Forgetting You - Episode 42

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*** JASON'S POV

I sigh exhaustedly as I finally rest my head against the headrest.

"That was tiring"

Alex says beside me from behind the steering wheel and I groan.

"Damn tiring"

I can't believe we spent an hour and half in that room.

That Hank of a man could be quite smart and calculative if he wanted but I'm smarter.

He had asked for my company papers and I gladly gave him five different papers for different fake companies.

See, I'm think ahead.

I had bought another bottle of cocaine and yet again, I paid more than the actual price.

I turn to my best friend as I take off my huge hate and ruffle my hair.

"Can we see the footage?"

I ask and he pulls out an iPad.

He punches a few stuff and I see a video.

"This is camera 5,in the boardroom"

Alex points to the screen and I nod as we listen to what they were saying.

***

"I've never made money so quickly within the span of thirty minutes all my life!"

I hear Hank say, taking a swig of his wine.

The rest of the men seated around the table laugh.

"Lord I can't believe someone can be so rich yet daft and stupid at the same time"

the man who had taken us to meet Hank says, laughing.

"Oh yes. And did you see how much he paid for that tiny bottle of c*caine? A whole briefcase full of money

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. He really should have taken his time to understand the difference between the naira and Ghana CEDI."

Another man chips in and they laugh.

"But his bodyguard though. What was his name, Ikem.. Uhhh. Ikenna. Yh Ikenna. He's going to be a bit of a problem. He looks well educated and a no nonsense person."

Hank observes frowning.

"Hmmm. We have to get Chief Okoro on our side especially since he just arrived in the country and he can easily be fooled. If his bodyguard becomes a stumbling block to us, we'll eliminate him too"

Mr Johnson says.

"Good idea Johnson. He proves stubborn, we kill him"

Hank grins sardonically.

****

Alexander shuts off the iPad and turn to stare at me.

"Wow. They've known me for only two hours and they're already planning my death"

he says with no hint of amusement.

I fume.

"Let them dig your grave Alex. Time. Only time will tell who gets buried first. This video is saved right?"

"This is a High tech spycam, and it saves anything it captures."

"Good. Perfect. Here"

I reach into my pocket and hand him two pen drives.

"You have the video of everything right? Copy into both pen drives and give me one while you keep the other"

I say and he nods before getting to work.

"Done"

he says after several minutes.

I take the pen drive from him.

Time for plan B.

I pull out my cellphone and dial a number.

****

Hailey was cradling a sleeping Olivia in her arms, slightly dozing when the ringing of a phone woke her up.

Rubbing the sleep from her eyes, she answers.

"Hello?"

"Hails,it's me"

Her eyes widen

"Jason? You okay?"

"I'm fine. Are you okay? Olivia?"

"I'm fine Jason. Olivia is asleep"

she answers

"Good. Can you leave her under Theresa's care,we need you at the mansion"

"Umm oh okay. I'm on my way"

****

JASON'S POV

I hang up and take off my over sized suit.

"Hailey will meet us at the mansion"

I tell Alex who nods and inserts the key into ignition, sparking the engine to life immediately as we drive off.

Forty-five minutes later, the car finally comes to a halt and I look up to find the mansion a few metres away from where we had packed away from sight, standing in all it's white glory.

"Hank sure secured quite a magnificent house for himself huh?"

Alex states.

I don't reply.

Instead,I focus on taking off my fake moustache and beard, and the round plastic thingy making me look potbellied.

I throw them onto the backseat and gather my hair up into a ponytail.

"We should get going"

I say as I alight. Alex does the same and jogs over to my end.

"Where do we go from here?"

"Follow my lead"

I gesture to him and proceed towards the building.

Nearing the building, I could sight three to four men guarding the main gate.

They were all armed.

Hailey was right.

I shake my head then branch to the left side of the building.

"Psst! Over here!"

I hear a female voice whispering and I walk further, noticing a shadow lurking behind a tiny over grown bunch of grasses.

"Hailey?"

She comes out of her hiding and lunges herself at me.

"You okay? Are you hurt?"

She pulls away frantically searching my body.

I grab her by the shoulders.

"I'm fine. Hailey. Perfectly okay. Relax."

I bend and kiss her forehead. She sighs.

"You okay now?"

I ask and she nods taking in deep breaths.

"Come"

she links her hand with mine and pulls me along with her as we round the small Bush she had emerged from.

We walk for a few more seconds until she stops.

I look up.

There's nothing here except growing grasses and a wall.

I could tell were at the back of the mansion now.

