THE MURDER WEAPON

THE MURDER WEAPONEPISODE FOURTEEN

I couldn't speak to Renee lest the police heard me so I got up and went to the kitchen where she was preparing the tea after I had typed in my phone "police at the door" and when I got there I showed my phone to her and for a minute she seemed to have freaked out..

Renee:(whispering) what do I do?

Me: talk to them and know what they want.

i whispered back..

Renee: what if they want to search the house?

Me: I will figure out what to do. go before they become suspecious..

Renee left me in the kitchen and went to handle the police. She opened the door and stepped out and from inside I could not hear what they were talking about but i trusted Renee to be smart enough. i had my fingers crossed that she had believed my story because had she not, it was not going to be too hard for her to rat me out to the cops.

Renee: yes officers how can I help you?

Officer; why did you take long to open the door?

Renee: I was in the washroom, taking the call of nature you know like shitting abd stuff..

Officer: we got an anonymous call that the guy we are looking for is here.

the officer said totally ignoring her response..

Renee:which guy?

she asked like she had no idea of the guy the had been looking for..

Officer: Rahim, the guy whose face was all over the tv earlier.

Renee: well, there's no one here. I have not seen Rahim since my mother's death..

Officer: you mind if we check the house?

Renee: no but I will need to see a search warrant for that.

She said opening the door slightly for Rahim to hear what was going on.

Renee: I mean, you are supposed to have a search warrant when you come to search someone's house right?.

Officer: yes, that is correct and that is not a problem.

Renee waited to see the search warrant before she let them in hoping I would have found a way to disappear.

When I heard Renee ask for a search warrant I knew I had to find my way out before the police found theirs in because there was no way they would cone to search the house without one so I went to the back door that leads to the yard walking as slowly as I could but when I got there the gate was locked with a padlock so I couldn't go back to search for a key I didn't know existed so I had to think abd be very fast about it.

Inside the compound there were a few bricks, am not sure why they were there but I felt like God knew I would one day get in trouble and had no one remove them even after the building was completed.

I quickly stacked like three bricks together then stepped on it and jumped on the other side of the perimeter wall hoping my hand doesn't land on the pieces of glasses that had been used to do the finishing but by the way they had been placed close to each other, I sure had a cut on my left hand even though I managed to jump to the other side.

I couldn't get to the front side to get my car so I walked for a few seconds and took a motorcycle hoping to get my car later on..

The police searched from room to room, under the bed, in the closets and anywhere

that someone could hide in but they found no one..

Officer 1: there's no one here.

one of the officers reported and Renee was quite relieved.

Offer 2: I think the guy who called is playing games with us.

Renee herself couldn't believe her eyes as she had nervously been following the police as they carried out their search from room to room.

Renee: I told you no one is here.

officer: what about the car that is out there?.

Renee: are there two cars in the parking because I only know of one.

the officer did not respond to my that. the first officer walked out and the second one gave Renee a not so satisfying look.

Officer: thank you for your cooperation madam.

Renee: sure...

They walked out and Renee watched them get in the car and drive off before she quickly went back inside, locked the door and started looking for Rahim a fresh calling him but when he did not respond she called his phone but since he was on top of a bike he could not respond to her call. had he magically disappeared, she thought to herself..

The bike guy dropped me at one of the well known pharmacies and I walked in to get my cut taken care of. The lady took a look at my hand then took a piece of cotton wool and some surgical spirit and wiped it stealing a glance at me one or two times..

Pharmacist: I will give you a tetanus injection but the cut is not so deep so you will not need any stitches.

Me: thank you.

The lady got down to work and after a short while she was done. She tied a gauze bandage on the palm of my hand and gave me some painkillers then I paid and left without her asking me anything even though i could tell that she knew i was the criminal whose face was all over the news. she chose to mind her business.

