LOVE TRAIN : THE HEART OF A WOMAN (Part 17A)

“Please don’t do it. I beg of
you” Chika begged again
and again, saving Kelvin
with her pleas. I breathed
deeply and hesitated, my
finger still on the trigger.
“c’mon look at him. He is
already dead with fright.
Give me the gun” she
ordered, while Kelvin shook
and sobbed like a child.
“please don’t take my life. I
got a family at home. My
parents and siblings all

depend on me. Please have
mercy and spare my life” he
begged passionately. I drew
back and bit my lips.
“you want me to let you go
huh?. You think i don’t
know the next place you will
be heading to is the police
station. I’m not dumb” i said
searchingly.
“noooooo i swear on my
parents life. If you let me go,
i won’t say a thing. I swear”
he pleaded. Chika drew
close slapped and kicked
him roughly.
“now it’s enough. Let’s go.
He has suffered enough”
she said with a heavy
breathe, reached forward
and dragged me out of the
scene, leaving Gutso to find
a way in setting him free.
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We returned to my house at
exactly 10am, very tired and
hungry. Chika wasted no
time in picking on me.
“seriously you would have
shot that guy. You are so
mean girl” she attacked me,
“don’t you know love and
hate are siblings. They work
side by side” i laughed while
my ringing phone instantly
interrupted us. It was Gutso
calling.
“madam i still have mr Kelvin
here ooo. Now listen and
listen good. You have three
days to fetch ten million
Naira for me or i’ll call his
friends, colleagues and
family, collect the money
from them and then reveal
the person behind the
whole thing” he threatened
and hung up coldly, leaving
me extremely frightened
and devastated.
“s--t!” i screamed nervously,,
“what’s wrong?” Chika
asked curiously, rushing to
my side.
I needed no telling that i
was in a one big pot of
soup. I just was confused
on how to play with a
backstabber like Gutso.