Episode 9
About an hour later, they both fell apart breathing heavily. It was really a very energetic love making session. Breathlessly, he grabbed his phone and saw the alert he has been waiting for has entered. He smiled and scrolled down to the next message which was details of the person he was needed to take out. It looked like an easy hit. A university Vice chancellor in one of the schools in the East.
He quickly headed home to prepare and pack.
Two weeks later, he was ready to do his job and head back to Lagos. Just like most of his other victims, the University VC appeared to be more vulnerable on Sunday mornings when he would be on his way to church with just a driver and a single police orderly without any back up vehicle.
However Unknown to Jones, the job was nothing but a trap by the police who had been on his tail for so long. The job details, the payment, everything was done by the police undercover team. He had no idea he was about to go down.
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Earlier that morning, he had snatched a car about seven kilometers from the VC’s residency and planned using the snatched car for his operation that morning. He laid in wait as he checked his watch over and over. Soon the gate opened and the VC’s SUV appeared.
As the tinted SUV pulled out and made its way into the road, he quickly blocked it with the snatched car while the driver rammed into him, stopping with the impact.
He rushed out of the car, grabbed his rifle and quickly fired at the windscreen but it didn’t crack. He fired again and again, taken aback with the discovery. The car was bullet proof.
Before he could recover from the disappointment shock, he heard noises from all around him, men screaming at him. He turned around to see policemen facing him with guns drawn.
He couldn’t believe his eyes and he knew there was no way in hell he was going to allow himself to be captured alive, tortured for information and then send to jail. No he wasn’t ready for that and without a second thought, swung his rifle at the policemen who quickly fired before he could fire a shot.
His body was instantly riddled with bullets. With mouth open, he fell back dead without another word.
The End
Written by Valentine Nkemjika
A COOLVALSTORIES PRODUCTION
Serves him {Jones} right