Must Read: A man

7 years ago

Must Read: A man

WEDNESDAY MORNING.

It was six am, Helen had been woken by her
alarm clock and Pemisire likewise. Both were
getting set to start preparing for their outings
that day when they heard soft knocks at the
door. They glanced at each other and faced
the door, none of them was expecting a visitor
that early morning. “Who is there?”Helen
stood to get the door, putting on her slippers.

“T.j” The male voice replied.

“T.j?” Helen hissed and opened the door for
the guy, hoping to see the real T.j as said but
not the T.j she knew. “Please who are you?”
She asked.

“Ssh..”The guy held his lips for a moment
before some other guys came in and locked up
the door.

“Where are the documents?” A husky voice
spoke from behind.

“Documents?” Pemsire muttered under her
breath and scratched her head gently. That
was what she had presumed, she could see it
coming her way already. This is death. She
kept saying until another voice thundered.

“Where are they?”

The two ladies maintained their taciturnity for
a moment until the guys started their ultimate
search and found nothing like the attache
case, not to talk of the documents in it. The
room had been made topsy-turvy in short
time. “Get everything done.” One of them
commanded.

The deed was done instantly.

****

“The planned place, boss.” One of Lawrence’s
guys said on call before he ended the call.

It was some minutes to seven am, they have
gotten to the uncompleted building planned to
be used for their evil operation. “Just tie the
ladies.” One of the guys said, picking his seat.

“What did the boss say?” They all started
discussing between each other as some of
them got Helen and Pemisire tied up to the
pillars where they were, expecting Lawrence
then.

Few minutes after Helen and Pemisire were
tied up, Lawrence appeared in his native and
gold-rimmed glasses. “How far about them?”
He asked as he came in.

“They have refused to talk, we searched the
whole room but there was no document in
there.” They explained.

“One thing is just that did you do everything
as planned? I hope there was no trace!” He
said, moving closer to Pemisire and Helen.

“Yes boss. I said it, I said I heard it when one
guy was knocking at a door in that house
yesterday and was calling T.j” One of them
spoke.

“So you guys eventually used T.j?” He grinned.

“Yes Boss.” They chorused.

Lawrence laughed. “Where is the attache
case?” He approached the ladies.

Pemisire kept staring at him, breathing
heavily. Helen was downcast, she couldn’t
speak too.”

“Are you deaf?!” He pulled Pemisire’s head up by pulling her hair wickedly.

Pemisire groaned. “She knows nothing about
it, you should leave my friend.” She said.

Lawrence laughed. “Are you mad|?” He
frowned and released her hair. “If you refuse to tell me where you put the documents, I am
going to send you to…”

Pemisire interrupted. “Do I look I care too? I
wish to die too, IO wish to see my twin sister!
Death is something I am not afraid of, I am
not scared and not moved to an inch!”
Another hot slap landed on her cheek. “Do you
think you’ve started suffering? This place has
been secured, don’t think you can run
away,you will suffer till you die if you fail to
tell me the reality.”

“Everyone will still die, the time is just
different! You killed your best friend, you killed
my innocent twin sister, you destroyed my joy
and peace, what else should I be afraid of?”
Lawrence laughed again. “I see that you don’t fear death but do you know death is better than some treatments sometime?” He
questioned her.

“Pemisire…” Helen called her name.

“Don’t speak there!” She shouted.

“Let me talk…”