Chapter 43

"In the halls of justice, the only justice is in the halls."
Lenny Bruce
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The Purple House, Carbuja.
Once Jeremy arrived in Carbuja, he was picked up by a Limousine that took him to the purple house. After passing through the securities, Jeremy was lead to the president's office by the president's secretary.
"Right this way, Mr. Akinsola." The secretary said and lead Jeremy into the president's office. "Mr. President, your guest is here." The secretary announced and opened the door leading to the president's office.
In the middle of the room stood president Olusola with a glass of wine in one hand and a smile on his face.
"You may leave, " president olusola said to his secretary. The Secretary bows and left the office. "Welcome Attorney Akinsola." The president with a warm smile and beckoned Jeremy to seat on the leather couch in the office.
"It is an honor to be invited, your excellency. I believe this belongs to you, " Jeremy reached into his pocket and gave the president a yellow wrapped present. "This is your seal and I believe I should return this to you."
"You can keep it, " president olusola declared.
"I... C-can keep this, " Jeremy stuttered and looked at the president again to be sure of what he heard. "I can keep this, " he said clearly this time.
"Of course, " the president nodded. "You can keep it."
Jeremy smiled and put the yellow
Wrapped present back into his pocket.
"So young man, you might have been surprised when you saw my letter right?"
"Yeah, sir."
The president chuckled and drink up from his glass of wine. "You are a great man attorney Jeremy and I admire your courage. Before we proceed to the reason why I called you here, I think you should rest after a long journey down here. A room has been prepared for you in one of the presidential so feel free to order anything."
"Thank you, Mr. President, " Jeremy shook hands with him. "Thanks for inviting me over."
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Langose international Airport, Langose.
The alarm on Yomi's phone woke him up from his slumber. He opened his eyes and cursed angrily when he realized that he was inside his car. He quickly checked his phone for any text messages or calls from Jeremy. When he saw none, he dialed Jeremy's number but it went directly to voicemail.
"Hello, this is Jeremy Akinsola. I'm kindly busy right now so leave a message."
Yomi groaned in frustration and threw his phone into the backseat of the car. He deep his hand into the back pocket of his trouser and bought out the ticket he bought yesterday after Jeremy left. The flight was supposed to leave by 7:00 A.m and judging by the time on his mobile phone, it was 6:30 A.m. Yomi straighten his clothes, grab his phone, and came out of his car. He walked out of the parking lot and headed inside the Airport.
Yomi took a seat beside an old man while waiting for the announcement of his flight. He continuously checked his phone and almost jumped off the chair when his phone rang. He didn't bother checking the call as he picked up at the first ring.
"Jeremy, you are insane! I've been trying to......"
"Well, excuse you. This is Kendra and not Jeremy." Kendra's British accent sounded angry on the phone.
Yomi remove the phone from his ear and checked the caller. When he saw the name, he muttered a curse word and placed the phone back to his ears.
"Hey Kendra, what's up."
"What's up!" Kendra yelled and Yomi removed the phone from his ears." Where the fuck are you? You and Jeremy disappeared yesterday and your senses didn't inform you that you needed to call us."
"I'm sorry Kendra, " Yomi apologized.
"Sorry isn't going to solve any shit yomi. I need your ass back here because we've finally cracked the security code of the SD card Jeremy gave to us. Everyone here has been trying to reach Jeremy since yesterday but his number isn't going through. Have you spoken to him?" Kendra asked with anticipation in her tone.
"No, I haven't spoken to Jeremy."
"Damn! What should we do? And where the fuck are you?"
"The flight to Carbuja is boarding, all passengers should please move to gate 22."
"I gotta go now. I'll call you back."
"Wait, are you at the airport now. Why are you there? What happened?" Kendra questioned.
"I'll call you, " you said and dropped the call. He sighed and walked to gate 22. Soon, he was on the flight to Carbuja.
Yomi wanted to find Jeremy by all means and the first place he was going once he gets to Carbuja was the purple house. He didn't know how he was going o enter into such a place but all that ran through his mind was the idea of seeing Jeremy and making sure that he was fine.
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LGPD(Langose police department)
Lara stretched her body after interrogating a case of murder. It was a case of a father that murdered his wife in front of his son. All through the investigation, Lara's mind was elsewhere and it was on a certain somebody.
She checked her phone to see if Jeremy or you called her but all she saw was a picture of her sister, her niece, and herself staring back at her. She smiled as she stared at the picture. She continued staring at the picture as she headed towards her desk that she didn't know when she collided with someone. Her phone dropped to the ground and the person she collided with bent down to help her with the phone. When their eyes met, Lara stared at the man for a while before looking away.
"Thank you, " she said and walked away from the man.
When she got to her desk, Dora walked to her and told her some shocking truth.
"I saw you colliding with a man just now."
"What is it, Dora?" Lara asked in an irritated tone. "Don't you have a case to solve?"
"Of course I do. I just wanted to tell you that the man visited the chief police officer."
"What?" Lara exclaimed and looked around the office. Everyone was busy with their work and nobody was looking at them. She pulled Dora's hand and led her into the washroom.
"What are we doing here?"Dora questioned.
" The whole office is filled with bugs so anything you say would be heard by the chief police," Lara told her and she gasped. "We are safe here so tell me what you were telling me before."
"The man you collided with was visiting the chief police and....." Dora paused.
"And what?" Lara asked impatiently.
"The man isn't here on an official duty and he doesn't look like a police officer so why was he visiting the chief police." Dora placed a finger on her lips and pondered.
Meanwhile, Lara flashed back to when she collided with the man and when their eyes met. She knew she had seen him somewhere and tries to remember. She rushed into one of the toilets and shut the door.
"Hey Lara, where did you go?" Dora asked.
"I'm in here. You may leave, I want to take a shit." Lara replied from inside the toilet.
"Alright then. I'll see you at lunch." Dora said to her and walked out of the washroom.
Lara sighed as soon as she left. She looked at her phone that now has a broken screen and stared at the picture on the screen. It was the picture that made her collided with that man.
When she remembered the man, she went to her gallery and began to scroll through her pictures. She hasn't taken a picture in a while except for the pictures she took at the murder scene. When it got to her sister's and niece's pictures, she smiled as she stared at the last picture they sent to her. tears dropped from her eyes and she quickly wiped them off from her face.
"I miss you both," Lara said to the image of her sister and niece. When she scroll to the next picture, she zooms into the picture. She gasped when she saw someone she never expected to see.
The man she collided with a while ago was also on the plane that crashed months ago.
"How could two people resemble each other so much?" Lara thought as she looked at the picture closely.
"Whomsoever that's man is I'm going to find out," Lara said to herself.
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The next day,
"Good morning good people of median. I'm melody Anderson reporting from Carbuja. It is sad news to announce that Attorney Jeremy passed away in a car accident yesterday. We haven't confirmed his death yet but according to our source, Jeremy Akinsola was seen traveling two days ago to carbuja. He was caught on the CCTV camera at the airport when he was boarding the flight. Although his body was burned beyond recognition, some items were found on him that indicate that he was indeed Jeremy Akinsola. This is sad news as Jeremy Akinsola was a man of truth and was loved by all. Rest in peace Jeremy Akinsola."
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Thanks for reading.......
This episode ended in an unexplainable way and the question is, how did Jeremy die? And what happened before he did.
Before you comment, I'll like you to wait for the next episode and see what happened to Jeremy.
Let's go catch some bad guys ?????
Melody