Nawa o,@ prince free Kelvin and Ama naw,shey d punishment neva do ni?Nice work bro

prettydiva89:

And how does that disturbs your life and progress

You don't want to piss me off. PITY DIVER

Lovely piece! Can't wait to see Dennis propose to Ama, d ill treatment melted on Kel n Ama is way to grave. Pls, make out time out of your tight schedule to update cos you stretching my eagerness. Thanks!

ArrowAssassin:

You don't want to piss me off. PITY DIVER

leaving you to whatever problem you have is the best

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"Dennis, what's wrong with you?" Mrs Michaels banged at his door. He had been indoor since he came back from work at an usual time.

"Mum, I told you that there's no problem" he replied her, opening the door. "I was given some days off to rest"

"Some days off to rest? Is that why you locked up yourself in the room for so long? I thought something bad happened."

"No Mum" he answered, buttoning up his shirt as he closed the door.

"So, where are you going now?" She asked, looking at him closely from his head to the toes.

"I want to see a friend in town"

"Won't you take your lunch first?"

"No Mum, I'll be back soon" he said and walked away without looking or listening to whatever his Mum was murmuring.


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Helen and Bode drove in silence to the hospital, both with thoughts on the mind. Helen was thinking of two cases, one of Kelvin and Amarachi; a case of murder and Bola's case; manslaughter. The former had been almost done with, the investigation team already had enough evidence to present in court against the accused, it was now the accused's responsibility through the lawyer to prove him or herself innocent.

Bola's case on the other hand was simpler; her father was shot during a struggle for the gun and she also tried to commit suicide. No special investigation had to be made in this case as everything needed was found at the scene.

Occasionally, her thoughts drifted to the handsome young man beside her. She wasn't sure why she kept admiring him, as she always made sure that there were no strings attached to anyone involved in her investigation process.

Bode also thought about the two cases, but he saw things in a different light. While Helen saw it as finished and a burden off her neck, he thought the investigations had just began.

Thinking about the result of the test carried out on the exhibits, he was glad because Kelvin was on a safer side, there was no proof that he was no proof that he was really at the place at the time of the murder. Amarachi was the one who had more to explain, she had to explain how the knife used was found in her room.

"Did she really kill Frank? Why would she do that?" He asked himself silently. "If she didn't, then how did the knife get to her room?"

"Well, mine is to make sure that Kelvin is free and she has the responsibility of proving herself not guilty" he said to himself and heaved a sigh of relief, resting himself firmly in the seat. He felt pity for her but there was nothing he thought he could do to help her.

Something suddenly struck his mind again and he sat up suddenly, attracting the attention of Helen.

"Any problem?"

"Erm... Did... Did... " he stuttered.

"Did what?" She questioned again.

"I think you told me at a time that you found Kelvin's wallet at the scene of the murder?"

"Yes we did, any problem with that?"

"Ermm... No... No problem" , he gave out a forced smile, scratching his head.

He rested back into the chair, but this time he wasn't feeling relaxed but was deeply aggrieved. Kelvin's wallet was the proof the police would want to use as a support for his alleged presence at the time of murder.

Suddenly again, he had something to worry about for Kelvin. His mind began to open to more strategies to find the truth. He had no choice than to think more intelligently. There was no way Kelvin would be found innocent if the real killers were not found.

"Who made the test on those equipments?" He asked Helen who looked focused on the road.

"Dele, that's his work. He's specially trained for it. Why do you ask?" She replied as she took a quick glance at him.

"Nothing, I just want to be sure that the test was done properly"

"Dele is an expert who has about five years experience and has worked with the police for three years without making any error"

"Hmmm... I'm quite sure that knife was planted in Amarachi's room"

"Planted? No, She already confirmed that she used that knife on that day and kept it at the same place we found it"

"Maybe somebody changed it?"

"Hehehe... You have no point Bode, she confirmed that the knife was used by her when we showed it to her. She said it was the same knife"

"What if the knife was taken to carry out the murder and returned there after it"

"Taken by Kelvin, right?"

"No, Kelvin did not return there that day"

"Did you follow him out ?"

