Action thriller :-Tarasha Season1 Episode45b

TARASHA
EPISODE 45B

Danjuma began to fasten all the locks and close every light entry into the house. He never imagined that a day like this would come. When he was transferred from Lagos state to Maiduguri in Borno state seven years ago, the country was not experiencing any visible terrorist attack then. All of a sudden the group sprang up from nowhere, it was rumoured that they've been underground since the regime of the former president, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo.
The area he and his family stayed in Maiduguri was one they that was believed to be safe from these attacks but recently their environs had began to feel the heat.
The Boko Haram group became more noised around the world when on the night of 14 - 15 of April 2014, they kidnapped over 270 girls at the Government Girls Secondary School in the town of Chibok in Borno State.
Since then a strange kind of fear had beclouded Danjuma's heart but he refused to voice it out as the Man of house. He resorted to praying and hoping that the terrorism would end soon.
He ran around the house piling up heavy loads at the door of the main entrance to the house. In case the attackers break through the door, the obstructions would give him more time to escape with his family.
Before he knew it, several voices had already assembled at their doorstep, banging on the door. Danjuma ran around the house, trying to find where the rest of his family were hiding.
Gbam! There was an explosion. A metal plank hit Danjuma on the back as the loads he placed at the door scattered about from the effect of the grenade. He fell to the floor bleeding profusely.
Seven men with hoods covering their faces barged in through the exploded entrance. One of them sighted Danjuma immediately and charged towards him.
The terrorist dragged him up. 'Where your family?' He asked in pidgin English, demanding where the rest of Danjuma's family were hiding.
Danjuma stared at him helplessly without saying any word. The man dragged him on the floor and proceeded with the rest of the crew to search the rooms.
After five minutes, two of the terrorists returned with the mother and five kids to the destroyed living room. Rikau who seemed to be the leader of the team dropped Danjuma on the floor and licked his lips as he sighted Lydia open thigh in her gown. He motioned towards her with a evil smile.
'Drop am for floor' he ordered the terrorist holding her by the collar.
He smiled wickedly again before he knelt down beside her and stretched his hand underneath her gown. She tried to resist but he slapped her face hard and blood rushed down her nose.

He smacked his lips and pulled out her tight underwear, dipping his finger into her privates. She screamed.
Danjuma stood up with the remaining strength left in him and charged towards the molester but was stopped halfway when someone hit his back with a metal rod. He fell down flat.
Rikau left Lydia temporarily while two of his men held her down for him. He removed a dagger from his pocket and motioned towards Danjuma. Another two of his men lifted Danjuma upright for their Boss' attack.
The dagger was pierced into Danjuma's left eye and the ball was plugged out. The children screamed in horror as they saw this. The second boy couldn't take it anymore and rushed to Rikau and dealt him punches at the back. His attack was short lived as machete was ran through his neck and his head fell off immediately.
The rest of the children sobbed uncontrollably as two other men pointed a gun at them to keep them down. The eldest son, who was sixteen at that time began to offer emergency prayers to God amidst tears.
Rikau continued his evil and pierced the dagger into the second eye. He plucked it out too.
'These heads and blood is for god' Rikau laughed scornfully. 'Dear god in heaven, accept our sacrifice. We know you are pleased when we kill unbelievers and spill their blood to you. Please prepare a nice place in heaven for us as you have promised'
He screamed and thrusted the dagger into Danjuma's belly before he returned to complete his unfinished business with Lydia.
She screamed uncontrollably as he molested her viciously. He got up after satisfying himself, he spat on her and watched she panted heavily. But he was still not satisfied yet. He turned his gaze to the children and gave another wicked smile, motioning one of his boys to bring Omotara forward. He licked his lips wickedly again.
'Comot her cloth' he ordered.
The boy wasted no time in carrying out the order. His strength was too much for Omotara to resist as he undressed her in less than two minutes. Rikau stared at the underdeveloped body with an evil eye. His eyes were fixed on her breasts which were just shooting out. Someone held on to his legs tightly as he motioned forward. He turned back to see Lydia pleading for him to leave his daughter. His anger was kindled the more.
He signalled to two of his men and they dragged Lydia up. He used his dagger to tear off her cloth which was already soaked in blood. He pulled away her bra and squeezed her breast wickedly with his hands. He took his dagger close and sliced the left side. Her screams echoed through the whole building as the men laughed sardonically.
'My god, this is for you. We thank you for your provision' he shouted as he drank out of the blood oozing out from her body.
'Our god is great! Our god is great!' The rest of his men chanted happily.
Rikau ordered his men to drop Lydia's body on the floor and he turned back to face the horrified girl as he dropped the dismembered part. 'Lay her on the floor for me' he commanded.
Joe, the youngest boy escaped from where he was kept and raced to Rikau who was already bouncing on the body of his sister.
Two quick bullets were sent into the boy's forehead and he fell down immediately. The shooter did not stop at that, he matched towards the lifeless body and detached the head with his machete. His evil act was followed by another round of chants 'god is great! god is great!'
Omotara's screams filled the atmosphere as Rikau handled her with no pity. Her two brothers, the eldest and Jerry the immediate younger one , remnant of her family watched in tears helplessly as their sister was abused by the wicked hood wearing man.
... to be continued
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Action thriller :-Tarasha Season1 Episode45a

