Moses woke up from his deep sleep. His heartache returned again as only one thing bothered him. His wife. A nurse came in with a white nylon branded with the logo of the hospital. It was his drugs.
"You've been discharged sir" she said as she handed him his drugs. The heartache increased more and more as he thought of how to contribute to the investigations to help in speeding the process. A thought came to his mind. He smiled as he dialled some numbers on his mobile phone. Almost immediately, journalists representing different social media platforms in their hundreds came towards him. He stood on a stage in the hospital lounge as he waited for the noise to settle. And of course, it did. Then he started his narration.
"I'm Moses Adam Maurice and I'm the CEO of Mars Group. " Cameras of different types took photographs of him as well as the light was threatening to blind his eyes.
"Please, I'll be brief, the woman in this picture has been missing for over three days now" The tone of his voice was getting too emotional but he managed to control it. He brought the picture closer to aid the journalists have a better view.
"I promise you heaven and earth, all that is within my power, no matter what, name it, the prize anything, just please find her". He stopped as to control his tone. He closed his eyes but couldn't help as tears rolled down freely down his cheeks.
"Her name is Winnie Lola Maurice, thirty two years of age and 5 feet tall. Find her and please contact me" His bodyguards came in troops as they led him to his convoy. Before the reporters could make any move, they've all zoomed out of the area
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Winnie was chained to the wall as well as looked pale. She was fed with spoilt food items but couldn't resist it due to the nature of the hunger she felt.
"Ooh Ms Maurice" a croaked voice said as he came closer to her. The news popped on the television, with Moses in the hospital lounge giving a speech.
"Moses" Winnie gasped as tears rolled down her cheeks.
"Awwww, do you miss him, or should I make you to" he asked mockingly. Winnie got extremely annoyed. She tried to break off the chains but she couldn't.
"Ooh you weakling" he said caressing her body.
" Trust me when I tell you that when I go mad, even demons run for cover" she said sounding bass. This amused the old man as he laughed out his heart.
"Story for the gods " he muttered within himself. Winnie was still forcing her hands out of the chains, when the old man noticed this and punched her hard. He got up and went towards the high end of the wall where a camera was placed.
"As you can see Moses, I'll soon add torture" he said as he clicked on a button.
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Moses sat on his chair still in deep thought. The workers had carried his leftovers away. His chef came towards him and waved his hands as to attract his attention.
"What is it?" he asked, turning his attention to the chef.
"Please sir, I think I have a lead on your wife's kidnapping. " Immediately he heard this, Moses rushed him and held him tightly.
"Which leads?, Where is she!!" he asked thus popping too many questions at once and at the same time putting the chef in an uncomfortable position.
"I think, the people that kidnapped your wife are Elba and Matthew" the chef replied. He instantly remembered what the Detective Rod told him.
"What makes you think so?" he asked after regaining his composure.
" Promise me you won't run mad"
" Run mad for what? "
" Just promise"
" Alright, I promise" Moses replied. The chef dipped his hands in his pocket as he brought out a beeper and handed it to Moses. Moses took the beeper from him and played it.
Matthew: I don't think we should kill her?
Elba: No, don't let's use her and blackmail him, then maybe collect a huge ransom from him.
Matthew: Aaah, yes that's true let's try it.
He played it three times to be sure it was their voices. He was about to go beserk when the television instantly turned on. It was a live video between the old man and Winnie. After some minutes, the television turned back off. The beeper fell on the ground as the chef picked it and moved far away from him. He knew what his master was capable of when annoyed. Moses picked a fork on the table and launched it with a great force towards the television . The resultant reaction was that the television screen scattered to pieces thus revealing the inner components.