Read Episode 10, 11 & 12 Here
Esther tried opening her mouth to say something, but the
lawyer quickly held her hand, stopping her.
“don’t say anything. The officer is bluffing. He’s trying to
make you say something that could incriminate you” he
said to her before facing detective Jeremiah.
“if you really have the evidence to arrest my client, then go
ahead, arrest her. But if you don’t, then shut the f–k up
and do your goddamn work. Mind you, time is running out
and you have only two days. The next time you will see
me will be in court” he threatened, shocking the detective
with his words.
Of course, not only the detective was shocked, I equally
was very shocked because Esther was probably seconds
away from confessing or making an unguided comment
before the lawyer recovered himself and stopped her.
“two days officer. You have just two days, else i will tear
you apart in court” the lawyer threatened and dragged
Esther out of the office.
“we were just close to making a breakthrough d–n” the
detective hissed with despair after they left.
“so what next?” i asked with fear. He breathed deeply,
opened the case file on his table, went through it and
shook his head.
“things are slowly adding up in your favor but we don’t
have time on our side. We surely need a miracle” he
replied, looked up at me and smiled to make me feel
relaxed but i surely wasn’t.
“remember we talked about the possibility of your
husband going out to the garden the night he was killed to
either smoke or see someone?” he said while I nodded.
“according to the report in this file, there wasn’t any
cigarette stick, ashes nor even anything similar found at
the garden which then leaves us with one theory. He went
out there to see someone, probably Esther before a
stronger person grabbed him from behind and stabbed
him” he concluded.
“how then do we find the mystery man that struck the
fatal blow which killed my husband?” i asked desperately.
The detective shrugged.
“that’s what I’m saying, we need more time, as it stands,
Esther alone probably holds all the answers but we can’t
touch her” he replied with resignation. Tears instantly
dropped from my eyes.
The police had every reason to detain Esther but couldn’t
because she was a foreigner. Instead, i was the person
being detained without due process. How bad can things
get??
… Episode 14 …
“I know you are helping me officer but you got to do
more, you have to try every necessary means to free me.
Please i beg of you” i cried, kneeling before Detective
Jeremiah who quickly looked away with embarrassment”
“please madam stand up, don’t kneel for me, I’m not God I
begged but i still knelt, shedding more tears. A junior
officer came into the detective’s office that moment
bearing a file.
“here are the rest of the results sir” he said to the
detective who quickly snatched the file from him while i
looked on hopefully.
“you can leave now” he dismissed the officer before going
through the file.
“nothing new jeez, this case is really something else” he
said to himself as he went through the file while i
swallowed hard, confused on what next to do.
“does it mean i’m going to hang for a crime i didn’t
commit?. Can’t you run more tests” i asked curiously.
“my dear our police department is one of the best in
Africa. I have conducted all the necessary tests including
fingerprint and DNA matching. The people that killed your
husband had it well planned out and left no trace of
anything. The only clear prints found on your husband’s
body belongs to you, the rest are blurred. The murder
weapon had only your mother in law’s prints on it. So you
see there is nothing we can use from the test results, we
have nothing. The person that killed your husband
probably wore gloves, only if we can get those gloves” he
concluded, while i cried out with the last strength in me.
“hey shut up, you are in the police station, don’t you
know?” the detective frowned and stood up.
“please shoot me, shoot me, shoot me” i begged with
tears, forcing him to look away once again.
“seriously madam, this is slowly slipping from me. I have
only two options left, which are pretty hard” he said and
swallowed hard while i stared at him hopefully, wiping my
tears.
“Number one. I play the good cop bad cop tactics on
Esther, by secretly getting another audience with her. This
time with another officer. We will then present some
selling lies and my colleague will ask for money to keep
us quiet. Most whites think we are all corrupt. So i feel she
will buy my offer, and through that opportunity, i can get
her to talk. The only bad side of it, is that if it goes bad, i
can be fired from the force. The second option is
presenting my facts to your mother inlaw, get her to
reveal more details about her white guests to me. I’ll then
do what we call profiling, which will enable me get the
man who killed your husband. Esther is no fool, she had
no time to hire a local hitman. She probably brought the
killer along as her brother, cousin or friend. The only bad
side of this plan is that it may take more than two days to
accomplish which then leaves us with one option which
you must do yourself to avoid trial. If i fail to meet up with
the deadline” he concluded seriously.
“so what’s the option?” i asked.
“oh it’s very dangerous. A very dangerous option” he
murmured.
… Episode 15 …
“I can do anything to free myself. Please just speak up” I
pleaded. The detective shook his head, bit his lips and
stared at me.
“hmmmm, if i’m unable to make any breakthrough within
two days, you will have to harm yourself in a way that it
will be impossible to put you up for trial. That’s the only
way out” he said cautiously.
“wait a minute, I don’t understand. You mean i should
harm myself?, in what way officer?” i asked with disbelief.
He drew closer to me and squatted by my side.
“that’s the only way to escape trial for some days. I can
smuggle in some pills that will knock you out. So instead
of finding yourself in the courtroom, you will find yourself
in the hospital. However it can be added to your charges
but i believe your lawyer won’t have a hard time winning
over the charge. But you also have to swear to keep your
mouth shut if it comes to that. You know i can equally end
up in prison over it” he said seriously, while i nodded.
I couldn’t even find the voice to talk. The plan was just so
terrible to hear. Of course it was nothing but a sucidal
plan. I knew the health implications of such deed, but it
was a better option than prison. Seriously the detective
was going out of line just to save a clueless lady like me.
It wasn’t as if we paid him to help me. He simply was
doing it for free.
As if he knew what was going through my mind. He
reached out and held my hands.
“when i joined the force newly. A young male student was
picked up by our patrol team some miles away from a
Robbery scene. We all knew the boy was innocent but still
held him just to prove a point that we were working.
Unknown to us, the boy was asthmatic and as soon as he
was thrown into the cell, his health condition go very bad
and before we could run around. He died. Since that
moment, i decided to help the innocent. But you see, in
police work it’s not always easy to be on the right path
because we all obey orders and answer to our superiors
whether we like it or not” He said softly.
“you are a bright young woman but i’m afraid, if i fail to
get good results. You will have to take your destiny in your
hands. You will have to harm yourself. That’s the only
thing that can buy us more time. Yes you will try
committing suicide but I’ll be right on time to save your
life. Anyway let’s pray it doesn’t come to that” he
concluded and stood up while my head swelled with
thoughts.
“God please don’t allow things to get that bad. Don’t allow
me to try out suicide as an option” i prayed softly.
It was such a difficult moment and decision to take.
However i still had two days which was enough time for a
miracle to happen.
To Be Continued Tomorrow… Watch out!!!
I hope you guys will enjoy this new episode. “My
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