Abdul-Jabbar Fuhd:
The woman in the room behind the door I leaned on was unlike any other I'd come across; she was fierce, resilient, beautiful—and with brains, kind, a great friend with a heart of gold, and she cared for her own like no other.
I mean, she was literally training to kill the men that tarnished her sister's dignity even if the 'sister' in question hated her guts, and possessed no dignity to be tarnished.
Mokunfayo was a woman in the true sense of its word; nothing like the thing that birthed Zhulfah.
I had to admit, all those bothersome weeks I'd spent in getting to truly know her wasn't the waste I'd proclaimed it to be; those enlightening weekshad opened my eyes to the reasons why more than half of the male population adored women; or the cliche myth they all seemed to have about them. However, while the coloured glasses with with they saw the sluts the worshipped could shatter to reveal the ugly r
Mokunfayo Badmus:I almost ran mad when I saw the man aim a weapon at Mike. The fear overpowered my voice of reason and I screamed his name, but it was only a useless thing to do as the shot had already rang out and the assailant used the cloak of darkness to his advantage to take to his heels.I suddenly couldn't keep track of how many times I called out his name again as I rushed over to where he'd gone down without any sort of struggle whatsoever. He just dived into the concrete head first and wasn't moving.He wasn't moving!When I finally made it to where he lay, I shakily tore the black t-shirt he wore off his back to access the wound. My blood ran cold when I realised the bullet had penetrated into the left side of his back.
Mokunfayo Badmus:Never would I have thought that for the life of me, Mike would come to harm on my account; I'd never thought anyone would try to kill Mike because of his connection with me. Hell! It had never even crossed my mind that Mike could have such a close brush with death. I'd always thought him to be invincible, that even death would be afraid to question his authority.I learned, the hard way, that my impressions couldn't be farther from reality.One thing that I was certain of, though, was how horrifying Alex death would be. I was going to make sure of it.Fuhad hadn't been joking when he'd mentioned the involvement of that vile creature in the incident that had Micheal barely holding on to the string of life for the past three weeks.
Mokunfayo Badmus:It was a wonder as to how I had been able to survive the past few hours with what was left of my sanity intact, but now, that I was settled in the comfortable couch right in the dimly lit living room of my niece and nephew's lavish, penthouse apartment on the early Christmas morning, with a big mug of coffee Trigger had handed me together with the equally big towel I had wrapped around my drenched body, I couldn't stop thinking about what I'd seen.I couldn't stop my mind from remaking the scene. It didn't matter that every remake was just as horrifying as the original, if not more, I just couldn't stop."The Almighty has reasons for every kill he makes, he has legit—""I don't want to talk about it." I told Trigger for the umpteenth time since he'd p
Mokunfayo Badmus:"I thought I'd made myself clear about your hair and those ridiculous jewelry you have all-over your face." I'd made sure to stray away from Trigger's earshot—as far as going out to the expensive terrace-slash-gym of the penthouse—before firing my anger towards Stephen. However, the lad didn't seem to be interested in my topic of discussion."Good morning to you too, Aunty mi," he replied with his naked arms crossed, his face bearing a nonchalant look through and through.At least I was sure now that he hadn't gotten any ink on his skin."Don't even dare try to get smart at me, Steve," I seethed. "Don't.""I won't even try to get smart with you, Aunty mi, 'cause it's not fucking worth the&mdash
Mokunfayo Badmus:It was the nerve she had to push past me after wishing me a 'merry Christmas' with her annoying little voice that snapped me out of my momentary shock. I reached Bisi in two strides and yanked her by her arm, it took ever bit of self control to not reach out and shred her to pieces.However, nobody ever said anything against a blinding slap to her fucking perfectly made-up crap of a face.And that, I did, I slapped her good. So good that she collapsed from the impact.Very good."Are you mad?!" I yelled bitterly at her sprawling form. "Do you want to die?!" Trigger was quick enough to pick me up before I was able to kick the life out of her body, or
Almighty Mike:Fuhad was planning something big, I could feel it.From his endless calls to and from God-knows-who, to his reduced visits to my room to either rant or gloat, I could tell. Even if I'd refused to count on mere sentiments or hunches, all the facts were apparent that he was scheming what he would normally refer to as 'the big one';For one, he'd barely moved an inch, and yet, Angel was back in the estate—this time he hadn't returned her to the academy, he'd allowed her the liberty to live in the main estate and that, in an executive's suite, which was 'coincidentally' situated on the same floor as my suite.What was more? Cordelia's visits became more frequent, and I was nearl
Mokunfayo Badmus;It was always tall talks until the time came for execution, nobody knew that better than I, facing off with the second most important person in my ex-boyfriend's fraternity, in the presence of an entire audience of murderers, armed with nothing but my fists and the will to kill the smug bastard that leaned against the brick wall to my left not to far from where I stood, his form, no doubt, bearing absolute boredom, and of course amusement; if his sadistic, evil smirk could be considered as amusement.Even if the sight of him made my skin crawl, the will to kill Alex was dwindling by the ticking second.Yes, I still remembered all he'd done, but the only battles I'd been known to fight were legal battles, I wasn't so sure if I was ready for this show of violence.
