A quick silence to those Nigerians that were killed in S.A

The only way to stop this xenophobic is to fix Nigeria so people won't find an excuse to travel to a different country just to make it in life.

So we should all go with the hash tag..... #FixNigeria

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Enjoy.

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We sat at a pool area, located at the back of an hotel. None of us were ready to swim, so we sat at a round table with drinks on it as we watched others enjoy the pool.

"You mentioned earlier that you're both a model and a makeup artist, right?" Tessy asked Chidinma.

"Well...." Chidinma trailed, as she cleared her throat and looked at me. "I see myself as a model, and my makeup is really really good."

"And what 'bout you?" Tessy asked me.

"Um... Nothing," I replied. Tessy creased her brows, as she gulped down her drink.

"Don't you have a goal or something?" Tessy asked me again.

"Graduate three years from now, find a good job and take good care of my baby brother." I shrugged, as I looked at the pre-teens and couples playing in the pool.

"I'm assuming you guys know each other?" Tessy asked, as she gestured between Genesis and I.

Chidinma nodded her head promptly, "Both of them....." She screeched as I purposely, stepped on her toes. "Both of them, go way back." Chidinma said, glaring at me. "That's what I wanted to say!" Chidinma snapped at me.

Tessy laughed whole heartedly, as she looked at Chidinma and I. "Is this how you entertain yourself Gen?" Tessy asked Genesis in between laughs, "Both are hilarious."

Genesis said nothing, as Tessy looked at him worriedly. "What's wrong Genesis, why you so down?"

"As much as I love spending time with you Tessy, I don't want to be here right now." Genesis informed her.

Tessy sighed, before looking at Chidinma and I. "I'm sorry girls, but Genesis here, happens to be a party pooper."

"It's alright," Chidinma and I said together. We all got up, and approached Tessy's car.

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Tessy parked her car close to Genesis', as we all came down. "I've been looking for a personal makeup artist for a long time now, since my previous one happened to be a slut that stole my boyfriend, away from me." Tessy said to Chidinma.

"I don't steal boyfriends," Chidinma said excitedly,

"No she don't," I nodded at Tessy.

"And since you claimed to be good, and your friend here has vouch for you, I guess it wouldn't hurt to try you out." Tessy announced.

"You would?!" Chidinma asked, she wanted to be sure. Tessy nodded her head at her. Chidinma squealed, and hugged Tessy in one of her infamous hugs.

"Genesis, Itoro." I flinched upon hearing my name. We all turned to the side, to see the police man in charge of Genesis' case, looking at us. "I need to ask you both some questions." I looked at Genesis, who glanced at me before looking at the officer.

"Alright," Genesis nodded. "My Car's over there." Genesis informed Tessy to take Chidinma to the girls hostel, while both of us, followed the officer to Genesis' car.

We got into Genesis' car, Genesis at the driver's seat, the officer at the passenger and I, at the back. "You wanted to ask a question," Genesis said to the officer.

"Yeah, I've been listening to the audio on that phone you brought in the other day. So, I wanted to ask. Where did you get it?" The officer asked Genesis.

I was sweating like crazy, on my seat. Genesis hated Bolanle and we broke up cause of him. There's no way, Genesis won't throw Bolanle under the bus.

"I-I....." I tried to speak. I didn't want Bolanle to go to jail. He deserved a chance, he had redeemed himself. He rescued Chidinma, gave the audio on his phone as evidence and also, told us who the killer was. I also gave him my word, not to throw him under the bus.

Genesis looked at me for a split seconds, before looking at the officer. "Chidinma gave the phone, after she had miraculously rescued herself.  She found it on one of the seat behind the car and decided to use it to call Itoro. After calling Itoro, she decided to hold the phone for future communication. Then, a day came when she stumbled upon the recording on the phone, and decided to show us. I brought it to you, hoping it will help with the case."

I tried not to gap like a gold fish in a fish bowl. I looked up at Genesis, he just made up a story, without mentioning Bolanle's name.

"I see," The police officer said. "I got series of numbers on the phone, with strange names that fit that of a criminal. I'm going to use the phone, to bring those criminals out of the shadows. I advise you to be careful." The officer said to Genesis and I. We nodded our head at him.

"Another thing on ground," The officer stated, as he readjusted his sitting position. "I've thoroughly, extracted answers from both Andrew, and the killers of Anita. Turns out, they were sent by two different people entirely."

