Chapter 27 : Journalist

Isabella was on her way to Aisha's place carrying a plate of beans and rice in a plastic bag, she had left her iphone in the room to charge while she quickly went down the road to get food, when she got back, she opened the door and saw Chidi laughing and chatting with Aisha, Isabella was furious but she kept her calm, she then said "Chidi your here you did not tell me you were coming".

Chidi then said "i called your phone a couple of times but you were not answering why" Isabella quickly ran to the bedroom to check she saw seven missed calls, she then went back to were Chidi and Aisha were seated Isabella then said "Chidi can we talk outside" Chidi looked at Aisha shook hand and said "it was nice chatting with you Aisha see you some other time" with that him and Isabella stepped outside.

When they went outside Isabella said "what do you want this time" Chidi then said "don't speak to me like that after all i am helping your life" Isabella said "okay am sorry i am just" she was interrupted by Chidi he said "anyways there is a client i want you to meet with tomorrow evening his paying big money" Isabella was reluctant she said "how much" Chidi said "five million dollars and he wants only you to come" Isabella then said "my cut is two million dollars if not i would not show up". Chidi looked at Isabella and laughed.

Chapter 29 : Loud Noise

Kenny and his mother left the office building and headed towards the mansion, on the drive to the there home Adaora's mother said "his after the diamond mining firm" Kenny was so confused he said "what diamond mining firm" his mother replied "Chief Adebayo is after the diamond mining firm".

When they arrived at the mansion, Adaora's father hurriedly came towards Adaora's mother and said "what were you trying to do, this woman what is this" his wife was confused she said "who told you i was going to sign the papers" Adaora's father said "your son of cause".

Kenny had called his father earlier and told him everything, Kenny spoke "dad i told you i had this under control you don't have to scream at her" his father replied "young man get inside" Kenny and his mother were about to enter the mansion when they all heard a loud bang coming from the pool house.

They headed towards the pool house the special agents followed them, when they got to the pool house one of the maids shouted "fire fire fire" they were able to subdue the flames but they discovered something the fire did not just start randomly there was a detonator in sight which caused the fire.

Chapter 26 : Incident

The worst had happened to Chidi one his girls went missing after hooking up with a client, Chidi did not know what to do, he was not bothered about her missing he was more concerned about the money he was about to loose that night, so he decided to call Isabella, the phone rang a few times but she would not pick up, Chidi was furious he went to Aisha's place.

When he arrived he got out of his car and went to knock on the door Aisha said "who is that i am coming" she answered the door and saw a very handsome Chidi looking at her, Chidi was also amazed he had never seen a girl so beautiful, he thought he was in love.

Chidi was lost for words Aisha then said "who are you looking for" Chidi then said "umm no one i mean Isabella" he was so disappointed in himself he laughed and shook his head in shame, Aisha also giggled a bit she then said "your Isabella's boyfriend right" Chidi was shocked he said "no i am not we are just friends" Aisha was surprised but she hid her expression, Chidi then asked her what her name was Aisha told him, Aisha did the same Chidi said "i am Chidi so nice to meet you Aisha".

Chapter 28 : Mercenaries

Because of his affluence Tonye had big connections he gently opened the door to a building across town and walked in, there were ten skilled able bodied mercenaries standing before him, they greeted him "afternoon sir" he replied "yes afternoon, to the task at hand a girl is missing and i need her to be found asap".

Raj was on his laptop computer working on locating Adaora through her mobile number, this could actually work Raj thought to himself, a few minutes later he said "yes i found her" he called Tonye and said "i have found her i will send her location" Tonye replied "thanks man i owe you one" with that Tonye hung up the call.

Adaora could not stop crying at the location she was being held captive, Joanne walked in and said "you are still crying" Adaora replied in tears "why are you doing this i helped you at the salon just" Joanne interrupted her "just what Adaora, do you know how it feels to be rejected by your own mother do you look at me" Adaora was so sacred.

Adaora replied "i don't know how it feels joanne but am sure our mother would like to see you" Joanne said in anger "lies that is a lie she abandoned me when i was a little baby with that aweful woman who mistreated me i hate her" all Adaora wanted to do was escape from her captors, she wished she was at the mansion in her own room right now.

