The hours she spent behind the police station counter were
the worst in her entire life, the air was heavy with the scent of urine and
sweat and the noise from the holding cells caused her stomach to rumble in
fearful echo.
The police officers hadn’t even told her how she’d attempted
to kill Jesse or when she was supposed to have been killing the dude, was it
when she was out with Peter, or when she was asleep or when she was on her way
to work. Patricia hadn’t been of any help either, she alternately moaned and cried
until she sent her to get a lawyer and when she came back with the lawyer, she
sent her back to work telling her she’d be more effective answering phone calls
and dealing with their combined work load.
She was still sobbing as she left and Martha wondered how
she had managed to be so calm even in the face of her troubles. But when Jesse
ambled in, she jumped with her hands outstretched to pluck his eyes out. He
dashed into the office of the DPO and he was shrieking “she still wants to murder me”
as he ran.
Peter came in while
he was still with the DPO, the police officers snapped into a subservient
stance.
“Good afternoon Oga
Peter” was their refrain.
“’Why didn’t you let
me know you were here” he rushed to her, ignoring their effusive
salutations and the grooves on his face that had been formed by worry broke her
heart. She sobbed into his shirt and his heartbeat soothed her ears.
“Oga Peter we no know say she be your person, she fit go
home with you now.”
“What if she did not
know me? She would have been locked up here for no just cause right?”
Peter’s voice shook.
“We’re sorry Sir,
please don’t tell…”
“Peter how are you?”
the DPO’s voice boomed.
“Sir my girlfriend was
arrested for attempted murder, I don’t understand how she could have done it.
We were together yesterday evening, she spent the night in my flat and I dropped
her off at work, how the hell could she have tried to kill someone when she was
with me all night.”
Martha gasped and Jesse tried to jump on him but the DPO
restrained him even as he threatened to deal with Peter.
“Shut up, do you want
to be locked up?” one of the officers thundered.
Jesse breathed hard and burst into tears, the officer to his
right smartly gave him a hard slap and he was shocked into silence.
“Let’s go darling”
Peter said and pulled her to his side before guiding her out of the station
without a word to anyone.
“We don enter gbege,
serious gbege” the DPO muttered as he watched them go. \
The silence in the car made his ears ring, he tapped the
steering wheel and stole glances at her. Her eyes were closed and her face
looked peaceful, he wished the peace was real.
“Is your father a
police officer?” she said suddenly.
“No he isn’t”
“How come you made
this case disappear so spectacularly?”
“My father is the
governor”
“Holy shit!”
“Calm down please, he’s
the governor and not God” He said with a smile
Her phone rang before she could respond, she was smiling as
she rummaged her bag in search of the phone and he noted the exact second her
expression changed, it was when she saw the name on her phone’s screen.
“God punish you Jesse!
Thunder fire you! You will rot in hell.” She shouted into the phone and
disconnected the call.
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