Tarasha - Season 4 - Episode 23

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Tarasha - Season 4 - Episode 23

‘Is this the man?’ Tarasha asked, staring at a man’s picture on the laptop screen.
‘That was him when he was younger,’ Chief Gab replied, swiping across the gallery. ‘These are his family members,’ Chief Gab stopped at a particular picture of a family of six; the Doctor and his wife with their four children- two guys and two ladies, the youngest one amongst them was close to Tarasha’s age. ‘All his kids are grown up.’

‘Are they all living in Nigeria?’ Tarasha asked. She took out her vibrating phone from her pocket and glanced at the screen to check the caller, it was Henry again. She had decided not to answer his calls until she was done with the meeting with Chief Gab, thinking he was just calling to ask of her well-being. She dropped the phone back into her pocket and concentrated on what the man was telling her.

‘I don’t know where all his kids are right now, but I know that none of them studied in Nigeria. The first one graduated as a medical doctor from the united States and the second a Mechanical Engineer. Only the two younger ones studied in other African countries.’
‘I have to get these pictures into my device,’ she said as she took out her phone again. ‘Would you turn on your hotspot?’
‘Yea, sure.’

‘Okay. Do you know if the man is retired or still in service?’
‘I think he is legally retired now but he still works as a consultant for different hospitals.’
A message entered as she swiped down the notification bar to turn on the WiFi. She turned it on before clicking on the message. It read;
‘Omotara, my mother was attacked on the road and kidnapped by unknown men. They’ve asked that I come meet them at a certain location in twenty four hours time or they chop her body into pieces.’
‘Oh F***!’ Tarasha cursed in a loud tone.
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‘What is it?’ Chief Gab who was still marking all the pictures turned to ask her.
She shook her head and let out a short breath. ‘There’s an issue at the base in Abuja.’

‘What issue?’ the Chief asked.
‘Vice President Elvis has another assasin who has been on our trail for sometime now and he’s just pulled a new move.’
‘What move?’
‘Never mind, I’ll take care of it. You just send the details of the Doctor to me. Now, I have to return to Abuja as soon as possible.’

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__15 minutes later__
‘They sent the message from Kurudu.’
‘Yes, that’s the same place I was asked to come meet them. Is the place in Abuja?’
‘Yes, it is. According to the map here, it’s just twenty one minutes drive from Asokoro.’ Cole replied.
‘Then we have to go there immediately,’ Henry got up to his feet at once.
‘Go where?’ Cole shot a look at him.
‘Go to where they are at Kurudu.’
‘But we can’t go without making necessary plans,’ Cole countered.
‘What time do we have to plan before they do anything to my mother?’
‘And do you think rushing there would guarantee your mother’s safety?’
Henry allowed Cole’s words to sink for a while but the fear of losing his mother wouldn’t just allow his mind settle. ‘Cole, we need to do something fast. I can’t just relax and watch my mother die because of my involvement with Omota… I mean with Samantha Osman. She doesn’t deserve such, if anyone should die, it should be me.’
‘I understand you perfectly well and I know how you feel but we can’t just rush into it, rushing without planning could make us lose on both sides.’
‘What then do we do?’ Cole asked weakly, he pulled a chair closer and sank into it.
‘Let’s wait for the boss’ instruction,’ Cole replied.
‘Wait? What if she never replies?’
‘She would reply, I’m sure of that.’
Cole’s phone began to ring just as he finished with his reply to Henry. He picked it up and checked who the caller was, then he turned the screen to Henry, ‘She’s calling already.’
‘But…but why didn’t she return my calls since I’ve been trying to reach her?’ Henry wondered aloud
‘Boss,’ Cole answered the call.
‘Hi Cole, I got a text message not too long ago, did he tell you about it?’
‘Yes, he did, I asked him to send the text.’
‘What’s the situation like?’
‘His mother is in Rex’s custody and he has promised to kill her in twenty four hours if he doesn’t meet him in a certain place in Kurudu.’

‘What does he want from Henry?’
‘He didn’t say, Henry was only asked to come.’
‘How did they get to Henry?’
‘They sent the message to his public email address.’
‘Have you tried to confirm the origin of the message and the location of the sender?’
‘Yes, I have confirmed already, the location is the same as the address given for Henry to meet them.’
‘That’s interesting,’ there was a silence of five seconds. ‘What is Rex trying to achieve with this again?’
‘Of course to get your attention again, I’m thinking he’ll be personally handling this one.’

‘So what do you think we need to do?’
There was a long silence. Cole’s mind suddenly went blank even though he had been putting some ideas together before she asked, he never expected her to put the ball in his cuts

‘Boss, now we’ve determined their location but we’re not sure if that is where they really have his mum. I think we should call them out to meet us somewhere else, it’s dangerous to meet them in the address given to us.’
‘They won’t agree to that,’ Tarasha said immediately after his suggestion and a deafening silence which lasted for almost two minutes. ‘Don’t make any move yet and do not reply their messages, forward to my email a copy of the message sent to Henry.
‘Okay boss.’
The call ended and Cole was faced with Henry’s eager eyes staring at him and ears waiting to listen to the details of the call.
‘She asked us to forward the message to her email address and wait for her instruction.’
‘How long do we wait?’
‘Let’s forward the message first, Tarasha would not waste time in getting back to us.’
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