Episode 22
Twist Of Fortune
[RECAP: Millson and Bansah received a scholarship to study in Canada due to their exemplary lifestyle in the school. Dzifa apologised for all the troubles she had caused ]
[Millson’s Viewpoint ]
Prior to arriving at the airport, I offered a prayer to my Lord and saviour. I thanked God for the blessings I received.
Lord, Thank You for the blessings, favour and change in luck I’ve experienced since becoming your servant.
There has been changes in my life since I’ve paid attention to your presence.
I may not do your will exactly as it is written in the holy scriptures all the time,but I try as much as possible to be a devoted follower.
My only wish is for the World to be a kinder place than it is now,
Make me a vessel of honour.
whatever I can do,
Lord, give me the strength to do it
Help me avoid transgressions,
I want to live in harmony with your will,
Lord, I’m surrounded by doers of iniquities.
Yes, a lot of hypocrites who have evil intentions.
I cannot speak for them or change their minds.”
I put this journey under your control.
I put the pilot in your care.
Be the pilot of the plane.
I believe you will grant us travelling mercies.
This and more we asked in Jesus’ name.
***
I was about to board a car with Bansah Lovelace when Dzifa appeared.
” Sir, I’m going to miss you. Can I accompany you to the airport?”
I wanted to say ” No” but Miss Bansah signalled me to allow her. Out of respect for her, I allowed Dzifa to get on board the car with us. The journey to the airport was incident- free.
I was amazed at Dzifa’s perceived change of behaviour. What actually made her change her behaviour?
Is it the pregnancy or her near- death experience. I was not too convinced that she had changed though from the face value, it looked like that. I asked ” Is the change coming from within her?
From experience, I knew it’s human nature to put on a face. Most people wear a mask. They have three faces. The first face is the one they show to the world. The second face, is the one they show to their close friends, and their family. The third face, is never shown to anyone. It is the truest reflection of who they are.
Our true selves are buried under piles of fakeness and what we assume to be true of ourselves.
To add to the pile of surprises, Dzifa volunteered to carried our bags. When we read reached the check in session, she looked at me happily saying, “safe Journey to both of you. Enjoy your stay in Canada.
“Thank you Dzifa.” We said, deeply overjoyed.
“If you ever reach Canada , Please don’t forget me.”
Of course I won’t, Dzifa.”
She turned round and left. Intuitively I looked at her one more time. She turned her head and our eyes met. Then she laughed.
I reciprocated her smile.
Then she disappeared from my view.
It wasn’t long before we got our boarding pass,passed through a long tiring immigration process.
My bag was about to go through the final process when the light on one of the bag scanners beeped.
The immigration officer looked at me suspiciously and asked me to step aside.
Soon a NACOB officer appeared on the scene. He seemed to suspect me of hiding something illegal in my bag.
“Are you Mr. Lamptey Millson?” He asked me.
“Yes, Sir.” I responded.
I’m afraid you have to follow me. I was led from the departure hall of the airport to a room that looked like an interrogating room.
“Sir down!”
I sat down.
Miss Bansah was not allowed to come into the room. She waited for me outside.
There is another man in the room. He said his name is Douglas Amoah, the Head, Communications Media Relations & Protocol Unit.
The officer who took me into the office said his name is Osborn Nartey, head of NACOB
(Narcotics Control Board) at the airport.
The Narcotics Control Board
( NACOB) is a Ghanaian agency under the Ministry of Interior. It is the agency concerned with the formulation and enforcement of narcotics laws in the country. The board’s work is aimed at preventing the use, import, and export of narcotics or banned drugs.
We have a cause to think you are carrying an illegal drug in your suitcase. May you open it for cross- examination?”
As far as I know, I have not carried any banned or illegal substance along. Quite confidently, I opened my bag. My eyes widened immediately. A powdery substances that looked like cocaine, a narcotic drug was found concealed in it”
“Who have done this to me in this crucial moment?”
Only one person came to mind. She played on my intelligence and emotion. No wonder she said
“If you EVER reach Canada , Please don’t forget me.”
I suspected her. Yes, Dzifa, the girl who told me she had changed. I should have known better. Leopards never change their spots.
I was asked what it was.
I deny knowledge and ownership of the substance in the bag.
The powdery substance was taken from the bag and sent away.
Osborn Nartey, the head of NACOB said, “the test analysis would be out in ten minutes, so relax.
I was very nervous. What if that powder turned up to be cocaine?
How did Dzifa manage to put cocaine in my bag.
Oh , God, help me.!
If the test result prove positive,
I will be disgraced, the news men will broadcast the news and my hard – earned reputation would be ruined forever. More importantly I will be sent to prison and waste my youthful life languishing in the four corners of a prison.
At that moment, I knew I have only one saviour and I turned to him.
I offered a prayer in my head.
***
I have faced obstacles, I have faced harsh conditions in life.
I’ve seen things
I’ve done things, things that made me weak, and made me stronger.
I am yet to understand so much more but I know enough now,
I have fallen and I have gotten back on my feet. My faith for you my lord had grown so much over the years. I trust in you, you never failed me. I have falter and you have forgiven me. The one person I need is you.
Thank you for everything..
Amen.
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<Third Person Narration >
The level of impatience was growing. Miss Bansah Lovelace couldn’t understand what was really keeping Millson. Very soon the scheduled flight time for the plane will elapse and they won’t be able to board the plane. As she was contemplating, the NACOB boss materialised.
He by passed her and entered the room holding the test result in his hands.
In modern era cocaine is tested by using a new chemical sensor for cocaine .The method developed by LRCFS(Leverhulme Research Centre for Forensic Science ) staff. They use a novel hybrid fluorescent nanozyme peroxidase-mimic catalytic sensor to detect the presence of cocaine. Nanozymes are nanomaterials-based enzyme mimics that are produced synthetically to mimic the properties of natural enzymes, proteins that speed up and facilitate reactions in living things.
The man looked at Millson’s face.
Millson was a bit nervous even though he knew he was innocent.
He didn’t know exactly what the
NACOB boss was going to say.
The man looked at Millson for a short time. Then he began talking, “After thoroughly conducting a test on the substance found in your luggage, we have found out that what you carry in your luggage is_____”
Will Millson be arrested for carrying cocain e in his suitcase?
Will the journey be cancelled?
Where from the cocaine?
Tbc
Am fully back now
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