The Hole in The Wall - Season 1 - Episode 21

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The Hole in The Wall - Season 1 - Episode 21

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Even during the day the room was dark. There was no window, no space for light and ventilation and even the thick door that served as entrance/exit was only opened when she slid in and out of the room. Just like now the door opened and was shut immediately as she entered the room with a laptop in her hands. The soft glow from the laptop screen showed the way for her but as if on second thought she backtracked and felt the wall for a switch.
But when the light came on it wasn’t the same dull yellow light of before which the fan shaded each time it circumvented round it.
Instead the light was a fluorescent and it transformed the room immediately with the white light. She sat down on the chair and looked at the wall thoughtfully but this time there were no pictures. As a matter of fact, a close scrutiny would reveal the room had gotten bigger than before and this time on the table were some archaic recording equipment which hadn’t been there before but she handled it perfectly and pluged in a wire from a big metal box that had just few buttons on it. Then she tapped some keys expertly on her laptop and the second device that resembled a wind mill began rolling then she pushed a button on the box. The voices were surprisingly clear and distinct.

Man’s voice: oya are you people ready… I have somewhere I need to be once I drop you off at the park”

Woman’s voice: we’re ready oo

Elder woman’s voice: Al don’t worry before you bring the car out we would be outside..Utebo is coming..probably packing extra clothes for the children.

Man: okay let me go and be reversing
(After about ten seconds of nothing but background noise and shuffling of feet)
Young boy’s voice: Aunty Olivia.. Is there swimming pool there

The woman laughs heartily, the sound is beautiful.

Woman’s voice: don’t worry Paul, you’d find out everything when you-
She pushed or rather hit the red button stopping the recorded audio immediately. She slammed the laptop with enough furious force that it would be a miracle if the screen didn’t crack.

She left the room with quick, derrmined, aggressive steps but she hit the switch as she passed it plunging the room into darkness then she slammed the door with so much force that the silence that followed seemed just as loud.

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The drive to the hospital seemed shorter than when we had gone previously. It wasn’t till we were almost at the hospital that Andy jerked suddenly

“What is it?” I asked immediately
“The car..your car its still at the back where we parked it!”

I couldn’t believe it. How could I forget my car? Even if I wasn’t the one who had drove..how could I be soo absentminded? But that was the problem I wasn’t absent minded but very conscious. Suffice to say my mind had been thoroughly engaged with the unfolding events.
“Nothing we can do now…we’d come back for it later” Bami said “its parked in a good place and I don’t expect anybody to walk past the land”

Andy said “if Fomé is alive then it means she’s been watching over Rex in silence and when the shadow emerged with the threat, she killed him to protect you”

We were all silent for the rest of the drive to the hospital. What Andy said kept replaying in my head and I have to say I found that option less scary than the other possibilities.

But a little voice from within reminded me from nowhere; hell hath no fury like a scorned woman!


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I directed Bami to the second car park just before the diagnostic building. Tonye held the cooler like it contained jellof rice and we filed into the building.

Andy led the way since it was just the both of us that knew the doctor’s office/lab. He was followed by Tonye and Bami while I brought up the rear.

I saw the same fat woman nurse from earlier and she just observed us with no expression as we passed her desk. Andy and Bami had their badges clipped to their belt, Tonye had a chain and wore her’s like a pendant. I was the only black sheep.


My phone rang as I was about to enter the diagnostic lab and I hung back and silenced it immediately.
I didn’t recognize the number.
“Hello?”
“Morning boss” It was my assistant.
“Jimoh….how you doing, what’s it?”
“Sir, I have a call on hold for you from one Terry..he says he’s from crime sce-”
“Put him through immediately” I interrupted him hardly believing my luck.

Seconds later the vibrant voice of the young technician came on the line. For a fleeting second I wondered if Jimoh was listening.
Terry went straight to the point.

“Our unbelievable luck continues to hold, I found another piece of hair I bagged in the hotel and this one is real…we only just need DNA from the owner of the print to clear the air once and for all.”

“Wonderful…where would you be say in the next one hour I’d get everything you need for the test”

There was a short silence then he said “I thought you said the person was….” His voice trailed off then he said in understanding “ooooooh…you sure work fast, the blue here are still running around with their d!ck in hand” (‘blue’ was an informal term for police)

“Where would you be?” I asked again
“I’d be at headquarters…that’s were my lab is..once you’re there call me and I’d come get you myself”

I was satisfied with this and glanced at my watch “alright…wait wait…lemme have your number”

He recounted the eleven digits and I typed it in my phone by selecting the loud speaker option so I could still hear him.

When he was done he asked “did you get the picture I sent?”

I had even forgotten about that also. I wondered if I should be alarmed about my recent leaking memory but decided it was not ‘leaking’ probably just over engaged.
“I’d check it myself now with my phone” I said

“Okay”
“Heey Terry” I hesitated “Good job man, good job”

He replied “you too”
The line went off and I heard the dial tone which meant the both of us had been alone on the line. Although I wasn’t fooled it was possible Jimoh hung up when he noticed the discussion was winding down.

Or it was also possible he had hung up once he routed the call a part of me reasoned and I wondered about the innate suspicion I had of everybody which had gotten more pronounced the last few days. Well it was needed for survival but Jimoh had been loyal and hardworking so far.

I entered the lab after the call(I had hung back in the corridor to receive the call)
Bami and Andy were at one end of the lab observing the explicit well labelled diagram of the human anatomy.