THE MURDER WEAPON

THE MURDER WEAPON EPISODE EIGHT

Inside the room there was a window that wouldn't open and that was a sure sign that i could not jump out so i had to face my fears like a man. I c****d my gun and pointed it to the door as i waited to take down whoever showed up in that room. Through all these, I had one mission if I survived and my mission was to hunt down Waridi and put a bullet in her head before I went looking for Nick and Faruk. she set me up and now I could not really tell the type of a person she was or why she felt the need to play me like that.. i trusted her and for the second time she made me doubt her. was she my bait, i knew Faruk was shady but i never thought he would go to that extent.. i had alot in mind..

From inside the room I was in, I could hear footsteps running around with shots being fired and I thought the door would be kicked in next but to my surprise in wasn't and instead I saw the door knob slowly turn and I remember my heart beating so fast yet again as I held on to the gun hoping to make every bullet count. The last time I was in such a tight spot like this was the day Toffy and the rest of the crew got murdered and speaking of Toffy, at what point did he become Nick's dad because none of them spoke of the other when I was with them. Nick shocked me with that news and that's why I didn't even get to the bottom of it. Toffy and I were very close and he told me everything abd if he didn't tell me about Nick, its because because he wasn't that important. Nick was my right hand man, he was like that brother I never had.

The door finally opened and I shot whoever walked in without thinking twice about it only to learn that it was actually Waridi when she went down with whoever was with her shouting at me to hold my fire.. damn it! My vision was blur after the beating and it took me a while to realize it was actually her who walked in.

"hey, don't shoot. we are here to help."

The guy said as he got closer.

"Rahim right?"

He asked and when I heard him mention my name, I stopped pointing my gun and walked towards them.

Me: what the hell is going on?

He said we needed to get her to the hospital as I had shot waridi on the shoulder and it was bleeding but I honestly didn't care since I had already felt cheated and I didn't want to be played again. He got down to help Waridi up but I pointed my gun at him again and he raised his hands as a sign of surrender.

"what is it dude, if we don't help her she will die. Do you want her to die?"

He shouted at me and I could tell that he was worried but i knew that the shot on the shoulder couldn't kill her..

Me: the b***h had this done to me so why should I believe anything you say?

Him: you don't have to believe anything, if I wanted you dead you would be dead by now.

He took waridi in his arms and started walking away before he stopped and turned to look at me.

Him: don't just stand there, I might need you to cover us on our way out.

Me: you don't give me orders.

I got ahead of them and walked out of the house, the only reason why I was tolerating the guy is because I needed a ride out of that place since i didn't have my car and i did not know what else was waiting for me out there. what if Faruk's guys were still patrolling waiting to put a bullet in my head or even Nick now that he had turned out to be an enemy too..

On our way out we met like three guys who had been shot and none of the faces I saw was familiar. We hurried to the car I was shown then the guy asked me to take the back sit with waridi as I had to atleast play nice and manage her bullet wound till we got the the hospital so I did whatever I could to make her stay alive.

Waridi had laid on her back with her head resting on my lap so the entire ride she would steal glances at me with tears in her eyes but even though I felt bad about shooting her I was still so mad at her.

Waridi took her hand and held mine which was on her shoulder pressing the bullet to cause pressure on it and this time I looked at her though still not sure if i wanted to listen to whatever explanation she had.

Waridi: am sorry Rahim. i truly am.

she said in a low tone and she also looked very tired.

Me: you are sorry for what?

Waridi: for hitting you and handing you over to the guys.I didn't think we had any more options left and I was only trying to save us both. i acted how i thought best at that moment.

I didn't respond but looked away because whatever she was saying wasn't making sense at all, what did she mean by she was saving us both when she only handed me to the enemy on a silver platter and besides that, how the hell did she know where those guys were going to take me so that she could follow me with some dude?

She started sobbing and I could see the guy at the driver's seat steal a glance at me.

Waridi: I felt like those guys were going to kill us both so I decided to knock you out, hand you over to them by negotiating for my life so that I could go and find backup.

Me: see I don't believe that s**t Waridi. are you going to lie to me that you don't know who those men are?..

she didn't speak a word but looked away as if she was trying to look for another lie to tell.

Waridi: i came back for you Rahim because i care about you, if you dont want to believe anything I say then believe that. why do you think I came back for you?

Me: how do I even know that you are for real waridi? First of all you act all innocent and very harmless so I treat you like a gentleman that I am then you pull the drowning stunt on me only to end up selling my ass to the enemy. I don't trust you anymore so it doesn't really matter what you say. its a good thing you saved my life but dont expect a thank you because you put me in that mess.

