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To read the previous episode, click Complex Scenario
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Episode 6 Title: Letting It Out.
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My head felt like it wanted to
explode to pieces. I grabbed my car keys on my table and ran out of the office
to where I parked my car. I knew some persons were following me but I never looked
back to check. Akin ran to stand in front of me.
“You have not asked me the name
of the hospital!”
“What’s the name?”
“It’s a private hospital close to
his house. I think its Martins private hospital.”
“I know the place.” I said and
unlocked the door of my car to get inside. Leroy grabbed me by my right arm.
“What’s the meaning of this?!”
“Where do you think you are going
to like that?”
“What’s that supposed to mean
detective Leroy!”
He released my arm and opened his
palm. “Give me the key to your car.” He demanded.
“Why?” I asked in a puzzled and
mad tone. I was not happy with his sudden behavior. It was very strange and annoying.
“I will drive you there myself!”
“I can drive!!” I yelled at him
for the first time in my life. It hurts but at this moment, it was the right
thing to do.
“You can’t drive in this
condition. I cannot allow you do that. I will drive you there safely.”
I knew my hands were shaking
because of the news. I was very scared and I was not thinking straight.
Jasmine spoke. “Please give him
the key. It’s not safe for you to drive, let someone drive you there.”
“Are you not going?”
“I have a case with detective
Oscar. We will be going there and will check on the director when we are
through. I know the hospital and call me when you get there to let us know the
condition.”
I pressed my lips and said to
her. “I will.”
“The key!” Leroy uttered. I had
no choice but to handle the key to him. I walked to open the passenger’s door and sat down. I was panicking inside. Leroy got in and Akin opened the back
door to join us.
As my coworker drove, I turned my back to
speak with detective Akin. “Do you know the condition of the boss?”
“I have no idea right now.” he
replied. “The doctor called me to let me know he was shot.”
“He never told you if it was
critical?”
“No.”
I turned to look at my front view
and closed my eyes. I unclosed them after few seconds and tears littered my
face. “It’s my fault this happened.”
“What are you talking about?”
Leroy asked as he drove. “How can you say it’s your fault.”
“You won’t understand.”
“Tell me what is going on so that
I can understand!”
Akin said to me, “You need to
pull yourself together. Wipe your tears, do not put the blame on yourself.
Let’s reach the hospital and find out the condition of the boss before taking
the next step.”
“What if something bad happens?”
I whispered to myself. “What will happen to me?”
“Nothing bad will happen
detective Cole,” Leroy said. “Stop talking this way.”
“If we had left the house
together, he would not have been shot. For the past few days, we hardly spoke
to each other. Because of my stupid pride, I could not make up with him. I
should have done that two days ago. I waited today and now this is happening. I
should be blamed for this!” I covered my face with both hands. The tears would
not stop crawling.
“Detective…”
“Let her be.” Leroy hushed Akin
to finish his sentence. “The only thing we have to do to help her from accusing
herself of what happened to the boss, is to pray. We have to pray he survives
it.”
I removed my hands and looked at
him.
He stared at me and smiled faintly. “All will be well. I believe.”
He stared at me and smiled faintly. “All will be well. I believe.”
*****
I jumped out from the vehicle as
we arrived at the hospital. I didn’t wait for my colleagues but hiked inside
the building. I speedily walked to a female nurse at the reception to ask for
Quincy Harvey. Her facial expression was not helpful. There was no smile on her lips or gleam on her face.
“Please a doctor from this
hospital called that a friend of mine was shot. “How is he?”
“I am unaware about your patient
because I am not the one who made the call. We have two gunshot patients and
one of them is dead.”
Fear, sorrow rocked my body hard.
I put my hands on my head and burst out in loud sobs. “Please tell me it’s not
Quincy!” I uttered as tears fell from my eyes.
“I can’t say for now. Let me
confirm.” She sauntered away and left me alone. Two hands grabbed me, I looked at
the person holding me from falling on the ground, and it was Leroy. I pushed
him. “Get away from me!”
“What’s the boss condition?” Akin
requested. I told him what the nurse said. Leroy gazed at me with stunned eyes.
He appeared to be dazed by the way I reacted when he tried to console me.
Akin touched me gently and I cried
in his arms. “I pray he’s not the one." he said. "The boss is a fighter. He will fight for his life."
The female nurse that attended to
me came with a very tall man. They approached us.
“I am doctor Ola,” the tall man
said. “Are you here for Mr. Quincy Harvey?”
“Yes.” The three of us chorused impatiently.
“How is he?” I quickly asked.
