THIER black Jeep drove into City Park and straight towards the parking lot. Mico was behind the wheels this time and not Kylo, Boss J had wanted it that way.
He screeched the car to a halt and died down the engine, then alighted and walked over to the other side of the Jeep and opened the door for Jasira, and she slowly alighted.
The hot afternoon breeze caressed her skin and for a second she began regretting coming, damn! The sun was so scorching.
There were still standing by the car and looking around when a smart looking guy approached them.
“Welcome”, he greeted, “I am from Mr Scott, please come with me, he is over there”, the guy said and pointed towards the tent section.
“Alright, after you”, Jasira said and they all began walking away, towards the tent area.
As they walked along, as expected, they were lots of people, children, boys, girls, women and men alike, but more of children.
Few yards away from them, a very melodious voice could be heard singing to the tune of a playing guitar.
Jasira turned her head towards the voice and saw where a lot of people were clustered around a teenage girl who was sitted on the bench. She was the one singing and playing the guitar as well.
At intervals, the people dropped coins, bills and even sweets in the small plate on the floor in front of her.
Jasira smiled and nodded, that was cool.
Just a few steps more, they were already at the tent section. It was a section of the park which had a lot of tents scattered around, to serve it’s purpose.
Under one of the tents, a man was sitted and chilling out, the guy leading them walked in and Jasira and Mico followed.
They got to the man and the guy bowed slightly.
“They are here boss”, he said and then took some steps backwards, and stood.
Jasira looked at the man, he was a stranger, she didn’t know him, she has never met him anywhere.
“The almighty Boss J”, Mr Scott stood up, stretching out his right hand for a handshake.
She took his hand in hers and they shook.
“Who am I unto?”, she asked.
He smiled wryly.
“Mr Scott, I do not expect you to know me, please sit”, he motioned, pointing at the seat opposite him and he sat.
“Good day”, Mico greeted.
“Good day, who?”, Scott asked.
“He is with me”, Jasira chipped in quickly, answering.
She sat down and her eyes quickly swept across the table, there were just packets of cigarettes, two keys, some phones and a big brown envelope.
The Mr Scott was actually smoking, because the instant he sat down, he picked up the half smoked cigarette stick lieing on the table and continued smoking.
Her stomach churned as soon as the smoke filtered into her nose, she so hated this thing with passion.
He looked at her raising up a pack of the many cigarettes with his left hand.
“Care for?”, he asked.
She shook her head immediately.
“No no, thank you”, she said and folded her arms.
His eyes widened.
“You don’t smoke?”, he asked, a look of shock on his face.
“I don’t”.
“Wow!”, he mouthed, absolutely astonished. She wasn’t surprised at his outburst at all, this wasn’t the first time people get surprise once they find out she wasn’t a smoker, she wasn’t used to it.
“Can we go straight to the point now? I have got other things to do”, she said and he began nodding.
“Yeah, sure. Alright Miss Jasira”, he began, “someone recommended you to me, stating you are damn good at the job”, he said.
She kept mute, and he continued.
“Well I have got one for you, with an amazing offer, and a very fat pay”, he said with a sneer on his face.
She scoffed, obviously not moved by such mouth watering offer, she can’t be easily bought over.
“What is the job Mr?”, she asked.
“It is not an assassination job, neither is it to kidnap”, he started, “it’s a simple task, just to threaten someone do something”, he said.
She nodded.
“Okay, and what could that be?”, she asked.
“Someone is posing a threat and proving obstinate to my boss, he doesn’t want to do his bidding, and so, my boss wants to get him do it by force, and that is when we want you to come in”, he said.
Mm, she nodded.
“I see, so what exactly am I doing and who is this man?”, she asked.
He cleared up his throat.
“To threaten him take his daughter to church, and do the needful”, he said.
She nodded.
“I get now, I’m liking the job already”, she uttered, “so who is he?”.
He smirked.
“Well I suppose you know Mr Jeremy Petersons, the famous billionaire CEO”, he began and she shifted on her seat.
“Pardon?”, she said, not really sure if what she heard was what she really heard.
“Mr Petersons, the young CEO”, he said and she kept mute, he continued, “he is posing a threat, and pig headed to my boss, and he wants him to succumb to his will”, he stated.
She was quiet for a moment, as many thoughts flashed through her mind. Jeremy? Her…, no, the beautiful man? Really? Jeez! What a coincidence.
Get him to marry his boss’ daughter by coercion, oh! Now, she saw everything dovetailing, this has to do with Amelia, and the supposed boss is Mr Redford.
So Mr Redford wants Jeremy to get married to his daughter by threatening him, and he wants her to do it, wow!
She looked at him.
“Can I know whom your boss is?”, she asked.
He chuckled.
“What has my boss got to do with this? Are you accepting the job offer or not?”, he asked.
“I’m not”, she said and shoved her seat backwards.
Scott was taken aback, he became startled.
“Oh! It hasn’t gotten to this Jasira, please let’s sit and discuss this amicably”, he said.
“Sit and discuss what?”, she asked rhetorically, “there is absolutely nothing to discuss about Mr Scott, I am not doing it, and that is final”, she stated.
“But why?”, he asked, “you were happy to do this few minutes ago, what changed?”, he asked.
“It is my choice to accept, and then later reject, right?”.
“Er…”.
“Right?”, she barked.
“Yes, right, but…”.
“Mr Scott, this meeting is over”, she got up.
Scott was speechless, he just stood there opening his mouth and looking at her, the guts.
Jasira was about turning to leave when she turned back to the speechless man, placing her right hand on the table and looking at him.
“If I were you and your boss, I would just let this slide, Jeremy Petersons cannot be tampered with, try more and see your deaths soon”, and with that, she walked away.
Mico joined her immediately and they both began walking away.
Just few steps to their car, the sound of gunshots immediately filled the air.
Everywhere instantly become rowdy with the cries and screams of people, as they were all running helter skelter.
They were puzzled, who could those be? Immediately, they swung into action.
“It is an attack Mico, hurry”, Jasira shouted and took out a revolver out of her thigh pocket, as they raced towards the car.
As they ran up to the car, the gunshots became clearer and closer, like the attackers were drawing nigh.
Immediately, they entered the car and Mico turned on the ignition, and instantly, they zoomed off, with their car making a screeching sound on the tarred road.