Inseparable – Chapter 24

 

 

“Thanks for coming, we were just planning to visit your residence soon” Inspector Helen shook Bola’s hand and ushered her to the visitor’s seat in her office.

 

“Thank you” Bola replied and sat down comfortably, waiting for the inspector to get seated too.

 

“Alright Bola, let’s get started. What is it you wanted to tell me?”

 

“I know the killers of Frank”

 

“Huh?” Helen asked, doubting what she heard.

 

“Yes…”

 

A knock sounded on the door, interrupting their discussion.

 

“Come in please” Helen answered.

 

In came Officer Uche, looking fatigued. He saluted his boss.

 

“Where have you been?”

 

“I didn’t go too far ma, I only went to torture that Criminal again to see if he will confess but he didn’t”

 

“Hmmm… Just sit down here Uche” she pointed a seat to him. “I think someone has a valuable piece of information for us here. Here’s Bola, the deceased Frank’s girlfriend. She just said she knew who killed him”

 

“The killers?” Uche reechoed and took a deep look at Bola. The look on his eyes was that of someone who knew her from somewhere.

 

“Yes, that’s what she was about telling me before you came in”

 

“Oh! Is this not Miss Olatunbosun?” He asked, directing his question to Bola.

 

“Yes, I am” she replied him. “I don’t remember meeting you anywhere”

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

“Yes, I just happen to know your Father very well”

 

“Oh! Okay”

 

“So, can we hear from you now Bola?” Helen who was already getting impatient cut in quickly.

 

“Yes, please go ahead and tell us what you know” Uche added.

 

“Frank was murdered by Chief Olatunbosun” Bola announced and paused to see their reaction.

 

“What do you mean? Which Chief Olatunbosun?” Uche asked.

 

“My father, he sent people to ki*ll him. He didn’t support our wedding, he killed him to stop us from being together”

 

“Are you sure of what you’re saying?” Uche countered, “The Chief I know is an upright man”

 

“So you know this Chief very well.” Helen directed her question to Uche.

 

“Yes, who doesn’t know him? He’s the leader of the RTA party”

 

“Oh! Jimoh Olatunbosun?”

 

“Yes” Bola answered

 

“Hmmm, but how are you sure he sent people to ki*ll Frank?”

 

“He told me himself”

 

“Wow! That’s serious, but what evidence do you have to proove this?”

 

“None yet, but I’m sure when you torture some of his boys, they’ll tell you the truth. I want you people to arrest him ”

 

“Okay, we’ll see what we can do about that. Do you have any other information for us?”

 

“No, not yet”

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

“Okay, but I have some question to ask you”, Helen paused and waited to get a go ahead from Bola. “You went with Frank to Ini’s house earlier that day before the murder took place, do you find anything strange that day?”

 

“Nothing really strange” Bola cleared throat before she continued. “We caught Kelvin and Amarachi, Ini’s friend having sex”

 

“I heard Frank was devastated by the incident, is that true ?”

 

“Yes, it is. Poor Frank, he used to be obsessed with Amarachi. I tried to make him calm that day before he left my house”

 

“Okay, but you were not surprised by the incident?”

 

“No, I wasn’t. I already caught Ama and Kelvin cheating sometime before but I was called a liar when I told Ini.”

 

“Hmmm, I see. Tell me, what was your mission to Ini’s house that day?”

 

“It was her birthday, I just went there to celebrate with her”

 

“Okay” Helen paused for a while and started again. “Kelvin said he and Amarachi were drugged that day, how true do you think that is?”

 

“Hehe” she chuckled, “drugged? That’s a lie, both of them are cheats”

 

“Hmmm” , Helen inhaled deeply and took another brief pause before talking again. “Lastly, do you know anyone who is Nike Adejumo?”

 

“The question made Bola shiver a little before answering. “Yes I do, I met her through Ini but I’ve not seen her for a long time now”

 

“You had no recent conversation with her?”

