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Sewa hadn’t stopped wailing despite the repeated warnings by one of the men in the room, Sege as the other called him. The second man, Chike, held his neck, pinning him against the wall. Both men he recognized from the barbing Salon. Ugo’s men. ‘How long had they been here before he arrived?’ he wondered.…

Kolade’s heart raced faster with each knock at the door. He stood up slowly, his heart in his mouth. ‘Who is it?’ he shouted, locked in his spot. ‘It’s me.’ A soft female voice responded, calming his racing heart. His shoulders lowered as he walked to open the door. Amaka, the landlord’s daughter who he’d…

Ugo fiddled with his phone as he watched the dark busy street from behind the railing of the second floor of the building where he stood. He debated if it was too early to call the woman to confirm if she’d received the package he sent. It’d been 3 hours since Kolade left him, so…

Finally, his feet moved, but it was too late. A hard slap landed on the back of his head, sending him stumbling forward. ‘I’m not a thief,’ he stuttered but nobody heard him. ‘I didn’t steal the phone, he shouted desperately.’ This wasn’t how he was supposed to die.   In response he got another…