Blood Legacy – Episode 13

Blood Legacy – Episode 13

© Brian Ngoma

Devi drove into his yard and found Ben’s car parked. His head felt like it could drop off from the neck. He got out of the car and slowly walked to the front door limping. As soon as he entered the house, he directly went to his little bar in his living room and grabbed a quarter bottle of Jameson and gulped it all the way down his esophagus. He then put the bottle on the counter and wondered where Ben was. He heard footsteps behind him and turned around, there stood Ben with a weary face.

“Damn!” Devi gritted his teeth. “Sometimes you act like this is your house.”

Ben didn’t say anything but walked past him and grabbed the same bottle he had drank from and gulped as well. If Devi knew, he would have noticed that Ben was in turmoil.

“Why would you need that for?” Devi grabbed the bottle from him.

As Devi wanted to take another sip, he heard footsteps coming from the other room and knew there was another person in the house. He turned round to check on Ben and all Ben could give him was a shrug while he pulled a chair and sat down.

Emerging was Naveen in an all black suit that tightly fitted him showing his muscles and physique. Naveen had the same height as Hunter but he looked more fit and devilishly hair-raising. Devi quickly put the bottle on the table.

“Why would you need that Devi?” Naveen asked looking around the house.

Devi said, “Welcome sir. I wasn’t expecting you.”

“Were you in an alteration?” Naveen sat on a chair next to Ben.

“Not really,” Devi answered nervously.

“That red eye?”

“Bike accident sir.”

“Really?” Naveen didn’t believe him.

“Yes sir.”

“Anyway, i have been having a chat with Ben here,” he pointed at Ben who didn’t say a word, “From the look of things you boys haven’t closed in on the deal yet, what’s holding you back? I gave you k5 million at your disposal. What could be so hard about getting that land?”

Devi looked at Ben and under normal circumstances, he would leave Ben handle that because according to them, Ben was the diplomatic one but Naveen had obviously talked with Ben before he came.

“Devi!”

“Sorry sir. We are close at getting the land sir. We just ran into some setbacks but we are closing in.”

“By setbacks, you mean the fire and the murders in the other village?” Naveen bluntly probed.

“Yes sir. There seems to be some family wars going on in that village and we didn’t want to be in the middle.”

Naveen nodded, “You know what’s funny? Your friend here told me the exact same things you’re telling me now. One last time, did you guys have anything to do with those tragedies in the two villages?” he asked seriously, “And before you answer, think about this; If at all, you had anything to do with it, it will lead back to me and you know what that means, i will have you both dead.”

“We had nothing to do with it sir,” Devi assuredly answered looking at Ben. “We just want to acquire the land for you as per our contract.”

“I came to you two because unfortunately, you are the best contractors for this kind of work.” Naveen stood and patted Ben’s shoulder. “Get this boys, the last thing my family needs right now is unnecessary attention like i mentioned last time we spoke on the phone. I made that clear.”

“We have it handled.”

“Apparently you don’t Devi.” Naveen raised his voice. “If you had, you could have been doing God knows what somewhere far away from me. I am starting to have second thoughts, perhaps you should give me back my money so that i try somewhere else…”

“A month sir,” Devi interrupted. “Just a month and everything will be perfectly handled.”

“A month you say?” Naveen said nothing else but left.

Ben and Devi stood motionless without uttering anything. They heard the car start outside and knew he was gone.

“I thought that was your car,” Devi broke the silence.

“It is mine. I’ll find it in town. He doesn’t want to be associated with us,” Ben sighed his shoulders dropping in defeat and went, “Did you get the job done?”

“We have a problem,” Devi responded sitting down.

“What do you mean?” Ben yelled. “Don’t act like you didn’t just witness what happened some seconds ago.”

“The man i fought with at the village is Hunter and i found him again at the hospital.”

“Don’t tell me it’s the Hunter i am thinking about.”

“Yes,” Devi stretched his hands.

“And you walked out alive?” Ben couldn’t believe his friend.

“He’s not as strong as they say. Last time we heard of him, he was retired. I don’t know how he’s involved with the kid.”

“This is not good. We have to find another way. The K3 million has to be ours no matter what. Naveen cannot have it back.”

“What do you suggest we do?”

“I spoke to Mapulanga earlier on and he told me he was on his way back to the village. He cannot wait to become the chief. That bas***d. We have to get rid of the boy.”

“I need to heal. I will take care of both the boy and Hunter. In the meantime, i suggest you go to Chisoti village and ensure Mapulanga is on the right track.”

“Sure,” i will be heading back tomorrow.

*******

Ludo sighed after Hunter had told her everything. It was difficult to even process what he had gone through. She looked at him and saw he had slightly changed. He looked much older now. She stood up and went to check on the boy and found her mother had calmed him and he was in deep sleep.

“You need to tell us what’s going on Ludo.” Zamiwe said behind her.

Ludo turned around and told them to sit down. She narrated everything Hunter had told her. By the time she was finishing, they both felt pity for the boy especially. They had heard the news about the two tragedies in the neighboring two villages but Joe was suspicious of Hunter.

“I don’t trust the man though,” he said.

“Trust me, he wouldn’t hurt a fly. That man protected me six years ago. He just found himself in this blood path, otherwise, he left this dangerous life a long time ago. He told me so himself.”

“Old habits die hard,” Joe sighed.

“What do we do now?” Zamiwe probed.

“I have to find out who wants the land,” Hunter cut in, “Devi and Ben are just pawns. They can do anything for money but they are negligent. They always leave trails.”

“We have to report this to the police,” Joe stood up, “The boy was almost killed.”

“No police Joe,” Hunter looked at Joe, “Whoever is pulling the strings won’t stop till the boy is dead. They killed his whole family, what makes you think the police would do anything?”

Joe wanted to say something but Ludo interrupted him. “Trust him dad. He knows what he’s doing. If he says no police then no police,” she looked at Hunter.”Where will you find them?”

“I don’t know but they are looking for us that i am sure of. I have to let them find us.”

“Not from here, you will put me and my family in danger,” Joe opposed.

“Dad,” Ludo said, “Hunter knows what he’s doing,” she looked at Him yearning assurance, “You do right?”

Hunter saw nothing but fear in Ludo’s eyes. The last thing he could have wished for was to bring tragedy upon her family.

“Take care of the boy for me, can you do that for me?” he looked at all of them. “I will handle Devi and Ben alone.”

“We can take care of the boy yes,” Zamiwe said. “If you say those people are as dangerous as you mentioned, this is the last place they would search for him.”

“I better be going,” Hunter said, “I will keep in touch. Under no circumstance should he leave this house and please keep him away from Local news channels as much as possible. He doesn’t need to be subjected to what the media will be talking about his family.”

They all nodded. Hunter walked to the door. As he got outside, Ludo ran to him.

“You cannot do this alone, i am going to help you,” she said handling him an aid box while looking at his blood stained trousers, “I didn’t want to say anything because i knew my parents will be paranoid.”

“You don’t have to do this. This is more dangerous than last time,” Hunter objected.

“You could have gone anywhere but you chose to come here. I will render you my help. Things have changed now, i can help you locate wherever this Ben and Devi are, i have contacts. Meet me tomorrow at Central Park at exactly 8pm and what happened to the beard.”

Before he could say anything, she ran back inside leaving him standing and realizing that this time things were different. Unsure of where he was going, he wondered off and dissipated into the serenity of the night.

To be continued

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