The Landlord and his tenants episode 6

The Landlord and his tenants

Episode 6

“Call your husband. I want him to come here right now.” Linda said to Ije. She wore a sarcastic smile which showed that she was up to no good. Ije was terrified after Linda admitted to being the one behind her ordeal. She was even afraid to talk and ask her questions on why she sent armed thugs after her and to confiscate her nudes with the landlord. When she overcame her shock a little bit, she managed to talk.

“What did I ever do to you to deserve this kind of evil you are doing against me? We have been friends since childhood, did I ever offend you? What did I do to you? Why have put me through all these trauma? Linda answer me.” Ije said with a loud voice. She was scared but she was talking because she wanted to know what was going on.

“I said call your husband. I want to see him here right now or I will have you killed and have your body dumped into the lagoon.” Linda shouted. She unzipped her handbag and produced a small gun which she pointed at Ije. Ije raised up her hands in fear and pleaded with Linda not to shoot.

“It’s okay, I will call him. Can I bring out my phone? My phone is in my handbag.” Ije asked.

“Rubbish! Bring her a phone. When you make the call, tell your husband that the only condition to release you is for him to drive down here within minutes.” Linda yelled to Ije. The gang leader rushed and handed a phone to Ije. She made the call. She informed her husband that she had been kidnapped.

“What?! Where? How? By who?” John asked with a trembling voice.

“They want you to be here within a few minutes or I would be killed. The condition for my release is for you to be physically here. Please start coming. I don’t want to die.” Ije said to her husband. She was crying profusely and her nose was running like tap.

“I’m on my way!” John said. He was greatly terrified by the news. He took excuse from the office and started driving straight to the place where his wife was being held by Linda’s gang. He followed the addressed described on the phone and soon, he was at the foot of the Third Mainland bridge and was trying hard to find his way. He placed a call to the number that earlier called him.

“I’m here. Where is the place please?” John asked. His voice was shaking as he was already imagining what his wife must be going through at a secluded place such as this.

“Keep coming down. We are seeing you.” A voice said from the other end of the phone. Soon, John found himself in the presence of his wife, Linda and the gang. He was asked to kneel down and Linda pointed a gun at his head. John raised his hands up and pleaded with her not to shoot.

“Now, tell her what you did to me. Tell your wife all that you did to me.” Linda said to John.

“What are you talking about?” John asked. He was still pretending but Linda was not joking as she pulled the trigger and shot his left leg and broke it.

“Okay! I will talk, please don’t shoot again.” John pleaded with tears in his eyes. He was shaking as he fell down and started nursing the wound in his leg. Blood flooded the dusty ground.

Meanwhile, Ije was shocked by the turn of events. As much as she was sad that her husband was shot, she very much wanted to hear what he would confess. She stood up and rushed to him and wanted to help John stand up, but she was pulled back by the gang. After much cries and shouts in pain, John started talking.

“Ije my wife, before I met you, I had already met Linda your friend. We already started dating and I already proposed marriage to her. I convinced her to leave her former boyfriend and follow me since I was sure that I loved her. But along the line, when she introduced me to you, I totally lost it. Ije, you remember how you seduced me and made me to sleep with you several times even when I was planning my marriage with your friend. That was how the marriage between me and Linda was called off and I ended up getting married to you.” John said.

“What? But Linda, you never told me you were dating John. You introduced him as just a friend. You never told me he was your boyfriend and you never told me you were planning your marriage with him. You kept me in the dark and now you want to blame me for taking a chance on him when he asked me out? Oh my God, so this is it? Really?” Ije asked. The picture became clear to her.

Ije was surprised that John said she seduced him. That’s not the truth. John simply liked her and flirted with her after they were introduced. One thing led to the other and they got inseparably hooked.

Linda was shocked back then when she got invited to Ije’s wedding and the name on the card was John. She blamed herself for not telling her friend Ije the whole truth about her relationship with John back then, but she promised herself that no matter how long it took, she was going to come back with a revenge.

Ije’s nudes in the phone of the landlord were a perfect opportunity for Linda to take her pound of flesh.

“Yes! It was my fault. I never told you about my relationship with John. But that does not take away the pain I felt. That my best friend snatched my man, married him and made me the chief bridesmaid. Ije, you made me watch you get married to my man. That was painful! Your wedding was the most painful day of my life. I have had to live with that pain, but today, I have my sweet revenge.” Linda said with tears in her eyes and a sarcastic smile on her face.

“Now, tell your husband what you have done.” Linda told Ije. When she hesitated to open her mouth and start talking, she shot her in the left leg and Ije fell in deep pain.

“She is pregnant! Please take it is on her! I beg you. Kill me instead of killing my wife and unborn child.” John pleaded while crying like a baby.

“Yes! I know she is pregnant. But who told you the baby is yours?” Linda asked John.

“What are you talking about?” John asked.

“My dear Ije, tell your husband the real father of your unborn baby.” Linda said. Ije did not speak quickly, so Linda pulled the trigger again and shot her second leg. Her hatred for Ije grew day by day since the day she married John. She never forgave her and looked for an opportunity to revenge.

“It’s the landlord. Our former landlord that got me pregnant.” Ije said. She spoke amidst pangs of pains she felt due to wounds from the gunshots. She was already bleeding out.

“What?” John asked with deep shock in his voice.

“I did it for us. I did it for our house rent. I slept with him because of our house rent. The pregnancy was unplanned. It was an accident!” Ije said as she passed out.

“Thank you. My work is done here. As for your nudes, I will do you a favour by throwing the phone into the lagoon. But the two of you will bleed and die here for the pain you caused me years ago.” Linda said as she and her gang left the scene.

John managed to stand up with his right leg and with all his might, he lifted Ije up and took her to the roadside with so much difficulty. All the taxis he flagged refused to stop when they saw the blood and how lifeless Ije looked. His official car was there but he could not drive with one leg. Luckily for him, a police van was passing by and they were picked to the hospital. Both of them survived but they lost the baby. Linda and her gang were later arrested and sent to jail.

Ije and John later forgave each other and had twins a year later after John took treatments to correct his low sperm count.

THE END.

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