BESTIE’S REVENGE
CHAPTER 6
Faith’s phone buzzed and she checked. It was a message from Mr. Agbor. She smiled as she read it. Mr. Agbor was asking her why she hadn’t been to work in a while. From the look on her face, it seemed Mr. Agbor sounded rude which was not a usual character of his. Faith called him back immediately.
“Hello.”
“Faith, I want you to make sure you report to work tomorrow else be prepared to kiss your job goodbye.”
“What do you mean by that?”
“I mean what I mean. If you don’t show up tomorrow and on time, then it means you have unofficially resigned. You either shape up or ship out. I am tired of this attitude of yours.”
“Hmm, alright, we will see tomorrow.” She said and dropped the call.
I had been listening to the entire conversation and from what I noticed, Mr. Agbor had found his voice again. In fact, he found his voice from the very moment I told him that the tapes had been deleted. That is why he was sounding very rude now. He was no longer under Faith’s control. Anyway, that wasn’t my business. All I wanted was to get my balance payment from him, and I wanted it as soon as possible. He wanted me to meet him in his office, but I trusted no one. I told him to send it to my account.
The next day, Faith went to see Mr. Agbor in his office.
“What was that you said on phone, Mr. Agbor?” She asked, rudely.
“I said I want you to shape up if you want to continue working for me.”
“So, that is how you see me now? Me working for you?”
“Yes, Faith. You are my employee, and you therefore have to conform to the rules and regulations just like any other person. Forget about what we had. This is work.”
“Had? Did you just say ‘had’?” Faith asked, surprised.
“Yes, that was exactly what I said. I am tired of your rude, nonchalant and carefree attitude. I am no longer interested in this relationship.”
“Are you serving me breakfast, Mr. Agbor?”
“Yes, I am serving you breakfast, and I am serving it to you very hot. Now, get out of my office and go to your duty post.”
“I am going nowhere, Mr. Agbor. You are clearly joking with me. Don’t forget that you are in no position to be discourteous. I still have the tapes. remember?”
“What tapes?”
“You know what I am talking about.”
Mr. Agbor laughed loud and long. Faith was still trying to play the old game of blackmail. She didn’t know that things had changed and that was actually the reason for Mr. Agbor’s newfound courage. She was soon to have one of the greatest shocks of her life.
“Why don’t you go ahead and release the tapes?” Mr. Agbor dared her.
“Are you serious?”
“Yes, I am serious. Release the tapes. I don’t care.”
“Don’t forget what that will do to you. It will quite literally bring you to your knees. You know how important a man you are in this town. Do you want your nude photos and videos all over social media?” Faith asked, surprised.
“Yes, I want them. Now get out of my office. In fact, you should be happy and grateful that I have a kind heart. I would have fired you immediately and then call the police on you. Now, get out.”
“I am leaving, Mr. Agbor. I am leaving. But I am assuring you that you will come begging for me. I am waiting for you.”
“Those days are over, Faith. All I wanted was to be nice to you. I was good to you, but you took advantage of my kindness and made me suffer. You have been wicked to me. However, I will let you keep your job because of my goodwill.”
Faith left Mr. Agbor’s office with a mix of emotions. She was surprised, angry, and felt disgraced. She made up her mind that she was going to deal with him. She was going to send to him the most explicit of the videos. Ones that he had never seen before. She was seriously hoping that he would change his mind once he had seen the tapes. However, she didn’t know what laid in store for her.
As soon as she got home, she got her laptop and logged in to her Google account. Smiling, she went to Google pictures and the smiled disappeared on her face. She could not find any of the pictures or videos related to Mr. Agbor. She searched her entire gallery, but she couldn’t find anything. She could not believe what had happened. She collapsed on the floor and started crying.
“The pictures were here. They were all here.” She said to herself. “What could have happened. I am the only one who has access to my account. I even have activated two-factor authentication. It is impossible that someone could have gained access to my account. My good God, what is happening? Could it be that Mr. Agbor had hired hackers to hack my account and deleted all the pictures and videos related to him? But that was very unlikely. Google would have warned me that my account has been compromised and I should take the various security measures to protect it. What was I going to do now? Could it be that it could just be a glitch? Maybe I should refresh or better still, I could log out and log in again. Maybe the tapes will return.” She was sitting on the floor, weeping seriously.
She logged out of her account and logged in again. She checked again and the outcome was the same. The pictures and videos of Mr. Agbor were really, really gone. That was her last hope to a good life. That was her back up in case Mr. Agbor decided to become wiser. Now, Mr. Agbor had become wiser, and her backup had gone. She was finished. She laid flat on the floor and wept like a baby.