"No, I didn't" the question weakened him. He remained silent for a while.


"Thank you Mr Bode, I'm beginning to really enjoy your company, you are a very good thinker. You would have done well if you're a detective" she said, giving him a smile. "Now, you've thought out the whole truth by yourself. You just told us how Kelvin went back to the room to get the knife for the murder"

"No o" Bode cried out, his face showing frustration.
"That's not what I meant" he continued to say but she wasn't listening anymore. She pressed the car horn to alert the security guards at the hospital gate. After searching the car's booth, they gave her a pass ticket and allowed her drive in.


Uche who had been waiting for her saw the car asshe drove in and left the shop he was waiting to go and meet his Boss.

"Good evening ma" He greeted Helen as she closed the car doors properly.
"What's he doing here? He asked in a very low volume on seeing Bode come out of the car.


"Bola asked of him" she replied and came out of the car. "Let's go in straight to meet her , I want to get home quickly today"

They walked straight to the section where Bola was admitted, it was on the third floor.

"Good evening Doctor" Helen greeted the middle aged man who they met on the veranda with a nurse. "How is she doing now?"

"She's come out of consciousness this evening but we can't guarantee you she'll get well. She's really in a bad condition but we'll try our best to make sure she survives"

"Alright, thank you doc. Can we see her now? Will she be able to speak with us?"

"Yes, she can speak but please don't let her speak for too long, she doesn't have enough strength"

"Okay doc, can you take us to her now?"

"Yes sure" the man adjusted his thick lenses and led the way.

They got to a ward at the end of the building, two uniformed policemen had been assigned to watch over Bola. They saluted and stepped aside as they say their bosses come in.

Bola who had been facing the wall turned her head as she heard voices of people coming in.

"Frank" she muttered under her breath on seeing them.

"How are you Bola?" Helen spoke up.

"Frank" she called again without much strength and stretched her hand fruitlessly to touch Bode.

Bode quickly went close to her and held her hand. "Don't worry Bola, everything will be alright"

"Frank, Frank. They killed my Frank" she spoke without much strength in her voice.

"Don't worry, the killers would be arrested soon"

"My Dad did not kill Frank" she spoke like someone who was hallucinating. "It has to be Ken"

"Ken? Who is Ken?"

She released his grip on her hand. "He is my ex boyfriend, he threatened to kill Frank"

"How can we get this Ken?"

"Kenny is an adopted son of Pedro Fayemi, who was my father's friend"

"Okay, noted. But did Ken and Frank ever had a confrontation?" Helen chipped in.

"No, I don't think so. They never met to my knowledge but maybe they met without my knowledge"

"Okay, do you think Ken is capable of carrying out his threats?" Helen continued to question.

"Yes, he is capable of anything"

"Okay, we'll investigate him. Now , I want to ask you again. Do you know anyone called Nike Adejumo?"

"Yes"

"Do you have her contact?"

"No, I lost it long ago"

"So you don't know how else we can reach her?"

"I don't"

"Okay, thank ..." Helen was saying when she got interrupted.

"Are you aware that she called Ini on the day of the accident?" Bode quickly asked.

"Yes, but it ..." Bola could not complete her statement as she coughed heavily. She tried to speak up again but cough more heavily and severally, she began to cough out blood.

"Alright, you people would have to leave now. We need to attend to her" he made a signal to the nurse who rished outside and came back with three other nurses carrying medical equipments. One of the there nurses ensured that they left the ward.


"Oh God! She was about to say something" Bode lamented as they made their way downstairs.

"Who sent you to ask her questions?" Uche who had been quiet spoke out angrily to Bode.

"But I asked a relevant question"

"I don't know why you are here but you should allow us do our job and don't interfere" Uche concluded and walked faster away from the other two.

"Did I ask a wrong question?" Bode asked Helen who was still walking at the same pace with him.

"No, but you should have just let us work. That's what we are paid to do"

"But we're talking about a case that involves my friends here. The deceased was my friend and the accused person is also my friend"

Helen walked more faster and left him to catch up without responding to his last statement.