 

“No, not at all”

 

“What about her phone number? Do you have it?”

 

“No, I don’t”

 

“Alright” Helen sighed, “that will be all for now. Thanks for your cooperation”

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

“Thank you” Bola replied and stood to took her leave. She shook hands with Helen and Uche who had been silent all through the questioning.

 

“We’ll still need your help as our investigations continue”

 

“Okay, I will be ready to help you anytime” she said and walked out of the office leaving Helen alone with Uche.

 

Helen and Uche remained in silence for about three minutes, analyzing all the answers they had gotten individually.

 

“What do you think about Chief Olatunbosun’s matter?” Helen broke the silence.

 

“Ehn?” Uche seemed startled by the question and took some seconds before answering. “I think we should forget it, Chief Olatunbosun is not someone to toy with. We have enough lead to work with, we have Kelvin in our custody and we just found the knife in Amarachi’s room”

 

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“Good morning Ini” the chairman greeted pleasantly as he walked into her office.

 

“Good morning sir” she replied him, standing up to receive an handshake from him as he settled into the visitor’s seat.

 

“Sir, I’m sorry about what happened yesterday”

 

“Oh! Forget that, what we really need you to do for us is tell us her whereabouts. That’s why I’m here, we need her to complete a job urgently”

 

“Honestly sir, I don’t have an idea of where she left to. Right now, even the police is after her”

 

“Police? What crime did she commit?”

 

“I’m not sure she committed any crime, but a knife suspected to be used for murder was found in her room yesterday”

 

“Murder? That’s strange”, the man seemed confused for a while. “Do you think that Lady could murder somebody?”

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

“No… Ermm, well. I don’t know, sometimes we don’t really know our friends”

 

“Hmmm… Well, may God see her through” he said and stood up. “That means we need someone to take up her job urgently”

 

The man walked out of the office leaving Ini to continue with her job.

 

Ini laid her head on the office table, she had made a promise to herself and to Sandra that she wouldn’t allow what Ama and Kelvin did to her disturb her and turn her into another person but she couldn’t keep her promise.

 

Everything and everybody around her reminded her about the incident. Just yesterday, the police had come with a strange report about the murder of Frank. She would have passed her last night in the custody of the police if not for the influence of her father.

 

She called him quickly before she was led out of the house and in less than five minutes, the officers received a phone call from their superior instructing them to stop the arrest and even drive her back home.

 

Her Father was furious with her when she called him on getting back home. He would have ordered her to come to the family house if he wasn’t out of the country. He had to make her promise him that she’ll forever stay away from Amarachi and Kelvin and also everything that would tarnish his image in the country.

 

Although she was determined to keep the promise of having nothing to do with Kelvin and Ama again, she still prayed within herself that God should help prove them innocent and set them free from the murder charges.

 

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“Good morning Uche”

 

“Good morning ma” Uche replied Helen who was already waiting for him, as sat in the driver’s side of the car. “I’m sorry for keeping you waiting”

 

“No problem” she smiled. “Hope you know the place very well?”

 

“Yes ma, I do”

 

“Alright, don’t you think we need backup for this arrest?”

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

“No, we don’t need any. She cannot overpower both of us”

 

“Okay, we need to get there as soon as possible. I want us to nab the girl quickly, I believe she will confess even if the guy doesn’t” She paused a little as she remembered something, tears welled up in her eyes. She brought out her handkerchief and wiped her face

 

“I was touched yesterday when I saw the deceased parents mourning” she continued solemnly. “It’s wickedness to ki*ll the only child and hope of the family after the parents had struggled to bring him up to this level”

 

“Don’t worry, justice will prevail. The murderers would never go unpunished.” He said and started the car engine. “That’s why we need to get the girl fast, even if she does not confess, we already have enough evidence to use against them in the court”

 

“That’s true”

 

“Yes”

 

He sped down the way as the road was free at that time. He occasionally glanced at Helen and was surprised by her countenance, she looked like someone in deep sorrow, as if the deceased was her family member.

