Shane was seated in the room when Jamy was outside the room having a discussion with his recruited men. Shane had been relegated to diverse thought yearning for the return of Herbert Halloway. He laid on the bed when Jamy entered when he finished talking to his men. They seemed not to be having much of training to do recently and would soon swoop into action to protect Herbert Halloway once everything was set.“Have you phone Timothy today?”“No. I haven’t. Let me try it.”Timothy ought not to stay back in Nigeria while Herbert Hallway went to the United States if not for the absence of Shane who would have swapped with him. Due to the inexperience of his guards concerning the running of the firm, Timothy was the best in place who could guarantee the maximum he wanted.“Hey, Timo. Good morning. How was the night?” Jamy asked.“It went well, friend. How about yours?”“It went well. Is there any information concerning Herbert Halloway’s return?”“Nothing yet. Please, where are you so we
The guy noticed some glitches in the list and he kept his eyes on it. Detective Sam thought he had seen what he was looking for. The guy invited one of the ladies.“Please, can I have the list of the available rooms.”The lady brought out all the room tags and they were noting it. They noticed that someone left without signing out.“Who is this that left without signing out?” The guy.“Oh. Yesterday morning, a man who seemed to be fair in his singlets ran to the car park with trousers held on his hands and some stuff. I don’t know what was wrong?”The guy looked at Detective Sam who was already calculating in his psyche.“You mean he ran out? When was that? Morning, afternoon or night?”“It was in the morning.”“Which name did he put down?” Detective Sam asked.The guy adjuster the book opposite him on the stand and pointed at the name with his pen. Detective Sam noted the name with his eyes nodding. He thanked the receptionists and walked out to meet her colleagues he left beside the
Sophia early in the morning hadn’t gotten a response from Cynthia concerning her resumption. The first day of her day off was spent lonely at the beach to pass time. It had been a while she had such time off from work. She had planned to spent the subsequent days with her old mother.“Good Morning, Cynthia. How was the night?” Sophia asked.“Huh! Sophia, it was great. How about yours?”“It went well. How about our resumption? Any news?”“No news yet. According to me chat with Herbert Halloway, no transactions will be taking place in the next three days because he was still trying to distribute the ones we’ve crossed.”Sophia punched her hands in the air. Her old mother had been on her neck for a long period of time lamenting of being abandoned despite the huge sum Sophia did send at the end of every month. Her monthly allowance since she began working with Detective Sam had skyrocketed which she never left her mother out.After the conversation with Cynthia on the phone, he began to a
“Who is that?” Sophia asked.Sophia withdraw when she heard the statement. She tweaked her head behind and gazed at what she meant. Madam Akwete lifted her hand a bit to signify what she meant.“That’s Herbert Halloway. The man I just told you that I and my colleagues were investigating. We’ve began now it has been quite a while and we are almost done.”Sophia said and began ambling back to the parlour. She was seriously famished and couldn’t wait to have the food in her belly. It had been a while she ate traditionally made food and the way she was walking could tell a lot about her longings for the food.“Come back here,” Madam Akwete said.“What’s it mum. That’s why I don’t want to come here in the first place. You ask questions a lot. I am hungry,” she lamented lingering at the step connecting the dining room and the parlour. Madam Akwete’s eyes was still glued on the photo as she was talking to her.Madam Akwete remained quiet and didn’t utter a word as she went to the parlour to
Sophia was and tears kept falling off her eyes. Madam Akwete struggled to console her. After a few minutes, she came back into her senses. She seemed to have made a conclusion about it.“Mum. I have heard you. Stop crying.”“Are you going to save your father?” Madam Akwete asked again.Sophia didn’t give a response. She kept her eyes glued to the phone and was going through it. Madam Akwete had no idea of what she was doing despite stretching her hand to take a glimpse at it. Sophia was trying to get in touch with Herbert Halloway through chat on the WhatsApp. He wasn’t online and ASO made effort to phone him but he wasn’t picking. She became frustrated, amidst that, he came online and give response. That was Sophia best moment since entering the home. She became eager to disclose some stuff to him. She was typing when she resuscitate the need not to have the conversation typed because it could be more dangerous and ill fating. She demanded if they could talk on the phone and Herbert
Later in the night, Herbert Halloway touched down in Surulere and he began to have the reminiscent of the past and how he began before building one of the biggest drug empire in Mushin. He was directed through the route by Sophia and she dropped at the bus stop at the middle of the night where Sophia went to pick him.Madam Akwete was seated on the sofa in the parlour. She hadn’t slept since they had been expecting Herbert Halloway. She took a nap when Sophia left to pick Herbert Halloway and when they entered hearing the creak of the door, he woke. Herbert Halloway was startled at first seeing her. She seemed familiar but Herbert Halloway was struggling to recognize who she was. Madam Akwete face maintain its resemblance right from when she met Herbet Halloway.“Herbert!” Madam Akwete said.She walked gently to him and hugged him. Herbert Halloway was still looking confused.“I am Akwete whom you saved and flee many years ago when the police came after you.”Herbert Halloway widened
Madam Akwete’s heart was gone that she almost fell to the ground. She was beginning to lose consciousness as she was having a turning eyes. Sophia shifted nigher to her because she knew her condition especially hypertension.“Boss. This girl is a police. You mustn’t allow her and her colleagues to take you down. If you move your hands, I will shoot you,” Shane said.“Shane calm down. That’s what brought me here and we’ve settled it. Please, bring down the gun,” Herbert Halloway said with her two hands up.Shane brought down the gun with his eyes glued on Sophia. Herbert Halloway sat him down and they al sat down. Shane wanted to talk but he seemed uncomfortable and insecure due to Sophia. Herbert Halloway from the way he was looking around.“Sophia is my daughter. She alerted me to return to Nigeria after she finds out and she had disclosed everything to me. How have you been?” Herbert Halloway asked.“I have been fine, boss. I and Jamy had been working clandestinely investigating the
“Yes, she is. Although it was a long story but that’s for another day. Tell Timothy to withdraw his men and the cabinet should report to Yaba. We’ve got a new strategy. What we needed to do now is to distract them so Herbert Halloway, Sophia and his wife can make it out of the country,” Shane said.Jamy was kinda confused by the whole idea and some part of the statement. He had no choice than to succumb since he was the one spying. Jamy picked his phone immediately and gave the information to Timothy so everything would be rounded up before dawn.At dawn Detective Sam and Solicitor Olumide were at the police station waiting for Sergeant Clinton who went to Sophia’s home at the Maryland. She was the only one who hadn’t picked their call. Detective Sam aim was to protect her having got the information that they couldn’t find Herbert Halloway in the hotel where he was lounging in the United States.Detective Sam had the feeling that he had been aware of everything which was the reason he