Tarasha - Season 5 - Episode 60

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Tarasha - Season 5 - Episode 60

Tarasha didn’t give a reply to his question but she repeated the one she asked him before. ‘Do we have any new message?’
‘Yes, two new messages.’ Henry replied. ‘One from Rex and another from Stephanie George.’

‘Stephanie George?’ Tarasha frowned. ‘What does the girl want?’ she asked herself.

‘Yes, Stephanie George. She said she has some information about a particular person and would like to meet with you.’
Tarasha chuckled. She was amazed at the audacity of Stephanie to ask for a meeting with her. ‘What was Rex’s message?’
‘He sent the venue for a meeting with the Vice President,’ Henry replied.
‘What’s the venue?’
‘Online.’
‘Online?’ Tarasha frowned.
‘Yes, he wants you to have a video chat with the man.’

‘What the f***!’ Tarasha flared up. ‘The motherf****** thinks we’re joking here.’
She got up from the seat and began to walk away from the living room.
‘And there’s another important information I got,’ Henry quickly added with a loud voice to stop her. He got up from his seat and turned to her.
‘What important information?’
‘The Inspector General is trying to sneak out of the country.’
‘When?’

‘A day has not been chosen yet, I’ll let you know when it has.’
Presidential Quarters, Lagos.
‘Vice President, she rejected the idea of the video chat.’ Chief Elvis heard Rex’s voice from the phone speaker.
‘What do we do then?’
‘We have three options; insist on the video chat, fix a physical meeting or renew our threat on Chief Nonso’s life.’ Rex replied.
‘I think it will be dangerous to agree for a physical meeting.’
‘You’re scared man,’ Rex said with a chuckle.
‘No, I’m just being careful.’
‘No, you’re scared.’
‘Whatever you say Rex, what matters is the step to take next right now.’
‘We don’t have to be in a hurry, you only have to make sure you’re protected and safe at all times.’

‘I’m trying my best to be safe always but how do we know when she’s trying to launch an attack?’
‘I do not think she wants to kill you anymore, except what is has against you is a personal vendetta. But if she truly works with a sponsor or this Chief we have in our custody who you claim to be the sponsor, their purpose would be to get something from you.’ Rex answered.
‘But I don’t have anything they could be interested in, except wanting to tarnish my image so that I fail in my presidency bid,’ Chief Elvis said.
‘That could just be it…’
‘But…’ Chief Elvis interrupted. ‘The assassination attempts started before I declared that I would be contesting.’
‘You should know better Chief, they already knew you were one of the most likely candidates.’

‘You’re right, so what is your plan?’
There was silence for a minute.
‘When are you planning to leave Lagos?’ Rex asked.
‘As soon as I’m fit enough to fly.’
‘Don’t you have an idea when that would be?’
‘A few days time, I believe. Two days at most.’
‘Okay, that’s fair enough. I would fix a meeting for us in few days time.’
‘Where and when would the meeting take place, so that it doesn’t clash with my activities?’
‘I’ll consider your schedule while fixing it,’ Rex replied.
‘Okay.’
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The next day
12PM
Tarasha scrolled down slowly through the citizen’s profile portal. It was until she got to the sixteenth ‘Lewis Andrew George’ option that she found the profile which matched the one she was looking for. She clicked on the more details link and was directed to the page showing the full profile. She began to read it carefully, she scrolled down to check his current address when she saw it clearly stated that the man was dead. She scrolled back up to see who the man’s spouse was and found the name Atinuke George, she clicked on the name and waited till the full profile loaded. She was disappointed to scroll down and find it stated that the wife was also dead.
She heaved a sigh of frustration and fell back into the chair tiredly. A beep sounded on her phone. She slowly reached for the phone to check the message. It was an email from Rex, she clicked on the notification and the message read:
‘New Date for physical meeting fixed
June 26, the venue would be communicated later. ‘
She minimized the email application and opened the calendar to check how many days they had before the stipulated date. She returned to the email application and closed the message. She scrolled down the inbox to read the other messages which had been attended to by Cole and Henry. She saw the message from Stephanie George and skipped it at first, thinking it will be a waste of time to read it. After scanning through the other messages, she scrolled back up and incidentally stopped at Stephanie George’s message again. She finally decided to open it after giving it much thought. She began to read and the message almost seemed like an informal letter to her, with so many unnecessary details and words of thanks to her for saving her life and saving her from rape by the kidnappers. She got tired and yawned twice already but as she was about to close the message, her eyes caught a line that made her stop.
‘I have some information concerning the murder of Mr. Lewis Andrew George and I think it may interest you because the Vice President commanded their murder.’
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2PM
Presidential Quarters, Lagos.
‘Here sir, your drugs.’ The Vice President’s assistant said to him as he put the pack of drugs in front of the man on the dining table. A maid had just cleared the plates of food from the table.

‘Thank you,’ Chief Elvis said as he began to take the tablets out one after the other and use them according to the prescription.
The assistant arranged them back neatly and was about to leave when Chief called him back.

‘Hey! What about the errand I sent you on the night before the Hospital opening? You’ve not given me a response yet,’ Chief Elvis said.

The assistant seemed to be confused for a while and narrowed his gaze until he was able to recall.

‘Sir, I have the information we need already but I was hoping to tell you when you get better.’ The assistant replied.
‘No, tell me now, I’m ready to listen.’
‘We found Atinuke George’s location, she’s in a special care centre. She has a condition which makes her go wild occasionally and her memory isn’t fully intact.’

‘So, she goes wild only occasionally?’ Chief Elvis questioned.
‘Yes sir.’
‘That means she is calm most of the times,’ Chief Elvis said and heaved a sigh. He thought for a while, and then he nodded his head and began to speak. ‘Now that Samantha Osman is digging out everything against me, I do not want to leave any trace.’ He stopped and drew in a deep breath. He pondered for another couple of seconds. ‘I don’t want a situation where her memory would return, so I want you to take her out. Try make the death look as natural as possible so that the care center would not make noise about it, Atinuke has already been confirmed dead in records. Her daughter Stephanie George poses no threat to me because she doesn’t have the slightest idea of what happened to her parents, so we can leave her alive.’
‘When do you want her taken out?’
‘As soon as possible,’ Chief Elvis snapped, giving the man a sharp look. ‘But before her, I want you to take out Henrietta first. She could also become a threat to us later.’
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