FACELESSđ
DEMONđč
(A Life For A Life)
Â©ïž Chidimma Christineâïž
EPISODE 57đ„
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đAndrisđ
I scoffed, what does he mean by that… I should be the one not trusting him not the other way round…. He might just be doing things according to my dad’s plan.
âNever mind… Am not interested in helping youâ I snapped âAm going to elope with chad anywayâ I said in my mind and hissed laying down.
âYou sure have alot of explanation to do for your father..make sure you invite your cousin Chadâ he said.
âWait…. Are you going to tell my dadâ I asked surprised.
âYeah… I have to do so first before you do… I can’t risk my planâ
âWhat plan… Look here, if you like say a thousand words to my dad he would never believe youâ I said nervously.
âLet’s watch and see….â he said lying down.
âFine… I alre-ady agreed to help you gain whatever you want to gain while you end this so called marriageâ
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I glanced at her… I have no choice than to trust her but I still nee-d to be very careful around her… She doesn’t look too good to me.
âOkey… Dealâ I said.
âSo… What’s the planâ she asked.
âI nee-d your father’s doÂąv-ments, I mean all of themâ.
âYou know that’s not possible… I can’t get themâ
âLook here Andris… This shouldn’t be a difficult thing for you, you are his only child and am sure you know about your father’s dark business rightâ
âI know about his dark business or whatever you call it but I can’t bring the doÂąv-ments to youâ
âBut you know where they are rightâ
âNot excately….. My dad has an inner chamber and no one is allowed in, not even my mother when she was aliveâ.
âInner chamber??â
Chief Varma has an inner chamber, that’s where all the evidence we nee-d is…
âSo where is this inner chamberâ I asked.
âIts like an un-derground, you can only access it throu-gh the secret pas-sage in his roomâ
âSecret pas-sage… It must be very difficult to accessâ I thought.
âDon’t worry… I would get the doÂąv-ments myselfâ
âSo what should I do thenâ she asked.
âHmmmm.. Sasha.. I nee-d to speak to her, can you make that possibleâ.
âI guess I can try, its much easy than getting my dad’s doÂąv-mentsâ she said.
âGood… Make sure you are careful okeyâ I said getting up.
âWhy are you doing all these Rockyâ She asked.
I stared at her wondering where the question was actually coming from, âI would tell you when all this is over but before then… You will work according to my command and don’t think of betraying me because that would be the end of you and your loverâ I said and left the room.
I walked throu-gh the veranda.. My mind was mostly occu-pied with how to access Chief Varma’s secret chamber.
I quic-kly texted Siddarth, telling him everything Andris said to me.
Few minutes later his call c@mÂŁ in âShe said all that….â he asked.
âYeah… I think we nee-d to access chief Varma’s secret chamber, that’s where all his secret must beâ
âBut…. Why did you trust her so fastâ Siddarth asked.
âWell… I just felt the nee-d to, but we don’t seem to have a choice hereâ
âI have a bad feeling about thisâ
âDon’t worry…. Its fineâ I said and the call ended.
I took a de-ep breath, i just hope am doing the right thing.
đANDRISđ
Sasha…. Why does he want to speak to her, is he in anyway in love with her.
No… I doubt, he can’t be in love with her… They are two different people besides he doesn’t look…. No it can’t beâ I shrugging the thoughts away.
All this doesn’t make a single s-en-se… How can getting him to speak with Sasha help me achieve my aim with Chad…. How.
My phone beeped interrupting my thoughts… I signed picking it up… âStill picking your call at this hourâ that was dad’s de-ep voice.
I signed not saying a word… âRemeber all I have said to you, be sure to produce a son as soon as possible if you don’t want me to rip you ap@rtâ.
âThat’s all you know how to do… Ripping people ap@rt.. You can’t do more than thatâ I wanted to say but I dare not…..
I won’t live to tell the story âOkey sirâ I replied bowing….
He didn’t say a word and ended the call.
âArrgghâ I screamed.
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I headed back to the room, it was alre-ady getting late and I was afraid I won’t be able to find the room which did happen.
I kept opening one door to the other till I finally opened the right door.
Andris was alre-ady fast asleep, I ti-ptoed into the bathroom and took a quic-k bath before heading to the be-d.
FACELESSđ
DEMONđč
(A Life For A Life)
Â©ïž Chidimma Christineâïž
EPISODE 58đ„…..
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I woke up to the sound of my ringing phone… I hissed taking the duvet off my b©dy.
I reached for my phone which was on t©p of the side table âI wonder why he is calling this earlyâ I sighed picking the phone.
âGood Morning Sirâ I said.
âSorry Dad….â I quic-kly corrected. He chuckled âHow was your night sonâ he asked.
âNice….â âAnd my daughterâ he asked.
âStill slee-ping….â I replied staring at Andris.
âOkey…. A business proposal c@mÂŁ up today, I would like to discus it with you…. Hope you aren’t busy todayâ
âNo…. Am totally freeâ I said.
âOkey…. See you by noonâ.
âOkey dad….â I said and the call went off.
I dashed into the bathroom and had a quic-k bath… On coming out Andris was alre-ady awake busy with her phone.
She was giggling while pressing her phone, I know without being told that she was chatting with Chad… Her so called lover.
âHow was your nightâ I said when I noticed she wasn’t ma-king any attempt to do so.
âWorst than everâ She said not looking at me.
I scoffed âWhat’s that suppose to meanâ.