“He is doing okay.” He replied
with a smile on his lips. I inhaled out of relief. Leroy came towards my side
and hugged me. I felt bad for treating him awful.
The doctor added, he pointed at
me. “Are you Genevieve Cole?”
I nodded sharply.
“The patient wants to see you in
private. I am sure he will see the rest later. When you see him, ask him what he
wants to eat.”
“Okay doc.”
“He will need to take some drugs
very soon to ease the pain.”
“I hope his condition is not severe?”
Leroy asked.
“It's not. He was shot by the left side of his neck, as he drove in his car. It only got a small portion of his flesh. I am certain the target was his head. The shooter was unable to penetrate
the bullet into him.”
“It means the bullet did not
enter him entirely.”
“No. It went through the right glass of
his vehicle according to eye witnesses.”
“Were they able to see the
shooter?”
“No.”
“I am happy he was able to
survive it.”
“Thank God.” Akin finally spoke.
“You should take me to see him.”
I said to the doctor. Doctor Ola called the nurse to escort me to meet Quincy.
I left the two men and followed the nurse. When we got there, she opened the
door for me and left. I entered and saw Quincy seated on the bed, his left side
of the neck was bandaged. I raced and clutched my arms around him happily. He laughed and touched
his neck.
“Ouch, it hurts.”
I released him from my embrace.
“Sorry.” I said and chuckled lightly. “I am so happy to see you are okay!” I
sat down beside him.
“I was very lucky. The doctor
called your number first but you did not pick.”
“I am very sorry.” I said. “It
was inside my drawer.” I checked my pocket and realized I did not bring
it along with me.
“I still don’t understand what is
going on,” Quincy said. “Why did they come after me?”
I sighed and rose up to stand in
front of him. “I know why they are after you.”
He raised his left eyebrow. “How
did you know?”
I told him Oscar had found out
about his real identity. He stared at me taken aback for
what I told him.
“You don’t mean it.”
“You don’t mean it.”
“The three of them knows you are
Freddie Arinze’s son.”
“I am sure one of them told the
master minder about my identity. They must have suspected we are investigating
the case together. Julius case will prove to them we are trying to find the
truth about who actually murdered my father.”
“I think so.” I sat down back and
held his left hand. “Did you see anything before the shooting?”
“Before I was shot, I noticed a
red Passat car following me behind. It never occurred to me the men inside the
vehicle followed to assassinate me. Before I knew what was happening, the
driver drove in speed and passed me with another man wearing a cap at the
passenger’s seat pointing a gun at me.”
“You are lucky to be alive.”
“Very lucky,” he said in a calm
tone. “I am sure if it were to be a professional assassin, I will be a dead man
by now.”
“You said who shot you was
wearing a cap,” I said. “Don’t you think it might be the same person you saw
close to the prison building?”
“I can’t say he was the one that shot me. I
did not see his face clearly.”
“Detective Leroy and Akin are at
the reception.”
Quincy blinked his eyes before he
asked, “Leroy came with you?”
I nodded as a reply.
“What about detective Oscar and
Jasmine?”
“They have a case to tackle. What
about your car?”
“Someone helped me to take it to
the mechanic workshop.” He answered. “I will hold an impromptu meeting with all
the detectives at the office tomorrow morning.”
“I can’t allow you go to the
office, you have to heal!”
“I am fine Genny,” he said and
smiled at me. It weakened my legs. “I only need to rest tonight. The doctor will discharge me in the
evening. He wants to monitor my blood pressure. I will only be coming for
dressing twice in a week.”
“Why do you want to hold an
unplanned meeting?” I questioned him.
“My identity is revealed between
the three of them,” he replied. “I have to let the others know. The two of us are not safe
anymore. We have to always, be at alert. The enemy does not want to allow us
find answers.”
“I know and I will be very
careful. I also want to apologize for my recent actions towards you few days
ago. I am deeply sorry.”
Quincy grinned. “Apology accepted
Genny. I should apologize for the awful things I said to you that day inside my
car. You don’t have to be blood related to my father, he saw you as his family.”
“Thank you.” I requested what he
wanted to eat so I could go to an eatery. He wanted white rice, vegetable and
dry fish. I hugged him lightly and left to meet the other detectives. Leroy
insisted we go together. Akin went to meet Quincy.
On the way, as Leroy drove, his
face appearance was masked with unhappiness. “I need to be candid with you, I
am not happy with you detective Cole.”
“Why?” I asked. I was not
surprised at all. I knew this conversation was going to take place eventually.
