Alhaji Musa grabbed his phone and s rolled through the thousand contacts that here saved on it. With his clean, reading glasses on, he strained his eyes to search the names. He'd actually forgotten the name he used to save his boys. It's been a while since he last called for their attention. But now, needed them so much. Anyone of them could do the job perfect.

Scorpion.

'Yes, scorpion.’ He muttered as he called the number.

It rang for a while with an electronic sound. He didn't pick.

Ring! Ring!! Ring!!!

Finally, Scorpion picked the call.

"Hello!" A thick musculine voice muttered over the phone

"Am I speaking with scorpion please?"

"Yes. Who's this?"

"It's  me, Alhaji Musa. I have a job for you."

"But I'm out of doing those kinds of jobs. I thought I told you. I'm no longer into killings anymore."

"I'm not asking you to kill, I just need you to kidnap someone for me, fool!"

"I'm busy sir, please give the job to someone else or delete my number." About to cut the call he heard the Alhaji saying something...

"I'll pay you 2 million naira."

"Make it 5 mil"

"No, I'm so dry now. I'll pay 4."

"Okay then, when and where."

"Where are you now?"

"I'm in Lugbe."

"Okay, good. I need you to stop them on the road and collect my son. They are two girls and sisters. I don't want anyone dead, I just want my son back.  He's about 6 years old. Please, don't shoot anyone." He warned.

"Okay sir. So what about the boy?"

"Don't worry, I'll meet you in your hideout. And I'll bring the cash for you there as well. It's meet 4:00 p.m. sharp."

"Okay." Scorpion cuts the call and thinks of what next to do. What strategy to use.  Well, he got prepared for the operation and took his guy, Mario.

The wore black singlets along with black masks and fake guns just to scare the hell out of the girls and not to mistakenly shoot.

After the call, Alhaji Musa felt so relieved. He just couldn't wait to hold his son. If possible, meet him and sponsor him. Treat him the was a father would. If only that was possible. Alhaji Musa was just elated, he was feeling fortunate, indeed.

After the party, Humaira and Zainab took some takeaways along with them. It was such an awesome event and everyone had fun. Hadee Las licking an ice cream, Zainab wanted to collect it from him but he ran towards his mum, holding her as if his life depends on her alone.

"You guys and your rough play. C'mon, let's go. It's getting late." Humaira mentioned as they got into the car. About to start the car, call entered.

It was from the firm she wanted to serve.

"Hello sir." Humaira said as she picked the call.

"Attorney Winifred is around. There's an urgent meeting we would like to have with you, Humaira. Can you come immediately?"

"Okay sir, I'd be there in less than 30 minutes." She muttered and cuts the call. She let out a deep sigh as she drops her phone.

"What is it sis, hope all is well."

"I won't be able to drive you guys home, Zee. I have to attend an important meeting and I'm not sure how long it would last."

"Oh, so.. what would we do now?" Zainab asked.

"Just take a taxi home, Hadee would follow you."

Immediately she mentioned that, Hadee looked away, as if he didn't even hear.

"Don't try to act up, Hadee. Follow Anty Zainab, I'll be home soon." Humaira persuaded and placed a kiss on his cheeks but he held her tight.

His ice-cream wet, dripping hands rubbed Humaira's clothes; staining her white. She tried to slightly jerked away not to but he pulled to her with tears in his eyes. He didn't want to go.

"No! No!!" He cried, clinging himself to Humaira.

"I'll buy chocolate for you okay?" She persuaded him but he just didn't want to follow Zainab and it's impossible to take him to the meeting.

Things might get worse and get mind won't be at rest. Humaira had to leave him with Zainab forcefully. She handed her some cash to take taxi with and to get him more ice cream if that would calm him down. It was getting late already so, she drove out of the plaza.

"Come, let's go and get ice cream." Zainab muttered to him in a low, sweet voice but he kept on crying, staring at the direction of the gate as if he was still seeing his mum. Meanwhile, she had left.

Alhaji Musa watched everything. His car was parked at the parking lot, just three rolls away from where Humaira had packed her car so he narrowly heard their conversation.

He took his phone and called scorpion immediately.

"Ummm... There's change of plans. The elder sister just left alone now, so I guess they younger one would be taking the boy home."

"Okay. So how do I know which is which. I mean, how do I track them down?"

"I'd give you a signal. I'll chat you up on the colour and number of taxi they would be entering. I'd send you pictures as well."

"Okay, that would be fine."

"But my payment would increase, right?"

"What? I don get!"

"Just make it 4.5 mil because of the change of plans."

"I don't get. Should it increase or reduce?"

"It should increase, sir!"

"But I'm also doing the work as well. He explained. I'm bringing food directly into your mouth and you're complaining about an increasment? Look here guy, I don't have any money. Unlike before. I just want to finish this business because you're someone I trust."

"Whatever..." Scorpion cuts the call on in annoyance.

Alhaji Musa too cuts the call from his own edge.

"What an idiot!" He muttered as he watched them buy icecream.

Hadee calmed down and started licking it as if it would never finish. It's evident that he had so much love for icecream but he'd prefer his mother, better.

With the icecream in his hands, Zainab held him tight as they walked out of the gate. Her eyes scrolled tho and fro the busy road in search for a good taxi that was going her was.

After a while, a silver looking taxi stopped in front of her. It was empty but the elderly looking man's face wrote only two things. Innocence and Hardwork. So, she got in. Alhaji Musa started his car and followed them.

Minutes later, another passenger joined the taxi. It was a young man coming from work. Although, he looked so tired, he got in too because they were going the same direction. Alhaji Musa took a quick picture of the taxi and sent it to scorpion.

'Do a neat job for me...' Alhaji Musa texted along with the pictures he sent.

***

After licking the icecream, Hadee started crying for more but Zainab shushed him to keep quite. She gently laid his head on her chest as he cried to sleep.
Even though it's just a couple of days they've met, there's this connection between Zainab and Hadee. Something that Humaira herself couldn't understand. It's clear that Hadee loves her too but when his mum is around, he'd preferred her better.
Anyways, they got to a point where a log of wood was place by the corner of  the road. Mario and Scorpion parked their car somewhere along the road and stopped the taxi.

The driver was scared. Everybody was scared too.
"Hey you! Bring the boy!!" Scorpion pointed out.

The voice sounded so familiar to Zainab. As if she'd hear it before. The taxi driver and the other passenger looked down, shivering like wet, scared cats.

Humaira lifted her face at scorpion. She remembered him so clearly. He was the man that forcefully took her virginity.