TARASHA
EPISODE 45A

Henry ushered Evelyn into the living room after turning on the light.  She walked in briskly and sank into the sofa before he joined her.
He walked past her and proceeded into the kitchen. He returned thirty seconds later with a chilled bottled water and a glass cup. Kneeling beside her,  he poured the water into the cup and handed it to her.
He stared at her exposed thighs in the mini gown and licked his lips as she gulped the water. He immediately rebuked himself as he tried to return his mind back to the matter at hand after it had drifted to sex.
Evelyn returned an empty cup to him and relaxed back into the sofa. Henry got up and dropped the cup and bottle on the centre table before taking his seat beside.
'Are you okay Evelyn?  You seem to be destabilized since I mentioned "God" in the car." Henry begun,  with great concern heard in his voice.
Tarasha swallowed hard as she tried to frame up something. Except for the first outburst she made which even took her own self by surprise, the rest of the emotional trauma she had been performing were all acting to cover up the outburst.
She gave a scream when Henry talked about God's love, does that mean she still had some emotions in her. No, she thought. Her emotions had been killed, she was supposed to have no feelings.
Her scream at Henry's mention of God had been prompted by a bad memory that flashed back through her mind.
'Is there any problem? Talk to me, I can help you' Henry asked again when he got no reply.
***Flashback - 17 years ago ***
May 27, 2014.
'Happy birthday you, Happy birthday to you, Happy birthday to you Taraaa... Happy birthday to you'  little Omotara blushed as her family sang and danced around her joyfully. It was her eight birthday and the family was celebrating her in their usual manner of celebrating each other.
Omotara was blessed to have a very joyous and family. She was the only girl amongst the four boys, so she was somehow treated specially.
'How old are you now? How old are you now? How old are you now Taraa... How old are you now?' She beamed with smiles as they waited for her reply.
'I'm eight years old now, I'm eight years old now...' She sang back in response and as cheered by everyone.
'Now, you'll cut the cake at the mention
of the name JESUS'
'J..E...S...U...S. Jesus!' Everyone called as Tara slid the knife through the small cake. The family moved close to her and hugged her one after the other. After which they proceeded to the dining room.
After few minutes of enjoying the fried rice and chicken specially prepared by the mother of the house, Lydia, the family moved to the sitting room and settled down with their bottles of soft drinks. As their custom was, the celebrant, Omotara sat on the rug in the middle of the sitting room. She would be answering questions from every member of the family that had one for her after which they would answer her own questions and then she would wrap it off with a wish , which would be provided if possible immediately and prayed for together by the family if it was for the future.
'Aunty Tara' Joe, the youngest boy began. They usually begin in ascending order of their ages.
Everybody stared at the four year old boy wondering what he had to say. The boy became shy as he noticed that everybody's gaze was on him.

'I don't have any question' the four year old boy said in his babyish voice and quickly buried his face in his mother's lap.
Everybody's moved their gaze to Jerry who was sitting with his legs crossed, a small pillow was on his laps and his arms were resting on it.
'Ask your question' Tara sneered at Jerry who was delaying.
She and Jerry had always been like rivals. The young man who was just six always tried his best to bully his sister with his manpower, but Tara who was a girl with unusual strength refused to allow him ride her anytime he tried to, she always confronted him boldly.
The recent duel between them had been three days ago when their Dad had gotten "Puff puff" for them from work. Their parents had left them to share it amongst themselves while they proceeded to the room.
Tara did only rebuke Jerry for picking his portion before her, his elder sister and Jerry had aggravated the matter by rubbing his oily hand on her nose. She didn't take it lightly with him as she pushed him hard and he fell on the sofa. He dashed with speed towards her and before their older brothers could say anything, they were already rolling over each other on the floor, kicking and hitting themselves hard.
'Do you love me, Tara?' Jerry broke the silence with a question that surprised everyone.
'Yes, I love you Jerry. You're my brother' Omotara replied.
'When would you stop fighting me and respect me like a boy?' Jerry continued, with a serious look on his face.
'The day you start respecting me and treating me like your elder sister' Omotara answered again. Everybody turned their eyes to Jerry again, expecting the next question.
Their father spoke when he was sure there no other question was coming from Jerry. ' Jerry, you see... Tara is your elder sister and you have to start treating her with respect, if not even I , may have to start forcing you with my cane'
Jerry squeezed his mouth, he stared at his father's face for a while before getting up and walking towards Tara. He pecked her on the left cheek and apologised. 'I'm sorry'
'Good' everyone clapped and cheered as the two hugged each other.
On and on went questions and answers until it was the father's turn. He asked Tara what she would like to be in future and why?
Tara cleared her throat before she began. 'I would like to be a medical doctor. I don't like seeing people sick or dying. I like to save lives and save people from pain. I want to discover the cures for so many diseases which has kept people in bondage'
Danjuma listened to his daughter in silence, he knew she would do all she said. She was intelligent and had a strong will also, he had seen her display it several times. It wasn't long after that he became distracted by some strange sounds.
He stood up and walked to the window, he slightly opened the blinds to check what the sound was, the rest of the family were still listening to Omotara with keen interest.
'Get into the room, all of you' Danjuma suddenly ordered in a panicking manner.
All eyes turned to him for an explanation for he continued to stare outsidpe the window.
'U zobu zobu, U zobu zobu!' Strange distant chants were heard approaching.
Danjuma looked horrified as he saw several people who tried to run fall down as bullets pierced into their bodies.
'Get inside!!!' He shouted louder this time. Lydia picked her children and led them as they scampered in fright to find an hiding place in the house.
Danjuma began to fasten all the locks and close every light entry into the house. He never imagined that a day like this would come..
... to be continued
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Action thriller :-Tarasha Season1 Episode44c

