Chronicles Of A Runs Girl - S01 E67

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Chronicles Of A Runs Girl - S01 E67

Read Story: SEASON 1 EPISODE 67

What I had done was just dawning on me when several people began helping me up and someone, only God knows why, was pouring pure water over my head.

I started searching for my phone, ignoring the several different voices and manners of English asking me what happened. Someone in particular was holding my arm from behind and not letting go. I turned to see who it was and instantly recognised her. It was the policewoman who had tricked me to get me arrested. She was in mufti. What was she doing there? Something told me to look at the other faces around me, around her, and I recognised two or three faces from the police station. I had f----d up! I had f----d up big time! I remembered what John junior told me about the police being involved. I remembered how he warned me not to tell them about the drop off. I felt my head ringing as I realised that Mama or Uncle China or Rotimi had called them. I had f----d up, yet again, and this time Johnny and his friends were going to pay with their lives.

The policewoman and her policemen took charge of the situation, dispersing the crowd by flashing their badges. She asked me if I was ok. I didn’t answer her. She told me I didn’t need to cry; I wasn’t even aware I was.

A silver Peugeot car pulled up to us and they led me inside. She sat in the back with me. We started driving towards VI and I knew I was now truly going to die in their hands.

“Amaka,” she said, “You are a strong woman.”

How do you respond to this? I was between her and an officer, I assumed, who I didn’t recognize. In front in the passenger seat was a short officer I recognized, he was also in mufti, and a lady in police uniform was driving.

“The way you fought that man, not many people would have had mind to challenge him like that.”

I looked at her wondering what it was she wanted from me or wanted me to say.

“We have been following you since morning. We were just waiting for him to drop you so that we can pick you, but when you started to fight him like that we just had to intervene.”

“What are you talking about?”

“We are going to catch all of them today, this morning. The criminals. The kidnappers. We have made contact with them and they will lead us to your friend and his friends.”

I knew it was a trick so I decided to stop talking.

“Amaka, I’m really sorry about everything that happened to you. The commissioner called us. He said Brutus messed with you.”

“Brutus?”

“Ehn. The night duty officer that, that disturb you.”

I understood.

“He is facing disciplinary panel. I didn’t know about it, if not I would have disciplined him myself. I am woman too. That kind of thing doesn’t normally use to happen in our station but they just transfer him to us. My sister, you are a woman like me, I cannot ask you to forget what happened, but I’m begging you, please, we will deal with him, just take heart. I didn’t know anything about it.”

What was she on about?

“How did you know about today?” I asked her.

“It is out job. We have been investigating nau.”

“Who told you?”

“Told us to investigate?”

“No. About today. Who called you?”

“Nobody called us.”

“So how did you know about the drop off? You said the commissioner called you.”

“Ehn. We know the commissioner is your friend, but this is our job and it is not before someone calls us to say they have interest in a case before we do our job.”

“But how did you know about today?”