I was headed to Vjay's shop but before that I called Renee to let her know I was okay then asked her to watch my sports car for I would go back for it. Waridi had also been blowing my phone with calls and I just couldn't deal with her at the moment so I kept ignoring her until she told me that she was going to call one more time and if I didn't pick, I was never to talk to her or see her again. Women can be teargas at times, they don't kill but the threats and effects they leave behind is a bit suffocating.

After reading her threat I decided to call her knowing exactly what to expect.

Waridi: Rahim

Me: yeah, what's up?

Waridi: really, what's up, that's what you can ask me after trying to reach you the whole day?

Me: chill babe it's only been three hours since we spoke. i have been up and down, I have not been ignoring on purpose..

Waridi: do you know how long three hours is when you know someone you care about could be in trouble and you can't reach them?

Me: listen waridi, this is my life and you either accept it and move on or stop being in it. I have to fix alot of things that has gone wrong, alot of fingers are pointing at me for crimes I didn't even commit. My business is down and the i***t whom i left in charge has gone missing after leaving me a few minutes to bankruptcy, then I have police who are being fed crap by God knows who and they are on me like flies. The worst that could happen to me is to get arrested or better still get a bullet In my head so forgive me if my mind is too engaged to think of calling you back.

Waridi didn't even say another word but hanged up and to her surprise, Clark was leaning on the door frame listen to the conversation that had been on loud speaker the entire time.

Clark: you know you don't deserve that right?

Waridi: how did you get in and how long have you been standing there?

Clark: I got in through the door and I've been here long enough to hear everything. that guy is a jerk. didn't his mama teach him how fo talk to ladies?..

She looked down at her phone and started scrolling through as Clark walked towards her.

Waridi: I told you to leave earlier, what are you doing here?

Clark: I left but then came back to check on you and to apologise for my careless words earlier. I'm sorry Waridi, please don't kick me out again..

Waridi turned and looked at him then asked if she could offer him anything and he asked for some fruit juice as he found his way to the seat

Waridi: so, has Faruk gotten my replacement yet?

Clark: not yet. A few people have stopped showing up at the casino. One got drunk yesterday then started shouting your name looking everywhere.

Waridi: is that normal?

Clark: well, you made them feel a certain type of way and it's like their minds have tuned in some way. The alternatives are a bit depressing to them.

Waridi: I needed to get out of there Clark, I need a life besides stripping and showing off my body to men who are already established, men who have wives and kids at home and are only coming to spend their pocket change on me.

Clark: I thought you never slept with them.

Waridi: I slept with specifics. I am a woman who knew what I wanted and even though I didn't like the life I chose, I had to be smart while at it.

Clark: what got you into all these, you are beautiful, intelligent why not something else?

Waridi: I slept with a married man after going through hell and back and he promised to give me a good life. He rented out an apartment for me and paid my rent for a whole year, he shopped for me and did everything I wanted just so that I could have s*x with him and treat him better than his wife did.

I knew all that would be short lived so I tried looking for jobs so that I could have something to keep me going even if the guy wasnt there to support me anymore but it was hard since I didn't have my papers with me and couldn't go back for them either. I am beautiful I know that, and my beauty made every guy I asked for a job want to sleep with me first. I didn't give in but eventually got a friend who also happened to be my neighbor. We started hanging out together and most Fridays we would go to clubs, identify rich guys and sleep with them for money. That went on for a while until I decided to be a little smart. I had a few regular customers and before I sleep with a guy I would do a lap dance on them inside the club then ask for a certain amount of money to go all the way and because they knew how good I was at my job, they would do just what I wanted.

I learnt a lesson from my friend, before we would sleep with guys we would get them tested for HIV with test kits that we carried around. My friend slept with someone who had HIV as the test they did read negative though he was positive. We came to learn later that there are people who have the virus but the test can't reveal immediately.

My friend started getting sick and she refused to accept her status. She became stressed and couldn't work anymore. Eventually she became so sick and died. I went for HIV test After every 3 months for a whole year and when I tested negative for all of them and decided I wasn't going to sleep with a man from the club again but it happened to be after getting what I wanted.

