MY STATE GOVERNOR'S DAUGHTER (Episode 1)
EPISODE 1
First Saturday of February 2016,
Time: 8am,
Location : Lagos State
I was busy enjoying the roasted yam my mother served me when I got an unexpected call from my boss. I nervously answered the call without wasting time, equally wondering why he was calling by that hour. ‘’Agent Val, where are you?’’ my boss asked in his usual gruff voice. ‘’I’m at home Sir’’ I stammered, standing up
nervously as if the man was right there before
me.
‘’report to my office immediately. It’s very
urgent. You have five minutes’’ he ordered.
‘’yes Sir’’ I breathed sharply even though deep
down I was extremely unhappy. I planned
spending the weekend with mum after staying
away from home for so long and I just couldn’t
imagine how disappointed she would be, seeing
me leaving just an hour after I got home.
Anyway that’s exactly the life of an Agent. My
life and everything belonged to the government
and I had no reason to protest because I clearly
knew what I was getting into when I applied to
join the department of state services.
———————
I slowly made my way to the kitchen to tell my
dear mother that I was leaving again. Luckily for
me, I had no much explanation to do. One look
at my face told her everything. She simply
shrugged and bit her lips as I made my way
towards her.
‘’I guess the call was from your office?, when am
I seeing you again?’’ she asked.
‘’maybe today, maybe tomorrow. Once I’m free, I
will be back here’’ I answered with a forced smile
as I hugged her.
one hour later @ DSS Quarters Lagos
As I drove into my work place, I couldn’t help but
wonder why my boss needed me so urgently. I
wasn’t really holding any sensitive material or
position at the moment. The general election of
the previous year and every post election
security matter has already been dealt with. I
really had hoped on having a wonderful weekend
with mum only to be ordered back to the office.
Yes I really was far from happy but I hid my
feelings as I appeared before my boss who was
in his office with a senior colleague who was in
charge of the governor’s security.
‘’Agent Val, I gave you five minutes to report here
but you took an hour?’’ my boss asked with a
frown while I quickly apologized.
‘’I’m reassigning you. From now you are part of
the state governor’s security, any problem with
that?’’ he asked.
‘’no Sir’’ I answered, wondering the reason I was
chosen for such a job since I clearly knew that
we lost none of the Agents working with the
state governor. I instantly felt there was more to
it.
‘’Agent mike will brief you more on your new
assignment’’ my boss added, nodding at the
senior Agent who smiled at me while I nervously
stared back at him as he opened a file he was
holding.
‘’According to your file, you are currently 26years
old. A law graduate, did remarkably well in law
school, been out of the country twice, still single
and from a royal family’’ Agent Mike calmly
summarized my life as I stood still.
‘’have you ever been in real combat before?’’ he
asked.
‘’no Sir?’’ I answered, wondering why he asked
such a question, since he was with my file which
clearly stated that I had been in the department
for just a year and few months and only worked
at the vetting department.
‘’good, the governor needs a well educated and
exposed Agent of your age to watch over his
rebellious daughter who will be arriving the state
this evening. She is 24years old. A Harvard
graduate and it’s her first time of coming home
since her dad became the state governor, so
listen carefully to what I have to tell you. Before
accepting to come home, the girl made her
father promise not to cage her, nor suffocate her
life with security and bodyguards. She wants to
live a free life and mingle with people like she
used to do in the past. But you know we can’t
let that happen. Her father needs someone
within her age range to be with her all the time
as a friend without her really knowing that the
person is an Agent and that’s where you fit in.
You get me?’’ he asked.
‘’yes Sir, I understand. I think I have seen a
similar movie sometime back’’ I answered freely.
‘’shut up. This is real life. Don’t mess this up or
you will see yourself out of this department. The
governor is very close to the president and he
can ruin your life if you play with his daughter’s
safety’’ he threatened seriously while I instantly
hid my smile as my heart froze.
‘’I need not to tell you that the governor has a lot
of enemies and you are being assigned a very
tasking job’’ he added while I looked down with
slight tension as the burden of my new
assignment played before me.. It really would be
my first major tasking assignment outside office
work and I couldn’t imagine protecting a very
rebellious governor’s daughter all on my own
without any backup. Yes I was a good shooter
but I really was yet to face any combat and with
the way I was seeing my new assignment I felt a
day would come when my shooting skills would
be needed. I hated being with rich kids, talk more
of protecting a rebellious one who could spend
all her time putting herself in harm’s way.
