romoke,story by swankmee
Romoke ,episode 16,by swankmee
Romoke!!!
XVI
Dedicated to wizzybro10 and oluwatymylehyn
"Kai Musa, akoyi goro"? the hefty black guy drank
from a stainless cup noisily and dumped it on the
table in front of him. Musa, came out of his
small house by the gate and gave his colleague
kolanuts in a rubber plate, the man had asked
him for kolanuts.
"Kai, walahi to be a gateman, he no easy at all"
Musa bit into his kolanut with his brown coloured
teeth, he smiled at his hefty colleague, he didn't
know his name but he had come by, that
morning and he had told him he was new in the
neighborhood and he needed a friend to chat
with and since he was always lonely and no one
visited him, he decided to let him in.
"my hepty man, so where did you come from
sokwato"
the hefty man shook his head, he groaned at
musa's level of illiteracy, he couldn't even call
'hefty' wellwell, not to talk of 'sokoto' he called
'sokwato'. Well he needed to behave like the
Romans since he is in Rome in other to get what
he wants.
" yes, from sokwato. I hear say your madam don
die na wetn kill am"? the hefty guy rubbed his
ruffled hair as he pressed his China phone to
record his conversation.
"walahi, I no know. that day oga Ade come, small
madam pikin Dara com, so I no know who kill
madam"
"u think say na madam Dara kill madam? "
" he be like, because I dey hear Dem dey fight
say she no be her mama " the hefty guy gave a
short laugh, that was all he wanted to hear, Dara
killed her mother.
" Kai Musa, walahi you dey try. So madam no
comot at all that day? "
" ehrm......... I no know. Kai hepty guy, u don
finish my drink ". the hefty guy laughed and
stood up, he felt his other phone vibrate in his
pocket but he didn't want to bring it out so that
It won't blow his cover. He moved to the gate
and gave Musa a five hundred naira note. Musa,
lept for joy like a leper who just got his
deliverance. the hefty guy had walked some few
distance from the gate when he heard
"hepty guy,.. wait" Musa must have remembered
something, perhaps the 500 naira note must have
triggered his memory lane, he grinned.
"hepty guy, you don forget your handkerchief ",
hefty guy hissed, he had thought Musa
remembered something.
" I dash, you" he said and started to walk
towards his Lexus geep which was parked at the
corner of the street.
"you look like ogaT " he turned back almost
immediately, and squinted his eyes.
" madam's sugar boy, sometimes he dey come
madam house or dem dey go guest house ".
Sugarboy?, the stupid woman was a sugar
MaMa. He hissed
" ogaT look like me? wetn be the guest house
name "
" ehnnn, he black well well....... He dey even
repair madam cars, dey change dia tyre, the
guest house name na......... Ehrm I no know but
he dey for angle 90". the guy must have been a
mechanic,
"how you take know the guest house, "
" madam dey send me go there very well, go give
OgaT money, " this was getting more tougher
than he had thought, who is this sugar boy.
" so when last you see, sugar boy? "
" the day when madam die, she say make I go
give am money, he Com give me one fine drink,
say make I give madam........ Wait..... U sure say
you be gateman?"
the hefty guy noted, he didn't want his cove
blown so he just shook Musa and went on his
way, he brought out his techno phantom and
dialed a number on it.
"have got news ".
********************************************************
She walked briskly into the lonely road, Her eyes
darting left and right like she was been followed,
Her left leg suddenly hit a stone she had not
seen, she cursed and rejected anything that will
prevent her mission from not been
accomplished. When she got to the foot of an
umbrella tree she whistled, when she didn't hear
anything again, she whistled again until she felt a
hand on her shoulder.
"this is the money, so when are we going to get
it" the fair lady who had her head tied in black
headtie, counted the money that the haggard
man had given to her.
"what of my balance now"?
" You will get your balance once you bring it" the
haggard man said again. She chewed her gum
noisily again.
"okay nw, I will bring the package on Tuesday
evening, we will meet at this same place. " she
rolled her eyes and walked away. Life is not fair,
neither is it a bed of roses, she shook her head,
she had only been caring and nice to Martha only
because she needed something from her besides
who renders help in this world for free. Everyone
has a motive for everything they do, she would
leave the house immediately the deed has been
done.
***********************************
*********************
"and how does that make any sense? You saw
two wine cups before you entered so? " the bald
DPO dragged the so like he didn't know what
else to say. Ade was confused, he had just
revealed something crucial to this man and he
seemed not to care. He had seen two wine cups
the day he went to Mrs Sarah' house and she
had brought out another cup for him and had
poured out a drink from the red wine bottle, he
even remembered the name quite well "vintage
1772“,it was his favourite wine but he didn't even
drink from it cause the other wine cup looked
like it was not touched.
" please officer John take him back to his cell, or
we could put you in a VIP cell if you want" he
laughed until he started coughing. Officer John,
led him out, while Ade whispered to him
"please call my father" officer John felt for his
phone in his pocket, a call came through, he
looked up to Ade.
"oga Ade, your father is calling"
"ohh... good".... He collected the phone from him
"helo son, don't worry I am getting you out of
there soon".
the DPO scratched his bald head again, he was
obviously feeling heat even with the fan blowing.
He dialed a number on his phone and a feminine
voice answered
"yes, DPO any problem"?
"yes, he is starting to get you implicated, he just
revealed some.... "
" look... I don't have time for your gibberish, I
paid you well enough so do what you have to do
to shut him up either temporarily or permanently
okay? "
" but.... " the line went dead, he glanced at the
window and shook his head, his wife would be
disappointed if he did what Dara is asking him to
do but what is mere human life when 15million
naira is concerned.