TARASHA
EPISODE 44C

**PRESENT**
'My sister died that day and till date, I've not been really able to stop missing her. We were so close, always found moving together when it wasn't school or work time' Henry fought back tears as he narrated the story to Evelyn in his car.
Evelyn placed a palm on his shoulder, she stared into his eyes as she thought of what to say to him. What bothered her mind most was that her plan hadn't worked out, she wouldn't have allowed them meet each other if she had any idea that they were enemies.
Still, she wasn't feeling any pity about Henry's sister's loss, but she had to make herself feel something so that the acting could go on smoothly.
'I understand how you feel but didn't you take any step to report the matter?' She managed to say.
'I did, but there was no proof. My parents even had to pay for damages as ordered by the court. His father was a very influential man then, so it was easy for him to go scot free'
'What about the two other guys?' Evelyn asked.
'I couldn't recognise them, I'm sure I would have seen them with Dare after then but I couldn't point accusing fingers when I wasn't sure' Henry explained. 'Dare was later withdrawn from the school by his father before the next semester and was sent to restart his university education overseas'
'Hmm' Evelyn sighed.
'My sister's death doesn't really hurt me as much as the manner at which she died' Henry continued. 'She died in a most horrible manner, they stole her dignity which she held in high esteem and after then took her life'
Evelyn helped Henry cleaned his face as drop of tears rolled down his face. She really wondered how he felt. And what dignity was he talking about? She frowned.
Well... She and numerous other girls were molested sexually for several years by uncountable ruthless men in the Nefary Clan in the most brutal way. Rape meant nothing significant to her anymore.
'Sorry I had to make you meet an enemy, I never knew Dare was that kind of person' Evelyn apologized.
'It's okay, I forgave him a long time ago' Henry muttered.
'You've forgiven him?' Evelyn seemed surprised. To her and the Nefary Clan, forgiveness was a sin. Those who forgive are weak and deserving of death
'Yes'
'You don't want to get back at him?' She stared into his eyes, a strange kind of emotion began to overwhelm her. 'You don't feel like making him pay? Or making sure he dies too?'
'No, I'll rather act like God. God doesn't kill even when you wrong him, he still loves you'
'Naaaah...' Evelyn suddenly screamed and flung the door open. 'god is a killer and love doesn't exist'
'What? ' Henry got out of the car, shocked by Evelyn's new display. 'What do you mean?'
Tarasha was dumbfounded. Even she was shocked at her outburst. A button had been pushed, her emotions weren't dead, some elements of feelings still remained in her.
'Are you okay, Evelyn?' Henry moved closer to her. She was the one who needed consoling now.
'Please, can you get in?' He motioned her back into the car and winded up the windows, cutting away the stares of several onlookers in the garden.

++++
Dare threw his phone angrily on the sofa as he stormed into the living room. The maid that opened the door for him had quickly hid herself to avoid receiving his anger.
He never knew he was going to ever meet Henry again. He had stopped involving himself in cultic activities since he started the new university in the united kingdom. He had also dropped his other vices, of course except for partying, alcoholism and womanising, those ones were inbuilt "talents".
Henry had suddenly showed up now that he had decided to drop womanising and partying as he already started developing feelings for Evelyn. He wished they had gunned down Henry that day. He suggested it to his friends but Julius refused, advising him that the way to really punish people was to leave them to feel their pains after the torment.
He bit his lips in anger as he sat briefly on the sofa, loosening his shirt buttons. He had to act quick and act wisely. Killing Henry now would make Evelyn dread him more or even testify against him, he was sure that Henry would have told her about his bad deeds after he stormed out of the restaurant immediately.
Maybe he wouldn't have stormed out in that manner, he could have waited and tried to pick up a conversation with Henry in pretence that they did not know each other and deny the accusation vehemently of Henry tried to raise any. Or he could have been the one to stay and would have allowed Henry to leave and then feed Evelyn lies about him. But it was too late, he had already acted like a criminal caught red handed.
He scratched his head. Henry had to die, and Evelyn too. He thanked God his feelings for Evelyn had not developed into something big, he could still do without her.
Moreover, she was a friend to his enemy and a friend to his enemy was also his enemy.
'Hello Afo' he said into the phone. 'Meet me at my house in the next twenty minutes. I have a job for you'
.........
Chief Jubril sat comfortably into the leather sofa, skimming through the Weekly Sun newspaper. The newspaper was just a distraction, his mind was on something else. He was thinking about the event of the whole day.
AA Ltd according to his research would be a very good partner to do business with. It would further improve the image of his own companies in the international sight. The only thing that troubled his mind now was his doubts about Evelyn. She could just be an impostor claiming to be Alexander Amaechi's daughter. He needed to find a way to confirm her story.
He smiled as his thoughts drifted to his son. The boy must really be 'jobless' for him to leave his own company matters and accompany someone else to do business. He wished his son could just have investment ideas like this Evelyn seemed to have, he would just make his own billions in few years. But his son wanted to become a lawyer, he was even studying law before he withdrew him from the Nigerian university after suspecting that he had begun to move with bad guys.
He picked his phone and dialed a number as another thought flashed across his mind. He bit his lips, waiting for the call to be answered.
'Hey Afo' he hailed and smiled at the response. 'Were you at the office today? ... okay, there was a lady who came to the office with Dare, I want you to keep an eye on her from tomorrow. I want to be know her movement'
He heaved a sigh of satisfaction as he dropped the call. No one could play pranks with him in Nigeria, the country is his domain.

