ENIOLA'S POV
It was really a bright Tuesday morning as lawyers adjusted their ties and their assistants running behind them to give them a breakdown on the day's turn in. I walked through the stairs with caution as I wanted to impress James with my black jumpsuit. I saw a familiar figure advancing towards me and I smiled and walked faster to catch up with him.
"You look more handsome than normal." I cooed.
"You look undeniably stunning Eniola." Ayo said ,blowing an invisible kiss.
"I know." I said.
I grabbed his hands and interlocked it as we walked towards our respective offices.
"So how's everything?" Ayo said smiling at me.
"Well it's been a roller-coaster." I chuckled.
"And James?" Ayo asked.
"Well he's not so bad and he's kind of annoying" I pouted.
"It's being a long time since I saw my best friend. He sees me as a colleague , ever since he became a judge. I have seen less of him and more of excuses," Ayo grunted.
"He has a really fat ego." I whispered.
"That's hilarious. Tell him I have to see him soon." Ayo said as he waved me goodbye.
I walked on avoiding the huge stares of female older lawyers that kept boring holes into my clothes. I quite understood that it was very tight but I loved it that way.
I reached the office to meet it wide open and saw someone eating an apple with his legs sprawled out on the desk reading a newspaper. I groaned in displeasure.
"That's no good way to sit." I teased.
"And that's no way to greet." John said, looking over the newspaper.
"I am not in the mood to exchange words with you." I said drawing out a chair opposite his.
"Likewise" John yelled.
I had no idea what to say. I was extremely bored as he diverted his attention away from me. I cleared my throat loudly.
"Do you like my outfit?" I smiled ,twisting the strands of my braided hair.
"Was that the reason why you intentionally barged into my office and deliberately scolded me for sitting inappropriately?" John tilted his head to look at me.
"Well I just wanted to make sure I looked appropriate." I smiled sheepishly.
"You look extremely appropriate." John said sarcastically.
"Anyways, Ayo wants to see you." I said standing up.
"Ayo?" John asked dumbfoundedly.
"You really do have a poor memory. How can you forget your best friend?.Your pictures are literally hanging over the wall." I gestured to the wall behind him.
"It's called old age." John pouted ,looking at the potraits hanging on the wall.
"Agreed." I said holding the door knob.
"And by the way your next case comes up on Thursday. I'll bring you the hearing in the afternoon," I said opening the door wider.
"Please close my door." John muttered.
I bolted the door and sat on my desk. I opened my bag to look for something to read ,something to keep my brain cells awake. I stumbled on a book titled Contract law. I flipped a page open and another. My eyes grew heavy after some minutes of aggressive reading and I succumbed to the sleep that was beckoning on to me.
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JAMES'S POV
I felt a huge jolt of pain in my legs as I writhled in pain. I rolled over in discomfort as my current location was a huge wreck of mess. I was sprawled out on a heap of sand and bits of it were already in my mouth begging for ingestion. I spat out sand mixed with saliva as I tried to stand up. But David beat me to it as he dragged me by the collar and threw me on the bare ground.
"Tolani, he's awake already." David yelled.
I heard the quick steps and panting from a familiar figure as she strode towards me wearing a huge smile.
"Glad to see you are alive." Tolani teased, stepping on my bloodshot leg.
I screamed in pain as I tried to remove her leg from adding more injury as the boots she was wearing added more to my problems.
"That's what I want to hear. I want you to scream in pain. I want to break your bones bit by bit. I want you to die slowly so that I could savour it to my satisfaction," Tolani said squatting down to my gaze.
"Now you know how it feels like to be helpless ,soon enough you will be declared dead by the world. But there will be no body so it's basically like a missing person." Tolani chuckled.
"No matter how you try to torture me.It won't bring back your fiance" I teased.
Tolani looked at David briefly squeezing her lips in annoyance.
"He's begging to be slaughtered like a ram." Tolani nodded.
My hands that were once bound earlier were now free. They probably thought because I was already shot in the leg,there was a zero chance of escape. Behind me was a long steel rod waiting for me to capture it. I slid it into my shaking hands and as I gave Tolani a weak smile. Tolani gasped in irritation as she held her stomach tightly. That was when I realized it.This was the time to use it to my advantage. Manipulating her might be my last option out of this nightmare.
