Chapter 14 14

"Life is like an elusive emerald, hard to find, dangerous to extract and fragile when been polished and made into a gem" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Background music: sad wind chapter 1 by David fesliyan. ____________________________________ "Just yesterday, president olusola release a project treaty with Daniel Hamilton and the six feathers. Well, this had caused a lot of uproar in the country. The state councils had gone against the treaty and requested that the president cancel the project treaty. This has resulted in a protest in the capital city of mecianda, langose. right now, the state council members are seeing entering into the purple house. I'll keep you more updated about the outcome of the meeting. This is melody Anderson reporting from the city TV. " ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ************ "I thought we were going to celebrate the announcement of our project plan to the public but... "Simone place her head on her forehead as she lamented. The feathers had called the meeting as soon as they heard the news about the state councils. Park bangs his hand on the table and curses. "Fuck! What's going to happen now, Daniel? The news is reporting it, the people are protesting and I can barely leave my house without being followed by paparazzi." "It appears clear that we forgot one thing."Leonard pointed out, they all turned to face him and waited for what he had to say. "We forgot to deal with the state councils." "You are right Leonard. We should have dealt with all the state council members."Simone added. "What is the way forward now Daniel? These bastards might go against us in the meeting today,"munachi questioned Daniel because he knew what the council members are capable of doing. Daniel stood up from where he was sitting and paced around the conference room walking back and front pondering on what to say to the feathers. When he finally got something, he smiled and walked back to his chair. "Here is the plan feathers... " ? ? ? ? ? ******** The protest in the city of langose had caused traffic on the road. The cars were blocked, the people walked around the street chanting songs of protest. Jeremy had got stuck in traffic on his way to his firm that morning and when he finally reached his firm after hours of waiting, he called a meeting with the justice. "The city is in a mess. We can only wait for the state council member's meeting with the president"James mentioned. "I agree with James but we can't just fold our hands and do nothing" Lara added. she bought out some papers from her bag and pointed to it. "The project plan is going to cost citizens, especially the poor their homes." "These are the so-called feathers and from the research, I made on them, it seems they know how to cover their tracks well. This is their leader Daniel Hamilton.."Yomi pointed to a picture of Daniel and began to explain more about him. "Daniel Hamilton, a well-known man in the country. He is very influential and has a lot of Companies in the country and around the world." "We all know him. Linda accused his sons of raping her before she was killed" Mary commented. The room grew silent at Mary's comment. Linda's death was still fresh in their memories. Yomi cleared his throat to gain their attention and then continued what he was saying. "Simone ikechukwu, the first female in the group. I didn't get news on her but all I heard is that she owned the biggest hospital in mecianda." "Leonard Philip, the chief judge of langose." "Wait.."James interrupted, "Did you just said, Leonard Philip?" Yomi nodded and James gasped at his confession. "What's going on James?"Mary questioned. "Leonard Philip sentenced my sister to prison five years ago for a crime she didn't commit," James explained. He place his hand on his head and groaned out. "what was your sister's crime again?"Lara asked. "Murder. She was sentenced for a murder she knew nothing about. For five years, my sister was left to rot in that jail."James lamented. "I'm sorry about your sister but I'm gonna get her out. I'm gonna reopen her case. This could lead us to more mysteries. I guess the feathers or whatever they called themselves have something hidden."Jeremy said. He signals to yomi to continue his explanation. Yomi nodded and pointed to another picture. This time it was park young. "This is park young, the CEO of the parkgo airline that crashed." "This could be related to Abigail's death. Ever since we came back from carbuja no one is talking about it. The press ain't saying anything about it. I can't let her death be in vain like Felicia Watson's "Lara told them. They all nodded at what she had said. "Lisa, I need you to start working on finding the address of the Kennedys. Find anything on their family, relatives, or anything about them now.."Jeremy ordered. "Yes Sir"Lisa bow down and left the office to her own office where she started working on what Jeremy had ordered her to do. "Continue Yomi "Jeremy requested. Yomi pointed to another picture and began his explanation. "This is Alissa Adedeji, a business tycoon and granddaughter of former president Adedeji Samuel." "Beauty but looks wicked."mary commented. "I use to follow around before I was fired from being a reporter. She is a cunning woman and Would do anything to get what she wants. I heard from a source years ago that she was involved with president olusola." "The current president?"Lara asked and Mary nodded. "Well that's interesting, she got the connections and everything," Lara said. "The last of them is munachi banks" Yomi pointed to the picture of munachi on the table. "Are you sure about this? That's the chief of police."Lara commented. "Well, this is getting interesting cause I'll remember this face anywhere." mary pointed to munachi's photo. "I remembered the day I was raped and ran to the police to file a report, I saw him there. He promised to help but he did nothing. I waited and waited for positive feedback but I wasn't given the justice I deserved." "Wow, I guess everyone here is somehow connected to these feathers. The question is why haven't they made themselves known for a while now? Why are they hiding under the name feathers and doing terrible things?"Lara questioned. "Well, I guess there is only one way to find out"Jeremy took some files from his table and dropped it on his desk. "What is this?"James asked as he picked one of the files and read through it. "Felicia Watson?" "Yes, Felicia Watson. Twenty years ago something happened and I think it connected to all of this that's is happy."Jeremy explained. "How could something that happened twenty years ago be connected to this?"Mary asked as she picked another file from the desk. "Because my family died.."Jeremy bang his hand on the table and groaned out in pain. "Jeremy take a deep breath. I think we should stop this for now."Yomi told them and pulled Jeremy by his hand. "I think that's enough Jeremy" "No Yomi, I must face this" "This could trigger a memory and you know what would happen after that"Yomi whispered in his ears. "Guys, guys...."Lara banged the table to get their attention and when they turned to face her, she pointed at her phone."I just got a call from the office and I need to leave now. Can we continue this meeting later? Maybe by then, we would have found more clues" "I think she is right. We can continue this meeting later. I also have to prepare for an interview tomorrow."Mary informed. "Wow! That's great news, Mary. you could finally become a reporter again" Lara commented. "Congratulations," they all said. "Thank you," she replied. "guys. "Jeremy called for their attention. "I'm sorry about my outburst earlier. I think this meeting should be adjourned, let's wait for the outcome of the meeting of the state councils and the president. "He concluded. "Okay," they all replied. ? ? ? ? ? ? ************* Carbuja, purple house. The first meeting of the state councils and the president had ended and they were seen entering into the meeting room for the second part of the meeting. "Mr President, this project is going to ruin a lot of people. Their homes, their memories, and their heritages. Please cancel this treaty. "State council of langose begged. "The president announced that Daniel Hamilton and the feathers would provide some other options of accommodation to them so, why to waste time on this meeting when this could increase and improve our economics financially. Mr president I think this treaty should go on." state council member of mandoe said. President olusola watched the state councils members from where he was seating and he could see that something had changed their minds. In the first meeting, they were all against the feathers and now they were supporting them. He knew this was going to happen. The feathers always found a way to get what they want. "Whosoever that's is against the project should say nay "minister Edmund said. Out of the twenty state council members, only the state council of langose raised his hand. "If you are in favor of the project say yes.." "Yes." the rest of the members all chorused. "The project treaty plan continues." the president announced and the council members all clapped. ****************************** Thanks for reading... Please try and vote for this story if you are enjoying it and please do comment. Well, this story is getting more complicated. What do you think to change the state council's thoughts? Well, find out in the next episode. Let's go catch some bad guys ???? ~~~~~~ Melody