THE PROTECTED CRIMINALS

EPISODE 13

” Don't be scared, I promise not to harm you” I assured him as I pulled off his overall, his work cloth. He was left with just a boxer and singlet, both soaked with sweat. I removed the bed sheet from the bed and tore it into a two-piece, with one piece, I tied his hands to his legs, with the other, I tied it around his mouth. ” Have fun struggling ” I said as I put on the overalls and cleaned my face, I then walked out with the tray of chicken and wine. ” She ordered for food,” I said to one of the guards guiding room 250 and he opened the door for me without interrogations. Daniela could be seen sitting comfortably on the big, fine bed of room 250.

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DANIELA POV:

” let’s go,” Richard said to me pulling my hands towards the door. ” Nope, I can’t go out, he had instructed his guards to enclose me here” I replied as I got freed from his hand and sat on the bed. ” oops, we need to find a way out. ” he said putting on his cap and taking a stroll to the side window. ” Perfect, there is a long plastic wall pipe here,” he said looking down the side window. I joined him there and he was right, there was really a pipe there, those pipes use to channel water from the bathroom to the s--k away. ” Then how are we going to pass the gate, his guards are also there? ” I asked. ” We descend through this pipe to the fence level and jump out there,” he said again pointing to the free land surrounded with bushes, the land was just beside the hotel. ” The pipe might get broken,” I said. ” it won’t get broken if you don't rest your full weight on it, we are to move with our legs on the wall while the hand holding the pipe for support. It's well fixed to the wall” he said again, sometimes I wonder if I and Richy finished from the same The Fittest, he loves to take risks. ” I can’t do that, it is dangerous” I protested while he smiled. ” You fear too much,” he said smiling. ” Anyhow, I am not killing myself,” I said. ” okay, I will back you” he suggested. ” Back me?” I asked him. ” Hey that’s the only way we ….” I interrupted him. ” Okay” I fell in. ” Now, we have to first give them the impression that I have left here,” he said to me ” I mean the guards” he added. ” That’s easy, are you with your phone?” I asked me and he nodded. ” Okay,” I said and put a call to him. ” Pick it up, hide somewhere, with the phone you will be able to hear our conversation and know when to come in,” I told him, he understood and went out immediately like the way he came. I held the phone and went out to meet the guards. ” Hello guys” I greeted the both of them smiling. ” Good morning madam” They replied in unison. ” why don't you join the others downstairs, I don't like you guys standing by the door. I am still safe if you guys aren’t at the door” I said to them. ” Mr. Emmanuel Adam asked us to watch you ma” The well-built one among them spoke. ” I can’t run away if you guys stay at the gate, there is no other exist here and moreover, I wanna get some sleep and I don't want you guys here,” I said with all seriousness, they nodded and went down, about some minutes later, Richard walked in. ” Sweet!!” he exclaimed as he locked the door and I disposed of the tray of food. ” Now let’s go” he added bending his back for me to climb on. I touched his shoulder, his muscles were firm, well built, and smooth. I spread my leg across his back and enclosed them in his waist region. His scent was good, my hands touched his muscular chest and for once, I wished he was mine. ” You can close your eyes so you won’t have nightmares,” he said smiling. ” Come on, let’s go,” I said enclosing my legs more to his waist region, I felt something move around me, don't know what it was. He walked to the side window and opened it, my weight didn’t weigh him down, I was small compared to him. He spread his leg across the window but prevented himself from falling by holding the edge. ” Here we go” he whispered as he stretched his left hands to the pipe connecting the bathroom of the room beside mine to the s--k away. ” be careful,” I said to him as he released his second hand from the window. ” Oh. God” I almost shouted as he hung freely in the air, his left hand which was holding the pipe was the only thing that prevented us from falling, I held him tighter” Hey calm down,” he said as he held the pipe with the other hand, he then placed his both legs on the wall in a way that the pipe was a demarcation. Gradually and slowly he climbed down gently until we were at the fence level, the fence separating the hotel from the bushy land. ” One, two, and Go,” He said as he jumped with me into the bush, we rolled separately as we got displaced from each other.

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TONIA'S POV:

I took my water pot and headed to the stream, It was around 12:00 in the afternoon, I didn’t go that morning due to depression, I was busy thinking about Richard. My mother wasn’t around as she had gone to market early that morning, my dad had traveled to a neighboring village the day before.

I had finished fetching my water and heading back home when I saw the guy from the city, John, coming from the path leading to his farm. There was something strange about this guy, he came to the village some years ago, he didn’t come with a relation, no one knew where he came from. He acquired land and started farming, he also built a small hut for himself and he hardly associates himself with anyone. The only chance I had gotten to be close with him was the day he saved Richard from Joshua. ” Tonia” he greeted me as he walked to me, I was surprised as he had never talked to me before. ” City guy, good afternoon” I greeted him. ” I had not seen your friend lately,” he said as we walked together. ” Which friend?” I asked him. ” Don't pretend like you don't know, That guy you were tripping for, of course, Richard” he said smiling, ” He had gone back to the city” I replied him frowning my face. ” sorry dear, he will surely come back to you ” John said laughing. ” He has engaged already,” I said angrily. ” Engaged, that is a lie, who told you that?” He asked. ” No one, he told me through a letter” I replied to him. ” Hmm, I won’t believe you until I see the letter,” he said. ” Richard isn’t engaged to anyone,” he said confidently. ” Then follow me to my house to get it” I dared him.

• John stood outside my compound with the letter in his hands but over his face, he read the content out loud and burst into laughter, his laughter soon changed to a frown but he quickly covered it up with a smile. ” I can assure you of something,” he told me. ” What?” I asked. ” Richard didn’t draft this letter,” He said confidently.