Chapter 25 : You Tricked Me

Isabella arrived Aisha's place and she waited for Chidi to send her the money, she paced back and forth in the bedroom their was still no ding on her phone she practically waited a whole day and finally she heard a ding on her phone she looked to see the amount, she converted the naira equivalent into dollar in her head it was not complete, Chidi had only sent two hundred thousand dollars to her instead of five hundred thousand she was angry.

She decided to call Chidi which she did the phone rang a few times before he picked the call he said "hello" Isabella said "this money is not complete you only sent two hundred thousand instead of five hundred thousand why" Chidi laughed a bit and said "that is because the client was not satisfied with your performance".

Isabella was so angry she said "why are you doing this please give me the rest of the money" Chidi replied "no i won't you should perform better next time moreover five hundred thousand is a lot of money for you" with that he laughed and hung up the call.

Isabella was so angry she had being tricked, she felt so uneasy with herself, she was the one selling her body and Chidi was pratically taking ninety percent of the money but what could she do.

Chapter 27 : How Many Carats

When Kenny arrived at his mother's office building, he sighted his mother's car, he immediately ran past the security doors and tapped the elevator button so many times for it to open, it eventually opened, he quickly got in pressed the floor he was going to mutiple times for the elevator doors to close.

When he got to the top floor he ran out once again and headed straight to his mother's main office, when he got there he saw his mother in tears, she was about to sign the papers, he quickly rushed and grabbed it from her and said in a calm tone "mom why are you doing this don't sign this papers i told you i was going to handle it" his mother was utterly devastated she said "i do not want your sister to be sold into slavery". Kenny was shocked by what he had heard.

Adaora's father was in the mansion's home office trying to figure out why Chief Adebayo wanted his wife's assets and the corporations, unkown to Adaora's father his wife also owned a diamond mining firm in South Africa which brought in trillions of dollars every year.

Adaora's mother had kept it hidden from her husband and children for years it was tied to her other corporations so it could not be traced, when the wicked Chief Adebayo found out about it he wanted Adaora's mother to sign over ownership of her assets and Corporations to him.

Chapter 24 : His Girls

When Isabella saw Aisha in the kitchen, she decided to help her with the dishes and also give her some ice cream, Aisha saw her and said "you are back" Isabella replied "yes i am i got you ice cream" Aisha was surprised to see the label on the ice cream cup, she gave it a taste and said "wow its really nice and it looks expensive" Isabella replied "that is because it is" slowly licking the ice cream, Aisha then asked her "who was that man that came to pick you up this afternoon in that nice car".

Isabella looked at a confused Aisha and said "he his my boyfriend" Aisha was shocked she said "your what, i did not know you had a boyfriend" Isabella replied "now you know please is the food ready am famished".

Aisha laughed a bit and replied "i thought you went out with your boyfriend he did not get you anything to eat, this my friend" Isabella replied "that is because we were busy doing" Aisha laughed again and said "doing what this girl your too bad take your food" Aisha gave her a plate of food and they both went inside to eat.

Lauren one of Chidi's girls, she was seated in a private hotel room waiting on her client, Isabella was meant to join her that evening which she did, when they were both done having sex with the female client they left, Lauren had a case full of money in her hand while Isabella waited for Chidi to send her own share of the money into her account.

Chapter 26 : Don't Sign It

Kenny went to check on his mother, she was still crying she said "my precious daughter why" Kenny immediately went to her and said "everything would be fine mom" his mother was so sad he could see it, he said "mom can i get you anything tea, cakes i know you like cakes" his mother really liked cakes especially chocolate.

She wiped her eyes a bit and said "you always know what makes me happy but i can't" Kenny interrupted her and said "i would get you tea and cakes" with that he quickly went to the kitchen he called one of the maids and said "make my mother tea with some cakes on the side" the maid hurriedly did so.

The maid was about carrying the tray when Kenny said "don't worry i would take it up to her" the maid replied "okay sir" Kenny took the tray and headed to the master bedroom when he got there his mother was no were to be found, he dropped the tray on the stool and asked one of the maids "have you seen my mom" the maid replied "she stepped out sir" Kenny was anxious "to were" the maid replied "to her office building sir".

Kenny immediately pushed the maid aside hopped into his lamborghini and headed straight to his mother's office building, Adaora's mother was going to sign the papers, she could not let that wicked Chief Adebayo sell her daughter into slavery.