++++
'Who's that?' Dare asked the haggard looking Afo who just ended a call.
'It's one of my clients' Afo hid the truth from him.
'Ok...' Dare continued. 'There's this girl I've been going around with recently, have you seen her with me?'
'The one you came to Chief Jubril's office with?' Afo asked.
'Exactly' Dare nodded in affirmation. 'I want her dead... and there's this guy following her around now'
Afo exhaled deeply as he thought about compiling the father and son's job together. The father wanted the girl monitored while the son wanted her killed. Whatever beef was between the girl and the family was not his business, he only needed their monies.
Dare racked his brain trying to put together what best description would tge second target. He remembered that he saw Henry's ID card hung on his neck. 'His name is Henry, he works with the cameras security corps' he explained.
'You don't have his picture?'
'No, you have to do that job. When you find out someone who you suspect to be him, send me his picture for confirmation.' Dare said and got up to leave.
'How do you want the job done? Should we hide away their bodies or leave it in public?'
'Let the bodies never be found' Dare stated. 'I want them killed on the same day and it must happen before Friday'
... to be continued
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Action thriller :-Tarasha Season1 Episode44b

TARASHA
EPISODE 44B

**flashback **
8 years ago
Dare stormed into the house in a furious manner. He stopped at the living room and to stare at his two friends playing a video game, they both stated back at him in surprise, the look in their eyes demanded an explanation for his attitude. He ignored the duo and proceeded to his room.
He returned in few seconds, holding a pistol. He was about to dash out of the house when he was blocked by one of his friends.
'Where do you think you're going to with that thing in broad daylight?' Julius questioned, pointing to the gun in Dare's hand.
'Julius, leave the way' Dare replied in an angry manner.
'Leave which way? Give me the gun first' Julius ordered.
'Julius, leave the way now. I have to drop the two of them'
'Abeg, give me something jare' Julius dragged the gun from him unexpectedly and pushed him to the floor.
'You want to implicate the rest of us? You don't even know how to use a gun well yet' Julius fired as he returned back to his gaming position.
'Julius' Dare grumbled as he got up from the floor. He clenched his first and teeth as he stood in between the gamers and the television.
'What is wrong with you?' Julius barked. He shook his head furiously and gave a calm down signal to the other friend who was about to flare up.
Julius and Justice were three hundred level students of the university while Dare was an hundred level student. Dare's wealth, father's influence and frequent clubbing were what attracted Julius to lure him into the fraternity just after the first semester.
Dare did not go through the rigorous initiation process as he was seen as an "Ajebutter" and his money was really needed in the fraternity at that time, so the leaders of the group did not bother.
Just three weeks after his "gentle initiation" , Dare began to behave in an unrestrained manner.
'Jennifer dared to lie to me, she said she doesn't want to have a boyfriend now and I'm found her passionately hugging another guy' Dare lamented.
Julius stared at him awkwardly. 'Is that all?'
Justice picked his bag, hissed and shook his head before leaving the sitting room.
2 days later
The scar faced guy zipped his button and put on back his trouser. He spat on Jennifer who was panting heavily on the floor, he never knew he wouldn't enjoy having sex with a virgin. Her clothes were torn off her body, her legs were widely spread and tied apart with different ropes, her hands were also tied in the same manner.
Dare bent to have a last quickie but was slapped on the back by the third guy. 'Is it not okay?' he whispered angrily. 'Let's get out of here'
Henry's vision was still blur as he was still suffering from the impact of the butt of the gun on the back of his head, but he could clearly recognise Dare who he had met before. His sister, Jennifer had also told him that Dare was asking her out.
As soon as the rapists left, he turned his face to the direction where his only sister was tied and was panting heavily. He managed to get up after a few staggers , his vision was still very blur as he proceeded towards her. She was already having an asthmatic attack.
He frantically searched through her torn clothes for the inhaler but it was nowhere to be found. Tears flowed down his eyes as he watched his sister struggling for her life helplessly.
Shakily, he got up and struggled to untie the ropes. It was after four minutes he was able to cut off the ropes. His sister had stopped breathing.
...to be continued
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Action thriller :- Tarasha Season1 Episode44a

