Jamaica

Chapter 21

What is Alex doing with this girl? It was the first question Jamaica asked herself when she saw his number. She stared at it thoughtfully and then looked calculatingly at Sarah and this reminded her of Bisi. Jamaica wasn't sure what Alex was planning, but she had a feeling he was  probably planning a hit. And she felt it was something  he wanted to carry out using either Sarah or Bisi. What are your plans, Alex? She murmured.

She kept staring at the phone number but became instantly defensive when Sarah tried to grab it from her. Jamaica shifted her left hand rapidly making Sarah almost trip as she tried to grab the phone. Instead, Sarah heard a thud on her face as Jamaica used the back of her right hand to hit her. Then in a swift move, she grabbed Sarah's neck and pushed her against the wall and pinned her there while she opened the door of the office. Once she opened it, she pushed Sarah inside, closed the door and locked it.

"Sit down." She ordered. Sarah was terrified and sat down trembling. Her eyes were immediately filled with tears as she sat down. She didn't know what was going to happen to her as she thought that the worse could happen to her. Jamaica went to her uncle's office and knocked. 

"Uncle, someone is here to see you." She said, peeping her head inside.

"Who is it?"
"I don't know, but they were asked to deliver a letter to you." Duke frowned, got up and came out. When he saw Sarah he frowned even more. Jamaica quickly gave him the letter, which he opened.

Something urgent came up which I need to discuss with you, first. Gbenga.

When he read the note, Jamaica then handed him Sarah's phone, showing him the call log and pointing to  Alex's name and number. Duke looked at Sarah and reasoned that Sarah had been sent on an errand only; to deliver the letter.

"Agnes, she was sent by a friend." Sarah immediately looked at Jamaica and blinked. Duke then gave Sarah's phone back to Jamaica. When Jamaica took the phone,  she brought out the picture Sarah had taken of her.

"Uncle, look." She showed him the picture and when he saw it, he walked up to Sarah and stared down at her. 

"Young woman, why did you take it?" Sarah was still terrified but managed to open her mouth and speak.

"S-sorry, sir. I made...I mean to say, it was  a mistake. I mean, I didn't know that the camera was switched on." She lied. Duke looked at her and knew she was lying. He sighed, as he stared at her and knew that her being sent meant something was going on. He was curious to know why Gbenga had sent her to deliver the letter. But he also wanted to know how she was connected to Alex.

 He went back into his office and wrote a note to Gbenga asking one question, did you send the girl to take a picture of my secretary?  He took the note, placed it in an envelope, wrote Gbenga's name on it and sealed it. He then came out of his office and gave Sarah the envelope.

"Take this to my friend, and tell him to call me." Sarah nodded but kept  staring at Jamaica. She was still shocked by the rapidity at which Jamaica had hit her, held her by the neck, and then pushed her into the office. To her Jamaica was extremely dangerous.  She took the letter, left and went back to deliver it to Gbenga. When she entered the office and took the letter to him, he realized that something had happened to her.

"Sarah what happened to you?" He asked. Sarah didn't respond but only stared at him. Gbenga looked at her as he read the note which Duke had sent him. "Sarah, what happened back there." Sarah sighed, and sat down at her desk with tears slowly falling from her eyes.

She started sniffing and wiping the tears. Gbenga moved closer to her desk as she started to talk. "What did I do to merit such beating? I mean, you need to see how she squeezed my hands and took away my phone. When I tried to take it back, she gave me a back hand slap and then held my neck and pushed me against the wall. Everything was done so rapidly, I was confused."