" officer John! "
Romoke!!!
XVI
Dedicated to wizzybro10 and oluwatymylehyn
"Kai Musa, akoyi goro"? the hefty black guy drank
from a stainless cup noisily and dumped it on the
table in front of him. Musa, came out of his
small house by the gate and gave his colleague
kolanuts in a rubber plate, the man had asked
him for kolanuts.
"Kai, walahi to be a gateman, he no easy at all"
Musa bit into his kolanut with his brown coloured
teeth, he smiled at his hefty colleague, he didn't
know his name but he had come by, that
morning and he had told him he was new in the
neighborhood and he needed a friend to chat
with and since he was always lonely and no one
visited him, he decided to let him in.
"my hepty man, so where did you come from
sokwato"
the hefty man shook his head, he groaned at
musa's level of illiteracy, he couldn't even call
'hefty' wellwell, not to talk of 'sokoto' he called
'sokwato'. Well he needed to behave like the
Romans since he is in Rome in other to get what
he wants.
" yes, from sokwato. I hear say your madam don
die na wetn kill am"? the hefty guy rubbed his
ruffled hair as he pressed his China phone to
record his conversation.
"walahi, I no know. that day oga Ade come, small
madam pikin Dara com, so I no know who kill
madam"
"u think say na madam Dara kill madam? "
" he be like, because I dey hear Dem dey fight
say she no be her mama " the hefty guy gave a
short laugh, that was all he wanted to hear, Dara
killed her mother.
" Kai Musa, walahi you dey try. So madam no
comot at all that day? "
" ehrm......... I no know. Kai hepty guy, u don
finish my drink ". the hefty guy laughed and
stood up, he felt his other phone vibrate in his
pocket but he didn't want to bring it out so that
It won't blow his cover. He moved to the gate
and gave Musa a five hundred naira note. Musa,
lept for joy like a leper who just got his
deliverance. the hefty guy had walked some few
distance from the gate when he heard
"hepty guy,.. wait" Musa must have remembered
something, perhaps the 500 naira note must have
triggered his memory lane, he grinned.
"hepty guy, you don forget your handkerchief ",
hefty guy hissed, he had thought Musa
remembered something.
" I dash, you" he said and started to walk
towards his Lexus geep which was parked at the
corner of the street.
"you look like ogaT " he turned back almost
immediately, and squinted his eyes.
" madam's sugar boy, sometimes he dey come
madam house or dem dey go guest house ".
Sugarboy?, the stupid woman was a sugar
MaMa. He hissed
" ogaT look like me? wetn be the guest house
name "
" ehnnn, he black well well....... He dey even
repair madam cars, dey change dia tyre, the
guest house name na......... Ehrm I no know but
he dey for angle 90". the guy must have been a
mechanic,
"how you take know the guest house, "
" madam dey send me go there very well, go give
OgaT money, " this was getting more tougher
than he had thought, who is this sugar boy.
" so when last you see, sugar boy? "
" the day when madam die, she say make I go
give am money, he Com give me one fine drink,
say make I give madam........ Wait..... U sure say
you be gateman?"
the hefty guy noted, he didn't want his cove
blown so he just shook Musa and went on his
way, he brought out his techno phantom and
dialed a number on it.
"have got news ".
********************************************************
She walked briskly into the lonely road, Her eyes
darting left and right like she was been followed,
Her left leg suddenly hit a stone she had not
seen, she cursed and rejected anything that will
prevent her mission from not been
accomplished. When she got to the foot of an
umbrella tree she whistled, when she didn't hear
anything again, she whistled again until she felt a
hand on her shoulder.
"this is the money, so when are we going to get
it" the fair lady who had her head tied in black
headtie, counted the money that the haggard
man had given to her.
"what of my balance now"?
" You will get your balance once you bring it" the
haggard man said again. She chewed her gum
noisily again.
"okay nw, I will bring the package on Tuesday
evening, we will meet at this same place. " she
rolled her eyes and walked away. Life is not fair,
neither is it a bed of roses, she shook her head,
she had only been caring and nice to Martha only
because she needed something from her besides
who renders help in this world for free. Everyone
has a motive for everything they do, she would
leave the house immediately the deed has been
done.
***********************************
*********************
"and how does that make any sense? You saw
two wine cups before you entered so? " the bald
DPO dragged the so like he didn't know what
else to say. Ade was confused, he had just
revealed something crucial to this man and he
seemed not to care. He had seen two wine cups
the day he went to Mrs Sarah' house and she
had brought out another cup for him and had
poured out a drink from the red wine bottle, he
even remembered the name quite well "vintage
1772“,it was his favourite wine but he didn't even
drink from it cause the other wine cup looked
like it was not touched.
" please officer John take him back to his cell, or
we could put you in a VIP cell if you want" he
laughed until he started coughing. Officer John,
led him out, while Ade whispered to him
"please call my father" officer John felt for his
phone in his pocket, a call came through, he
looked up to Ade.
"oga Ade, your father is calling"
"ohh... good".... He collected the phone from him
"helo son, don't worry I am getting you out of
there soon".
the DPO scratched his bald head again, he was
obviously feeling heat even with the fan blowing.
He dialed a number on his phone and a feminine
voice answered
"yes, DPO any problem"?
"yes, he is starting to get you implicated, he just
revealed some.... "
" look... I don't have time for your gibberish, I
paid you well enough so do what you have to do
to shut him up either temporarily or permanently
okay? "
" but.... " the line went dead, he glanced at the
window and shook his head, his wife would be
disappointed if he did what Dara is asking him to
do but what is mere human life when 15million
naira is concerned.
" officer John! "
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