CHAPTER 69

CHAPTER 69

(Silvia was shocked at the news she heard she stands up…)

ANDY : (shocked)...Andrew? Let me speak to him...(he stands up, hoping
to collect the phone from Silvia)
SILVIA : (feeling uneasy, she could not think of what to do)...police
station? What police station are you talking about?...(Forgetting that
the number she had seen was a Nigerian number)
CALLER : in Nigeria.
ANDY : let me talk to him!
SILVIA : (ignoring her husband)...Jesus! What are you doing in
Nigeria? Do you want to kill me?! Will you go back now before they
arrest you! Chai this boy wants to kill me….
ANDY : what the hell is he doing here...bring the phone let me speak
to him!....(Tries to snatch the phone but Silvia didn't allow him)
CALLER : Mum I told you my Visa was going to expire, didn't I?
SILVIA : then why didn't you go to the UK? After all, your passport is
there with you?....where exactly are you? Which police station? Why
did they take you to the police station? Why didn’t you come home
straight…
CALLER : (cuts in)…oh mum! Enough of the questions. I will send you
the details through this phone. Please come on time, I need to get out
of here...(Hangs up)
ANDY : what happened? Why is he here for God's sake?!
SILVIA : Andrew came to Nigeria and he has been arrested...(With tears
in her eyes she sits down thinking of what to do)
ANDY : what was he thinking? How could he have come down here, knowing
there's a murder case hanging on his head...what exactly did he tell
you?
SILVIA : (not listening to what Andy is saying)....oh my God....what
do I do now?
ANDY : hope they have not arrested him? ...(Remembers Kurt's
words)...that Bastard!...that son of a Bitch....he said he will get
him arrested…
SILVIA : (on hearing Andy's statement, she snaps out of her
thought)...He said what? Who told you what?
ANDY : he told me he was going to get Andrew arrested too...
SILVIA : who nau?!
ANDY : that cook's son.
SILVIA : haa are you telling me that he did not only plan to get you
but he also had my son in his plans too?...why didn't you tell me? I
would have warned him strictly not to step here…
ANDY : (cuts in)…tell you what? Does Andrew not know he shouldn't step
into Nigeria? Do I have to remind him?
SILVIA : (crying)...my God...(Putting her phone inside her bag)...I
have to go and see him right away...
ANDY : does he know I'm here?
SILVIA : no, I didn't tell him.
ANDY : you mean you didn't tell him everything that happened?
SILVIA : no.
ANDY : and Joan?
SILVIA : Joan went to Dublin with Brian even before you were arrested.
ANDY : (surprised)...No wonder she didn't come to see me....I can't
believe this...why didn't you tell them?
SILVIA : No, no, I can't tell Joan, you want her fiancé to know that
her father is a criminal? Thank God Joan has never been the type that
likes flaunting her parent's position, so Brian does not know anything
about you. And for Andrew, I've been so busy trying to get you out of
here....(She receives the message from Andrew, checks the phone to be
sure and carries her bag)...I'm leaving, I need to see my son....
ANDY : make sure you let me know all that’s going on there…

(Silvia leaves for the address that Andrew sent to her.)





Andrew was arrested by the same set of policemen that arrested Ken.
Although he was told strictly the reason for his arrest, he kept
shouting at the policemen, saying he knows nothing about it.

As they locked him up in his cell, he immediately felt irritated,
looking at the smelly place they kept him…)

ANDY : hey, how can you lock me up in such a place as this? Will you
take me to somewhere else?...(looking around)…moreover I’m innocent
and can’t stay here. I shouldn’t be kept here! Hey! Do you guys know
who I am? I’m so gonna sue your asses for this I swear! This place
stinks like shit…(seeing that no one attended to him)…hey! Will you
get me outa here!...(after shouting for a while, he calmed down
thinking of how the police got to know about the crime)…I really don’t
understand how it happened. I still came to Nigeria few months ago and
there was nothing like this… I mean I just passed through the airport
without any problems… was it Ken that ratted me out? That son of a
bitch, I’m sure he was envious of me. He’s always being envious that
my Dad is still alive and running things while his Dad is dead. That
bastard…he must have gone to report me. Anyway, I’ll make sure he also
goes down, after all we implicated Jide together, so that makes him an
accomplice.

