Chapter 70

70

Kareemah's POV

"Hey! What happened to you? Why have you been restless for the past 30minute?" Khalid ask raising one of his eyebrow

"Khalid you can't understand " I answered frustratedly

"Then make me"

"It's Maryam"

"Maryam? What happened to her?" He inquired

"Nothing... I mean I'm not sure yet,she called me some minute ago and said she will be here soon. I don't know what happened exactly, but I'm sure this is about my brother"

"Kareem gosh! What have you done this time around?" Khalid said mor like to himself as he rub his right hand on his face annoyingly

"Khalid I'm becoming to get scared already...what if something bad has happened to her? She's not here yet!"

"Calm down my love,I'm sure something reasonable is holding her up, she will be here soon" Khalid assured me as he excuse him self to make a call

Five minute later he came back and his eyes hold a guilty gaze "what happened?" I asked

"I think we fucked up"

"You fucked up? As in how? How many of you fucked up?"

"Maryam misunderstood Kareem"

"What do you mean?"

"Shit! This was suppose to be a surprise to you ladies and everything is fucked up already"

"Khalid will you please tell me what's happening?! I'm dying out of curiosity already"

"OK OK fine..you see we wanted to have a family house"

"A family house? For who?"

"I mean for we....I, Faruq and Kareem. It's more like an estate, so everyone of us will have each of our own house. We wanted to live as a family. To cut the story short,Kareem introduced a girl to us Fateemah but people call her baby,she is an agent and she found a good land for us to work on. Unfortunately Maryam got to read the text Kareem and Fatima had and she misunderstood the situation, she thought Kareem cheated on her"

"What?! All this is going on and you didn't bother to let me your wife knew about it?!"

"Kareemah please calm down, it was meant to be a surprise"

"What sort of stupid surprise is that? Now the surprise has backfired. Where could Maryam be? She isn't here yet, when in fact she ought to be here for the past minutes"

"Calm down,nothing will happen to her"

"She's pregnant!"

"I know! Nobody is saying that she's not,just calm down please"

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Kareem's POV

Twenty minute has passed already and I decide to check on Maryam in the other room,I knew that is where she used to go to anytime we had a fight

I knock but got no response from her I decide to open the door but everywhere is just blank, there's no any sign of her

"Maryam...Maryam..." I called our her name

"Maryam this is not funny, answer me" still got no response from her

"Maryam...Maryam"

Could she be using the bathroom? But there's no sound like she's in there. I walk closer to the bathroom and open it, only to find the place empty

Shit! This is not going to be good

I quickly went back to our room and took my phone to call Mufeedah "hello there brother in-law" she said

"Mufeedah..." I called out her name breathlessly

"Kareem? What happened? "

"She...she left"

"She left? Who left?"

"Mar-"

"What did you do this time around Kareem Abdulazeez?!" She cut me off

"I swear it was not my fault,she..."

"I swear to God,if anything happens to my sister, I won't forgive you" she said and then hang up the call

"Kareemah....kareemah it's "

"Hello brother" she pick up at the first ring

"Kareemah she... She-"

"I knew everything Ola,but I'm also scared "

"Why are you scared? " I asked confused,I was so happy when she said she knew everything, which means Maryam is with her but she saying that she's scared is shitting the hell out of me

"She called me that she's on her way to my house for the past thirty minute now but she's still not here yet"

"What?"

"Yes Ola"

"OK...OK I'll be there in twenty minute

"Alright"

******

"Kareem I'm sorry,Faruq explained everything to me already" Mufeedah begged

"It fine Mufeey"

"Nothing is fine" she instantly glared at me

What is really wrong with this girl? At a moment she's nice and caring and another moment she's being crazy

"Why did you all hide the truth from us? If you hadn't, she wouldn't have thought you were cheating on her and left the house angrily"

"Mufeedah this is not the time to scold the idiots,we have to look for our sister"

On a normal day if Kareemah should have called me an idiot I would have beat the shit out of her but now getting my wife is more important

"Should we inform our parent?" Kareemah suggest

"No!!!" We all chorused at the same time

"Why? They have the right to know about this" she reasoned

"Kareemah, nobody is saying that they don't have the right to know but do you know how mom will feel if she learnt that her child is missing? Or our Mom who had a problem of heart attack?"

