Louisa, a young lady in her mid twenties was an orphan. She had a brother by name Mark. Their mother had left them with their father while they where still kids. Their parents where never married though. Their father died about six years after their mother had left them. At the time of the passing of their father, Louisa was nine and Mark was five. Three years after, Louisa couldn't bear the torture from her uncles: who where also trying to kill Mark so as to claim everything that belonged to their father since Mark was his only son the heir. She ran away from her hometown along with her brother to a secluded town where she got into a gangster to substain a living.
The gangstar was made up of seven people; five men and two ladies, with the oldest of them in his early fourthies (at the time he had brought up the idea of Louisa and Maxwell's marriage) who was also their leader. They had robbed time without number, from houses to shop rights, malls and banks. They had afford a bit of a luxurious life from the lifestyle and so hardly engage in crime activities compared to some time back. Louisa was at the time sponsoring her brother, Mark; who was presently in the university and had gone back to their hometown as arranged by her. None of the 'gangstar crew' knew she had a brother except Anita who was the closest to her and the only fellow lady. With the help of Anita, she had travelled back to her hometown along with her brother and claimed and secured everything that once belonged to their father and handed it over to his brother Mark when she was twenty two years. She had ran away from her hometown with the relevant documents of her father's assets. Anita was about three years older than Louisa.
They had embarked on different crime activities. On many occasions, Anita was sent to seduce rich and popular men and later blackmail them with either a photo or video clip. Anita however, never had sex with any of them during the process. They had earned alot from that until Anita was almost sued to court by a man who they attempted to blackmail. She narrowly found her way out which marked the end of the blackmail activities. Louisa at the other hand was very excellent with the trigger. She never missed and always proved to be poisonous; which attracted her the name, 'Venom'. The seven of them had engaged into different businesses which brought them alot of income and as such, reduced the rate at which they got involved in crimes. Louisa owned a jewelry, duodorant and cosmetics company which was popularly known within the country for the quality and originality of it's products. She named it 'LM company LTD'; where the LM means Louisa and Mark. On the other hand, Anita had several shop rites, mallls, super markets and warehouses. Louisa and Anita jointly built a house at the outcast of the town(Abinsi) where they lived together.
Abinsi as a town was known for its quietness and calmness even though it haboured alot of gangsters. The various gangstar made sure the town was secured and calm even as they carried out their dubious crimes in the neighbouring towns.
Anita was quite a lover girl but Louisa had never been in love before. Infact, she cared less about men and was only found of her brother. The first time she had falling in love or admired a man was when she saw Maxwell; a famous artist and businessman popularly known as prince prime. Right before then, she loved Maxwell's songs and as a matter of fact, was a very big fan. Prince prime was a talented singer and had won many music awards within and outside the country. He owned a music label named; 'Prime's Music Empire'(PME). He had a simple lifestyle which made him admired by many. He helped many and never had any form of pride even though he was rich, famous, talented and came from a wealthy family.
Louisa was standing by the roadside outside the 'Dim club' one fateful day around 10 p.m waiting for Anita when Maxwell drove stopped near her. She couldn't believe her eyes. How on Earth would a famous celebrity be driving alone within the city at those odd hours? She however couldn't uphold the charmness of her favorite musician. He offered to give her a ride but she refused. He was about to verbally urge her to hop in when Anita drove park in front of Maxwell's car. She hurriedly told him her friend is already here to pick her up as she walked horriedly into Anita's car with a strange feeling and consciousness that he might be an evil spirit that just transformed into Maxwell's form. As soon as she entered, Anita drove off while Maxwell made for the club.
Back on her bed, she couldn't sleep, thinking about Maxwell's charmness and personality as she also imagined some romantic scenes involving him and Maxwell. She had never felt so nervous, sleepless or lovesick like this before. At daybreak by 7:30 p.m, she received a phone call from Dondu; the boss of their gangstar. She hurriedly went to meet him at an old abandoned warehouse as directed by him. On arrival, they exchanged pleasantries before Dondu started.
