The Hole in The Wall - Season 1 - Episode 6

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The Hole in The Wall - Season 1 - Episode 6

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Bami
The shadow is Tallest
Bami spent minutes staring at the words on the back of the deceased. That was the confirmation. The fingerprints had turned up nothing, DNA tests had turned up nothing apart from general biological information. 52 years, blood group O—, genotype AA, colour of eyes and the remaining gibberish.
There were possible matches with some individuals, just the slightest of similar traits but the probability was a huge leap and besides facial identification was the best identification.
So he had requested the coroner turn the body on its chest and there on the back were the four words that identified this man as a shadow. The long sought Mr Kehinde.
The first thing he did was call Andy.
“I’m at the lab, the body has been ID’d its him..have you seen Rex yet?…….oh..tell him then, I’d be with you shortly”
He ended the call with a feeling of dread. So the last of the shadow was dead. That wasn’t unpleasant news, but who killed him?

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Tonye
The B.R.O.T.A agency was located in a modest two story building. There was no advertisement, no banner signifying the name of the agency or the type of work that went on inside. It was inconspicuous and gave the idea of a private house.

But there was adequate parking space. Tonye parked her Toyota venza and noted her husband’s car was not in the lot, neither was Rex or Andy’s. She locked her car with the remote, remembering the previous owner. He wouldn’t be needing the car or any vehicle anytime in the nearest future. He was locked up with the rest of the excos of the widows initiative. Now the jeep that once belonged to Mr Bright was waxed a splashy red and tinted. She had her tint permit. In form of her badge.
The down floor of the agency was were all the work was done. It was clattered with the recently added roomy cubicles for offices for their recent recruits. Each office was furnished with a desk, a chair, an Intel premium computer, printer, scanner and a telephone. Most of their work would be done here. The whole floor was air conditioned thanks to the giant split unit at both ends of the room.
She hurried past and waved hellos through the open doors. Rex new office was the last on this end. The nameplate still read: Olivia.

It was locked as usual. She climbed the short stairs to the second floor. Visitors, clients and not even every employee was allowed on this floor. In fact only four investigators apart from the BROTA themselves. There was a lot of confidential information and research within these walls.

She found Kristen waiting nervously outside her door. The girl was 22 years and incredibly smart and highly efficient apart from little mistakes she made now and then which could be put to inexperience and probably cause she was scared of being fired. Tonye had a reputation for firing people after handing pink slips to two of her previous assistants. But she had no intention of doing that. Kristen was a gem.

“Ma’am..Agent Bami called your work line few minutes ago, he didn’t leave a message, the report is on your desk as requested” she had a steaming mug of coffee and she gave Tonye who smiled. Kristen would always be on the lookout for her car and would be waiting with a cup of coffee every single time. The only time she had been caught unaware Tonye had come with Bami.
“Thanks for this… about the report you know the rules, if its in hardcopy have a backup in soft copy and vice versa.”
The girl nodded eagerly and Tonye smiled. “Its alright, let me dig in..I’d beep you if I need anything”
She entered her office and settled behind her desk. She switched on the wall television with her remote and al Jazeera news came on immediately with the usual reports of terrible acts done by men and occasionally nature.
The report was voluminous indeed and she opened it and schemed through. It was like a scrap book. Images printed from the internet and cut to size with the description and information and sometimes “quotation” of the person written neatly.
Everyone the shadow and CSO of Sunrise Steel had made any form of contact with during his working days and hopefully the two years of his hiatus was in the report in her hands. She sipped her coffee and continued reading through.

Mr Kehinde hadnt really led a quiet life, and he had crossed paths with people, literally. They were mostly other workers of the steel company. Managers, contract workers and other staffs.
Some had been friendly visits outside work for events, weddings, parties and the likes. Others had been as a result of the person disrupting or going against the company’s policy or for safety reasons.
As one of the largest foundries in Africa, safety was a priority of Sunrise Steel.
The report was immediately tiring with no red flag catching her attention as she flipped page after page. It was no surprise most of the people the shadow had come across were now ‘deceased’
She was about to take a break and return Bami’s call when she noticed a particular case that caught her eye.
How come they hadn’t come across this before? She wondered in amazement and read on.
Kristen had rated this as ‘uncertain’ meaning it was not guaranteed 100% to be the shadow. It was recounted by a third person who had witnessed the whole thing.
It read;
July 14, 2011
Mr Tom(not real name) recalls witnessing two lovers quarrel on the balcony of the hotel opposite his house. He was about interfering when the quarrel got violent and he watched them fight in amazement. According to the source, the fight was intense and the duo were obvious professionals.

Finally the lady brought out a dagger and appeared to stab the man who went down and out of view. Mr Tom at this point ran across the road to alert the hotel and together with a security guard (doorman) checked the supposed room and all the rooms on the floor facing the street and even the ones on the other side.

They didn’t find anyone, no trace of blood and nobody dying from a knife wound. Mr Tom was dismissed as old and senile and no police report was filed.

A fortnight later he had been killed by a hit and run driver and the case suddenly picked interest and the clerk and security guard told their story to the journalists who came knocking but apparently not the police.
Kristen then went further to infer that although no description had been given by the couple as the only one who had seen them was dead but at the same period the shadow had reportedly been spotted in a Nissan Sunny at Allen which was a stones throw from the hotel’s location. He had run over a red light and the traffic camera had picked his face and license plates immediately.

The face was blurry as the car had been in motion but the icing on the cake was the plates which was registered to Sunrise steel.
Attached to the report was the picture from the traffic camera, and one of the scene Mr Tom had been killed. The kill had been intentional and the driver had climbed on the corvette partially to obtain maximum contact.
Tonye leaned in her chair as she considered these details unaware her coffee had gone cold.
Who was the mystery woman? and this man had to be the shadow they sought but how was he linked to this woman that they gave the impression of being lovers yet they fought so violently that she had stabbed him. and then what? They disappeared into thin air?
She decided Kristen had to focus on this mysterious woman and dig deeper. There was an angle there she was sure. And with luck they could trace the shadow through her and lock him up once and for all. (She had no idea about the latest developments)

But first she was going to give her young assistant a big commendation and a juicy bonus. The research was neat and thorough.