It's 7:pm at Minister Adam's birthday party in one of his Hotels. Party people were everywhere. Comedians and musicians had performed and were still billed to perform. Speeches had been made by all and sundry. Oil barons, Banking gurus, Drug lords, Governors, ministers, and top government officials etc were all at the party.
But for 27-year-old Fred Adams, he wasn't concerned about anyone. Not even his girlfriend by his side. He has just received a text message from his elder sister.
Throughout the evening, his girlfriend had been clinging to him, giving him little or no breathing space. But his eyes had been on his sister all night. She was dressed in that gorgeous and sultry Alexandra McQueen black dress he got for her during his last trip to Paris.
A single-strapped dress, it was obvious she wasn't putting on any bra like he had hoped. The dress showed the position of her nipples as her large boobs just pressed firmly against the light fabric. The slit of the dress was so long and he had been wondering if she wore panties.
He read the message again: "Room 045, come quickly"
All set and ready, he glanced at the clock 19:00 hours. He had been watching the birthday live on TV from his hotel room as he waited for the hour. Picking up the remote, he changed the channel to a different station that would give him national news.
**TV Channel**
Newscaster: .... Miss Sola Evans, the friend of missing girl Otis Daniel, has died this afternoon after battling with the injuries sustained from the bullet wounds their attackers inflicted on her a week ago. It could be recalled that at around a few minutes past 7:pm on the night of their attack, Miss Sola obviously while trying to flee from their attackers was shot at close range with the bullets piercing her lungs and her spine.
She was left for dead while her friend Otis Daniel, daughter of Dr. Daniel, the Chief Medical Director University of Cantina Teaching Hospital UCTH, was abducted. She had been unconscious in the intensive care unit of the hospital.
The hospital as soon as the news of her death broke out, was besieged by hundreds of protesting students who were angry about the lack of security especially around the students-dominated Etar-Agbor area of the university.
Speaking to our reporter, one of the protesting students, who claimed to be close friends of the deceased and missing girls and gave her name as Monalisa Dale had this to say…
Mona (sobbing): "It's so painful, we've been friends and classmates right from primary through secondary. It's just too much to bear. Students are continuously being abducted, raped, or murdered and the police keep on giving us their usual rhetorical statements of being on top of the security situation. They must find out the people behind all this and fast"
Reporter: "We were not able to speak with parents of the deceased girl who had been in the hospital since their daughter was admitted here but Dr. Daniel while speaking, said he believed the police would do their job and prayed for the safe return of his daughter.
Meanwhile, the mother of the missing girl and the wife of Dr. Daniel is said to be in stable condition after collapsing when the news of her daughter's abduction got to her.
Also, in addressing the crowd of protesting students, the commissioner of police, Mr. Ahmad Salim assured the students that no stone would be left unturned and that the police were already closing in on the perpetrators of the act. He assured them that adequate security measures have been put in place by the school authorities and the police to safeguard them against further occurrences.
Michelle Mayer, reporting from Cantina".
Newscaster: "Just a reminder to our viewers, this is the picture of missing girl Otis Daniel. You're advised to report to the nearest police station near you if you have any information or might have seen her.
When we come back from the break, we take you live to the banquet hall of Hotel de Viva, where Cantina Billionaire and businessman Minister A. A. Adams is celebrating his 60th birthday anniversary. Please stay with us, don't go away".
"Beautiful girl," he said to himself as he flipped to another channel for something more interesting than the Billionaire banker's birthday he had been watching elsewhere. A man destined to die tonight.
OTIS
Otis had slept for most of the day. For over a week, this was the first sleep she was having that wasn't influenced by drugs. Back on their training Island, they had always been drugged to sleep having been awake for most of the nights when they had their training.
She had woken up somewhat around 5 pm feeling very hungry. Downstairs through her window, she could see about three armed security men walking around. She went into the kitchen and prepared noodles and boiled eggs for herself. As she settled down to eat, she turned on the TV and the first channel that came up was showing the birthday party live.
She watched with indifference seeing the smiling face of her would be violator. She also wondered how many of all those rich people present there had skeletons in their closets because just like the birthday celebrant Minister Adams, they all looked responsible and law-abiding.
Done eating and leaving the TV on, she went back into her room for a well-deserved shower as she had been instructed to get dressed in the schoolgirl uniform and undergarments provided.