“How could you push me away when
I tried to console you at the hospital?” he asked. “You made me look like a big
fool.”
“I am sorry. I was very
emotional.”
“This is not about you being
emotional. You have been hiding things from me lately. You avoid me. This is
unlike you! We don’t eat lunch together anymore, we no longer hang out together
as friends. Have I done anything to offend you? If I have, I am sorry!"
“You don’t need to say sorry
detective Leroy. You have not offended you.”
He slowed down the car because of
traffic. “Ever since you moved in with Quincy, you changed!”
“I did not change Leroy! Stop
talking like this.”
“It’s a good thing if you're finally in love with him. It is a good thing if he feels the same way about
you, but what I don’t like is he trying to take you entirely away from me.
You are my sister for heaven’s sake. I love you like the sister I never had.”
I kept quiet.
“Are you not going to say
something?”
I looked at him with a straight
face. “Have you ever lied to me?”
Leroy widened his eyes and closed
them. “No. I have never lied to you.”
“Look me in the eyes and tell me
you have never lied to me ever since we knew each other and became close.”
He opened them and stared at me.
“Even if I have lied to you, it must be for a good reason.”
I quickly wiped the tears trying
to force down my eyes. I gazed at my front. “Let’s move. The road is clear
now.”
He shook his head, wore a straight face and drove hastily.
We arrived at the restaurant, I ordered, paid and left. We went back to the hospital without talking to each other. Oscar, Jasmine and three other detectives were already with Quincy and Akin. I took out his meal from the nylon and gave it to him. A nurse gave us a bowl of water for him to wash his hands. The five of us decided to wait until he finished the meal. After eating, Akin left to call the doctor. He brought some drugs along with him and gave Quincy to take. He doctor listed the number of drugs for me to buy at the pharmacy. Oscar escorted me there and I paid for the drugs and went back. The detectives went back to work while Jasmine decided to stay back and follow us home after the doctor release Quincy. At 6:30, the health practitioner discharged him and we went home together.
We arrived at the restaurant, I ordered, paid and left. We went back to the hospital without talking to each other. Oscar, Jasmine and three other detectives were already with Quincy and Akin. I took out his meal from the nylon and gave it to him. A nurse gave us a bowl of water for him to wash his hands. The five of us decided to wait until he finished the meal. After eating, Akin left to call the doctor. He brought some drugs along with him and gave Quincy to take. He doctor listed the number of drugs for me to buy at the pharmacy. Oscar escorted me there and I paid for the drugs and went back. The detectives went back to work while Jasmine decided to stay back and follow us home after the doctor release Quincy. At 6:30, the health practitioner discharged him and we went home together.
*****
The three of us arrived home.
Jasmine purposely followed Quincy to his room. She said she wanted to make sure
he had his bath and go to bed. I trusted him with her. I had faith in him that
his love for me was real. I went to the kitchen to boil water for tea and make
noodles with fried eggs for Jasmine and myself. I was famished. I had not eaten since morning. Jasmine came to meet me at the
kitchen. She appeared happy.
“Quincy is having his bath now.”
She said.
“That’s good.” I said and smiled
while cutting some ingredients.
I wanted to look cheerful and not annoyed that I was not the one helping Quincy in his room.
I wanted to look cheerful and not annoyed that I was not the one helping Quincy in his room.
“Are you cooking for the two of
us?”
“Yes.” I replied.
“Quincy agreed for me to spend
the night here.”
My jaw fell. “But you did not
bring your clothes for work tomorrow.”
“I will leave very early to my
house tomorrow morning.”
I smiled and went back to what I
was doing. I prepared tea, went to knock on Quincy’s door and I entered and
gave him to drink. He took the cup from me and said no one should enter, he
would sleep after he finished the tea. I went back to tell Jasmine what he
said.
“As long as I will sleep here,”
she said. “No problem.”
I served her after the food was
ready. We both ate at the dinning and I took her to the visitor’s room to sleep
after the consumption of the meal.
*****
I woke up the next morning to see
Jasmine awake and ready to leave. Quincy was still sleeping in his room. I
guess the drugs were effective to make him sleep for long. She left and I went to
take my bath and prepare to go to work. Twenty minutes later, Quincy came to knock on my door that he was ready.
“How is your neck?” I asked after
I opened the door to see him wearing a black suit.
“Pain, pain and pain!”
“Sorry.”
“I have heard that several
times,” he said in a stern voice. “Let’s go.”
“You can’t go just like that,” I
said, came out fully and closed the door. “You have to eat breakfast and take
your drugs.”
