SHADOW OF THE PAST

07 Let The Cat Out Of The Bag

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Marcus and Diana were able to escape from the trap of the FBI's. He had put a call through to one of his friends who were in the game together. He had pleaded to his friend over the phone to allow him to stay in his house for a while before he would be able to find a way to escape from the country.

“How were they able to track you down?” his friend, Godwin asked as soon as the intending couple was settled.

“That jerk, Kim son-Yong, tricked me,” Marcus said looking enraged.

“Who is Kim's son-Yong,” Godwin asked curiously.

“He happened to be a client I met online. He asked me to help him hack into his uncle's company's account in South Korea because his uncle was holding onto his shares willed to him by his late father when he was little. He said he wouldn't give it to him except he's married as stated in the will, and he was not ready to settle down in the next five years. His genuine reasons for the hacking made me accept it after we agreed on a satisfying amount. He deposited an advance payment of 5000 US dollars into my account and I started the work immediately. I guess I forgot to secure my security while I was on it, plus the personal accounts used in sending the money. I started suspecting him when I was done with the job and called his number which was not going through. I called his number consistently and it was not reachable. I should have suspected the job from that moment, but I felt he doesn't want to wire the balance to me.”

“No doubt, he's one of the FBI's. And the trivial mistake you made was that security, him paying in US dollars shows that he's one of the FBI's, plus the personal account you used. They were able to track you down easily with that.”

“Yes, it was a setup and I also make a trivial mistake. Do you remember when Ivan ‘my boss’ died while hiding from these people when he was busted after hacking into one of the richest American businessman accounts? I guess they have been putting a tail on me since then.” he sighed heavily and Diana scoffed. He was working under Ivan when the incident happened and Ivan had told him to go back to his country and lay low for some time, in which he agreed and went back to Nigeria where he met Diana.

“Had it been you've listened to me when I said we should travel to Nigeria for a break, this shouldn't be happening by now,” Diana said interrupting their conversation.

“Diana…why can't you go catch some sleep while I find a solution to this problem with Godwin.” Marcus urged calmly. He had forgotten that Diana was seated next to him.

“You had better find a better solution to this situation…I couldn't be where I ought to be by now because of your carelessness. I will have to call the surgeon and fix another appointment with him.” she mumbled as she stood to her feet and went into the guest room where they were earlier.

“What was she referring to? Was she going for surgery?” Godwin asked curiously and Marcus explained to him about how she had been pestering him about butt implants and how he was seeing her off to the cab that would take her to the airport before he saw the FBI's lurking around at his place.

“You have to stop her from…” Godwin was still saying when Diana's sudden scream interrupted his words.

They both stood at the same time to check what was going on with Diana. But before they could take a step forward, Diana had ran back into the living room looking scared. She looked like she saw a ghost or something scarier.

“What happened?” the two friends chorused.

Diana who was still shocked to speak pointed at the door to another room she had entered instead of the guest room she was supposed to enter.