"Yes you're right, but I just feel like,you know before things get out of hand we should let them know...don't you all think?"

"At least let look for her first then we can decide on what to do later onwards"

"Yes"

We all went out in search for her. I, Mufeedah and Faruq in my car and Kareemah and Khalid in his car

"Kareem can you inform your friend? I mean that ACP,he could help us with his connections and influence"

I nod and called him

"Kareem Kareem,I hope you won't ask me to come arrest someone today again" he joke

"Yusuf I'm sorry, but you really need to help me"

"Kareem what happened to you? Why do you sound so restless? Is everything OK there with you?"

I shook my head in a negative way before I could realise that he wasn't here with me, he can't see me "no Yusuf,nothing is fine with me,my wife is missing?"

"What? Your wife? Since when?"

"Fifty minute ago"

"OK calm down Kareem...we will find her,where did she tell you she's going to? And how sure are you that she's missing?"

"We had a fight and I thought she was in the other room but my sister told me she told her she will be in her house in few minute and now she is not there and her phone is off"

"We could have track her location but the phone was off already"

"Please calm down Kareem you're my friend and you're more than that to me,I'll make sure we find her....let meet up at your house in the next two hours"

"OK... Thank you Man"

"You don't need to please"

And with that I hang up

"So what did he say?"

"He will come to my house in the next two hours"

"OK let look for her before that two hours"

"Yes Mufeey"

"Kareem please calm down I know my Sis, she will be fine where ever she's,I'm sure of that"

"Mufeey you can't understand, I made a mistake! a big one,I should have explained to her! I had the chance to but I didn't and now she's gone"

"She's not dead Kareem! We will find her, it not like someone kidnapped her right?"

Someone kidnapped her

Someone kidnapped her

Think Kareem... Think! Think!

Safeenah?

"Why?! Why?! Why did you hate me this much?! Why?! Just why?!"

"You really want to know? Are you that eager to know?!"

She laugh wickedly before she replies him "that's for me to know and for you to find out"

"I'll leave now but I'll be back soon....." She said as she was about to leave but she stopped and turn to us

"Ahhh I heard that you're pregnant Maryam....congratulations,but you should always watch your back" she said and left

"Stop!!"

"What? Have you spot her somewhere?" Mufeedah asked looking around

"Stop the car!"

"Why did you keep saying to stop?"

I" think I know who did this"

"You knew? Does that means my sister is truly kidnapped?"

"I think so"

"What?"

"By who?!"

I explained everything to them and Mufeey only open her mouth in a gape

"Did you just said you released her?"

"But it was Maryam's idea,I never knew she will go up to this limit"

"Oh my God! Why did you have to listen to her?"

"I'm sorry but I thought she was right, everyone deserves a second chance. That's why I agreed"

"Yeah everyone deserves second chance and she has shown you guys what second chance means"

"Yes I know right" I agreed to what she says

"Now what do we do? We've known that this is her doing,but the main question is how do we find her?"

"Kareem call Khalid to come back to your house, he need not to keep rounding about the street since we've gotten a hint on how to look for Maryam"

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"I think we should inform our parent about this Kareem" Kareemah suggest again

"But-"

"Kareem we had to, before things get out of hand"

I looked at everyone and they all nod their head,this is beyond our reach and I think its true if the elders are truly involve

I bring out my phone from my pocket and first dial her parent number

"Hello Dad?"

Chapter Sixty Seven

Kareem's POV

"Hello Dad?"

"Kareem son! How are you doing?"

"Fine sir"

"And your work? Hope everything is going smoothly?"

