@shaks, you wud noe in due time.
@babie- I already posted na
@jiteshell, thanks 4 dz criticism, been a while I've been criticized, and that's not really good if am to improve. Anyway, I get ur point, but don't worry too much, I've got it all mapped out in my head, I'm trying to build up to the climax by just giving a background on ma characters, I wouldn't want to spoil the fun by telling you what exactly I have under my sleeves but just keep on reading, it can only get better, I assure you .
@leebliss, thanks bro.
@ade, lol, don't flatter yourself.
@mador, I recently learnt how to make an e-book on my PC in any format I like (pdf, epub, kindle, etc), so don't worry, this story would be converted to an ebook and be download able when am done with it so you can read it over and over again, I should have converted my other stories but I have a different plan for them, but 4 d main time, just read along and keep on dropping ya thoughts.
@hibty, okay, lemme say d truth, am really blushing at the moment n but technically speaking, can a dark dude actually blush? Just thinking. Thanks all d same, #Bless.
@skyscrapper, or should I say clemzy? #noticed
@rex- I'll be your number one fan and 1st to comment on your thread if you actually do that .

Err.. At you all, thanks 4 the comments, am grateful that am not writing to myself and I have awesome readers who are always dere to support my movement, love you guys! I've decided to change my style of updating, I'll start updating the same way I updated today, cool right? I'll break each post to two equal parts and post one early (before 1pm) and post the other by 6pm, At least, that way, you guys don't have to wait till 6Pm before you check out my thread, although the posting on my blog remains the same, .

Thanks and #bless.

Off to bed .

PEACe

Oga chistar, welldone. Just my observation sha.

I think you need to do some more digging, asin like research on some topics you use in writing. People read as much as to learn as to be entertained. So for instance, rather than saying Dr. Daniels gave her an injection to stabilize her, which I think is too vague, you might have said that he noticed she was in pains and having some internal bleeding so he gave her a blood coagulant and painkillers. Just something like that. It makes thw whole ish more wholesome. And it is not just that case...some other scenes like that too.

Just my five cents tho. No kill me. O. *dats all*

jjagz: Oga chistar, welldone. Just my observation sha.

I think you need to do some more digging, asin like research on some topics you use in writing. People read as much as to learn as to be entertained. So for instance, rather than saying Dr. Daniels gave her an injection to stabilize her, which I think is too vague, you might have said that he noticed she was in pains and having some internal bleeding so he gave her a blood coagulant and painkillers. Just something like that. It makes thw whole ish more wholesome. And it is not just that case...some other scenes like that too.

Just my five cents tho. No kill me. O. *dats all*

kill you for advicing me? Nah, thanks jhur. I make my researches before I type certain episodes, just that its really tedious attimes, so I just try to maunuver my way through it, I didn't know the readers took note of such little details o, guess I was wrong, I'll work on that, thanks.

PEACe

Woke up on the right side of the bed, off to type a new update.

@ chistar: you are doing a very nice job. I've been away for quite sometime now but i have been able to catch up with you after reading at a break neck speed. I was expecting zainab to have checked her bag for the recorder out of curiousity. I think i like jumoke's personality. Richard must reap the reward of his wickedness. As for john and Samuel, i think they are the men that zainab and jummy need in there lives (just guessing). Btw patiently waiting for today's update.

EPISODE 9.

As soon as she saw a huge sign board at the front of a building which stated, "LAGOS STATE TEACHING HOSPITAL", Jummy literally jumped out of the car window before it was even parked. John and Samuel had expected this or perhaps something worse so if they were surprise at all, then it would be because they expected a more entertaining show and all they got was a fat lady jumping out of the window of a a salon car, not just enough fun!, John thought.

Leaving them to worry about parking the car properly, Jummy walked hastily into the hospital and went straight to the receptionist desk ignoring the long queue of people waiting for their turn to be attended to, that was how the hospital always was - very busy.

"Madam, please you have to wait for your turn, or do you think we are here to sell groundnut?" A lady asked Jummy from the back, Jummy just ignored her, she had better things to do than to reply sick old people, or so she thought.

