I Want A Home – Episode 45

I Want A Home – Episode 45
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© Ireti Adedipe
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There was an awkward silence in the office immediately Mrs. Carol Evelyn finally try to let it sink into her head that she had been caught already and really needs to confess now after the numerous questions asked by Mr. Madison.
 
Its wasn’t surprising to the agent at first how she answered most of the questions asked by the director confidently until he took over and began to ask her relevant questions not long before her responses to the previous questions began to contradict.
 
“Story written by Ireti Adedipe )
 
Mr. Madison nodded twice after making glances at the company director. He stood up at once and took few steps behind the chair he was seated. He smiled silently and doubled tap the phone he held.
 
“You are no longer answering the questions he asked you Mrs. Carol Evelyn” The company director finally broke the silence immediately Mr. Madison stood up to step behind his chair.
He crossed his fingers in bewilderment and placed his elbows on the armrest, it was really unbelievable to him.
 
“Really !!” he added and nodded, he looked sternly at the woman who hadn’t say anything yet. He was so stunned and it sounded so ridiculous to him.
 
He took a quick glance at Mr. Madison and returned back to the woman whose face was gradually coming to expressed guilty.
 
“Its wasn’t my intention to cheat or rob this company of fund Mr. Doss”
 
“Was not your intention” !!
 
“Yes. Mr. Madison, about 9 months ago, I received a Manila envelope of $5,000 in it on my desk with an instruction on how to move money from the corporation and how to make resort on paper. The instructions says if I did that, I’ll get the same envelop every week” Mrs. Carol Evelyn answered with a guilty and sober face.
 
“Who exactly gave you this instructions and who placed the money on your desk?” Mr. Madison interrupted her sharply.
 
“They just show up on my desk every week, I have no idea who put it there or how it got there but once I followed the instructions attached with the envelope, the money will be brought to my desk”
 
“Mrs. Carol, are you implying that you have no idea who had been placing envelopes on your desk every week for 11 months?”
 
There was another awkward silence in the office immediately Mr. Madison asked the question while Mrs. Carol gave no response instantly. She took a glance at the director who was listening gently and fixated her eyes on the desk guiltily afterwards. The silence went on for another 46 seconds before Mr. Madison spoke again.
 
“ma’am, I’m afraid we’ll need to take adherent security measures on you now”
 
“No please Mr. Madison.. I..” the woman stammered pleading.
 
“Then we need you to talk, who gave you this envelopes and the instructions to follow?” Mr. Doss intercepted this time, he frowned and leaned back on the chair.
 
“I don’t know Mr. Doss, all I see is this envelopes on my desk every time I follow the instructions”
 
“Then I’m afraid we have no other option than to do this Mrs. Carol, there’s is something you are not willing to tell us” Mr. Madison said sharply and raised his phone, he navigated to the dial logs instantly and placed a call 20 seconds after.
 
 
“Come to the director’s office immediately” the agent said into the phone.
 
“Are you willing to do this the hærd way Mrs. Carol Evelyn? Are you honestly willing to destroy all you’ve worked for and everything you’ve owned just for an answer to the questions demanded from you?” Mr. Doss asked immediately Mr. Madison dropped the call.
 
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Three pictures appeared on the big screen immediately Inspector Kelvin mentioned the names. He stepped aside for all the seated agents to let them see the screen appropriately after whispering some instructions into his talkon.
 
The small hall contained about 13 private agent and few governments agencies who were all seated in the dark room with long curved microphones attached on each tables before each seated agents. There was a quick mumbling from all of them immediately three pictures appeared on the screen thereafter Inspector Kelvin called the names.
 
“This is drug Lord Nathaniel, the second is Lord Margot and the last and fierce of them is referred to Lord Vladimir. This three drug lords controlled almost every drug business in this country and some neighboring countries” inspector Kelvin began to speak again as decorum emerged in the room thereafter.
 
They all fixed their gaze and attention on him with the way he moves left and right, back and forth.
 
“The recent incident had been the prone of which we were able to find out some confusing complicated details and data about drug business in this country. Several years ago, various agencies rose but fruitlessly against drugs, illegal casino’s and various contrabands admist the ones we all knew. So..”
 
 
The inspector paused. He stood at a point and pocket his left hand, he began to walk sideways but remained in a position for few moments before speaking again.
 
“Unfortunately we’ve lost lot of men already and drug business still seemed to be visually strong till date but we adherently needs to put more effort from now, which is why we need to approach this all-together carefully with the best statics”
 
“Inspector Kelvin” !! Someone called among the seated agents sharply after the inspector spoke.
 
“Yes Sir” The inspector respond too almost instantly. He quickly turned to the middle of the well arranged desk to look at the senior agent who just called him.
 
“The doc-ment we all have here points out that the database and the transaction of this wh0le asset links to Metlife insurance company in New York city”
 
“Yes. That’s correct sir”
“Government Taxes and all this confined details?” The same senior agent asked again.
 
“Accurately sir, all the details in those doc-ments are everything we’ve gathered so far” Inspector Kelvin answered sharply.
 
