“So you know her after all” his fiancée asked, turning to face him, “i-i-i-it’s not what you-u th-th-think” Michael stammered, “she’s my ex, she just wants to spoil my happiness, actually our happiness” he quickly added, “so why were you running away when you saw her?” His fiancée questioned, “because she’s dangerous” Michael replied, “She’s so obsessed with me, she’s been stalking me since we broke up. How else do you think she found me here?” Michael lied,
“Irene, you just have to believe me” he said looking into her eyes, “These are part of the challenges married couples face, if you doubt me now, what happens when we get married?” Michael asked, “I have so many ladies coming after me all the time, they will do anything just to have me but it’s you that I want, can’t you see?” he said as Irene looked at him doubtfully, she seemed to be torn between believing what he was saying and believing what she had just heard from Sugar.
“And if you’re worried about what people will think, I’m going to fix that now” he said, getting up and walking towards the front of the restaurant to get the microphone from the MC.
All this time, guests had been murmuring and sending cold stares their way, “Hello everyone” Michael spoke into the microphone, “I know you’re all wondering what on earth just happened and I’ll be honest, I’m as surprised as you are, I never in my wildest dreams imagined that my crazy ex could go this far. We dated for about 3 years quite alright, but for the most part I only stayed with her out of pity because she wouldn’t let me go. Every time I tried to leave, she would always beg me to stay and stupid me, I would always feel sorry and accept to go on, until I realised that I wasn’t truly happy and left her for good.
I never experienced what true love and happiness was until I met my wife-to-be, Irene and ever since, I’ve never looked back. My ex has been stalking me since I left but I assumed she would move on when I get married. Never in my wildest dreams would I have thought that she would try to sabotage one of the happiest days of my life.” He continued as the guests looked pitifully at him, “I want to assure you that I will report this to the police and ask for a restraining order, so that she does not attempt to cause any chaos at our wedding” he concluded as he handed the microphone back to the MC. “Thanks for the ‘Shalaye’ speech,” the MC joked, “I was beginning to think we were being pranked or something, I was looking for a hidden camera everywhere” he laughed. “Anyways ladies and gentlemen, it’s time to move on to the next item on the agenda which is, the cutting of the cake” he announced as Michael and the celebrant stepped forward for the cake cutting.
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“Guy, you’re badder than bad” Chinedu said, praising him on the phone, later that night, after he was back home. “I thought I was a pro at this game but trust me, you’re a boss” he continued, “Guy, my brain immediately went into auto pilot mode. I don’t even know how I managed to come up with that cover up” Micheal laughed. “kudos to you mehn. I have a lot to learn from you” Chinedu continued,
“Bro! Did you think I was going to let that Sugar kill my American dream? Heyell No!” Michael laughed, “say no to enemies of Japa” Chinedu replied with an evil laugh.
Apparently, Michael had met Irene just 6 months earlier.
Irene was a Nigerian-American, she grew up in Nigeria but was born in Texas. Michael had met her during one of the times he went clubbing without Sugar and immediately he found out she was an American citizen, he swung into action because he had always wanted to live in America. He preferred America to Canada because he always felt like Canada was boring and there were more opportunities in America, so for him, the choice to leave Sugar for Irene was a no-brainer. He had planned to break up with her when he was married to Irene, unfortunately, she found out before time.
“So what are you going to do about Sugar” Chinedu asked, “Nothing” Michael shrugged, “so you’re just going to pretend nothing happened” Chinedu asked sounding puzzled, “ Absolutely” Michael replied, “that is the end of the Sugar and Michael era. We are now in a new dispensation. America, here I come!” he laughed, “ so you won’t even reach out to her to explain things?” Chinedu asked, sounding even more confused, “why should I?” Michael asked, “it’s not like I’m trying to get back with her,” he added, “hmm, if you say so” Chinedu replied, still sceptical about his friend’s approach to handling the situation.
***
Gloria had been furious ever since she had discovered that Chief Victor had also been sleeping with his secretary, all along, she had thought that she was his one and only official side piece, she felt that since she always went the extra mile to satisfy him in bed, there was no reason why he should still feel the need to be with other women besides her. To make matters worse, in her opinion, she was sexier and more beautiful than the secretary and according to her, they did not even belong to the same social class.
To add insult to injury, shortly after the incident that occurred in Chief’s office where he had asked her to continue from where his secretary stopped, she had developed oral herpes which had taken forever to heal.
Oral herpes also known as cold sores or fever blisters are small blisters that appear usually around the edge of the lips caused by Herpes simplex virus. They could also appear around the nose or inside the mouth and are spread by close contact to cold sores such as through kissing or oral $ex. The blisters or sores can take weeks to heal completely, they usually go away on their own without treatment but some antiviral drugs can help to speed up the healing process.
Gloria felt it was only a matter of time before Chief dumped her and moved on to the next best thing, after all, it had only been less than a year and he was already sleeping with his secretary. She made up her mind that she had to move fast to get all she could from him before her tenure expired, so she devised a plan.
Chief visited her a few days later, it was a Friday as usual and he planned to spend the weekend with her. She made his favourite soup, Edikaikong and pounded yam, served it hot and watched him enjoy the meal with a smile on her face, knowing full well that the food was drugged.
As expected, a few minutes later, Chief was fast asleep on the bed. “Finally!” She said dancing for joy as she pinched him with no response, she lifted his hand and it fell right back on the bed. According to her research, the drug was meant to keep him asleep for about 3-6 hours, which was enough time for her to carry out all her planned transactions. Her plan was to empty Chief’s savings and crypto accounts and escape to Ghana a few days later. She had a Ghanaian passport as her mother was from Ghana, she had planned that from there, she would find her way to the USA to start a new life.
Her intention was to squeeze Chief dry and dump him before he dumped her and so far it was working because she had successfully drugged him. She swung into action immediately, retrieving his bank tokens from his briefcase and moving his funds from his bank account to a cryptocurrency dealer that she had connived with to convert the money to cryptocurrency. She also moved money from Chief’s cryptocurrency wallet to hers. She knew about the secret folder on Chief’s phone where he stored all his bank and crypto wallet passwords and was able to easily access them using his fingerprints. She successfully transferred 20 million naira from Chief’s savings bank account because she knew he did not use that account for his daily transactions and would not immediately notice if money went missing from there. She also transferred 50,000 USD from his crypto wallets and deleted all transaction alerts from his phone.
“Mission accomplished” she said smiling to herself when the final transaction was done. She lay down beside him on the bed, and cuddled him like nothing happened and went back to sleep.
The next morning, she was surprised to find that Chief was still not awake. It had been almost 12 hours since he had fallen asleep. She tried to wake him up but he was still unresponsive. Suddenly, it dawned on her that his body was cold. She looked at his chest and put her hand close to his nose and noticed he was not breathing.
“Oh my God” she screamed as her heart began to pound, “he was only supposed to fall asleep. What is happening?” She cried as she began to panic.
She tried to remain calm, then touched his wrist and to feel for a pulse, there was none. “He’s dead!,” she exclaimed, staring at him in shock, “Gloria you just killed someone” she whispered under her breath as her sweaty hands began to tremble.
Find out what happens next, in a moment in episode 12 #checkwithdoctoro
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