by A. Achaka
The eyes on us made us so embarrassed, we might be the topic of the day, Emmanuella was hiding her face and was walking up behind me, we got out of the park and don’t know where to begin from, I suggested we buy new cloth before getting a hotel because we might end up sleeping and forgetting since we were both tired from the choked vehicle. Emmanuella buy in the idea and we set out looking for a place to get them and luckily enough we got a boutique close by, we got in and and met a lady playing with her phone, she almost scream but managed the word ‘Jesus’ when she saw us.
“What can i do for you?” she was still scared
“Relax we are here to buy some clothes” i responded, she was still looking at us as mad people, Emmanuella without hesitation picked up a Jeans, T-shirt, undergarment, bra, hoddie and an all stars sneakers. I did the same, but all the while the lady was keen to see how we will pay the money since we all look like shit in her eyes. I unzip the bag and brought out seven thousand which was the amout and paid off, she really show a sign of relief and packaged our items and we left.
Outside to avoid much embarrassment, we stopped a cab
“Oga take us to a good hotel abeg” I said to him, he was too concern about his seat, but agreed and we hauled in, feeling very dirty and messy, we both can’t wait to get out of the clothes and eat some good food.
He drove us through a small traffic to a hotel called Sa’ad hotel, the view was good, we paid the driver and went in, from the gatemen down to the lobby every one had his eyes on us. There minds must have been asking alot of questions about the dirty, some might think we are beggers looking for money. Once inside we both approached the receiptionist, Aisha she had on her shirt
“What can i do you for?” she was somehow irritated by our appearance.
“We want a room” she looked at both of use again, she really have no idea was running in our minds either, because she would not hesitate to give us the keys.
“Well a room is ten thousand a night” She was trying to be mean, at least to send us away or may be she think we cant afford it
“We will take it, for two night please” her mouth went open, she was surprise, it wasn’t a hide out thing, she was really shocked and even Emmanuella noticed.
I paid and was trying to inquire about food, Emmanuella had taken the key and vanished through the starecase and i followed behind.
The room was big and very comfortable a big kingsize bed, a flatscreen t.V on the wall and a small fridge at a corner. The air condition was in good shape and a wardrobe just immediately you entred the room. We agreed I should go in and take my birth first because ladies can take a whole day cleaning their body.
In less than twenty minute I was out feeling refreshed and neatly dressed, she got in and I stretched on the bed and don’t know when I visited the dream world.
CHAPTER SIXTEEN
The awe moment of the Commander came again during the weekend; he never expected his children reaction to what he had been doing. His daughter Aisha was the first to arrive to the house unfortunately they were just resting themselves after another round of pleasure, they can’t seems to get enough of themselves they sat down in the sitting room locked in each other’s arm, he had totally forgotten that it was a day his children would come, Diana was wearing only panties and his shirt while he on a short and a singlet when she came in.
Diana almost jump out of the chair but maintained under his grip, she was expecting the worst though she always knew his daughter had given the approval long ago but since the last time, she visited nothing had ever happened in fact she had only seen the man once, but now face to face with his daughter who was not only surprise but happy almost jumping out of her skin in excitement. Both the Commander and Diana felt a little embarrassed, as the girl went in to drop her bag and back again.
Diana had gone in probably to wear something on
“Daddy” Aisha was seriously smiling as she hugged him “look at how young you are looking”
“Mmm, are you sure?” looking at her face to see if she was truly excited
“A’a Daddy will I ever lie to you, where did she go to?” he just pointed “Am so happy to see you getting along, she’s a good woman i know that” the word brought smile to his face
“How was your journey and your work?”
“Everything is fine, i have a lot to tell you, but i need to go to that kitchen first” he laughed
“Where’s is your brother?”
“He is on his way” she got up and went into the kitchen, just in time to find Diana slicing chillies for the food she was preparing, when she felt a movement behind her, before she could turn she was lock in an embrace of Aisha
“Hi, Diana how are you doing? It’s good to see you”
“You too, how is your work?” Diana was still feeling awkward
“Common am happy for you two, feel free, ain’t you happy?” she smiled
“I am, never felt better” Aisha smiled
“That’s what am saying, you deserve to be happy, go on I will take care of it, go enjoy yourself”
“No i...”
“Don’t worry go on” Diana was smiling very widely as she left the kitchen, back to the sitting room.
Immediatly Diana sat down the door came swinging open and it was his son Ahmed Jr, seeing them together brought these amazement to his face, his mouth was widly apart, it felt like a planed work both him and his sister, but it was completely surprising.
He never thought he would meet his dad at home to begin with expecially during a working day and more so he was with a woman, although that’s what they wanted for him, to be happy and find someone to take care of his needs
“Hello dad and good afternoon” Ahmed Jr greeted them smiling
“Welcome son, how are you?”
