End of days

Chapter 17

Chapter 17

"Jane has been kidn*pped"

Rayford's mind started racing fast, "what did you just say? When did this happen?"

"Earlier today"

"What of her bodyguard, where was he?" Dele explained everything that he was told, to Rayford.

"I'm on my way" Rayford immediately grabbed his bag and started to leave the room.

" Rayford I don't think that...."

"Shut up please, stop talking this is my girlfriend we are talking about. Now listen, I need you to help me take charge of things in my stead until I get there" Rayford quickly rushed back to the airport to see if he could get a flight to take him back to Nigeria.

"I'm sorry sir, but the next flight leaving for Nigeria is in two days time" the beautiful lady at the airport said to Rayford.

"You don't understand, I can't wait until then. The woman I love is in danger and I quickly need to get to her"

"I truly understand sir, but there is no other flight leaving for Nigeria before then. I'm sorry"

Rayford knew he had to get back to Nigeria as soon as possible, if the kidnappers were going to contact anyone, it was definitely going to be him. His father had taken their family private jet to South Africa, and sending it from South Africa was going to take time. So he decided to call a friend of his who owned a private jet in the Caribbean. He owed Rayford a favour.

"Hello Radford, how are you doing?"

"I'm good Rayford, it's been a while. I must say I am surprised to see your call"

"Yeah, I'm sorry to call you like this, but I need your help"

"Whatever it is you need my help for? Rayford I owe you big time"

"I'm stuck in the Caribbean right now, the next flight leaving for Nigeria is in two days and I need to be in Nigeria ASAP. I was wondering if you could be kind enough to lend me your private jet?"

"With the way you sound, it seems really urgent?"

"It's a matter of life and death"

''what part of the Caribbean are you?''

''Cuba''

"Then, sending my jet all the way from Haiti down there will take more time, I happen to have a friend who owns a jet himself. And he is currently in the Cuba. I will put a call across to him and have it will come pick you up"

"That would be great, thank you Radford"

"Nah, it's little compared to the help you have rendered me"

Two hours later, Rayford was in a private jet on his way back to Nigeria. All through the journey, all he kept thinking about was Jane. How was she feeling, what if Mr. Okafor's son decides to hurt her? Rayford knew he should have insisted she came with him, then all of these would have been avoided. The thought of anything ever harming Jane, made Rayford so angry he clinched his fist so hard he forgot he was holding a can of beer, so he ended up crushing it. He didn't realize what he had done, until his palm started bleeding from a cut from the can.

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Jane woke up to find herself tied to a chair, she struggled to get herself off the chair, but couldn't.

"I suggest you save your energy, you are going to be needing it in due time.

"What do you want from me Timothy?" Jane asked, trying to buy herself some time.

"With all the pain you caused my family, you still have the guts to ask me such question? You killed my father! And you sit there and ask me what I want from you?"

"For all it's worth, I'm sorry for your father's death"

"I want a lot of things from you Jane, and trust me by the time I am done, you will be sorry"

"You know you and your father aren't innocent? You and your father almost ruined my life! What I did, I did it to protect myself"

"To protect yourself? He was harmless Jane, and yet you stabbed him with a knife"

"Harmless you say? Your father r***d me almost every other day, and so did you. I could have been your sister Timothy. What wrong did I ever commit to deserve such treatment from you both? I'm sorry, but there was only a limit to what I could take"

Timothy walked up to her and slapped her hard on her left cheek, when Jane raised her head to look at him, he slapped her again, this time, it was harder causing Jane to bleed on her lips.

"What happened to your smart mouth? Go on talk to me!" Timothy yelled at her. "I am going to make you suffer Jane, you will suffer so much, you will plead for death. I will make sure you feel the pain I felt when you tore my family apart"

Jane smiled, "I'm glad you felt pain, at least I know I wasn't just the only one who felt it too. You know, sometimes it's good we have a taste of what we always dish out to others"

"I can see you still think you are smart, we will see about that. But first we call that rich boyfriend of yours and get some money from him, there is a lot I could do with it"

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Rayford got to the airport to find Dele and Michael waiting to pick him up.

"Hey ... welcome back man" Michael greeted as he gave Rayford a hug. While Dele took his bag from him and put it in the car.

"Thanks guys, have you guys heard anything from the kidnapper?"

"Not yet, but Black's men are working on getting her back. Sorry man" Dele said as they got into the car.

"If that bastard had done his job in the first place, this wouldn't have happened. I need to see him, where is he?" Rayford gritted his teeth as he spoke.

"He is at my place with Amaka, in case the kidnappers decide to contact her" Michael said.

"How is Amaka, hope she wasn't badly injured?"

"No, she suffered a few bruises though, but nothing that won't heal within a few days" Dele had tried taking Amaka to the hospital but she refused, saying all she needed was some pain killers. Which he later got for her, but he still thinks she needs to visit a hospital.

"This is exactly what I was trying to avoid in the first place, I didn't want anyone getting hurt" Rayford looked out the window, wondering where Jane could be, or what was being done to her.

Michael drove them to his house. When they got there, Amaka was sitting quietly with Ming in the living room.

" Rayford" Amaka immediately stood up and enveloped him in a hug.

"Hey Amaka, how are you?" Rayford asked.

"I'm so sorry for what happened, I should have.."

"Shhhh.... None of these was your fault" Rayford rubbed her back.

"I should have fought harder, maybe I shouldn't have allowed him to send Jane that text" Amaka sobbed on Rayford's shoulders.

"It's okay, it wasn't your fault. You did what you could" Rayford comforted her until she stopped crying and he helped her to sit down.

Then Ming came and greeted him, "hey Rayford, welcome back"

"Hey Trouble, how are you?"

"I should be the one asking you that, how are you? You don't look like you have slept a wink in the past 24hrs?"

"Actually I haven't, but that's the least of my problems right now. Where is Black?"

"He is out at the back of the house, I think he is getting a smoke or something. And what happened to your hand?" She asked referring to the cut on Rayford's palm which he hasn't even bothered to clean the dried blood on it.

"That bastard has the nerve to be smoking when my girlfriend is out there in danger?" Rayford was about storming off to the backyard, when Dele stood in his front.

"Calm down Rayford, violence will not solve any of these."

"Calm down you say? My girlfriend has been kidn*pped by that idiotic lunatic, and you are asking me to calm down?"

"And I assure you, we will get her back sir" They turned to find Black standing in the living room. "I'm sorry, she got kidn*pped under my watch, and I don't think I can ever forgive myself if anything is to happen to her. So please take my word for it, I am going to get her back alive. Even if it's the last thing I do"