Chapter 03

🌹Andrew pov 🌹

"Andy you are not looking good hope all is well?" my friends asked.

"All is well with me but you see that bitch that escape is the one to be mourning herself in advance, I can't believe that brat will have to be giving me sleepless night" I said furiously.

"Take it, easy bro, you know you will surely get her very soon, she will soon come out of her hideout" they replied almost the same time.

"Thanks, guys, I will like to be in my room now" I said and went in.

I dialled the boss's number when I got back to my room.

"Boss, I'm very sorry to disappoint you, I didn't mean to do an unfinished mission" I apologise.

"Andy my boy, if I said that I'm not mad at you I'm deceiving you when I told you to drop four people, you dropped three and left without searching the entire house very well or wait for some hour, don't you know that if that girl comes back, none of us is saved? I  trust you know what to do anytime she comes back" he said.

"Sure boss, I'm sorry once again, I  won't be as careless as this next time" I said.

"No problem Andrew, take care of yourself and don't let that break you down, you are still my strong and smart Andrew" he said and hung up.

I'm glad he's not mad anymore, I can't stand his annoyance, my boss is like a father to me and I can go to any length just to make him happy.

If not for him, where would I have been today? maybe at the graveyard or something.

It all happened when I was nineteen years old.

🌹FLASHBACK🌹

"Andrew!!!" my aunt called me.

"Yes ma, I'm coming" I  said and went to meet her inside the kitchen.

I've been working as an elephant since she went out, is not like she doesn't have children, she has children of my age but I'm their housemaid, I don't blame them, if not for that witch I called mother, all this wouldn't have been happening to me.

"My son said he's coming home with his classmates, go and clean the garden for them and make sure the compound is also neat, and you have less than thirty minutes to do all that" she said coldly and I ran out hurriedly to start my work, if I don't finish it before the thirty minutes she gave me, she will beat the hell out of me.

I'm used to it.

"Andrew!!!" she called again.

"Yes aunty" I replied without leaving the spot I was.

"I should come and meet you there by myself right!?" she shouted angrily.

"No ma" I said ran back to meet her inside the kitchen.

"Are you done with what you are doing?" she asked.

"No ma" I replied.

"No ma" she said mimicking me before I could process what was happening she slapped me already.

"You know I don't take "No" as an answer, you this useless boy, you are as useless as your mother, I gave you thirty minutes to do something and you're telling 'No ma", this is twenty minutes, don't you know how to finish work before the given time!!?" she shouted.

"Mum why are you shouting?"  her sixteen years old daughter asked.

"My daughter, it's Andrew, it's him, my dear, I told him to clean the house that your brother is coming home with his friend since two hours ago, I asked him now if he's done or not he told me "No", imagine that nonsense" she said and I gasped.

"No mum, I just started working twenty minutes ago" I said trying to defend myself.

"Did I ask you to talk? you meant my mum was lying right? is she as useless as the witch you called a mother? now you have the gut to say she is lying, you are an animal!" her daughter said and landed two hot slaps on my right cheek.

"He deserves more than that, Idiot"  her mother said and they both laughed.

We heard the honk of a car outside and my heartbeat increased in a million fold.

His son entered, though we are of the same age because of my present condition he is older than me.

"Mum what's happening here?" he asked.

"Thank you, my son, since you've called me two hours ago that Andrew should clean the house I was sleeping then but immediately you sent me to Andrew, I left for his room and told him you said he should clean the house that you are coming home with your friends, I called him and asked if he's done now and he told "No ma", you what I always tell you" she lied again.

"Dude did we need to be begging you before you do your work in this house? are you insane?" he said and punched me.

"Yes dear, that's what he deserves, give him more" his mum said and he kept punching me.

"When next my mum or anyone of us tells you to do something and you kept us waiting, you will regret your life" he said and gave me the last punch.

"Where are your friends my dear?" his mum asked.

"Mum we decided to postpone it to another day" he replied and his response brought tears to my eyes.

His friends aren't here, why did he also beat me?, am I born to suffer? I hate my mum, I hate her so much.

"Wash the plates and clean the kitchen" his mum said.

"Let's go, blessed children" she said and they pushed me aside before going out.