TARASHA
EPISODE 44A

**20 minutes later * *
Tarasha carefully observed her image formed in the mirror as she posed in front of it in her pink mini gown. Her makeup was well done to match her the attachment used to plait her hair and her dressing as a whole.
Her phone rang as she picked her bag to walk out of the room. Dare was calling.
'Hello' she said in a low tone, she wasn't expecting his call.
'Hello Evelyn, I'm on my way. Let's have lunch' Dare spoke hastily.
'Huh? Dare, we can't...' She was still talking when the call ended.
She paused for a while to think of her next step. Henry just called that he was already waiting for her and now, Dare was also coming for her.
'Well, it'll work together' she said to herself and headed to the restaurant.
*5 mins later *
Henry and Evelyn sat opposite each other on the table as they awaited the return of the waiter.
'So are you really shy or you're just pretending?' Henry broke the silence.
Evelyn chuckled as she turned to face him. 'Do I look like a shy person to you?' She asked in a melodious manner.
'No, not at all.' Henry gave a short laugh. 'I never knew you could sing too'
'I don't sing.' She said and relaxed back into her seat, giving enough space for the waiter to serve them.
Henry gave a look at Evelyn as he watched the attendant serve, he was surprised that she only ordered for drinks. He continued after the waiter left. 'Are you new in this city? Or what are you doing in a hotel?' He suddenly changed the subject.
'I'm new' she answered with a smile. 'I've spent almost a week here, I'm came to do business'
'Ok... Where are you based?' Henry rolled his eyeball.
'Canada, with my parents'
'Oh! I see. I was thinking you were just one of our linguist here, your English doesn't sound Nigerian'
Tarasha chuckled. 'For how long were you in Canada?' Henry continued.
'Over ten years of my life' she replied. 'My parents relocated there when I was at a very young age'
Henry paused and shook his head from side to side in a doubtful manner as he murmured 'Canada, Canada, Canada. Your English doesn't really sound North American either'
Tarasha's phone rang, interrupting their conversion. 'Please, excuse me' she said before answering the call.
'I'm in the restaurant' she answered the caller's question. 'With a friend... Yes, come over'
She ended the call and stared into Henry's face in a pleading manner. 'I'm sorry, a friend of mine wants to see me'
'It's okay' Henry sounded indifferent. 'Let's make an order since you already asked the person to come here'
'Don't bother, maybe when he comes' Tarasha said. 'He doesn't really take soft drinks or juice'
'Ok.' Henry felt strange as she revealed her visitor was a male.
'So you can have friends?' Henry continued in an attempt to make the atmosphere lively until the visitor comes.
'What do you mean?' She laughed. 'Everybody has friends'
'Is that so?' He laughed too. 'You sometimes look too serious to have friends'
'How?'
'How? Except for today, you don't look as m friendly as this on the other days I met you'
'Hmmm'
'Or you're not always friendly to strangers?'
'No... I'm friendly to anyone I can be friendly to'
'But the day we first met. The day I bumped into you in the gadgets shop, you were...' He paused. 'You responded in a very harsh manner and ...'
'And even reported you to soldiers' Evelyn completed his statement. Her face turned dull. 'I wasn't really in a good mood that day, I'm sorry and you were...' She stopped.
'I was what?' He demanded anxiously.
'You were scary that day. The way you followed after me got me really scared'
'I thought I knew you from somewhere before. Sorry about that'
'It's okay. I should be the one apologizing' She held his hand which was placed on the table.
Henry laughed suddenly, shaking his head side to side. 'What?' Evelyn asked with a surprise smile.
'It's just funny remembering what happened that day' Henry raised up his head to face her. 'What did you tell those guys that day? They were not even ready to listen to me'
Tarasha joined in the laughter. 'Did they hurt you so much?'
'Not too much, a friend came to my rescue'
'I'm sorry' she said holding his two hands on the table in a manner.
'Its okay.' He smiled.
'I have a question to ask you.' She said after taking a sip and relaxing back into the seat.
'Yes, what question is that?'
'How did you know my location? Have you been following be around?' She gave him a serious look.
The question met him unprepared. The juice spilled from the glass cup he took a sip from as he coughed. He cleaned his mouth with an handkerchief and apologized.
Evelyn stared at him indifferently. She handed him tissue paper to clean the table and continued to stare at him with waiting eyes.
'I... I have not been stalking you' he managed to say. 'In fact, I'll never try that after what happened before'
'Okay, how then did you know my location?' She cut in impatiently.
'I...' Henry was looking for words to say when he got distracted by Evelyn's eye movement. He turned back to see a guy staring at them from few metres away, a look of discontentment was on his face. The guy slowly approached them.
'Your friend?' Henry whispered as Dare came nearer.
'Good evening' Dare greeted as he added a third seat to the table.
'Welcome Dare, meet Henry. Henry, Dare ' Evelyn introduced both guys to each other.
Dare struggled to turn and look at Henry's face, Henry already extended his hand to him. Dare was about to take his hand hesitatingly when they recognised each other. Two longtime enemies had just met again.
To be continued...
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photos:- A 34-year old man stabs a lady to death and surrenders self.

A 34-year-old man, Isaac Sackey, has surrendered himself to the Police after stabbing a Nigerian lady to death and locking her up at his Spintex residence in Accra.

The suspect inflicted knife wounds on the thighs and stomach of the lady whose name is only given as Tina. The police report says an argument ensued between the two when the lady took one hundred and fifty cedis from the suspect after they had sex together overnight. She is said to have threatened to stab Isaac, but rather ended up being stabbed with her own knife. Isaac is said to be a psychiatric patient.

The Accra Regional Police PRO, ASP Effia Tenge, who confirmed the incident to Citi News, said, “just around 2:00am, we had a gentleman who surrendered himself to the police. He gave his name as Isaac Sackey, a 34-year-old man.

According to him, he stabbed a lady to death in his room and locked her up. We escorted him to the said room and we found this lady in a pool of blood with knife wounds on her tummy and tighs so we had to get him arrested so we start with interrogations.”

She added that “the body has been deposited at the Police morgue. But according to the gentleman, he met the lady on the Spintex road, he bought drinks for her.

She is believed to be a sex worker so they went to his apartment, a single room in a compound house where they had an engagement.

After that, the lady took GH¢150 and an argument ensued between the two of them which led to a confrontation.

The lady took a knife and wanted to stab him, but he quickly overpowered her and rather stabbed her.” “He went to the Accra psychiatric hospital to report the incident, but was made to understand that he had to report to the police.”

According to ASP Effia Tenge, the deceased, a Nigerian, is believed to be in her 30s. She said efforts to get persons who can identify the deceased have proven futile.

Source: citifmonline.