(He was still in his cell ranting when he was told he had some
visitors; those who had put up the charges against him.

He was still thinking of how to deal with Ken when he saw Kurt and
Stan right in front of him, he recognizes their faces...)

KURT : hi Drew...(Smiling)...it’s so good to see you again after so many years.
ANDREW : are you not the guy at the reunion? What's my business with you?
KURT : (shaking his head)...unbelievable...I mean, I can't believe
you're still so dumb after so many years....how many years is it
now....(Trying to count)....over twelve years...
ANDREW : (still looking at Kurt's face, not understanding what he's
saying)...what have I got to do with you? I didn't even know you when
we were in the same school, so what is it?
STAN : (shaking his head)...I can't believe my sister actually dated
this dumb-ass!
ANDREW : (turns to Stan).....who are you? And who’s your sister?
STAN : I’m the same guy you raped and killed his sister so many years
ago, dummy!
KURT : (laughing)...and it’s so funny that you of all people fell for
that bullshit....that I left your secondary school in JS3....even if
you're so dumb and stupid Andrew, shouldn't your conscience remind you
that I am the same person you framed with Carol's death?
ANDREW : (shocked as the words sank into his head)...what?! (standing
up to take a better look at him)…Jide!....how did you get out of
Jail...(Remembers all that was said about Kurt James at the
reunion)...Jesus! How did you become so rich...how...
KURT : (cuts in)..your father has the answer to all your questions, so
I won't bother myself telling you all that.
ANDREW : (still shocked)...Dad?
KURT : oh...I can see he hasn't told you yet...anyway don't worry, if
you're lucky, both of you may be kept in the same prison, so you'll
have a lot of fun there...
ANDREW : (still pondering over what Kurt just said)...All the same you
have no proof of what you’re saying…
KURT : oh really?
ANDREW : (chuckles)…you think because you now have money, you can do
whatever you like?...Where the hell is Mum for God’s sake, I can’t
allow this lowlife to keep insulting me here…
STAN : (chuckles and shakes his head at Andrew)…Andrew, don't you
think you're too old to be acting Mummy's boy...anyways, it will be of
great pleasure for me to brief you on the latest happenings....you
see, we were the ones that set your almighty father up with the TV
broadcast, I'm sure you heard about that...and we also helped the
police to get him arrested...
ANDREW : what! My Dad was arrested?...(Looking at both of them)
KURT : (looks at Stan)...Stan, have I been speaking latin for the past
5 minutes? He doesn't seem to understand shit...come on let's go...
STAN : wait Kurt....(Turns to Drew)...look, don't ever think you'll
get out of this because I'm gonna make sure you rot in jail for the
death of my sister!




Meanwhile, Silvia got to the police station and approaches the DPO to
ask if she can post a bail for her son, but the DPO declined.

Kurt and Stan left Andrew dumbfounded. They were walking out of the
room where they had talked to Andrew when they met Silvia, who was
just leaving the DPO's office. She looks at both of them suspiciously
as Kurt walks up to her...)

KURT : good afternoon Ma'am...
SILVIA : good afternoon…(looking at the faces)…do I know you?
KURT : (chuckles)…I’m Jide Akande…
SILVIA : (she recalls Jide's face)...Abike's son!....you Bastard, why
are you after my family?
STAN : for the same reason you people were after him...
SILVIA : (she turns to Stan)…who the hell are you to interrupt me?
STAN : oh sorry, let me introduce myself...I'm Stanley Achibong,
Carol's brother. I'm the one officially suing your son for the rape
and murder of my sister.
SILVIA : you people should leave my son alone! Leave us alone!

(Stan and Kurt walks away from her still shouting at them. In order
not to sound stupid, she stops shouting in vain as those she was
shouting at already left her standing there. She goes in to see her
son...)