“Good afternoon, welcome” Diana also greeted back
“Am fine, you are not at work?’ he was really excited “Where is my sister?”
“In the kitchen” Aisha shouted
“I will be back dad” he ran into the kitchen and hugged his sister “Can you believe these?”
“It was so surprising, i can’t believe it either, well that’s all we wanted” Aisha said
“Let me drop my bag and come back” he left her in the kitchen and went to his room and kept the bag.
During lunch if felt like family again, the last time they had a meal like these was when their mother was alive and now Diana had gotten to their father and gave a smile they have not seen in a long time. The Commander was excited to have his family eat together although his wife wasn’t there but a replace given him a tickle all the time. He missed his children so much, he seems never to have their time for them since his wife died, they never talk about it, life just have to goes on, the Commander enjoys that his children are the resilient type, they seems to bury their emotions in their work or school as it were, they enjoyed the family lunch with laughter and smiles.
The weekend has been the nicest for all they have had in a long time, in fact they even went out for an outing, to an art gallery and other places it was fun and entertaining, they had never seen their father these happy since after their mother died.
The Children encouraged the relationship to go on, they described her as the coolest woman they have seen, and knew their dad would be in agood hands after they have gone. The weekend was tremedious and after it felt like it should not come to an end but they said many pleasantries and left.
On Sunday after the children had left, He got a call for captain Ahmed that Seth has called since Friday for the meeting which they didn’t go as he had explained, he told him not to worry himself they will discuss on Monday in the office and even switch off his phone least some one disturbed the romantic moment he had with his Diana.
“You know, you give me great joy, i was surprise my children liked you so much and even approve you for me”
“Me too, am more than surprise, you noticed i was jumpy when they all came but after a while i felt like...” sh
e held his gaze
“You belong here”
“Yes” they smile
“You know I will want you to move in with me” her eyes bulge out, she love the idea and even thought of it once or twice but she never expected it as fast as its coming
“Really?” Just then a call came to her phone, it was her landlord asking for his rent or she move out, she turn to him after the call “Its like you know everything, it was my land lord that call to either pay or move out”
“Here’s a solution”
“Indeed it is” she lean and kissed him “You are the best thing that ever happened to me.” She Smiled
Early Monday morning the aroma of the breakfast wake him up, normally it will be coffee and some slice of bread or donuts but today varieties as she made them, pancakes, potatoes chips and scotch eggs with tea, his exercise was brief and the shower as well, fully dressed in his uniform he came out and found the table filled with delicacy “How can i say no to this”
“Good morning darling” she said “healthy breakfast bring good luck”
“Indeed, i have forgotten when last, mmm” he sat down and she arrange the plate and served him, he ate without looking up and when he was done she help with his bag to the car and soon drove out.
In the office everyone was complementing him, he looks younger just and it happened in a weekend, He only smiles because he knew the recipe. He said a prayer before he started the days Job. After some arrangement He asked his secretary to send for Ahmed immediately.
The commander was going through a file on his table when Ahmed knock and came in at his respond
“Morning sir” he saluted
“Morning” he showed him to seat
“Sir you are looking much younger, it’s like you have a good weekend”
“In fact i deed, my children came for the weekend, so what’s the latest on Mr. Seth” he was still focus on the file
“Immediately after i called you on Sunday, he called again to say they have a meeting on Friday, but he would send the address on Wednesday and to inform you about your agreement”
“Oh yes, he would be in another prison as agreed and what about big mouth has he called again or any news”
“No Sir, he seems to have given up but he made a statement on Friday saying they have some suspect in custody”
“What? Exactly why i don’t like them, too mouthy, this could ruin everything for us, what if, just what if? You don’t know the mind of a criminal, once you are away for a second it will take days for the trust to fully come back and you know Mr. Seth has been with us for some days without contact to his men, imagine that”
“You are right sir” Ahmed saw the sense in it.
“So, last week we gave them time to trust him, because they will be expecting us but we didn’t show our face”
“Now, i get the point sir”
“Fifteen men team will go for these mission, we need them unconscious least they disappeared again, so get ready you finest of men, Friday will be our day, don’t tell no body not even your men about it do you understand or is there anything else?”
“No sir, understood” he got up and saluted and left the office.
Ten minute later a call came to his phone, it was the commissioner for Police calling, he was trying to be friendly but the commander took it out on him and calling him a big mouthed to his face again, who is trying to sabotage the mission, he was furious about it and hang up the phone before he could say anything more.
He laughed at the incident alone in the office, he always wanted to make a police commissioner feel bad because of their past misbehaviour and once the case is solved, they always take the credit.
His office activities were filled with mostly day dreaming about the weekend, since everybody had seen the changes in him, he kept on asking himself why didn’t he noticed the Diana ever before but again everything happen for a reason, he marked that in his thought.
