Chapter 4 A silent theft. A loud consequence.

The next day, Davis walked into the office, his eyes scanning the room as he approached his friend's desk. They exchanged a silent conversation, their lips barely moving.

"Any suspicious movement yet?" Davis asked, his voice barely above a whisper.

His friend shook his head, his eyes darting around the room "Not yet."

Davis's expression turned thoughtful. "Whoever the person is, they seem to be quite smart"

"What are you going to do if the NCA high command needs the evidence and you haven't been able to unravel who this secret spy is?"

"Plead for more time, I guess" Davis answered.

"Do you think they will grant you that?"

"Let's be hopeful" he said as they were being interrupted by their boss.

"Mr Davis, come to my office now" the boss said.

"Ok ma'am" he said and started moving, his friend's eyes followed him as he walked away.

"Anything yet?" She asked.

"It has been completed ma'am but there is one thing I feel-"

"Take whatever you have gotten to the directorate board tomorrow morning, they said they wouldn't spear another day." She said cutting him short.

"But ma'am, I still have to find out something"

"The clock is ticking, the time is passing by, and these people are getting more mischievous and more deadly by the day. So just take whatever you have and present it to the board tomorrow. So we can go ahead with whatever their orders are"

"Ok ma'am" he responded.

"You may leave now"

"Yes ma'am"

"What did she say?" His friend asked as soon as he returned.

"I would have to present what I have gotten to the board tomorrow morning with or without knowing who the spy is" he said but his mistake was thinking his voice was low enough that no one else could hear.

"Just be careful on your way there tomorrow"

Davis nodded "I will".

As he walked out of the office, he felt a sense of unease settling in the pit of his stomach. He knew he had to be careful, but he also knew he had to reveal the truth.

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The next day, Davis set out for the board office, but before he left, he hid the ball, fixing it under the driver's seat. He called his best friend to tell him where he had placed it, should in case anything happens to him.

As he drove, a large van suddenly appeared out of nowhere, hitting his car and pushing him into a ditch. Davis's world went dark.

Meanwhile, back at the office, Max was frantic with worry. He had tried calling Davis, but his phone was unreachable. He knew something was wrong.

Soon the local police discovered the car in the ditch and his dead body, They found his identification card and then contacted the NCA office of the branch he worked at, reporting the incident and requesting they send someone to come and identify the body. The NCA sent someone to come identify the body. His body was identified and it was reported back to the office. When max heard of this news, his heart sank, He felt like he had been punched in the gut. He quickly went over to their boss's office to give her the news of the whereabouts of information.

Already the spy sent had planted an eavesdropping device in the boss's office under her table.

"Ma'am" Max said rushing in

"Have you forgotten manners" she said sober.

"Sorry ma'am, it's about the case"

"The police has already restricted the area and nobody is allowed to go closer to that place, if that is what you are coming to ask about. They have also called an ambulance to take the body and I have also ordered a proper search of the vehicle to bring me any documents they found. Everything is in order, you don't need to worry"

she sat down being so demoralized.

"We have just lost our best" she muttered silently weeping with her head bent down, her head buried in her palms, max eye's willed up with tears as they both took in a moment.

"Ma'am, it's not in a document, it's in a ball, he put those information in a ball" Max said.

Immediately the spy heared this, he called his people to tell them the exact place to locate the ball, as they had already placed one of their own on stand by. One of their members was sent disguised in a police uniform. He just had to infiltrate their midst and find the ball. He did just that and took it.

"Why a ball?" Max boss asked.

"He felt it's safer, that it would never come at odd anyone mind to suspect it. He was smart indeed"

"Davis Williams" She said in tears.

"Ma'am, I think you should put a call through and ask them to search for a ball not documents."

Before she could put the call over to the police, It was already taken. They searched for the ball but couldn't find it. However someone noticed a suspicious movement, so he immediately reported back to the office.

Meanwhile, the ball was stolen and handed over to one of their member who went to a hotel to deliver hard drugs and collect the sum of money that was to be paid. He put the ball into the bag with the money but on his way out, just as he was about to head back to the organization, the NCA obtained a search warrant and gave orders that all companies, firms, businesses, and organizations around that area should be shut down temporarily until it is properly searched by the dispatched officers, and that all cars plying that route where the incident occurred should be stopped and searched. He found himself trapped in the hotel with the ball and money bag. He immediately ran to the rest room and kept it inside behind the door.

The NCA officers conducted the search in collaboration with the hotel management, with the receptionist serving as a liaison to ensure compliance while respecting guest privacy.

They searched everywhere but in an orderly manner, people, the lift, the rooms, the garage, the kitchen, the garden, and so on, they only left out the restrooms because they felt it was a private place, they wouldn't want to barge in on someone's privacy.

In that same hotel, Laura and her rich friends were there by the pool. One of them was having a birthday party. Laura excused herself because she wanted to use the restroom. She enter the same public rest room where the bag of money and the ball was kept. She opened the bag and saw the money, it was a really huge amount and definitely eye catching. To her, it was the moment she had always prayed for, a life changing moment.

Finally, the search in that hotel was over so they declared it opened again. Laura grabbed the box and headed out, she escaped with it.

When he finally returned to take the bag to their organization, it was no where to be found.