45

THE evening came so fast, like in a twinkle of an eye. At the instant it ticked 5:30pm, Nathan sauntered into Jeremy’s office and began clearing his desk as usual.
“Is Frank around?”, Jeremy asked him.
“Yes Boss, I saw him standing by the door way to the HR’s office, I guess he is coming down here”, he said as he gathered up the files on the desk.
Jeremy got up, and just then, the door opened and it was Frank.
“Is everything set?”, Jeremy asked.
Frank nodded.
“Yes Sir, Minister Grimes is already at the mall, he called about two minutes ago”, he said.
Jeremy scoffed.
“I still have about twenty seven minutes, so why the rush? Just get down to the car and wait for me”, he said.
“Okay Sir”, Frank said and left.
“Going somewhere Boss?”, Nathan asked, he was now holding up the iPad.
“A business meeting, we are going together”, he said.
“Sure”.
They began walking out of the office and Jeremy took out his phone, he couldn’t wait to send across a text to his beautiful lady, it’s been since morning.
As soon as he looked into his phone he saw about eight missed calls, five from Amelia, three from his mother. He scoffed. His phone had been on silent, he had put it so.
Instantly, he put a call across to his mother, and she picked up immediately.
“Hello son, I have been calling”, Mrs Petersons spoke into the phone with a rush.
Jeremy snorted.
“Mom, what is the matter?”, he asked.
“Is that how to greet your mother?”, she asked, typical of her.
He sighed.
“Okay mother, good evening. What is the matter?”.
“I would like you to come over to the house for dinner”, she said.
“What? I can’t, I’m heading for a business meeting right now as we speak”, he said, as they got into the elevator.
“Ugh, really?”, she asked, “son please”, she added.
He sighed.
“I’m serious mom, no jokes. I’m having a business meeting, and I would likely have dinner there…”.
“Then come after, I really need to see you”, she insisted.
“I would be tired afterwards, mom please pick another day, this one came rather too urgent”, he said.
“Hmm. Always frustrating my efforts”, she groaned.
Jeremy was forced to laugh.
“What efforts did I frustrate here? It was rather too urgent and I just can’t comply, I am a busy man, you should know that”.
“But I called earlier in order to inform you, you didn’t pick up”, she complained.
They elevator finally got to the ground floor and stopped, then they got out and began heading out.
Jeremy looked around, they were still about a handful of staffs moving about.
“Yeah, that was because it was on silent. Mom, look, it’s enough, I need to leave now for the meeting, I have just twenty minutes for it to commence, I will call once I’m done”, he said and removed the phone from his ears.
“Ugh… son, sure?”, she asked.
“Sure”, he said and hung up.
They got to the car, Frank was standing by it. Immediately, Nathan opened the door and Jeremy entered.
Then he closed the door and walked up to the driver’s side and entered, Frank had already entered the front seat as soon as Jeremy did.
Soon, they zoomed off heading for Betic Shopping Mall.
There in the car, he remembered he hadn’t texted his beautiful lady, and immediately, he placed a text across to her.
***
Jasira grabbed the black jacket lieing on the bed and put it on immediately, then she sat on her bed and began putting on her boots.
As soon as she was done, her phone beeped and instantly, a smile appeared on her face. She knew who it was, she knew the reason behind her phone beeping every now and then these days.
She ignored the phone to put finishing touches to her dressing, before she picked it up.
@Jeremy_Petersons: Hi beautiful Jasira, good evening. I just got off the office, now heading for a business meeting, imagine? Been so busy all day, I’m so gonna need a massage when I get home, lol.
@Jeremy_Petersons: I hope you are not as overstressed as I am? Please do not be, take a long rest. I will chat you up once I get home.
She laughed, cupping her left hand over her mouth.
“Massage indeed, from who? Where?”, she muttered to herself and bursted into laughter.
Immediately, she replied.
@JBaby: Please Mr CEO, take it easy, do not over labour yourself. Have a blissful evening at your meeting Jeremy.
Then she dropped her phone and began packing up her hair in a bun. As soon as she was done, a knock came on her door.
“Come in”, she stressed and got up.
The door opened and Greg entered.
“Are you ready boss? Your ride is ready”, he said.
“Ahhh!”, she mouthed and turned, looking around the room, then she picked up her phone from the dressing table.
“I’m ready”, she said, smiling.
Greg laughed at this show of hers, funny boss.
“Alright boss, let’s leave at once”, he said and began walking away, Jasira followed as she locked up the door behind her.
“Lest I forget, Nikky said she wants to go with us”, Greg said as they walked along the well lighted hallway.