There nothing here. Suddenly, Hailey places her hands on the wall and pushes slightly, my jaw literally drops.

"Holy f*ck!"

"I know. It's Hank's secret passage into the house. This is the only part of the house where he hasn't installed cameras so it's easy to enter. You have the sketch I made right?"

Hailey asks and I nod pulling out the sketch.

"Okay. Go through this passage and you'll automatically find yourself in a tunnel. Just follow the lead on the sketch and you'll be fine."

"Got it"

Alex nods.

"Please be careful and alert. And you have approximately fifteen minutes to do whatever you got to do and get out. Hank will be back any minute"

Hailey says and we both nod.

"Go now"

she nudges me and I step through the wall-like door and truly, i find myself in a tunnel.

How the bleeping hell did Hank manage to get a tunnel built in his mansion?

"Faster man. We got fifteen minutes"

Alex nudges me and I move faster.

Soon, the tunnel comes to an end and I step out, relieved.

Now where do we go from here? I pull out the sketch and follow the directions with Alex on my trail until I come to a door.

This must be it.

Why? Because it's the only door with more than one padlock.

"Alex, can you pick a lock?"

I whisper and he nods.

He steps in front and inserts a bobby pin which I have no where he got it from into the lock.

After twisting for several seconds, I hear a click sound.

He grins at me and proceeds to pick the second lock.

Finally, we unlock it and step into the room.

I pull out my phone and put on the torch.

The room looks like an office, yet it looks nothing like an office.

Confusing, I know.

The only thing in the room was a table in the middle with a laptop seated on it.

A chair behind the table.

A large bookshelf with thousands of books arranged on them also, leaned against the wall.

Alex moves towards the table and switches on the laptop.

"The paper"

he tells me.

What paper.. Oh.. I quickly hand him the paper and he begins to type furiously on the laptop.

"I wonder how Hailey knew the password"

he mumbles to himself.

"She's been here for practically ten years"

I answer but he doesn't reply as he busily scrolls through the laptop.

I see him pull out the pen drive I gave him and insert it into the slot.

"Too many folders here. I need to copy all. Oh sh*t. We have less than four minutes to get out of here"

Alex cusses as he types furiously,copying Hank's folders onto his pen drive.. To keep myself busy, I walk over to the bookshelf and run my fingers over the books.

What could a person like Hank be doing with books? Does he read? Romance, chicklit, vampire or horror stories? Hank doesn't look like a man who will read.

My eyes scan the books and I stop when I notice a rather big book.

Probably the biggest.

An encyclopedia? Hmmm.

I reach out and grab the book. It doesn't budge.

The hell!. I pull the book again.

Still. Frowning, I apply more force and the books suddenly shifts from my palm and to my uttermost astonishment, the bookshelf moves and I watch as it parts into two revealing another door.

What the actual f*ck! Curiousity gets the better of me I push the door open.

A pungent smell hits me instantly and I cringe. F*ck! I stare around in the empty room.

There's something on the floor.

I move closer and squint my eyes flashing my torch.

I see legs, arms spread out.

Hair. Its a human.

Who could be sleeping here at this hour? There were several cuts on the person as I trace my torch from the legs.

Dried blood everywhere on the skin.

Cuts and burns on every part.

Oh God!. My torch reaches the persons face and I stumble back in shock.

It was a she.

Her nose and mouth bleeding.

Her head was totally shaved leaving her bald while her hair lay somewhere.. F*ck!

"S..Sarah?"

I choke out staring at the almost dead form.

"What the hell man,what are you doing in there.

Read " The Emerald Chase " by the same author ( eliza )

. I'm done. Fifteen minutes are over. Let's leave!"

I hear Alex's voice but my vision is trained on Sarah.

What the hell is going on. "J..j..Jason"

I hear her cough and I move back.

"Dude let's go. I can hear footsteps approaching!"

"Sarah.. I..it's Sarah..."

But why is she here? In such a condition? What connection dies she have with Hank.

"Jayson let's leave now!"

"Sarah. Alex it's Sarah. We have to help her"

I move closer but I feel Alex grab me.

"Someone is approaching. Let's go! We'll think about this later. F*ck man let's go!"

"Sh*t!"

I hear heavy footsteps behind the door.

But what about Sarah? I'm confused.

I need answers.

"Dude,the f*ck! Let's leave. Now! If we get caught I'm gonna f*cking kill you! Let's go!"

Alex whisper yells glaring at me and I finally turn to follow him but not before hearing the handle of the door, turning.

The door suddenly burst open.

Sh*t!

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