'We do not use our bare feet to search for hidden thorns which we have seen in daytime'. I knew going back to Lucy's house that evening wasn't going to be easy. It would be very risky. I decided not to go. "No matter how beautiful and
well crafted a coffin might look,
it will not make anyone wish for
death." I valued my life more than the reward I would get from Lucy's mum. I went straight to church. I prayed that day. I prayed about our plan. I prayed for Lucy and her mischievous JK.
After church, I visited Frank again. I went there to remind him of our plan. Our plan to take revenge on JK. Oh yeah, after all he had planned against me , not even the sermon about forgiveness that day could give me a change of mind. I was very poised for action. And oh Lucy, sometimes I don't know what will make these girls love us as we love them. I loved her with all my heart. I loved her so much that I didn't even care about the odds and dangers of my actions. I never knew she never appreciated the genuine love and interest I showed in her. It is true that, "If you lie on the floor and ask everyone to walk on you, some people will say you're not lying flat enough."
I called for a meeting. The meeting was for members of THE MEGA BRAINS only. At exactly 7:00pm, the meeting started under the mango tree in front of our house. I, the leader sat on a chair comfortably, while the others stood beside me. We talked about our plan. We agreed to execute the plan on Monday, that was the following day. We knew definitely that when our plan succeeds, the least punishment JK could get would be one week suspension from school. We closed our meeting, and I escorted them to a point and returned home.
I knew our plan was very diabolical, but I still prayed to God that we would succeed. "The child that has been sent by his father to steal is not afraid to knock down any door." I got to school very early that day. Even before the school gate was opened. Incidentally, I was the senior on duty. That gave me the opportunity to survey the school, and work out how well we could execute our plan. My three other partners in crime, Frank, EK and MA joined me later. They all wanted to know if everything was set. I assured them that they have the green light to proceed. Our target, a girl, entered the classroom.
MA approached her and started talking to her. She managed to get her out of the classroom. Now it was the turn of EK to strike. He went straight to the girl's seat, took her bag, opened it and took out her purse containing money. He handed over the purse to me. Frank was the watchman. He stood at the gate and watched. Now, half of the job was done. What was left was the more difficult part; getting the purse into JK's bag before the girl finds out her purse had been stolen. JK, very uncharacteristic of him, came to school late that day. You could just imagine how I felt when he finally showed up. Our teacher came to class, and we started learning. The purse was still under my desk. I felt very uneasy.
What if the girl realized during the lesson that her purse was gone? That would call for a search and there was no way I could escape being caught. While the lesson was going on, I kept looking at the girl to see if she had found out her money was gone. I saw that her face had suddenly changed. It was as if she had received the news of the sudden death of a loved one. I knew that something was definitely wrong. I started sweating. I couldn't concentrate on what was being taught. I wished I had an invisible button, that I could press so that I could go straight to JK's bag and drop it in, without being noticed by anyone, but it only remained a wish. The teacher saw her crying, and asked why. She told him her money had been stolen.
#to_be_continued
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