章 94: The Plot Cont'd
WALTER POV
Walter waited inside the cab before Angela came out of the building and joined him. She uttered no word as the cabby drove them to her residence. They arrived a few minutes later, went in and she locked the door.
“So?” “You had booked a plane for Nigeria.” She said. “And the name was Dr. Abbas H Babangida. An American, at least your papers show that.”
Nigeria? Dr. Abbas H Babangida! The name Nigeria rang a bell but he could not get pictures. Nigeria! Words! No pictures! But he could see pictures when America was mentioned.
He could picture a younger man, a teenager in a school, coming out from a class and he saw her.......she had the darkest hair he ever saw, with very dark eyes.
The lips formed a thin line, pink and full. The face was round and squashy. A little below average height, and slightly chubby, he smiled at her. She smiled back and he walked up to her.
“Fresher?” He asked. She nodded, noticing her shyness.
“Yes.” “Welcome to Cantoham.” He said. “I am Abbas Babangida.”
“Baba-what?” She said and he noticed a slight Arabian accent . He smiled.
“Ba-ban-gi-da.” “Hmmm....what country are you from.”
“I am an American. I was born here but....okay, an American born Nigerian. My father is a Nigerian and shamefully, I have never been to Nigeria.
My mother is Asian, Korean but it seems my father's genes are so strong I am not even looking like a mulatto.” He said.
“I am Aadila Ghadi, I am from the Republic of Yemen, came to United states five years ago, because my father works here now and we just moved to Illinois. We were living in Georgia. I like it there though.”
“Kayfa halik (Arabic - how are you )?” She chuckled.
“Alhamdulillah ( Praise be to Allah).” “Ahlan wa sahlan (welcome)” “Whoa! Shukran jazeelan (thanks a lot)” she smiled, feeling more at ease with him.
“Where did you learn this?” “I am a Muslim and I attend an Islamic school in my neighbourhood.” He extended his hand. “I am glad to meet you.”
She declined from shaking him. “I am sorry, I don't shake hands with men.”
“Ohh...I am sorry.” He said feeling embarrassed. Then a young white guy came out of a class and smiled at Abbas.
“Meet my friend, Mason Ford....Mason, this is Aadila, my future wife.” “Future what?” Aadila said with a pout.
Then the images began to blur, and stopped making sense until the memory vanished. He tried to remember further but he could not. This face was a younger version of the lady that fell into the ocean.
“I was married.” He said. “Aadila is my wife. We met in college but I don't know how we got married. I can't even remember my discipline or hers. Why did they want my son? And they also wanted her dead!”
Angela paced up and down, thinking, then decided. “I have seen your surname somewhere.” She said. “I remembered it because of the Baba. Come with me but.....never let this out.
I think I am beginning to know why my father was in hiding. Come.' He followed her into her room, she opened another door then pressed a secret button and a door opened.
There was a basement. They went down and she put on the lights. Walter who now knew he was Abbas was amazed to see how big the basement was.
No one could have suspected that the small bungalow had such a big basement under. “This was my father's hiding place.” She said. Abbas saw pictures hung on the wall, mostly military pictures, with soldiers. There was a part with piles of books on a long book shelf.
There was a chess board on a cupboard, a wheelchair close by it, and a set of old sofa. The TV had a Video player beneath it, with piles of video cassettes neatly arranged.
From the posters, there were a lot of war films there. “I told you I knew some secrets.” She said, walked to a wall and opened a secret safe. She brought an old diary . “I think my father died keeping this book from some people and I think David Vasitto was one of them.
He called it The List and your father's name is there.” The list! Abbas frowned.
“We must find The List.” Abbas remembered he once heard. “Diego Sancho has the list and he is vanished....”
Angela opened her eyes. “I knew it. That was my father!” But that was all Abbas could remember.
“Let me see the list.” He said.
She handed him the old diary and he opened it. It was written in 1945. It was a list of names and they numbered about fifty. Fathers saw some of the names with asterisks. Haliru Babangida was numbered 27. That was his father. David Vasitto was number 36. Diego Sancho was number 15.
Below the list, the man wrote: We had good intentions but not all of us are good. The world should be a better place.
“My father's name is part of those with asterisks.” She said. Just like your father's. These are the names of the men who formed BOE and someone wants the list to wipe some out some of them and their descendants because there is a new plan on ground.
The members are incognito for checks and balance. Papa never revealed much. He did not want me involved. These men were war veterans and all fought world war two. We must find out what really happened. And what happened to your father....and hope you get full recovery of your memory.”
Abbas closed his eyes. He had to find his son. What did they need him for? Why? He could not remember but he knew he was against it. He knew Mason had other plans. Mason! He felt a bang in his head.
“Mason Ford!” Abbas said. “Oh no! I must get my son and find Aadila.”
“She fell into the ocean, remember?”
“Yes, but she was alive.” He said. “I need to confirm”.
THE STORY BEHIND JUSTIN
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“That is what I want to explain.” Dr Abbas said. “I was working in a laboratory when Justin was born. Two weeks after, a psychologist noticed the child. She said he could recognize his mother and no one believed her until a test was conducted.
Ten women were brought in and each would be placed in front of him. Each time his mother was brought, he would cry, and he began to show some level of intelligence that got scientist curious.
We were all working in the lab. His IQ was tested. Stephen Hawking is among the men with the greatest IQ. A professor and renowned theoretical physicist. He has an IQ of 160. Albert Einstein had about 160-190.
A Nigerian known as Philip Emeagwali recorded 190. Christopher Hirata had 225 and Williams James Sidis had 250-300.
At age 5, he could use the typewriter, speak Latin, Greek, Russian, French and Hebrew. At age 6, he was denied admission into Harvard because he was too young and they felt he was emotionally immature.
He got into Harvard University at the age of eleven. Justin recorded 350.”
“What?”
“And he was brought to the attention of an organisation called BOE. He was to be specially trained and set for a great task ahead.
He was marked a world figure and subjected to monthly allowance of one million dollars until he is twenty five when he will start the job he is trained for.
There are a lot of secrets behind that. He was to be trained in sixteen countries from all the continents. He was given the mark. Some people were against this because they foresaw a problem in the future.
Sir Mason was one of them and the main opposition. He set up another plan, and tricked the whole organization. I won't go into details but you were exchanged for Justin and given a fake mark.
I am supposed to keep the boy since his identity is to be kept a secret. He was to be taken far away from America. Nigeria was chosen. He was made to look like a child who was picked from the trash site.
We changed him for you......you are my real son and his father was Dr Abbas. I am not a doctor and I only changed my name to Abbas.
I was a cleaner in the lab. His father was the real doctor. He had a PhD in theoretical physics and a Master’s degree in Mathematics. He was a genius like his wife, Aadila.
They were killed in Bolivia and I impersonated him. The money we have belongs to Justin. You make billions which are his. That is why we used to send his DNA as yours while you were a kid.
Now you see why you were so stupid to have killed him? You don't have his brain. If you are asked to become the Global Technical Head today, how would you do it?
We have been looking for him since he ran away. We had a plan to use him for an operation. Sir Mason had sponsored a successful research which has made it possible to use his DNA to enhance your IQ.
We could have used him to make you fit. Now we are in trouble. But Sir Mason has a plan. He is looking for the list. We must wipe out the Core Bastions so he could take over or else.....we are in deep shit. You are my real son.
Now you know your real parents. I never chose him over my son. I chose my son over him.”
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