She looked at the receptionist and asked for the room Zainab was as if she expected the receptionist to know every person in the hospital by their first names, the receptionist was in the mood of being nice and asked for more detail about the patient Jummy was asking for, Jummy went ahead to tell her Zainab's full name and that alone did the trick. The nurse was a fan of Zainab and most definitely saw when Zainab was rushed into the hospital, she asked if Jummy was a friend or relative and after making Jummy promise to get Zainab's autograph, she gave Jummy the ward number and even directed her, so much for being famous.

Zainab was still lost in her thoughts when Jummy pushed the door of the ward and bursted into the room with her large figure, Zainab was startled at first but when she saw it was Jummy, she became relieved and a huge smile formed on her face.

"What took you so long?" Zainab asked in a rather teasing tone.

"Long ke? Do you know how many red lights we crashed or how many right turns we took even where there were 'No Right Turns' sign boards? Just to get here?" Jummy asked, and for some strange reasons, she hadn't been speaking too much pigin english of recent, Zainab noticed this but didn't think it was worth talking about.

"Who is the 'we' you are talking about?" Zainab asked and speaking about the devil, both John and Samuel walked into the room almost immediately.

Jummy faced John and said, "we!", and Zainab got the message, she was about to ask who John and his friend were when she saw the bandage on Jummy's shoulder and that brought about thirty full minutes of explanation and questions, when they were done with analyzing Jummy's case, Jummy then started with her own questioning.

"So what are you doing here anyway?" Jummy asked.

"All I know for now is an anonymous call was made to this hospital and I was brought here, the who, when and why still baffles me"

Jummy, who has never liked Richard for once then said, "I know Richard has a hand in this, after all, you were planning on divorcing him, so maybe he doesn't take loosing lightly so he attempted to kill you"

How it happened is perhaps a miracle or maybe that's how the brain works, but as soon as Zainab heard both the word 'divorce' and 'attempt to kill' in one sentence, the whole incident came back to her, she recalled Richard beating Clement and then pushing her away, due to the fact that, that was the last thing she recalled, Zainab assumed she had passed out. She went ahead to tell Jummy all she knew, and even chirped in the Dr. Daniel anonymous call part.

"He told you he has a record as proof?" Jummy asked.

"Yes, he said its in one of my bags at home..."

"Then what are you doubting him for, people don't lie about obvious proves na, can you walk now?"

"Not yet, the nurse says, I'll be good to go by tomorrow"

"Okay then, I'll go to your place now and check for the tape, I'll be back before you can say 'African China'" Jummy replied and without even waiting for Zainab to approve or disapprove, she walked out of the ward. John and Samuel followed her once again, they seemed to be loosing their patients already, who wouldn't?.

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Richard had been sitting on a spot for hours just thinking, although he had concluded on what to do, sitting down and waiting for the worst to happen didn't sound nice to him, he felt he needed to at least do something to improve his situation and that was when an idea popped into his head.

"Why don't I go home and check out for any thing that might implicate me, for all I know, Zainab might still be on the floor in the basement, Dr. Daniel isn't really someone I can vouch for" Richard thought.

He sprung up and went to the bathroom, he rinsed his face and toweled it dry, then he left the hotel, straight to his car and drove home.

He got close to home soon enough, he was smart enough to park his car a few distance away from his house, thinking it would give him an advantage.

He walked the distance to his house and stood at the "Mai shia" joint which was almost directly opposite his house. To avoid any suspicion, he bought "Mai shia" worth five hundred naira and a bottle of coke. He didn't eat it, but just stood at point, studying his house just to make sure it was a safe entry. After standing and studying for five minutes and all that had starred back at him were three shiny glass windows, Richard was convinced the house was empty or maybe just Zainab's body would be inside.

NB; Mai shai can mean a couple of things but it all comes down to the fact that, it's usually sold by the northerners (aboki or mallam), although in this context, it refers to a bread and egg meal.

Richard walked in to the house trying to act as casually as he can.

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Samuel had had a little experience with the Nigerian Army and thus his senses had been a little more sharpened during his service which was cut short by reasons he never told anyone, John had asked several times and the response he always got was, "don't worry Johnny, you won't understand".

From his little experience, he knew that entering the house after so much had happened won't be advisable, so he suggested that John parked the car about a mile away from the house and made them walk the remaining distance.

