MY WEDDING NIGHT - Episode 11,12,13

Episode 11
Esther tried opening her mouth to say something,
but the lawyer quickly held her hand, stopping
her.
"don't say anything. The officer is bluffing. He's
trying to make you say something that could
incriminate you" he said to her before facing
detective Jeremiah.

"if you really have the evidence to arrest my
client, then go ahead, arrest her. But if you don't,
then shut the fuck up and do your goddamn
work. Mind you, time is running out and you have
only two days. The next time you will see me will
be in court" he threatened, shocking the
detective with his words.

Of course not only the detective was shocked, I
equally was very shocked because Esther was
probably seconds away from confessing or
making an unguided comment before the lawyer
recovered himself and stopped her.

"two days officer. You have just two days, else i
will tear you apart in court" the lawyer
threatened and dragged Esther out of the office.
"we were just close to making a breakthrough
damn" the detective hissed with despair after
they left.

"so what next?" i asked with fear. He breathed
deeply, opened the case file on his table, went
through it and shook his head.

"things are slowly adding up in your favour but
we don't have time on our side. We surely need
a miracle" he replied, looked up at me and smiled
to make me feel relaxed but i surely wasn't.
"remember we talked about the possibility of
your husband going out to the garden the night
he was killed to either smoke or see someone?"
he said while i nodded.

"according to the report in this file, there wasn't
any cigarette stick, ashes nor even anything
similar found at the garden which then leaves us
with one theory. He went out there to see
someone, probably Esther, before a stronger
person grabbed him from behind and stabbed
him" he concluded.

"how then do we find the mystery man that
struck the fatal blow which killed my husband?" i
asked desperately. The detective shrugged.
"that's what i'm saying, we need more time, as it
stands, Esther alone probably holds all the
answers but we can't touch her" he replied with
resignation.

Tears instantly dropped from my
eyes.
The police had every reason to detain Esther but
couldn't because she was a foreigner. Instead i
was the person being detained without due
process. How bad can things get??


wedding night Episode 12
"I know you are helping me officer but you got to
do more, you have to try every necessary means
to free me. Please i beg of you" i cried, kneeling
before Detective Jeremiah who quickly looked
away with embarrassment"
"please madam stand up, don't kneel for me, i'm
not God" he begged but i still knelt, shedding
more tears. A junior officer came into the
detective's office that moment bearing a file.
"here are the rest of the results sir" he said to
the detective who quickly snatched the file from
him while i looked on hopefully.
"you can leave now" he dismissed the officer
before going through the file.
"nothing new jeez, this case is really something
else" he said to himself as he went through the
file while i swallowed hard, confused on what
next to do.
"does it mean i'm going to hang for a crime i
didn't commit?. Can't you run more tests" i
asked curiously.
"my dear our police department is one of the
best in Africa. I have conducted all the
necessary tests including fingerprint and DNA
matching. The people that killed your husband
had it well planned out and left no trace of
anything. The only clear prints found on your
husband's body belongs to you, the rest are
blurred. The murder weapon had only your
mother in law's prints on it. So you see there is
nothing we can use from the test results, we
have nothing. The person that killed your
husband probably wore gloves, only if we can
get those gloves" he concluded, while i cried out
with the last strength in me.
"hey shut up, you are in the police station, don't
you know?" the detective frowned and stood up.
"please shoot me, shoot me, shoot me" i begged
with tears, forcing him to look away once again.
"seriously madam, this is slowly slipping from
me. I have only two options left, which are pretty
hard" he said and swallowed hard while i stared
at him hopefully, wiping my tears.
"Number one. I play the good cop bad cop
tactics on Esther, by secretly getting another
audience with her. This time with another officer.
We will then present some selling lies and my
colleague will ask for money to keep us quiet.
Most whites think we are all corrupt. So i feel
she will buy my offer, and through that
opportunity, i can get her to talk. The only bad
side of it, is that if it goes bad, i can be fired
from the force. The second option is presenting
my facts to your mother inlaw, get her to reveal
more details about her white guests to me. I'll
then do what we call profiling, which will enable
me get the man who killed your husband. Esther
is no fool, she had no time to hire a local hitman.
She probably brought the killer along as her
brother, cousin or friend. The only bad side of
this plan is that it may take more than two days
to accomplish which then leaves us with one
option which you must do yourself to avoid trial.
If i fail to meet up with the deadline" he
concluded seriously.
"so what's the option?" i asked.
"oh it's very dangerous. A very dangerous option"
he murmured.


wedding Night Episode 13
"I can do anything to free myself. Please just
speak up" I pleaded. The detective shook his
head, bit his lips and stared at me.
"hmmmm, if i'm unable to make any
breakthrough within two days, you will have to
harm yourself in a way that it will be impossible
to put you up for trial. That's the only way out"
he said cautiously.
"wait a minute, I don't understand. You mean i
should harm myself?, in what way officer?" i
asked with disbelief. He drew closer to me and
squatted by my side.
"that's the only way to escape trial for some
days. I can smuggle in some pills that will knock
you out. So instead of finding yourself in the
courtroom, you will find yourself in the hospital.
However it can be added to your charges but i
believe your lawyer won't have a hard time
winning over the charge. But you also have to
swear to keep your mouth shut if it comes to
that. You know i can equally end up in prison
over it" he said seriously, while i nodded.
I couldn't even find the voice to talk. The plan
was just so terrible to hear. Of course it was
nothing but a sucidal plan. I knew the health
implications of such deed, but it was a better
option than prison. Seriously the detective was
going out of line just to save a clueless lady like
me. It wasn't as if we paid him to help me. He
simply was doing it for free.
As if he knew what was going through my mind.
He reached out and held my hands.
"when i joined the force newly. A young male
student was picked up by our patrol team some
miles away from a Robbery scene. We all knew
the boy was innocent but still held him just to
prove a point that we were working. Unknown to
us, the boy was asthmatic and as soon as he
was thrown into the cell, his health condition go
very bad and before we could run around. He
died. Since that moment, i decided to help the
innocent. But you see, in police work it's not
always easy to be on the right path because we
all obey orders and answer to our superiors
whether we like it or not" He said softly.
"you are a bright young woman but i'm afraid, if i
fail to get good results. You will have to take
your destiny in your hands. You will have to harm
yourself. That's the only thing that can buy us
more time. Yes you will try committing suicide
but I'll be right on time to save your life. Anyway
let's pray it doesn't come to that" he concluded
and stood up while my head swelled with
thoughts.
"God please don't allow things to get that bad.
Don't allow me to try out suicide as an option" i
prayed softly.
It was such a difficult moment and decision to
take. However i still had two days which was
enough time for a miracle to happen.