chapter 50

i left his home office with a sigh, relieve coursed through my body, until i hear someone call my name from behind . his face shine under the sun as he stands there with a lewd smile on his face, his bright eyes and pink lips coloured suits and gelled white hair, come on, give me a hug it has been ages since we met.
this guy has always been like this, a chameleon, one whose presence could not be detected unless he wanted you to see him, i walk towards him but i dont give him a hug, instead i streatch my hand out towards him and , he holds it and kiss it, "walk with me he says as he looks towards the garden and my foot move.

i was there and i saw everything , i would like to take him off your hands give him to me, let me worry about ric for a while, i have some jobs which he could do , and i wouls like to exchage his services for favours, what ever you want, i will give you, just name it.

he was quiet, waiting for me to say something, i know this game, i say what i want and he agrees instantly, i cant play this way , so i dont say anything too, i keep my silence as we walk round the patch of green, the vegetation had made the whole place more cooler thn the weather had allowed it to be and as we walk i was relieved , i had made my choices to use rico and fight this battles over here, but a favour from federic von leich was something i could not pass.

this man was the only person not known in the underworld, he was not seen only at certain occasions where his interest was tied and he was never seious enough to be hung by his words,

i will take your offer , i say .
good he replied.
i want you to communicate this to him and get back to me , i need his sservices as soon as possible and i want you to keep this between us .
this will be all he says as he kissed my hand one more time and then he walked away,towards his car.

i watched him walk away , as his steps moe feminine than mine always made me wonder how he would have been , if he was a woman.
he was the deadliesst of us all and has his nose up in everyones bussiness.

federich von leich was not a man to take lightly because he culd do and undo with the snap of his finger, his biggest comouflage was he fashion industry where his name had become a label which could sell any thing, apart from fashion his influences had its viens in pockets of politicians.

more reason why i could never shake the fear of damian off my shoulders, how he was able to keep a man like this under his leash, was a mystery.

i raise my head and look to the side, lubo had folled at a distance and he immediately nodded whe he saw my eyes reach his direction.

as i walk to my car, i think of what to collect from federic ,i knew theere was nothing for now but i bet the opppurtunity would present itself

i sat and lubo drove away, he dragged down the glass between us in the limousine and he asked , where would you like to go, latanzi"" i replied with my head down as i pressed my cellphone,
i notice a messsage on my notification bar, it reads" do not think too long about what you want"
i never knew he had my number, what was the rush in making the decision, the thought was now a suspicion and i wanted to know what he was up to, why he needed rico and why he did not think of me suspecting him and rico working together and as i thought about it more, it was now a strong inkling i have to follow.
i step ou of the car and lubo drives the car away, i walk into littanzi and walk to my table, which was always empty.

i sat and the waiter came, ordered and as i sipped in my enviroment, i see a familiar face, it wa rico, he had followed me.
i want us to continue our disscussion but i had other things to talk to im about,when he reaches my tble, i motion for him to sit and he calls the waiter and who brought him wine.

yes he began we have to celebrate, you assisting me today and you still putting me in danger he said with his lips curled up.

i dont know what you are trying to say?
he called me, yes and he said you have agreed to allow him use my services.
i am sorry about that, i tell him.
you should atleast , have told me about my fate before you sold me to that vulture.

i dont think i owe you more than the apology i just gave you now, you put yourself in this situation in the first place, so you deal with it i said regreting my earlier decision to pity him, this disscussion right here has cleared my doubt about them working together, or maybe not it could be a ruse by the snake feveric to take my eyes away fom that possibility, i have to kep my senses sharp.

the waiter drops my food on the table and i begin to eat not minding rico, i eat hungrily, and notice when i feel his eyes fixed and watching me.

we should do something rico, why not the both of us come to a conclusion i say with my mouthfull
what?
i swalow and say repeat myself.
he sits down quietly for a minute before he asks me .
are you sure?

yes rico i want you to spy on him, federic von leich is a man without shadows and who can kill a man without shadows?
if you want to be free you have to seize power and i cant do it alone neither can you , but together we can do something, we can change our fates.