Ike’s PovConfusion and shock washed over Ike as he witnessed Ade and some guys being handcuffed, emerging from the building where Ada had been held captive. He rushed toward them, eager to unravel the unfolding situation.“Hey, why are you handcuffing my friend? Shouldn't you be going after the kidnappers?” he asked, bewildered.Linda looked at him with pity. “He is the kidnapper.”“I don't understand,” Ike said, glancing at Ade. “He is my best friend; he can't do that to me. Would you?”Ade did not answer; he only stared at Ike with intense hatred before being taken away. Ike remained in shock, grappling with the betrayal of his best friend. Hurt and on the verge of tears, he held himself together. From the corner of his eyes, he saw Ada walking up to him. They locked eyes for a few moments before he grabbed her and kissed her, feeling her respond to the kiss.“I love you,” he said after their kiss. “I mean those three words and eight letters.”“Are you sure? What about your
Ike's POV"What?" Ike exclaimed. The Senate President of the Senate House in Nigeria was furious. "Why was there a forced landing? What happened?" Ike argued with the man on the other end of the phone. "I want my wife found alive and well," he declared before hanging up the phone. Unable to control his tears, Ike let them flow down his cheeks. "Oh, my wife," he thought to himself. She did not deserve this. He knew she was not a perfect wife, but he loved her, even though she never reciprocated it. She had married him for his money, but still, she did not deserve to die. At least he did not want her to die—not yet, maybe after spending a lifetime together. Ike, who was still in his late 30s, was the first young Snate President of the Senate House and the first one to have gotten the position unchallenged. He was dark in complexion, tall, and a politician who derived joy from bodybuilding, with his six-packs a testament to that. He looked like someone drawn out of a comic book. "Oh lor
Ada's POV:Lost in an unfamiliar desert, Ada tried to remain composed, holding Sarah's hand tightly amidst the passengers who formed a small circle around the pilot. "I know we are all panicking," the pilot said. "But we all need to calm down and think of a way out.""Do you know where we are?" someone asked."Before landing, I was able to get the location of this place. We are in the Borno state desert, very close to the Chad borders.""How do we leave here? This is a very far distance from Abuja," another person inquired."I already made a distress call; we just have to wait," the pilot replied."I hope they will come for us," Ada whispered to Sarah."They will," Sarah reassured her.Four hours later, they heard a sound in the air and rushed out to see a black helicopter landing in the desert. A man in his late 30s emerged. "Listen," the man named Bola said. "My name is Bola, I am the head of the information division of the DSS. Help is on the way, but I am here to pick up Mrs. Joy N
Ada povAda wouldn’t believe that she escaped being caught by Ike, he was a very handsome man, and from the look of things, his wife does not treat him well. She felt bad for him, he was speaking with pain when they were talking a few moments ago. Although she was sad for him their situation benefitted her, she didn’t need to sleep in his room and does not need to pretend to be sick so he won’t touch her.“All these will end tomorrow,” she said to herself. Tomorrow she will be free from this, she thought as she went to sleep.Waking up to the music of the birds in the trees, Ada looked around her environment, she did not have the time to appreciate the décor of the room she was, she loved the grey and cream colors of the wall, the bed was a king-size bed and the wardrobe was so large it could contain the clothes of an entire football team. She needed to take her bath, she was so tired yesterday that she forgot to shower. She
Benito pov“What” the man at the other end of the phone shouted “You botched that one”Benito and his gang popularly known as the fast boys were scared of what their boss was going to do to them, they did their job but he could not explain how Joy and the rest of the passengers survived the planned plane crash, how did she survive? He thought.Benito’s hand was shaking as he held the phone to his ears, he was not ready to die.“I’m sorry boss, we will try something else,” He said“My plan was for joy to die on that plane, for Ike to take the blame for it and I was going to kill him but make it look like suicide,” the voice said, “When I woke up this morning, I wanted to read headlines of her death but no, she escaped the plane crash? How?, I am disappointed in you guys”.“Sir, we will try something else, I will make sure we follow her, then we know what to do, but we can
Benito povBenito just sat back in the car watching school kids coming back from school in the front of the salon. It has been up to an hour since he set that explosive bomb, it only has one hour before it blows up. Benito’s heart leaped when he saw Joy and the driver entering the car.He didn’t pity her, in his job he does not pity his victims, he only waits for his employer to give the word, he has already given the word for Joy’s death, that was the reason he planted a bomb in her car, she escaped the plane crash but now he was sure she was going to die today, she won’t escape death again.Pretty, pretty Mrs. Nnenna, how he hates to see pretty women waste like this, he smiled when he saw her car moving, anytime from now the news of her death will be shown across the country.Pretty pretty Joy, he thoughtAda povAda sat in the car thanking God for a narrow escape, she had no idea who Ade or his wife is, for what she ga
Ada povAda woke up finding herself in a room she recognized. She was in her room, she realized, which made her very happy . She tried to move her leg but felt a sharp pain. Someone opened the door. It was Ike carrying a cup of tea towards her.“You have woken up” he said, “Are you feeling better?”“What happened?” Ada asked, but since he did not respond, she decided that she must have just thought about the question. She licked her dry lips and forced her mouth to open.“What” was that her voice? She sounded drunk.She tried again “What happened?”“You fainted after seeing your car blast into flames. Some of the bodyguards took the helicopter that brought you home,'' Ike replied.Oh yes, she remembers, she remembers clearly how the security men forced men to force her into the helicopter, how the car she was in went up in flames and how and how scared she was.
Ada povAda was still staring at the door which Ike had walked out of. She thought she had heard Ike’s mother ask her a question, but she could not understand what was said to her.“Would you like some water?” Mma asked again and this time the question was clearer, but before Ada could move her lips, Mma gave her a cup of water.“I am really sorry for what has happened to you. Thank God for saving you. I mean, not many people get to escape death two times in a roll,'' Mma added.“Honestly Mummy, I don’t know, everything is happening so fast, I don’t know what to think anymore”“I know what you are thinking, my child. I too don’t think that the two events are coincidences” Mma smiled at her before saying “You are not going anywhere, not until you give me grandchildren”.“Grandchildren?” Ada asked. She saw how excited Mma was at the thought of having gran