Must Read: Deceit (A Short Story) By Amponsem Akosua - Season 1 - Episode 17

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Must Read: Deceit (A Short Story) By Amponsem Akosua - Season 1 - Episode 17

"Adeola mi, its been over a month now, any development in the investigation" my mother asked me

"good news is coming soon mom"

"lest I forget, Adedotun(eldest brother) is coming home next month with his family. I just pray he doesn't meet this mess"

"hmmmm!! Mama, it would have been all settled. I have to take my leave now I need to meet my guests and detective today" she gave her mom a peck on her cheek and exited


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"I need to discuss something I found out recently with you" John's wife told me

"I hope it helps our investigation"

"about 2years after John's death I was heading somewhere In a public transport when I heard some ladies gossiping, I was sitting behind them, they had a picture they were viewing on their phone, they said everything that was connected to the picture, who the person was and how they knew him. Guess what"

"what's that ?"she eagerly asked

"John was the man in the picture. At the sight of that picture then I realized there was more to him"

That was when Detective came in,"do you care to tell us some of the things you heard that day?"
We both turn around to see who that was, his question came as a surprise. He must have heard what we were saying.

"one of the ladies said it happened by her house, the man in the picture was kidnapped and the ransom demanded from the wife was exorbitant. Though she is a rich woman, she couldn't pay all but she paid more than half of the requested ransom. Even at that the man wasn't released and everyone felt he is dead. They zoomed the picture and I saw the mole he has on the left side part of his chest because he was shirtless in the picture and of course I've seen it many times. That was when I knew it was John. He had a different name then too and it happened in the northern part of nigeria 2years before I met him"

The mole of a thing sounds familiar, Chuks has a mole too but I couldn't remember where exactly.
I introduced the woman to detective and how connected she was to the case.

"This case is getting somewhere" detective said to us.