ANDREW : (hugging his mother tightly with tears in his eyes)...Mum...
SILVIA : (tears in her eyes)...why did you come back? Why did you come
back here? You should have gone to the UK when your visa expired...
ANDREW : Mum, so Dad is in prison too? Why didn't you tell me?
SILVIA : because I was so preoccupied with helping your father
out...and when I tried your number it wasn't going...
ANDREW : em...yes...I was broke, I had not paid the bills so they cut me off.
SILVIA : why didn't you go to the UK? If you didn't have money for the
ticket you should have told me instead of coming down here....oh my
God, I should have told you not to ever come here....
ANDREW : Mum, I didn't mean to come here too but I was deported.
SILVIA : what! But how? Did you get into trouble?
ANDREW : no Mum...
SILVIA : if you don't do anything wrong you can be in the US for years
without having any valuable document to stay and you won't be noticed,
how come they deported you then...?
ANDREW : I don't know Mum…
SILVIA : ....God, why is all this happening to me....(Crying)
ANDREW : Mum two guys just left some minutes ago, did you...
SILVIA : (cuts in)...I saw them.
ANDREW : was that really Jide?
SILVIA : of course didn't you see his face?
ANDREW : I can't believe I've been so foolish, I should have known
when I saw him at the reunion...
SILVIA : what reunion are you talking about.
ANDREW : the one we did some weeks ago....(Remembers it was a wedding
he told his mother he was coming for)...em...
SILVIA : wait....so when you told me you were coming for your friend's
wedding, it was a lie? You actually came for your secondary school
reunion party?! Andrew! When you knew that the girl that recorded your
conversation with Ken will be there....what if they had arrested you?
ANDREW : Mum, I was on a low key...nobody even knew that I came.
SILVIA : shut up Andrew....and you saw Jide there, yet you didn't tell
me anything.
ANDREW : I didn't know it was him. He used a different name...
SILVIA : (shaking her head)...I can't believe this....now he has not
only destroyed you, but he has destroyed your father too....with our
money.
ANDREW : em....that reminds me Mum, he said Dad knows how he became so
rich, how come?
SILVIA : he's spending your Dad's money, Andrew.
ANDREW : my father's money, how come?
SILVIA : I don't know how exactly the money got to him but...(Explains
what happened with Badru and Andy's money to him)...but how the money
became his, I don't know. I guess it’s only your father that can
answer that, but he ended up destroying your father with the same
money…
ANDREW : please Mum explain all this to me, because he said Dad is in
jail, that he has been arrested…I mean how can such a small boy like
Jide get Dad arrested? How can he destroy Dad?
SILVIA : my dear, I guess he bribed a lot of people to work against
your Dad. You know the money is much, so he maneuvered his way
somehow.
ANDREW : are you saying he set Dad up?
SILVIA : yes.
ANDREW : but why Dad? I was the one that framed him, why trying to destroy Dad?
SILVIA : (thinking of what to tell him)…I think he just wants to get
your Dad because he knows that if you Dad is free, it will be
difficult for him to get you…
ANDREW : hmm…I see…that bastard…so he finally got back at me…just when
I was busy thinking someone has already paid for that crime…
SILVIA : that boy must pay for what he did to my family…
ANDREW : unbelievable….I never knew that this same Jide, the timid
Jide could turn out this way...him setting Dad up...I can't believe
this...(thinking of how things have turned out)
SILVIA : I regret the day I employed that useless mother of his…
ANDREW : (thinking of Jide’s mother)…we get back at him through his
mother you know?
SILVIA : who knows where she is…(thinking of the last time she saw
Abike)…I’ve not even set my eyes on her since then…
ANDREW : damn it…

(Both mother and son sat down in silence for a while, thinking of what
has befallen them.)

SILVIA : I'll ask the lawyer to come and see you…so he can know what
to do to get you out of here…
ANDREW : what? Won’t you take me home with you?
SILVIA : I spoke to the DPO and he said you can’t be bailed even if
your lawyer comes…
ANDREW : what?! No Mum please, I can’t go back to that dirty place…
SILVIA : I wish there was something I could do son…
ANDREW : oh no, I’m going to die if I go back there Mum…is there no
other way you can get me out of here? Please don't leave me here...
SILVIA : (seeing her son is such a pathetic state, she starts
crying)….I don't know why all these is happening to my family...


To be continued…