Chronicles Of A Runs Girl - S01 E64

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Chronicles Of A Runs Girl - S01 E64

Read Story: SEASON 1 EPISODE 64

“No. No. Listen, I know the Commissioner of Police. Do you want me to call him?”

“No!”

“No? So, talk to me. What’s going on? What’s happening? Who’s that guy? Why do you have to stay at his place?”

“He’s my friend’s son; my friend that was kidnapped. They want me to bring the ransom money tonight.”

“They want you to bring the ransom money? Who?”

“The people that kidnapped him.”

“The people that kidnapped him? Do you know them?”

“No.”

“So, why do they want you to bring the money?”

“I don’t know.”

“And you’re going to do it?”

“Yes.”

“Amaka, I don’t know how you got mixed up in all this, but if you’ve got nothing to hide you have to call the police.”

“What do you mean if I have nothing to hide?”

“I don’t mean it like that. I mean, you obviously have nothing to hide so you should let the police handle this.”

“I’ll be careful.”

“You’ll be careful? How? Have you ever done this before?”

“No.”

“So how would you be careful? Look, don’t be stupid. Call the police and tell them where you are and what’s going on. Your life may depend on it.”

“I’ll be ok. I just wanted you to know that it’s not what you think.”

“Again, you don’t know what I think. Thanks for letting me know, but more importantly, you’ve got to talk to the police.”

“I won’t.”

“Then I would.”

“No! Please, no. His family are handling it. They don’t want to get police involved.”

“But Amaka, this is a serious thing. You can’t just hand over money to kidnappers and expect them to hand you back your friend. What if he’s already dead? What if they take you?”

“He’s alive. I spoke to him.”

“What about you? What’s the guarantee of your safety?”

I heard John junior coming down the stairs.

“I have to go,” I said.

“Look, I’m calling the Commissioner of Police.”

“No! Please, don’t. Please. Promise me you won’t call anybody.”

“Babes, why are you taking this kind of risk?”

“Just promise me you won’t do anything. Please, promise.”

“I’ve heard.”

“Thanks. I’ll let you know what happens.”

John junior was holding his phone in his hands. He switched on the lights.

“They just called,” he said. “They’ll call at seven and we should be ready.”

My phone rang. I checked and it was Mama. I pressed the end button.

“Who’s that?” he asked.

“My friend.”

“The dude who gave you a lift?”

“No, my girlfriend.”

“You can’t tell anyone about this, you know?”

“I know. But I don’t understand, why did they ask me to bring the money? How do they know me?”

“The police.”

“What?”

“The police told them. We’ve been doing our own investigations. We believe the police are involved, that’s how they know about you. Yes, It could be that they’ve been following him for a while before taking him, and they know the people around him, but it’s more likely they know you ‘cause they arrested you. We weren’t sure, but when they asked that you drop the money, it sort of all came together. It confirmed what our sources have found out.”

“The police?”

“Yup. And that’s why we can’t tell anyone about this. If it gets to the police that we’ve made a report about the drop off, they’ll kill my dad, and his friends.”

My phone beeped again. I checked and this time it was because my battery was now dead.