Dilemma episode 4

Dilemma
 
Episode 4
The school S.U.G president soon showed up with the school authorities and the police, quickly dispersing everyone. “You can now go on with your various activities; we are here to take charge of the situation. Is rest assured that the person behind this outrageous crime will be caught? If you have any information to share please don’t hesitate to bring it to our knowledge.
 
Mind how you talk to the press or better still leave us to do the talking, “you are warned” the Dean of student affairs addressed us before we were dispersed. I returned to my room extremely scared and afraid. I couldn’t imagine what the outcome of their investigation will be. I didn’t leave my room all through the rest of that day. I simply stayed indoors with my conscience punishing me. I was ready to do anything for my fears to go away.
 
Nneka’s body was taken away later in the afternoon. I couldn’t help but peep through my window as an ambulance carried the poor thing away. Yes the time was precisely 3:15pm. I really couldn’t imagine what caused the delay in moving a body discovered very early in the morning. However some minutes after her body were taken away. A strange kind of dizziness took over my entire body. It was as if my room was spinning round with me in the center. I lost balance and collapsed on my bed, breathing heavily while sweat drenched my body. I couldn’t believe nor understand what was happening. I never experienced such a thing before, but luckily I regained myself some minutes after.
 
I tried hærd to think what could have happened, but just couldn’t figure out anything. Not only was my eyes now seeing things that never was, the rest of my body has equally joined in the game. Could Nneka’s spirit be behind this?” I wondered miserably. “But I didn’t kill anybody. It was just an accident. I did what I had to do to save face” I kind of spoke aloud before realizing myself. A sharp knock of my door, quickly notified me of a visitor waiting outside. “Was I heard?
 
Is it the police?” I nervously asked myself as I sluggishly went to my door……..
 
I nervously opened my door and came face to face with the hostel president, a policeman in uniform and the S.U.G president. I stared at them with panic. “Please can we come in? The officer has some important questions to ask you,” the S.U.G president explained while my heart froze. My guilty conscience was at its worst that moment. I fearfully allowed them into the room, my heart pounding furiously as the policeman took a sharp look round my room before settling down on the only plastic chair I had, while the two students with him stood and stared at me. I knew they all noticed my nervous behavior.
 
“I’m here to question you as a result of the body discovered in your lodge. The dead girl found under the stairs”. The serious looking officer said to me as he brought out a small notebook which he opened. “So what’s your name?” he asked. I breathed deeply and looked at the hostel president who nodded to me in agreement. I slowly murmured my name, repeating it twice. “You saw the girl’s body right?” the officer asked.
 
I swallowed hærd and nodded. Nneka’s image quickly appeared in my head. “Yes I saw her” I answered weakly, “do you know her?” he asked, sending my heart flying with the question. “Um no, not at all” I replied, “Are you sure?” he asked again, “yes I’m sure” I answered, “you mean you have never ran across her even in school premises?” he asked. “Yes I’m sure, I haven’t seen her anywhere” I answered a bit boldly. He marked something in his book, closed it and stood up. “Thanks for your time, but I may be back” he grinned before leaving. I locked my door, fell on my bed and covered my head with a pillow. “Liar, d–n you liar” i heard Nneka’s voice scre-m in my head, sickening me.
 
I lay awake all night, scared and afraid. I was scared of Nneka’s ghost, scared of the police and scared of being discovered. A very terrible wind equally blew that night as if rain was about to pour, but there came no rain, instead the wind kept making strange noises on my window which seriously terrified me. Early Tuesday morning i packed some of my clothes in a small bag and headed to my friend Gideon’s lodge. I just couldn’t stay all alone in my room anymore. Unfortunately Gideon and his neighbours were all too eager to hear the dead girl’s story, especially how she looked, who was being suspected and so on.
 
They wanted to hear everything without knowing that they were upsetting me with their questions. The more I managed to answer, the more questions they asked to the extent that I almost lost the remaining part of my mind. Early Wednesday morning I headed home to be with my surprised parents who were very astonished to see me return home in the middle of the week. I managed to mutter some lousy explanation which I believed they never truly bought.
 
But then it was as if the devil had so much interest in my case, because by 8:15am the next day, the hostel president called me on phone, asking me to show up at the lodge.
“The police needs to search your room”. He ended up saying …………..
 
TBC