MY WEDDING NIGHT - Episode 7

Episode 7
By 8am the next day, my
brother showed up with
my old father and detective
Jeremiah. They all look very
serious and tired. My heart
bled as i saw tears form in
my old man’s eyes.
“my darling you shouldn’t
be here” he breathed
painfully. I forced out a
smile to assure him that i
was alright.
“don’t worry sir, we are
coming close to solving this
case. I’m working round the
clock to make sure i solve
the puzzles in the case. In
no time your daughter will
be out of here” the
detective said to him.
“Officer please tell us what
you have gotten so far. Tell
us how far you have
gotten” my brother asked
anxiously.
“you know it isn’t in our
conduct to be revealing our
investigations to people
but nevertheless i will tell
you guys how far i have
gotten” he answered, while
my brother nodded
desperately.
“i worked on this case all
through the night and i
came to a conclusion that
two people were involved
in the murder. Moreover
one of the security men in
the house admitted seeing
a white lady head to the
garden at the exact time
the crime might have been
committed” he revealed
while i jumped up
hopefully.
“you should arrest the lady
right away, isn’t the
testimony enough to
vindicate me?” i asked
breathlessly. The detective
shook his head and looked
down.
“i’m sorry but it isn’t
enough. The security man
admitted seeing a woman
head to the garden. He
never said he saw her kill
your husband, moreover
the knife cut in your
husband’s chest was strong
and deep. I doubt if any
lady can strike so hard. A
lady equally can’t be able to
drag your husband’s body
from the garden to his
bedroom unless of course
she was assisted. The
fracture on his noise
equally brought up another
fact that the murderer
might have sneaked from
behind, strongly cut off his
breathe by covering his
nose and mouth with one
hand while burying the
knife in his chest.
Something a woman will
find very hard to do.
Anyway we are still
running DNA tests which
will help us put more things
together” he concluded,
while i sighed with
desperation.
“c’mon can’t you just drill
the woman that was
spotted at the scene
instead of wasting the time
we don’t have. Who is the
woman, who is she?” i
asked curiously. The officer
shrugged.
“the security man
unfortunately couldn’t
identify her. According to
him all the white women in
the house that night looked
the same to him” he
answered, shook hands
with my brother and left.
My father came forward
and stared at me for some
seconds, tears blinding his
vision.
“i’m going to the village
today. I’m going to visit the
only living soothsayer in
our clan. He can reveal the
murderer for us” he
informed me slowly. I
couldn’t believe my ears.
“dad noooo, you can’t do
that. You can’t abandon
your Christian believe for
my sake. You are a strong
catholic dad. It hasn’t
gotten to that” i pleaded.
“i can’t sit, watch and do
nothing. Your mother
barely managed to survive
the night. I must do
something, i’m still the head
and protector of my
family” he said strongly. I
bit my lips and looked at
my brother for support, but
all he did was just shrug.
It was obvious they had all
agreed on it before visiting
me.