Just few cases to deal with in the office and he was off home again, that was two o’clock but he cautioned Ahmed to be at alert over Mr. Seth, supposing he called again. On his way home the Commander stopped and bought a box of chocolate, He remember his late wife use to tell him that it was so romantic, if a man could stop to get an unusual thing for a woman, he couldn’t stop smiling all through the journey back home.
On their way they encountered little hold up but they got home just in time to find Diana moving in her things from her house, they weren’t much but enough as well. It was like fresh excitement when they saw each other, its more like young lovers who just started romance and could not get a whole of it or let each other out the sight, Once inside they embraced and kissed passionately and went on to change into more casual clothes.
Through out the week there has been nothing much going on in the office, few paper works and quest here and there from the Headquaters, all there preparation was for Friday, he made sure everything was on point and ready for the worst.
The Commander was up about four o’clock on Friday, he was sweating, he had a bad dream, somehow lost in his thought, that was suppose to be the day they were waiting for but such to start the day is quite discouraging. He sat up on the bed a little confused trying to put the piece together, He turned and saw Diana naked and sound asleep beside him, with the bed side lamp on he couldn’t help but imagine how beautiful she was naked and sleeping, she wasn’t a lousy sleeper, he sometime wonders if she does turn to adjust.
He felt a heavy desire for her it has been Monday since they had touched each other, they seems to understand so much and gave it a rest.
The mission will soon be over he always tells himself and imagined how his name would come out at the end of the day but the dream was telling him a different thing, buried in his thought and Diana’s hand fall on his naked genitals, she opened her eyes and saw him seated and was looking at her hands, she throw herself to seating position beside him
“What is wrong my darling” she said
“I was just thinking”
“What about?”
“Today” He let out a sigh and continued “it’s a big day for me to make history, you know the case we are unto, today is the day and...”
“Shhhh” putting her finger on his lips “You know what i learn these few days, i know you have no room for doubt, when we started, i use to think to myself what if he wakes up and don’t look at me, what will i do but you kept on surprising me every single day, dreams can be bad but the Lord has the power” he couldn’t help but smile
“Do you know how beautiful you are? It’s as if you know what i was thinking”
“No matter what will happen, my darling you will come back to me alive and guess what?”
“What?”
“I have agood luck for you, come onto me baby” His musles were at stretched and homones ranging with energy, she reach for his Manhood in her hand and straight to her mouth, that left him breathless as she perform the powerful miracle to him.
The prep up military boys were already at the environment since on since on Thursday, they had been like normal touts on mufti, acting way stubborn just as they were known. Most of their obasavetion were indded true, Seth had given them the right place, it wasn’t in the bush opr deserted but a normal ghetto nehigbourhood.
The house was deserted, grasses had grown all over the building, it will take only a criminal to tell that something would be going on in there. The criminals have been showing up one after the other and sneak in to do one or two things in the building in preparation for the D-day.
The D-day came and the commander was full of smiles throughout on his way to the office, he had received the best refreshment in his life, he had soon forgotten about his late wife and now the focus had turned on Diana. Somehow the barrack was quite and deserted unlike normal days, he thought the whole army had gone out for the mission, but passing through they came out pouring like bees from an orientation that was organized.
The joy of his driver had was never t
o attend all those issues but his name will sure be in the register of attendance, his friends always admire him, The driver and the Commander had a connection, he understand his boos very well and try to keep up his routines, they travel together and sometimes allow him to have a good time on their outing. He has a target in mind He wants a recommendations from his boss to go on a course abroad just before he retired and now its a day he want to witnessed his boss become a hero again, since he saved the entire camp in Liberia.
There was nothing much to do in the office, beside filling some paper work, which his Secretary was capable of handling, He said a prayer and head out for the case at hand. Ahmed was with him when they left the barrack, with a truck filled with military men, since few were playing stree thugs in the same neighbourhood.
When they got to the town, they made the stop two streets down the actual point, they were right in time as a call came, informing them of the final arrival of the criminals. Seth had informed them not to call his cell phone, if not everything will be infiltrated and that was erased out of the agenda, least it raises up suspicions.
The meeting didn’t commenced until exact one o’clock, they were sure when Seth arrive to the place, counting up the men were exactly eleven that had entred the building. Mr. Seth sat down at the end of a table, facing the entrance door just as he had told them and more to the criminals because he was the arrogant and disrecpecful of them, He had made his mind to challenged the leader after the mission or simply shoot him. All he want was to do his mission without no interruptions or caution, simply rape and kill but the boss was not in support of his action.
During his release, he had a series of thought why he was afraid of the commander, no answer came in mind but still the face of the Commander hunts him in the night and he dare not risk to double cross him.