MARRIED TO A STRANGER
By: Mister Allen
Episode 29
She was running so fast that she didn’t realise when she reached the end of the street, “what should I do now?” she thought to herself, she didn’t feel safe standing there on the street because she knew if Deji was responsible, his men could still be hanging around or possibly even following her. Just as she was still contemplating, she saw a taxi and flagged it down, jumping in immediately it slowed down without waiting for it to come to a halt, “ah! Madam na wa o, e be like say you don dey wait for taxi tey tey” the taxi driver exclaimed when she rushed into thetaxi, “please just drive” she replied ignoring his mischievous remark, “where you dey go?” the man asked, suddenly making her realise that she had no clue where she was going, she had been so desperate that she stopped a taxi without having a destination in mind, “madam any problem?” The taxi driver asked, “abi you no wan go again?”“Take me to Tebe Drive” she replied, that was where Aunty Fanny lived; she decided she would spend the night there with Jojo since there was no way Deji would know she was there, moreover, Aunty Fanny stayed in an estate that was secure and she would be able to help her report it to the police. Although, Aunty Fanny was Jeff’s Aunty, she was nice to Lara and Lola and treated them like they were her daughters unlike a lot of other aunties who may have been mean to them.
“What a pleasant surprise! you hardly come around to visit” Aunty Fanny said when she saw Lola at the door, “or have you come to steal Jojo away?” She joked. “Not really” Lola replied looking obviously worried, it didn’t take Aunty Fanny long to notice that she seemed to be a little uneasy, “is there a problem?” Aunty Fanny asked stepping aside for her to come in, “I don’t know how to say this but I think something terrible might have happened to Jeff” Lola announced, “how do you mean?” Aunty Fanny asked getting apprehensive, she was very fond of Jeff, he was her Late elder sister’s only son and she treated him like he was her own.
“I met the door wide open when I returned to the house today….” Lola began narrating what happened “Why didn’t you go straight to the police?” Aunty Fanny screamed when Lola finished narrating her story, “I was too scared” Lola replied being careful not to mention anything about Deji to her. “Have you tried calling Jeff ?” Aunty Fanny asked, “I tried calling on my way here but his phone is switched off” Lola replied,“We’re going to have to invite the police over ASAP” Aunty Fanny said, picking her phone to dial the Inspector General of police, she was a retired member of the police force and was still very well respected even after her retirement. “Good evening, Inspector Salami” she said when the call went through, “I have a crisis on my hands, I need you to send your men down to me now.” she ordered.
“The police will be here any moment and you’ll have to take them to the house so that they can carry out their investigations.” she informed Lola after hanging up, “They might ask a lot of questions but don’t get intimidated, just cooperate with them” she advised, “I hope they wouldn’t think I did anything wrong?”Lola asked starting to get frightened, “no not at all; unless of course they have reasons to think you did”Aunty Fanny replied looking suspiciously at Lola, “of course not, why would they?” Lola stammered.About an hour later, two policemen arrivedat Aunty Fanny’s residence, they questioned Lola about everything she knew about the incident and Jeff’s whereabouts, “I don’t know anything about his whereabouts.
I haven’t seen him since he left the house this morning?” Lola answered, “where does he work?” One of the police men asked, “he lost his job a few months ago and hasn’t been able to secure another since then” Lola explained,“do you have any idea where he could possibly have gone?” He questioned further, “no, I have no idea what he does with his time, I’m not his wife” Lola replied,“where is his wife then? Is she aware of what is going on?”“No, she’s not, she’s out of the country on an official trip” Lola replied, “and you haven’t tried to contact her since the incident?” the police man probed, “no,not yet, she hasn’t been able to secure a phone number since she traveled, we only communicate via email” Lola responded, “I see” the police man replied nodding, “does Jeff have any friends he might have gone to visit then? Or colleagues perhaps”he asked, “I don’t know, his friends and colleagues hardly visit him” Lola replied, “That’s Strange…” the inspector started to say, “Oh! Wait! I just remembered, I’ve seen him with this particular friend a couple of times; as a matter of fact, it’s the only friend I’ve seen him with” Lola interrupted, “what’s his name?” He asked, “he’s Mr Franklin” Lola replied, “Franklin who?” the inspector asked, “I don’t know” Lola responded.
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