"You look so lean to be pregnant," I muttered smiling.
"How do you know I was pregnant?" Tolani yelled.
"I just guessed and your sentence proves me right." I said rubbing my cheeks.
"Mind your damn business." Tolani whispered.
"Now I am very curious. How did you manage to have sex? Did you both do it on his grave?" I teased.
Tolani lurged towards me but David drew her back with his huge arms, restraining her from further movement. But Tolani escaped from his arms and gave me a dirty slap.
"A pregnant woman is meant to be calm not violent." I chuckled.
"Mind your business." Tolani barked.
"You weren't minding your business when you took me against my will.You weren't minding your business when you refused to give me food for three days. You weren't minding your damn business when you shot me in the freaking leg." I yelled with all my strength.
"You deserved it." Tolani said.
"You refused to admit to your errors. Let me ask you a question. Two months ago. Senator Wale Adebayo raped and killed five girls. Why didn't you sentence him to death? That man is walking the streets of Lagos and he's campaigning to be the governor." Tolani screamed at me.
"First of all , I am bathed in your endless saliva" I started to talk shifting my current position to a more comfortable position.
"Secondly, we both know the reason why the senator is left untouched. It's all politics and money." I laughed.
"So you sold the last bit of your dignity to money. You aren't an human being.You are a monster inside out." Tolani nodded her head in disappointment.
"There's a perfect distinction between you and the senator. He's more privileged and you are less privileged. It's quite certain he won't commit any atrocities except for embezzling of money." I said.
"And to be honest, there's no difference between him and your fiance. They are both murderers." I cooed.
"Your lack of reasoning is inspiring." Tolani scrunched her nose in disgust.
"That's the way of life. I can't survive on sentencing thieves and rapists." I teased in a singsong manner.
"You have been doing this for a very long time and you seem not of afraid of doing another. No wonder you don't have a family." Tolani moved closer to me.
I laughed loudly out of the blues.
"And how sure are you that I don't have a family?" I teased.
Tolani stood up dusting her pants and looking intently at me.
"David has been following you for the last three weeks and you didn't visit anyone special. You kept going from work to home and I am not surprised that you are really a lonely man." Tolani said.
"Now you know I have nothing to lose."I said gritting my teeth.
"You do know there's no way you are walking out here alive." Tolani said playing with the buttons of her shirt.
"I have a good feeling that you will soon die." I teased.
"And why is that?" Tolani bent to catch the words about to come from my mouth.
"Because if there's anything I am good at ,it's surviving." I said sternly.
The rod forgotten in my hands became resourceful as I grabbed hold of it with the little strength in my veins and I swang it towards the direction of the person I loathed second to my brother presently.
The steel rod rested in Tolani's chest as she gasped loudly. I was barely finished as I pushed the rod farther into her chest and she fell to the ground in an enormous pool of blood.
JOHN'S POVI reclined into my seat, reading newspapers were exhausting. The same headlines everyday. I knew that if I wanted to act like a judge at least I should be able to take a book and read on it.I stumbled on a textbook titled Elon Ad Vortem. It was an unfamiliar language that kept me intrigued. I checked it up on the internet and I couldn't belive that the meaning was so simple in contrast to the name itself. It meant Peace and Justice. I opened the pages and flipped through it .It was quite an heavy and voluminous textbook and the bulky paragraphs didn't help my condition.I can't do this. I opted to ask for Eniola's help.I yelled her name but I got no reply. Maybe she was trying to ignore me as usual. I stood up and checked through the glass windows and Eniola was fast asleep like a bird except that she was snoring loudly.I wanted to wake her up but I was scared of th
JOHN'S POV"Eniola why do you have anti-depressants in your bag?" I asked."Well it's for a friend, she asked me to buy it for her." Eniola said smiling."It's half filled Eniola." I stated shaking the bottle."Well it's none of your business." Eniola said grabbing the bottle from my hand."You just made it my business." I screamed."Eniola, get inside the car please." I continued.Eniola looked at me briefly. She waited for me to open the car and she flew into it without saying a word. There was a moment of silence in the car as Eniola kept tapping her hands on her laps in nervousness."I am going to drive to where we can talk about this." I stated.I got no reply from Eniola as she looked outside the window. I sighed deeply and the car kicked into life. There was a provision store nearby a