"Alhmadulillah Dad"

"Good...and my daughter? How is she doing?

"Actually.... " I paused hesitantly

"What happened son? Did you two had a fight? If that's the case, it normal between couples to fight,you can't always be happy at all times

"Actually Dad......"

"Yes? "

"Maryam....Maryam is missing"

"What?! Who is missing? " I could hear Mom voice at the other side

Shit!

"Hello Kareem....who did you say was missing? " she asked

I explained everything to her and heard her sobs before I hang up the call

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"My poor baby! My poor baby, where could she be at this time? Who could be this heartless and kidnapped my daughter? " her Mom keeps saying

It morning already, my parent,her parent and the rest are here with me in my house. Even Yusuf had to showed up this morning, he wasn't able to make it yesterday due to some reason but he sent some of his men's here and I wasn't satisfied with that

"Yusuf thank God you're here"

"I'm so sorry Kareem,something urgent came up and I had to leave the town yesterday"

"It fine"

"As salami alaikum....good morning Sir/Ma"

"Wa alaikumu salam...morning son"

"Kareem I need to hear the full details from you" I nod in response and told him all what he needs to know

"Then all what we need to do now is to find Safeenah"

"But how?"

He smirk " I don't think she's smarter enough is she? She told you she had spy under you...Your P.A?"

"Yes but I fired her already"

"That shouldn't be a problem,you know her address right? Why don't you give me and let us do our job"

"OK then"

"Please find my daughter for me,she is too innocent for all this,Maryam is too good to keep passing through all this hard test" her Mom said weeping

"I promise you Ma'am we will find your daughter and bring her back home to you....I need to leave now"

"Thank you Man"

"Nana please calm down we will find our daughter " my Mom keep persuading her to stop crying. It a surprise to see Mom strong in this type of a situation, but I'm also happy at the same time

Maryam's POV

Slowly I opened my eyes,only to find my self in a room full of dirt,it looks old like a cottage

Where am I?

Why am I here?

I had a fight with Kareem and I left home,then a cab and I felt someone hit me on my head and everything went blank

Subhanallah! I'm abducted! Of course! I'm tied down here with a rope on my leg and hand

"But why? Was I abducted because they wanted to use me for ritual? No! No! It can't be possible! My baby! Nothing must happen to my baby! Nothing! I won't let any harm come to you baby" I thought shaking my head in the process

Kareem where are you?! Please come save me and our baby! We really need you now,I'm fine with it if you have girlfriend, I don't mind anymore but please just come save me! I won't get mad at you anymore! I won't leave the house without your permission! I won't ever dare go against you,just please come save us! I can't die here just like that! My baby needs to live!

"Is she in there? " I heard a voice said

"Yes boss,she's"

"Good! I hope no one suspected anything?"

"Not at all"

"Any means of locating her...have you destroy all means to locate her?"

"Boss you really don't need to worry your self on that, everything is under control"

Boss?

The head of the kidnappers is here?

No please the boss shouldn't come now,my husband needs to save me and my baby! The boss can't just show up now! They can't use us for ritual! No please!

Immediately I start reciting Ayyatul- khursiyy for seven times,after that, I read suratul-ikhlass,suratul Falaq and suratul-Nass and other Addu'a that I know can be helpful whenever someone is in danger

I was so surprised to see who the guy referring to as boss was. I couldn't help but to wide my eyes out of fear and surprise

"You?" I asked with astonishment

"Look who we have here! The lover girl is awake!" He said with a mockery tone

"Surprise to see me? I told you guys,didn't I? I told you I'll definitely comeback for you but non of you take my word serious"

"You...you are...the....the boss?" I stuttered

"Yes lover girl I'm...and now that you're here under my watch you won't ever set your foot out of here till the lover boy comes meet you here" he said laughing wickedly

There was a day I and Kareem wanted to go pay Mom a visit,on our way out of the compound, this same man blocked us that day and beg Kareem to take him back

"At least sir, if you can't take me back, please allow me to work at other places"

"I told you already Mr Shu'aibu, my answer is still NO!. People like you deserve to rot in jail but I pitied you and let you leave my company peacefully... So what else are you looking for now?"

