One week later.
The past week has been the most dangerous weeks of her life, knowing that all the threatening messages and attacks were because of what she saw, and she is not planning on exposing them but at least they should let her be.
A week passed by and she had recovered from her trauma, the threat message had stopped too, and maybe locking herself in isn't just the right option since she is letting her mom do all the house chores, go to the market and a lot more which is unjustified to her.
So she made another tough decision, today is the day she wants to visit the grocery store again but a different one this time, since she can't keep on hiding forever, besides they might have given up on finding her.
She walked out of her room and the sunlight shone into her eyes. It kind of hurt her since it has been a long since she last saw the sun. She rubbed her eyes and tied her bandana head tie, and her mom saw her.
"My daughter, you finally got out of that room, I'm so glad." She said,
"I know Mom, I can't keep on hiding forever, it may just be an unplanned attack and not on me." Akina replied.
"That's the spirit dear; I can at least have some rest now." She said,
"Yes, I will do the laundry; I will sweep the compound and go get groceries." Akina replied.
Her mom is so excited; Akina collected the broom from her mom and sweetly swept the compound neatly.
After that, she does the laundry and she is now getting ready to go to the grocery store.
"Please be careful my child." Her mom said.
"I will mother, take care too." Akina replied and made her way out of the compound, this time she put on earphones so no noise would distract her.
Listening to her favourite song and nodding her head makes her feel like nothing else matters.
She arrived at the grocery store and started getting all the things she needed and in her mind, she is relieved that nobody followed her today.
**Alfredo's Mafia empire**
Sergio and Alfredo were all seated on a black couch and in a black room where it's almost impossible for once to see his finger but they are used to it, and living in the dark is almost the same for them in the light, they can do whatever they want.
"So Sergio, when are you planning to completely take over your father? I mean it has been a long time since you launched weapons and drugs, plus you haven't trained new armies yet, your enemies won't wait for you, the guy knows." Alfredo said.
"You know my brother, he thinks negatively about this, I'm just waiting for my father's burial and Ricardo will fly back to London, so I can take over everything."
Sergio replied.
"Are you scared of him?" Alfredo asked.
"Of course not, I just love him coz right now, I'm the only one he has, dad, entrusted his safety and well-being to me so I have to do everything for the main time to please him." Sergio answered.
"There is no word like Trust among the mafias; this is just a sign of cowardice."
Alfredo said Sergio was about to speak when Alfredo's phone rang loudly.
"Hello?" Alfredo said.
"The girl is back at the market, we are keeping our eyes on her, and she is walking through the grocery store to pick up some food." The caller replied.
"Her last food on Earth, I won't tolerate any mistake this time, if you don't kill that girl, then you will die instead, be careful not to do any mistake." Alfredo warned.
"Yes, boss." The caller replied and the call ended.
"Good news, we got the girl on our track."
Alfredo announced.
"Wow, that's great news, I thought Ricardo said he got it under control, we don't have to continue searching for the girl." Sergio said.
"You are a weak Mafia, while I'm not, this time it surely is a Rest in peace for that stubborn girl." Alfredo replied.
"Okay, that's very good; your clients from Nairobi ordered his weapons, he called a few hours earlier." Sergio said.
"Oh, I will deliver it after they kill the girl."
Alfredo replied and they cheered with a cup of wine.
Back at the market*
Akina was almost done with the shopping when something hit her in her heart, she feels like she is getting watched by someone again.
As much as she tries to shrug the thought off her head, her brain and heart stay alert.
The gangs, sensing that Akina had noticed their presence, sneaked out using the back door.
"This girl is wise and smart; we can make any slight mistake." One of them said in a thick voice.
"You are right, if we try to kidnap her, she can outsmart us and escape just like she did the first time and look at how they all get killed because of her, master Sergio's only word is killing, and if we return without her, they will surely kill us." Another replied.
"So kidnapping her is not a good idea right now, I think I have a plan."
Another said.
"What's that?" They all asked.
"Instead of mAkinag this attack artificial, let's make it natural." He replied.
"How?" They asked again.
"We should set this place on fire, there are dozens of gas around this area, especially the shop she is in, if we set the place on fire, everyone will think is natural and no one will claim damages or the securities won't be involved, and there is no way that girl will escape from the fire." He suggested.
"Wow!" They exclaimed, nodding positively.
"You are the youngest but the smartest, we are mafia, we don't care about how many people die, we have to kill our own target, master Sergio will give us huge awards." The leader said and they started searching for a gas pipe.
They were able to find it and they wore their mask, cut the gas connection then they quickly left the shop.
Akina, who was busy shopping, started smelling something weird.
"What's this?" She asked herself and they started hearing people screaming, one of the masked guys appeared with a grin on his face.
"Rest in peace girl." He said and lit up matches, that's when she realized that the weird smell was a gas smell.
"No, no, no please." She pleaded
She tried to run but it was too late, the place is already on fire.
The masked guy jumped through the window and threw the matches in the shop, mAkinag the fire to explore more.
She tried to use her phone but there was no network.
The door is on fire, the smoke has gathered and her body is hot, sweat falling on her face uncontrollably.
She started coughing hard as the smoke is affecting her more than the fire.
"Is this how I am going to die? I cursed the day I saw that scene, I should have walked away and never turned back when u heard that noise in the forest." She said crying.