Almighty Mike:Her death-like stare lasted lesser than a second before she bike off the connection a thud followed, but only took that millisecond stare to notify me that the worst I feared had happened.I wanted to drop to my knees and she'd unmanly tears, I really wanted to grief for my loss, because I knew that naive little woman that kicked my ass out of bed on the morning after our encounter; the woman I called Angel was gone.For good this time.However, I barely had the time to mourn, my reflexes had already swung into action, and I'd already raced towards her unconscious form and whisked her up the floor.If it wasn't for the fact that I was just down to instincts controllin
Mokunfayo Badmus:I was still beyond surprised when I regained consciousness after what felt like days. But more than astonishment, I felt even more confusion.Mike wouldn't shoot me just for throwing him a birthday party even if he abhorred birthdays. There had to be some other reason.There had to be.Stop acting like you've known him all your life Mokunfayo Badmus! You've only known him for a few days. Snap out of delirium!Sigh.I finally decided to pay attention to my dressing and surroundings. I was wearing a blue hospital gown and in a room similar to the one I'd visited him in the night before, just a little bit smaller. Nothing interesting about it either; lean bed, white walls, bedside stool, single loveseat ...Trigger was asleep on the single loveseat. I was guessing he would at least put me out of my misery and explain what on earth
Mokunfayo Badmus:"Fay," he breathed out in the same amount of shock I felt.He recognised me too even if my mask was still on, my eyes were all he needed. He used to tell me how he could recognise me in a million people if he saw as least as my eyes. Turned out he hadn't been joking."The police have been searching all over the place for you!" I winced at the loudness in his tone and had no choice but to drag him to a secluded area to avoid more of the curious stares that were coming my way.I removed my mask when it was just us, making him gape for a moment before regaining composure."You've been all over the news lately." A lame way to start a conversation with someone you dumped over four years ago because she was raped. But I nodded all the same."What happened? I don't believe a word of what the media is saying." He said and suddenly encased me in a bone crushing bear hug. If I didn't know better,
Mokunfayo Badmus:Mike left for the bathroom after ordering breakfast with a clouded expression, a polar opposite of his infamous playful smirk he had on just moments ago.I could tell he also wasn't used to this whole... thing that was going on between us. It would be useless to lie to myself that I didn't feel attracted to the hot murderer in the adjoining room, however scary it was to admit it.The entire thing was scary, Richard had never calmed me down in the middle of my usual nightmares -well that was probably because I'd never slept over at his place- I'd never felt comfortable in Richard's arms to the point of craving it like I craved this man's.What is happening?! It's only been a frigging day!Well, so much had already happened from Saturday up until now, a Monday morning.And I was going to be stuck with him in the same room for God knows how long.Sigh.It wasn't going
Mokunfayo Badmus:I stood before a flushed, angry lord that was panting like an overworked horse. I would only be lying if I said I wasn't nervous."M–may I come in?" I stuttered with my heart in my mouth and he seemed to snap out of some sort of daze before nodding briskly.As I walked carefully towards the bed he laid on, I wished I had picked another time to visit, a time when I didn't have to face the aftermath of a ferocious argument between two proverbial elephantsThere was no proverbial grass nearby to suffer but me.Sigh.I perched on the bedside stool tentatively, fidgeting with my fingers, terribly wishing for a hole to crawl into. Then I noticed him trying to adjust his position and rushed to help. His sharp intake of air announced that I was doing what I wasn't meant to do."I–I'm so sorry, I thought you needed help," I choked out after withdrawi