"Please sir,this suffering is too much,I promise I won't steal nor take decision without your knowledge... I promise"

"A thief will always be a thief,and you can also lie a lot, if a human has this two things the next third thing he will start doing is to kill which I'm sure someday somehow you'll take that too as a job"

"Sir it wasn't my fault, I had to steal that money to save my son,he was hospitalise and if I hadn't stole that money, my son would have been dead"

"You had the opportunity to inform me,to let me know but No you didn't, instead you decide to take the decision on your own! You stole my money not just a thousands but millions! Who does that?!"

"I admit my mistake but please if you can't accept me back at least take my son in,we really are going through a tougher time now"

"A thief son is also a thief so I can't take him in,and mind you there's no way in this town will you get a job I promise you! You will learn your lesson a lot that you will regret ever knowing me..that's a promise. Now out of my way!"

"Kareem please listen to him he might-"

"Maryam this is not something you could interfere in,this is a Man business"

"But-"

"No! You won't utter any word Maryam"

"And you,it better you move out of my way, if not I won't hesitate to crush with my baby"

"No I won't take a step away, you'll have to kill me!"

"Fine! you asked for it and I'll gladly give it to you"

"Kareem are you crazy?! You wanted to kill an old man enough to be your father!"

"Point of correction baby,my Dad don't steal in fact, he has a lot of companies that he worked so hard on to raise up his children up and took care of the rest of the family"

"That doesn't give you the right to kill an old man,fine! You don't want to help him but don't kill him,it's too much"

"Fine!"

Danladi! Danladi!!" He yell out his name

"Crazy man,why is he calling him now?" I thought

"Na'am Oga....see me here"

"Good,take this filthy thing out of my sight! Before counting of five he shouldn't stand there,else your service here with me will be over"

"Ha Oga! Please make you no do so ooo...him go leave Oga"

"Abeg sir make you comot for there, abeg I no wan loose my job...na beg I dey beg oooo"

"Kareem Abdulazeez you're so heartless,I promised you that you'll regret not giving me the job,you should always watch your back coz I'll definitely comeback for you! I promise! That day I'll make sure you placed your two knee on the floor and beg me so hard!"

"Well let wait for that day to come"

And here I'm, in front of the man who promise to take his revenge on Kareem!Finally! Kareem has put me into trouble! This man will surely kill me and my baby

"Did the princess remember me?" He asked with a smirk plastered in his face

"Do you?" He asked again and I only nod in response

"I can't hear you, do you?"

"Y...Y....Yes" I stuttered

"Good! I'm Shu'aibu Kwanbo,I once work for your husband but he's too heartless,just because I stole 15million from his company he denied me of working in other companies. What's 15 million naira compared to the billions of naira that he had?"

"I told you guys to always watch your back but non of you heed to my word,now here you're and I could do whatsoever I wish to do" he said and laugh wickedly

"Jacob" he called the guy I presume to be his right hand man coz he was holding many phones and other stuffs like that

"Aren't you feeling like getting released? Aren't you getting horny just by seeing this beauty in front of you?"

What?

No!

"Seriously boss I'm, I can't wait to taste her but was so scared of what will happen if you find out,that why I restrain my self"

"Well she's all yours bad boy!" He laugh as he slap his right arm softly

No! No please! Please this can't be happening to me! No! He can't touch me! He won't

I'm beginning to get scared,this can't be happening to me! Kareem this is all your fault! You should have help the man and now I'm paying for your actions!

"Well let get started" he said as he lick his disgusting lip and was moving closer to me

"No! Don't come closer! Don't you dare come closer to me! I swear I won't forgive you if your filthy hand touch me!" I warned

"Well let see what the lover girl can do! He mock.