The Turbulence?? (#1 in the Our Side of The Dice series)

40: Battles and Defeats

The only parts of the reddish sun that could be seen in the west was a quarter semi-circle with the remaining parts shielded by clouds with reserved colors. A flock of birds flew across the sky in unison, flapping wings like archangels. It was an omen of confusion at that moment because the view of it stirred up unfathomable unease within the depths of her soul.

She'd always found something disturbing with sceneries like that - especially with the flock of birds. She wondered how people took it as a symbol of serenity. But this time around, it was unbearable to watch.

Was it because she was about to have a conversation with a man she thought to be her friend?

"Boss..." the burly man amongst the gunmen said on the phone call. "Barrister Yemisi wants to speak with you."

As soon as the man said that, Yemisi could hear some yelling and probably slamming of tables on the other end of the phone call. She couldn't decipher the exact words he was uttering, but she knew he was expressing his anger knowing the gunmen could not shoot her as assigned.

How could he want her dead without giving anything a thought? How could the quest for higher authority come with a severe thirst for blood? It wasn't supposed to surprise her at all since she had been practicing the law for many years and knew the secrets of many politicians nationwide, but still, how could he switch sides like that?

The burly man holding the phone stopped closer and gave the phone to her quickly. Slowly, she placed it against her right ear. The call was still on.

"Long time, Barrister Peret. How is your wife's health?" Yemisi asked the first question that came to her mind. "I hope she's getting better even though you don't care very much about her and would even go as far as to disrespect her by using her critical condition as a card to play your filthy games."

"How-how did you know that?"

She laughed for a moment.

"You must think I'm a fool, right? It's only right that we make betrayal a subject of fairness and equilibrium. You had Karen, and I think you were on our sides for a good while. We trusted that you would assist us in dispensing justice, but you joined forces with greater evil thinking your efforts were going to be worthwhile."

Yemisi stared at Gaius for a moment. He was looking at his handcuffed hands, meek and wordless. "I thank God for Gaius, though, because you cannot do evil and get away with it."

"Who said I betrayed you? You were the one who never trusted me, though. You've always been skeptical about accepting assistance from me. Even when I asked you to go to Germany—"

"About that. It's not over yet. If my friends from Germany report back to me and tell me that they were unable to find the limping police officer who raped my sister and the grandchild of the older adult from Bradenburg, I promise that you will suffer gravely for it, and I don't care what your position is. That's about that, but it doesn't make what you did any less evil because you knew how serious I was about finding these people. How dare you play me?"

Tears ran down her cheeks.

"And your plan to implicate me? Jeez. It's so lame and stupid. Put some respect on your wife and the number of years you spent studying the law. You know damn well that I had every right to know what you were up to when you started avoiding my calls and texts, but I won't waste my time teaching you what you're supposed to know.

Little wonder why you're trying to kill me because you know your accusations are not valid. If they were, I would have no problem admitting to it so we can sort it out in court."

"Give the phone back to the guy, " Barrister Peret was frustrated, and it was evident in his tone. Yemisi did as told, though, and it was just as she had expected.