A dangerous game episode 5

THE DANGEROUS GAME
(TWO CAN PLAY THE GAME)
WRITTEN BY CHIBUIKE SMART
EPISODE 5
A young man who lay on a king sized bed suddenly sprang up from his bed as he was covered in sweat, he took a glance at his wife who was still sleeping peacefully beside him.
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Why Was the scene of his parents death, starting to be a focal point of his dreams since a month now and it was slowly turning to a nightmare for him.
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This has been 12 years now since his parents were shot dead by unknown hired killers, because his father made a public post of a militant attack, killing over 150 families and his father stated that the government wasn’t doing anything, which shows that they were in silent approval of the maiming and massacre.
Which in turn seems to be the perfect truth.
On the day of their death after he regained consciousness he saw the scribbled note left behind by his father which stated.
“SON DO ME A FAVOR? PLEASE FINISH WHAT I COULDN’T FULFILL”
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He never understood the intent until the later years, as he came to know that his father was aspiring to contest for the gubernatorial seat twelve years ago.
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But after his father’s death Jeff had come to vow not to be involved in politics, but now all those resolve was really dropping as he found out that it seemed like this was the real path for him, but his main fear was his wife and three years old son.
Jeff’s wife strongly kicked against it as she knew the dangers involved.
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And he had been invited to contest for the governorsh¡p post by a political party formed by warm blooded and life filled youths called the National Freedom Party (N.F.P) but he was solely afraid to raise it up with his wife, after remembering how his father, Mr. Linus ended. Jeff was unwilling to end up like his father.
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He was still turning around in a restless manner, when his wife woke up, switching the bed lamp to see her husband awake.
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“Honey, what’s wrong? Why are you still awake by this time of the night?”
She asked as concern creased her beautiful and lovable face.
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Jeff looked at her but didn’t reply as he sighed heavily.
“Tell me please.”
She said nudging closer as she placed her head on his chest as if feeling his heartbeat.
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He had no other option but to tell her his interest to contest for the gubernatorial seat to fulfil the dying wish of his father.
when he was through she looked at him and said heavily and said.
“Are you doing all this because you desire to get richer, popular and command power? are we not living in bliss already? why bringing calamity to this peaceful and little home of ours.”
She asked as she leaned away from him staring into his eyes.
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“You know that this has never been any of my desires dear. But look at the situation of the country, everywhere is really like a confused zoo. Economically, socially, academically and even religiously which of them can be considered OK, all are in turpsy turvy. Every nook and cranny is just a perfect picture of quagmire. I believe it’s time to give the youths to lead this country and states.”
He said holding her hands as pain could be seen in his eyes. His wife only looked at him and burst into tears as she wept helplessly, while he comforted her.
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Charles could still be seen walking like a bolt as the group of guys were still after him.
Charles was already getting impatient as he turned to face them, when a power bike, zoomed up and arrived at his front, while the rider to came to a halt.
The rider removed his sun shade and smiled at Charles. While Charles returned the smile and sighed in relief.
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“Hop in dude, seems like you got yourself company.”
The new guy said. Charles didn’t stand on ceremony and directly jumped into the bike with an agility that could only be seen in monkey’s. The guy kick-start the bike and off they went, leaving his pursuers far behind.
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“Bastard, na your God just save, make you consider yourself lucky for today.”
The approaching guys yelled in anger as they cursed him vulgarly.
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“Merciless, seems like you are being underestimated here in this campus of yours.”
The guy said grinning widely as he heard the words of those guys. While he throttled the bike as he made a direct gallop over a porth0le.
Charles shrugged helplessly as he couldn’t help but smile bitterly.
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“Blade, you know man has to keep a low profile to avoid much attention. beating up those isn’t any good for me, not minding that I nearly did that before you came in handy.
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Charles said simply while the guy called Blade chuckled loudly.
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“Merciless we have a new mission. Take the phone and answer the call from the deal giver.
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He placed a phone on Charles hands, as he busied himself with the road while whistling, enjoying the cool breeze of the morning as the leaves rustled. A gentle smile appeared in Blades overly cute face.
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“We make the appointment by 6.pm tomorrow, so as to see him for a detailed explanation.”
Charles said.
“And that reminds me, you are esc-rting me to a party this evening, some girls gave me an invite..”
Charles concluded.
“My pleasure.”
Blade said directly as he negotiated a bend.
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Seven old men could be seen sitting together as their attention was focused solely on the ongoing news on the television. While a man in his forties, dressed in a native attire could be seen standing while explaining things to them.
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“Sirs, this is Mrs. Ejike Caroline, as she is vying for the gubernatorial post, and according to measures, she has over 7 million viewers both on twitter, facebook, and instagram, as she has a wh0le lot of supporters.”
The man said as they turned their attention to the woman who was busy speaking on the television, while the reporter was busy interviewing her.
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“Well she poses no much threat to us as of now. So why making a fuse over this?”
The old man called Fox said lazily as he took a sip from his glass of whiskey.
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They all nodded, while the man smiled and continued.
“Not only that, as a female she has the potential to be a threat, but the real person who I believe to be the most potential threat is a young man called Jeffrey Linus, shortly known as (Jeff) He has an estimate of over eighty million views on his public speech, on facebook, thirty million on twitter and sixty one million views on instagram on his campaign and show of interest for the gubernatorial seat and guess what? Almost all youths in the state favors him.
He said making a projection of Jeff making a public speech.
“And now do you believe someone has a potential of being a stumbling block?”
The man said smiling as he saw the serious look on the old men, Mr. Smith in particular.
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“Make it louder let’s hear what he is saying.”
Mr. Edeth commanded as they all sat up.
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tbc