Wisdom came out of a changing room with a pink shirt, tucked in to a deep pink trouser. Careen got shocked and began coughing uncontrollably. Her reaction alone made him to briskly go back to the changing room and wear something else.
     He came out after some time with an Italian suit, blue in colour. He smiled at her and posed for an invisible camera. She gave him the thumbs up for the outfit.
     "You'd wear this for today's mission", she said, nodding her head as she admired the outfit.
     He came out the third time with a black long sleeve shirt, tucked in to a black pair of trousers. Careen groaned and asked him;"Must you wear the same colour up and down?" He reluctantly went back to the changing room and came out with the same shirt but with a white pair of trousers this time.
     "No! No! No!", she shook her head in disgust, "That doesn't look good a single bit."
     Wisdom went in and came out with the reverse, a white shirt and a black pair of trousers. "That's just okay", she said impassively.
     He wanted going back in but she stopped him. "Wait! Wait! Two's okay...you're not my boyfriend", she said, "Just put on the first one I approved of and get to work."
     They both left the shop, Wisdom on his Italian suit and holding a shopping bag where the other outfit was in. "Best shopping ever!", he exclaimed loudly. They hopped into the car and Careen drove off.
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     "So what are we going to do? We'll pretend to be engaged, and we came here to buy wedding rings", she explained to Wisdom who nodded his head to show understanding. She brought a strange device out of the glove compartment. It was round, like a plate and black in colour, bearing an antenna.
     "What's this?", Wisdom asked.
     "It's a device used for testing the value of ornaments. I just need to drop an ornament on it. If the lights on it become green, the ornament isn't fake. If the lights on it become red, then it's otherwise", Careen explained.
     "Wonderful!", he exclaimed, "Haven't heard of this before", he was marvelled.
     "It was invented by the police force for their use only", she replied.
     "That makes sense now", he thought.
     "My skirt and blouse is okay?", she asked, facing him so he could see clearly while she packed her hair more neatly.
     "Yeah! It's perfect on you", he smiled.
     "Good", she replied and picked up the bag at the backseat. She brought out an afro wig, a moustache and beard for him to put on and disguise himself. "These are going to hide your true identity", she said, handing them over to him.
     While she rummaged in the bag for something, Wisdom tried them on. "I really look handsome with these", he giggled, admiring himself in the wing mirror.
     "Whatever", Careen replied vaguely, still looking for something in the bag, "Yes! I've found it", she brought it out. It was dark glasses...she wore it.
     "Yours is just glasses?", Wisdom questioned with a niggle of confusion.
     "Let's go in Wisdom", she got out of the car and closed the door. Wisdom came out and she locked the car. They held hands and went into the J-Ornaments, with Careen hanging her handbag on the other hand.
     They went into the store. Wisdom was awed by the beauty of the store while Careen was intent on finding out where Mr James Iheanacho was. She saw him with the receptionist. "See him there", she said in a hurry and dragged Wisdom along.
     "Hello Sir! We came here to purchase wedding rings. My fiance and I are about to get married", Careen gave out a dramatic smile.
     Mr James told the receptionist to go. "I'll handle it myself", he said. After the lady left, he attended to his customers. "Welcome to J-Ornaments", he greeted cheekily.
     "I'd like diamond rings for both of us", said Careen.
     "Uuuuhh!", Mr James got excited, "You really love her a lot. Diamond rings worth a fortune", he said to Wisdom.
      "Yes! Of course! It's obvious we're in love", replied Wisdom, both he and Careen faking a smile.
     "We're both holding hands. See!", Careen raised their hands up for Mr James to see.
     "And you mates outfits are really lovely", he complimented them.
     "Thank you Sir", Careen smiled and bowed.
     "It's lovely right? I got this suit for my mission today", Wisdom blurted out. Careen howled and bent her head in letdown.
     "What mission please?", Mr James asked with a curious looking smile.
     Wisdom realised his mistake but went bereft of words, not coming up with an excuse for that question.
     Careen hurriedly covered up. "He's on a mission to show me to his parents tonight", she lied and turned to Wisdom, squeezing his hand tightly out of anger secretly, but faked a smile at him for Mr James to see. Wisdom endured the pain he was feeling. "Right darling?", she asked him.
     "Oh yes! That's my mission tonight. That's why we came to purchase some rings", he said dramatically.
     Mr James was beginning to feel something strange about them. He stared at them with suspicion.
     Careen and Wisdom had a side hug and smiled at him widely to make their love seem natural. "We're deeply in love", Careen gave out an unnatural smile.
     "Can I just get you some rings for you to choose from?", he asked, trying to overlook their weird behavior.
     "Sure! Because my fiance needs to take me to his parents tonight", Careen tried to hasten him up. Mr James shook his head and walked away.
     Few moments later, he came back with a couple of various rings. "Check out these! They're the best I've got", he said rhapsodically.
     "Let me check out this one", Wisdom pointed at one, "It looks nice", he complimented vaguely.
     "Give me this one", Careen pointed at another, "Hope it suits me", she said. Mr James handed both of them their respective choices.
     Careen brought the ornament testing device out from her handbag and kept it beside the platform the rings were. "This one I'm holding is my favorite of them all", she pretended to be awed by it.
     Mr James, wondering what she brought out of her bag, inquired of her;"Uhmmm! What's this thing you kept here?"
     "You'll find out soon enough", she collected Wisdom's ring and dropped it with hers on the device and in a split of seconds, the lights were reddish. Mr James was baffled by what was going on and gazed at them with an inquisitive look.
     Careen and Wisdom looked at each other and then turned to Mr James in sync and smirked at him. "So this is what he's doing", Careen turned to Wisdom with an evil smile on her face.
     "Can someone please tell me what's going on right now?", Mr James demanded, repressing his nervousness.
     Careen quickly brought out a gun from inside her blouse and pointed it at him. He raised up his both hands to surrender. "Wisdom bring out my badge from my bag", she said.
     Wisdom rummaged in the bag for a while but did not find it. "It's not here, haven't seen it", he told her.
     Careen moaned;"Please take this gun from me." Wisdom collected the gun from her while she searched her handbag. She looked up and saw people watching them. "Relax! We're not thieves...we're from the police", she said to them while she searched her bag.
     "This stuff isn't here", she got a bit frustrated. She then searched her blouse and felt something. She brought it out and saw it was her badge. "Yes!", she exclaimed, "Okay mates! This is my badge. We're both from the police", she showed it to the people surrounding them.
     "Get the handcuffs in your bag", Wisdom said to her.
     "You're right", she replied, bringing out the handcuffs. "You're nicked mate!", she handcuffed Mr James. She held his hand and dragged him out of the store while Wisdom danced away right behind him.
     "I love this job", he chanted a couple of times.
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First mission accomplished for Wisdom as a Secret Agent...even though some dramatic moments were involved.
Question for the chapter: Do you think Wisdom is bad at dressing or Careen was just too strict for him?