JAMES'S POV"Are you mad?"That was the first statement that jolted me back to life. The trailer didn't hit me. Apperently, the driver seemed very experienced in situations like this. My eyes opened to meet a furious driver hitting his car in anger."If you wanted to die. You should have taken rat poison instead of saving yourself this stress. Why do you want to implicate me? I can barely make ends meet." He screamed."I am so sorry sir. I didn't mean to jump in front of the road ,I am injured sir. Please help me." I said dropping on my knees.The driver inspected my injuries carefully, drinking in the possibilities of leaving me on the road to die or taking me to an hospital."Are you an armed robber."He said taking few steps backward."No sir, I was kidnapped." I said panting heavily."Alright, I'll get you to a h
JOHN'S POVA part of me felt pity for James and another part was giving in to less concern. I shifted comfortably on the chair wondering how James was ever hospitalized. He might have had cancer, I thought sheepishly. I shifted my head in confusion as the first ray of sunlight entered into my eye and I whispered silently. I stood up and adjusted the window blinds and the door knob shifted again to give a spotlight view of a stunning Eniola in a white gown."Good morning." Eniola greeted shly."Good morning Eni."I said smiling, letting go of the window blinds."Thank you for yesterday." Eniola said dropping a foodflask on my desk."I figured you might not have had breakfast." Eniola continued smiling."Oh yeah. Thank you." I said chuckling.Eniola smiled once more and left. Throughout our brief conversat
JOHN'S POV"What are you doing here?" Mary screamed."And why are you driving James's car?" Mary added."It's not the way you think it is." I said, opening the car door."Tell me the way it is then." Mary said vibrating her leg in an angry manner."You see, James went on a holiday and he didn't want to tell you because you might worry." I said, placing a trembling hand in my pocket."Then why are you with his phone?" Mary asked, raising a brow."He said you disturb him a lot." I said wearing a fake smile.Suddenly she held me by the hem of my suit and screamed."What have you done to your brother?" Mary yelled."How many times do I have to explain that he travelled?" I said raising my arms in pretense."And by the way I just came to relay the message. I would
ENIOLA'S POVKemi dragged my braids backward with a force that was shocking and she garnished my face with a beautiful smack."What do you think you have just done?" I cried out, holding the agonized cheek."I just taught you how to respect people." Kemi said smoothing her hair.I made to drag Kemi by her indecent top but I was stopped by John who stood between us acting as a peacemaker."Why are you stopping me from disciplining her?" I screamed, holding out my right hand."I won't allow my office to be a boxing ring." John said smiling."Let me bring the thunder on her." I retorted, lurging for Kemi's neck."The only thunder you are bringing is by being mature." John yelled, folding his arms meticulously."Alright." I whined, bolting the door. &nb
JOHN'S POVI took one last look at myself in the three quartered mirror in my office to access my look. The suit stuck and clinged to me like a second skin. I knew I was already adding weight. Today was the final hearing of Mr Olugoke. It was a bright Monday morning. Everything felt normal and sequential. There were no news of James but I hoped that he was alright. The tie was laying on the desk but I had no idea how to use it on my neck. The previous ones I used were already laid and crafted in the wardrobe."Do you need help with that?" Eniola said, opening the door slightly."Sure, I had no idea you were there." I chuckled.Eniola walked up to me wearing a grin, she placed a hand on the desk to pick up the tie and threw the tie on my neck. Eniola looked short even though she was in heels. At a point, I felt like a teenager. My heart was beating rapidly because of her soft hands d
JOHN'S POVFor the first time in my fake world, I was delighted with myself. I was basking in the glory of finishing a case without breaking a sweat and everything was made easy with Eniola. I heard quick strides of heels and I knew who it was without looking back."Great job." Eniola said, patting me on the shoulders slightly."I know. I am the best." I said blushing furiously.We walked to the office, giving each other brief smiles as I was too happy to wonder what would become of Mariam. As soon as I turned the door knob, Kemi jumped in my face holding fries and chicken wings in a bowl. Eniola's face turned to a scrowl as she leaned on the door with a stuttering elegance that looked more stunning than a model on the runway."Don't you know that it's unhealthy to give your boss such food at noon? Don't you know it contain so much sugar that would lead to diabetes