Chapter 23 : Cheated On Me

Chidi was so excited, when he got into his condo, he turned on some music it was so loud that the even nearest neighbour could hear it, but he did not care, there was a knock on the door Chidi did not hear because the music was so loud, when Chidi turned towards the door he saw Elsa just standing there looking at him with a slightly protruding belly, he said to her "Elsa what are you doing here and how did you walk past the door man and the concierge"

Elsa then said in tears "Chidi i love you why are you treating me this way" Chidi turned down the music and said "Elsa we broke up remember" Elsa then said "but i still love you" Chidi then said "but you cheated on me with my friend Tunde i trusted you" Elsa was still crying, Chidi walked up to her looked into her eyes, Elsa thought Chidi was going to kiss her and he said "please just leave and don't come back again".

Elsa was so angry she said "so your kicking me out because of that stupid girl Isabella" Chidi was so shocked he said "how do you" he was interrupted by Elsa who said "yes i know her you won't get away with this i promise" with that she left the condo.

Chapter 25 : No Hiding Place

Tonye immediately reversed his ferrari, Kenny was still on the line he said "hello Tonye are you there" Tonye replied "give me a sec i am going to get to the bottom of this i would call you later" with that he hung up the call, Tonye was not happy no one was allowed to abduct his future wife Adaora.

When Tonye arrived at his destination he put a call to Raj, Raj was a big shot in the tech industry he could find anyone at any place at any time, Raj was also on vacation in Bali with his girl Sonia, Raj picked up the call he said "Tonye my guy were have you being" Tonye replied "i have being everywere, look i need a favour from you" Raj replied "sure anything".

Tonye knew Raj could handle this he said "Adaora has been abducted" Raj immediately stood up and took of his designer sunglasses he was also shocked "what did you say" Tonye replied "you heard me you know she is my future wife right and this cannot be happening". Raj replied "i know i know, so what can i do to help" Tonye replied "can you access her recent location through the main database" Raj replied "yes i can, don't worry leave it all to me" with that Tonye hung up the call.

Chapter 22 : Are You Game

While they were having their ice cream, Chidi looked at Isabella for a moment and said "do you like women" Isabella did not understand the question she said "what do you mean" Chidi replied "would you sleep with or have sex with a woman" Isabella almost choked on her ice cream and said "are you serious is that why you brought me here to tell me this" she stood up and was about to leave.

Chidi grabbed her arm and said "look you better not create a scene i know you need the money" Isabella looked at him she sat down and said "i do but" Chidi said "but what we are talking about two million dollars here, five hundred thousand would be all yours if you do it" he then leaned back on his chair, Isabella really needed the money so she said "okay but i would not accept cash just pay the money into my account" Chidi looked at her and said "that is so nice no problem just give me your account number".

Isabella looked at Chidi on the drive to Aisha's place five hundred thousand is a lot of money she thought to herself when they arrived Chidi said "i would send a car to come pick you up tomorrow evening okay" Isabella nodded her head in agreement, she got out of the car and headed towards the house.

Chapter 24 : Diamonds

When Adaora's father stepped out of the bedroom he wondered what would become of him and his family if his wife were to sign those papers, he did not come from a wealthy family like Adaora's mother.

When they were much younger he almost did not get married to Adaora's mother because of his family background, his father was a lecturer at the university him and Adaora's mother attended, they met and fell in love and decided to get married.

Adaora's father remembered Chief Adebayo that wicked man if only he could catch him for all the atrocities he has committed he thought all this to himself, but why was Chief Adebayo so callous he had his own money and a variety of companies he aquired illegally, why did he want Adaora's mother's assets, what could his wife be hiding from him.

Meanwhile Tonye had attended church service and was on his way back from church when his phone rang, it was Kenny, Tonye picked up the call and said "hello Kenny watsup" Kenny replied "your future wife has being abducted" Tonye was shocked to hear this he replied "Adaora abducted by who".

Kenny replied "i don't know am so unhappy right now" Tonye was aggravated he thought to himself who could have done this, he was going to find out and have the person dealt with.

 

Chapter 21 : Ice Cream

Aisha and Isabella were in the kitchen preparing lunch, when Isabella's iphone rang it was Chidi, Isabella said in a low tone "what does he want now, Aisha please excuse me" she picked up the call and said "hello what do you want again" Chidi laughed a bit and said "ice cream" Isabella said "what do you mean" Chidi then said "let's go get ice cream i would pick you up in an hour" with that he hung up the call.

