SHE DESERVES BETTER

chapter 2

"Becky look, all you need to do is go to that guy in a maroon suit, make yourself friendly and alert him of pickpockets, can you do that for me?" it was Leonard's voice talking to her young sister.

"Oh come on, need i remind you that i also need to go pro?, why should i always be the distraction?, i can do better i promise" Becky replied, she was a young girl, eighteen of age, she had a slim body and big round protruding eyes, she always had rough dreads decorating her head, on that day she wore a white light blouse and a grey miniskirt, she had tucked in her shirt and wore white sneakers which made her look not too casual or official, she looked just great.

"Becky look at me, what we are doing is dangerous, i can't just allow you to go pickpocket until i see you fit, watch and learn, okay? Now be a darling and do what i told you to do" Leonard replied and parted ways with her. Becky dissapointedly walked towards the "Target", on meeting him she stood beside him and initiated the conversation,

"Waiting for someone, you keep staring at your watch constantly" Becky started

"Yeah, my daughter is coming, I can't wait" he replied

"Beware of pickpockets, there are tons of those around here" Becky said as she hopped on the bus that had just stopped in front of them.

"Will do" he replied as he patted his wallet on his back trouser pocket, Leonard smiled as he now knew the location of the guy's wallet, he slowly walked towards him, on meeting him he greeted him.

"Oi there mate, can you direct me to the nearest bureau de change offices? I need to do a quick change" Leonard asked the target,

"Yeah sure, just follow this road to the corner up there, it's just a couple of blocks from that one over there" he replied pointing to the direction

"Oh gosh you are a lifesaver" Leonard replied and gave him a firm handshake, his right hand shook the hand while his left one hold him just above his wrist and using his middle finger he unbuckled the leather strap on the man's watch and took it, he then patted him on his shoulder and slid into his back pocket emptying his wallet, he then thanked him again while looking into his eyes and went to the direction of the bureau de change.

Becky and Leonard lived together in a small apartment on a small city just outside of town, their apartment had two bedrooms and one living room, Leonard didn't get the chance to finish his secondary education due to poverty, their parents Mr. and Mrs. Smith passed away on a boat accident few years ago, they left them with large debts, his father Mr. Smith was a gambler and an alcoholic, he was always violent and most of his lifetime was either on jail or in casinos gambling, their mother ms.Tecla was a clerk in a post office, her salary was never enough, she managed to get Becky to school but passed away when she was just in primary school, Becky on the other side was a very determined young girl, she always aspired to be a nurse and luckily few months ago the was selected to join a medical college to take her diploma in nursing, the tuition fees were surprisingly high that they couldn't imagine to afford it, Leonard being a pickpocket since when of young age promised her young sister to get the money by any means necessary and that's when he recruited her to pose as a distraction in his pickpocketing,

"How the hell in seven kingdoms did you manage to steal both his wallet and his watch? he constantly looked on his watch for Christ's sake! Becky said in an exclamation tone as Leonard laid two hundred dollar bills and a Patek Phillipes watch on the table.

"There is an old and true saying among pickpockets which says 'you can't steal a man's money as long as he has his mind on it', with proper diversion techniques you can steal anything from anyone" Leonard replied arrogantly as he folded the dollar bills and headed to his room, "Go to Benzie's place with that watch, we need more money this time than ever" he added

Three hours later Leonard was sitting outside their apartment smoking his cigarette, his mind was not at ease since Becky never took that long when sent to sell their stolen items, thoughts that she was captured by the police troubled him so he decided to get on his feet and headed to Benzie's place, on his way there he found a large crowd of people staring at something, he didn't bother to look and headed to Benzie's. There he was told that Becky left almost an hour ago heading back home, he frowned and started to head back home.

"Hey Leonard wasn't that little sister of yours that was got fucked up hard with the lorry?, you should have seen her she looked exactly the same like Becky", Simbano said to Leonard as they met on his way back home.

"What do you mean fucked up, beaten or some sort?" Leonard replied in exclamation

"Who the hell gets beaten by a lorry bro, are you in some kinda drugs young blood? He replied coldly "Damn that accident was fatal, the driver died on spot" he added

Leonard felt shocked, he just froze there with his limbs not able to carry his weight, he sat down gasped in disbelief. 'Where did they take her? He asked dissapointedly.

'The morgue, I don't know, nigger just go to that Catholic hospital on the far left of this road, I would have taken her there' Simbano replied while looking at him in exclamation

Leonard woke up and ran to the hospital, he went directly to the reception and asked to be shown the newly brought accident casualties, after few questions they confirmed that it was Becky