The Hole in The Wall - Season 1 - Episode 16

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The Hole in The Wall - Season 1 - Episode 16

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Tonye
Tonye woke up before her husband this time around. She watched him sleep for some minutes then she checked the time on the bedside table; 6:02am.

The first thing she did was head for the shower. Then she made coffee an powered her iBook.
She was caught up in a report Cristie had compiled about a politician who was deeply suspected to be responsible for the death of a rival in a different party. Now Chistie had found out the “honourable” politician had contacted the shadow two weeks before the murder. She intended to dig into it once the current case was cleared up. Indeed this report was a can of worms.

She heard Bami’s phone ring and his gruff voice as he answered. A minute later he was standing in the doorway rubbing his eyes sleepily.

“I smell coffee…morning dear”
“I made extra..what was that about, the home call?”

He sat across the table and poured a healthy portion of coffee into his mug. “That was Rex, he and Andy are going to exhume the body”
“So they’re really doing this…is there no other way?” She asked.

Her husband shrugged. His eyes were clearer now that he had taken a gulp of the steaming coffee. “I’m all ears if you have any ideas..”
“How do they plan on digging it out?” She asked.

“You know what, he was vague about that..but he said they’ll need gloves, face masks and protective gear, also a cooler and ice”
Tonye shrugged imagining what was going in the cooler.

“So we’re to head to headquarters for these items then meet up with them. Did he give you the address?”
“Yea…he did” Bami replied.

They were silent for a while as their thoughts took over.

Finally Tonye said “I wasn’t really involved with your mission two years ago but it was pretty clear to all the agents that you wanted to catch Fomé so bad..D.y- rest his soul even told me that she was the priority”

For a long while Bami was silent. Finally he looked at his wife with regret in his eyes. “I was mislead with facts…the order came from way up…the highest echelons of the agency’s hierarchy…and..-” he added with self disgust. “The promise of immediate promotion made me extra dedicated in seeing it through”

“Hmmm….when you say high…just how high up the tree are you talking?”

“I mean the counselor summoned me himself”

“Wow!….you don’t mean it…that’s a serious case then…very serious. What did you make of it?”

He shrugged dejectedly “It wasn’t until much later when I met Rex that I began to question the orders and my actions..but that time it was too late…” He shook his head sadly in the memory of the sisters death. “I surmissed the chief had really strong connections and he wanted Fomé dead so bad he used every connection he had…including the agency.”

“Hmmm…” Tonye made to refill her mug but was surprised to find the jug empty. “What if it wasn’t the chief but something else, or someone else and she had to fake her own death to be safe.”

“I can’t deny its possible….and right now plausible” Bami said.

“Then maybe the incident on the balcony in Kristen’s report happened when she tracked her hunter or vice versa to the hotel”
“Its extremely possible… But maybe the fingerprint was a mistake and Fomé is indeed buried as we speak” even as he said it he knew he was in denial.

There was only one way to find out and Tonye echoed it “well its daylight already.. the only way we could shed light on this mystery is to get moving”

“Sure sure” Bami rushed his beverage and stood up.

“Hope you’re going to shower first?” Tonye asked
Bami smiled guiltily “of course, that’s where I’m heading…I’d be right back”


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It took us exactly 22 minutes to get the right key and get the gate open. The keys had kept mixing together and we finally unhooked the ring.

The land was still as I remembered it two years ago the only difference was the addition of a weeping willow about 5 feet tall growing over Mr X’s grave in the middle of his daughters.
The emotions kept rushing back and I suddenly found myself very weak. Andy was also overcome with memories and he walked to Mona’s grave without a word.

I approached the grave..I couldn’t think of it as Fome’s grave anymore, at least not until the doubt was cleared. To think I had spent hours talking and talking and it wasn’t even Fome’s body under the earth!

I placed my hand gently on the tombstone and shut the thoughts out of my mind as I waited for Bami and Tony.

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