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Episode Six

Officer Peter thought the police would have found Elizabeth after some hours but all their efforts ended in a deadend,

After telling John's younger sister Joy not to leave the house she started walking to the market.

She was almost halfway there when she saw her boyfriend coming towards her, she immediately tried to hide her face

Where do you think you are going honey? John asked trying to hide his mischievous smile

He started running his fingers from her hair through her face to the neck when he saw she was still not facing him he turned her face sharply to face his

"Everyone is staying at home so the bad occurrence we just experienced will not be repeated again but our superwoman decides she is going to the same place someone was kidnapped"

Let me ask you, are you nuts? He fired at her angrily

"Common honey I thought you were even going to tag along with me but here you are trying to make me look like a fool" she replied him hoping her ruse will work on him

John was having none of it "let's start going back now" he retorted waiting for her to follow him but she seemed adamant,

"Women I can never understand them" he mumbled so she could hear him clearly

"I am tempted to say I cannot understand men but you are always an exemption" giving him a peck

"I want to see the dump around the market that is all" Beatrice looked at his eyes has she spoke to him

John turned to her looking surprised
What for?

"I am just curious okay it might help the story I am thinking of writing" she replied

He was not convinced but since he was with her he does not have any reason to be alarmed.

They were walking slowly past the dump when Beatrice saw what she was looking for, a type of polythene bag she picked it up immediately and felt it.

John was surprised by her actions, did you just use your bear hands to pick dirt? He asked in furrowing his brows

Beatrice opened the bag and he closed his mouth in shock, Elizabeth’s phone and everything she bought from market was in the bag.

How did you know about? He asked her curiously
I studied criminology dear how else or do you think I kidnapped her? She asked smiling at her own joke

"I know you are not someone like that but what do you think is the reason for this bag and
everything in it? he asked her

"It will take more occurrence of these abductions before he is caught, right now he is invisible" she told him with a note of finality

Are you telling me he is still going to do this again? He asked incredulously,

"If he does not do it again, I don't think we will get to see her alive again just hope he does not kill anyone of them"

John hugged his girlfriend, “I knew I was right when I was having a bad feeling about this visit” he thought.
******

"I can't kill my own woman" he thought has he worked with his friend
What are you thinking about? His friend asked
"Nothing" he replied curtly.
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Officer Peter held Elizabeth photograph in his hands, he was feeling terrible, he needed to find her but zero clues on where and how.

He was in deep thought when his phone rang, he didn't hear it at first but when he looked at the bright screen the only bright thing in the dark room, he answered the call immediately.

Hello who is this? he asked immediately

"Hello Peter it is me Samson" Mr Samson replied him

Hello sir hope there is no problem? He asked fearing the worst

"Everything Elizabeth bought in the market is with me right now including her phone"

What do you mean it is with you? He asked hoping he was not the one involved in the abduction,

"Common stop that naughty thinking the kidnapper left it in the dump around the market area and I found it when I went to check the market if I could find clues to where she was" he told the officer finally

Peter was listening quietly "I will be right there sir"

"I am waiting" Samson replied

"Something doesn't add up" he muttered to himself, he never thought about the possibility of the kidnapper leaving evidence

"I thought he was meticulous enough to clean every trace" he mumbled to himself has he drove to Mr Samson's home

Beatrice was waiting for him at the door with the bag, her boyfriend and father-in-law were both standing impatiently waiting for him too,

The moment they saw his car they breathed a sigh of relief and handed it over to him.

Peter collected the bag thanking the retired man for his help before quickly entering his car.

Immediately he entered his car he called the forensics department assistant that he was bringing evidence they needed to nab the criminal.

Episode Five

John woke with a start, he was staring at his girlfriend sleeping peacefully beside him but he thought he heard voices outside the house,

"I can't find my daughter" John heard a woman crying has he got out of his room

"Calm down, maybe she is with her boyfriend" Samson told the grieving mother

"No she went to buy things from the market" she told him still sobbing

How can you tell me I raised my daughter to leave where she was going so she can and visit her boyfriend? She asked Samson who was now frowning

You mean she went to the market? He asked her surprised

He turned to John who was now standing with him "quick let's get to the police station to report this, it is not ordinary at all"

John went in to wear his clothes while his dad got his car keys looking very impatient

Beatrice came out looking alarmed, what is going on?

"I think Elizabeth has been abducted" he replied her forgetting that the mother of the girl was still beside,

When she hearo what he said she started crying again she was hoping nothing had happened to her daughter but she knew deep down it would take a long time to see her daughter again.

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Maybe he was daydreaming but Samuel thought he heard a voice not long ago, "it is not possible for them to have trace me here so easily" he thought has he tip toed to the window to check where he heard the noise from,

He shrugged when he saw nothing and he was even grateful the sound woke him up he needed to leave for his hotel so he would be able to run back here if he was discovered.
******

He saw the man before he could set his sights on him so he was quick to hide from his view his heart beating very fast

He couldn't let his wife be discovered and he didn't want to be discovered too he needed to bring his other wives,

He felt like crying when he saw the man still staring at his direction he could only breath a sigh of relief after he saw him leave the wind[/i]ow.
******

The police officer greeted the well known retired officer before turning to the crying woman who was with him,

What is the problem? The officer asked looking from John to the woman and then to Samson

"I think her daughter has been kidnapped" Samson told him without mincing words

What is your daughter's name? he asked offering her a seat
"Elizabeth" her mother replied him sniffing

The officer exclaimed calling other officers to go immediately to her boyfriend's house and get him before he escapes.