Action thriller :-Tarasha Season1 Episode43b

TARASHA
EPISODE 43B

Evelyn smiled. 'I might be young but when it comes to business and investments. I'm a very mature lady'
'Hmm...I see' Jubril paused for a while and tapped his pen on the table before he continued. 'So does that mean we're dealing with you directly?'
'Something like that, but I'm still working under the cover of my Dad's company so he's gonna be involved too'
'I want to get it right' the man said as he adjusted on the seat. 'Are working with you as another firm or with AA Ltd, your father's firm?'
Evelyn smiled, she was impressed by the man's quick action in gathering information about her supposed father, Alexander Amaechi and the company. Vladislav, the Russian had done the great job of organizing the trick after the last video chat she had with him.
'My father's firm'. She blinked. 'Let's just say I'm their representative'
'Why don't you just do it with your own name?' The man relaxed in the swivel as he asked. 'I believe you are planning to develop your own brand, don't you think it will be nice if your brand is first to market our kind of cotton in Canada?'
'Hmm...' Evelyn stared thoughtfully.
'I think it will give the new brand a quick image boost' Jubril quickly added.
'I already thought about something like this sir'. Evelyn began, mentioning each word slowly. 'But the challenge I may have now is getting a license to import into Canada. The laws there are kind if strict on new firms'
'That's where your Dad comes in' Jubril leaned forward. 'You can register under his umbrella for now and pull out when you're strong enough'
Evelyn heaved a sigh and rested back into her seat, considering the man's suggestion. After some seconds she sat up again.
'I'll discuss it with my father' she said with a smile, in a concluding manner. 'Let's discuss the real deal now'
'Oh yea, sure' Jubril obliged
.................
'Mr Henry' Sylvester called as he walked into his office. Henry was already seated on the visitors seat, waiting for him.
'Good morning Mr Sylvester.' Henry stood up and extended his hand to the man.
'Good morning Mr Henry, how are you doing today?' Sylvester replied, taking Henry's hand in his.
'Fine, thanks' Henry answered as Sylvester walked to his seat.
'So, whats new?' Sylvester questioned as he sat down.
'Nothing is new'. Henry said bluntly.
Sylvester looked up and stared at his face. 'We can't locate the bug manufacturer' Henry continued. 'But the manufacturer can locate us'
'What do you mean?' Sylvester placed his hands on the table.
'Every connection has been caught off by the manufacturers already, we can only trace it to them if the manufacturer decides to reconnect' Henry explained.
Sylvester shook his head in frustration, unable to let out any word as his mouth opened and closed again.
'I'm afraid they would not connect again. I mean why should they? They no longer need the bug for anything, I'm sure they have several of it'
'So are you saying there's nothing we can do?' Sylvester asked, vibrating.
'Yes, except the manufacturer decides to connect back to it' Henry continued boldly. 'And when we sense any connection... ' Henry paused and stared at the man's face.
'When we sense any connection?' Sylvester asked eagerly.
'It would be a trap, the Assassins would trap us the same way Robin was trapped' Henry stated.
Sylvester breathed heavily. He placed his hand on his head in a sorrowful manner, murmuring words to himself.
'Is anything the problem?' Henry asked with a note of concern in his voice.
'Everything is.' Sylvester answered. 'My job is at stake here'
Henry laughed. 'Come on sir, stop being a "sisi" ,don't let the government push you around like a toy'
Sylvester looked up to his face as if to ask for more explanation. 'Yeah' Henry continued. 'I thought you work was to make sure the surveillance cameras security are not hacked again?'
'Yes, but how do we do it if we can't locate the source'
'Sir?? Henry stared into his face. 'Do you know that other countries, including America have related cases too? No other country has made so much progress like we've done in the investigation of this case, so the government cannot do anything to you, they should be thanking you for your efforts'
Sylvester remained silent and kept his eyes on Henry.
'See what I've got here.' Henry dipped his hand into his pocket and brought out a tiny metal chip. 'This is the material used to send audio and video signals to the manufacturer's server'
Sylvester watched keenly and listened with rapt attention. He stretched his hand to receive the chip and it was placed in the middle of his palms. 'This looks strange' he said.
'It's not Nigerian, I'm sure it was made outside Nigeria' Henry added.
'Or could it have been made in Nigeria here by a foreigner' Sylvester suggested.
'Yes, that's another likely possibility'
'I think the perpetrator of these crimes are not Nigerians. For the fact that it's even happening in other countries' Sylvester said.
'True.' Henry nodded as he reasoned Sylvester's suggestion. 'There has to be a connection'
'Well, that's the police's job' Sylvester quickly added. 'Let's find a way to stop the breaks in the camera transmission that has been occurring'
**
Henry heaved a relief sigh as he got into the driver's seat. His meeting with Mr Sylvester finally ended on a good note. He picked up his phone to check the time, it was one o'clock noon. His mind drifted slowly to Evelyn. He stretched to pick his laptop from the back seat and placed it on his lap as he pressed the boot button. After about three minutes, he dialed Evelyn's phone number.
'Hello' Evelyn's voice came up.
'Hi Evelyn, how are you?' Henry began excitedly, punching some keys on the laptop keyboard.
'Fine' she answered dryly.
'Where are you now?' Henry asked.
'I'm in my house'
'Are... you... sure?' He pronounced one after the other as he got her location on the laptop. "Ely Max Hotel" was the location spotted, it was just fifteen minutes drive from where Henry was.
'Yes... Why are you asking?'
'Nothing really'
'Okay'
'Yea... I'll be waiting for you outside the hotel in twenty minutes time, would you let us meet?'
'What hotel?'
'The one you're in, ElyMax, I know you're not at home'
'Oh... How did you know where I was?' She asked with a chuckle.
'Never mind for now. I may tell you if you agree to meet with me'
'Okay, but let's meet in the hotel, I don't want to go out, we can stay in the restaurant and talk' Evelyn suggested.
'Hmm... Nigeria girls, she wants to eat so she asks for a date in the restaurant' Henry smiled as he murmured to himself.  'No problem' he said aloud.
...to be continued
Previously on Tarasha Season1 Episode43a

