GIVE IT A TITLE

*GIVE IT A TITLE  episode 1*

I was busy enjoying the roasted maize my
mother
served me when I got an unexpected call
from
my boss. I nervously answered the call
without
wasting time equally wondering why he was
calling by that hour.
‘’Agent val, where are you?’’ my boss asked
in his
usual gruff voice.
‘’I’m at home sir’’ I stammered as I stood up
nervously as if the man was right there
before
me.
‘’Report to my office immediately. It’s very
urgent. You have five minutes’’ he ordered.
‘’Yes sir’’ I breathed sharply even though
deep
down I was extremely unhappy. I had planned
spending the weekend with mum after
staying
away from home for so long and I just
couldn’t
imagine how disappointed she would be
seeing
me leave just an hour after I got home.
Anyway that’s exactly the life of an agent.
My
life and everything belonged to the
government
and I had no reason to protest because I
clearly
knew what I was getting into when I applied
to
join the department of state services.
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I slowly made my way to the kitchen to tell
my
dear mother that I was leaving again. Luckily
for
me, I had no much explanation to do. One
look
at my face told her everything. She simply
shrugged and bit her lips as I made my way
towards her.
‘’I guess the call was from your office? when
am
I seeing you again?’’ she asked.
‘’Maybe today, maybe tomorrow. Once I’m
free, I
will be back here’’ I answered with a forced
smile
as I hugged her.
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one hour later @CMI
As I drove into my work place, I couldn’t help
but
wonder why my boss needed me so urgently.
I
wasn’t really holding any sensitive material
or
position at the moment. The general election
of
the previous year and every post election
security matter has already been dealt with. I
really had hoped on having a wonderful
weekend
with mum only to be ordered back to the
office.
Yes I really was far from happy but I hid my
feelings as I appeared before my boss who
was
in his office with a senior colleague who was
in
charge of the President’s security.
‘’Agent val, I gave you five minutes to report
here
but you took an hour?’’ my boss frown while I quickly apologized.
‘’I’m reassigning you. From now you are part
of
the President’s security any problem
with
that?’’ he asked.
‘’No sir’’ I answered. I was wondering the reason as to why i
was
chosen for such a job since I clearly knew
that
we lost none of the agents working with the
President . I instantly felt there was
more to
it.
‘’Agent mike will brief you more on your new
assignment’’ my boss adde as he nodded at the
senior agent who smiled at me while I
nervously
stared back at him as he opened a file he
was
holding.
‘’According to your file, you are currently
26years
old. A law graduate, did remarkably well in
law
school, been out of the country twice, still
single
and from a royal family’’ agent Mike calmly
summarized my life as I stood still.
‘’have you ever been in real combat before?’’
he
asked.
‘’No sir?’’ I answered, wondering why he
asked
such a question since he was with my file
which
clearly stated that I had been in the
department
for just a year and few months and only
worked
at the vetting department.
‘’Good, the president  needs a well educated
and
exposed agent of your age to watch over his
rebellious daughter who will be arriving the
country
this evening. She is 24years old. A Harvard
graduate and it’s her first time to come
home
since her dad became the President so,
listen carefully to what I have to tell you.
Before
accepting to come home, the girl made her
father promise not to cage her nor suffocate
her
life with security and bodyguards. She wants
to
live a free life and mingle with people like she
used to do in the past. But you know we
can’t
let that happen. Her father needs someone
within her age range to be with her all the
time
as a friend without her really knowing that
the
person is an agent and that’s where you fit
in.
You get me?’’ he asked.
‘’Yes sir, I understand. I think I have watched a
similar movie sometime back’’ I answered
freely.
‘Shut up. This is real life. Don’t mess this up
or else
you will see yourself out of this department.
The
President can ruin your life if you play with his
daughter’s
safety’’ he threatened seriously while I
instantly
hid my smile as my heart froze.
‘’I need not to tell you that the President has
a lot
of enemies and you are being assigned a
very
tasking job’’ he added while I looked down
with
slight tension as the burden of my new
assignment played before me.It really
would be
my first major tasking assignment outside
office
work and I couldn’t imagine protecting a very
rebellious President’s daughter all on my own
without any backup. Yes I was a good
shooter
but I rarely was yet to face any combat and
with
the way I was seeing my new assignment I
felt a
day would come when my shooting skills
would
be needed. I hated being with rich kids, talk
more
of protecting a rebellious one who could
spend
all her time putting herself in harm’s way.
‘’lord help me’’ I sighed.

To be continued