THE KILL JOB

THE KILL JOB EPISODE FOUR

I was somehow in the dark and i couldn't tell what was going on and I was very anxious. I hanged up and called again hoping someone would pick the call and explain what was going on but it seemed like no one was in the car. I sat in my car talking myself into going home and postponing killing Peterson that night but what home was i really going to when Betty had already left with the children whom I wasn't even sure if were still safe?

I decided to wait on Betty's call because I knew she would eventually call and if something happened to my baby girl she would face my wrath. I told her to sit tight and wait as I took care of the situation but she pretended to know better. Tom gave me his word and even though I couldn't trust them, the fact that they had not attempted anything on my family yet meant they were keeping to their end of the bargain but Betty was the one who was too eager to screw that up.

I drove to mariko's hotel room without letting him know I was going because I wanted us to go over the plan to ondieki's home again. My plan A had failed and I needed a backup plan as I didn't have much time. I knocked and was kept waiting for a while and when he opened he did halfway..

Mariko: what are you doing here?

Me: we need to go through the plan again.

Mariko: now is not a good time.

He said looking inside and when I peeped I realized that he was with some lady who was getting dressed real fast and a few minutes later she came to the door where we were.

Mariko: you are leaving?

Her: yes, i need to be somewhere. see you later.

She said hi and walked away In a hurry then eventually Mariko allowed me in.

Mariko: you need to announce yourself before you get here.

Me: does your boss know you are doing stuff that he didn't send you to do?

He looked at me with this serious face and I had to confirm that I was joking before a blow landed on my jaw.

Mariko: so what happened to your genius plan?

He asked spreading the spreadsheet on the bed.

Me: it flopped and i dont have much time.

He took me through the plan of the house again and explained how I would get inside. Everything seemed easy but I had been at Peterson's place and I knew it was not going to be as easy as he made it seem especially because of the security. Peterson handles alot of money and has a safe carrying millions of shillings in his house. Thugs have tried to get in but they have always ended up dead.

Me: what if I go through the gate just as me. The gun has a silencer so I can take out everyone quietly.

Mariko: that is not something you can pull out on your own. Am still for the back door entry because that way no one will know you are in the house. You can clear the entire family and get out the same way you came in without being noticed.

Mariko's plan sounded convincing so I decided to carry out the mission that evening.

Me: so how long have you been in the people elimination business?

Mariko: long enough to earn myself a living out of it. I think we are done here.

Me: you are so uptight and personal. Am just trying to bond.

Mariko: we are not friends. We are here for business. In this business there is no friendship, one minute you are one big happy family, the next minute bullets are flying around. Have you ever killed someone?

Me: yeah, I used to be robber before my life took a 360° turn.

Mariko: yeah I know that.

Me: you know what?

Mariko: Everything about your life. What, don't look at me like that, we ran a background check on you and dug out all the hidden dirt. Why do you think you were the one picked for this job and not any body else from your office?

Me: is that supposed to make me feel proud of myself?

He didn't respond to that.

Mariko folded back the sheets of paper put them away, made an order for food and a call from Betty made me excuse myself and leave the room.

Me: what happened to my daughter?

She didn't respond immediately but made a sigh and blew her nose like someone who was crying.

Betty: she got hit by a track.

Me: a truck! What's her condition?

Betty: she is bad baby, my little girl has not responded since we got here and the doctors are still working on her.

Me: what do you mean by she has not responded is she dead?

Betty: no, she is still alive but barely.

I don't know how I felt when she told me that about Aliyah but I was mad. When I left home Aliyah was fine, my princess was fine.

Me: you better pray that nothing happens to my daughter Betty.

Betty: baby don't talk like that, it's not my fault that she ran off.

Me: you know so well that all this is your damn fault, if you had stayed at home like i asked you to, we wouldn't be having this conversation. Am coming home but my daughter better be alive when I get there.

I hanged up then drove off as the entire time my car was still parked at the hotel parking lot. I drove to my place so that i could prepare for my mission that evening and after chilling and running the plan back and forth in my mind, I picked my stuff and headed for my car. Peterson was more than my boss, we were more like a father and son but right now he was the one thing standing in my way of freedom. I had done these kind of jobs before so this shouldn't be hard. All i needed to do was turn off my emortion.

It was around 8:00pm when I got to Peterson's place and i parked my car at a distance and got out with my two guns and walked towards my possible entry point. I checked around and at the back of the house there was no so much movements.

