PART 10
” RECKLESS REKKY”
©️Opeyemi O.Akintunde
It was getting dark. Osmond looked out through the window, he didn’t see any thing strange. He got dressed and placed a final call to the herbalist.
“ Hello Sir!” Osmond said
“ Yes my Son!”
“ How far?”
“ Almost done, just waiting for you to come bath with the water!” The herbalist replied
Osmond smiled! He had outsmarted wh@tëver force didn’t want him rich.
After reaching the hotel earlier, he reasoned that if the man looking for him was a police officer, he needed to discard the P@ntiës because it would have Rekky’s DNA. He called the herbalist to find out if he could send it through a Despatch rider. The man agreed. He had tucked the P@ntiës in his suit and packaged the suit. The Despatch rider thought he was delivering a suit.
The herbalist had received it in about an hour. The P@ntiës were soaked in water and some diabolic herbs. The herbalist had told Osmond that the herbs will drain all the virtues of the owner of the P@ntiës into the water. Thereafter, as the final ritual, he would drink a small portion and bath with the rest.
Osmond couldn’t wait to do the final ritual, though drinking the P@ntiës water was not a part he was looking forward to, but he knew he would do it nevertheless.
Mayor sat at the reception waiting for Osmond. He had been there for hours. He saw Osmond when he came down to give a Despatch rider his suit. Mayor had dodged his face. That gave him the assurance that Later that evening he was going to kill him…
“ Sir, I hope you are fine. We noticed you haven’t gone to your room since you got here.?” A man said to Mayor
“ Nothing! I like to stay at the reception before going to the room to sleep.” Mayor said casually.
Mayor’s phone rang. It was the number of the doctor from the hospital.
“ Hello Sir!” Mayor said. His heart was racing. He had a feeling something wasn’t right.
“ Yes sir, please sir, where are you? We need you here!” The doctor replied
“ Sir, I am faraway. Please do wh@tëver you can do to save them. Is the 1 million Naira I sent to you not enough, I can double it, triple it for you!” Mayor said with desperation
“ Sir, it’s not about the money…” The doctor said.
Mayor sensed something wasn’t right…
“ Doctor… Tell me …!”
“ We have lost your wife. ..we did all we could but we lost her.” The doctor said
Mayor crashed into his chair, he wanted to crush the phone in his hand. Hot tears rolled down his face. He rushed out of the reception into his car…
“ Hello !Hello!” The doctor was saying but Mayor wasn’t listening. His heart was broken. Mirabel was his life, his joy and the hope for a pure future. He had planned how he was going to leave the job soon and relocate to Canada with his family but all that was gone now.
“ What about my son?” Mayor said with a shaky and broken voice
“ He is still steady. We are watching him closely, but he has better chances than his mother had!”
“ Ok, please keep him alive..” Mayor said
Mayor ended the call. He broke down in tears like a baby as he mourned his wife.
“ Mirabel, I am sooooorrrrry.” He cried
*******
Tams made sure the Police got in contact with the Telecommunications company in other to track Rekky’s phone.
They had tracked Rekky’s phone to Hotel 23.
Tams was following closely behind the Police van that was going to Hotel 23.
“ I hope Rekky is not on one of her sëx tour as she calls it. “Tams thought.
Rekky had what she termed “ sëx tour”. She would go round the city sleeping with different men at different locations.
Tams was tempted to stop the officers from searching when they were told the phone had been tracked to a hotel, but what restrained her was the fact that the phone was switched off. It was unlike Rekky. She was Rekky’s gist partner everyday. Sometimes, she would even call her to listen in on her sëx screams. Therefore, it was unusual for Rekky to go off her phone for over 6 hours.
“ God, I hope Rekky had not Wrecked her life. I hope she is not dead.” Tams thought silently as they drove closer to Hotel 23.
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Osmond walked out of the hotel. He stood in front of the entrance waiting for the cab he ordered.
Mayor spotted him with his bags.
As soon as Osmond’s cab drove out, Mayor followed him.
His phone rang….It was Joan calling.
“ Hello Joan! I have found him and I am following him closely. When we get to a lonely path, I will get him!” Mayor said
“ That would be best for you, or else you will have two deaths in one night!” Moko said instead of Joan
“ Moko!”
“ Yes! The one and only. The only lion in the jungle. I see that your wife is dead, although that is a waste, because her death has no value for me. Make sure you stop that idiot from carrying out the ritual or else your son dies tonight. Tony is at the hospital to evacuate your son at my order. He has gone there to represent you as your brother.”
“ Moko, please… Moko please, don’t kill my son… Please, even if I fail tonight, I will work “back to back” to get you better lives!”
“ Some lives are not as important as these ones. The woman and your son are billions to me. I have informed all our top clients about the auction and Senator Burancha already has put up 2 million dollars as the first bidder.” Moko said proudly
“ Moko pleaseeeee!” Mayor said in tears as he raced hotly behind Osmond’s cab.
Moko hung up. Mayor dialed the Doctor’s number. It wasn’t reachable. He knew they must have blocked his line. He dialed Tony’s number instead…
“ Hello Tony… please listen to me. Please for the sake of the friendship we share, please don’t take my son to Moko… please!” Mayor said sobbing like a baby
“ My brother! You are talking to the wrong person. My son’s life is on the line as well. Moko said if I don’t bring your son, he will kill mine. Mayor, what’s your advise for me?” Tony said
Mayor realized there was no way out…
“ Mayor, kill the son of another man to keep yours safe. Kill the guy you are chasing so that you don’t lose your son, because if you fail, I will have to kill your son so I don’t lose mine.” Tony said frankly.
Mayor ended the call with the resolve to save his son.
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“ The carrier of the phone is moving!” The Police officer said to Tams. “ I believed Someone must have tipped him/ her off.”
“ Who?”
“ We follow the carrier to find out answers!” The Police officer said.
Tams nodded as the Police officer left her car and got into the van.
*******
Osmond noticed the car had been following him for about 15 minutes.
“Hey… have you noticed that the car behind has been following us for a while!” Osmond asked the cab driver
“ Not sure!”
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“ Can you take a detour to be sure!”
“ Ok!”
The driver changed his course and Mayor followed him.
“ I told you, he is following us. Park the vehicle!” Osmond said
As the driver parked, Mayor did same!
To be continued…
