That was a sweet ending Scarlett. The sky is ur starting point, keep soaring. I'm watching out for more of ur works.

Thumbs up for u Scarlett, you did excellently well in maintaining the suspense. May God bless ur efforts.
It's a well deserved one for Seyi. I hope he won't go unpunished for killing his Father.

skarlett:
I don't know where to start my apologies from but I want everyone to understand that the few days without update was not intentional, i had some things to do offline, which unavoidably disturbed writing the story. The good news is, I'm back and I appreciate everyone of you that tried to reach out to me one way or the other and even those that made excuses for me, y'all are the best

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Wow! What a long wait it was. Welcome back dear and thanks for this wonderful update. Oliver Twist!

skarlett:


Sweet, I'm still working on it. The story is gradually coming to an end and we have to tie all the loose ends, pele iyeh, I'll make it up to you

OK dear. Will wait patiently.

Chai! I don't wait for update tire. Scarlett oh! So no show today?

Hmn! Was just reading with so much curiosity. Something new to ponder on till the next update. Weldone Scarlett.

It's just so painful that the little and innocent Tomiwa has been dragged into this mess. Can't imagine that he's most likely going to be consumed in the process.

skarlett:


This evening dear, don't worry I've not forgotten

OK oh! We're waiting anxiously.

skarlett:
Dedicated to dominique, yormhienerd, swann, csamii, debonairprinx, lovelyudy, oly23, mhisbliss, khutie, adebriana and adelaculate


Twenty-one

“When we arrived on the murder scene,” Detective Ehis addressed Feyi and Tunji, “we saw some bruising on her neck and aside from that and a bloody cu.nt, we couldn’t understand what had led to her death until the autopsy showed a bar of soap was stuck in her throat.”

“Was it stuck or shoved in?”

“I know where you’re getting at Mr. Tunji and no the deceased did not commit suicide, someone actually forced a bar of soap down her throat, blocking her airways and leading to her death.”

“Oh my God! What a gruesome way to die,” Feyi said appalled.

“You can say that again. When we came and saw her lying naked, we thought it was rape gone wrong because even her vagina looked swollen and a little bloody.”

“Christ!” It was Tunji this time, “You thought, as in past tense?”

“Yes indeed we thought so, until security footage at her place of work saw her leaving with her boss a few hours before her murder. Apparently they had both engaged in a bizarre form of sexual practice that involved the deceased, wiping her cu.nt…pardon my language Mrs. Afolabi,” at her nod he continued, “with bleach to remove any form of vaginal lubrication. In local parlance, her and her lover Mr. Seyi Lawal had consensual dry sex.”

*****
“Son I don’t understand any of this,” a panicked Dr. Seyi addressed his son who had been driving him around for almost an hour. He had been frightened by his son’s surprising appearance at the hospital with the intimidating man who was seated beside him now.

“You will understand soon father,” Seyi said without sparing his father a glance. Nobody spoke until they got to the two bedroom apartment that was Saliu’s apartment. “Here.” He pulled the car to the side of the street and killed the engine.

“What is this place?” Dr. Seyi asked glancing around fearfully at the run down buildings and deserted roads as Saliu pushed him along.

“It is where I kill you, dad.”

*****
“Oh my God, that’s horrible,” Feyi said disgusted. Tunji laid an arm on her shoulder and she leaned in on him. “I would never have thought, never have imagined he could do such a thing.”

“Well, sometimes people acquire weird exotic tastes. Apparently Mr. Seyi and her usually experimented with some of these sexual practices so it was consensual.

“The investigation was considered closed when nothing was found linking him to the murder and there was no substantial testimony from neighbors. Apparently nobody had seen the deceased with anyone prior to her death. She didn’t have many enemies both from her work place and compound because she was a nice person. Nobody had anything bad to say about her.”

“But why do you think Omotola could be her killer?”

The detective smiled at Feyi’s question. “Actually I don’t, she was heartbroken at her sister’s death and had been too shocked to even cover the nak.ed body. She looked totally devastated and only a talented actress could have pulled off her act that day. However, she’s yet to tell us why she was found in Dr. Lily’s room and why she attacked you.”

