a kind of pa.s.sion she had not seen for a long
period of time. What it was, she couldn't still explain.
Then, he moved closer to her and mumbled some words.
He placed his hand around her waist and continued to
stare into her eyes. She placed her hands on his shoulder,
returning his stare. Their lips met. She broke away
shortly, the mission was not yet accomplished then, she
couldn't let the strange pa.s.sion consume her.
The mind drifted to their journey to the events centre, in
the Range rover. The silence. How Henry was trying to
avoid speaking with her. How his body shook when she
rested a hand on his knee. He tried to explain but she
covered his mouth with hers. Her hormones rushed
through her body as she felt the soft touch of his lips
again.
'Boss, Boss…' Cole broke into her thoughts, knocking and
looking through the part.i.tion window. 'What's next?'
'Huh?' Tarasha's body vibrated, feeling embarra.s.sed as all
eyes were on her. The bus had been stopped right in the
compound of their initial lodge when they landed in
Abuja and they were asking her a question which she
didn't hear because she was lost in thoughts.
'Boss, you said we're not going to stay here tonight, that
we'll only get here to pick something' Cole said.
Tarasha who was still lost eyed both Benny and Cole who
were staring at her wickedly and hissed. She didn't know
what to say or do as she couldn't remember again her
earlier plan.
'Who said we're not staying here tonight? 'She said with
an intimidating voice as she opened the backdoor and
dropped off the bus.
Benny was staring at her strangely as he stepped out too.
He didn't understand what was going on.
'We are staying here for tonight' Tarasha said and walked
straight towards the house. Now she was wis.h.i.+ng that
moment she had with Benny never ended. She wished
she could go back to play the Evelyn role again but the
mission was over, she had to return to her default
a.s.sa.s.sin settings.
Aisha who had been silent all through the journey
stepped out from the front seat and followed
immediately after the boss to open the door because she
had the keys with her.
Cole stepped out after switching off the inner lights of the
vehicle. He was smiling as he joined Benny at the back of
the ambulance. Benny gave him a cold stare. 'What? Why
are you laughing? Do you know what's wrong with the
boss?'
'Yes, I think I do' Cole whispered back. 'She feeling sad
because she's going to miss someone here in Abuja'
'Going to miss someone in Abuja? Who?'
'Someone I saw her kissing pa.s.sionately today' Cole
replied, taking off his doctor's coat.
'Oh!' Benny's eyes since brightly in the dark, his interest
arising more. 'Who was that?'
'Never mind' Cole managed to say while he flung away
the coat. He dipped his hands into his pockets to pick out
what was there. 'We will all know when the time comes'
he said as he walked away, leaving Benny to stand alone
in the dark.
Cole hissed as he brought out an handkerchief and a
small Nokia phone from his pocket while walking away.
The Nokia phone was the one he picked from the
backseat of the Range rover before returning it to the
owners.