"Can I get that phone number of Nike Adejumo?"

"NO"

"Please, I need it"

"What do you need it for?"

"I think the claim by Kelvin and Amarachi that they were drugged begins to make sense now" Bode explained. "I think the caller made that call to get Ini out of the house"

"Hmm"

"So that caller should know about the drugging"

"That's true" she stopped walking and faced him as he stopped too. "But we are not dealing with a case of drugging here but murder"

"Don't you think those who drugged them could have also used the knife and dropped it back there?"

"Listen, Nike Adejumo was the caller. I don't in anyway see how Nike Adejumo relates with Frank or do you know any of Frank's friend, employees or clients who answers that name?"

"No"

"You see" she replied and started walking again. "I don't think Kelvin and Amarachi were drugged"

"But it is very possible they were. We don't even know if the Nike Adejumo is someone that we know, or that name was just used by the person who planned the whole thing"

"Okay, okay , okay" Helen finally gave up. "I'll give you the phone number, lets see what you can do with it"

"Thanks"

Hunhun

Thanks oyin. Nice update.

Are nigerian inspectors and detectives really this annoying and dumb? Cos am really crossed with the helen lady. Instead of thinking outside the box, she is busy admiring n crushing on Bode

nyc update...tank u oyinprince

OMG!!!, I abandoned dis story a long tym ago cos ur updates were nt regular then, nd it was giving me high blood pressure......

But nw i got here nd i was spell bounded by d way d story was going on smoothly........ wit regular updates, suspense..... I'm speechless.... U are doing a very gud Job here......... It's so nice.... keep it flowing.

Following till d end.

Wow!!
Thank you oyin

That helen girl is crazzyy,she's just thinking with her anus,and she's busy crushing on Bode.....mtcheew

More wisdom

A beg when is the next update? Can't wait ooo. Anyway thanks a lot

Bode is really trying but dis Uche guy ehn,huh.Welldone prince

Harmonyemerald:
Are nigerian inspectors and detectives really this annoying and dumb? Cos am really crossed with the helen lady. Instead of thinking outside the box, she is busy admiring n crushing on Bode

are police supposed to do the work of lawyers?

chinedumo:


are police supposed to do the work of lawyers?

No but I also thought detectives are supposed to follow up on every possible lead before charging someone to court. If they (amarachi n kelvin) claim they have been drugged, why have any test been carried out on them to determine if it is true or not. Also the person tht called ini, why didn't they follow up on that lead or they re so blind or lazy to follow leads but rather convit the innocent cos they are too lazy to do their job. Cos it is clear to the blind tht clearly there was a set up cos who kills someone with a knife andthen uses the murder weapon to decorate her room.

Anyways this is fiction so anything goes.

Harmonyemerald:


No but I also thought detectives are supposed to follow up on every possible lead before charging someone to court. If they (amarachi n kelvin) claim they have been drugged, why have any test been carried out on them to determine if it is true or not. Also the person tht called ini, why didn't they follow up on that lead or they re so blind or lazy to follow leads but rather convit the innocent cos they are too lazy to do their job. Cos it is clear to the blind tht clearly there was a set up cos who kills someone with a knife andthen uses the murder weapon to decorate her room.

Anyways this is fiction so anything goes.

don't ever talk like this again.
I have a soft spot for smart ladies.

My point is that they police are not going to be the judge.
They are not going to examine evidence from both sides. That is for the judge to do. I think.

'anything you say could be used in the court of law'

do you remember this clause.

You are not required to say anything. Except in court. Murder charge or not.

kudos to bode "a friend in need is a friend indeed" am having a great time here @ op

chinedumo:


don't ever talk like this again.
I have a soft spot for smart ladies.

My point is that they police are not going to be the judge.
They are not going to examine evidence from both sides. That is for the judge to do. I think.

'anything you say could be used in the court of law'

do you remember this clause.

You are not required to say anything. Except in court. Murder charge or not.

