Steemit Engagement Challenge (week 2): Create your original story by @patience90

Hello fellow steemians, it's another week of steemit Engagement Challenge and I'm happy to create my own storyline on this painting. I am inspired after critical thinking and was able to come up with a story titled.

Nowhere To Hide

Nowhere To Hide

In a little town called Azito there was a popular cafe with the name "dine and wine" in the center of the town where they serve delicious coffee and tea with friendly and beautiful waitresses. But there was a story about the cafe being that it's a hideout for criminals who involved in crimes such as kidnapping, rape, assassination and drugs but the cafe is used as hideout after carrying out their evil deeds on their victims and the place is used as cover up to the eyes of the world.

Subsequently, a strange trader who deals in second hand fashion accessories such as clothes, jewelries and footwear suddenly came to town and decided to rent a shop opposite the cafe and became a regular customer for his love for coffee at the popular "dine and wine" cafe and you could see the satisfaction on his face each time he finishes his coffee and an awkward belch will always follow up which always gets the waitresses and other customers irritated but as time goes on, people got used to his irritating attitude and nobody cares any longer. The second hand fashion accessories trader is known as Mr. Mercellous, a friendly trader who never frowns at his customers and is well known for giving out wares on credit and will never bother you until you are ready to pay which many slay queens in the town were so happy with him but only the ladies from the "dine and wine" cafe who doesn't patronize him because they feel downgraded to wear second hand clothes.

One thing is certain, nobody knows where Mr Mercellous came from and nobody bothers to know because to them, he was just a simple second hand fashion accessories trader. Nothing else matters.

Little did the town's people knew that Mr Mercellous was actually a federal government spy who is out to monitor the activities in the cafe because they notorious terrorist gang seems to be vanishing into thin air after their evil operations until someone who was a victim of their armed robbery attack recognized one of the waitress when he was on a business in Azito and decided to stop at "dine and wine" to grab a bite with a cup of coffee before leaving hence his client kept talking nonstop about the delicious coffee at the cafe. After he reported to the authority without any proof and of course they doubted him but decided to send one of their agents who disguised himself as a trader.

Mr. Mercellous was doing his business while watching the Movements in the cafe keenly and after about seven months of fruitless watching and was about giving up, when one day while at the cafe having his favorite coffee, he suddenly felt the need to use the rest room and while doing his business, he heard whispers and his curiosity got the best of him and he tiptoed to where the whispering was coming from. Lo and behold, he saw a back door then checking his pistol to make sure it was in his waist belt covered by his jacket, he pushed the door gentle and entered inside where he discovered another door leading to another room and when he finally sneaked in, he was marvelled at the sight he beheld so he quickly hid himself in other not to be seen. Right before his eyes is a ware house with some activities such as packaging of cocaine and cleaning of different kinds of guns being packaged respectively.
He quickly took his smart phone and started recording but an approaching footsteps made him entered another door which leads to an underground building. When he finally got down, his attention was drawn to someone crying and when he checked well, there were three girls chained together which looks like they were kidnapped.
So he quickly and careful found his way out without being seen back to the restroom, washed his hands and face before returning back to his seat to continue his meal but one of the waitresses seems to have observed that he stayed too long in the restroom so she approached his table with a fake smile asking if he was okay because he took a long time in the restroom but he outsmarted her by saying he had running stomach which made him stayed too long in the bathroom without showing any kind of nervousness. He was indeed a well trained spy and after he carefully finished his coffee, he went straight to his store for evening sales but little did they criminals realized that he had sent signal to the office and they have swung into action on the possible way to apprehend them all.

After about two weeks of normal activities in Azito town and customers seems not to be getting enough of "dine and wine" cafe, of course Mr. Mercellous inclusive, little did they know that the town was surrounded by hundreds of Police officers but of course Mr Mercellous was aware but he acted normal and in fact, he sold some wares that very day.

At about 9:00pm, some Police officers came and started making arrest of the workers in the cafe. Some who tried to escape were surprisingly apprehended at the back door and those three ladies who were kidnapped were safely rescued though very weak from being malnourishment. One of the waitresses who was at the restroom at the time of the arrest tried to escape after changing her wears but was caught by Mr Mercellous himself who later announced to the bewildered people of Azito town that he was a spy sent by the federal government because a complaint was made against this cafe and they were happy they have finally arrested the terrorist gang which has caused a lot of discomfort in the state. Finally, Mr Mercellous announced that his real name was Agent Duke not actually Mr Mercellous as popularly known by the people.
The elders of the town couldn't hide their excitement for a swift job done by the government and also regret harbouring the criminals all these while unknowingly.

There is a popular saying that says

99 days for the thief but a day for the owner.

This was the case of "dine and wine" cafe and kudos to the patriotic citizen who was bold enough to make a report even though he wish to remain anonymous.

I invite
@yakspeace
@simonnwigwe
@patjewell to join this contest.

Thanks for taking your time to read my story.
I am @patience90
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