After being bought a house and a car in my name I ended up with a job at the club as a stripper but never again did I sleep with a man for money unless I wanted to.

Clark: so is there a man who wants to marry you?

Waridi: no, that was just a way of having Faruk let me go.

Clark: you need to be careful waridi, Faruk has not let you go completely. He wants the man in the picture dead.

Waridi: what?

Clark: he asked me to find out who that guy is and kill him.

Waridi: I see, why are you telling me all these, you know the guy don't you, why haven't you killed him?

Clark: because am in love with you, can't you see. i have bot killed Rahim because i know you are into him and I'm here because I'm hoping you would someday see me the way i see you and that you will let me be the one to protect you from him.

Waridi: says the guy who still takes every order from Faruk.

Clark: I work for Faruk because I want to and not because am glued there. If I get a better deal which by the way is underway I will leave him.

Waridi: and get yourself killed. I know Faruk and no one walks away from him and lives. do you want to die?

Clark: I know Faruk too and before he puts a bullet in my head I will put one In his. he is powerful yes, but I'm smarter.

Waridi: you all are the same, so obsessed with killing and am wondering if you would ever get out of it alive.

Clark: let me be the one to worry about that.

Waridi: I know you have said you love me but I like somebody else.

Clark: who doesn't love you and probably never will.

Waridi: more juice?

She said taking his glass and going to the kitchen just to avoid having that conversation..

I got to vjays place at around 4:30 and found him in his office having a meeting with his crew. When he saw me he left somebody else in charge and joined me at the counter.

Vjay: I saw the news.

He said hugging me.

Me: yeah, I hope you didn't believe anything you heard or saw.

Vjay: if cause not. I was waiting to hear from you.

Me: we need to strike tonight. You were right, we have to take them down one by one before we get overwhelmed. What did Clark say?

Vjay: if the cut is good, he is in.

me: just like that, no questions asked?

Vjay: i told you Clark is my guy, he is cool.

Me: good. Organize the team for tonight, we are hitting the port but first we will kidnap the guy at the airport.

Vjay: I will get the team ready. You will be taking the lead.

Me: after we are done with tonight's attack, I need you to help me find this guy.

I said showing him Nick's photo

His name his Nick, he used to be my friend and an employee but he stole from me and attempted to kill me.

Vjay: what do we do with him when I find him?

Me: don't do anything to him. I have to have a word with him before knowing what to do with him.

Vjay: cool, We have a deal. Tonight at 8:00pm sharp.

i nodded then we did a bit of catching up on other things then i left.

After the days happenings and the deal with vjay, I decided to go home and rest abit before 8:00pm. I also needed to equip myself with all the necessary stuff I would need for the mission and by stuff I meant weapons.

Faruk was either playing me or I was just being paranoid because I couldn't understand how he would loose the two guns then all over sudden my face was all over the news for a murder he was the one who committed or rather authorized but you know how it works, keep your friends close and enemies closer. I had plans of finishing Faruk off but in such a way he wouldn't notice or see coming. i was the master in this deception game abd before he knows, i would be throwing in the last card. my plan was simple.. First of all I wanted to divert his attention from the list and drug supply before I engaged him in a series of activities that would eventually lead to his death.

Faruk needed me and it's pretty obvious that he couldn't handle the DCI on his own and needed me to help him figure stuff out so he made it look like we were in it together but I Rahim was going to be his biggest nightmare.

I got home at around 6:23pm so I prepared some coffee and had it then a few minutes later threw myself on the bed to take a nap before waking up to prepare for the war.

Around thirty minutes into my sleep I heard a loud knock on the door and quickly got up jumping out of bed and grabbing my gun. Who the hell knocks on people's doors like that? I didn't even have time to check who it was so I hurried to the door and opened it hiding the gun behind me..

Me: are you kidding me?

Waridi: what, I knocked softly but you did not respond. its not like your door has a bell..