“Pleaseeee, don’t act like my
mother.” He said and began to walk. I followed him behind like a child. “I will
do that after the meeting. I have sent detective Leroy a text message to alert
the detectives to wait for me at the discussion office.”
“Why send detective Leroy?”
“It does not make any difference
Genny.” He said and turned to face me. “You look very pretty this morning.”
I giggled lightly. “Thank you.”
Quincy turned and continued to
walk. “You are always pretty.”
“You have never talked about your
mother,” I said. “This is the first you have mentioned her.”
“There is nothing to talk about
her, but she’s doing fine. My father and her never worked. It would have been
disastrous if they ended up getting married.”
“Why?”
“They were not compatible as a
couple. End of story.”
I said nothing further.
******
“I am very happy to be in the midst of notables investigators.” Quincy said talking to the detectives and myself at the NIB “I appreciate your visit at the hospital, your text messages and calls. I am sorry to those I was not able to call back or reply their texts last night. I was fast asleep and if I don’t, I might pass out and meet my ancestors.”
We erupted into laughter.
He continued, “I know some of you
might be asking yourselves why I refused to reveal my real identity.”
I looked at Leroy and his face
was unreadable. His eyes blank. Oscar was gazing at the boss scornfully. A
smile spread on Jasmine’s lips and her lusty eyes fixed on him.
Quincy added, “Some of you might
not know what I am talking about but I will tell you,” he said and smiled
merrily. “I am the son of your former boss, Freddie Arinze.”
Apart from the homicide
detectives and myself, the rest gasped out of being shocked. They stared at one
another and murmuring ensued.
He cleared his throat to get
their attention. The detectives focus on him.
“I am very proud of the man I
have become. My father was an inspiration and a role model to me. Don't get it twisted, you might think I am not proud of him, that’s why I never spoke about
it. The truth is I am very proud to be his son.”
“But... but we never saw you at the
funeral.” A lanky male detective asked. I barely knew him.
“I was not in the country at that
time.”
“You haven’t given us the main
reason why you kept it as a secret?” Leroy asked.
Quincy rubbed his chin and
smiled. “I never wanted you all to feel I got the job because of my father’s
influence. I got the position as a merit for my good work.”
“But you were based abroad before
you became a director here. How did you get the job months after the death of
your father Freddie Arinze? May God bless his soul.”
We chorused Amen.
The smile on Quincy lips
vanished. “Do you doubt me?”
No,” Leroy said with a serious
expression on his face. “I am curious to know the truth.”
“The truth is I was already
planning to relocate down to Nigeria and take the position of the director of
NIB of any branch next year. I applied for the job.”
“Why did you apply before the
death of your father?” I asked him this time.
Quincy Harvey observed my face
and answered. “He was planning to retire before his untimely death. When it
happened, the head of NIB asked where I would like to be posted, Delta state
and Jigawa State was vacant.” He riveted
his eyes on Leroy. “Now tell me, if you were in my shoes, where would you
choose? I am curious to know the truth.”
He sighed and shook his head. “I
will definitely choose Delta state sir.”
“Good. I hope I have been able to
clear myself because I am tired and hungry.”
Some of the detectives laughed
and told him to go rest. Quincy shook their hands and walked to the door. As he
touched the handle, to open it, Oscar opened his mouth.
“Why were you shot?” he asked.
“Was it a robbery?”
The director tightened his face
and turned. He answered, “No.”
“Won’t you investigate it?”
“I am still recovering,” he gave
a reply. “Detective Genevieve Cole and detective Akin will handle the case.” He
riveted, opened the door and left us. I quickly rose on my feet and ran after
him.
“I don’t know why I am not
comfortable with Leroy and Oscar’s questions.” I said to him as we approached
outside. “They are inquisitive to know everything about you.”
“I can’t be bothered by that,” he
said. “I am more concerned about Jasmine.”
“Jasmine?” I asked in a jumbled
tone.
“Her silence made me
uncomfortable.” he replied. “Silence speaks louder than words.”
“She was admiring you Quincy.”
“What if her interest in me was planned to trap me?”
“But you have made it clear that
you don’t want her.”
Quincy frowned. “But she was in
my house yesterday.” He said in an angry tone. “She slept in my house!” He began
to cough.
“Sorry.” I said. “You need to
stop talking and go to the diner for breakfast. You have to take your drugs.”
He pointed at me. “No, what I need
to do is let Jasmine know how I feel about you. I am no longer comfortable near
her!” He tried to walk back inside but I blocked his way.
“You are the one that is stubborn! You do
not have to tell her about how you feel! Go and eat!”
