A dangerous game episode 4

THE DANGEROUS GAME
(TWO CAN PLAY THE GAME)
WRITTEN BY CHIBUIKE SMART
EPISODE 4
After seeing them off to their lodge, Charles went his own way.
Sylvia was all this while in a complicated emotion.
Why is all this guy’s disturbing her on campus not Charles?
Charles was so near to her, yet, appears equally unreachable.
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Since their first year in school. She had always come to like him and the likeness transformed to fondness and now to a secret love.
With time her friends came to have an idea that she had a serious crush on him.
Some even suggested that she brave up and tell him how she feels about him and some equally kicked against it, saying that it wasn’t proper.
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Truth be told she knew that she couldn’t approach Charles to tell him that, because even lesser lives have a pride of their own and to make it more explicit the thought of rejection how many of the girls can handle it?
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The idea of the morning workout was initiated by her, just that she would be having a glimpse of him on daily basis.
She was a Mass Communication student, While Charles was in Political Science, so their paths doesn’t cross that frequently.
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The day this feeling for him came to brew within, was the day she saw him solely angry and was ready to fall out with a group of guys who she suspected were cultists, because they were manhandling a guy, because one of their crew had interest in the guy’s girlfriend and the guy was resisting them. Their bawling that day, though it wasn’t directly for her won him a place in her heart and with other actions of his, that endeared him more to her.
Sadly, Charles was oblivious of all this, treating her like any normal female acquaintance he do come across anytime.
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Charles was just busy walking lazily home after seeing Sharon and her friends off. He had even forgotten what transpired today as to him it was a normal occurrence in school.
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He was just busy contemplating on the eatery to go eat as all canteen in school according to him were all rubbish, as he ranked it all colored but tasteless.
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He took a detour, as he decided to follow the route leading to the male hostel, as that was the easiest means to get off the school gate.
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He was walking casually, when he noticed some movements behind him, as he felt he was being followed and couldn’t help but smile bitterly.
“This guy called Kel is really too vengeful.”
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He muttered under his breath as he hastened up a bit, as he was in no mood for a confrontation.. The path was truly lonely as students hærdly go through that route.
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Seeing that he was walking fast, his followers ran after him speedily.
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“Hey, Mr. Man, where you think say you de go?”
One of the guys said as they increased their momentum.
He behaved as if he was the one being talked to, as he in fact tripled his steps.
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An old man who had reading lenses fixed on his eye was truly busy perusing through a daily news feed in his hands, as his visage alternated between anger and pity as he could seen at times banging his hands furiously on the sofa or shaking his head in pity. His sitting room could simply be described as heaven on earth, as its can be called out of the world.
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“This country where really are we heading to? A senator embezzling a whooping sum of 40 billion Naira and the worst it can result in is only appearing on a news headline and nothing more. Power really needs to change hands in this country.”
He muttered under his breath.
His name was Mr. Linus, a political activist who had offended many political leaders due to he always stood in contrast and constantly warred against them as he watched their dirty lining right in the public.
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He was still muttering under his breath, when his wife came down from the stairs, staring at him, she couldn’t help but smile. Her husband was truly concerned about the welfare of the country.
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Mrs. Linus Gina was a 45 years old quite still maintaining her beauty and youthful shape.
“Good afternoon honey. you and this your lamentations again.”
She said smiling sweetly.
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Mr. Linus raised hjs head and smiled, he was about to reply her, when about three guys made a dramatic entrance into the sitting room clad in an all black attire and mask, with rifle guns in hand.
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Without much ado, they released a shot to Mrs. Linus killing her off and she slumped to the ground dead.
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One of them who was overly huge turned to Mr. Linus, he seemed like the leader.
he simply said.
“In your next life, learn not to pry your mouth in things that aren’t your business to avoid a repitition of today’s event.”
The man said and pulled the trigger as blood splattered in all directions.
Mr. Linus equally slumped down on the sofa. While the hired killers took their leave immediately .
Mr. Linus stirred a bit and with his last strength scribbled something on a paper, before bowing to the call of death.
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About an hour later a young boy could be seen running up the stairs happily, as he was shouting in ectasy.
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“Daddy, mom I got admission to study in UNILAG and guess the course?”
He was still stating happily running up the stairs to behold a major event that shook his life.
As he fainted at the sight of what he saw.
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tbc