Must Read: The Cartel (18+)

Episode 7 years ago

Must Read: The Cartel (18+)

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It’s 18:00 hours, the sky was getting darker and Ima had been pacing around satellite town.


She still couldn’t drop the baby as she had planned. She had sworn to herself she wasn’t returning home with the baby and she wasn’t going back on that. She had spent most part of afternoon inside a catholic church as though she came for a devotion.



Just then she saw a lady who had been in the church with her all afternoon walking by. She remembered the lady was crying before the statue of the Blessed Mother as she prayed. Then it hit her, this woman is definitely childless that’s why she had been praying and crying.


From her vantage position, she watched the woman negotiate a bend and quickly followed the woman.


Giving the woman a good distance, she followed behind as they lady walked down the quiet street. Then she saw her turn to a building. As she passed, she saw a man opening the door for the lady, kissed her and let her in. That must be her husband she concluded. She walked on towards the end of the street having decided to drop the child at their apartment.


By the time returned after going round the adjoining street, the whole place was dark.



Walking quietly towards the building, she could hear her heart pounding. As though things were working in her favour, their security light was still off and Idara was sleeping fortunately.



Getting to door, through the window she noticed the man and the lady on the dinning table eating quietly.



She whispered a little prayer, then promised the sleeping child she’ll come looking for her, then asked her grandmother for forgiveness before placing the child on the floor wrapped. Knocking on the door, she heard the man answer “yes, hold on a second”. She took to her heels.



Running to the dark road, she stood and watch the lights come on and the door thrown open.


She watched the man looking around after seeing the sleeping child before calling out to his wife. Then she noticed someone walking down the street with a torch light and decided it was time leave.