Lionel followed closely after Nichole not knowing her true intention. Nichole glanced at Lionel's car from the driving mirror and smirked. She reached out for her phone and dialed Zed's number. After a short second, he answered.
"Get ready Zed..., do everything as planned."
"Alright, ma'am.." He replied and the line went dead.
Nichole glanced through the driving mirror again and smiled smugly to herself, seeing Lionel's car still behind her.
"You are so going down, you little brat.." she sped up.
Lionel also sped up, making sure not to lose her. It was around 8 pm when Nichole drove into laczode street. She slowed down when she was about to get to her destination. The environment was very quiet with everybody in his or her house with his or her family. Lionel also slowed down following from quite a distance, glancing skeptically around.
"What is she up to?"
After a few minutes, Nichole pulled up in front of an isolated and quiet building. Lionel waited patiently in his car, watching from a distance as Nichole got down from her car.
She glanced around before sauntering into the building. Just as she walked in, Lionel rushed out of his car. He glanced around and when he was sure that it was safe, he tiptoed into the building.
The lights in the building were quite dim which prevents a clear view of one's surroundings. It also houses quite a several rooms. As Lionel stepped into the corridor, he took a glance at the path on his left then to the right.
"Where did she go?" he whispered thoughtfully to himself.
At that moment, he heard voices coming from one of the rooms on his right. "This way I guess."
He tiptoed, pecking through the rooms. All the rooms had no doors. After some few tries and errors, he got to the room where Nichole was. He quickly knelt, pecking through the room.
Unknowingly to him, Nichole had already spotted him.
She chuckles, "Just who I was expecting."
Lionel's heart immediately skipped a bit, racing so fast. With different thoughts running through his mind.
"Does she know I'm here?"
He was still wondering in his thoughts when Nichole smiled smugly
"Of course Lionel, I knew were following me," she answered like she was directly hearing his thoughts. "Why don't you come out?"
Just at the end of her words, Lionel came out from his hiding. He stood at the entrance glaring indignantly at Nichole as she grinned.
"Wel...come, Lio...." she smirked.
Lionel stared at her as he sauntered into the room. He walked into her, glaring face to face. The smiles suddenly disappeared from her face.
"Where did you take them to Nichole?"
Nichole stared at him for some seconds and chortled. "Not so fast Lio..., you..."
She was about to say something when Lionel held her neck, choking her. "I said where did you keep them you murderer!"
"Lio..., (coughs, hitting his hand) you..(coughs, still struggling)"
Just then, Nichole saw Zed tiptoeing in from Lionel's back. She glanced at him with the look which says hurry up and save me.
She gestured for him to get Lionel off. Lionel noticed her and turned to see who she was communicating with. But all he could feel was a hard hit and he blackout.
Nichole instantaneously sighed, gasping for breath as she held her neck. "What the hell kept you Zed..?
"Sorry, ma'am.."
"Sorry for yourself. You're useless, he nearly killed me you know." She glanced at Lionel's unconscious body on the floor and suddenly smiled, composing herself well.
"But look at him now." she smirked, "Oh poor thing." she looked up to Zed. "Take him away."



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Dickson returned home to meet the whole house in darkness. He pulled up in front of the house glancing skeptically around.
"What's going? Why is the house in darkness?"
He stepped out of his car and glided into the house. He slowly opened the door, glancing around. Then he reached out for the switch stuck on the right side of the wall, turning it on.
"Where is everybody?" He thought to himself as he walked into the hall. He was about to walk up the stairs when he spotted a piece of paper on the table with a drive on it.
"What's this?" He went over and picked it up.
He studied the drive for a while and opened the letter.
LETTER
Dad, I know you didn't believe me when I told you that Auntie Nichole was responsible for mum's death so I had to do this. The drive is a recording of Nichole and her activities. Right now, Riley and her friends are in danger.

END
Dickson was stunned by what he just read. He dropped the letter on the table, took the drive, and rushed upstairs. He immediately went over to the drawer beside his bed and took the laptop. He sat on the bed, placing it on his lap.
He inserted the drive into it and its availability was indicated. He clicked on it and it displayed some files. He clicked on it and it started to play. With keen interest stared at the screen as everything unfolds before his eyes. He was taken aback and stunned. He closed the laptop and tossed it aside.
"How could she do this to me and her friend? Tasha took you in as a sister Nichole..." He buried his face in his hands with tears running down his cheeks. He stayed in that position for a while and suddenly jolted up.
"Lio....."

He took his car keys and rushed out of the house. It