Returning to the living room at a few minutes past 7 pm, the channel she had been watching had switched over to their newsroom for the evening news. She sank into the couch while picking up the remote control so she could change the channel
And just on the screen, the newscaster said "...Miss Sola Evans, a friend of missing girl Otis Daniel, has died this afternoon after battling with the injuries sustained from the bullet wounds their attackers inflicted on her a week ago. It could be recalled that at around a few minutes past 7:pm on the night of their attack, Miss Sola obviously while trying to flee from their attackers was shot at close range with the bullets piercing her lungs and her spine....."
FRED ADAMS
The window of escape he was looking for suddenly popped up. He just saw his dad's eldest sister talking with her daughter (his cousin). Another forbidden fruit he had the hots for. They were both age mates, only months apart with him coming a month before her. But had spent most of their growing up together and had fooled around a couple of times more than he could remember as teenagers. The university only separated them with her following her mom to Canada and him, to the UK.
Though she was now engaged to someone else, getting into her panties again wasn't a problem. But they still had chemistry between them. The last time they faced was when she visited Cantina three years ago and spent the vacation with them. As soon as his Dad and Alex would leave the house, both of them would reach for each other's clothes. They had sex everywhere from the toilet, bathroom, garage, beach, and cinema to anywhere they had 5 minutes alone. They even did it once inside Alex's office when she had gone to a board meeting.
"Come dear, lemme introduce you to someone special," he said to his girlfriend as he pulled her along with him.
Seconds later they were standing before his aunt and cousin. "Auntie, so glad you made it finally. Nice to see you" he said kissing the surprised older lady on both cheeks.
"Oh, my little Freddy. All grown up looking manly in his big boy pants and suit. Your dad swore not to forgive if we don't make it, so it was a last-minute flight" she said happily
Going over to his cousin, he hugged her and kissed her both cheeks too. She quickly whispered "Been looking for you all night, my battery is down. Left the phone in the room"
"Auntie, Jessy meet Delphine, my girlfriend. Delphi, meet my mother and auntie, Mrs. Williams, and my lovely friend, sister, and partner in crime Jessy" he said doing the introductions.
"Your girlfriend? At this stage you should be talking about a fiancee or wife and not a girlfriend Freddy" his aunt said in disapproval as she hugged the girl during which time he quickly gave his cousin the sign that they should hold on to her for him.
"I was waiting to seek your approval before I popped the question. So I'm gonna leave her with you guys so you get to know her. Meanwhile, I'll go catch up with a few clients. Please don't let anyone steal her from you till I come for her myself". With that he took his leave and Delphine, having heard "popping the question and fiancee", had no problem with him leaving her behind.
The next meeting he had found his way out of the banquet hall. Going as though he was going towards the lavatory, he changed course and headed for the stairs. On the next floor, he went into the elevator and pushed the button for the last floor. Room 045 was just a code. Zero meant the last floor, which was the presidential floor. 4 meant the fourth passageway after the exit of the elevator, and 5 meant room number five her suite.
Bringing out his custom-made magnetic card, he swiped through the door, opening it, he went inside.
Inside, the room was dark but he could see the image of his sister by the glass window looking out down at the city skyline. With the way the hotel was built, one could lean on the glass and still not be seen from the outside be it in the night or day time.
"What kept you so long?" she asked not turning to look at him
"Delphine… I had to hand her over to Auntie and Jessy cos she wouldn't just let me breathe" he said walking up to her from behind. Standing behind her, he placed his hand on her shoulders asked he went down and kissed her neckline. He noticed she was drinking from a wine glass and the bottle was in her other hand.
"You should get rid of that girl for someone who would love you sincerely and not for your wealth or family's name," she said taking another sip
"Someone like you? Where would I find such? They all seem to be after the money and just wouldn't let me be no matter what I do to make him leave" Saying that, he passed his hand around cupping her boobs through the gown and fondled them lightly as his manhood began to kick.
"It's a beautiful night Fred. Make love to me like a true lover" she said as her breathing increased with his fondling of her boobs
Collecting the wine glass and bottle from her, he could tell she was already tipsy but meant what she said. He placed the glass and bottle on the little table and held her up.
Turning her around to face him, their lips met in what was a fierce but passionate kiss.