“DINGGGG” went the bell for close of lessons. Oh how joyful I was but gleefully remained glued to my chair till everyone was out of the class, I sighed. In the next half an hour, I guess it will be time for after school works and all. “Hey, I’m Jane. It’s nice to meet you”, brought me from my thoughts. Hottt!!! “ Who’s this white queen standing before me”, is what any obsessed, girl drooling dude will be thinking. For me, she was encroaching into my space and I didn’t like it. “Hey” I finally replied after taking a long stare at her. Looking at her outstretched right hand which said she wanted a handshake, I ignored, parked my things, rose up and started towards the door, looking above her head. She remained in front of me while walking backwards. “What do you want?” I asked.
“Hmmm, let’s say just a word or two with you” she replied. “Go fuck yourself” I told her. She dropped her hand and finally left my way but walked beside me. “Why are you trying to be annoying?” she asked, “why you trying to be a pest” I replied with a question. “Just want to get to know you” she said, “well good luck with that” I replied.
We were now out of the school blocks, crossed the street to the right and she followed. I turned right and walked straight down, looking up at a sign post which said ‘Havens Brothel’ and an arrow pointing to the left showing the direction of the brothel. I turned left and found myself in Havens street. We walked past another post with Havens Brothel on it but this time pointing to the right and I turned right. The brothel was just right in front of me, few stones away. Jane looked up at me then I smiled at her as I walked into the brothel. There were tons of strippers and crazy men in the brothel but that wasn’t my business. I walked straight to the bar man and she followed gazing around. She bumped into me, looking up to see me looking down at her “Haven’t been to one?” I asked.
“Never, eww” she replied. “Well you’re welcome” I said, turning to face the bar man, “The usual” I said to him.
“Whiskey?” he asked.
“Naww, not today, the other usual”, I said.
“Is dat some chick with you?”
“Nahhh, She just a schoolmate”.
“ohh” “I get it. Using that as a cover up ei”
“Nah, I mean it, we nothing that sort, barely recall the name”
“It’s Jane. Janet Harrison” she said reminding me of her name of which I showed no concern about. The attendant raised his brow at me and I shook my head in the negative. “The usual man” I said again.
“Oh yeah, that’s right”. He brought out a black, leather kinda Mexican style suitcase and handed it over to me, then he turned around, Jane looked at him “I’d advice you do the same Jane, not that I care though but I ain’t want no blood spree all over” I said to her. She looked around and noticed a few men on black suits clinging to their guns. She looked at me and I nodded her to turn around. She turned, clenched her fists and closed her eyes. I unlocked the suitcase with a usual passcode and in it were jewelries, wristwatches and medals made of gold. I checked them to confirm if they were of original gold and they were.
“We good” I said closing the suitcase. The bar man turned around bringing out another suitcase and gave it to me, it was silver in color. He gave me a folded paper stating the room number of a client. I nodded then turned and alighted a staircase to my right leaving Jane alone downstairs and unaware. “Room28,room 28, bingo!” I said on finding the clients room number. I coughed and the door flew open. Walking inside the spacious and heavily guarded room, I knew the client must be a big shot. I was checked thoroughly and the suitcases where taken from me but the gun I had with me wasn’t taken. After the check, the guard who opened the door nodded and another guard at the right corner nodded back then turned and spoke to a part of the wall for a short while then he walked up to me “the boss said he would be with you in the next thirty minutes”.
“Go to tell your boss I’ve got no thirty minutes to spare” I said to him. He looked me long in the eye then walked back to the wall. When he was done talking, he came back “He’ll be with you shortly” he said and I nodded. In a minute the wall flew open and a tall muscular, Mexican looking guy with ladies on both side underneath his arms entered the room and was ushered to a sofa opposite where I stood. “Where is my stuff?” he asked and the guard holding both suit case walked to his front and dropped the suitcases on the laps of the ladies beside the Mexican boss.
“The silver one on the right contains the fake and the black leather one on the left contains the original” I said without being asked. He nodded and snapped his fingers then a man on black suit walked in from the door I did holding a briefcase. I took and opened it, inside was good, original clean U.S dollars. I locked it and nodded “I’ll take my leave” I said walking towards the door. “Wait”, I heard the boss say before I opened the door. “Heard you brought a chick with you, you do know you breaking the rules right boy?” he asked. “You leave her outta this” I said.
“Or what?” I looked at him “She is a schoolmate. She doesn’t know what she walked into and though I don’t care what happens to her, I do care of the fact that she’s got a family waiting home for her. So not a finger on her” I said. “How old are you boy?” he asked
“Not part of our business” I replied.
“What of the chick?”
“Not part of our business either”. “I’ll like she come’s work for me”.
“Declined” I said. “Oh that’s her choice to make” he said and the door flew open, a guard came in pulling Jane by the hair inside the room. “The fuck!” I brought out my gun from my waistline and pointed it at him. The guards in the room cocked their guns and pointed it at me.
“Oh nasty act right there boy” their boss said lifting his hands up in the air pretending to surrender. “Let her go” I said. He got up from the sofa and walked to where I stood, then he put my gun down and told his men to do the same. “Ooof” a punch made its way to my abdomen taking me by surprise, then another to my face and as a third one approached my abdomen again, I evaded it and striked back with a punch to his face, but that didn’t do a thing to him. Two of his guard held both my hands from my behind and just then there was a knock at the door.
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