HEARTLESS
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Episode 13
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****Back to the mechanic’s house*****
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It was already 10pm, and the harbalist has done everything humanly possible to know if Raphael could respond to treatment, he tried everything he could but Raphael wasn’t responding, so the harbalist considered him dead and left.
The mechanic took his body to return it back to the Canal water where he picked it from, and on getting there, he dumped Raphael’s body in the water and turned to leave.
“Please help me, help me I beg you“ Raphael said with a fainting voice.
The mechanic turned back and surprisedly it was Raphael, the mechanic rushed and brought him out from the Canal water
“You are alive, you are alive, thank God“ The mechanic said excitedly
“Please help me, don’t leave me I beg you“ Raphael said weakly and passed out again.
Immediately, the mechanic took him home and called the harbalist again and he started treating Raphael, when he was done, he left.
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The next day morning, Raphael opened his eyes and was surprised to see himself in a strange house, although he was still and also feeling pains on his chest which was bandaged
“Where am I? What am I doing here? He asked no one in particular, not too long the mechanic came in
“Thank God you are awake, so how are you feeling? The mechanic asked smiling
“Who are you and what am I doing here? Raphael asked surprisedly
“My name is Ayo, I am a mechanic, don’t worry I will explain everything to you when you get better, but for now you need to rest“ The mechanic said
“I don’t need any rest, I need to know what I’m doing here and what happened to me“ Raphael refuted and wanted to stand up but he felt a sharp pain on his chest because of the gun shot
“Please you have to rest and get better, I will tell you everything later“ The mechanic said
Raphael insisted that he should tell him, he pleaded and persuaded him until the mechanic had no choice than to tell him, he explained everything to him
“That is it, I was urinating when I saw 3 men putting on masks threw you inside the water, at first I thought you were dead but something told me you are still alive, that was why I took you immediately they left, and thank God you are alive, but do you remember anything, I mean your family members or anybody? The mechanic asked.
“No I don’t remember anything, not even my family, the only thing I can remember is my name which is Raphael, but who could be those people who are after my life? Raphael asked because he didn’t remember anything that happened to him
“I don’t know those people, how I wish you can remember, because your family need to know that you are here and alive“ The mechanic said
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Three days later, Raphael was sleeping, when the event of what happened to him came in the dream, he screamed and woke up panting and also sweating.
“So Mrs Victoria was the one that sent those people to kill me. Yes! Yes!!…. I can remember everything now“ As he was still talking to himself, the mechanic came inside the room he was
“What happened, I heard you screamed, are you okay? he asked with a concerned tone
“I’m okay, I think I remembered everything that happened to me“ Raphael said sadly
“Are you sure you remember?
“Yes I remember. The people who tried to kill me was sent by Mrs Victoria, yes I heard one of them say that Mrs Victoria told them to collect my phone, I heard it before I passed out”.
“Hmmm! This is serious, who is this Mrs Victoria you are talking about, she need to be arrested for murder attempt” Ayo said
“She is the wife of Mr Jude who was my father’s childhood friend“ Raphael replied and the mechanic was surprised
“You mean Mr Jude, the late billionaire who they said was poisoned by his PA or so? The mechanic asked trying to be sure.
“Yes he’s the one, he was a very nice man before his sudden death, but his wife is the problem I have in that house” Raphael said
“Mrs Victoria is very Mean and Heartless“ The mechanic elucidated.
“ It’s like you know them too well? Raphael asked
“Ah! Who doesn’t know Mr Jude and his family in this Abuja. 2days ago, the news of your death was everywhere, both in the newspapers and television. I never knew all this while that you are the Raphael they have been talking about, and you are a very nice guy from the way people are talking about you, but that woman is heartless for sending those people to kill you and she need to be arrested“ The mechanic said.
“She is very heartless and she will pay for what she did to me because I have had enough of her. Please I want you to do something for me, I don’t want people to know that I’m alive, not even my father in the village, because if Mrs Victoria finds out that I’m still alive, she will come after my life again, I don’t want anybody to know that I’m alive, please can you keep it as a secret for me?“ Raphael pleaded
“Hmmm! I understand but don’t you think you should tell your father that you are alive because he might die of heartbreak for losing his only child“ The mechanic suggested.
“No I don’t want him to know that I’m alive, because if I tell him, Victoria must surely find out, you know all this old people don’t know how to keep secret, that’s why I can not tell him until the right time“ Raphael insisted and the mechanic sighed
“Ok no problem, if you say so. But you can stay here as long as you wish“ The mechanic said
“Thank you for everything and also for saving for my life, one more thing, I will like to get another line and block the old one which they took from me so that Mrs Victoria will not get access into my account because my code and my bank details are on that phone they took, I know that was the reason she sent them to kill and collect the phone from me, I need to block that line right away and get a new one, I will use your phone to call the line center so that they can block it before Mrs Victoria will empty my account. Maybe tomorrow I will go to any MTN office to get another one“ Raphael said
“No problem, but my question now is, how do you intend to go to MTN office to get a new line since you said that you don’t want people to know you are alive, and more over you need to get better first before thinking of going anywhere” The mechanic advised
“Don’t worry about me, I’m okay, apart from the little pain I’m still having on my chest, but that will not stop me from going to get another line and also I will go to bank and change my number to the new one, I will disguise myself and go to the MTN office tomorrow to get a new line“ Raphael elucidated
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TBC