Isabella said "hello hello" Isabella went back into the kitchen and said "Aisha i have to be somewhere now just cook i would eat it when i get back" Aisha replied "wait who got you this iphone and were are you going to" Isabella said "should i also get you anything" with that she hurriedly left the kitchen and went to get dressed.

Chidi arrived an hour later in his very nice car, he is early Isabella thought, she put on some lipgloss and headed towards Chidi's car, they arrived a very fancy ice cream shop at the much nicer parts of Benue they both got down from the car and headed to the ice cream shop.

Isabella picked the flavour she wanted so did Chidi they both proceeded to have a seat, Isabella really liked Chidi but Chidi was not reciprocating the feelings back, Isabella knew he was just using her to get what he wanted from his rich friends.

Chapter 23 : Search

The special agents and Adaora's father had arrived at the location where they thought Adaora was being held captive only to find nothing and no one in plain sight, Adaora's father said "what is really going on here where is she" the special agent replied "i don't know sir this is were the call" Adaora's father interrupted "were the call did what do you see anyone here".

It was obvious they had either moved location or they purposely placed the call there so they could not be traced, one of the detective's thought to himself and said "why don't you try the number again sir" Adaora's father was hesitant, he then agreed, they retrieved the number from their computer and dialed it on a mobile phone.

To there surprise it did not ring instead it said "the number you have dialed does not exist" one of the special agents said "these criminals are smart" the detective gave some orders and then said "we are treating this as a high profile abduction, let's go" with that they all left and headed straight to the mansion.

When they arrived the mansion, Adaora's father got out of his car and headed straight to the master bedroom he saw his wife and said in anger "you better start talking woman who was that on the call" Adaora's mother explained everything to Adaora's father regarding the papers she was meant to sign, Adaora's father could not believe his ears he was calm for a moment and then said "why did you not tell me all this was going on" he stepped out of the bedroom for a moment.

Chapter 20 : The Game

Aisha walked up to Isabella and said "i have told countless times to lock the door haven't i now look at it, you allowed those thieves come in here" Isabella wiped her eyes once again and said "how did i" she was interrupted by Aisha who said in anger "Isabella by not locking the door with the key i gave you" this was the least of Isabella's problems but she replied and said "Aisha i am very sorry it would not happen again".

Aisha looked at Isabella with so much anger and said "of cause it won't happen again i want you out of my place tomorrow morning" Isabella went to beg Aisha but she said "no please just leave". The next day when Aisha left for her early morning class, Isabella hurriedly went to purchase a brand new television set and a very nice sofa.

When Aisha got back in the afternoon she was so surprised to see a brand new television set and a nice sofa at her place, Isabella then walked towards Aisha and said "i am sorry please Aisha now" Aisha then said "were did get the money to buy all these things".

Isabella was thinking of a lie she then said "em my distant uncle sent me the money so i used it to get all of these" Aisha then said "your uncle but you did not have to replace all that was stolen" Isabella then replied "i had too Aisha please am sorry" Aisha forgave her and said "its okay you can stay" Isabella was so pleased to hear that.

Chapter 22 : Where Are You

Kenny stood up with so much rage in him and said "mom i mean it don't sign those papers we could loose everything" his mother replied "but your sister could be" Kenny interrupted his mother "there could be another way out of this" his mother looked at him with tears in her eyes and said "Chief Adebayo is a wicked man, i don't know what to do".

Kenny took his mother's hand and held it firmly he said "mom there is always a way out trust me" with that he hugged his mother and took her to her room.

Samantha drove slowly so deep into the woods not stopping for anything or anyone in her yellowish hummer suv, she arrived at a house, parked her car and stepped out, she then walked quietly into the house and said "were is she" to one of the goons, he pointed towards a red door, she walked towards the door and opened it, she looked at Adaora with so much disdain, she practically hated Adaora and her family.

Samantha spoke "well well well what do we have here is it little miss Adaora" Adaora was even more surprised she said "Samantha your are in on this too" Samantha was Chief Adebayo's daughter, she was a high level executive at her one of her father's companies, Samantha was just as bad as her father Chief Adebayo who had aquired all his companies though illegal ways.

