Melancholy...

Chapter 40

It was evening of the same day and I was about to send Daniella a text message. I had sent Christian a message during the day and he told me that it would be safe to text her first to make sure that it was her and that she was still interested in helping those kids before proceeding with anything. He encouraged me install WhatsApp since it would be easier to communicate with her. Though the house had WiFi and I didn't need airtime,he had sent me some saying that anything could happen and I couldn't depend on the WiFi only.

To all my boys reading this,copy from Christian please.

Hi Daniella
I typed. I hit the send button and waited for a response. It showed that she was online so I expected an answer soon. Just like expected,she replied soon and we had a lengthy conversation. At first she had a bit of an attitude but it subsided immediately after I told her my intentions.

Daniella told me that indeed she was Mr Danso's daughter and hated her father because of how much of a heartless person he was. She told me that she had found out a few years ago about her father's illegal job when he(Mr Danso) killed his own mother because she had threatened to tell the police. She said she was the only one who knew that he killed his mother and had been trying to stop him since then.

She also said that we had done the right thing by not telling the police for Mr Danso had people in the police department with whom he worked with,so even if we reported to the police the matter was likely to not be given attention. She told me that what I had to do right now was to find the address of the house that the kidnapped children were being kept. She said that this would be difficult as it was likely to be on Mr Danso's phone or in his office.

We talked about this some more and came to a conclusion that the only way I could get the address was to drug him so he'll fall asleep and I'll get it. She said that she'll drop the drugs at the house tomorrow when the family went to church and that was what I was supposed to use. I told her that I was doing this with a friend and she asked me to tell the friend what we had planned so far to see if he was fine with it. Christian said he was in agreement with what was planned,so we decided to put our plan into action.

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It was Sunday,the day I was supposed to drug Mr Danso and get the address. I'm not going to lie I was kind of nervous because Mr Danso was a smart man and one wrong move was going to spoil everything. As usual the family went to church leaving behind Mr Danso,Amuzu and I. Around 1pm Amuzu called me and gave me a package. He told me that a friend had dropped it off for me.

I went into my room and opened the brown envelope. Inside the envelope was a packet of drugs that looked just like paracetamol with instructions on how to use it. Apparently I was supposed to drop two tablets into a liquid,mix it till it dissolves and hand it over to the victim. This was going to make the person "sleep like a baby."

I wanted to do it that afternoon but it would look weird if I sent Mr Danso I glass of wine when he had not asked for it so I decided to wait till evening when he asked for his usual "tea with a touch of whiskey."
The day went by fast and soon it was evening. I had served dinner and everyone was in their rooms after eating. Mr Danso was as usual in his office. I sat in the kitchen nervously as I waited for him to call me.

"Franklina." He finally called. I walked quickly to his office and he requested for his usual beverage after smacking my ass. I took out a mug from the cabinet and prepared some tea for him. Then I added a touch of whiskey,just as he had requested. Looking around to make sure that no one was there,I took the drug from my pocket and dropped two tablets in the drink like requested. I stirred it slowly for a few minutes and placed it a tray. I then walked to his office and handed it over to him.

"Here,sit on my lap." He said. I placed the the tray in front of him and did as he said. I sneaked a look at the screen of his computer and saw him searching up names and prices of travelling agencies. He drank the tea slowly as he did and each time he took a sip,he seemed to get drowsier.

"Take this away." He said,handing me the tray and the mug. I took it from him and took it to the kitchen. A few minutes later,I saw his drowsy figure come up from the office.
"Please don't lock the door." I chanted in my head as he closed the door of his office.
He must have been too dizzy for he forgot to lock the door. I grinned slowly as I watched him climb the staircase to his room.

This is the moment I have been waiting for.

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Arianna