THE STORY 2 EP. 4

 

EPISODE FOUR

THE STORY 2

BY PRAISE UMORU

(Jeremy)

“What is your relationship with Frank Ambrose?”

The partner still took charge of the interrogation but detective Nazil didn’t want to be cut out anymore

“How did you two meet?”- detective Nazil

Jeremy gazed at the two detectives confusingly but decided to answer respectively

“People called us brothers… brothers by choice.” He raised his shoulders “and we met through my girl…” he hesitated thinking of his words “Malia, we met through Malia”

Both detectives looked at him strangely, as if they were waiting for a link

“They were both best friends and I and Malia were in a relationship at then” Jeremy finished up

“Why were you both called brothers by choice?” the two detectives seemed curious

“Because that’s what Frank wanted”

“What about you?”

“He was a good friend”

“So you two broke up” detective Nazil asked “you and Malia”

Jeremy preferred to answer with a facial expression

“When was the last time you both saw each other?” the partner asked “I mean you and Frank”

Jeremy brushed his fingers into his low-cut hair. He took a deep breath and decided to respond “we met at an eatery”

“Why…?”

“He called me up that he wanted to talk and… he told me about his feelings for Malia…”

“Your girlfriend?” the partner asked stunned

“Seriously Andrew?” detective Nazil didn’t appreciate his partner’s interruption “continue” he said turning back to Jeremy

Jeremy didn’t seem interested in talking as each facial expression he gave after every question exposed reluctance, and hearing the word continue seemed to force out an exhausting sigh from his mouth

“He told me about his feelings for her, everything, how it started till I came into the picture and…”

“You got angry and you decided to kill him or something”

Detective Andrew as a straight forward cop, never appreciated unnecessary delays. He seemed to be trying out a mechanism with his sentence in order to reach his goal quickly

“What! No!” Jeremy exclaimed “I would never”

“So, what did you do when he told you about it” detective Nazil asked

Jeremy hesitated looking uncomfortable. He tapped his feet to the ground hysterically

“What did you do Mr. Jeremy Akande?”

Jeremy was taken aback at the pronunciation of his full name. He never remembered telling the detective his full name neither could he remember him asking. Jeremy felt a thin line of sweat stream down his chest to his stomach. His palms felt sweaty but his lips were dried as he licked them at each given time

Detective Andrew grew impatient at Jeremy’s silence. He plundered on the lad’s hesitation. His gut hit him that he had found his culprit…

“He asked you a question young man! What did you do?!” detective Andrew yelled at him

“I hit him! I beat him up! I was so angry. I couldn’t stand it!” Jeremy clasped his palms on his face in frustration “I don’t know. His words penetrated into me. I couldn’t just seat still when a guy threatened to take my girl from me. He knew I loved her so much, but he didn’t care. He said we were friends, brothers to be specific, but he damned it all!” Jeremy gave the sofa a hard punch that sunk his knuckles into it

“And then you felt a reason for revenge, and you decided to get him out of the way once and for all since he was a threat” detective Andrew’s line of speech seemed more like a statement than a question

Jeremy didn’t respond. He kept his head bowed 

“I would never do that to Frank” he muttered

“Then why did you lie to your friends” detective Andrew looked at him with a stern unlike his partner who had an astonished look about  his colleagues knowledge

“They wouldn’t have understood” he spoke still with his head bowed down “I didn’t want them to look at me like the bad guy. Malia would have hated him. The others wouldn’t have understood my hurt”

“So you decided to blame it on the lady you claim you love and fought for” once again detective Andrew sentence sounded more like a statement than a question “you pointed all the blame to her so nobody would suspect you. But when you found out the real cause of his death had been dogged out, you decided to play the good guy so no one would know or suspect you as …what was that word you used, the bad guy right” the detective scoffed at him 

Jeremy was stunned at the detective laid that fact. He could feel adrenaline rush through his system. He tried to assume the detectives must have gone thorough background check on the quad, their page and read about the Maremy story. It was the only explanation he could render for the detective’s incomprehensive knowledge

Jeremy couldn’t cook up a response for the detective. He dogged his head further into his hands

Detective Andrew scoffed a smile "cat's got your tongue,  you don't seem to have a lie to use for your defence anymore do you?" The detective scoffed at him

 “Mr. Jeremy Akande, you are under arrest for the death of Mr. Frank Ambrose…”

To be continued…

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