I walked towards the wardrobe and wore a fresh cloth.
âAm heading out…â I said.
âWhere should Sasha meet youâ
I turned…. âDid you speak to herâ I asked surprised.
âWhat do you think….â
Wow… It was easy than I thought, âJust somewhere your dad doesn’t know off…. Text me the addressâ.
She stared at me for a while before facing her phone. âStrange..â.
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I drove into the amusement park ma-king sure I wasn’t followed by someone.
I parked at the parking slot and walked to the pl@yhouse where we usually meet.
âHy… You are here alre-adyâ Siddarth said standing.
âYeah… So where is the girlâ I asked looking around.
âOh… That’s herâ Siddarth said pointing at a shabby looking girl.
âher….?â I asked surprised.
âShe is Odeya and she is very s-en-sitive so mind how you stare at herâ Siddarth said whispering the last p@rt.
Well am glad he noticed the way I was staring at the girl, she looks so tattered and doesn’t look like one that can help us.
âAm Odeya…. Your friend alre-ady said thatâ She said and sniffed.
I blinked my eyes, clearing my throat at the same time. âSo… What information do you haveâ I asked.
âEverything you would nee-d regarding Mr Phogat’s death….â She said.
I glanced at Siddarth whom nodded his head, I stared back at the so called Odeya.
âName your priceâ
âEven if you are tired of living you should make the world a better place for those still willing to hustle and make their life worth living….. Its freeâ.
âFree??â I said almost screaming… âSo you just feel like getting rid of Chief Varmaâ I asked.
âI want him to know a single man’s death costed alot their future…..â
âMr Phogat’s death death costed me my future… Mr Phogat had a foundation, âtou-ching Livesâ throu-gh the foundation he took care of the poor, paying their school fees and other feesâ.
âI was one of the kids in the foundation, I was alre-ady in the university when he died, I dropped out from school because no one paid my fees, the foundation ended because there was no one to continue from where he st©pped…..â
âI did odd jobs trying to survive in the process I got cut up in a crime I didn’t commitâ.
âA drug business…. I went to jail and there I found out Chief Varma was the one handling that drug business that landed me in jailâ
âI got re-leased two days ago and that was when I meet Siddarthâ She said in tears.
I was baffled, I never knew my dad had such foundation. âAm sorry…â I said, I didn’t know what else to say or do.
âIts okey…. I plan on taking chief Varma money and starting up another foundation…. Even if am not going to benefit from it, at least others willâ.
âDon’t worry… That dream would come trueâ I said and she nodded.
âSo.. What information do you haveâ I asked.
âAfter Mr Phogat died, A prosecutor investigated his death, Mrs Blake… She c@mÂŁ to us interrogating us…. She was alre-ady close to putting Chief Varma behind bars for his crime but chief Varma was smarter than she thoughtâ.
âFew days to the court seating, her only child was kidnapped and her corpse was found in front of the court on the same day of the court seatingâ
âShe ended the whole investigation to mourn her only daughter, she never c@mÂŁ back for the investigationsâ
âSo… How will this Mrs Blake help usâ Siddarth asked
âI believe she still has some things against him also she has great resÂŁntment against Chief Varma for killing her daughterâ.
âDo you know where this Mrs Blake livesâ I asked.
âYes… I asked around, she live down street where she runs a day care schoolâ
âI can take you there whenever you wantâ
âLets get going….â Siddarth
âNo… Not today, I have somewhere to go nowâ I said.
âWhere…. Rocky you know how important this is” Siddarth said staring at me.
âLook I have an appointment with Andris father and I can’t miss itâ
âOkey….. I will go with Odeya to Mrs Blake’s house now maybe you can join us some other timeâ Siddarth said.
âOkey…. Take careâ I said and left.
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I parked at the parking slot and one of Chief Varma’s man took me into his seating room.
âYou are early son” Chief Varma’s voice ushered me in.
I walked in smiling only to behold the last face I ever want to see…. Emperor Bhalladev.
I opened my mouth to talk but no word c@mÂŁ out of it.
âSeat….â Chief Varma said.
I sat down praying Emperor Bhalladev doesn’t notice anything.
âAm sure you alre-ady know my friend hereâ Chief Varma said and I nodded.
âHe is the one in charge of the new business so you would be seeing him more often….â.
âSo… What’s this business all aboutâ I asked not sure if I was actually saying the right thing.
âDrugs…..â He said sipping his wine.
âDrugs… But…â I was saying when chief Varma cuts in.
âNo buts, Rocky…. When you agreed to marry my daughter, you as well agreed to take over my riches as well as my dark business…. Isn’t that trueâ.
âI agreed so I could take my revenge, I don’t want to soil my hand in bad thingsâ.
âOffcourse….. So what am I going to doâ I asked.
Chief Varma might think he is smart but he doesn’t know my plan yet…. ma-king me p@rt of his drug business would help me get into his secret chamber.
âIts easy…. The drug’s would be arriving in few days time, arrange some men to help smugle it into our secret warehouse from there it would be transported to various placesâ He said.
I nodded my head, So that’s how it works…. I pressed my phone ma-king sure it was still recording everything….
âOkey… I will see to thatâ I said getting up
âEmperor Bhalladev is here in case you have any problem….â
âIsn’t he going to travel back to Chennaiâ
âNot until the drug’s arrive…. That’s his mine reason for coming”
âOkey….. I have to take my leave now..” I said and left.
To Be Continued…….