MY WEDDING NIGHT


EPISODE 4

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"This is bullshit, we are heading to the embassy" Damian's cousins threatened &left with anger.
It was obvious I had a long case ahead of me. Luckily I had a brother who equally had the
means to defend me & catch the culprit....
As we got up to leave, I passionately pleaded to the detective to help me out.
"Seriously I have no hand in my husband's death. You have to help me. You have to do something"
I pleaded desperately. "as long as you are innocent, you have no
problem with me. I'm a good cop. I promise to get to the bottom of this case" The middle-aged officer promised while my brother smiled with relief.
"Now you are talking officer. Don't let them intimidate or stop you from doing the right thing" he advised as they shook hands. On our way out of the force headquarters, my brother held me on the shoulder & whispered
in my ear.

"You have to be strong my dear. Everything happens for a purpose. Please you have to be strong when facing our parents, they are very devastated" he begged quietly while more tears fell from my eyes. I really didn't know how to face my old parents, most especially mom who braved her sickness to witness my wedding ceremony.
Nevertheless, we first headed to Damian's house after leaving the police headquarters in order to
pick up my things, but on getting to the house, we were stopped by four policemen who told us that they had orders not to allow anyone pick up even a pin from the house. "madam this place is now a crime scene. You can come back tomorrow to pick your things. As for now, we have orders not to allow anybody pick up anything from the house" one of the officers said, leaving me speechless.
"I think it's a good development. A piece of evidence might still be lying around who knows.
The police are really correct with this decision"
My brother's lawyer said in agreement. And so we had no choice than to turn back & head to
my brother's house where every member of my family was waiting for me. It really was such a painful scene as everyone of them cried on sighting me, especially my poor mother who sobbed uncontrollably.
"This marriage was just a huge mistake. oh no," she cried painfully.
However, another big development occurred at exactly 5 pm when Detective Jeremiah showed up once again with a team of policemen & a white-man who looked like a lawyer to arrest me.
"I'm sorry, the order came from the I.G's office. It has nothing to do with me" he said as a
handcuff was thrown around my wrists, putting my entire family into another wave of shock.
My brother, as usual, tried to defend me by creating a scene but had to shut up when the white lawyer threatened to arrest him as an accomplice in the murder charge I was facing.
"don't worry, I will protect you" the detective whispered to my ear as he led me away.
This time, there wasn't anything to save me from cooling off in a police cell.
On getting to the police headquarters, I was taken to the detective's office where I stayed
& nervously waited for him while he entered another office with the white lawyer.
He came in about fifteen minutes later, smiling calmly.
"I'm really sorry things got so bad as to bring you back here. Your husband's family are trying
everything possible to make you pay, but don't worry, an investigation has commenced. I'm already
working on a theory. You should also know that I have seized the traveling passports of everyone
of them that spent the night in that house. You shouldn't worry about anything, the culprit will be
caught. I equally had a good cell prepared for you" he said seriously, while tears dropped from my eyes. I couldn't imagine myself spending the night in a police cell no matter how comfortable it was made to look.
"one more thing. I need to hear the whole truth from you since you want me by your side. That's
all I ask" the officer added curiously, drawing out another shock from me.
"what do you mean by the whole truth?" I gasped, while he smiled.
"you see, that's one problem with Nigerian women. You all like keepings secrets even in a
terrible condition. You have a cop trying to help you, the least you can do is to come out clean
with him. I spoke with some of your colleagues today & their answers were quite shocking.
Most of them said that your relationship & marriage to late Damian wasn't ordinary. So you
got to tell me things I need to know since you want me by your side" he pushed on while I
swallowed hard & fought with myself.
The officer wanted me to open up something well buried in my heart, a secret I told no one.
"How do I go about it?" I wondered.
"I know you didn't commit the murder but you have to help me unravel many things. What made Damian marry you so quickly, you guys had just a short Romance & Mr. Damian I was told messed up a lot of ladies in the company before getting to you.
Something made him marry you??,


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