Must Read: A SECOND CHANCE - Season 2 - Episode 60

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Must Read: A SECOND CHANCE - Season 2 - Episode 60

Alice sobbed and rested her head on his shoulders.

‘Tony, believe me, i didnt kill anybody. I didnt even try killing Maria, i didnt shoot anyone, i swear with my life’ she cried.
‘i believe you, i know you can never do such a thing. Why on earth would you want to kill your best friend?’ Tony said wiping her tears.
She raised her head and looked into his eyes ‘tell me Tony, do you really believe me?’
‘i do’
‘then tell me, who are the witnesses?’
‘i….you wont believe it’
‘tell me’
‘can you handle it?’
‘i swear it’
‘Gilbert, Abby, one fat woman called Salome, Amy’s neighbour, then Rhoda and Angela’
Alice stood up ‘you are lying to me’
Tony brought out his phone ‘i recorded everything they said. You can recognise their voices right?’
Alice nodded and he played it. Alice listened to it and almost fainted.
‘this is not true. I’m innocent. They are all lying, from Gilbert to Rhoda to Angela and to Salome, this is sheer wickedness, i am innocent’
Before Tony could say anything, the policewoman entered the room.
‘sir, you have just a minute left’ the woman said and left.
*now, lets pretend that Nigeria is a country where money cannot buy someone’s freedom. Lets pretend there is no corruption. You know what i mean, winks*

Tony held Alice’s handcuffed hands ‘i will get you out of here, i swear. I will prove your innocence. Right now, your only hope is if Maria wakes up and her memory is still intact. Then, she will say who shot her’
Alice nodded as more tears poured down her eyes ‘i will be spending the night here?’
‘i’m sorry my love but its very possible. I….i dont know what to do. I’m very sorry’
‘its a pity, we just reconciled and then this catastrophe, i didnt plan it, i swear’
‘i understand,’ he stood up ‘just take care of yourself and the baby. I love you’
‘i love you more’ Alice said as the policewoman entered again, and took her back to the cell.

Tears trickled down his cheeks on seeing her enter the cell.

*****

‘we need to stick to the original plan, you know i cant go back to that house, oga Tony will just kill me and bury me alive’ Rhoda said.

Gilbert smiled and handed her an envelope, ‘this is a hundred thousand naira. It can give you a better life than the one you are in’
Rhoda took it, and stood up ‘i should go back and pack my bags before oga Tony gets there, and i also have to leave now so i can get to my village early’
‘good luck. Thanks for everything’ Gilbert stood up and shook her her hand ‘let me drop you off’
‘okay, thank you’ Rhoda said.
‘Abby, prepare something for Angela and Salome, let me drop Rhoda off, i will be back very soon’ Gilbert said as he left with Rhoda.

Abby faced the crying Angela ‘stop crying. Crying wont solve anything at all. What has been done has been done’
‘i feel like the devil now. Alice was like the sister i never had. She loved me. She cared for me but i couldnt reciprocate the love, i lied against her because of money and……’
‘fear of death,’ Abby put in quickly ‘you know my uncle will kill you if you hadnt cooperated’
‘but its evil. If you were in her shoes, how will you feel?’ Angela asked.
‘i will feel awful i know. But it will never happen to me, i’m sure of that’ Abby said.

Salome hissed ‘abeg, make your uncle come, make he give me my money make i dey comot jor. Weting concern me concern person wey wan go prison’

*****

‘excuse me, this is not the way to my oga’s house’ Rhoda said as Gilbert parked in a bush path.

Gilbert smiled and brought out a gun from his pigeon hole ‘eyaa, its a pity. You dont deserve to die but….i cant let you live. Its too dangerous. If you decide to open your mouth, i am dead’ he pushed her air aside ‘you did it for money, but you just have to die, i’m sorry’ he snatched the envelope from her, then shot her thrice on the head, then opened the door and dragged her out, then zoomed off quickly.