Mokunfayo Badmus:As I followed a kinda stout but short guy with a bizarre name and a cast on his arm to the suite I was so glad to leave less than four hours ago, I tried to wrap my head around what'd happened earlier.Mike had saved me, the second time in like twenty four hours. Before he had saved my dignity –which I was ungrateful for– and now he'd put his life on the line to save mine, after I defied him and escaped his prison, which was now a safer place than the public.I had thought he was being overbearing and inconsiderate when he wanted to keep me for a little longer but now that I knew I was a fugitive and he only wanted me to stay hidden and be safe, I felt stupid.I had not only disobeyed him, I had also put him in harm's way.I know disobey is a strong word for what I did but that wasn't the point at the moment, he was hurt and I was the cause.Sigh."Will he be fine?" I
Almighty Mike:My car screeched to a halt in the middle of the highway when I abruptly stepped on the brakes due to the bombshell Fuhad just dropped.Thankfully, there was no vehicle in tow or it would have been nasty.For my pretty little Audi."What?" It came out as a whisper so I tried again, "what did you just say?""She es–""Don't you fucking repeat it," I growled in annoyance."Sorry boss," A loud honk and yell from the taxi driver behind me, telling me to take my 'keke maruwa' off the road and allow people who 'know how to drive' interrupted my thought's process.Under other circumstances, I would have taught the ideal driver a lesson but my eagerness to get to the hideout and strangle the life out of someone overwhelmed that urge."Boss?""Don't you bloody boss me, by the time I get to the hi– home and she's still not back where she's ought to b
Almighty Mike:My car screeched to a halt in the middle of the highway when I abruptly stepped on the brakes due to the bombshell Fuhad just dropped.Thankfully, there was no vehicle in tow or it would have been nasty.For my pretty little Audi."What?" It came out as a whisper so I tried again, "what did you just say?""She es–""Don't you fucking repeat it," I growled in annoyance."Sorry boss," A loud honk and yell from the taxi driver behind me, telling me to take my 'keke maruwa' off the road and allow people who 'know how to drive' interrupted my thought's process.Under other circumstances, I would have taught the ideal driver a lesson but my eagerness to get to the hideout and strangle the life out of someone overwhelmed that urge."Boss?""Don't you bloody boss me, by the time I get to the hi– home and she's still not back where she's ought to b
Mokunfayo Badmus:It took all the self control I had in me not to scream and kick at the digital door after him. I was worried about getting to Bisi and all he cared about was a fucking meal?! Did I look hungry to him? Did he think I was going to eat anything he offered me in the stupid hell hole he held me captive in?!More than I was angry at him for being a total asshole, I was angrier at myself for letting him get to me. I'd woken up in his arms moments ago and I wasn't even a little bit scared even if I knew he could end my existence within the twinkle of an eye, I was comfortable instead.He was swiftly crumbling the firm resistance I had built over my emotions and I was feeling comfortable when I should be doing something about it. I didn't like what was going on, Ineeded to leave as soon as possible before things started to get out of hands.The buzzing of the digital door sliding open distracted me from
Almighty Mike;"Should I take care of her?" The question rang out the moment the door finally slid shut. I blatantly ignored the owner of the voice and walked towards the elevator.Being the pest that he was, Fuhad followed immediately."Mike?""She's not a threat." I finally stated with a tone of finality, though I had a feeling that an earful of words I didn't want to hear would follow in quick succession."Seriously Mike?, she's going to file a case, is that not alarming enough?" And I wasn't wrong."She threatened to," I amended grumpily, "a tiny threat that is useless since she's and will continue to be under my shelter as a prisoner till we're convinced she doesn't pose a threat anymore.""Get a grip Mike you're seriously losing it, when did you begin to care about people?" He scoffed bitterly, definitely disgruntled by my unusual choice of a punishment.