"Why?, dad why did you also leave me when your wife left us?, your sister and her children are maltreating me too much" I lamented crying.

I think this is what happened when a wife betrayed her husband, it's the child that will pay for her offence.

I'm here suffering for what I know nothing about.

I went to the sink to wash the plate, I was trying to arrange them when a glass cup slipped and broke on the floor.

"What!. You this bastard, how dare you intentionally destroy my property, did you also want me to go bankrupt as your mother made my brother went before she finally killed her!?" my aunty shouted angrily.

"Aunty please, it was a mistake, I'm sorry" I pleaded with tears in my eyes, even though I sustained an injury when I was trying to prevent the glass cup from slipping, but right now I have to deal with the devil in front of me first.

"It wasn't intentional, right? okay continue your work, you won't let people see me as a wicked person, clean what you want to clean and get out of my kitchen" she said and went out.

Did she just overlook it? today is the best day of my life.

I washed the plates and cleaned the kitchen, after that I  left for my room.

🌹Two hours later🌹

"Andrew open this door" I heard my aunt's voice.

It's past 9 pm already, what does she want? I stood up and dragged my lazy self to opened the door for her, I opened it and saw her standing like a soldier.

"Aunt, did you need anything?" I asked.

"Did I need anything in my husband's house? I can see you are growing wings overnight" she said angrily.

"Darling! darling! where is this girl again? Monica!" she called and her daughter answered.

"Bring me that hot water and the chilli powder I put on the dining table"  she said.

"This night I will teach you a lesson you will never forget in your life, you dare break my cup" she said sternly.

"Your mother destroyed my brother before killing her and here you're giving me a headache, I will give you a wound you wi nurse forever" she added.

Is she joking? because of a cup? hot water and chilli powder?. If I can't run now that she's the only one here with me then I will carry the scar forever. 

I wore only a white round-neck shirt and shorts.

I pushed her aside and ran out of my room, I bumped into her daughter and both the chilli powder and the hot water poured on her, I can hear her crying out in pain but I neglected it and ran far away from the house.

I must not go back to that house or else my dad will welcome me.

I kept running without looking at the direction I was running to.

Suddenly I heard a loud honk of a car and I blacked instantly due to how shocked I was.

I opened my eyes and met myself lying comfortably on a soft and comfy bed.

"Are you awake?" I heard someone said and I stood up hastily.

I hope I'm not at my aunt's place.

"Calm down, I mean no harm, thank goodness you are awake, when you are ready to leave, you can take your leave, but where are you going to and where are you coming from late in the night" he asked.

He puffed out the cigarette smoke from both his nose and mouth. A hefty man wearing black all through, but if he won't kill me I'm going nowhere.

"Please let me be staying with you, I'm coming from a torture house and I'm going nowhere in particular" I replied.

"From torture house? who is torturing you? and most importantly you can't be living with us" he said.

"Please let me stay here, I will be your house help, I will wash your car, I will wash your plates, I will wash your...."

"If you want to stay here, you can't be talking like a parrot, I'm accommodating you because I know you will be useful for me, relax till tomorrow that you will explain everything to me"  he said and went out.

Useful as how?.

The next morning I explained everything to him and he pitied me and he promised to always be there for me.

Of course, he did as he said, I was living well and fine without working, he insisted that I won't work.

But when I was twenty years old, I developed an interest in their job, though I don't know what they are doing I just know they always go out at night and come back at midnight and they always dressed in black.

One day I insisted that I'm going out with them, the boss refused at first but after much persuasion he later permitted me and I was also given my black dress.

I was taken aback when I saw them climbing fence like a professional as if that wasn't enough we got and they brought out guns, my boss gave me the spare one in his pocket, and told me to shoot.

Shoot?.

I've never held a gun before I can't even shoot.

What do I bring upon myself?.

I looked at the person and the image of my mum appeared in my memory, I closed my eyes tight and shot the woman without feeling any remorse about it.

I don't even know how shot her, but immediately I shot her I opened my eyes and sigh.

🌹Flashback ends🌹

That was how I became an assassin, and I promised myself to always do a satisfactory job because that's the only thing I can do to show how grateful I am to my boss.