Tarasha - Season 5 - Episode 103

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Tarasha - Season 5 - Episode 103

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‘Security issues?’ Cole raised his brow as he stared at the warning prompt.
He picked the phone and unlocked it. He stared at the notification for some more seconds before clicking on it. The notification was from the location security application on the phone. Every device that was being used in that house had the app installed on it and it was always introduced to any device brought in newly.

Cole wondered why the application had stopped running. He knew it was almost impossible for it to crash or for the app to stop running by itself. The app had been edited by Tarasha herself and it couldn’t have any bug or unknown error.
The app, installed on all smartphones and devices in the house connected the devices location services to the main control server and it was used to hide the devices’ location from people forcefully trying to find the location and it could also be used to redirect hackers attention to another location. The link which was sent to the device from Tomi was an advanced phishing link which immediately extracted the real IP address from any browser that visits it and also tracks the location of the device immediately. The malware from the website was specially designed to crash any application or software that could stop the website from extracting the location.

There was no other reason Cole could find for the application crash except for the website link which he clicked on. He clicked on the start button for the application to continue running and he minimized to check if other applications were not affected. Some other applications which were not necessarily security apps were also affected, he turned them all back on. He opened the whatsapp messenger again and opened the chat with Tomi to see the link one more time.

He stared at the link for some seconds, there was nothing suspicious by merely looking at it. Then he clicked on it again, this time he opened with another browser on a private tab. The same warning popped up. The first and only line of words on the warning tab read;
‘Website may be harmful or unsecure, continue or exit?’

The words ‘continue’or ‘exit’ had the green color which meant they were embedded links.

The warning didn’t look different from the usual warnings that popped up on browsers when visiting pornographic websites and other websites which was rated unfit for all surfers by the Nigerian Internet Authority, so Cole had no reason to take it serious since the website he was supposed to visit contained nudes.

His thumb hovered around the continue and exit links for a while but then he realized that there was a button for ‘Read more details’ under the warning which he had taken for granted because he was too used to the prompt. He clicked on read more details and more information was displayed.

‘This website contains dangerous files and attachments that could manipulate your computer and it’s files.’

Cole let out a gasp. He shone his eyes widely as he thought. Why should Tomi be trying to find his location? What could she need it for? And how did she get such a link that could extract the device’s location. He was baffled. He knew for a certain that the link couldn’t have been created by Tomi herself, she didn’t have enough knowledge to do that.

He exited the browser and quickly opened his call dialer. He searched out for her number and dialed it. It rang three times consecutively without being answered. He dropped the phone for a moment, wondering what Tomi could be up to.

He picked the phone again and dialed Stephanie George’s phone number.
‘Hi Steph,’ he said as the call was answered from the other end.

‘Good evening Cole,’ Stephanie replied.
‘I’d like to speak with Tomi please, I tried to call her phone but she’s not answering.’
‘I’m sorry but Tomi is yet to return, the doctor has been trying to reach her on phone and she’s not answering.’
‘Where did she go?’
‘Doctor Ekwueme sent her to get some drugs.’

‘Since when did she leave the house?’
‘More than an hour ago, she left in the black Corolla.’

‘Okay, what pharmacy did the doctor send her to get it from?’

‘I don’t know, give me some seconds to confirm.’

‘Please confirm and send a text to me as soon as possible.’
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Lizzy stared at the phone on the table as it vibrated. She smiled to herself, knowing it must be Victor calling to speak with Tomi. A young man was seated beside her at the table, he was seated in front of the computer system directly and the phone was closer to him. He checked the screen and glanced at Lizzy.

‘The caller’s name is Cole,’ he said to her in an American accent. He was a black American.

‘Let it ring,’ Lizzy replied without moving an inch. She turned to the back and smiled at Tomi who was tied to a chair with her mouth gagged with a duct tape.

Flashback

‘Tomi, I’ll like you to get some drugs from Outright Pharmacy before it’s late.’
Tomi heard the doctor speaking to her. She was in the kitchen and had just finished preparing dinner, she was now cleaning the dishes and pots used in the cooking.
‘Okay sir, I’m rounding up already.’ she turned back and found the doctor at the entrance of the kitchen.
‘Thank you,’ the doctor replied. ‘Can I come and help you with something there?’
‘Thank you sir, you don’t have to worry.’Tomi said and glanced at him with a smile. ‘You need to have a lot of rest, I’ll just hurry up and go get the drugs for you immediately.’

‘The drugs are not to be used by me, they’re for Stephanie’s mother,’ the doctor replied.

‘Oh! I thought we got all the drugs she needed already.’
‘Yes, we did but after what happened today, I discussed with her daughter and I realized that some of these new drugs will help the woman.’
‘Okay then, let me hurry up.’
Tomi finished with her work ten minutes after and dressed up to go to the pharmacy. She called Tarasha and informed her that she’d be going out to get some drugs and Tarasha instructed her on how to get out of the building.

The pharmacy was about thirty minutes drive from the base. The doctor had always insisted that she went to that particular pharmacy because of their quality service and presence of almost all medicines in the store.
Tomi had just gotten to the pharmacy when she received a call. She stopped at the entrance to answer it.

‘Hey Tomi,’ a male voice sounded through the speaker.

‘Hello, who am I speaking with?’
‘You’re speaking with…’ the voice faded off and the call ended.
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