Lethal Attraction

The bargain

🌹LETHAL ATTRACTION🌹

🌾CHAPTER 21🌾

..........As Mikel turned to walk away, Dorathy quickly went after him. "Wait, i need to talk to you"!" She said aloud and when Mike stopped, she came to an abrupt halt in fear. A few feet behind him and watched him slowly turned to look at her over his shoulders.

"If you have anything to say, talk to my right-hand-man" Mikel simply said and started to walk away when she said.

"Well, I've been waiting to speak with you like forever but i demand audience now!"

Mikel Blinked his eyes in surprise , and lifting a quizzical brow to look at her. "Did you just order me?" He asked as he partially turned to face her.

"It's obvious that being polite really has no effect around here" She said.

He turned fully and approached her now. "It had better be worth it. shoot" He folded his arms, standing akimbo.

"I want to speak with my family"

"Why?"

"Why?" She frowned in surprise at the question which she considered to be rather dumb. In such a situation, wasn't it the norm to call her parents, tell them about her dilemma, have them pay the ransom and get out of here for good? Why would he ask her that ?. "Because i want to get out of here, that's why"

"I'm sure that Ahmad had already done that on your behalf"

"Done that on my behalf? Am i not supposed to do that by myself? Beside, why is everyone else allowed to speak to their family except me? I don't even know if my family even knows what has become of me. For all i know, they are probably worried sick by now. Especially my mum, i need to speak to them".

"Is that what you are worried about?" Mike asked. "That your folks are probably out their looking for you"

"Yes. More reason i need to reach out to them so that they know what had become of me".

"I see.......i don't see any reason why you should be in a hurry. We are doing this in batches, just Wait your turn".

"Wait, my turn?" She couldn't believe her ears. "I have not got all the time in the world, i need to get out of here"

"When the ransom is paid, you will, but for now sit right and just wait" He stated and started to walk away when she quickly said, making him pause.

"How much is being charged as ransom anyway?"

"A hundred million naira" Mikel replied.

Dorathy's brows lifted in shock. "A what?!, what the hell! You have got to be f*****g kidding me!"

"Language lady!" He chided softly.

She spat. "Spare me that mister, last time i checked, language is really not a thing here.....your men use swear words in pidgin almost all the time...., back to the ransom, why the hell in the world would you charge others ten million each or even less and charge me more? Isn't that unfair?"

"We charge according to status"

"And you think i am what? Bill gate heiress? "

"Funny" Mikel drily said in sarcasm. "You wish".

"I can't afford that. There is no way in hell i have got a hundred million naira lying somewhere just to give it away" She stubbornly said.

"And what made you to think that you are in any place to decide the amount the ransom ought to be ?" Mikel asked wryly.

"For God's sake, have a heart! I can't afford that am being honest!. You guys have taken most of my stuff from me! The longer i stay here, the more possibility i lose my job if my boss doesn't hear from me soon"

"Good, i will advice that you start making a home then"

"I demand to know the reason of this partiality" She huffed as he attempted to leave again.

"I don't answer to you ma'am, go your place" he simply said.

"Fine.....is it negotiable?"

"Why?"

"Because i wanna pay for my self and get the hell out of here! I can't continue to live like an animal anymore! This place is Despicable i could fall sick! I could even lose my job if i don't get out of this country very soon"

"Shouldn't you be more concerned about your husband and kids?" Mike desperately asked.

"I'm single and i had no kids" She said.

Hiding the relief her answer gave him, he asked. "So, what are you offering?"

"Fifteen million"

"Seventy million"

"Twenty five"

"Sixty nine"

"Thirty five" She quickly said and added. "Thirty five and that's final" She Swallowed hard. "That's almost all i have to spare or i would lose my job and probably go bankrupt and might lose my house if i can't pay the mortgage fee any longer".

He stared at her for a moment as he muse over her offer. "Fine, thirty five is it but only on the condition that your folks pay the ransom, not you"

"But that was not the deal" She cried out.

"Take it as part of my generosity. After all, i let you beat down the fee from a hundred, to thirty; a fair deal right?" He turned and started to walk away, when she quickly said.

"One more thing"

Mikel threw his head back and and groaned in frustration. "Now what?" He turning to face her yet again.

"Onome and her daughter do not have any one to raise or pay a ransom for them".

"And?"

"Maybe i pay on their behalf?" She asked.

Mikel was touched by how compassionate she was. "You don't even know this people and you are going to part with ten million naira for their sake?"

"We are like a family here and that little girl will be traumatized if she stays any longer" She replied.

"Fine, I've a word with Ahmad and he will get back to you"

"Thank you" She said.

He said nothing but turned and continued to walk away when she added. "And for rubbing my below abdomen when i had cramps"

He paused but didn't try to turn this time.

"I was aware of it all" She revealed. "Thank you"

Without replying her or turning, he walked away, turning out of view while she returned to join others in the camp who were already hungrily feasting in the cooler of food.

When Mike sat in the tree that night smoking, all he could think about was her. He couldn't get her face or the sound of her beautiful voice off his mind. She was confident and he like that even more about her. But how could he tell her that he didn't want her to have her freedom back, at least not yet? Her stay in the camp had made his life have more definition now and he couldn't explain the peace he have when ever he stared at her. If only she could understand that she was safer here with him more than she could ever be in the world.

Exhaling deeply, he decided that since he had confirmed that she is single and had no kids, he should just got ahead and make his intention known to her, even though he doesn't have to do it directly. He needed to break out of his isolation and spend more time with her so that he will get to know her better and if things worked out between them for good, fine, if they did not, fine still, he wouldn't delay her one day in the camp, in fact, for all the troubles, he was willing to forfeit her ransom and let her go.