THE PROTECTED CRIMINALS

EPISODE 19

We woke up the next morning in peace, The old nurse prayed for us as we left her house that morning. I didn’t go with Daniela on my bike, she took public transport home. ” Richard the women guy” Kelvin shouted as I drove into my compound that morning, I wasn’t going to work that day as I was not on duty. I only had to work on Wednesdays and Fridays, but today is Thursday. ” Richard, you are sure gonna gist me about this” Kelvin said again coming out of my small tomato farm, I didn’t reply to him as I parked my bike. ” What happened to your hand? ” He asked as he raised my shirt, ” Another club fight, I was stabbed with a bottle and had been in the hospital all night” I told him while he burst out laughing. “What about the girl, the club girl Daniela said you were with?” He asked me in between laughter’s, ” She ran away” I said walking inside. ” Where is James? ” I asked as I entered the sitting room, ” He went to our apartment” he replied. ” How far have you guys gone with your mission? ” I asked, ” Not far, wizard called yesterday saying there weren’t any strange activities outside the house, we are planning on visiting the inside,” Kelvin said. ” How do you guys plan on doing that? ” I asked, ” Only Joseph knows,” he said. ” I visited the inside” I opened up to him while he stared at me confused, ” Inside of where? ” He asked, ” promise me you will keep it a secret ” I pleaded, though I knew my secrets were always safe with Kelvin. ” Of course, let me in bro,” he said with a serious face. ” I and Daniela broke into the house yesterday,” I said calmly and stopped to see his reaction, I went ahead when he didn’t react. ” That was where I got this injury from, it wasn’t any club fight, I was shot by one of the guards. ” I said and stopped again. ” Why did you do such? That wasn’t what we were asked to do, we were just asked to find out what he does not combat with his boys. The man might clean after all this and you can also risk your identity, you have also messed things up ” Kelvin said angrily. ” Sorry to disappoint you, he isn’t clean,” I said while Kelvin adjusted himself on the chair. “What did you get?” He asked curiously, ” I was able to gain access into one of their secret laptops and I saw that he would be shipping something tomorrow, I don't know what it is but I am going to the port to find out,” I said. ” That doesn’t depict that he is unclean,” Kelvin said, looking serious, ” I know, but there was something else,” I told him, ” What? ” He asked.

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DANIELA'S POV:

” Hannah, where have you been?” I asked Hannah that Thursday afternoon, she was just coming back home from God’s knows where the day we met at the club. ” I was with my new catch,” she said, smiling, ” This isn’t what we were asked to do, we are on a mission and you are busy flirting with guys ” I shouted angrily, ” Just like the way you were flirting with Mr. Emmanuel Adam, ” she shouted back. ” That is a different case, that’s been part of the mission work,” I said, obviously surprised by her reply, ” Why should he pick you when I was there, you might have enticed him one way or the other,” She said again. ” Stop talking like a harlot, we..” I didn’t finish the statement before a hot slap landed on my face. ” You slapped me?” I asked angrily ” Yes, that’s for calling me a harlot,” She said smiling. ” Am surprised you don't know that what you are, ” I said, smiling but angry inside of me, I was expecting her to slap me again but she knew better as she sat down on the chair chewing her gum.

It was around 9:30 pm that night, the moon was out that night and provided light in the dark. Men could be seen with briefcases heading home after the day’s work, traders could also be seen packing their wares. I drove the sport car which Hannah had brought back home earlier that day, I was heading to The Paradise club again to see Mr. Emmanuel Adam, not for any reason, it's part of our assignment to watch him, don't see it like I have got something for him.

Luckily for me, he was already in the club, I was able to recognize his jeep which was guarded by his guards in suit. I went into the club adjusting my short gown. I had also hidden a gun in my thick white bomb short which I wore under my gown, a knife was in my white heels as usual. Call me the woman in white that night I would answer you, I was all in white. I sighted Mr. Emmanuel Adam on his usual table surrounded by his guards, unlike other days, he wasn’t surrounded by girls. He was sitting alone looking moody and angry. I walked towards him and he smiled when he sighted me. ” I have been expecting you, Daniela,” he said as he held my left hand and drew me to his laps. ” You missed me?” I asked, smiling, he didn’t answer as the smile on his face turned into a frown, I saw his guards surround us. ” You didn’t tell me you were a spy from The Fittest,” he said as he adjusted the long arms of my gown to reveal the mark of The Fittest on my left wrist.