"I'm Umar" the man had said, "Umar Dakar".
  " Umar dakar uhn?'' Hamzat teased.
   "Just call me Umar" Dakar insisted.
*what a unique name* she thought to herself.
They had kept on dancing for long that Nojat felt herself floating, it had been long she felt like this. She thought of tolu, and somehow felt what she had for was agape. Umar was different, He was confident and crisp, there was this aura of authority he had that was seductive enough to make her fall. she cautioned herself severally not to think she was somehow in love with him. *no, I'm not*, *right?*.
Not too long after, Aminat comes rushing in and is a bit surprised at the drama going on before her. she sits and watched them move slowly. Nojat notices and presence and couldn't help but blush, whispering to Umar's ear,
"my host's around".
Umar brings his lips close to her ear, so close as he whispers into it, Nojat feels her whole body about to blow to bits.
" i hope i have pleased my lady " He says.
  " Sure you have "
  " Then it would please my lady, for me to her contact" He said, spinning her body slowly 360° and then pulling her gently towards him again.
  "Sure" Nojat replies.
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Dakar closes the door behind him as he crashes onto his bed. it was a good night. Umar?, really?? he scolds himself, he had a habit of always changing his names whenever he met a pretty lady, from Usman dantata to Abdul to Mohammed, heck!, he even one time used Bolaji while he was at Oyo. Good times. But now he did something he never foresaw coming in a long time, He told a lady his Actual Name. Only The Sponsor knew him as Umar Dakar and often warned him not to disclose it to anyone. But here he was, he'd already done that, and for some reason, he didn't care.
He's just about to slip into dreamland when he notices his laptop blinking red.
The Camera had recorded Ife and Tolu's activity for the day. Gosh, he'd almost forgot!. He quickly opens his laptop and sees the reading:

   Recording> 2:30:56
   time > 2:30PM - 5:00PM
     PLAY                      DELETE

The camera had recorded 2 hours worth of activities, *what have they been up to?*, looking at the clock; 1:25AM. Dakar sighs, *it's going to be a long night*, then clicks play.
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"Hmmmm... Nojaatt" Aminat teases as they drove home.
"what is it?, don't change the topic, I'm still mad at you for coming late" Nojat bite back, though she didn't see the need for it, if Aminat hadn't come late she never would have met Umar. it's fate.
  "oya sorry" aminat apologises. "oya gist me". Nojat reels her of what happened between them, aminat notices nojat is smiling throughout the narration and couldn't help but tease her at intervals.
  " I'd say you're in love " Aminat concludes.
   "Haba aminat" nojat objects, "we just met, i still don't know anything about him". 
   " But you'll get to know him now" Aminat dragged,putting her hands over Nojat's, " Give this a chance girl, you need to have this feeling, it's what you need now".
Then it cliqued, Aminat had just reminded her of something she had forgotten all the while she was with Umar, Her Mother was Dead.
  "I'll give it a thought"
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Tolu and Ife arrived at the mechanic workshop pretty early, the had handed the screw driver to the boss who thanked them,
"ma fe lu omo yen pa" (I'll beat that boy to a pulp). Tolu looks at him confused, "pardon?".
" ema binu daddy, ko kin shey ejor e, o yó subu ni " (don't be angry daddy, it's not his fault, he slipped and fell). Ife replies instinctively.
"o da " (its alright).
Tolu whispers to ife ear, "what is he saying?". Ife laughed out and kept at it in a manner that made Tolu embarrassed. " cut it out man" he cut in angrily, "I've literally spent my whole in the States incase you forgot''
"it's Yoruba"
"ohhh"
"I'll teach you later" ife said trying to control himself from laughing again.
"pls can we meet the young man?" Tolu asked trying to change topic away from him. The boss looks at him confused at the accent he used, *oyinbo leleyii*(this is a white man).
" a feri omo yen ni sir".( we want to see the boy) ife translates.
"seyiiiiiiiiii" the boss calls out.
Seyi, not knowing the two young men he encountered yesterday were present comes running out, he finally catches sight of them before slipping and falling irking his boss, "kilo mu e?" the boss asks angrily. Seyi is dumbfounded at the sight of the men, *do they know?*, *am i in trouble?*.
"hey what's up" Tolu greets, "you drooped that the other day"  as he points to the screw driver.
seyi is relieved, *oh, that's why they came?* , "Thank you sir", He manages to say.
" ehen seyi, i would like to ask you somethings" Ife started , "just give me a minute or two and we'll be done".
*oh my God!!*. Seyi eyes his boss who pushes him towards them as he walks closely towards them.
" lo bawon, kilon shey e?, abo ti sé?" (go and meet them what's wrong with you?, or you have done something bad?).
ife assures seyi all is well as they both move a distance away from the shop.
"seyi how are you?" ife starts
"fine sir" seyi replies fidgeting.calm down, calm down ,calm down, he kept telling himself.
" what happened yesterday?" Ife asks, watching him closely.
Tolu stood by doing same, he knew something was amiss.
  " i fell down sir"
  "why did you fall down?" ife intensifies.
   " a big stone sir " Seyi stutters, gesticulating in a manner that was pitiable, "i match a big stone".
   " or is it because someone died here?" Ife continues. At this point,Tolu narrows his eyes at seyi, he notices goosebumps building all over him, and the way his eyes started searching around the whole area, his head was trying to come up with something.
Seyi was stricken with this question, he remembered the nightmares he used to have.
Sedan. Old man. Gunshot. Corpse.