Waridi never spoke another word to me so she lay there quiet but in tears till we got to the hospital.

The guy who was driving got out and came taking her out of the car and carrying her inside the hospital as I followed them from behind.

Waridi was taken to the ER and so was I to have my wounds cleaned and stitches where necessary. The entire excrcise took around thirty minutes for me but waridi stayed alittle longer than that so I decided to find my way home but just as I left the reception Waridi's "guy" came after me.

Him: hey man, how is she in there?

Me: I really don't know but the last time I checked a bullet wound near the shoulder never really killed anyone if taken care of. She should be alive, i really don't care..

Him: why are you being a jerk towards her, she did what she could have done to save your life. I can't believe I risked my life and hers coming for someone who doesn't give a damn, she deserves better given the fact that you are the one who shot her.

Me: so am I supposed to feel bad for her, who are you to her anyway, why are you even defending her actions?

Him: my name is Clark and am just a man looking out for a female who came to me because she thought her friend's life was in danger so if you can't acknowledge that and take her apology then you might as well get your ungreatful ass out if this place.

I couldn't believe the Clark guy was talking to me like his two year old son. I got in his car, picked my gun and bag then asked one of the taxi guys to take me home leaving Clark standing there watching the taxi drive away. "So where is your destination?" The driver asked as he looked at me through the rare view mirror and I told him I needed to make a stop at an ATM before heading somewhere so he drove me to the nearest ATM of my choice.

I got out of the car, walked to the ATM booth and withdrew some money then joined the driver back in the car and we drove off. While in the car I debated whether or not to go back home or find some hotel to spend the night but with the blood stains on my clothes and swollen face, I looked more of a thug than a client so I decided to go home since I didn't even have clean set of clothes.

The car pulled over at the gate to the place I was staying at around 2:00pm and after paying the taxi guy, I talked to the watchman and he let me in.

Watchman: boss, are you really okay, you don't look too good.

Me: yeah, I got into a little accident but I'm okay..

Watchman: sorry about that sir but I'd like to inform you that earlier on there were people who came looking for you here.

Me: ummh, how early was that?

Watchman: it was around 9:00am but they didn't really look like good people. When i saw one with a gun, i raised an alarm and they disappeared..

Me: thank you for that information, it is very important and i will be on the look out

We finished up with the watchman giving him some money for his tea then went to my house up there and got in.

I dropped my bag, freshened up and fixed myself a cup of coffee while i spent the rest of the rest of the time parking my clothes in a small travel bag. This place was no longer safe for me and with me being everyone's target I had to get my head back in the game and clear my name off the murder charges by doing what I knew how to do best. I was going to toss back into the business not to become the biggest drug dealer but to destroy all of them and get revenge for my Boss's death and all the people I lost including Duke's.

I sat down with a piece of paper listing down all the companies I had worked with before and the plan was to pay each and everyone of them a visit and make a proposal of partnership. I knew someone got Toffy killed for a reason and as much as we were meant to believe it was the government, it couldn't have been. This was someone who had been plotting his death for a while and it was someone who knew his every move. Something was up and I was going to figure it out for after that night, I knew I had alot more forces working against me than just Faruk, Nick and the other team that I knew nothing about leave alone the police who was investigating dukes murder with me being the prime suspect having had his phone.

The following morning I went to the care takers house and had a word with him, I told him I was going away but I wasn't sure if I was going to be back so I needed him to rent out the best sitter with my stuff in it or better still sell them off to whoever would be interested. I had cleared my rent for the whole year so I had no outstanding arrears and having been a good tenant he let me go.

I got a cab and asked the guy to drop me in town which he did and from town I got another cub that took me to some house I had bought in some estate. The house had always been on rental to the white guys who came for vacations and this time i decided to move in and live the life I actually deserved.

I had no phone, Nick took it and I never got it back so after settling in the house, I went back to town to get myself a phone before reporting to the hotel to send in my resignation as a swim coach as I had other pressing issues that wouldn't allow me to waste more time on things that didn't add any value to my life.

I bought a phone, backed up my contacts and stuff then went to the hotel and spoke to the manager who was very understanding. He paid me for the days I had worked them let me go wishing me the best in whatever it was I was going to do. Later that day I visited a car dealer who once sold me a car and this time I got myself a sports car that caught my attention in all the cars I got there. With a little bargain I got a good deal and I was ready to go.

On my way from the car dealer I passed by Vjay's and as usual asked for a few guns as I needed to equip myself for the fight. Vjay knew the type of machines I roll with so he had a few guns kept for me.

