She Dies - Season 1 - Episode 55

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She Dies - Season 1 - Episode 55

Tanzanki lit a cigarette and pulled on it, “We
meet in the bunker in two hours for the final
lap of the preparation. May God accept our
brothers as Tanki bows in Lavington, and
Zainade in Roman Ridge.”

Musalam remained expressionless but in the
next second, he forced a smile and nodded. A
bow in their terrorist world meant death and
he knew that in the next two hours, he was
going to see Tanki and Zainade for the last
time. Though dying for the group was a
routine and reality they were already
accustomed with, the more he thought of
Tanki and Zainade getting burnt to ashes in
Ghana and Kenya, the more he felt bad and
wished their fate would be reversed.

They were the only two he had taken as real brothers since he became a terrorist and was already finding it difficult to imagine life without them in the group.

Tanzanki saw he was absent-minded and said,
“I think I’m done with you. Go home and rest before we meet in the bunker.”

He had nodded and left Tanzanki’s apartment.

The driver got to a pothole some kilometers
from the University of Abuja, slowed down and
changed the gear. He looked at Musalam in
the rear-view mirror, saw that he was lost in
thoughts and changed the cassette to Kcee’s
Pullover. He pressed down on the accelerator,
watched the speedometer rise to 140,
increased the volume of the radio and started
humming the song. Musalam asked him to
reduce the volume a bit and when he obliged,
he started brooding over what he would be
facing in few minutes time and for the first
time in his life, he became afraid. He fixed his
mind on the plan and felt his head sway.

The plan was that when he got to the church, he would allow the security men to arrest him;
then after they had questioned him and he had given his false confession, Tanzanki would
arrange to break him out of prison within a
day. But what if something goes wrong? He
thought. What if there will be no opportunity
for a prison break? At a point, he considered
changing the plan and embarking on a suicide
bombing instead but immediately discarded
that thought; Tanzanki would never forgive
him if he tried that. He ran a palm through
his stomach and felt the bomb. Everything
would go as planned. He forced a smile.

Tanzanki would definitely break him out as he
had always done. He started nodding his head
and heard the driver shout, “I said we’re
already there!” and figured he had probably
shouted that a couple of times but he hadn’t
heard him. He looked through the window and
realized the driver had already applied brakes
a stone’s throw to a signpost that read
Catholic Diocese of Abuja. St Thomas Catholic
Church Gwagwalada. He dug into his pocket,
brought out three five hundred naira notes and gave the driver. He got out of the car, stood and watched until the driver was out of sight.

He glanced at his watch, it was 9:15AM and
he turned around and made toward the huge
gate guarded by four military men. In two
minutes, they were searching him and
disabling the bomb and few minutes later,
they were putting cuffs on his wrists and
slapping and kicking him.