Chapter 43 March is Back!

She's possessive, She's defensive and totally aggressive when it concerns those she loves and care about. She's a woman –Cinmisola--.

As soon as I was done debriefing the Changs about my day,(which I thought was totally unnecessary because they were literally listening on my entire conversation with the evil-3 through the tiny radio transmitter planted as earrings.). I walked up to my room, shut the door behind me, and collapsed on the bed.

'I'm not going to cry. I cannot cry. I've got lot more to do' I thought as I fought back the tears that were threatening to drop.

Roland said I kept talking and talking about everything when I was at Hong Kong. However, it's surprising that I never actually mentioned Obinna's name. In fact, I only just remembered him today. Why was that? I hit my head with my hands 3 times trying to get the thoughts of him off my mind. He was bad for me, bad for my plan. The last thing I needed was distractions and emotions. Even if I knew I was going to be shattered if I have to know that he was indeed working hand in hand with the Evil-3, I wanted him to be with them, I needed to hate him. I took a deep breath, clicked on the voice transmitter watch, connected it to my room stereo, and got undressed as my room was filled with the sound of the ocean and Aisha's voice.

"Did you see her earrings?" It was Emem talking. "They were literally glowing"

"I've got earrings exactly like that one," Aisha said.

'Of course you do! Especially because there's only one in the world and it's on my ear, you, liar' I thought.

"I think she's pretty cool" Tobi said. "But I can't help but catch this vibe that she doesn't like us"

"I think she likes me though. It's understandable that she doesn't find you attractive. That pink shirt you have on isn't working out well for your skin." Aisha said. "She's the perfect person to join us"

"Wait, hold on a minute. What do you mean 'join us'?" Emem asked.

"Don't act daft, Em. You sure know what she's talking about" Tobi said. From the way he spoke, he was definitely smiling.

"She sure can't be insinuating that China joins our gang." Emem said.

"And why can't Chi...Heaven, join?" Aisha asked.

"Well, for starters, we barely even know the girl!"

"But she's awesome and we barely even knew you before you joined. I only knew your dad. Isn't that correct, T?"

"Yeah, we knew her through her dad" Tobi confirmed.

"Uh, you guys know I'm standing right here, right?" Emem asked.

"Okay, listen Em. I know you're worried and all that, but I personally think Heaven is a good asset to our 'gang' but I'll make my findings and by that, I mean, Tobi... make those findings" Aisha said.

"Something told me you were going to say that" Tobi said.

"Talking about findings, what's happening with Obinna?"

"As usual, he still visits the graveyard of Remi Martins and her family, he literally spends half of his days there" Tobi answered.

"And his other half?" Aisha asked.

"He's always locked up in his room. I think you should just let him be. It's not worth it. He's never going to love you, Ai"

I took the stereo remote control, paused it. And I slowly closed my eyes.

'You're not going to bother yourself, Remi.'

'He's in the past, Remi'

'So what if he's visiting your fake grave, doesn't mean...doesn't mean what?'

'I can't be thinking about you, Obinna. You're bad for me'

I felt a quick buzz in my ear. It was definitely Roland on the line.

"Hey, sis"

"Roland"

"Did you listen to..."

"Yes I did"

"How long did you say you dated this guy?"

"Less than a week or two."

"He broke up with you or you ended things with him?"

"No."

"Then what happened?"

"I died"

"Oh...so, I'm thinking, this boy could be of great help to us."

'No, Roland. Please don't involve him. He's been through enough.'

"How could he be of help? Let's not get anyone involved. We can't trust anyone, remember?" I said, hoping he was going to change his mind.

"I understand that we can't fully trust anyone, but we need allies, we need people on the inside, we can't have you doing all this by yourself."

"But was the initial plan, Roland. And I intend to see it through that way."

"We didn't know we had the possibility of gaining an ally when we made that plan, sister. And of course, I'll see to it that this plan is successful, but we're going to need as much help as we can get. Send me every single thing you think or know about our boy, I'll get back to you." and the line went off.

'Our boy?' I thought as resumed the stereo, picked my tablet, and began typing messages to Roland.

"So we are going to meet her, tomorrow at school, please, Em. Be nice to her." Aisha said.

"Uh...I wasn't rude to her, earlier. Was i?"

"You weren't rude because you didn't know I had interest in her joining us"

"Maybe, Maybe not. So will we also let her in on..."

My heart raced and my ears twitched.

"On what?" Aisha asked.

"On the..."

"Oh, the circle?" Aisha asked.

"Duh"

"Well, we need to get to know her better before releasing information of such magnitude to her. We need to know she's ruthless."

"And if she freaks out on us?"

"She'll suffer the same fate as Jax and Remi"

I stiffened in contempt and fury.

"Then let's hope she doesn't freak out then, I wouldn't like to see those Asian tongues roll out" Tobi said and they all laughed.

I almost slammed the tablet on the floor as the room echoed of their hyena-ish laughter. I was still trying to hold and control myself when I heard Aisha mention a name.

"So how's March?" Aisha asked.

"He's doing well, you'll see him tomorrow. He's also coming for the interview."