PART 20
” RECKLESS REKKY”
©️Opeyemi O.Akintunde
“ Get out of my house!” Martins said
“ Please… I need you to believe me. I am not mad!“ Mayowa said
“ I know you are not mad, but you are a blackmailer! Who gave you our information? I get … How much do you want? You found a very interesting story and you want to cash out. Husband is in love with ex girlfriend and wife has a boyfriend. I know! So how much are you asking for, anything above a 100 thousand, you can’t get!”
“ I am not a blackmailer, I am a Ritualist… I mean I used to be a Ritualist and somehow by Monday, I am to kidnap you and your wife…it is a complicated thing… I am just here to give you a warning. Don’t let your wife leave the house tomorrow because she will sleep over at Osmond’s house and by Monday morning I will pick her up…“ Mayowa was saying before Martins cut in
“ Sir, before I call the police on you, please get out of my house… NOW!”
Mayowa didn’t want the police arresting him. He still had two more people to reach out to.
Mayowa stepped back.
“ I hope you reflect on all that I have said to you.” Mayowa said before leaving.
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“ How did wh@tëver you went to do inside go?” Doctor Mike asked
“ Not as I planned!” Mayowa replied
“ Care to share?”
“ Don’t bother, before you begin to call me Mad!”
“ I don’t…”
“ Please… can we not talk… Please take me to the second address!” Mayowa said. He was on a time bound assignment and that time was not the time to engage in small talks. He had written out all the addresses he could remember from the future.
He was on his way to Osmond’s place.
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Osmond heard the knock at his door. He hardly had visitors. He had rented the apartment basically to trick whichever girl fell into his trap. Rekky unfortunately was the prey. He had been living in the apartment for 6 months and by Monday, he was going to move out into his palace if all things went well with his money ritual..
“ Yes who is there?”
“ Mayowa!”
Osmond walked towards the door and peeped through the peephole. Mayowa was a strange face.
“ Yes! How can I help you?”
“I have something discreet to discuss with you!”
“ I don’t know you so you don’t expect me to open my door for you!”
“ This has to do with the money ritual!”
Osmond stepped back in shock, He never told anyone about his plans.
“ Who are you?”
“ My name is Mayowa and I have the privilege of knowing what would happen to you by Monday should you continue with the ritual!”
Osmond opened the door sharply and pulled Mayowa in…
“ Can you keep it low! I have neighbors you know…”
“I am sorry!”
“ So?”
“ I am here to appeal to you, to stop what you are doing. I know you are going to take the married woman’s underwear tomorrow. If you do, you won’t live to enjoy the wealth, someone else will take it over after your death.”
“ So the herbalist employed you to scare me away, so that he can use all I have provided for himself?” Osmond said angrily as he picked up his phone.
He dialed the number immediately and before the herbalist picked up, Mayowa took the phone from him and started screaming…
“ Don’t you get, you are about to die and you are calling the man whose delight is your death. After you die,he will use all the pants for his son! Osmond, it’s better you walk away now, when you have the time.!”
“ I can’t walk away, I have lived in poverty for years, and I am just at the verge of making millions, billions and you expect me to stop!”
“ We can make money in the right way!”
“ We?”
“ Yeah… I am a Ritualist! I kill to make a living, but no more!”
“Ok?”
“And somehow I know what will happen in the next 24 hours. It’s not looking good for you.”
” Get out of my house now!” Osmond said angrily.
Mayowa moved back. He knew it was best he went out.
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” How did that go?” Doctor Mike asked
Mayowa didn’t reply.
” I guess not as you planned. Restitution can be hard!’
” I am not restituting or wh@tëver you call it. I am trying to save lives.”
” Save lives? Are you going about it the right way?”
To be continued
