WHEN LOVE JUST HAPPENS 2 : EPISODE 11 – 20

EPISODE 20

”Jeffery, it was because of you I did what I did” Martha said, sobbing.

“But why Martha, what did I or Jane ever do to you to deserve such? I took you as a mother, what could I have done wrong?”

“What you did wrong, was not marrying my daughter! Instead, you went to engage that gold digging brat”

“Your daughter? Who the hell is your daughter? Because I don’t know her, and neither do I remember ever promising her marriage”

“My daughter is Sandra you idiot”

“Sandra? As in Sandra my secretary?” Jeffery never knew his housekeeper and Sandra were related.

“Yes, Sandra your secretary, you kept telling her how much you liked her and how competent she was, but never asked her out on a date for once. And really broke my poor girl’s heart”

“But I never promised to marry her? I never for once saw her in that light, yes I told her all those things you said, but I meant them as compliments and nothing more”

“She didn’t see it that way. You have no idea, how many times my dear child had to cry herself to sleep because you wouldn’t look her way. You have no idea, how many sleepless nights I had, consoling her anytime you went on date with other girls. And as if that wasn’t even enough, you had to go engage Jane! You are not supposed to marry any other person but Sandra! My daughter loves you, but you are too blind to see it”

“Please I’m sorry, but I don’t love your daughter, I only gave her those compliments because she deserved them. Please where is Jane? Where did you keep her? She doesn’t deserve whatever is being done to her please”

“He is going to kill her anyway, so what’s the use?”

“Who is going to kill her? What are you talking about?”

“I don’t know his name, we agreed not to tell each other our names”

“Then where is she!” Jeffery shouted at her. He collected the plier from Mayor and was about to remove her third nail.

“She is at Ajah”

“Where in Ajah?”

“I will take you guys there if you promise not to hurt me or my daughter?”

“It’s not in your place to ask for favors now, you lost that privilege when you decided to kidnap Jane”

Just then, Jeffery’s phone beeped to indicate that a new message was sent. He brought out his phone and opened the message which was from an unknown number. It was a video of Jane being t®rtured. Someone in a mask was using a naked wire to shock her under her feet.

Jane kept screaming in pains as the wire was placed under her feet. As Jeffery watched her scream in pains, he started to cry, and in anger he smashed his phone against the wall.

”We are going to Ajah now!”

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Jeffery drove like a maniac, as Martha gave the directions to where they kept Jane. Dele had insisted he drove, but Jeffery wouldn’t hear any of it.

The police van behind them, seemed to be keeping up with his driving pace too. They had called the police to inform them about the new development, and also for the police to accompany them, to help get Jane released.

“Jeffery please, reduce your speed. Or you are going to get us all killed” Lauretha pleaded as he kept driving at a very high speed.

Jeffery didn’t reply her, instead he kept driving fast, his grip on the steering wheel tight, jaw set, teeth clenched, and eyes focused on the road.

“Just pray, nothing happens to Jane, because if anything should happen to her, I will make sure to kill you with my bare hands!” Jeffery threatened Martha who was seated at the back with Mayor and Dele.

WHEN LOVE JUST HAPPENS 2 : EPISODE 11 – 20

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“For every pain your stupid boyfriend caused me, I am going to give you double” the mean looking guy said to Jane as she lay almost lifeless on the floor. She has been screaming and crying for over twenty-four hours, now she has no strength left in her. She saw double of everything, even her own hands were double to her.

Jane prayed to God to save her, tears rolled down her eyes as she thought about her sister who she has refused to reconcile things with, she prayed to God to forgive her for hardening her heart against her sister. Jeffery’s face flashed before her and she cried for she might never see him again. She closed her eyes, trying to shut out everything that was being done to her. Then there was a loud bang on the door, she saw people in black running around the room. What was going on?

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When they got to the place where Martha had directed them to, the police surrounded the building, while some went in. It was a two storey building, in the G.R.A (Government Residential Area) part of Ajah. Jeffery and the rest were asked to remain some distance away from the building . Few minutes later, there was a loud gunshot inside the house.

“What the hell is going on in there? I need to go in there”

“No you won’t, it’s too dangerous” Dele held Jeffery as he tried to go towards the building.

“My fiancée is in there, and you talking about it being too dangerous? Get your hands off me”

As they argued, one of the police officers came out of the building carrying Jane in his arms. Jeffery immediately ran to him and took Jane from him.

She felt so weightless in his arms, she was looking pale and malnourished. There were injuries all over her body. Jeffery was at the point of tears when he looked at her.