“Then without waiting for long, shall we discuss this?” said the senior Agent.
 
 
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The entrance slide door opened immediately Vivian and Margaret returned back to the private ward Mrs. Kruger was laid.
 
The door was about to close back when the due both stepped into the hospital room before Mr. Kruger joined and entered into the room after.
 
The old man stood akimbo at a point for a brief moment and unable to move, he took a quick glance at his wife who couldn’t breathe but through oxygen.
 
He moved closer behind Vivian who he was following until he got near the bed the woman was laid.
 
He moved behind Vivian and took a step closer the more, he stood akimbo thereafter unable to walk or to speak as he took a long lasting sorrowful look at his wife.
 
“She’s not gonna make it, I could say she will but I have to be frank and tell you she won’t. There are probably possibilities that she will miraculously due to past occurrence but..”
 
The old man shrugged and tried to erase the exact word from the doctor they had gone to meet. Tears rolled down his cheek as he watch the oxygen attached on her nose. He closed and reopened his eyes with extreme sorrow and feelings beyond.
 
A perfect decorum emerged in the room except sounds coming from the beeping machine.
 
Margaret stood beside Vivian and held her shoulders, she was totally speechless and doesn’t know what to do or say except the meetings with the cops earlier that morning when she was informed of an attack at Vivian’s aunt apartment and where she had relayed everything she knows about the beginning of the resulted tragedy to the cops that came to her for questioning.
 
The silence in the room went on for 4 minutes before suddenly Mr. Kruger let out a yell. He fell on his knees almost instantly in total shock of Vivian and Margaret who was standing beside him and began to weep, he held unto the hospital bed and let out a more louder yell.
 
Before Vivian and Margaret could do or say anything, two nurse rushed crashing into the room quickly as the door let out a bang sound and hurriedly ran towards the bed.
 
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Mr. Doss stood up sharply with shock immediately he heard what Mrs. Carol Evelyn said. He w¡dened his face seriously and maintained a strong face, he focused at the woman, urging her to continue after a quick glance at Mr. Madison and the two men that had joined them in the office 14 minutes ago.
 
“After weeks passed by, I keep receiving the envelopes and the money, I wanted to find out who was bringing the money on my desk and who was giving me instructions to follow but I was unable to find whoever it is despite my efforts before I made contact with Sophia George”
 
“Sophia George” !! There was a repetition from Mr. Madison immediately.
 
“Yes. Sophia works in the engineering department”
 
“Okay. Continue speaking please”
 
“2 weeks after I told Sophia about the envelop and the paper work instructions, she came to me one pleasant afternoon that she had found out who was giving me the envelopes and the instructions, we both looked sternly into it and discovered that the former director of this company was the one”
 
“Do you have evidences to this proclamation Mrs. Evelyn? Do you realize you are saying the same thing again?” Mr. Doss asked with a broad face.
 
“Yes Mr. Doss, I arranged a meeting a week after I discovered the director was the one giving me the instructions with the help of Sophia. There are pictures taken at the time frame of my meeting with him and our conversation was recorded by me” the woman answered truthfully. She looked at Mr. Doss feeling sober and full of guilty, she took another look at the agent again and back to the director’s face.
 
“What about the money you’ve been laundering with this fake property, I want you to tell us how you go about it” Mr. Madison asked her sharply.
 
“I do not know much details about the money Mr. Madison but according to my conversation with the director and the further instructions he gave me two days after our meeting. I secretly found out a transaction line of $182 million between the director and Mr. Valentine”
 
“Hell, that’s a goddamn lots of money”
“Jesus Christ” Mr. Madison exclaimed almost the same seconds the director exclaimed likewise.
 
“Who is Mr. Valentine?” The director asked sharply after the exclamation.
 
“Its.. Its the same popularly known Valentine Mr. Doss, the founder of Zee’s Xpress himself” the woman answered.
 
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Lord Nathaniel turned on the torchlight he held immediately he stepped into the hut due to the darkness and cleared the cob webs surrounding the door frames. He moved carefully forward and pushed the door open gently again just as Margot and lord Vladimir followed after him.
 
“This place is des**ted Nathaniel. We’ve been walking here and there for too long, haven’t we reach already?” lord Nathaniel heard Margot frustrated voice immediately he jammed the last door leading to another room as the dusty and dirty hut opened.
 
Lord Vladimir who had been following quietly all through the journey looked dirtier the same way lord Nathaniel looked just as Margot herself whose curled hair was filled with dirty webs and her cloth very dirty.
 
“We are here already” Lord Nathaniel answered almost the seconds the last door gave way.
 
The drug lord points the torchlight into the room and step back for the two drug lords behind him to come forward instantly.
 
“Good. Lets call the boys in,side for the weapons” Margot said immediately she took a look at the room thereafter Lord Vladimir who couldn’t but  marvel when he sighted the machine guns and lots of guns carefully arranged in the room.
 
Story written by Ireti Adedipe )
 
To be continued..