She regretted why she didn’t back up the photos and videos in a secondary storage device. She had neglected doing that for security purposes. She was afraid that the tapes might fall into wrong hands. That was why she had decided to put everything online. She had no backup anywhere. She cursed herself aloud for such a costly negligence. She wept louder at her foolishness and her realization that all hopes were now lost. Laying there on the floor, she dozed off and went into a deep sleep.
When she woke up some one hour later, the whole reality stuck her again like a sledgehammer. Many thoughts came to her head at the same time. The first thought was to humbly go and apologize to Mr. Agbor. She quickly ruled that one out. She knew Mr. Agbor would never accept her again, after all what she put him through. Another, thought was that she could get the members of her female gang, Claire, Sandy, Ashley and the others. They could kidnap Mr. Agbor, strip him and take more videos and pictures of him. She also scrapped that one out, too.
Mr. Agbor now had bodyguards, armed and dangerous bodyguards, especially that one who had a beard and always wore sunshades even at night. Besides, a move like that would mean she had declared a full-scale war on Mr. Agbor and the consequences could be disastrous. But what was she going to do? Because of her reliance on Mr. Agbor, her account was on the red. She hadn’t been saving properly and even her rent will soon be due. She also had other financial needs to meet.
What was she going to do? Well. She could rely on me. But I was an actor and actors are not people you could rely on. They travel a lot and except for the well established one, actors do not have a steady source of income. I was getting to that level of making a lot of money from acting alone. But I wasn’t there yet. Then a thought came to her. She remembered the four million she had given to me, and she smiled a little. She could use that to settle her immediate needs while looking for something new to do. She had no plans of working for Mr. Agbor any longer. She decided that she would contact me as soon as possible.
Meanwhile, I was in my house enjoying myself. I had just received a mail from a film company. I had been casted to star in a new film called THE WITCHES DAUGHTER. I was very happy and pleased with myself. This is because I hadn’t had any project since I came back into the country from South Africa. As a lead character in the movie, I was sure to be paid handsomely. I had already asked them to send a copy of the script to me so that I could start rehearsing my lines.
As soon as I finished checking my mails, I got an alert on my phone. I quickly checked and you won’t believe it. Mr. Agbor had just transferred ten million into my accounts. As I read the message wide-eyed, he sent me a message on WhatsApp. The message read, “Thank you for giving me back my freedom. This is just a token. You deserve more”.
Of course, I deserved more. By doing what he asked me to do, I had betrayed my love. I had betrayed Faith. Only God knows what she would do to me if she ever found out I was responsible. Of course, she would suspect me, but I will refuse. There was no way she was going to be able to find out about my involvement in her troubles.
My phone rang and it was Faith.
“Hi babe.”
“Sweetheart, are you at home?” She asked.
“Yes, I am at home. Is anything the matter? You sound worried.”
“I will be fine. I just need to talk to someone. I just need to talk to you.”
“Alright, I am home. Please come immediately if you can.”
“I will be on my way soon.”
I was still unaware of the confrontation between Mr. Agbor and Faith so, I wasn’t aware of her present state of mind. I was happy that she was going to come and see me. I wanted to share my good news with her. Little did I know that her visit would be the beginning of the end of our relationship.
Looking through the window, I saw a cab parked in front of my house. Faith alighted from the cab, paid the driver and walked towards my house. I quickly went to the door and opened it before she could even knock. She looked beautiful in her outfit. She was wearing an immaculate white T shirt with a blue design in front. She had a distressed pair of jeans on and white Air Jordan sneakers. But her face looked sour and sad.
“Welcome babe.” I spoke. “You look troubled. What is the matter?”
“I am having problems at work.”
“Problems? What sort of problems?”
“I lost my job.”
“Oh, I am so sorry. What happened?”
“I had a confrontation with my boss. He ended up firing me. I am now on the job market.” She said and bowed her head in sadness.
“Oh! That’s sad. Really, really sad. But don’t worry, we are in this together. You and I are one. I will take care of you until you are able to get on your feet again.”
“Thank you, babe. I appreciate. Thank you for being there for me. However, there is a little issue. Can you please give me back the four million I loaned you? I need to settle some debts.”
“The four million? Oh I am sorry, but Mr. Agbor asked me to keep it.” I spoke.
“What? Mr. Agbor? Have you met him? Do you know him?”
I opened my mouth but no words came out. I had let my reflex to act faster than my reasoning. I shouldn’t have mentioned Mr. Agbor’s name. Now, a can of worms and a barrel of snakes had just been opened. I was in big trouble now.
TO BE CONTINUED…
