“RECKLESS REKKY”
©️Opeyemi O.Akintunde
Osmond got out of the hotel and got into the cab he had ordered. He looked back to see if anyone was following. He spotted Moko’s car. He had a bad feeling about the car. It was tinted so no one could see the driver or wh@tëver was happening in it.
“Move please!” Osmond said to the cab driver.
Mayowa was following, he was not trying to be hidden. He wanted Osmond to know he was following and probably pull up. He planned to talk to him for the last time but if the talk didn’t work, he was going to rush into his suit pocket for Rekky’s underwear.
He was so sure the underwear was in his suit pocket because when he stepped out of the hotel, he was so protective of the suit.
Osmond on the other hand was thinking about his escape plan.
“Sir pull up!” He said to the cab driver.
“Sir! Why? We have not gotten to your destination.”
“The car behind us is following us. I want to challenge the driver!” Osmond said.
“Really?” The driver looked through his inner mirror for few minutes.
“Seems so, but stopping here is not a good idea. Let’s pull up at a petrol station and watch if the driver will move on!”
“No! I need to fix this now!” Osmond insisted.
“Then I am sorry, I will drop you off and speed off. I can’t wait to see the end of your conversation!”
“Fine!”
The cab driver pulled up and from where he sat he opened the boot of the car.
Osmond got down. He kept his right hand inside his suit pocket. He was trying to create the illusion of a gun. Osmond took out his box from the boot of the cab.
As soon as the cab left, Mayowa drove towards him.
“I guess you will be needing a lift now!”
“Oh…it’s you again, the prophet of doom! Well guess you know so much about me and where I am headed, you are the perfect ally.” Osmond said getting into the car.
“It’s no coincidence, I have been trailing you since.”
“I know…” Osmond cut
“But my question is why? What is your interest in Rekky. She is not your sister, she is just a random unfortunate girl.”
“No, she is one girl whose destiny is tied to a lot of destinies. Her demise will cause a lot of people to go down as well. If you insist on doing this tonight, you will die and another person will use your wealth.”
“I do not believe you! I need to alight and continue my journey. I have something in my inner pocket that will end your life soon.”
Mayowa laughed real hard.
“You can’t fool me, I know the shape of a gun in my sleep, what you have there is Rekky’s pant. Give it up Osmond. I have lots of money, I can give you some.”
“Ok…I get this…How come I never saw this? You are also after this for Rekky. You also want to use her for money! I should have known. Now you want to pay me off.” Osmond said and before Mayowa could give a response, Osmond hit his head against the mirror. Almost immediately, he hit his head against the steering continuously till Mayowa passed out.
Osmond hurriedly stepped on the brake and engaged the gear to the Park sign.
He got out of the vehicle and since the car was tinted, no one knew what had happened in the car.
Osmond stopped a commercial motorcycle who immediately took him away from the scene.
***
Moko walked into the deposition unit.
“The girl Tony brought in, have you prepared her for the auction?”
Moko asked Joan about Rekky.
“On it already!”
“Ok! Have you heard from your friend!”
“Not yet!”
“Be ready to mourn with him when he arrives with no one. If I kill him I won’t be losing anything. Tony will fit in perfectly at least he has brought a fowl today!”
Joan could see the end of the day not looking pleasant. She brought out her phone to send Mayowa a message but she remembered he had no phone on him.
***
The boys who brought in Mirabel, Austin, and Doctor Mike were discussing and arguing.
“Guy, don’t let me change it for you!”
“I did not take the Doctor’s phone, maybe it fell off in the ambulance.”
“Guy, if I find out you took the doctor’s phone and you want to eat the money alone, I swear I will kill you.”
“I swear my brother, the phone is not with me. At least I was the one who brought you the woman’s two phones.”
“Fine! Go and sell it and bring my share!”
Unknown to them, Doctor Mike on entering the car had tucked his phone into the car seat.
Doctor Mike’s phone was still inside Tony’s car but because of his job as a doctor his phone was always silent, hence the sufficient battery power even after 24 hours.
“We have tracked the phone! It is around Igbesin forest. Your husband was truly kidnapped. That forest is known for housing ritualists. I hope we get to him on time.” The D.P.O said reassuring Mrs. Mike.
At that point, her tough wall came crumbling down.
“My Husband! Oh my God!”
To be continued
