Chapter 85
It was a Sunday evening, the entire building was quiet. A man sat on his office chair as he looked through old documents and newspapers. He had a frown on his face as he couldn’t find exactly what he was searching for.
He knew he was close, he could tell. He had sent his partner, Michael, to find a hacker to get those videos concerning the incident. They both had their hands busy as they searched for something that could point to the criminal. The person who had murdered the young teenager some years back.
Mrs. Margret has decided to reopen the case. Back then, because she was poor they slept the case under the rug. Her only son did not get justice.
Her son, George, was a scholarship student. He was a very smart kid but also very quiet. Mrs. Margret knew that her son had not done anything for them to have killed him.
Now that she has the money, she doesn’t care about the amount, she would make sure that whosoever killed her son would also die and that school must be shut down.
Mr. Roberts and Michael didn’t stop their search. The school had made sure to delete every trace but they were not giving up. They won’t stop until they get proof.
Just then, Michael burst the door open with sparkling eyes and a wide grin.
“I think this is it,” he said to Robert, his partner. They’ve been searching for a while now.
Michael handed over a flash drive to Robert who took it in a hurry
“Where did you finally get it?” He asked as he turned on his laptop and inserted the flash
“I asked for help from Leo,” Michael replied as he rested one hand on the desk and the other on the back of Robert’s chair.
He hasn’t opened the video yet but he was sure it was the exact video they were searching for.
Robert played the only video on the flash. Immediately he started, they saw the teenager, George, running from another boy who kept hitting him with every chance he got.
He ran till he fell, they were talking but they couldn’t hear what they were saying since it was mute. So Robert and Michael tried to read their lips.
They also saw a young girl with them who was laughing at George as punches were thrown at him.
She came forward and picked up the wood before using it on George. They watched till the girl ran away, the boy looked around also before running out of the scene
“Christ!” Michael exclaimed. “They were students also”
“Hmm” Robert hummed as he massaged his temple. He was angry at what he just saw. The innocent boy was defenseless, he didn’t even retaliate. He couldn’t fight back and died without any self-defense.
“We are paying Mrs. Margret a visit,” Robert said as he stood up, he removed the flash before shoving it into his pocket. He walked out and Michael followed behind.
They made their way to Mrs. Magret’s house. She invited them in before asking
“I hope it is good news?”
They nodded, and Robert said “We’ve found the CCTV footage. We have seen who this criminal is but we do not know who he is yet. We would need to search that out”
“Since you’ve found the footage, can I see it?” Mrs. Margret asked. Robert shook his head
“I’m sorry ma, but it’s not here with us. You would get to see it when the police force has seen it”
Michael didn’t know why he had lied but he kept quiet. The woman only nodded before asking
“When will that be?”
“We would be going to see them with the footage tomorrow, so very soon you would get to see who it is that killed your son”
Michael and Robert made their way out of the mansion. Before Michael could ask Robert why he did that, Robert spoke up
“I don’t think she would remain sane if she knew the reason her son was killed and how he died. It is better not to show her the video”
Michael nodded in understanding, even though he couldn’t get the video off his head. If he has kids, he’ll make sure to train them to learn how to fight and defend themselves from bullies like these, he said to himself.
Monday morning, the doorbell rang. Ella slapped Clinton’s back telling him to go open the door
“Who would come here so early?” Clinton asked really pissed that someone had come to disturb his sleep
“I don’t know but I can’t get up yet. I’m tired” Ella replied as she turned and continued her sleep.
The bell didn’t stop ringing so Clinton was forced to get up to get the door
“What?!” He yelled immediately he opened the door only to come face to face with the police
“Good morning Mr. Clinton you are under arrest for the murder of Mr. George Tony twelve years ago”
Clinton froze with wide eyes as his heart began to palpitate
“Go inside and search for his partner,” one of the police told the other one who didn’t wait anytime but went inside the house
“Who was it?” Ella asked immediately she heard the door open
“It is me,” the policeman replied.
Ella spanned her eyes open to see a stranger in her room. She jumped up from the bed and screamed at the top of her lung
“Clinton!”
“Oh shut up, your husband is downstairs waiting for you” the policeman replied.
“Now get some clothes on and come down with me”
Ella looked down at her naked self before pulling the duvet to cover her nakedness.
She hurried and picked up her clothes that were on the floor and wore them. The police didn’t bother to turn away but filled his eyes as she dressed in front of him.
Soon, they were both downstairs. Clinton sat on one couch with a gun pointed at him.
“That took a long time,” one of the police asked but the other one didn’t say a word.
“We should get going,” the policeman said before pushing Clinton out of the house with Ella also behind him as she kept asking what was going on.
Clinton did not need anyone to tell him what was happening. They had planned to leave today already and just then, they got caught. Now, he just has to find a way to escape with or without Ella.
There was no way they would give them a light sentence for killing someone. One question that kept bothering him is how did they find out that he was the one who had killed George?
Clinton and Ella weren’t taken to prison immediately, they were kept in a room for questioning. Ella still didn’t know what was going on
“What’s going on Clinton?” She asked Clinton but he didn’t say a word.
“Clinton, why are we here?” She asked again
“Ella, can you let me think?!” He yelled at her. The outburst caused her to shut up immediately.
Robert and Michael came in and began the questioning section. It was the questions that made Ella realize what was happening.
She gulped down nothing in particular before asking
“What does George’s death have to do with me and my husband? Yes, we know George. He was the smartest in the school then and that’s how we know him not because we have a hand in his death”
Robert nodded before turning to Clinton
“Is there something you would like to add or subtract?”
Clinton didn’t reply, he was deep in thoughts
Robert and Michael left the room only for Ella to yell in a whisper at Clinton
“You knew, you idiot, you knew about this all these while, right? You knew that was why you wanted us to get married and leave on time. Why didn’t you tell me, you idiot?! I would have brought us out of this shit! Just pray Clinton, pray that they do not have any evidence against us”
Ella was restless as she could feel that they do have evidence against them or else how could they trace it to the both of them? Something that had happened a long time ago.
She had made sure to delete and burn all evidence, she had shut the school’s mouth up with a huge sum of money that they swear never to speak about it again. How the hell were they able to trace it back to them?!
The door opened again and three policemen stepped in. They ordered them to follow, and Clinton and Ella had no choice but to do as told.
They were asked to enter a vehicle which they did. They moved out of the compound, a little distance away. Clinton pushed the policeman guarding the door out and jumped out at full speed as well. Everything was happening so fast
The driver didn’t know what was happening since there was a lock where he won’t be able to see what was happening at the back of the vehicle.
It was the sound of a gun he heard that made him stop the vehicle.
The gunshot didn’t stop because Clinton was running to escape from them. Not until he was shot in his back twice. Ella screamed when she saw him fall to the ground
“Clinton!”