"Am already at Peterson's house" I texted Mariko and he he assured me that he was taking care of the electric wire that was over the perimeter wall. "Power going off in a few minutes" he texted back and I had to wait for Mariko's signal lest I got up there and got barbecued. A few minutes later instead of the electricity going off I heard the alarm instead and what followed were gunshots that seemed to have been fired in the air. I pulled myself up the wall to check what was going and saw the guards running towards every direction so i got down and hurried towards where I had parked my car and just before I could get there i saw Peterson's car take a very risky turn and soon after it was speeding away. I raced to my car, got in and went after him and his driver. I had my ski mask on so I was not afraid to pursue them. I drove as fast as I could and from the chase, Peterson's driver was really good at driving get away cars. I must have caught up to them real first because when the driver noticed he was being followed he started shooting at me and I shot at them too with my target being Peterson's head because I knew he was seated on back left as he normally did.

Peterson must have called his security guys for back up because in the middle of the shoot out with the driver a guy came on a bike and shot at me from behind and even though the bullet penetrated the glass it did not hit me. The guy came at me and pointed the gun at me but i swayed my car and hit his bike but he did not fall off and all these distraction made Peterson's car disappear and because the shootings had attracted alot of attention I heard the police siren ahead of me so I diverted to some juction and so did the bike guy. We all went our separate ways. I knew all the routes in that town so within a few minutes I was able to find my way back to my place so drove in and the first thing i did was call Mariko who took sometime to pick and maybe he was busy screwing some girl instead of having my back.

Mariko: what the hell happened?

Me: don't give me that crap, you triggered the alarm and set my ass on fire. What the hell did you do?

Mariko: I didn't trigger the alarm. I switched off the lights and when I communicated to you did not respond so I had no idea what was going on in the ground.

Me: if you didn't trigger the alarm then who did?

Mariko: how the hell am i supposed to know that. Did you get him?

Me: the guy was not in the house. He was driving in when he heard the gun shots and they took off, I went after him but lost him after some i***t came shooting after me.

Mariko: you lost him?

I wasn't in the mood for arguing with Mariko so I hung up and threw the phone on my bed as i fixed myself some coffee but in all that i could help but wonder...Who was the guy on the bike because from the look of things he didn't seem like any of the guards and besides I had been at Peterson's severally and none of his security personnel used bikes. Somebody was either out to sabotage my mission or kill me but who was it?

My thoughts were interrupted by a call that came through my phone and when I checked it was my boss and my heart started beating a little faster than usual. Could it be that he saw me before I put on my mask or something?

I cleared my throat and picked the call.

Me: hello

Peterson: did you manage to do the stuff you wanted to do for the day?

That question made me feel like maybe he had already found out what I had been up to.

Me: uuumh yeah but i don't think i will be reporting tomorrow, my daughter got into a bad accident and she is barely alive.

Peterson: oh, am so sorry. You won't believe what happened to me a few minutes ago.

Me: what happened?

I asked pretending to be totally clueless.

Peterson: you were right when you said whoever wanted me dead would strike again.

Me: what, did they?

Peterson: yes, they have been chasing me all over the town this evening but my driver manged to loose them.

Me: did you get a glimpse of who they are?

Peterson: no. But am now officially worried.

Me: anything I can do for you?

Peterson: no. I was just letting you know. You go see your kid then report back when you are ready.

Me: thank you sir.

He hanged up and for me it was a sign of relief because he had no idea that whoever was chasing him earlier was actually me.

I had my coffee as I called in to check on my daughter again and Betty told me the doctor said she had bled internally but they had contained the situation. The bad news was that my daughter had slipped into a comma and was fighting for her life under life support machine and i couldn't help but shed a tear. My little girl was so close to my heart that I would take her place on that bed and make sure she lived her life to the fullest. At 16, Aliyah had big dreams. She wanted to be an IT guru after we watched some movie and she thought some guy I won't mention was so cool at what he did. The guy could hack into any system anywhere and do whatever he wanted to do, alter files, erase unwanted documents, thug from banks and transfer money into his account without him being traced and am not sure what motivated my daughter in all that but of cause with proper guidance, i would see her live her dream.

I know i told Peterson I was going to see my daughter and I badly wanted to but I couldn't because I had only one day left to push through with my mission. I had to strike again and this time I had to succeed because Tom was running out of patience with me. I had to find another way. ...