THE PROTECTED CRIMINALS

EPISODE 16

I shouted as I held my bleeding arms and lied on the floor of the free land beside the mansion. Apart from the spot where I was shot, there were also some other parts bleeding due to the dangerous jump through the glass-made window. ” Richard, are you okay?” Daniela asked, trying to lift me up. The guards peeped through the window and started firing at us again, We quickly dodged behind the fence breathing heavily. ” This isn’t the sort of fun we planned for,” Daniela said as she brought out her gun, ” Let me handle this” she added when I tried bringing out my gun. She rolled forward a little and shot randomly towards the window, I could now see people running Helter scatter, People on the street. ” You are bleeding real bad,” She said as she rolled back to me. ” We need to leave here as soon as possible,” She said again. ” I don't want anyone to know about this,” I told her, holding my left hand with the right. ” The time is 2:15 now” I added looking up at her. ” Come off it, you know it takes up to an hour to drive from Genius to Perfect Paradise considering the traffic,” She said and I nodded. ” Let’s get out of here, you need to have your hand treated.” She said. ” This is a bullet, they will need a police warrant before treating me,” I told her. ” Am not taking you to the hospital ” She said as she drew me up and we escaped to where my bike was parked. ” I will drive,” she said as she hopped on the front seat. ” Of course, you will have to” I replied sitting beside her. I didn’t know what happened next, I only woke up to meet myself on a small bed in a small room. My left hand has been treated and there was a bandage around it though it was covered with my cloth which had been washed clean by God knows who. I turned left and my eyes caught the wall clock, the time was 7:30 pm, I got up and sat on the strong iron bed, just then the small door the room opened and Daniela came in. ” Richard, you slept for too long,” She said, sitting beside me and touching my left hand. ” How do you feel now?” She asked me. ” Much better, ” I replied. “Where are we?” I asked again. ” In a room” She replied.

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DANIELA'S POV:

I drove off on Richard’s bike to a small house owned by an old native doctor, not those involved with witchcraft. She had actually treated me once when I was involved in s club fight, that was back then when I was still a stripper. The time is 7:35 pm and you might be wondering how it went after we left Mr. Emmanuel Adam’s mansion. I had driven Richard first to the native doctor’s place and headed back to the perfect Paradise hotel. I Parked the bike in a safe corner and located the bush where I kept my cloth. I wore them and cleaned myself before jumping over the fence with the help of a tree in the bush. I had to swallow my fear as I climbed up through the pipe after two failed attempts. I quickly had a shower, disposed of the knife, and cleaned my heels, I washed my underwear and dried them on a drying line in the bathroom, I then put on my cloth. I didn’t forget to keep the key to Mr. Emmanuel Adam where he kept it. At exactly 3:15 pm, he showed up looking moody and tired. ” Welcome honey, ” I greeted him smiling, but he wasn’t smiling at all. ” What is it?” I asked him again. ” My house was attacked” he told me falling into the bed. ” My good God, what happened, what about your guards?” I asked almost shouting. ” They were all killed, only a few survived, about 6 survived,” he said again rubbing his bald head with his hand. ” Am so sorry love, hope they didn’t make away with anything?” I asked, caressing his back. ” No, but they left the house in a total mess” He replied. ” Oh, God, am so sorry,” I said and planted a kiss on his lips. ” Am not in the mood for fun this night, why don't you allow my guards to drop you at home?” He said. ” Are you trying to dismiss me?” I asked angrily, ” No, I just need a clear st…” I interrupted him. ” Forget it ” I shouted as I went into the bathroom, pulled over my cloth, and wore my underwear though they were wet, I wore back my clothes. I came back some minutes later and made for the door, ” Where are you going to?” He asked ” My house ” I replied angrily. ” Let my guards drop you off,” he pleaded, ” No, I know my way, if you need me, you know where to pick me, Paradise pub,” I said to him and walked out from the room. I went downstairs only to meet a man in boxers explaining how he was tied down by a young man, I smiled as I knew who it was, that was how I escaped from the hotel and headed home for a change of cloth, Hannah wasn’t home and the house was just like we left it the previous night. ” Hello James,” I said as I picked my ringing phone. ” Daniela, have you heard from Richard, we hadn’t seen him since morning and he isn’t picking his phone,” James said over the phone. ” Richard asked me to keep the secret, but am trusting you on this, he went out with a girl,” I said. “Oh, that must be that girl he meant in the club two days ago,” James said laughing. ” Yes, a sort of club girl he had told me,” I said, I could hear Kelvin laughing from the background and hailing Richard. ” Okay Daniela, am relieved now, bye,” James told me. ” Did you guys do anything today?” I asked him. ” No, Joseph gave us the day off, he said he was busy with something,” He replied and hung up, he is always know of minimizing airtime. I drove back to the house where Richard was being treated, I meant the old woman outside pounding some sort of medicine. ” Your friend is still sleeping,” She said to me, ” I have been able to remove the bullet,” She said again. ” Thank you ma,” I said, smiling and swaying inside the room she directed me to, Richard was still sleeping like a child, he woke up some hours later. ” So what did you find out?” I asked him after we have joked for sometimes and I had told him how he got here, that was an attribute that can’t be taken away from Richard, he is always making jokes about everything even in times of danger. ” I can’t explain, everything is just confusing. The only reasonable thing I fetched out is that they will be shipping something the day after tomorrow ” He replied to me. ” Shipping what?” I asked him