“Whatever!!” he spat and sauntered
to the direction of the cafeteria.
*****
I went back to my office to sit
and relax. I was very tired of what was happening. Leroy, Oscar and Jasmine
distanced their selves from me and I was so pleased. I wanted to be away from
them, detective Akin came to ask if I was ready to go out.
“For what?”
“I want us to back to the vicinity
the director was shot.” He said in a quiet tone. “We might be lucky to find a
witness who saw the shooting.”
“I am very tired,” I said in a
low voice. “You can go alone.”
He nodded and left me. I checked
the time on my wristwatch, it was 11:43am. I rested my head on the table.
*****
The shut of the door woke me up. I
realized I had slept off unexpectedly and woke up by 3pm when I checked the time. I was
shocked. Jasmine was the only one in the office. She looked at me and grinned.
She rose up from the chair, grabbed the cold bottled water on her desk and gave
it to me.
I took it from her. “Thanks. I really
need this.”
“I knew it,” Jasmine said. “I
have opened it already, I was about to drink from it when you woke up.”
“Thank you again.” I thanked her
and stood on my feet.
“Where are you going?”
“I am going to check up on the
boss.”
She said nothing but walked to
sit down. Her attitude surprised me. No smile on her lips as I spoke about the
director. I left the office, sipped little water before I knocked and entered
Quincy’s office.
The director was already on his
feet. “I was told you were sleeping,” he said and stretched his right hand
forward. “I am thirsty.” I gave it to him and he held it, “Where did you get
this water from. It’s cold and that’s what I need.”
“Jasmine gave it to me when I woke
up.”
He gasped. “What?!”
“What’s the matter?”
“Are you the one that drank from
it?”
“Yes.”
“Oh my God! I don’t trust that
woman!”
His behavior made me confused. “What’s
going on?”
“Follow me!” He gripped my hand
with his left, the bottle water still on his right hand. We reached outside,
where I parked my car.
“Your keys.” He demanded and
freed my hand. I removed it from my pocket and passed it to him. “Get inside.”
“Where are we going to?” I asked
in a puzzled tone.
“You will find out when we get
there!”
Quincy refused to tell me what
was going on. We arrived at the location where doctor Ibinabo worked.
“What are we doing here?” I questioned
him.
“Come out and let’s go in.”
As I stepped out from my vehicle,
I felt a sharp pain in my stomach. I winced out in pain.
He rushed to my side. “What
happened?”
“I don’t know. My tommy is
paining me.”
Quincy consoled me, rubbed my
back and held my hand to help me inside the hospital. The pain reduced
immediately we were directed to meet doc Ibinabo. She told me to sit as I touched my
stomach.
I explained how I felt. She gave me a drug to take to subdue the pain while she carry on some test with the water Quincy gave her.
I explained how I felt. She gave me a drug to take to subdue the pain while she carry on some test with the water Quincy gave her.
“What is going on?” I asked him
as we waited for the result. I was a bit relieved.
“Let the result come out first. Please
relax and rest.”
I lay on my back and relaxed. The
doctor came back thirty minutes later to give us the result.
“I have good and not so good
news.” She said.
“Tell us the not so good news
first,” Quincy spoke out before me.
“She was poisoned.”
“What!!” I exclaimed. “How is
that possible?”
“The good news doc?” Quincy inquired in a serious tone.
“The type of poison is not
deadly. It will only weaken the immune system, make you feel feverish and weak
for days or even weeks. The right medication will heal you fast. Thank God, you
drank little quantity. It's not serious and before morning you will be fine with the
right drugs I will give you to take before bed time.”
“Thank you Jesus.” I muttered.
Quincy smiled and came to hug me very tight. He pecked me on my forehead and
nose. “How come you suspected her? How did you figure it out that Jasmine might
have poisoned me? I don’t yet understand.”
He stood upright. “When I found
out you were sleeping, I asked Jasmine to see me. I told her I was in love with
you. I have told Jasmine to stay away from me. Work will only bring us
together.”
“You did?” I asked surprised.
“Yes. I love you. I love you deeply, I care so much about you. I am always happy to be around you. I can no longer keep it inside anymore, i will tell everyone, you are the only woman on earth that makes my heart beat very fast. I love you Genevieve Cole.”
I was venerable and emotional the
moment he uttered those words to me.
Tears began to clutter around my eyes and I could not hide it anymore.
“I love you Quincy Harvey.”
Tears began to clutter around my eyes and I could not hide it anymore.
“I love you Quincy Harvey.”
*****
To be continued… on Thursday by
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