LAST FLIGHT TO DUBAI EPISODE 2

 

Last Flight to Dubai

Episode 2

It is now two weeks since Chike left Nigeria for Dubai and Chidiogo hasn’t heard from him, not even a phone call, text message or a letter. She has lost so much weight as she fell sick several times because of overthinking. She was super worried!

She has written letters to the UEA embassy in Nigeria seeking information about Chike, but nothing came out of it. She also wrote to the police department at the Dubai International Airport, but they strangely denied arresting anyone with the name Chike. She became very frustrated but refused to give up on finding her Chike.

“How can he just disappear like that? Is he a chicken?” Chidiogo asked Mr Achibong one evening when she visited him to know what the Authority Bank is doing about the ugly situation. The bank had said nothing, not even to contact Chike’s relatives who are worried to death. In fact, his mother who is his only surviving parent had a heart attack and died.

“Why is the bank so silent about this issue? Your top ranking staff got missing in another country since two weeks ago and you are not bothered? You are careless as if he is a goat.” She was shouting at Mr Achibong who was looking at something on the screen of his laptop. He appeared very uninterested in what Chidiogo was saying.

“Madam, we don’t know where Chike went to. As a matter of fact, the bank has declared him wanted for disappearing with important documents. He was sent to Dubai, but God knows where he decided to go to. We have reported to the police to get him arrested and recover the sensitive documents in his possession.” Mr Achibong said without looking at Chidiogo’s face. Chidiogo’s beauty and stature kind of intimidated people around her because everyone who looks at her wants to continue looking. Such a charming beauty! 

“My fiancee is not a fraudster. I can vouch for him. I don’t know what you people are up to, but I promise you, whatever this is, I will find out and put his enemies to shame. Just wait till I’m done investigating this case.” Chidiogo fumed as she stormed out of the office. It was only then that Mr Achibong lifted his eyes from his laptop screen, but only to steal a look at her shapely backside as she slammed the door.

It was very strange that a well-known bank will keep mute over a missing staff. Something was not adding up and Chidiogo decided to find out what was happening. The lioness in her has just been unleashed and she is going to attack the case with fury.

Chidiogo is a trained investigator working with the Intelligence Directorate in Abuja and she is very good at her job. She decided to deploy her investigative arsenal in tracking down Chike wherever he might be.

Luckily for her, before Chike left for Dubai, she had gifted him three important items. One was a pair of eye-glasses which has a secret service camera. The other was a wrist watch capable of recording voices secretly and the last gift was a travelling bag with a tracking device. Of course, Chike was not aware that the items gifted to him were security devices, and although, Chidiogo had given them to him to monitor him with other ladies, the gifts are now going to prove useful to her.

Chidiogo had tracked the travelling bag and found it right within the precincts of the Dubai International Airport, which means Chike indeed, arrived in Dubai.

“I’m going to Dubai.” She said to herself. “And when I get there, I’m going to find my Chike and free him from whatever it is that is holding him.” She said firmly. She started to put her plans together.

The next day, Chidiogo rushed to the UAE embassy and applied for visa, but she was shocked to her marrows when two weeks later she received a rejection letter.

“He who hasn’t got to where he is going doesn’t rest. I will not rest until I get the visa.” Chidiogo said to herself when she went back to apply the second time.

“You think they don’t know you?” A staff at the embassy asked Chidiogo. She was surprised and taken aback by the question. She was already leaving the embassy when the young man ran after her.

“They won’t give you the visa. Here’s my number. Call me tonight if you want to ever see Chike again.” The man said and disappeared before she could say a word.

That evening, Chidiogo called the mystery man and he directed her to a hotel at Nyanya, very far away from Asokoro where she lived, but she took the risk and went to see him.

“My name is Achala and I work at the embassy. I have all the information parternning to Chike and his whereabouts because we get daily updates from UAE.” The young man said. He was already undressed and was lying on the hotel bed as if he was waiting for his bride on their first night after wedding.

“Please, tell me. He’s my fiancee and his absence is killing me gradually. Please help me.” Chidiogo’s voice was shaking as she spoke. The hotel room was well lit and she could see the way the man was looking at her and licking his tongue like a lion that just saw a goat. She needs his help, so she maintained her cool.

“Chike has been arrested in Dubai with a 5kg of cocaine and his trial is starting this week. Except he gets a lawyer who understands the legal system over there, he will be sentenced to life in prison. And of course, you won’t be able to get the visa. Very influential people are interested in Chike’s case so, we have been instructed not to give you the visa. But I can do it for you on one condition though. I can help you get the visa if you corporate with me.” Achala said as he drew closer to Chidiogo and smooched her face and neck with his fingers. She pretended not to have seen what he did, as if it was normal.

“What can I do? Is it money? I have money. How much do you want?” Chidiogo was so heartbroken by the things she was hearing, and sadly, Achala was saying the truth. She was ready to pay any amount and even to spend her entire savings for Chike.

“I don’t want money, but you will sleep with me tonight.” Achala said as he dragged on her gown, trying to put his hand in her chest area. His words and action pierced through Chidiogo’s heart. She slapped him and pushed him forcefully to the bed before storming out of the room in anger. Chidiogo is seriously trained in physical combat, so there was no question of Achala fighting her and winning. She will just kill him in one move. Besides, as a security personnel, she also had a gun in her handbag.

But when she got home that night, she became very troubled by the things said by Achala, that influential people are interested in Chike’s case, that he will be sentenced to life in prison if no one helped him and she knew from what she has seen so far that what was happening to Chike was not just happening. Someone somewhere is behind it. 

“Chike does not even smoke or drink alcohol. He can’t even hurt a fly. How then did he find cocaine?.” She asked herself that night as hot tears poured from her eyes.  The possibility of losing the love of her life forever stared her in the face and she broke down terribly in tears. She picked up her phone and called Achala.

“I will do it. Let’s meet again tomorow’s night.” She said. 

“Things we do for love.” She said to herself after she dropped the phone. The next night, she met with Achala at the hotel and slept with him and the next day, she got the visa to UAE.

She flew to Dubai immediately. It was the last flight to Dubai that very weeked and she was the passenger who bought the last ticket.

“I can’t believe slept with another man because of Chike. I can’t even believe I’m going to Dubai on my own in search of a man who is not my husband yet. Things we do for love.” Chidiogo said as she stared outside the window and realised that the airplane was landing at the Dubai International Airport.

“Dubai here I’m. It’s either I go back to Nigeria with Chike or I die here.” Chidiogo said as she disembarked from the plane.

Crazy days ahead!

Watch out for Episode 3.