I watch american movies and I see how criminals are convicted. I know the lawyer does all the dirty jobs of digging deep to find loop holes but when it is a murder investigation, but the police looks at every possible angle before charging someone to court. You just don't get the first suspect and drag him or her to court, you have to look at other possiblities nd look for solid story before dragging someone to court. Now what is the motive of amarachi killing frank. They weren't dating. And amarachi left town almost immediately after waking up so when did she hve time to go to franks's saloon.did anyone see her enter or leave franks' place. What time did she arrive her friend's place in d other town and what time did she push kelvin out of the house. There is a lot of loop holes in her time frame. If she pushed kelvin out,then what time she get to frank's plaace murder him, come back, clean up then use the weapon to decorate her house before leaving. And y is noone testing their blood to see if they wre actually drugged. Then again, this is fiction set in Nigeria so the plot is as expected

Harmonyemerald:




I watch american movies and I see how criminals are convicted. I know the lawyer does all the dirty jobs of digging deep to find loop holes but when it is a murder investigation, but the police looks at every possible angle before charging someone to court. You just don't get the first suspect and drag him or her to court, you have to look at other possiblities nd look for solid story before dragging someone to court. Now what is the motive of amarachi killing frank. They weren't dating. And amarachi left town almost immediately after waking up so when did she hve time to go to franks's saloon.did anyone see her enter or leave franks' place. What time did she arrive her friend's place in d other town and what time did she push kelvin out of the house. There is a lot of loop holes in her time frame. If she pushed kelvin out,then what time she get to frank's plaace murder him, come back, clean up then use the weapon to decorate her house before leaving. And y is noone testing their blood to see if they wre actually drugged. Then again, this is fiction set in Nigeria so the plot is as expected

someone framed them up and this person did it to give the police an impression.


Hope you say the part that they were tortured for confession.
That is were the strength of the investigation lies.

What i wonder is what the police will do when the tortured is declared innocent. How do they compensate?

The story has loop holes.
Why does kelvin's girl say they were having sex when they were actually unconscious?

Why did she sneek away instead of confronting them?

Harmonyemerald:




I watch american movies and I see how criminals are convicted. I know the lawyer does all the dirty jobs of digging deep to find loop holes but when it is a murder investigation, but the police looks at every possible angle before charging someone to court. You just don't get the first suspect and drag him or her to court, you have to look at other possiblities nd look for solid story before dragging someone to court. Now what is the motive of amarachi killing frank. They weren't dating. And amarachi left town almost immediately after waking up so when did she hve time to go to franks's saloon.did anyone see her enter or leave franks' place. What time did she arrive her friend's place in d other town and what time did she push kelvin out of the house. There is a lot of loop holes in her time frame. If she pushed kelvin out,then what time she get to frank's plaace murder him, come back, clean up then use the weapon to decorate her house before leaving. And y is noone testing their blood to see if they wre actually drugged. Then again, this is fiction set in Nigeria so the plot is as expected

We the readers all know when how Amarachi used the time, but nobody else in the story does. The police would not accept it as true from her and they even believe she only tried to escape.
Why is none testing their blood for drugs? Because the police did not accept the drug's story, their friends even had difficulties understanding it

chinedumo:


someone framed them up and this person did it to give the police an impression.


Hope you say the part that they were tortured for confession.
That is were the strength of the investigation lies.

What i wonder is what the police will do when the tortured is declared innocent. How do they compensate?

The story has loop holes.
Why does kelvin's girl say they were having sex when they were actually unconscious?

Why did she sneek away instead of confronting them?

Let's say she didn't catch them in the act but she met them unclad in that position, what would be her conclusion? Maybe they just finished the real deal

Why did she sneak away?
Well, I don't think everybody reacts the same way to situations. She didn't sneak away, she left frustrated but she didn't confront them in anger.

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“Good evening Ini” Dennis greeted as their faces met when she opened the door

“Good evening” Ini answered him and walked away from the door leaving him to close it by himself.

“I was told that you weren’t in your office today when I came”

“Yes, I told the secretary to tell you that”

“Why?”

“Simply because we have nothing to discuss and also because I don’t use my time in the office to discuss private issues”

“We have something to discuss Ini, your friend is not free yet and you are relaxed”

“What do you want me to do about it?”