"I have a mission for you" Dondu said. Her eyes popped out a little bit with nervousness. "What's it?" She asked as they gently walked through the warehouse. "I want you to get access to all Prince Prime's assets and claim all of it." Dondu replied. "How can that be possible?" She asked in confusion. "Marriage. Yes, a contract marriage", Dondu said as he stopped in his track and turned and faced Louisa. "What!!" Louisa nervously shouted with shock written all over her.
She walked to and fro of the spot where they stood with frustration before she finally said, "I will think about it" as she walked away from the premises. "I expect to get a feedback by nightfall" Dondu said and Louisa just waved her hand at her back as a sign that she heard him. Louisa drove back home but Anita wasn't around and her phone number wasn't reachable. She kept thinking about the about the whole issue all day through and then later in the evening decided to go clubbing. She used a commercial vehicle. She saw Anita on reaching the club; who was dancing. Louisa never wanted to interrupt her so she went directly and sat in front of the bartender and ordered a drink. Anita noticed the expression on her face but couldn't go to her as she was too busy with her dancing. She said in her mind that she will check on her later.
Louisa sat there drinking for close to two hours before Maxwell came to meet her. They laughed out loudly during their conversation when Maxwell made mention about the scene at the roadside and Louisa said she thought it was a ghost. The discussion lasted for one hour thirty minutes before Maxwell left. Dondu came to meet her and she accepted to go on the mission before she met Anita and told her when they where driving home.
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The rest of the gangstar crew were never in support of any 'mission' again as they were satisfied with what they had achieved. However, they felt obligated to their boss, Dondu and as such hardly oppose his motions. Louisa also accorded to the mission due to how she thought she was obligated to him. All of them had been helped by Dondu countless times right as teenagers as he was the eldest of them. He most at times earned their daily meal by engaging in some crimes such as grabbing some food stuffs from a kiosk and running way. The rest of the crew heard the mission and were not in support or happy about it but couldn't oppose. Dondu was capable of everything and at the moment, was heavily bodyguarded by heavy gun men. Dondu however was a 'money thirsty' human being. He had up to more than twice the assets owned by the rest individual members of the crew. Due to the murmurs and words he had heard from the rest of the crew, he decided to name it the 'last mission'.
Louisa had also stayed with an aged woman of about sixty six years when her and her brother had first arrived Abinsi. The woman had cared and showered them with alot of motherly love before she met Anita who introduced her to the gangstar. She was 15years and Anita was 18 when they met. She told the other members of the gangstar she had no relatives as directed by Anita. The first five years in the gangstar was very tensed up as they commonly found picking pockets and running for their lives. But at 20, Louisa knew how to operate a trigger perfectly and so joined the other into robbery; who were about 5-7 years older than her. They were chased countless times but always got away as they had someone who was very good at the wheel and sometimes got saved by Louisa's perfection with the trigger who sometimes shot the driver or punched the tire of the vehicle used by their chasers.
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Louisa spent the next day thinking about the whole issue and hating herself for a reason she couldn't tell. Was it for loving Maxwell? Or for accepting Dondu's mission proposal or for joining the gangstar or for her parents' absence. Never in her life had she regretted about any decisions asuch.
She was still deeply lost in her thoughts when Maxwell called. They talked for three hours on the phone. Anita had walked into the room about an hour after the call began. Maxwell made Louisa smile at different intervals. Louisa kept smiling and clinging her body together through out the call. Her happiness and smiles turned into that of anger and self disguise immediately after the phone conversation ended. She sighed a breath of frustration and Anita who was sitting on the bed ready to sleep said to her as she layed down on the bed to sleep, "Hope you find your way out of this whole mess. Good night".
Three months from then, Maxwell had taken Louisa out for dinner dates on countless times and had also proposed marriage. He even introduced her to his parents who admired her alot. Maxwell never cared hearing anything or asking about her past and only got to know the story of her parents when he requested they see her parents. However, they travelled to Korinya; Louisa's hometown, where they observed all the marriage protocols with the presence of her brother and the 'head of the house' ; keeping her jealous uncle's away from everything. They got married and did a white wedding which was all over the news; about prince Prime's wedding.