I let her walk in then looked outside before closing the door behind me. I tucked the gun behind and walked to where waridi was standing and from the look on her face, I could tell she had alot of stuff to say to say to me especially after everything i had told her over the phone.

Waridi: so, what have you been up to?

Me: running around trying to fix a few mistakes.

Waridi: be honest with me, did you kill him, the guy they say you killed?..

Me: No. i did not kill him

I responded walking to my bedroom then I grabbed the bag under my bed and opened it taking out guns and bullets.

Waridi: going somewhere?

Me: yeah, I've got some stuff I need to take care of tonight.

She sat there watching me put bullets in guns and pack but she didn't say much until I was done.

Waridi: what changed between us in the last few hours?

Me: what do you mean?

Waridi: earlier, you hanged up on me then all over sudden you are just so rude and cold towards me. What did I do?

I stopped whatever I was doing and focused on her for a few seconds... I mean I didn't understand where all these was coming from or better still, I didn't realize how insensitive I had been towards her until she got all emotional with tears in her eyes damn!..

Waridi: if you don't feel like talking to me for some reason you tell me Rahim, you don't treat me like gum that has stuck on your shoe. i told you everything there was to know about me because i trusted you.. isn't that too much to ask fir from your end?..

I didn't even know where to start because all these caught me off guard and it happened so fast so I walked up to her and sat besides her.

Me: hey, am so sorry that I hurt your feelings but trust me it wasn't intentional. I didn't even notice all these things you are saying until now.

I took her hand in mine and wiped her tears.

Me: I have had a rough couple of days and today was worse. I have got so much going on that I don't even know how to handle it. I like you alot, but I don't want to drag you into my mess. I have guys coming after me and I might not be able to protect you from them, no one knows how life would end up for me and I don't want to put you in that situation where you don't know if am coming home or if am dead somewhere in the streets or my body dumped in some sewer somewhere..

Waridi: did you know all these yester night before you slept with me, did you feel all these when we were making love or was i just another girl topping your list of the girls you have slept with?..

I was quiet for I didn't even know what to tell her.

Waridi: was I just another one night stand Rahim?

Me: No, you were not. Dont even say that waridi, you know last night was not just about s*x. Please let me finish up with tonight then we will talk about this when you are not this emotional and when I'm not running off somewhere.

She got up and started walking away but I pulled her back and planted a kiss on her lips the stared deep into her eyes. She pushed me off and fought me but I held her so tight and hugged her..

Me: am really sorry for hurting your feelings. I know you are upset right now but we will figure it out. i promise.

i asked her to smile wiping the tears off her face and she gave me a brief smile then walked to the door and I called her before she could disappear.

Me: can you drop me off, I don't have my car.

Waridi: yeah..i sure can.

I asked her to wait for me to get dressed and as soon as I was done I joined her in the living room and we left for her car.

I asked if I could take the wheel since i was only like 25 minutes away to the agreed time so I needed to get there in time for briefs and making sure everyone was good for the mission. We got to the main road and i decided to go the fast and furious kind of way with her car since there was no much traffic and at some point I could hear her shouting asking me to slow down but I couldn't. So she tightly held on to her seat and closed her eyes the entire time.

In fifteen minutes I was pulling over at vjays parking and when the car stopped she took a deep breath.

Waridi: you are never driving me again, never!

Me: sorry about that, I was running late.

Waridi: you could have gotten us killed you know.

Me: but we are not dead are we?

I leaned in and gave her a kiss then grabbed my bag and opened the door.

Waridi: take care of yourself Rahim.

Me: I will, I promise to see you the first thing when I get back okay?

she nodded and started the car. I watched her reverse the car and drive away before I walked into the warehouse where Vjay was already addressing his team. When he saw me, he called me up to him and everyone turned to get a glimpse of me because some only heard of me but never got to meet me.

On his left hand stood Clark who seemed surprised to see me and my guess was vjay never told him I was going to be part of the team or the mission..