 

“I’ve never seen you so emotional about any case like this” he made a comment as they got to a U-turn.

 

“Hmm” she smiled slightly. “I’m taking Frank’s mother like mine. I know what it took my mother to raise me as a single parent. She suffered a lot”

 

She paused and looked at his face, “Frank’s mother must have gone through the same. Now that she’s old, someone decided to take her joy”

 

“Hmmm” He only sighed, he couldn’t find words to reply or console. Deep inside him, he also felt a bit of pity for Frank’s mother.

 

No one talked again for the rest of the journey, except for Uche who occasionally cursed other road users and complained about the several potholes on the village route.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

He halted the car as he got to a small bungalow house, “This is the house”

 

“Are you sure? The front door is locked”

 

“This is the house according to the description”

 

“Okay, let’s check it out” she said and opened the door.

 

Just as she stepped out of the car, a young girl in her teens came to the entrance and started to unlock the padlock.

 

“Hey” Helen signaled to the girl as she walked towards the door. “Good afternoon, please is this the residence of Mr and Mrs Kolawole?”

 

“Yes” Sophia answered with a look of uncertainty. “It is”

 

“Okay, do you by chance know any Kolawole Amarachi Tosin?”

 

“Yes, she’s my sister”

 

“Oh! Where’s she? We need to see her”

 

“She’s not here, she’s in the city with her friend?”

 

“What about your parents?”

 

“They’re not around, they traveled to Ere village for a relation’s wedding” , she

 

placed her hands on her waist.

“Please who are you people?

 

“My name is Inspector Helen and he’s Inspector Uche. From the Saro division in Etyle City” she displayed her identity card for Sophia to see. “Your sister is not in the city, where can we find her?”

 

“No o, my sister is in the city” she replied, obviously frightened. “She works in the city”

 

“Look here, young Lady” Uche said sternly and moved forward. “Stop acting innocent and tell us where your sister is”

 

“I’m not lying o, she has not come home for sometime”

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

“I don’t believe you” Uche surged forward, ignoring Helen who tried to stop him. “I’m sure she’s inside the house or somewhere around.

 

He pushed the door open and entered into the house, followed closely by Helen and Sophia who walked in jittery after them.

 

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Bola peeped through the door hole to check who knocked. She hissed as she caught a glimpse of him, she wondered what he was doing at her place again after warning him several times to stay away from her, especially at this time she wasn’t in the mood to see anyone.

 

“Ken, what are you doing here?” She blasted as she opened the door.

 

“Come on Bola, aren’t you glad to see me?”

 

“I told you before that I don’t want to have anything to do with you again”

 

“Please calm down”, he said softly. “Will you at least allow me come in?”

 

“Oh God! Ken please just leave now” she groaned and made an attempt to close the door but Ken stopped it with his hand.

 

“Please” he pleaded

 

Bola stared at him for a moment before leaving the entrance for him to come in. She watched him walk into the living room and sat down. She folded her arms and stood at some distance away from him.

 

“So, what do you want?”

 

“Bola” he began, kneeling down and looking at her, his face showed remorse. “Please I beg you, give me a second chance to prove myself. I’ve been feeling empty without you and I’m very sure I’ll die soon if you refuse to accept me. Please, I promise I’ll never lay my hands on you again”

 

“It’s too late Ken, I can’t just be with you anymore”

 

“You can please” he continued. “If it’s about the pregnancy, I’ll take it as mine. I know you don’t want to marry that person, you only did it to punish me”

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

“Huh”, tears formed on her eyes. ” who told you I didn’t want to marry him? Nobody could have stopped me from doing that. Even now that he’s dead, I rather die with him than marry anyone else”

 

“Oh! He’s dead?” He asked, acting touched. “Sorry, but that shows that God wants us to be together, that’s why he took him away”

 

  • I rather stay single forever than live with someone like you” she replied and stormed out of the living room.

 

 

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