Tarasha - Season 1 - Episode 108

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Tarasha - Season 1 - Episode 108

**Forty five minutes later**

The officers led Henry out of the cell, he had handcuffs in his hands and legs. His face was swollen and badly bruised, his white singlet had turned to a cloth of three different colours; brown, black and bloody red.
‘That’s her, your niece Tara.’ the officer said, pointing at the lady where she was seated. Henry could not see well with his eyes from afar, he felt tipsy as he tried to look. The officer motioned him forward and they got to the table were she was seated. There were several other tables in the same place with prisoners and their visitors.
‘You have only six minutes,’ the officer said and left them alone.
For the first few seconds, Henry refused to sit, he kept staring at the face. This wasn’t Tara, it was an impostor, so he thought until she spoke.

‘Please Henry, sit ‘ she said to him in a teary voice.

Henry was baffled, this was her voice he heard but it was a different face.
‘Sit down, my face is disguised.’ she said and wiped the tears in her eyes with an handkerchief, careful not to clean the makeup.
Henry then took his seat and continued to stare into her eyes. It was the same eyeballs as Tara, he was now convinced it was her.
‘I want to get you out of here,’ Tara continued in low tones. ‘You have to cooperate with me.’
‘No, I don’t want to get out of here.’he replied confidently.
She stared at him in shock and disbelief, how could he say he didn’t want to leave the place with his body battered and his face deformed, almost unrecognizable again.
‘What are you saying?’ she asked in a shocked tone. ‘I could help you get out by tomorrow and leave to another country.’
‘No, I don’t want to get out of here, it won’t stop the police from coming after you. I want you to get out of here and go to somewhere far with your brother.’
‘What do you mean?’ she asked, baffled, she couldn’t understand his kind of mentality.
‘I’m already labeled a criminal, it’s of no use for me to escape. But I want you to leave before the police tortures me enough to get out information about you.’
‘I don’t understand you.’
Henry stretched his hand on the table and held her palms, he sq££zed it and felt the warmth. ‘You need to leave this country with your brother, leave to a place you can start a new life of positive impact, where you can live your real life, that’s all I want now, I don’t need my freedom.’
‘But I can’t leave you suffering here,’ she argued.
‘You have to,’ Henry insisted. ‘You have a bright future and for that bright future to come, there has to be a sacrifice.’
‘You don’t have to make the sacrifice, I did all I did myself and I have to take responsibility for my actions.’
‘No Tara, I can’t let you do that. It’s going to bring an end to what I see that you can become, you have the qualities in you to make the world better, and that is where you’ll find your real happiness. I don’t want freedom in expense of your happiness, I’ll be free in my heart once I see that you’re doing good.’
‘No, Henry,’ Tara shook her head in tears. ‘I can’t let you do this.’
‘Please let me do it,’ Henry said, using his hand to turn her face back to himself.
‘No, I can’t.’


‘Yes, you can. Look at me Tara,’ he held her face with his two hands. ‘I don’t have any other life to live if I get out of this place, my joy is to see you happy and alive.’
‘No, I need you to get out of here.’ Tara said stubbornly with tears now dropping from her eyes.

‘You don’t need me Tara, you need to be happy and I’ve told you what to do already.’

‘I need you Henry, I can’t be happy without you.’ the words dropped off her mouth like a bomb of so much impact, both to her and Henry. ‘You’ve showed me how to be happy and I want to do it with you.’
Henry stared at her face in silence for some seconds, how he wished she had said that a long time ago, maybe a solution would have been found and things wouldn’t have deteriorated to this level. Maybe they could have left the city and go to somewhere else where they could be happy together but things had gone worse already, he had to make this sacrifice for her to continue living happily.
‘The people of the world are cruel and they’ve made me like they are,’ she continued. ‘If I want to be happy and live a life of impact like you’ve taught me, then I have to live it with you, I have to learn by watching you live it.’
Tears flowed down from the eyes of the both of them, their foreheads touched each other’s with Henry both hands on her ears.
Tara moved her head backwards a little but Henry’s hands was still on her ears. ‘Please, let me help you leave here and we can go somewhere else afterwards.’
Both of them spotted the officer who had brought Henry coming back with another officer, they knew the time he had given them was up.

‘It’s too late Tara, it’s late; I don’t want both of us to be hunted for life, we won’t still be happy that way. I’ve taught you all you need to know about a happy life already, you have to live it without me and You CAN’
‘No Henry,’ Tarasha said with tears rushing down her face.
‘Time’s up, please get up!’ The officer pulled Henry away from Tara.
‘Please do what I’ve said,’ Henry pleaded as the officer pulled him up.
‘No Henry, No,’ she screamed in tears and watched Henry as he was being dragged away.
‘Please, do what I said.’ she could hear Henry’s voice echo in her head as they dragged him out of sight.
*
**About an Hour later**
Tarasha was still in tears as she drove back home, the tears had almost washed away the makeup on her face but she was still well disguised with it. She continued to ponder on all Henry had said. She wished that he would agree for her to help him get out of the place but he had refused and said that the only way he could be happy was if she did what he suggested; and that was she and Jefa leaving the city to go and live somewhere else happily.
The thought was too much for her to bear, she pulled over to the side of the road and broke out in tears. After a minute of crying, she cleaned her face and picked up her phone. Then she dialed Cole’s number.
‘Hello Boss,’ Cole’s voice sounded eager. He had been on a long break and was already expecting the boss’ call.
‘Hello Cole, how are you doing and how is Aisha?’

Cole’s reply was delayed for some seconds, he was surprised at his boss’ tone. ‘What’s the matter boss?’ he asked instead of replying her greeting.
‘Cole, I’ll send twenty million naira each to you and Aisha’s account after I’m done with this call, I’m paying you off, I won’t be assassinating again, so I don’t need your services anymore. I advice that you live a good life with the money and stay away from killing people.’

‘Boss…’ Cole had lost his voice, he couldn’t believe what he just heard.
‘Goodbye Cole,’ she said and ended the call. She closed her eyes for a second and took in some air, she opened them back and started her car engine. It was time to go and meet her brother, get him to leave the country with her and live that fulfilling life that Henry had taught her and sacrificed himself for.

She had just driven further for only five minutes and was few metres close to the house. She met with two cars approaching from the return lane, she recognized the driver of the first car, it was Don Daniel, Cole’s former boss. She was staring at him but he couldn’t recognize her because of the disguise. Then she saw in the second car, seated at the back seat, the man who defiled her at eight, Inspector General Rikau.
Fear gripped her heart, the worse came to her mind, she could only think about Jeffrey. She increased her speed and got to the house in three minutes. In a matter of seconds, she had parked her car and was rushing into the house.

There was nothing suspicious around, the door was firmly locked. She took out her key and entered into the house quietly. Then she saw in the living room, something that would change her life forever. Jefa.
Jefa was lying in his pool of blood, two bullets hole were in his forehead and chest.
That was it, the only reason she could live a happy life gone. Her whole body vibrated as she knelt beside the dead body, the diary was on the floor stained with a drop of blood.
She saw a note written with her brother’s blood as the ink. It read, ‘The Danjuma’s family must all be wiped out, we are coming for you, Omotara.’

She tried to hold in herself but it was impossible, she let out a scream that reverberated throughout the whole city.
‘Cole, start preparing Aisha’s heart. The killing is just about to begin, I’ll pay you triple of what you earn already.’ Tara said into the phone.


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