Action thriller :-Tarasha Season1 Episode43a

TARASHA
EPISODE 43A

13/01/2031
Dare and Evelyn drove into Julal Ltd by exactly 7.30am on Monday morning. Dare was unusually silent throughout the journey, he kept stealing glances at Evelyn who seemed surprised by his behaviour. He kept avoiding discussions anytime she tried to start one.
Several had been floating through his mind since he had the conversation with his Dad on phone. The man had suggested that Evelyn could be a fraudster, but he didn't think so. She appeared so calm and sincere to him, lovable too. She has been the only person who had been able to break the chain of clubbing every Friday night for him, since the three years it started.
Could she really be a fraudster? He stole another quick glance at her face as he turned off the car engine. 'Here we are' he said to her.
She made a sign of the cross and smiled to herself, wondering where she learnt it from, she had never been religious. Well, she was taught how to act very well.
'You seem nervous' he said with a smile.
'I am nervous' she said and turned to look at his face. 'I'm meeting with the chairman of one of the biggest cotton companies in Africa'
'Well' he gave a chuckle. 'He's my father and I can assure you that he's not hard to deal with'
She stared at his face. He gave a nod and smile to reassure her.
'What are we waiting ? You should get going'. He opened the door at his side. 'I have some other things to do here too'
'Okay'she smiled and arranged her suit jacket properly, waiting as he turned to open the door for her. 'Thank you.' She stepped out.
'Hey! Dare' someone called, making Dare turn back.
'You should go now. Beep me when you're done' he said and gave her a pat on the cheek before turning to face his caller.
'You'll have a nice time with my Dad. That's if you're not a fraudster.' He frowned and bit his lips as she left his present.
'Dare , what did you say?' His friend asked.
'Not you' he smiled and shook his hands with the friend. The walked away.
**8.10**
'Welcome Miss Evelyn Alex.' Jubril Lawal stared at her intently.
'Thank you sir' she said and adjusted her sitting position.
He sat into the swivel and turned his desktop screen to himself. 'Just a minute' he pleaded as he focused on the computer.
The dark complexioned man was dressed in a black suit and blue shirt with a white tie to complement it. He looked too active and strong for his age. Except for his face and his belly which slightly protruded out, one could mistake him him for a few young businessman.
'Alexander Amaechi' he murmured to himself as he read through something on the screen.
Tarasha seized the moment to study the physical appearance of her target very well. She also studied the office and figured out the position of the camera. The window was also large enough to escape through after killing the man but the barrier was the burglary proof metals.
'I heard you only arrived in Nigeria few days ago, hope you didn't have issues locating this place?'
'Dare helped me, he brought me here' she answered.
'Your Dad is a very good businessman. I wonder why I've never heard of him before.'
Evelyn smiled back. 'He's kind of based in Canada and doesn't really do business outside of North America'
'I see... So what attracted him to us here?' Jubril asked.
'I' she replied. 'I had a business idea and shared it with him and he liked it. I told him I'll like to travel to Nigeria and he agreed'
'He agreed? You look too young to handle a big business idea '
Evelyn smiled. 'I might be young but when it comes to business and investments. I'm a very mature lady'
...to be continued
previously on Tarasha Season1 Episode42d

Action thriller :-Tarasha Season1 Episode42d

TARASHA
EPISODE 42D

...........
18/01/2031
'Good morning Dad' Dare voice sounded lively as Chief Jubril answered the call.
'Good morning son' the man replied. 'How is everything?'
'Fine Dad' Dare replied and then went straight to his reason for calling. 'I have one of my friends who would like to do business with you'
'Your friend?' The man seemed surprised.
'Yes, my friend' Dare answered. He seemed surprised too that he called her his friend. It was not up to one week that they had met and he already developed trust and friendship for her. What endeared him to her more was the listening ears that she gave to him. She was not like the other girls that he met who were only interested in developing a relationship with him because of his money. He too had always played along with them and used them only for sex and dump them after a while without releasing so much money like they expect him to. That has made several girls label him a tightfisted person.
'Your friend? Are you sure?' The man asked again.
'Come on dad' he urged. 'Why are you talking to me like I'm a kid?'
'No Dare, don't get it wrong' the man pleaded. 'You hardly keep friends who are into business or investments, so I'm just surprised'
'I just met this wonderful Lady Dad' he continued with excitement. 'She seems industrious and business minded'
'You just met her?' He  replied with a note of suspicion.
'Yes Dad' Dare answered. 'She's a Nigerian but grew up in Canada with her parents. Her parents own large companies in Ontario Canada'
'Hmm... Dare' the father sighed. 'You can't just trust someone you just met'
Dare was silent for a moment. His father's words left an impact on him, the loudness of his voice reduced. 'I think she's sincere'
'You think? You should not make conclusions based on assumption, she might likely be a fraudster' he fired.
Dare remained silent.
'What's her full name?' The Chief asked.
'Evelyn Alex' Dare answered.
'Her Dad's name?'
'Alexander Amaechi'
'Okay' the man jotted down the names. 'Tell her to come see me on Monday'
'Okay Dad, have a pleasant day'
'You too' Chief Jubril replied and hung up. He shook his head as he placed the phone on the seat. His son just disappointed him, he didn't expect that Dare would not be reasonable enough to be careful with a recent acquaintance.
He picked up the jotter where he wrote down the names. He was sure going to deal with the Lady if he finds out that she is a fraudster, he swore.
To be continued.. ..
previously on Tarasha Season1 Episode42c

