THE CALL (4)

 The Promise is Delivered

"What is the task this time?" she asks 

"You would have to go with your sister, with Baby, to a location I will disclose to you later. Now this stuff is absolutely confidential and no one else must know about it, but you have to go with her."

"I will not dare such and you wouldn't be a me do such a thing. I cannot risk my sister for such a task, says Promise. "I do not know you, I have not seen you and I do not know what you want, but you can be assured that I will not go with my sister for any such thing."

"Well, if that is what you say it is fine, but everything you have done will be for nothing and in the end you would have gained nothing more than 115,000 Naira, and that is if you haven't spent it already. That is when you will miss out on what is to come" 

"What do you mean?" she asks 

"It is not for me to say, he replies "but if you want to find out you must come." 

She wished she could reach through the phone and grab him by the neck, this man was a real handful, and he enjoyed keeping her in the dark. She had to still play by his rules nevertheless, he was in charge. 

"Are you sure nothing will happen to her?" Promise asks "Nothing will happen to her, John X says "so long as you ensure that she is safe and you play according to the rules as you have been doing, I do not know why you are doing this, but I guess I do not have a choice I would come and she will come too." "Good girl, now you're talking. So, bring her and find yourselves at the location. You will get double the money you've been getting for your transportation. Remember, absolute confidentiality is required, no one else is to know about this." 

The day came and Promise goes with Baby to the venue. It was a quaint looking environment, and the building could pass for a house. They were let in by the guard at the gate, Baby was dressed in a simple gown, while Promise wore something a bit more formal.

At the reception, there was no one at the desk, but right on cue, a pretty, young lady appeared and welcomed them. She showed Baby to a seat and asked Promise to follow her as they walked down the hall. Her name was Angela, and she was one of those people who looked as though they were born for what they were doing; her poise, gait and movement perfectly complimented her outfit and her six-inch heels. 

Just before Promise could compliment her, Angela stopped at a door. "You can go in. Mrs Daniels is ready to see you," and she left. 

It turned out that it was a meeting after all with just one person. Mrs Daniels was a middle aged woman, who looked like one who had been around for a while and had an air of professionalism about her. She showed Promise a seat, and their meeting began. 

It was a Q & A session, and Promise found herself answering certain questions, she felt like it was an interview. Her feeling about the interview grew with the passing of each minute and just when she had almost discarded the idea, she was asked of all things how much you would be willing to collect or how much you will charge to do what she had been doing all this while. She had to get herself together and be sure she heard right, was this woman talking of a salary? 

Still thinking, she hears the question again, and this time, she's told to feel free to shoot any figure she's comfortable with.

After some thought, she gives a figure, then still shoots higher, and to her surprise, so she hears as a response is "Accepted."

Mrs Daniels congratulates her and offers her a position with Le Schaff Holdings Ltd, a hospitality and convenience mega business chain across Africa and Europe. She's offered a job as a Finance Officer and Delivery Tracker with one of their large hotels. She is told that her credentials had gotten to the company through a smaller hotel they own which she applied to, but they were looking out for someone to occupy a bigger position and used the small hotel as a decoy. The best way to ensure she could handle the job was to try their own way, after all no damage had been done, no life had been lost, and she had proven herself to be quite useful and helpful on the tasks she was subsequently going to carry out act as a job. 

She would work five days a week, spending four days monitoring finances and one day confirming that deliveries arrived at the destination. It was then revealed to her that what she had been delivering were valuable items belonging to high-ranking classified individuals in society whose identities could not be disclosed, and they had also given her positive remarks. She also just found out that every package she was given was tracked as she was now eventually going to track other deliveries in the future. 

Baby was also been tried as at the same time that she was being interviewed and she had proven herself also capable. A scholarship was proposed to her without her knowledge, the money was going to be paid into Promise' account and subsequently she's going to be offered an internship position with the firm. Promise couldn't find words and she found  herself on the verge of tears. She tried to hold them back but they still came anyway. 

The last two weeks had been a mystery for her, but here she was finally offered a job, finally employed, finally a salary earner.

It is two weeks later and Promise is at her office desk. She's having a bit of a free time as work isn't as tedious, then she gets a call and she picks, "Hello," she hears. She recognises him, it is John X. "What do you want?" 

"I haven't heard from you in a while. Well, it wasn't really my fault, I wasn't supposed to get in touch with you after the recruitment exercise, but here I am again." 

"What do you want this time?" she asks. 

"What do I want? I want to meet with you. Turn around"

The End