LOVE TRAIN : THE HEART OF A WOMAN (Part 18B)

Stella’s story continues
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A text message landed in my
phone a minute later,
bearing the direction to
Gutso’s location. The agent
licked his lips, transferred
the text to his phone and
called Gutso with mine.
“we will be there by 9am
tomorrow. Good night” he
informed him, hung up and
smiled to me.
“i have to go catch some
sleep. I’ll be here with my
friends as early as 8am” he
said and rose to leave.

“thanks a lot for bringing
out your time to help me. I
promise you won’t regret it”
i said happily, drew close
and hugged him. Lydia
coughed and eyed me.
“he’s good, and handsome
hmmm” Chika who was
quiet all along said as soon
as the agent left with Lydia.
I had a very restless night,
thinking of many things. I
thought of Kelvin and for
the first time felt sorry for
him. I equally couldn’t
imagine what Lilian was
planning.
Lydia showed up at my
house with the agent and
five heavily armed men by
8:15am the next morning. I
was impressed by what i
saw.
“so what’s your plan?” i
asked the agent curiously.
“we will go in together,
survey the place, have a little
talk with the kidnapper,
before sending in my guys
after we are safely out of
the building” he said quietly.
I nodded with interest.
“we will go with your car
while my friends will keep a
safe distance behind us. You
have nothing to worry, we
have the training and
capability to do this without
being detected” he
summarized reassuringly.
“how about Kelvin. What do
you have to say about him?”
i asked slowly.
“in every rescue attempt,
there is always a fifty fifty
chance of rescuing or losing
the victim. It’s all about
gamble, but i thought our
priority is silencing Gutso
and his gang, thus stopping
them from blackmailing and
exposing you?” he asked,
“yea it is, but Kelvin
shouldn’t be harmed” i
murmured.
“of course, we are going in
to save Kelvin. I’m sure
nothing will happen to him”
he assured me.
We left my house at exactly
8:30am, leaving Chika and
Lydia behind. The agent
drove my SUV while i sat
beside him in the
passenger’s corner. The
second vehicle kept a safe
distance behind us. I was a
bit nervous but brave. My
9mm gun well concealed in
my handbag. I was very
ready to face anything.
It wasn’t hard locating the
isolated compound where
Gutso and his gang kept
Kelvin. A very quiet hilly
community many miles
away from Suleja town.
“you have to play cool” the
agent advised when we got
to the compound. I nodded
and breathed deeply,
together we alighted and
walked into the empty
house.
I couldn’t help but imagine
how many invisible rifles
were pointing at us that
very moment.
Gutso soon appeared alone
to welcome us.
“don’t be decieved, we are
surrounded” the agent
whispered to me, even
though we saw nobody else
apart from Gutso in the
compound.
To be continued...