“I think we should call her in,” Tunji said. “She said she’s ready to give a confession.”

A sergeant was called to get Omotola from her cell. They both arrived later and a seat was given to her.

Tunji was the one who addressed her, “Tola, the detective would like to know what you were doing in Dr. Lily’s room and why you attacked my wife.”

“I saw the story of the body that was found in Feyi’s boot in the newspapers, the surname of the woman was what drew my attention and the hopes I’d tried to stifle was resurrected. I went to see if it was really my mother. I was just discovering she was the one when Feyi came in. I thought she wanted to hurt her.”

“Wow, that’s serious and I thought you wanted to hurt her.”

Detective Ehis looked at Omotola uncomfortably. “I think there’s someone or something we’re overlooking in all of this.”

*****
Blessing Adeolu smiled sweetly at the child care giver as she came into the daycare.

“You’re early today Blessing,” the fifty year old Mrs Ali that ran the daycare told her.

“Ah yes, lectures ended earlier than I expected today.”

“Oh okay, Tomiwa is sleeping in the nursery, he has been so quiet and withdrawn throughout today. Well who could blame him, with all that’s going on in the family, I just feel for the poor boy.”

Blessing tried to keep her smile in place as she nodded calmly to the woman.

“Well how is your madam holding up with all that’s happening?”

Blessing tried her best to hide her impatience, “she’s fine. Everything is almost returning back to normal,” she said going into the nursery.

“Oh that’s good. I imagine it must have been horrible to find an unconscious body in your boot.”

“Yes I guess so,” Blessing replied picking up Tomiwa’s sleeping form. A few minutes more of gathering his things and enduring Mrs Ali chatter and she was out of the daycare. She flagged a taxi when she got out of the compound. The sleeping Tomiwa did not realize it yet but he was her ticket out of everything.

She was going to start over in another city and state, probably have a new beginning somewhere far away. Tomiwa and the twenty million naira ransom she placed on his head was the key.

*****
“Seyi, you’ve got this whole thing wrong, I’m telling you I didn’t kill anybody,” Dr. Lawal said as Seyi’s henchman bound him to a chair. Seyi didn’t seem to have heard him and instead circled them the way a vulture might, from a calculating distance. He had a gleam in his eyes that sent shivers down his father spine.

“Even during the last moments of your life, I see you’ve refused to repent, well have it your way, Saliu!”

Dr. Seyi struggled to think, to understand what tactic he could use to get himself out of the situation. He was so lost in thoughts, he didn’t see it coming, large hands enclosed his testicles and squeezed. “Arrrgh!”

“Harder Saliu, harder!”

“Arrrrgh!” he groaned in agony as his eyes watered, Saliu released his grip on his dick at that moment. “P-please son,” he blubbered. “Please, I-I’ll talk. I’ll give you anything, I’ll tell you anything.”

Seyi stopped circling and regarded him solemnly, “alright. Why did you kill Ifeoluwa Martins?”

“Ifeoluwa?” he was mildly shocked, the name rang a bell. “I don’t know anyone that goes by that name, I swear.”

“Yes of course, you can swear now but let me refresh your brain since you seem to be suffering from temporary amnesia. She’s the woman I loved, the one I wanted to marry when you and Coco were match making me with Feyi. She’s the one you warned me to stay off from. The one that bleeped you to get back at me, remember her now?”

Recognition marred Dr. Seyi’s features as he recalled the young lady his son had been accused of killing. It was amazing how his brain could still function with the bitter agony he was feeling in his groin.

“I didn’t kill her Seyi, why would I kill her? Me and your mother wanted you to end up with Feyi but I would never have gone to such lengths…”

“Don’t you dare call Coco Lawal my mother, I know I’m the bastard son of the teenage maid you raped. I know Coco’s child is Folu and not me.”

“How did you…”

“How did I find out? You’re shocked aren’t you? But God works in mysterious ways. Out of the homeless women that live under Maroko bridge I had to hit only one who when she recovered told me the story of how she was maltreated by her former boss and his wife. You put my mother in a nuthouse after taking away her son!”