“Dear Lord, you're asking me what to do? You're not even showing any concern”

"Have you come to blame me for whatever is happening to Amarachi?"

"No, I've only come to plead with you to help with whatever you know, you own this house and they found the knife here, do you know how the knife got there?"

"What kind of silly question is that? Didn't Amarachi already tell the police that she was the one who kept the knife there?"

"Yes, but I believe that knife was used by someone else"

"Used by someone else? By who?"

"Used by an enemy. You see, the knife that was found that day was tested and the test reveals that it was the same knife used for the murder"

"So?"

"So, you're in charge of the house and I'm suspecting that you should know how that same knife was used for the murder"

"Get out of my house right now" Ini slammed and stood up angrily.

"I'll go, but please don't let Amarachi suffer for what she didn't do"

"Get out" she shouted again and moved closer, watching him in disgust and anger as he stood up and walked out of the house.

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It was 9.30pm when Bode tried to get through to the number again but it was still switched off. He decided to go ahead with his next plan. He picked up his old deserted china phone which he dug out for the reason. He changed the voice output to the female option and dialed the customer service number. He also put on the recording function as the phone began to ring.

After about seven minutes of playing ads of the different services, a representative finally picked the call.

"Good evening, welcome to MTN call service centre, my name is Flora, may I know your name please?"

"My name is Nike"

"Alright Nike, how may I help you?"

"Thanks, one of my Mtn sim cards just stopped functioning properly, I don't know what's wrong with it"

"Stopped functioning properly, how do you mean?"

"It does not receive signals at all"

"Okay, try to switch your phone off and on again , it will receive"

"I've done that several times, but it doesn't work"

"Ermm... You should leave it off for an hour and switch it on again"

"That's what you people always say when I call, I've done it several times"

"Okay, kindly call out the number for me"

"0-7-0-3-8-8-9-9-5-6-2"

"Okay, give me some seconds to check it out on our system"

"Alright"

After thirty seconds, she spoke up again. "When last did you use the sim to make calls?"

"Ermm, last week's Sunday"

"Okay, hold on while I check for you?"

After another thirty seconds, she spoke again." Are you sure the sim is inserted into a phone?"

"Yes, it is"

"What's your name again please?"

"Nike Adejumo"

"The name you registered with?"

"Yes, Nike Adejumo"

"I'm sorry, our records does not show that. I think you made an error with the number you gave me"

"There's no error"

"Can you call the number again?"

"0-7-0-3-8-8-9-9-5-6-2"

"The name on our system is not Nike Adejumo, are you sure this is your number?"

"Yes, I am. Check, I made a call with it on that "sunday around 12pm to 0-8-1-6-3-7-4-5-1-1 "

"Errmm" she checked again and replied. "Yes, that's true but the name you're giving me is not on the records"

"Okay, so what name is on it?"

"I'm sorry, you may have to call back while we try to fix this issues. I can't give you that information"

"Okay, thank you. Make sure your rectify it, I'm sure you guys made a mistake in your database"

"Yes, we will. Sorry for any inconveniences"

"Okay"

"Have a nice day"

"You too"



... to be continued

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THE NEXT DAY


**10AM**


Helen sat down at the front of the questioning table as she discussed something quietly with Uche who was just pacing round the room. They were waiting for Amarachi to be brought in by a junior officer whom they had sent to get her.

After two minutes of waiting, the officer showed up with Amarachi who walked with the handcuffs in her hands, struggling to lift her legs as she had a lot of strength and weight already.

Helen couldn’t stop herself from pitying her as she observed that Amarachi did not look like the same person was arrested, but what could she do? She was only doing her job as a police officer and it wasn’t her fault that the evidences found were against her.

“Hi Amarachi” She greeted as Amarachi sat down at her front.”How are you doing today?”

Amarachi did not reply with words but just nodded. Helen continued, “This is most likely the last time we will question you here before you appear in court, so I would like you to tell me the truth. You know I don’t like seeing you this way”

“So Amarachi what exactly did you use the knife that was found in your room for?”