By the time the got within arms length of the house, Jummy was already sweating and had already burnt some useless calories, John noticed this and made a joke out of it, "Jumoke, you seem to have lost about two people my size just within this short walk, only God knows what would happen if you walked five miles" the joke wasn't really funny but there was something funny about his accent that made Jummy laugh out loud, only to be controlled when Samuel shunned her.

After Samuel studied the house for a while, and all he saw was shiny glass windows starring back at him, he looked at both John and Jummy and in a military invasion tone, he said;

"Seems the coast is clear, let's move in"

They had no idea that Richard was already inside.

TO BE CONTINUED.

Lol i think it's Mashai or so,me sef no sabi.Wen an Hausa persn comes in he/she will tell us

I have been following all your posts secretly as a guest. From complicated love story>school life>bitch. Even ur blog(evening wit eva, letter 2 ex etc). I must say u r d best so far on NL

Thanks for a wonderful update. Btw i think its mai shai meaning tea seller I'm not sure if i got the spelling or not ( I'm not a hausa person). When do we get the next update? Don't blame me for turning into an Oliver twist. I can't just wait to read the complete work.

Pals,I jst debuted a story here on nairaland.Pls,read,suggest and comment.Tnx y'all.
https://www.nairaland.com/1473903/kettle-calling-pot-black#

Action Film in progress.......95%

Honestly the likes of Samuel and John are hard to find|

Winnie1950: Thanks for a wonderful update. Btw i think its mai shai meaning tea seller I'm not sure if i got the spelling or not ( I'm not a hausa person). When do we get the next update? Don't blame me for turning into an Oliver twist. I can't just wait to read the complete work.

Ms Spaqs: Lol i think it's Mashai or so,me sef no sabi.Wen an Hausa persn comes in he/she will tell us

no offense but I think Madawaki would know the real spellin , oya come and tell me oh before I spell another thing entirely .as * d new update, don't worry, I'm already typing it, I'll post it on my blog first and post it here around 6Pm

Fonydear: I have been following all your posts secretly as a guest. From complicated love story>school life>bitch. Even ur blog(evening wit eva, letter 2 ex etc). I must say u r d best so far on NL

, an evening with eva isn't my story o, but thanks all the same , m glad you no longer guest/ghost reader

sкчscrαρεr™:
Action Film in progress.......95%

Honestly the likes of Samuel and John are hard to find|

maybe its because John didn't grow up in Nigeria and Samuel is just a free spirited guy .

I havent read d naughty lady o......chistar,abeg help me post d address sharparly

Op bro, I have been trying to comment on your blog, but it seems my enemies in the village dont want me to. Please try and look into the matter. The story is interesting, my favourite character is Richard! I think Richard should survive all this, life is not a fairy tale. He certainly has the assets and capabilities to wriggle out of such a loose position!

To the great chistar; bravo!#keep it coming#

Choi! Dis towi z too interestinq sha. God saved u 4 nor fallinq ma hand

@smithe - this story is #B•I•T•C•H, I just modified the title a little bit to suit NL requirements.

Chuksemi: Op bro, I have been trying to comment on your blog, but it seems my enemies in the village dont want me to. Please try and look into the matter. The story is interesting, my favourite character is Richard! I think Richard should survive all this, life is not a fairy tale. He certainly has the assets and capabilities to wriggle out of such a loose position!

the comment ish is solved, I think. About Richard, maybe he might survive it, maybe he might not, who knows?

saintbeejay: To the great chistar; bravo!#keep it coming#

#Bless.

Eni~girl:
Choi! Dis towi z too interestinq sha. God saved u 4 nor fallinq ma hand

lol, madam thanks oh.

*TYPING NEW POST*

Eh,awesome story.i lyk jumoke

EPISODE 9B.

At times, things happen for a reason, and other times, they just happen for no just reason at all. On another note, is there any such thing as coincidence? Or is everything pre-planned by the man upstairs? Just ponder over that.

***

While Zainab laid on her bed with kept her fingers crossed and patiently waited for Jummy and co to come back from her house, she kept on pondering about the anonymous call. Everything seems to start to make sense to her but she still had no idea who the anonymous person was, she really need to know the person, if not to do anything, just to say thank you at least.

As for Richard, she still had it in mind to divorce him, and if she had enough reasons to sue him, she convinced herself she was going to do it.


***
Richard was just about to enter the bedroom when he heard some footsteps, but he convinced himself that he was just halucinating since he hadn't slept for a long while.