Dr. Seyi was trembling all over, “I’m sorry son, I can explain…” he didn’t recognize the thin voice as his.

“Saliu!”


Tbc

Yipppeeee!! Second dedication! Thanks dear. You rock!!!

skarlett:


Sorry dear, that was Dayo not Tunji, I hope its clearer o.

Yes dear, I saw the correction. Hmn! The whole picture is getting very clear now. The gentle, quiet and friendly enemy within.
Reminds me of one Sam Dede's film I watched years back, "mission to nowhere".

skarlett:


Lol, sorry about that but if you notice some scenes have to be told from the participants point of view so we can understand better ie Tunji saw Ife before she was murdered so he told it from his standpoint. The murderer told us of things leading to Ife's death and Omotola ended the narration with how she saw her sister when she came back. All of it is sorta important if not I'd have done without it.

Its really almost certain that the killer is female

Scarlett you're confusing me oh! There was no mention of Tunji seeing Ife before she was murdered na nor any narration from his standpoint. Or is he the killer?

Scarlett oh! So after all the permutation and combination we've been bugging our heads with, it's someone somewhere we've never even heard of that's the killer. Issorai, Kwantiniu, we dey pollow.
Such a great writter you are.

Wow Scarlett, nice job. You've succeeded in causing confusion abi? Anyways I suspected Omotola wasn't the killer. Ride on dearie, it's getting more intriguing.

Na wa oh! I've been checking up every 1 hour for update but alas nothing for today. Will patiently wait for tomorrow.

skarlett:


Sweetheart sorry for the misunderstanding, that will give me something to look into in the story, i just dey write as e dey enter my head, ma binu.

The thing is ehn, somebody cannot serve a three year jail term for manslaughter, if they're really found guilty their jail term go long like River Nile according to the Nigerian Law. Again, Seyi's father is a rich man, it cannot be said that his son has been awaiting trial for three years, hardly feasible with the kind of connection that the rich man is supposed to have. Lastly, he's not the person who actually murdered Ife, he only had dry sex (please don't try this at home) with her after using the bleach to wipe clean her vagina, I don dey spoil the story for you. Evidence of that dry sex was what the police saw with her bloody coochie but that wasn't the cause of her death. We are yet to know the cause of her death.

I hope subsequent chapters make this clearer.

Thanks for pointing out your area of misunderstanding.

OK. I tot it was the father's connection that was getting him out after 3 yrs.
I'm so eager for the next update.

skarlett:
Dedicated to sirblero and amenya96


Eight


“No sir, its just some routine questions, nothing major. You have a right to a lawyer though but its really not necessary if you know you’re innocent,” the cop’s eyes was trained on him as if trying to gauge if he was guilty or not.

Seyi felt a surge of hate throb through his veins. He had always hated cops because they were corrupt and only spelt trouble for his kind of business. When he’d left Ife the day before, she had been alive, only nursing her sore pussy but otherwise, she had been fine. And now this cop was looking at him like he was guilty of her murder. He knew he was innocent.

He clamped down on his temper and managed a small tight smile, “give me a few minutes to arrange my desk, I’ll come along with you.”[/i]

That had been the last time he had seen his desk.


Tbc

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Scarlett from the above we got the impression that Seyi was accused and jailed for Ife's death. But you're now talking of being jailed for embezzlement. Was it a diff jail term? I'm a bit lost there.

skarlett:


Amen o

Really? What day?

Yea! 21st

Happy birthday Scarlett! May God bless ur new age and enlarge ur coast.
Hmn! I'm a November baby too.

Wow! Thanks Scarlett for mentioning me. I feel honoured.
And just as I tot, it was but a dream. If Feyi dies story don end na. But I'm suspecting that Tunji guy and for those dogs not to have barked at the sight of the killer means the person is not a stranger to them.
Ride on dear. Hope we're getting another update today atleast to makeup for the days u missed over the weekend.

Wow! Scarlett this suspence is overwhelming. Had to join nairaland today just to let u know I've been quietly enjoying ur story. You're doing a great job, keep it up gurl.