Vjay: you are back so soon. is everything okay?

Me: yeah, I need more guns.

i said looking around already checking out what they had.

Vjay: what's going on man, are you back in the business or what?

Me: well, am considering getting back in the business. A lot of stuff is going down and I need to put things in order. I've got some idiots overstepping their boundaries and i need to put them in their rightful place or maybe six feet under but for now I need to train and get back in shape before I sink deep in that s**t again.

Vjay: what do you need?

Me: a training ground. i need to do some target shooting, you know I have been out for sometime.

Vjay: yes i know that, you can come here, I have everything you need.

Me: I know there's is a catch so give it to me straight Vjay

Vjay: I love you because you are smart. you know the transaction language. I need you to help take someone down.

Me: what, you want to kill someone?..

he shrugged his shoulder then put some guns on the counter before me..

Vjay: its just a little business i need to take care of.

me: do I happen to know who that someone is?

Vjay: someone who releases the shipments into the country. He has been giving me underground passes but right now he is threatening to expose me to the government. That means no business for me as the government will come after me too. you know how much this business has taken me to get it to this place man. you know what this means to me.

Me: there is always a price tag to it, what's his price?

Vjay: 5million or nothing.

Me: wow!

Vjay: see, he is a pain in the ass. The business is not even making half an M in a month and that's why I want you to be back in the game because it means more cocaine, more clients and more money.

Me: don't even go there. Am not tossing back into the game to distribute. I want to finish off what I should have when Toffy died.

Vjay: you are my man and you know how we do. You do your thing but help a brother out man, am sinking.

Me: you can't sink man, you are the OG in this game. you know how to get people to buy guns and do stupid things, you are good at it..i mean look at me..

Vjay: yeah right.

He smiled then hugged me and hanged his arm on my shoulder as we walked out of the store.

Vjay: think about it man, am counting on you.

I smiled then took my bag with the guns in it and walked out of the building. Just as I was about to get in my car, I saw the same car that we were in last night pull over right next to where I had parked and after it was parked I saw Clark get out and on seeing me he stopped and took off his shades but he had this surprised look on his face.

Clark: what are you doing here?

I didn't answer him but tossed my bag into the car then turned and looked at him a bit before giving him a blow in the stomach and hitting his head on the car before kicking him severally and hoisting him up twisting his arm and pushing him to the car.

I didn't know waridi was in the car so she quickly came out and shouted asking me to stop.

I looked at her then looked at the guy who wasn't saying a word but groaning in pain trying to break free from my hold.

Me: next time you talk to me like a teenager I will cut out your tongue and make sure you don't get to talk ever again. do you copy that?..

I had pressed him so hard on the car that he could not utter a word..

Waridi: Rahim stop it right now, you will draw people's attention to this place!

I let go then walked to the other side of my car as the guy held his jaw.

"Are you okay?" Waridi asked him taking a look at his mouth. He pushed her off and started walking into vjays shop. Before I could close the door to the car and drive off, Waridi caught up with me and held the door and i looked up to her..

Waridi: please wait!

Me: get lost before I forget i knew you even for a second.

Waridi: so that's it, one stupid mistake to save your life makes you treat me like trash?..

Me: what do you want?

Waridi: we need to talk.

Me: I was interested in a talk and more before but now, nothing you say will make me look at you the same. you made me feel like crap twice... i trusted you.

Waridi: I know that and that's why I'm here. can we atleast talk about it.. we can't go on like this, Rahim please!

I started the car but she got to the back and stood there and waited for me to run her over so I got out and went to where she was.

Me: what's your problem?

Waridi: I know you are mad at me and I know you still care. Please let's talk about it and start a fresh.

Me: not gonna happen. You are beautiful and you can get any other man you want, after all I know you are good at what you do, giving them lap dance and stuff..

Those words landed me a slap on my cheek with her other hand that wasn't in a sling.

Waridi: you have no right to talk to me like that. I was wrong and I should not have done what I did but am not going to beg you anymore. Maybe it makes you feel better to insult me, but I wish you were a man enough to try and listen before judging.. i don't owe you any explanation and i was stupid enough to convince myself that you are a reasonable guy.

Me: like he is?

Waridi: what, are you acting jealous now, you won't let me through to you but you don't want to see me with someone else?

Me: you can think what you want. don't flatter yourself girl, i can get any woman i want but a stripper is surely not one of them. Now get out of my way before I run you over and don't even think I won't do it.

I got back to the car, started it and she eventually let me pass and I drove off leaving her standing there staring as I disappeared...