‘’lord help me’’ I breathed.
First Saturday of February 2016,
Time: 8am,
Location : Lagos State
I was busy enjoying the roasted yam my mother served me when I got an unexpected call from my boss. I nervously answered the call without wasting time, equally wondering why he was calling by that hour. ‘’Agent Val, where are you?’’ my boss asked in his usual gruff voice. ‘’I’m at home Sir’’ I stammered, standing up
nervously as if the man was right there before
me.
‘’report to my office immediately. It’s very
urgent. You have five minutes’’ he ordered.
‘’yes Sir’’ I breathed sharply even though deep
down I was extremely unhappy. I planned
spending the weekend with mum after staying
away from home for so long and I just couldn’t
imagine how disappointed she would be, seeing
me leaving just an hour after I got home.
Anyway that’s exactly the life of an Agent. My
life and everything belonged to the government
and I had no reason to protest because I clearly
knew what I was getting into when I applied to
join the department of state services.
———————
I slowly made my way to the kitchen to tell my
dear mother that I was leaving again. Luckily for
me, I had no much explanation to do. One look
at my face told her everything. She simply
shrugged and bit her lips as I made my way
towards her.
‘’I guess the call was from your office?, when am
I seeing you again?’’ she asked.
‘’maybe today, maybe tomorrow. Once I’m free, I
will be back here’’ I answered with a forced smile
as I hugged her.
one hour later @ DSS Quarters Lagos
As I drove into my work place, I couldn’t help but
wonder why my boss needed me so urgently. I
wasn’t really holding any sensitive material or
position at the moment. The general election of
the previous year and every post election
security matter has already been dealt with. I
really had hoped on having a wonderful weekend
with mum only to be ordered back to the office.
Yes I really was far from happy but I hid my
feelings as I appeared before my boss who was
in his office with a senior colleague who was in
charge of the governor’s security.
‘’Agent Val, I gave you five minutes to report here
but you took an hour?’’ my boss asked with a
frown while I quickly apologized.
‘’I’m reassigning you. From now you are part of
the state governor’s security, any problem with
that?’’ he asked.
‘’no Sir’’ I answered, wondering the reason I was
chosen for such a job since I clearly knew that
we lost none of the Agents working with the
state governor. I instantly felt there was more to
it.
‘’Agent mike will brief you more on your new
assignment’’ my boss added, nodding at the
senior Agent who smiled at me while I nervously
stared back at him as he opened a file he was
holding.
‘’According to your file, you are currently 26years
old. A law graduate, did remarkably well in law
school, been out of the country twice, still single
and from a royal family’’ Agent Mike calmly
summarized my life as I stood still.
‘’have you ever been in real combat before?’’ he
asked.
‘’no Sir?’’ I answered, wondering why he asked
such a question, since he was with my file which
clearly stated that I had been in the department
for just a year and few months and only worked
at the vetting department.
‘’good, the governor needs a well educated and
exposed Agent of your age to watch over his
rebellious daughter who will be arriving the state
this evening. She is 24years old. A Harvard
graduate and it’s her first time of coming home
since her dad became the state governor, so
listen carefully to what I have to tell you. Before
accepting to come home, the girl made her
father promise not to cage her, nor suffocate her
life with security and bodyguards. She wants to
live a free life and mingle with people like she
used to do in the past. But you know we can’t
let that happen. Her father needs someone
within her age range to be with her all the time
as a friend without her really knowing that the
person is an Agent and that’s where you fit in.
You get me?’’ he asked.
‘’yes Sir, I understand. I think I have seen a
similar movie sometime back’’ I answered freely.
‘’shut up. This is real life. Don’t mess this up or
you will see yourself out of this department. The
governor is very close to the president and he
can ruin your life if you play with his daughter’s
safety’’ he threatened seriously while I instantly
hid my smile as my heart froze.
‘’I need not to tell you that the governor has a lot
of enemies and you are being assigned a very
tasking job’’ he added while I looked down with
slight tension as the burden of my new
assignment played before me.. It really would be
my first major tasking assignment outside office
work and I couldn’t imagine protecting a very
rebellious governor’s daughter all on my own
without any backup. Yes I was a good shooter
but I really was yet to face any combat and with
the way I was seeing my new assignment I felt a
day would come when my shooting skills would
be needed. I hated being with rich kids, talk more
of protecting a rebellious one who could spend
all her time putting herself in harm’s way.
‘’lord help me’’ I breathed.
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