I sat up at that, "Two different people?" The police officer, nodded at me.

"But be rest assured," He said as his eyes averted from me to Genesis. "We would get to the bottom of this."

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Gerald and I sat on my bed, as we began to guess who the second killer was. Chidinma had gone to lecture early this morning. According to her, she was having a difficult test today. I hope she writes well cause none of us had opened our books since this incident happened.

"How about, Atinuke." Gerald piped in.

"No, I don't think so." I said to Gerald. "She loves Genesis so much, to plan his downfall."

"What if she's doing all this, cause she is jealous of you." Gerald tried to prove his point.

"She doesn't have it in her," I simply said.

"What about that gate man, what's his name again? Um__"

"Musa?!" I asked, cutting him short, then slapped him playfully on his arm. "Don't say that, Musa's harmless."

"Don't say that," Gerald said, using my choice of words. "The unnoticed ones, are always the ones you should look out for. Genesis' Dad, is a prime example."

I tried to imagine Musa with a bad motive, and arm men surrounding him. Within seconds, I started laughing. That image was a funny one.

"Nah," I said to him, as I shook my head. "Musa can't do that. Even the image is funny on its own."

"Okay," Gerald said as he tried to Crack his brain. "How about__"  Gerald was cut short, as the door to my room flew open. Bolanle came rushing in, panting like crazy.

"Bolanle," I called, as Gerald and I rushed to his aid. "What happened?"  Gerald and I helped him to my bed, and sat him down.

"The police arrested Scorpion and the rest of the gangs yesterday afternoon. On my way to our usual spot, I wasn't aware that some force men were already there. When I was at plain sight, one of them noticed me and alerted the others. They all began to chase me."

"Did they hurt you?" I asked him, he shook his head. Making me to released a sigh of relief.

"Did they see your face?" Gerald asked him.

"No," Bolanle said, still catching his breath.

"Then you're lucky then," Gerald informed him.

"What where you doing there?" I asked him. "I thought I told you to leave this criminal life."

"I know," Bolanle said. "I wanted to inform them that I was quitting."

I nodded at that. "It's alright. They might come to your place, cause I'm sure your 'gangs' might reveal it."  I said to him. "But they might tell the police men your real name."

"They don't know it, " Bolanle breathed out. "We don't tell each other our real name, for security reasons."

"You're good then," I said to him. "Don't just go back to your house."

"You could stay with me, at my room for the time being." Gerald said to Bolanle, then turned to me. "Kelvin wouldn't mind." 

"Who's that?" Bolanle asked.

"His room mate," I replied. Bolanle nodded at the idea.

Gerald turned to me again, "As we were guessing,"  Gerald began. "How about___" The door flew open and in came Chidinma. She looked at three of us, before going over to her bed.

"What's going on?" She asked, as she hung her designer brown hand bag.

"Bolanle almost got caught by the police today," Chidinma eyes flew open, as I filled her in on what had happened.

"Are you okay?" She asked Bolanle, feeling concerned.

"I am," Bolaji said, as he smiled warmly at her. That was the only smile I have seen on his face.

"Well....." Chidinma dragged. "Speaking of the police, I met Genesis on my way to class. He said the police had solve the case, or something like that."

We all stood up from the bed and looked at her with wide eyes. "They have?!"  I asked her, and she nodded her head.

"Genesis said we are to come over to his place tomorrow, by two in the afternoon. The police needed to ask questions." Chidinma informed us.

"I creased my brows at her, "I thought you said they've solved the case."

"Well yeah," She nodded her head. "Before arresting the culprits, won't you want to find out why they did that?" I nodded my head.

"So, that's what the police would ask them?" I asked Chidinma, and she nodded.

"I can't go," Bolanle informed us. "You guys know that, right?"

"We know, we ain't dumb." I said to him.

"Shoot, I'm having Mr Alabi's class tomorrow." Gerald stated.

"Cancel it," Chidinma said to Gerald. "You know I need you there, so you're going."

"Alright, alright." Gerald said, raising his hands above his head.

"So tomorrow, everything would be revealed?" I asked no one in particular.

"Yes," Chidinma piped into my thought. "And we would be free to move around. Finally!" I smiled warmly at her, I couldn't wait for all this to end.

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A/N Hey guys, we are close to the end. So stay tune to know what's going to happen on the next chapter.

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