Impulse

TEN: HITMAN

Fahad Balogun was intelligent, an attack dog for Barr. Kamir. The barrister had a lot of confidence in Abdulzahir's work but when he needed the work done by all means necessary Fahad was always just a phone call away.

Fahad was loyal to the barrister, for obvious reasons known to everyone. The barrister and his family was the only family Fahad had known, one could easily say that Fahad owed everything to the barrister including his life.

Fahad, despite being groomed by the barrister to be the most feared lawyer in the country, was very kind to the poor and homeless. He felt like he would have easily been one of them if not for the blessing God showered on him by sending the barrister his way. But was it really a blessing or a curse wearing an elegant mask? Often times Fahad would ask himself that very question.

He was a weapon, a weapon more deadly than a flamethrower. He bent the law to his will and the will of his master with little to no stress at all. Fahad was a masterpiece, no lawyer wanted to face him during trial, he handled business with finesse always.

Despite being very good at his job, Fahad had it easy with the ladies, not because he was particularly handsome or exceptionally good looking but because he was smart, clean and looked like new money. 

Fahad entered the conference room where his boss was waiting "Sir"
"do you have good news?" the barrister asked.

Fahad shook his head "no sir, she didnt take the money"

"evaluation of the threat?"

"she has material, of that I am sure" Fahad found cross analyzing people very easy, it was one of his greatest gift and one that almost always gave him an upper hand. With Fateemah he found it hard, he knew of her but he wasnt sure if she knew of him. But even after years of being the barrister's mistress Fahad had never set his eyes on Teemah until that day. She had everything he sought for in a woman, beautiful, intelligent and smart, cunning and conniving. A woman who knew how to manipulate information into power.

The barrister made a hard, cold decision without hesitation, "I  want her dead within the hour"

"all due respect sir, that is would be extreme difficult to achieve without exposure. And I will not advice it if she dies, the information might be leaked by someone else. We wouldnt want that"

"I dont care, kill her, we can do damage control afterwards. I will be going back to Abuja today, I want feedback by tomorrow" without waiting for Fahad's response the barrister walked out of the room.

Fahad would not have recommend the decision the barrister took, not professionally nor personally. But he was nothing but a soldier who followed instructions without questions.

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That day came with it's drama but regardless it was a big day for Teemah, she was just moving into her new house. After she woke up from her comma, moving back into her house was difficult add that to she could no longer stand her own mother. So she decided to move out and buy a house, it took some time but she finally got a small house in a good location for a good price. Her siblings helped her pack, It was a two bedroom house, a parlor and a kitchen, a small space in the compound for her car.

The night was cold, the type of cold that reaches your bones, there was no light and Teemah had no generator yet. Fadila stayed with her for her first night in her new house, she had long fallen asleep but the generators of other houses kept Teemah awake but those weren't the only thing keeping her awake, her encounter with Fahad Balogun had her on edge.
At around 11pm generators started going off, and only one remained till 12pm, then the peace and quiet kicked it, her head was stationed  on her pillow just by the window, it was then she started feeling fresh air making it's way to her, a few minutes later sleep took her away.

                             POV
Nothing feels better than sleeping off unintended, those kind of sleep have a way of being the sweetest of all. I suddenly I felt uneasy in my sleep, something just kept telling me to wake up. I was trying so hard to keep enjoying my sleep but my eyes just flipped wide open, the light was back and it hit my eye sharply, my heart skipped a beat as i pushed my self up immediately moving my body across the bed.
He placed his finger across his lips "shhhhhhhhhhhhhhh" he whispered "we won't want to wake Fadila"

My heart beats like it was trying to escape my body, my eyes still wide open from disbelief. He moved closer, and I did move an inch "you should have taken the check" he stated.

My body was weak from fear, but I tried to hide it, I knew why he was here but i asked anyway "why are you here, how did find me?"

"You know why I'm here" he replied
"So underneath all that fine suit and perfume is hitman? A thug? That's what Barrister Kamir did to you??" Sweat appeared on my forehead, proving that I was indeed afraid, but I knew something like this would happen and I was planning for it. "Whose stupid idea was this by the way??" I tried to move slowly away, he brought out a gun and stationed on my head "please don't move" he said politely, like he wasn't about to shoot me in the head.

"Listen Fahad, I hope you didn't think that I was stupid enough to go after such a powerful man without being ready for something like this, If I die, all of you are going down with me"

He moved closer, this time he made sure I could feel the gun on my head "what's that supposed to mean?"

"My laptop is right there, you're going to have to open it" He stood up, still pointing the gun at me, he opened the laptop which was sleeping because I wasn't on, he brought it back to life and the first footage he saw was that of the room we were in, with him standing exactly where he was stand and me on the bed. "What is this?" He asked looking around, obviously trying to find the camera.

"The camera is transmitting live to my PC and straight to another somewhere across town, to someone who will not hesitate to share it with every media outlet first, then the police and every law enforcement out there, lucky for me you waited till the light was back, now we can all clearly see your gun and your face, I already had evidence against your boss, and now I have both of you on your knees. Kill me Fahad, make it easier for me to take you all down"

Fahad looked furious, he eyes focused on me with a frown and he moved closer to me still pointing his gun "you're lying, this feed is only going directly to your computer, no one else's"

"Well then, call my bluff, shoot" My saliva thickens in my throat, and underneath me I felt my self let loose the water my bladder was hold. I should try to run or at least throw something at him, but I remain where I am. At this point there was only one thing I could do: pray he doesn't kill me.

He looked like he was observing something on my face, I didn't know for how long that last, then he slide his gun back in his jacket "today is your lucky day Teemah, you're not going to die afterall"

I was scared to death, in fact I have never in my life been this afraid but I knew that the longer he stayed the sooner he might realized that I was indeed lying a that feed was just transmitting to my laptop "get out!" I commanded "get the hell out of my house"

He smile "Ok" he turned around, when he got to the door he stopped "You know Teemah, it's not too late to get out of this mess, we could still just pay you and you'll just stop threatening people I consider my family and.."

"You're a fool if you think any of those people care about you, get out!"

He nods then left.
I gave him a few seconds then ran after him, I stopped at the parlor where Fadila slept off and she was still asleep. I went to the door and locked it, I still couldn't figure out how he got into the house in the first place. I was dripping of piss, I ran back into the room and straight to the toilet, and locked the door behind me, I took off my wet clothes and washed myself, I couldn't get over how fast this turned into a nightmare and I was so afraid that I started thinking of just taking the money and run with my life.

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