THE KIDNAPPERS

A Plan That Failed

Abu was seated on a barstool sipping his drink. It was close to midnight. In a few minutes the bar would close for the night. He was however surprised when he heard the sound of the door opening and the click of heels against the wooden floor moving towards his direction.
The clicking continued and stopped beside him. The barstool next to his was then occupied by a lady.
He was tipsy but he knew that at the moment, he was seated next to the president's daughter.
She ordered a drink and studied the bar. Her drink arrived and she took a sip. Her eyes finally landed in his and stared for a while then she recognized him.
"Abu?, What are you doing here?"
She asked surprised that Abu actually spent the money she had given him.
" I came to have a few  drinks."
Abu answered without taking his eyes off her.
"Same with me."
She replied smiling and took a sip of her drink.
They got engrossed in a deep conversation.

The remaining quads waited impatiently for Abu at home, while watching a movie and drinking beer.
"I told you we should split" said Aisha, "now I'm sure he's spending the money somewhere, but I just don't know where."
"Well Azeez said we should all come home so that's pretty much why we're home." Said Aliya.
"It would have been better if we followed my plan, don't you think so Al?"
Aisha asked, she took a gulp of her beer.
Ali didn't respond.
"I wonder where he is now."
Aliya said.
"Who?, Abu?"
Asked Al.
"Yeah Abu."
Aisha replied
"You know, I think we shouldn't have listened to Azeez in the first place. His plan is dumb. If we had followed my plan, I'm sure we would have found Abu by now, but we followed him since he's boss! And now, no one knows where He and Abu are Beautiful!"
She spat the last word with disgust
There was a brief silence them Aliya spoke
"So what do you say we do sis ?"
"I say we follow the original plan, go out there and find Abu, but this time, together."
Aisha said
"Will we be needing guns?"
Ali asked
"No"
Aisha replied
"Not when we have fists"
She added
They stared at one another for a moment
"Now let's go"
Aisha said
And they left

Henry and his wife Flora sat at breakfast the next morning. Henry wore a suit and and a floral patterned shirt within his hair was gelled and combed to the back and Flora, as usual, wore aso oke also which also had floral patterns. They were in the dining room, Henry sat at the end of the table and Flora sat to his right. On the table were different dishes:boiled rice and different sauces and stews with fried plantain and grilled chicken as the main dish,porridge beans and  yam,and tea and cupcakes for dessert. Carly was nowhere to be found in the house and her parents didn't seem to be bothered. They ate,talked, laughed and were just fine without her until Flora brought her up at the table.
"I really don't want to see that girl ever in this house again."
She said
They had been talking about the things they did as kids when the thought of Carly crossed her mind
"What girl?"
Henry asked curiously as he ate  a cupcake
"Carly"
Flora answered
The mentioning of Carly's name alone changed the atmosphere in the dining room
"I just hate her"
She continued
"I want her to leave this house and never come back. She annoys me a lot. Yesterday, when she got back, she didn't even spare me a glance talk more of greet me. She just walked past me as if I wasn't even there. And when I called her, she called me names , told me I was a witch and a wicked woman and that she never wanted to see me, she even threatened to kill me if I didn't let her have her way in this house."
That was enough make Henry angry although he didn't let it show. He knew Flora was lying. If there had ever been a brawl regardless of who and who were involved, he would have known. He had spies and cameras watching every corner of the house so information about the happenings in the house never got past him.
Even though he hated his daughter so much for something he knew wasn't her fault, he knew her well , she would never quarrel with anyone, she was a peace lover, besides, the only thing she did yesterday was to cry , sleep and leave the house close to midnight. Flora was lying and he gave her just the right reply
"That's your cup of tea"
He said and sipped some tea, then he  stood leaving the table,food and a shocked Flora behind.