Action thriller :-Tarasha Season1 Episode42c

TARASHA
EPISODE 42C

**7.30pm **
'When is your Dad coming to Nigeria?' Dare asked Tarasha who sat opposite him, playing with the spoon around the plate.
'He might come visiting when I have established something big' Tarasha answered after munching the food particles in her mouth.
'I see. Your family is a business minded one' he said playfully.
'Just like yours' Tarasha remarked playfully.
'Not everyone loves business in my family' he frowned. 'I personally don't like business'
'What do you mean?' She asked with a chuckle.
'I would have loved to be a lawyer' he replied sadly. 'But I had to tow this path because my father needed someone to take over his companies'
Tarasha remained silent and listened to him with keen interest.
'He gathered a lot when he was in government and he invested so much' Dare continued with a note of sadness. 'At a time he was in charge of securing the whole nation. He says he got fought by a lot of lawyers and wouldn't want me to become one of his enemies'
'If you want to be a top profile lawyer, you would have lots of enemies that'll want to bring you down, so he says. He doesn't want any of his children to fight  like he did'
Tarasha extended her hand on the table and held his hands in a compassionate manner. He stared into her face, he could see she felt his sadness. She gave a him a look of reassurance, like she had been his friend for ages.
He had been with so many girls but always, his only aim was to sleep with them. This one was different, he felt like he could pour his heart to her.
'Tell me about your father?' Tarasha pushed further, with the main aim of gathering more information about her target. 'How did he gather so much money to invest with?'
He stared at her face once again without saying a word. She quickly added more soothing words to reassure him. She squeezed his palm in hers. 'I mean he's a success, that means he had a mind of an entrepreneur unlike so many other retired public officers who are living off their pensions and gains during service'
He smiled. 'My Father had some businesses he was involved in before serving the country. He used his gains at that time to invest more for the future'
'Hmm...'Tarasha nodded silently and relaxed back into her seat, unsatisfied by the response.
Dare smiled and continued.
'When would you love to meet my father?'
'I already left that for you to fix' she answered. 'Since you said you were going to help me talk with him'
'Sure, I will' he reassured. 'You'll most likely meet with him next week'
'Thanks' she smiled.
'So what about your boyfriend?' He changed the topic.
'Boyfriend?' She seemed surprised.
'Yes'
'Well, I've got no time for a boyfriend right now. I want to establish my business first'
'Huh?' His eyes widened as he laugh. 'You seem to just love business more than everything else'
She joined in the laughter. 'Not really. I love my parents more, they mean the world to me'
'Huh ho! Nice' he smiled sheepishly.
He placed his hand on his stomach as he suddenly began to feel uneasy. He covered his mouth with the other palm as he gave a silent belch.
'Can you excuse me for a minute' he said and got up from the seat.
'Oh yea sure' she permitted with a smile.
She frowned and picked up her phone as he left. Her instinct told her something was happening as her network bar kept fluctuating, but she wasn't sure of what it was.
++++++++++

**9.30pm**
'What? Data inaccessible?' Henry exclaimed at the pop up message on the laptop screen. How can that be? Does that mean that Evelyn was using an unregistered sim?
No, but it wasn't possible to use a sim card without registering it first. So why couldn't he access Evelyn's registration details on the network bearer's database? Or was it that the network bearer has made their database unhackable?
He dropped the laptop on the bed and stood up to yawn and stretch himself. His eyes met the wall clock, to his surprise it was twenty minutes to five. He was planning to call Evelyn by nine pm. but he didn't know when the time passed as he was carried away by the desire to find her full name and details.
He picked up the phone and dialed the number as he sat on the bed. The call was answered after it rang the third time.
'Hello Evelyn' he said pleasantly.
'Hello' a tiny voice replied.
'How are you doing?'
'Fine'
'You remember me?' He asked.
'No, I'm actually expecting an introduction'
Henry smiled. 'It's Henry, we met earlier today'
'I remember' she replied calmly, with less enthusiasm.
'Yeah, so how's your night going?'
'Great, yours?' She managed to reply.
'Awesome'
'Alright'
'So when would we see again?'
'I don't have an answer to that question now' she answered softly.
'Can we meet for lunch tomorrow?' He offered.
'I'm not sure I'll be free' she replied nonchalantly.
'Not sure? Tomorrow's Saturday' he said.
'Yes, I know. I also have things to do on weekends'
'Would you be busy all through the day? Maybe we can meet by evening time'
'You know what? I'll call you if I'm less busy' she said and ended the call immediately.
Henry dropped the phone slowly. He wondered why she was acting so hard. His mind suddenly returned to the mystery surrounding her phone number registration details. He quickly checked the true caller application on his phone if it had recognized the number but the app did not show records of the call. That got him more suspicious.
He bit his lips as he remembered that he could have traced the call and gotten more information, including her location. He thought of calling back and tracing it but suspended it for another day.
He cleared his throat as he got up from the bed to pull his shirt. Why was he even getting unnecessarily suspicious about an innocent looking girl anyway, he thought. Maybe the sim registration just had some errors from the network bearer's database. He had earlier decided and even included in his new year resolutions to stop intruding into people's personal life through his knowledge of hacking. He didn't know how he found himself doing it again when he was aware that it was a crime and was wrong morally.
He was about to hang his shirt in the wardrobe when his mind changed again. He saw the jersey he wore earlier that evening. His name on the collar was printed in very small characters and that made another question arise in his mind. How was Evelyn able to read it from the distance she was standing? He also did not remember turning his back to her, so she couldn't have seen the name there.
She must have known him from somewhere else, he thought, remembering the feeling he had when he met her at the gadgeta store. She also could have lied about her name. He must find her real name. He was going to hack illegally once more and get her real details and location. Just once more!
...........
To be continued.. ..
previously on Tarasha Season1 Episode42b