“Nikky? Why didn’t she say that a long time ago? Why now?”, she questioned.
He cleared up his throat.
“Um, boss, she tried in vain to see you through out the afternoon, but she wasn’t chanced, you had been indoors and insisted no one disturbs you”, he replied.
Jasira rolled her eyes, she just remembered saying that.
“I bet Kylo has the information of where we are headed?”, she asked, digressing.
Greg nodded.
“Yeah, he does”.
“Good, my father?”.
“He has already retired to bed”.
She smiled.
“Hmm, I see”, she replied nodding.
Truly, the man was getting weaker as the days went by.
Soon, they got out the hallway and then began heading towards the garage, the black Jeep had already been driven out and was now parked just in front of the gigantic gate.
Kylo and Nikky were standing close by, with some other guys, they were all chattering out.
They began hailing as soon as they saw Jasira walking up to them.
“Boss J! Our momma!”, they hailed, raising their hands up in the air.
She smiled in response to their greeting. Nikky walked up to her immediately.
“Good evening Boss J, I am so sorry for the inconveniences, I…”.
“Enough!”, she said, halting her, and she stopped.
Kylo then opened the door and she entered, the others followed, Greg and Nikky, and then he entered the driver’s side, and they began moving out.
The drive was a smooth one, few minutes later they were already at their destination, Kylo parked the car at the side of the road and then, they all alighted.
“Can we go in with you Boss J?”, Greg asked and she nodded, saying nothing.
For a few seconds, she stood and looked around, studying the environment, and when she was sure there was nothing to be afraid of, she began walking into the mall, and the rest behind her followed.
Following the instructions and informations they have been given, Jasira found the lecturer, he was in one of the restaurant corners having dinner, or maybe not.
She smirked and walked up to his table, the others stood behind, waiting.
“Mind if I join you?”, she asked, placing her right hand on the table and looking at him.
The lecturer looked up from his meal.
“Who are you? And what can I do for you?”, he asked, picking up the souvenir by his right hand side, and wiping his mouth with it.
She smiled and shoved back the seat opposite him and sat, he was watching her.
“I am Jasira, right hand man Lord Lucario, The Mambas Organization”, she said, picking up her words one after the other.
The lecturer’s eyes widened, his cutleries dropped into the plate. She nodded.
“I am acting on a tip off and on a mission”, she added.
“What do you want?”, the lecturer asked, trying his best to be composed, but the fears in his eyes had given him away.
Jasira smiled, taking her time, deliberately keeping him on edge.
“I need you to help a girl with her grades”, she began, “Honourable Bernard’s daughter, Cisca Bernard, she is a student of yours”, she said.
The lecturer frowned on hearing the names.
“I beg your pardon. You can’t just come in here and begin threatening me to grant a student grades, holy shit! Where is that done?”, he asked.
She smiled.
“I do not expect you to concur at once”, she said and took out a pistol from her thigh pocket, then codedly, placed it on his chest.
He wriggled and shivered, as the cold iron laid on his chest, Jasira could even hear his heartbreats.
“You know, I can just blow off your brains right here and now”, she said in a whisper, “you ain’t gonna set your eyes on your family again, neither you gonna go back to that college to work as the lecturer that you are, you going to get a replacement”, she licked her lips and simpered, “and nothing gonna happen to me, you know right?”, she winked.
“I… I will do that, can you please take this thing off me?”, he pleaded.
“No!”, she answered and the cocking of the gun followed.
“Oh! Goodness gracious!”, he muttered, shivering all the more.
“I need a proof that you going to do it”, she said, the gun still on his chest.
He shivered.
“I will, I will, she, I mean, Cisca gonna testify that”, he replied, stuttering.
“Good”, she said and drew back the pistol to herself.
“If you don’t, consider yourself long gone Mr Lecturer, long gone”, she said and got up, “I have got my eyes on you, we are watching”, she finally said and turned away, smirking as she did.
“Let’s get outta here”, she said as she glanced at her wristwatch, it was already eight.
They began walking away, all three of them, all in black; they all surrounded her, she was in their midst. They walked towards the entrance.
It seems the mall was more boisterous at night as they were a lot of people trooping in and out, the bright lights shone and could reveal anyone.
Just few metres to the entrance, her scrutinizing eyes caught something, and she gasped and quickly looked away. She hoped it was just an imagination, she really hoped.
To satisfy her curiosity, she turned back to what she had seen, and this time, the object of attraction was now looking at her as well, and jeez! Her guess was confirmed, it was the billionaire CEO, it was Jeremy!