  " no sir no, it's just that we don't see police people everytime, i think you have come and arrest me", seyi replies in pathetic english. Ife observes him critically. *surely there's nothing here*, *this is just some scared adolescent*
"Are you sure?" Ife asks.
  "yes sir, yes Sir"
ife sighs before waving him away, approaching tolu, "what do u think?"
"he's lying" tolu replies flatly.
  " common tolu, you saw what just happened there " he said pointing at the direction seyi had ran to, ''that's just some paranoid kid."
"he's lying man" tolu insists.
"since when did you start reading minds?" Ife asks.
Tolu scratches his head grinning, "well i did a 6-month psychology course while at the FBI"
   "So?" Ife probes
   "i know a liar when i see one, and that kid is holding out on us".
Ife observes Tolu and sees the seriousness in his eyes, " well " ife says as he brings out his gun, "lets do it the hard way then".
" what are you doing?" tolu asks surprised.
  " watch me "
  " dude, we're here to interrogate".
Ife shook his head ,"there's still a lot you have to learn in Nigeria "
  "what do you mean"
"An average Nigerian is scared with a man with a gun"
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Nojat found it hard sleeping the previous night, her dreams had been all about the little time she had spent with umar dakar. she found herself rolling all over the bed muttering his name over and over, he hadn't called her yet, she had lay siege on her phone throughout the morning, glancing at it on intervals for texts or calls.
*Why won't you call me?*, part of her wanted her to call him, *don't be desperate* her other part cautioned. she was fighting a war within herself. She's just about to call him when her phone rings. Umar Dakar.
She finds herself shivering and adjusting her self before answering
"Thought you'll never answer" He said teasingly.
  " Thought you'd forgotten me" she feigned hurt.
  " I'm sorry, i slept really late". Umar responded.
" Hmm, what were you doing"
"going through something's" Dakar answered.
"alrighty, what are you doing now" she probed.
  " more like, what are you doing later this night"
Boom, Nojat couldn't believe her ears, is he asking me out?, he is right?, I'm going to say yes right?.
"you there?" Umar repeated. Nojat comes back to realization that the she hadn't replied him yet.
"uhmm, nothing really, why?"
"thought you might care for a drink and get to know each other, i consider you quite fascinating".
Nojat noticed herself blushing. pull it together girl, pull it all together.
" sure i wouldn't mind, same place?" she asked.
  "Same place"
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Ife barges back into the mechanic shop gun in his hands, he changed into his more serious face now as he marched into the shank.
"Seyi you are under arrest" he said in a harsh tone. Seyi is shocked to his bones as he and his boss are tossed outside by ife, his boss is shocked by his actions, confused as to whether this was the same person he spoke with minutes ago.
"seyiiiii, kilo sheyyyyy?" (What have you done seyi?)as he crouched now at the point of ifes gun.
  "mi o shey kan kan" (i didn't do anything) Seyi cried as he holds his hands up in denial. he hadn't done anything. he hadn't . what was going on?.
  "daddy, e ba mi bi leere, kilode to pa Aluko kosoko?" (help me ask him why he killed aluko kosoko). At the mention of that name , his boss screams
"seyiii,, iwó lo pa baba yén!!, egbami!" (seyi, so it's you that killed that old man)
Seyi denies it vehemently, at this point ife is fed up as he cocks his gun at seyi.
He hears the sound of the cocked gun and says  "it was him, one man, i don't know him, i only went to shit in the bush, it was one man, i saw him.." he says incoherently.
Ife eyes Tolu who looked down on seyi before setting his gaze at him.
"Told you"
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Nojat waited at the lounge for Umar who was running late. she hated being kept waiting. she wore a black dress that was a little above the knee exposing her petite legs, her lips where brightly red and she had adorn her neck and hands with jeweleries she thought She'll never wear. They where her Mother's.
Umar was supposed to meet her by 7PM.On checking the time, it read 7:52, almost 8. she had tried reaching umar to no avail and she began thinking he was about to stand her up.
  No sooner had she waited when two hands covered her eyes, she smiled, she'd recognize those powerful hands anywhere, his perfume smelled of the one same he used last night when they met.
  "Umar" she called out smiling.
  "yea my lady" umar said as she turned towards him. he was looking cute, he wore a nice tuxedo that only exposed his edges quite nicely, nojat felt weak merely looking at them.
  "I'm sorry i kept you waiting" he said as he took his seat.
  "it's fine, at least you're here"
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The night had progressed as soon as it had come and Nojat felt they'd just spent five minutes, Dakar was fun to be with, funny and romantic. he was the complete package.
They got out of the lounge barely noticing they were holding hands, she felt a little bit dizzy due to the drank, she somewhat staggered as umar tried to steady her.
"oh my, i guess I'll have to drive you home" Umar offered, "you barely emptied a bottle".
  " home? " Nojat laughed. *my home got murdered two weeks ago*
"you don't want to go home?" Umar asked surprised.
  "just lodge at a nearby hotel"
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Nojat pushes Umar on the wall of the room they had booked, kissing passionately. She hurriedly loosened Umar's tie and unbuttoned his shirt.
she flings herself to him as Umar catches her like she's paper weight, he forcefully unhooks her bra as he flings her onto the bed.
He's undoing his belt when Nojat wraps her hands around him and drags him unto the bed. she licks around her ears and biting on them making her shiver, she's moaning loudly until umar buries his lips in hers.
Umar strips her of every other clothing on her, she's unclad now as Nojat wraps her legs round his waist and Umar leans in, going back and forth in her.