He stood at the door of the bedroom and quickly glanced round the whole room before eventually walking to it, even though he had slept in the room for five straight years, he still felt like an alien in the room and wasn't comfortable one bit, he had this sick feeling in his stomach.
***

On the other part, Samuel seemed to be the one that was in charge of this operation as he led the way, and Jummy couldn't quite understand why he made them tip toe into the empty house of her friend, she felt they were just deceiving their old age but decided to just play along so that no one would tell her "I told you so", she hated that statement with passion.

John just silently did as he was told and followed the two of them from the back and looking over his shoulder at very short intervals.

"Where does she keep her handbags?" Samuel asked Jummy as they paused for a bit in the sitting room.

"In the bedroom of course..." Jummy replied curtly, she was getting impatient with all this games.

"Okay, where exactly is the bedroom?"

"You turn right, you turn left, you turn right again and you turn left" Jummy replied mischievously. Samuel looked at her in confusion while John at the back made to laugh but held his mouth with his hand and suppressed the laughter.

"Can you be serious for once?!" Samuel literally yelled at Jummy.

"I don't get why we are doing all this C.I.A... F.B.I thing oh, isn't it obvious no one is at home, in fact just follow me, I'll take you to the room!" And with that, Jummy stormed out the sitting room and headed for the staircase which led to the upstairs where the bedroom was.

Samuel was furious and wished he had a rope which he could use to tie Jummy up. He followed her upstairs anyways.
***

Richard was already going through Zainab's wardrobe when he heard the footsteps on the staircase, and this time, he was sure of what he heard, he instantly became both scared and alert.

He looked round the room, not sure either he should be looking for a weapon or where to hide, after a quick thought, he decided hiding was a better option since he was sure more than one person was coming, judging from the foot steps he heard, and that alone was enough reason to hide since he was out numbered.

He thought about running into the bathroom to hide, but the seemed to predictable, he looked at the wardrobe and without a second thought, he found himself squeezing his body into the wardrobe and locking up himself.
***

Jummy was just about to walk into the bedroom when Samuel caught up with her and held her hand, just to slow her down.

"How can you just go in like that without surveying the environment first?" He asked.

"It seems like you've worked in the military or is probably working in the military presently, so I understand why you are over protective. Just in case you military men peep before entering your friend's room, we civilians don't peep, not when we know there is no reason to peep, Kapish?" Jummy replied and shrugged off his grip then walked into the room.

She didn't think twice before heading to the wardrobe, she already knew Zainab kept her hand bags there.

As soon as she opened the wardrobe...

TO BE CONTINUED.

This is so funny i can imagine her opening the wardrobe only to see Richard squeezed in there shaking like jelly lol.

Winnie1950: This is so funny i can imagine her opening the wardrobe only to see Richard squeezed in there shaking like jelly lol.

LOL, wild imagination

kingphilip: guy dis tin short now
as seen as she opened it, she say Richard and den began running as fast as her legs can carry her den others followed in the runnin competition after

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╚╝‎​╚╩╝‎​╚╩╝‎​╚╩╝‎​╚╩╝‎​╚╩╝‎​╚╝, you and winnie want to guess everything so I won't know what to write shey? ,

hmmm....nyc1 Mr.Chistar!...
If Richard jst do anyhau...let dah soldier man scatter im left eye oo

christar kip the story moving!u just on point.......

chistar the twistar, i don read episode 9a finish o, shey u qo still post episode 9b toniqht?!

chistar01: @skyscrapper, or should I say clemzy? #noticed

all join¡

In my complicated luv story u almost killed us with suspense, in school life u almost killed us with laff, and now in dis 1 u want to kill us wit your twists and suspense put together, its not fair oh.Ur plan wud not work *dails doctor number* lemme c as heart attack will kill me when my doctor is by my side

In my complicated luv story u almost killed us with suspense, in school life u almost killed us with laff, and now in dis 1 u want to kill us wit your twists and suspense put together, its not fair oh.Ur plan wud not work *dails doctor number* lemme c as heart attack will kill me when my doctor is by my side. Better come n tell us what happened as Jummy opened d wardrobe

hi chi,i find it so hard to comment on your blog evrytime,

Joy4mi: hi chi,i find it so hard to comment on your blog evrytime,

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