Chapter 19

NATHANIEL

Ryan stepped into my office and the guard locked the door behind him and he dropped a file onto the table and I took it from there and opened it while resting back on my chair.

“It's a match. Everything aligned. Your daughter is linked to Jason ”, I looked at him.

“How? What happened? I mean the browns have never indicated that they had a missing daughter”

“It's not like you would've helped them look for their daughter if she was lost”, I nod.

“But she landed in your hands now. Jason has been working on her missing case for several years now and...”, I interrupt him.

“That is why he joined the police force”

“Exactly. This is a menace to us. Jason has been a detective for years and you know how dedicated he is in his work knowing that his long-lost sister is in your hands and that you are the mastermind behind the human trafficking ring and also everything else would be a big break for him because he will take you down”, I bite my bottom lip and rubbed my face.

“Damnit!”

Silence settles between us. After we left Don's house Kaitlin had me a bit scared with how she acted but more about how Don acted around her and I wanted him to do a little investigating into Kaitlin's past. I didn't want to do it. I honestly didn't but after that day it drove me to do it. I didn't anticipate this. Don and I are business partners in Property development. Let's say I am a link to his work and so am he to mine.

“There is more”, I gaze at Ryan.

“Don is not Kaitlin's father. It is her uncle”

“That doesn't make sense. Isn't Jason his child?”, I am a bit confused.

“Well, Don's wife cheated at some point with Don's brother. He found out about the last-born daughter being a bastard kid. They used to stay in a little town during that period and rage overcame him.”

“Meaning?”

“From a small village to the richest part of Abuja. Ask yourself how he got there”

“He sold her”, he nods.

“Fuck!”

“That's not all, after the disappearance of your woman his wife sank into depression. She has been in and out of psychiatric institutes.”

“Where is his brother in all of this?”

“He committed suicide 2 years later.”, I chewed my bottom lip.

“We have to ship her elsewhere”, Ryan replies glancing at me.

“That won't happen, she is not going anywhere. Jason is tiny water I will manage everything. What we need to do is make sure that at Home Affairs she is made my wife get rid of her false ID and get her a real one since Jason will start digging around and have some dots. I don't want loose ends”

He glances at me and slowly nods before turning and exiting my office. Fuck this is a disaster. I check my watch rise from my desk and place the file away in my safe before leaving the workplace.

KAITLIN

“be on the phone / Calling you tonight / I can make you show me / Make us no dey argue / I no wan sleep alone / Wanna embrace you ..."

I gently murmur to the tune playing on the TV in the room as I am doing my hair. I very recently acquired these hair products. The flat iron to be exact and I believed that my weave needed to be revitalized a bit and I feel like looking fantastic today. I was done and glanced at myself in the mirror and smiled. A knock comes at the door and I glance up to it.

“Come in”, I say and the assistant walks in carrying a home phone.

“Good morning Mrs Kaitlin, there is a phone call for you”

“From who?”, I set the flat iron on the dresser and unplugged it from the circuit.

“The man said he is Detective Brown ”, My heart skipped a beat.

“Ohw”, She handed the phone to me and exited the room.

I got the remote rose from the dressing table chair and placed the phone on my ear.

“Hello”, I say.

“Is this Kaitlin?”, I gulp.

“Yes this is she, how may I help you detective?”, I sat on the bed.

“I am Jason Brown. We met the last time at...”, he says

“Yes I remember”

“Mmh, I have been working on a case for quite some time and it's about a girl who was trafficked 10 years ago from a Small village...”, I zoned off after that.

_FLASH BACK_

“Kaitlin don't run by the cars!”, My mother yelled at me as I rushed behind a moving automobile and I halted.

My brother raced after me and he grabbed me by my arm.

“Bring her back!”, She says and he takes my hand and I skip away with him back to my mother.

_END OF FLASH BACK_

“Are you there?”

“Yes, I am here. How will I aid with the case?”

“I just need to ask you to come down to the station for some questioning. I feel you could have a clue to the case and solve it and find the girl”, he says.

“Uhm, I will speak to my husband about coming”, I say

“Please don't mention it to him. It is confidential", I somewhat frown.

“Okay. May I ask a question?”

“Ofcause” “If you find the girl, will she be questioned about what?”, I ask.

“About who abducted her and where she has been. We need to apprehend the folks who snatched her”, He says.

“And if they are dead maybe”

He holds his quiet for a minute.

“Even if one dies there is still someone carrying on with the trafficking operation. 17 females have been missing for the previous 3 weeks”, I didn't know that.

“Oh, thank you. I will come by one of the days”

“I will inform you of my station, bye”

“Bye”, he hangs up and I lay my hand on my breast.

I glance at myself in the mirror. What is happening? What if the girl case he is working on is about me? Will he take me to my parents? I don't know how to feel about this yet I am intrigued as to how I can contribute. I might not know the girl even. A knock comes on the door and I open it. It is the assistant. I give him the phone.

“Thank you" “Breakfast is ready”, she says.

“Okay, I am coming”, she nods and goes.

I stow everything up and I go out of the bedroom and walk down the stairs. I arrive at the dining room and I set myself down on the table. A few seconds later Thorne walks in and sits down.

“Morning”, he says.

“Good morning", I wash my hands and fetch the meal I desire.

After that, I started eating. I can't leave the house without him being notified. That I know and also if I don't tell him anything he could become furious at me.

“Nathaniel ”, he glances at me when I say that.

“I...I”

I stay silent for a moment.

“Is everything okay?", I nod and grin slightly.

“Yes. Yes. Uhm I got a call this morning”, he frowns.

“From who?”

“Jason Brown ”

He retains his quiet as if he is waiting for me to say further.

“He said he needs my help in solving a case about a girl that has been missing 150 years ago”, He scoffs and lies back on the chair.

“You are not going”, he says.

“Why?”

“I said so Kaitlin ” I looked around the room preserved my quiet and went on eating. I rose from my chair and threw the napkin on the table. He grasped my arm before I could go.

“You haven't eaten”, he says.

“I lost my appetite”

“Sit down and eat”, I wrenched my arm from his clutches.

“And I am going to meet up with the detective. If it means finding my family then so be it”, I walked away from him.

“Fuck!”, I hear the silverware cracking as I made my way up the stairs.

I walked into the bedroom and made my way to the bathroom to wash my face and rinse my mouth. I finished and he stepped in the restroom and leaned on the frame.

“I don't like it when you defy me”, he says.

“You didn't employ me like everyone else in this yard. I am not about to be your lap dog Thorne even if you wanted me to.”, I don't know where I am getting the courage to say this to him but I am mad. I want to go and help.

”Fine. Go and see him”, he walks out of the bathroom and I look at where he vanished. The next thing I heard was the door pounding and locking.

I hurry to the door and try to open it.

“Open the door!”, I hammered on it.

I turned and marched up and down. He will open it for me, right?