Chapter 19 : My Money

She immediately put the one she had changed into naira underneath the bed again, and let out a loud scream, she ran outside and shouted "thieves thieves thieves oh" the other girls that lived in the vicinity came running towards her they said "what happened Isabella were are the thieves" Isabella said while crying "they came they took the chairs and the television" one of the girls reluctantly asked "Isabella did you lock the door with a key" Isabella was quiet, the girls all looked at each other, hissed and left a crying Isabella.

A few minutes later her iphone rang it was Chidi, she wiped her eyes and said "hello" Chidi laughed at the other side of the line and said "why are crying" Isabella was shocked she said "how did you know i was crying" Chidi then said "i have collected my own share of the money Jubril gave you okay, next time don't keep it all to yourself" with that he hung up the call.

Isabella let out another loud scream while hitting the ground a couple of times, she went to the room and sat on the bed a lot was going through her mind then Aisha walked in and said "what happened here, were is the television were are the chairs" she then walked into the bedroom and met Isabella.

Chapter 21 : The Location

Adaora's father was confused, what was going on, who did his wife speak to on the phone, he said "woman you better talk now who was that" Adaora's mother was perplexed she said "he said i should sign the papers oh" with her hands on her head still crying, Adaora's father was annoyed he thought it was one of those cheap contractors, he said "sign what papers".

One of the special agents walked in on Adaora's mother and father and said "we have her location" Adaora's father immediately said "okay i would come with you" the special agent spoke "no it might be dangerous" Adaora's father was so angry he said "we are talking about my daughter here please let's go" with that they both walked out of the mansion's home office leaving Adaora's mother in tears.

Kenny went to comfort his mother he had heard the conversation between his father and mother he said "mom what is actually going on sign what papers" his mother lifted her head and said "we are in trouble my son oh" Kenny was also confused what did his mother mean, he said "how what trouble".

His mother began explaining things to him and what was to come in the near future, Kenny was surprised all their wealth was about to be taken away from them, their assets, cars, mansions and even their corporations, Kenny was not having it he said "no mom don't sign the papers i don't care just don't.

Chapter 18 : Sanitize

She heard foot steps and a voice that said "who left this door open" it was Aisha's voice, Isabella then proceeded to hide the suit case filled with dollars underneath the bed, she took of her dress and also hid it in her box and tied a towel, Aisha saw Isabella and said "hmm where did you go to last night". 

Isabella was not in the mood for questions so she said rudely "that is non of your business" with that Isabella went into the bathroom, Aisha then said "is my business because this is my house" Isabella ignored Aisha's word and proceeded to have her bath, while she was bathing she thought out loud "so i can make this much money in one night" she decided that she was going to the nearest bureau de change, she was going to change fifty thousand dollars out of the one million dollars.

She quickly came out of the bathroom wore her clothes, took out fifty thousand dollars, put back the case underneath the bed and headed towards the nearest bureau de change, but she forgot to lock the door. She was able to change the fifty thousand dollars to naira and she headed back to Aisha's place. When she got there the door was open, she immediately went inside and found out some items had being stolen like the two plastic chairs and the Television, she quickly ran to check underneath the bed, the case filled with her dollars was also stolen.

Chapter 20 : Sign The Papers

The telephone at the mansion rang, it was a strange number, Adaora's father immediately answered "yes who is this" the special agents gave him a signal that he should keep talking, Adaora's father spoke again "yes who is on the line" an electronic voice said "give the phone to her".

Adaora's father was furious once again he said in anger "i do not have the time for this give the phone to who" the voice spoke "your wife give the phone to your wife" with that Adaora's father quickly sent one of the maids to call Adaora's mother.

When Adaora's mother came to pick up the phone her husband shoved it in her face "its for you" Adaora's mother spoke "yes who is this" Chief Adebayo spoke "my darling how are you" the voice sounded familiar to Adaora's mother, Chief Adebayo spoke again "you have twenty four hours to sign those papers or else i would sell your daughter into slavery" with what she had heard Adaora's mother hung up the call, more tears rolling down her eyes, she let out a loud scream.

Adaora's father immediately went towards her and grabbed the phone he said "hello hello hello" he then turn towards Adaora's mother in anger he said "who was that" Adaora's mother could not speak, she only screamed louder and louder.