“I was trying to leave the house in a rush when it cut my hand” Amarachi replied softly

“But our test result proves that the knife was used to murder Frank”

“I didn’t kill Frank, for God sake why would I kill him? He has nothing to wrong me”

“hmmm” Helen stood up and carefully sat on the table touching the floor with one of her legs. “But how do we explain that the knife got into your room?”

“The knife in my room wasn’t used for murder; the blood on it was from my hand”

“So do you want us to believe that someone else took the knife after you dropped it there?”

“I don’t know, all I know is that I didn’t use it to kill”

“Hmm, okay. Who do you think could have killed Frank?”

“I don’t know”

“Alright” she stood up and faced Uche who was listening quietly; she made a signal to him asking if he had any question to ask which he answered negatively to.

“Take her back to the Cell and get the other suspect Kelvin” she ordered the junior officer

After five minutes, Kelvin was brought in. Helen was already back into her seat and was writing something into a jotter when Kelvin sat down and greeted her.

“Good morning Kelvin” She replied and looks up at him. “How are you today?”

“I’m fine” he replied confidently.

“Hmmm, I can she let out a smile and continued.

“This is the last questioning Kelvin, we are ready to help you. Just tell us what happened”

“You’ve asked several times and I’ve told you already”

“Yes, but I just want us to act like it is this is the first time. Just forget about all you’ve said now and tell us the whole truth”

“I have nothing new to tell you”

“Kelvin, all the evidences available are against you already. If we know the truth, it will make things easier for all of us”

“I’ve said the truth already, I didn’t kill my friend”

“Take him back officer” she stood up at once and ordered the officer.

“What do you think we do now?” She asked Uche as soon as Kelvin and the officer were gone.
“I think the next the court’s decision”

“But we now have a new suspect to apprehend”

“Will there really be need for that? What I think is that Bola was just talking based on her emotions yesterday. The same person who told us that the Killer was her Father and we later did find out she was wrong, now she’s saying that it is her ex boyfriend, how are we sure she is saying the truth now?”

“We can only be sure when we apprehend this Ken, he could have carried out his threat”

“But we already have enough evidence against Kelvin and Amarachi”

“But they’ve refused to own up with all our interrogations even after we presented the so called evidences to them. “

“They are only pretending, maybe they still need more torture”

“More torture?” Helen asked, looking at him weirdly. “You want us to kill or amputate them before we can get them to say what we want even if they lie against themselves?”

“No, we just need to press a little further. If this new Ken is the supposed killer, then how did he get the knife into Amarachi’s room?”

Helen looked at him sternly and paused for a while before she spoke again, more authoritatively “Go and prepare, get some back up, in the next twenty minutes we are going for Ken Fayemi”

“Alright ma” He saluted and cursed under his breath after she walked out of the room.



...to be continued

Oyinprince:
Let's say she didn't catch them in the act but she met them unclad in that position, what would be her conclusion? Maybe they just finished the real deal

Why did she sneak away?
Well, I don't think everybody reacts the same way to situations. She didn't sneak away, she left frustrated but she didn't confront them in anger.

she said she caught them having sex

she didnt

I have a feeling Uche knows or has a hand in this murder case..It's so annoying to see him not thinking in another direction...Time will tell...
btw, well done Oyinprince

Helen's subordinate, Uche is acting suspicious, he must have connived with that Deji guy to give a wrong report of d blood test. Lets see how it goes. Thanks for the update Oyin.

Am i suspecting Ini?

This bobo Uche,huh,asiri e and that your accomplice maa to tu fun gbogbo wa.Welldone Prince,nice update

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Oyinprince:
Hey guys, cast your votes. Ive been nominated here

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Bros, I just voted you (that's if I did the right voting procedures hoo).

Abeg come and complete this awesome story.

God bless you real good.

This Uche guy is too heartless, really pitying Ama and Kelvin. Even Bola too. The truth should come out fast biko. Kudos Oyinprince.

Am also suspecting uche of a police guy. He knows what he is doing. Majority of people serving jail term are innocent. I fear naija police cos white is black in their eyes.