PART 21
“ I AM PRESIDENT MAMUD!”
©️Opeyemi. O. Akintunde
Hidoko didn’t come till morning and Isire sat at the reception waiting for him. She was determined to leave that place…
“ Hidoko, What is the meaning of this trash?” Isire voiced out the moment she saw Hidoko walking in…
“ Calm down Isire, can we discuss this privately?” Hidoko said implying they were surrounded by people…
“ I don’t care if they are listening on this conversation, because there is nothing secret about what is going on here… I was having issues with my husband the president and I came to you as a family friend for a little shelter from the public eye. Now I feel like I am better and stronger enough to return home, but you want to keep me hostage … Why?” Isire ranted…
“ No, I am not just a family friend, I am more than that and I intend protecting you…” Hidoko wanted to say more, so he told everyone to give them some privacy. He instructed them to take Minaya with them.
The moment the reception was empty , he held Isire and continued…
“ Isire, I have loved you since you were probably 10 years old,and I can’t watch something terrible happen to you…”
“ Stop it Hidoko, I am sorry if I have misled you into thinking I feel something for you!”
“ But the nights we shared together says a lot!”
“ No…. the truth is I was just s*x- starved and you came in handy. The truth is the three times we have made love , I wasn’t seeing you, I was seeing Mamud… No one can ever replace Mamud in my life…” Isire said to a pained Hidoko…
Hidoko felt like he had been hit with a Sledgehammer…. He looked straight into her eyes and didn’t mince words…
“ I am not letting you go… You make a choice, you stay with me and Mamud stays alive, or you go back to him and I will first make a ridicule of him before killing him. We are no longer under the Iskelon government, so I can bring out his buried secret of him being a one time murderer…” Hidoko said meaning his words…
“ He also has something on you!” Isire reminded him
“ Yes, that’s so true but I have nothing to lose… The consequences for me will be to return the money I stole , which is probably a quarter of what I am presently worth, but Mamud has his whole life and reputation to lose… How shameful and demoralizing it will be if the citizens get to know that the first Nirato President is actually a murderer. It will be imprinted forever in the history textbooks of Nirato. “
Hidoko took his coat…
“ You can either stay or leave after you weighing the options” Hidoko left the reception back to his car leaving Isire hanging….
Isire realized a big truth, Hidoko’s love for her was toxic and he only cared about his happiness….
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Mamud had returned to his quarters around 5:30am. He saw several missed calls from a strange number. He ignored it and for the first time in months, he slept peacefully like a Baby but his new found peace was shortlived as Professor Ashkian barged in on him around 7:30am….His bedside phone rang so loudly…
“ Good Morning Mr. President, I am presently waiting for you downstairs. We have serious issues to discuss…!” Ashkian said.
Bereto looked at his father and knew his father was on top of this game….
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Minatu had packed her travel bag to leave the FiFTH state. She knew she needed to be with Mamud. She was about informing the driver about taking her to the Nirato Capital when her Husband rushed out…
“ Minatu, where are you going?”
“ I am sorry, I should have told you, but I called Mamud last night and he needs to see me…”
“ Is Mamud a child, He is the President of our nation!”
“ But he is first my son, my child!”
“ GO BACK INSIDE, PRAY FOR HIM!” Minatu wasn’t sure if she heard the inner voice correctly.
Was God telling her to Obey her Husband at the expense of being with her son?
She heard it again…
“ GO BACK INSIDE AND PRAY FOR MAMUD!”
Minatu stood transfixed not knowing what to do….
To be continued
