Chapter 147
What if history is about repeating itself? Alfred thought, staring at Lisa. Lisa lay properly on the bed staring at Alfred and just then she drifted to sleep.
Immediately, she slept. Alfred stood up and moved towards her. He kissed her on her forehead and walked out of the room. He walked inside the kid’s room and met them asleep. He kissed them on their forehead before walking out of the room.
He switched off the light in the sitting room and walked out of the house. He hopped inside his car and zoomed off to the hotel.
He wanted to find out the truth about what Lisa had told him. What if Lisa was right, that Daniel didn’t kill Rhoda? But if he didn’t kill Rhoda, who would have killed her? , he thought.
His car screeched to a halt in front of the hotel. Alfred Alighted the car and entered the hotel. He walked towards his room, unlocked the door, and walked inside.
He locked the door and dropped the keys on the bed. He carried his laptop and switched it on. He switched on his phone.
After Rhoda was found dead, he had taken her phone and said he would go through it but after Andrew showed him the video that Daniel had killed Rhoda, he didn’t bother going through her phone again.
He only transferred all the text messages, calls, and emails on his laptop and said he would go through them but he didn’t.
He opened his laptop and went to where he hid the information. He opened her call logs and went through her call logs. The last person she had called that day was Daniel.
He opened the email and went through them but there was nothing there. He opened her text message and went through it and then he saw a message Rhoda had written to Daniel.
“Daniel please come over, I need your help, and please do not tell Alfred you’re coming to see me” Alfred read out. He checked the time and day. It was the day Rhoda was killed. This means Daniel was the last person Rhoda texted before she died.
Alfred stared at the text message, he knew Rhoda would never send Daniel such a message to come over and most importantly asked him not to tell him. It was unlike Rhoda.
And come to think of it, what if it was Rhoda who sent the message that day? Alfred thought. He remembered Daniel telling him that he didn’t kill Rhoda, that he received a text message and rushed over to her house, only to see she was vomiting blood. She had been poisoned.
What if Daniel was saying the truth that day but he didn’t believe him? What if whoever poisoned Rhoda texted Daniel with Rhoda’s phone to set him up? But who would do such a thing? Alfred thought, asking no one in particular.
The video Andrew had shown him was still on his laptop. He opened the video and started watching it. He then paused the video when he noticed something. He zoomed the video and then he saw Daniel wasn’t choking Rhoda. He was trying to help her up because blood was dripping out of her mouth.
Alfred felt confused. If Daniel was trying to help Rhoda then who killed Rhoda? On second thought, he began to wonder where Andrew had gotten the video from in the first place. He just doesn’t want to think about Anything right now. There was more to everything that happened and he needed to find out about it.
Just then he heard his phone ring. He checked the Caller’s ID and saw it was Andrew.
He answered the phone call.
“Oh my goodness!! Alfred! Thank God you answered the phone call. I have been trying to reach you for days now but you haven’t been answering your call. Is everything alright over there?”Andrew asked In a concerned tone and Alfred hummed, staring at the video on his laptop.
“The funding party was over weeks ago and you haven’t come home. Is it because of Lisa? I saw the video. I didn’t know she owned The Bella’s restaurant. I’m shocked she’s still alive” Andrew said
“Yeah,” Alfred said in response
“Have you guys been able to talk? Did she say anything about me?” Andrew asked, sounding so nervous.
“We haven’t talked. She hates me and doesn’t want to speak with me” Alfred said and he heard Andrew heave a sigh of relief. He scoffed inwardly.
“You should come home then. You know Daniel is in town too. You should also avoid him too” Andrew said
“Why should I avoid him? He should be the one avoiding me besides we met days ago” Alfred said and Andrew felt his heartbeat increase immediately.
“Yo…u guys met? What did you guys talk about? Did he tell you anything?” Andrew stuttered. He felt so nervous and scared. It was so obvious from his voice.
“No, I saw him as he saw me. That’s all” Alfred said in response.
“You should come home Alfred,” Andrew said
“Yes, sure I’ll be home soon,” Alfred said and with that, he ended the call.
Meanwhile, Andrew is seen in his room looking so nervous. He stood up from the bed he was sitting on and started pacing to and fro in his room.
He was feeling so scared. The way Alfred had responded to him, meant something. What if he had found out the truth about everything he’s done, Andrew thought?
Nah, he made sure he covered his tracks and everything that would make anyone suspect him. But Alfred is smarter than that. He’s just been distracted lately with what he’s been going through. That’s why he hasn’t even had time for anything.
He just prays Alfred doesn’t find out about anything he has done because if he does, he was going to kill him, and even though he tries to hide, he would find him and make sure he pays for everything.
TBC