Chapter 31 Tina in a mess

 So you don’t want to talk, don’t

worry I will deal with you

personally.

 Officer, I don’t know what you

 want me to tell you. I have told

you all I know please believe me.

 You want to tell be what to

believe? Do you know how many

 years I have been in this job? We

 see people like you, calming not

to have any involvement but they

are the real criminals.

 Sir, please am not a criminal,

I just don’t know that’s who my

 friend is.

 Shut up or I shut it for you.

 Officer, what if we ask him to

 give us the number that call him,

so we can trace it, maybe we can

get to my wife.

 Ok, you have a point there.

Hey sikpo or whatever you call

yourself give me the phone

 number that called you.

And don’t you dare give me wrong

 number or you are dead.

Sikpo gave the number of his guy.

They start calling, but he did not

 pick, he just look at the number

and then looked at Tina.

 “So you call your husband to

 start tracing me right?”

 “No, I did not, I have never reach

 out to him since we are here

right? She turns and ask Miriam.”

“Yes she has not Miriam said.

Hoping that will help the issue

at hand.”

 Fine if I go down, you go down

with me.

What?

Yes, so if you no what is best for

 you, and you. Point at Tina and

Miriam, you better call off your

husband from my case.

They got sikpo, and they are after

me, so you are going to call

your husband and tell him to

 drop the case then I will let

you go understand.

Yes, yes I understand you perfectly.

Tina said shaking like a leaf.

He put Tina on call

Hello, hello, is me Tina.

Tinaa.. where are you?..

Wait.. wait.. the army told Mr.

Jackson to hold on, lets record

the call.

The man took the phone from

Tina forcefully and push her

aside.

So they are trying to track

 the call right.

Lock them up he ordered and

the scarier woman obeyed .

Look we need to escape from

here, using the approach will

not make them to let us go

 Miriam said.

What should I do? Tina ask

“Think of a way to escape”.

“Let’s kill one them and run away”.

“What!, kill? No… I can’t kill anyone

 please think of something else”.

“Something like what”?

“Ok, I will pretend to die then

 they will throw me into a pit then

I will come out and look for help

 to come and rescue you”.

Tina said.

“Hmmm, and how did you know

 your plan will work out the way

 you think?. “What if they buried

you alive?.

“God forbid, let’s think of

 something else”.

“Call your husband again”

“But the phone is not connecting”.

“Give me let me try to calling him”.

Miriam took the phone from

Tina’s hands and press call, it

 starts to ring.

“Give me the phone”. Tina

snatches it from her.

“Hello honey, please help us”.

“Hello Tina is that you.?

“Yes is me, we have be kidnapped”.

“Where are you right now?

“In the middle of no where”

“What did you mean”?

Give me a location, or description

 we can use to locate you”.

“Ok, ok.. eee.. Miriam snatch the

 phone from Tina.

“Sir, we are in the forest where

we went to look for ken”.

“Oh mine, Miriam! Is that you”?

“Yes sir is Miriam, Madam took

me to here”.

Tina snatch the phone from

Miriam

“Honey don’t mind her, right now

 we are in a mess, they want to

kill us please come quickly and

please tell the army to stop

chasing Skipo.

“Why? You know them?

Yes, their boss here ask me to

 transfer the money so they let

us go, but after the transfer they

 needed more money, and they

lock us here saying that you

have to come with 100 million

 to reuse us.

Please do something we are

 about to die”.

Mr. Jackson don’t know what to

do or where to go, he put a call

across to the army head quarter

 and within a matter of an hour

they are already in the forest

looking for Tina and Miriam.

Dad, let me go with them, I know

 the way.

No son, this is dangerous than

you think, I don’t want to lose

 both of you. You can see that

up till now we’ve not been able

 to find your brother. And now

his mother have been kidnaped.

No, I would let you go.

“Ben your father is right, you

can’t go with them just stay at

home and take care of things I

believe both son and mother

will be save.

Am going to the church.

“To do what? Jackson asks

his wife”.

“To pray dear, Tina and her son

must be found, I can’t stay in this

 house while they are in the

 kidnapers hands”

“Ok Jackson said and let her go,

wondering what has come over

 her. Since Ken gone missing

she has totally become a different

 person…. “God women are

 unpredictable”.

He turns to his son, “ben take

 care of the house I will go with

the army to look for my son

and wife”.

“Yes dad, take care”. Ben was

now too afraid for his family, he

 no longer understands what is

going on, everyone is now

running halters scatter and is all

because of that ken, even his

mother have no rest again.

ben’s mom got to the church

 and all she could do was cry.

“Oh.. God do not forsake me lord,

what will people say, they will

say I kill him and his mother so

 I can inherit my husband’s wealth,

please bring them back even if

 is half dead please bring them

back to me like that.

“Ohh… God please answer me,

I will give anything for them to

come to us, I… I promise never to

 fight with them again, and I will

 live in peace with all men lord

 please answer me in Jesus

name Amen.

She finish her prayers and was

 about to go home, she met

the pastor coming out of his office.

“Hello Mrs. Jackson hope all

 is what, you don’t look bright

 to me”.

“Pastor, my family is in a big

 mess right now, so I come to pray”.

“Yes, yes that is what a good

woman will do for her family,

you’ve done well.

Let us pray, the held hands and

pray that where ever Mrs. Tina

is and her son they should

come back without any harm.

[The forest]

Mr. Jackson and the army scan

the whole forest but no sign of

 ken or his mother.

“Call that number again”.

“Yes sir, the army man dial the

 number again.

  “Is ringing

“ok,

“hello is Tina,

“Fine where are you in the

 forest?

“We.. we.. are in a house. Is

dark here we can’t see anything”.

“Ok,, ok stay there we are coming”.

“Ok.. Thank God they are here.

“Really? Miriam ask

“Yes they are in the forest.

Then let’s escape so we can

meet they on the way.

“No let’s stay here so we don’t

miss them.

“Ok”.

The pastor told ben’s mom to go

 home, “you can go home now,

your co wife and her son will be

found I promise you our God has

never fail us”.

“Thanks you sir”.

“You are welcome keep being a

good woman, only a good woman

will pray for her co wife safety.

May God continue to reward you.

“Amen thank you sir, she said

 and went home.

“Any news? She ask her son

once she got home.

“No mom no news yet, he

wanted to ask his mother why

 she was doing all this but

couldn’t find the courage to do

so, because his mom has

 become a totally different person

since ken went missing. “Let

me leave her alone, maybe time

will tell, am no longer comfortable

with my mom’s behavior this days.

 Hmmm. He walks to his room.

But he can’t stop thinking of

 Miriam, somehow he has

 started to like her, she is strong,

never giving up type of person,

she is determine, ben keep

counting all the quality she had

 and couldn’t help falling for her,

she is the type of girl for me. I

 need her. But her madness is way

 out of this world, he laugh as

he keep fantasizing about her.

But why will she go back to that

 forest with ken’s mom? Anyways

maybe because she is her maid,

she doesn’t have a choice but to

 do whatever she was told, she

was right been a maid is hard

work, that’s why she wants to quit.

But the way she is going about

it is not the best.

Ben keep thinking about her

 till a knock landed at his door,

“What again, he was enjoying

 himself fantasizing about a

woman and now what? A knock

on his door!

“How is that? He yell,

“Is me, your mother wants to

see you”.

“Tell her I be will be with her

in a minute”.

“Yes sir”.