“Oh baby, I’m so sorry”

Jane opened her eyes slowly “Je…ff?” She called out his name in a whisper.

“Yes baby, it’s me. I’m here to get you”

Jane tried opening her mouth to speak, but her lips only moved, but no words came out.

“It’s okay baby, I got you baby, I got you” Jane closed her eyes and she drifted into unconsciousness.

Jeffery quickly took her into the car. While a policeman came and took Martha out of the car, and handcuffed her.

Another police officer led out an handcuffed Sandra out of the building. Behind her was Simon Jeffery’s business rival who had slept with Tania his ex fiancée. He was bleeding on his right arm.

Jeffery rushed out of his car, and ran to where Simon was, he punched him hard on his face. One of the police officers had to hold Jeffery from throwing another punch at Simon.

“Mr. Jeffery do not take laws into your hands” one of the officers reprimanded him.

“You ba$tard! So you have been the one behind this, all these while? How dare you lay your filthy hands on my fiancee?” Jeffery freed himself from the police officer’s grip, and pushed Simon so hard he fell on the ground.

“I might be forced to arrest you Mr. Jeffery, if you don’t control your anger” The officer said to Jeffery as he grabbed his hands.

“You are going to pay dearly for this I promise you!”.

Another officer helped Simon to stand up from the ground. “I told you I was going to make you pay for every pain you caused me, you will know what it feels like, to feel the same pain I felt, when you took everything away from me” Simon used the back of his palm to wipe the blood off his lips. He had a crooked smile on his face.

Simon and Jeffery have been rivals, right from when they were in secondary school. Back then, they used to always compete amongst themselves, who was going to take the first position in class. Then, it was a healthy form of competition, as it always spurred the other person to do better.

But the competition became an unhealthy one, when Jeffery returned to the country after his tertiary education, and started his own company in the line of real estate acquisition.

He found out, his rival simon was also into same line of business. Almost every contract Jeffery bidded for, Simon also bidded for same contract. Sometimes Jeffery’s company would be awarded the contract, while other times, Simon’s company would be awarded the contract or some other company gets it.

They continued this way, until the federal government wanted to award the building of a new government house at the federal capital territory to a real estate company.

Jeffery’s company bided for the contract, and so did Simon’s. When they got to the final stage, Jeffery and Simon were the only two contractors left. As others either did not meet up with the government requirements, or something else had happened.

Simon came to Jeffery a week before the contract was to be awarded, and asked him to withdraw his application as he really needed the money from this contract to meet some personal needs. But Jeffery had refused, he insisted they both waited to see who gets the contract. “Let the best man win” were Jeffery’s words to him.

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Finally, when the federal government published the name of the real estate company to handle the project, it was Jeffery’s company.

Simon didn’t take the loss too well. Apparently, his wife was sick and needed to be taken abroad for an urgent surgery, but Simon didn’t have the money.

Before his wife’s illness, he has never been one known to save for the rainy day. Any money he ever realized from his business, he always spent it all, with the hope of getting another contract soon.

He has been living on the fast lane, until his wife took ill and he couldn’t afford to pay for her surgery.

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After a week, his wife died. Because the surgery wasn’t done. This made Simon hate Jeffery with every fiber of his being. And he swore to take anything that will ever make Jeffery happy.

From that day, Simon kept tab on all the women Jeffery dated. And whenever any of his relationships were about to get serious, he would find a way to spoil it.

Jeffery was oblivious of this, until the day he caught him in bed with Tania on the night of their engagement.

And when Simon found out about him and Jane, he started to device a means to bring their relationship to an end. He knew he had to do something order than sleeping with Jane. He needed Jeffery to feel the same pain he felt in his heart anytime he picked up his wife’s photograph. He wanted Jeffery to feel the pain of losing the woman he loves.

So he decided to kill Jane, he was devising a way he can be able to kidnap and kill her. Then one day, he was reprimanding one of his workers who had arrived late to work. And he told him the reason he came late, was because him and his mother had to rush his elder sister to the hospital, she had attempted to commit su¢ide because her boss wouldn’t notice her, or look her way.

When Simon inquired further, he found out his sister’s boss was Jeffery, his arch enemy. That was when he approached them with the deal of taking out Jane, as that would mean Jeffery would be without a girlfriend, and Sandra would have the opportunity of winning his heart and he also offered to pay them the sum of two million naira.

Martha and her daughter immediately bought the idea, Sandra’s younger brother wasn’t okay with the plan, but his mother and sister convinced him to join them in it.