Made - Episode 16

 

It was David. David the pamphlet guy you remember?

"Hey David ..... are you stalking me?" I asked smiling at his already smiley face.

"Oh you wish. Jared asked me to check up on you. Am a fequenter here. I had to make sure the boss is in good condition." He replied.

"Is that so?" What else could it be genius?

"Yea......have you got a chance to read my pamphlet?" He looked at me like a six year old eager to go to disney world.  I wanted to lie but decided against it . I scratched my forehead instead.

"Unfortunately i havent and for that your bill is on the house," i replied wishing he could let it slide.

"I am willing to let it slide under one condition."

My face beamed hope his condition was something i could easily ace.

"What condition?"

"On condition that you tell me what botherd you earlier." Now i really wished i had lied about the pamphlet. 

"You said you frequently come to this place but i have never seen you in the last two weeks _ why is that?" I asked trying to dodge the question he  had asked.

"That's because i went with Jared to help with the funeral _ we came back together but he got into an accident _ Though my question still stands, what bothered you earlier when you were looking at the screen?" 

Even though i wanted to, i could not just open up to a random pamphlet guy. I decided to make a deal 

"What about i read the pamphlet and you ask me about it in three days?"

"Anything for Him," he mumbled softly.

"Him ....

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. who?" I asked

"Never mind  _ we got a deal, in three days i will come here and you will tell me all about it."

A deal it was. I had to honour it. David left and immidiately my phone started calling.

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I locked up some minutes to seven, two hours earlier than our normal time. I was to meet with Mercy in a cafe five minutes drive from where this cyber was located. I got into the car, got stuck in traffic for about twenty minutes before reaching the place i was to meet Mercy. I got inside the cafe. She was sitting at a corner impatiently tapping her nails on the table. I had not had any form of communication with her since i got fired. I figured when she was ready to spill she would tell. I perched on the opposite seat. She used both of her hands to hold the cup infront of her and sipped from it. I could see she was nervous which was a very rare thing.

"Are we going to talk or just stare at each other?"

She reached for her handbag then fished out her phone. She then handed it over to me. On display was my instagram private account. A picture of Mercy and me was posted with a caption compare and contrast bitch.  Mercy was a plus size girl and you could have imagined a slender girl beside her. How much hate and love it would have incurred. I looked at it again and it was a screen shot. On top the name Maggie loomed.

"Maggie!" I shouted suprised. People around me turned to look for i made such a squeal.

"She is not even my friend on instagram let alone facebook. When did you guys start sending screen shots to one another?" I placed the phone on top of the table then pushed it to Mercy.

"Actually she is your friend on instagram its only that she uses another name and her profile pic is a toddlers leg."

"Mommy sonny is Maggie?.......wow well i got alot of respect for her. Her posts are always amazing."

She nodded in agreement without any hint of hesitation in her eyes.She did not seem to accuse me either. That begged the question, who did this? Who hacked into my account? Why was he trying to ruin my career or the friendship circle that i had built. What would he gain from all this. My mind kept thinking of Kim. He had been good with computers. If it was really him how was i going to prove that?

"Mercy i dont know what is going on _ i did not do this."

"I know  Daniella, the question is. Who did it? _ i think i might have someone in mind."

I asked to see the photo again and looked at the time stamp. It was 3:45 pm of the Sartuday. I remembered i had gone for a walk and left my phone with Alicia. There was no way i had posted that.

"Mercy do you by any chance have screenshots of the post i have allegedly published about the company?"

She handed over her phone and i opened up its gallery. All the time stamps were reading between 3:45 pm to 4:05 pm. One thing was for sure, All my accounts had been hacked. I opened my purse and removed my cellphone then dialled mum's number. After exchanging pleasantries i asked to speak to Alicia. I had not told then i had been fired.

"Sweet sister oh..." i smiled at the small sweet voice of Alicia chiming at the other end of the phone.

"Hey you, how is school and everything?"

"It's fine."

I paused for a while trying to phrase my next statement in my mind.

"Alicia when i left with my phone the other day, did something unusual happen...like a glitch?"

She breathed out in a sigh then paused for a second.

" I don't know about a glitch .... but while i was still using your phone a message was sent to your phone. I could see it was a customer service message so i opened it then something weird happened.."

" What happened Alicia?" My ears were now burning at the tip.

"The phone hanged for like an hour. I left it thinking maybe i had touched something i shouldn't.  When i came back it was working just fine but the message i had tapped on was gone."

" Are you sure you did not delete it by mistake?"

"No big siz am sorry, i know i should not have opened any of your messages _ am really sorry for not telling you, i was afraid. 

I was not mad at her. One way or another my phone would have still been hacked. Am sure i would have opened the message anyway.

"It's okay but next time something like that happens don't be afraid to tell me."

"Okay big siz. Thank you for not being angry with me."

"Bye Alicia. Have a blessed night."

Mercy was eagerly waiting.

"I geuss i was hacked."

I signalled the waiter the i orderd a cup of coffee when he came around. I picked up my phone then texted Philip.

Geuss what! I was hacked! I just wish you could have believed me instead of running to cover up a mess i never created.

I sipped my coffee silently. Mercy who had finished wiped the corners of her mouth with a piece of soviette.

" We need to get to the bottom of this."

I nodded still sipping my coffee.

"We need to trace its origin. The problem is there are less people with such expertise around here. The person who did this must have invested lumpsomely to get the work done.

Read " Grand. " by the same author ( DORSILA ANYANGO )

. We should be ready for the same."

I could not agree more. Now we needed to find a hacker too. Neither of us had needed such services before so finding that kind of help would like searching for a needle in a haystack. We had to try anyway.

"I will call if i find someone. The same applies to you." Mercy finalized our meeting . She stood up adjusted her skirt then left. There was alot i had wanted to ask but i counselled myself to wait. I stayed then orderd a take away bag of fries together with chicken.  Cooking was the last thing on my mind.

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Happy new year everyone!!! Hope y'all are gratefull for the blessings of the Almighty. Thank you so much if you are still reading this in 2019. Hope you enjoyed this episode.

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