I hope you have not told anyone yet? He asked her to be sure

"No I have not told anyone" the woman replied trying to be optimistic

"Good if he tries to escape I will have to arrest him as a suspect" Officer Peter told her before walking to his office to call the operation team.

He walked out of his office about three minutes later with a bright smile on his face "he will be in soon, they did not see the girl there but don't worry after we are done with him he will tell us where she is" reassuringlytold her reassuringly
******

[i]He needed to be careful so his ruse would work perfectly at work, everything must be foolproof was no joke to him so he was carefully guarding his emotions.
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Johnson was sitting in a chair in the interrogation room without having any idea why he was brought to the police station in the first place,

Peter walked into the interrogation room with an intimidating look so he will scare Johnson into saying the truth without wasting time.

Where is Elizabeth? He asked immediately he sat down

Johnson was startled how would he explain what was happening between him and Elizabeth so he will not be a suspect if anything had happened to her,

"Officer" he started stammering

What is it tell me now? The officer asked in a loud voice.

"If anything happened to her I think I know who did it" he replied the officer shaking in fear

Who did it?

"Obi has been threatening me to stay away from her for some time now and it has been having a strain on our relationship"

The officer clasped his hands under the desk he stood up with a little demure smile

"Get Obi" he told the corporal who was standing at the door

"Obi left town yesterday sir" the corporal replied him immediately

You mean he left just yesterday? he asked furrowing his brows

"Yes sir" the corporal replied

"Start combing everywhere for the girl for now, I am sure he knows nothing about this" he told the corporal pointing to the interrogation room

"He will be released in twenty four hours anyway, let's make him wait till them".

Ann2012:
Interesting

Thank you

I hope you enjoy the ride

Episode Four

Elizabeth was walking happily home without a care of the world around her and not minding that she was walking towards a car that had the doors open with no occupant in it.

She stopped briefly to check "I am here" she heard a voice from behind before she felt a little pain in her arm which she was trying to cover,

"Ohh sorry I found it strange that no one was in the car and the door was opened" she told him smiling disarmingly

"No problem anyway thanks for checking out" he told her

She thought she felt a little dizzy or maybe she was hallucinating, she tried to walk forward

"You will do just fine my beautiful wife" the man told her before pushing her into his car,

He removed her phone and everything he didn't like from her body threw them into a disposable bag before entering his car to drive her home.
******

"She is beautiful" he muttered looking down at her has she slept peacefully on the bed in the dark room
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Elizabeth stirred from her sleep trying to collect her thoughts, she was having a strange feeling and when she remembered what transpired not long ago she opened her eyes in terror,

She screamed

He was taken aback by her scream but he quickly collect his thoughts and he took the pipe on the floor and hit her with it, hitting her non stop until she stopped screaming.

By the time he was done her breathing was shallow and she was struggling for breath,

He looked at her with teary eyes "please sign this, don't die yet" he told her at the point of tears picking up the pen he had with him

Elizabeth was struggling to breath so she couldn't look at the document he was holding,

When he noticed she was not saying anything he spoke to her soothingly, "it is our marriage certificate so in the eyes of the law we would be legally married"

When she didn't answer he started crying "please don't hate me I am sorry I did this, I promise to throw this away when I am leaving so you will never see it again"

Tears started falling out of Elizabeth eyes she knew she was in trouble and she knew for sure it would take a lot of time before this place would be discovered.
******

"I shouldn't have done that" he berated himself has he walked to a small compartment to give her drugs she would need to recuperate
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John decided to stay few more days especially now Beatrice was angry with him over his suggestion,

"Maybe I am being too restless and possessive" he mumbled

He sighed and sighed again, "I really have a bad feeling about this particular visit but no one will agree with me on it" he thought before laying on his bed to sleep

The last thing he heard was Beatrice laughing from a joke.

Episode Three

Samuel laughed has he entered his hotel room, he wasn't with anything big enough to make him waste has much as two minutes in the room if he was attacked.

"You will find it more difficult than you think, where others fail is where I succeed" he muttered to himself has he prepared to bath

He didn't use more than three minutes in the bathroom, he rushed out of his room after changing his clothes before walking to the receptionist who was smiling at him.

He thought of a question to ask her so she would be distracted and not stare at him before he noticed a novel on her desk,

Can I read this in my room? He asked the smiling receptionist pointing at the the novel,

The receptionist looked at what he was pointing at and stretched her hands to get it for him Samuel used the time to arrange a listening device under a desk before collecting the novel and thanking her for her kindness.

He had two motives, listening in so whenever they came for him he would be prepared to move and if they brought a scrambler it will make it even more easier.
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He walked into his hotel room after collecting the key from the receptionist, he wanted to leave here immediately but he needed to make sure he did not leave any print at all

"They will get suspicious if they trace me here" he muttered

Good thing he was using a skin mask so they would not be able to identify his real face.
******

"Beatrice, I think we should start planning to go back home" John told his girlfriend

Why? Beatrice asked surprised "we have only been here a day" she told him frowning

"I know that but you need to concentrate on your writing and I am having a bad feeling about this visit" he told his girlfriend looking concerned,

You mean you have being coming here for holidays and I am just visiting for the first time and you already have a bad feeling about it telling me about my writing? She asked incredulously

"I don't mean for you to be upset" John was trying to pacify her but he knew he was not sounding convinced to his own hears.

I have been working on a new story for a while that is why I have not been able to post. My last two posts are actually excerpts from the new book

IRIS

https://okadabooks.com/user/Korian

Link to the complete story (Behind the Veil)