Chapter 4 LEAVING

His flight was set for 10am and he was already ready. He sat down reviewing the documents he was to handle that day. Mum may eventually change her mind. When she realized she was going to miss her son.

This business meeting turned punishment turned vacation was upsetting.

"All thanks to that stupid Sophie, women will ruin you" he thought

He hated anywhere that wasn't home and his family and he knew he wasn't going to scale through with it. He just needs to obey for at least three day. Mum may see his salvation and call him back.

Andrea was filled with many thoughts.

"Come in" He said as he heard the knock on his door. Stacy walked in, gloomy. She was sad enough that her bro was leaving for Nigeria. But three weeks? That's suicide. Mum was just paranoid. She'll eventually cry about this when he's gone.

"I'm so worried Adrian, how will you cope in that country" she said hugging him on the bed.

Adrian played with her hair. It was no surprise he acted differently with his family.

"I'll be fine, it's just there weeks. I'll be back before you know it"

"I know you'll be back but I'm worried about your stay there. I like you just the way you are and I don't want you changing for anyone. My friend said they're quite contagious"

Adrian broke out into a humored laugh

"Seriously?"

"What? I'll change my lifestyle because of a three week vacation?

I'm okay, I'll do well to call you every day and I'll be fine."

He went on to give a list of rules she was to abide to as he's away. They were to be with their body guards at all time. Eat early and call him at the slightest issue.

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"You know I'm doing this for you right??"

Mrs Smith said as she hugged me tightly. This was suddenly sounding like a bad idea. She shouldn't have adhered to it. An anger rooted punishment was no good. It felt facile at first.

when she made plans and calls, but it was more difficult than she had expected.

Adrian nodded. Despite his strong will. He was a puppet for his mum. She was his mum after all.

"Make sure you eat very well. Your chefs know what you like and how you like it. Everything is set for your arrival, you need not to worry"

Mrs Smith cleaned the tears she was trying to with hold.

"It's fine Mum, I'll be fine" He said comforting

"Take care of yourself please."

"I will mum" He said turning to leave but was stopped again.

"Adrian, if at any point you want to return home. Forget about the three weeks i said and come home to me...okay?"

She held his hands with a sincere look

"I want you to have fun, I want you to trust again. I want you to love again. I want you to leave all your past behind and be that boy I raised. The boy behind the mask"

Adrian hugged her tightly. It was impossible of him to do so but this was his mum and every bit of emotion was pouring out.

She stared at him as they said their last goodbyes to each other, for the time being.

"Hope you didn't take office work with you there." She shouted as he left but Adrian gave her a wink.

"Joy!!" Joy quickly walked inside to avoid being called. She needed this vacation too and was a human as much as Adrian.

Mrs Smith had called her yesterday morning to inform her of the vacation. She was very surprised and expressed her disapproval. But an order was made and it'll suit her at some point. She was to have a few days of work and the rest days of pleasure in Nigeria.

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It was night already, Yemi made her way to the house after a long day at work. She had conducted passengers from transit to transit and it had been very tiring. She walked across the lonely road with no iota of fear. It was 10pm already, the road was lonely and dark and had been a dangerous hide out for notorious cult boys, some of which were familiar with her. She hasn't felt fear in her for ages and despite the rumors she heard. It made her take pleasure in the road.

She was glad she made a lot of money today, she'll put it in her box, break it one day and use the money saved to go back to school. That way Granny will be happy with her and not feel sad all the time. This has always been her intentions. Maybe one day, Granny will get to be genuinely happy and not sad about a life she was too old to give. She had been taking care of her ever since the death of her parents and she loved her so much.

"Heyy" Someone called in the dark, making her turn back. She stared at the human figure in the dark and resisted every urge to act scared.Why would she anyways? Probably a miscreant about to get beaten.

"What do you want" she asked bravely,casually putting her hands above her head" signaling her choice of surrender.

"Drop your money and cell phone on the ground now"

"And why should I...."

Yemi stopped when she saw the gun. Her mind in a race

"Drop it or I'll blow you this instant"

The guy started walking to her threatening her.

Various thoughts ran through her head. She worked very hard today to just let her money go away. She skipped lunch to save additional #1500. She shouldn't just let it go because a person says so.

She stared at him and dropped her bag on the ground

"Come and take it" she said with a creepy smile.

"Put your hands up and kick it to me" The robber said afraid of going close. Not that he was scared of her. But the news circulating about her was no mild one. It created a terror and a fearful feeling to everyone, including their gang leader.

"If you want the money, you should be brave enough to come get"

She stared at him, observing him, his flaws and how to snatch the gun from his hands.

As he moves closer, Yemi suddenly rushed to him, dragging the gun from him with all her might.

"Let go" She said punching him, but when has men ever been weak. In the course of the fight, her fingers accident touched the trigger which she avoided and the gun let out a "No bullet" sound.

"Really" She pushed him hard to the ground

"So there's no bullet in the gun" She couldn't help but laugh, so someone came to rob her with no bullets. She would've given her money all for "No bullets".She slapped him hard and started punching him. The guy tried to fight back but her strength was unmatched. He retaliated with a plea and started begging.

When she felt she was done with him, she stood up and got her bag from the ground.

"I don't know your face and I don't want to, because if i do...consider your self dead" She said and left, leaving the guy in pains on the ground.

He winced in pain, he wasn't letting this slide. He'll have her head tomorrow. He was going to make her suffer for what she did to him. She certainly messed with the wrong person this time.