Chapter 96 The police
Aurora arrived at the hospital the next day. She ran into the ward, and when she saw the boys, she broke into tears, kissed them and embraced them tightly.
“Oh God. I was so scared it would be more than these. How are you feeling?” She asked them, and they hugged her again.
“We have missed you so much, mummy. We are much better now. They keep giving us injections and drugs, and now it’s as if nothing happened.” Ryan told, and she nodded, tears still streaming down her eyes.
“I’m so glad you’re okay now.” She answered, and then looked up to see Theo, Carter and Derick staring at her.
She had almost forgotten they were there.
“Hi.” She mumbled as she stood up to greet them. One after the other, they embraced her.
She hugged Carter the tightest, burying her head in his shoulder.
“Where is he? How is he?” She mumbled in tears, her eyes shut very tight in anticipation of the horrible response she could get.
“He’s behind the curtain. Let me walk you there.” He said to her as he held her hand and began to walk to the cubicle curtain.
On opening the cubicle curtain and revealing where Arthur laid, Aurora placed her hand over her mouth and broke into more tears. She slowly went down on her knees in agony, but Carter was there to hold her up.
“His face.” She mumbled, staring at his face which was all wrapped in a bandage.
“The doctor said some glass from the car broke and pierced his skin.” Theo further said.
She shook her head and moved closer to his bed. She sat on the chair next to the bed and held his hand.
“And his leg? What happened to his leg?” She further inquired.
“His bone fractured, but they have taken care of that too.” Theo uttered.
“Will he be able to walk again?” She asked, staring at his legs.
“Of course. The doctor said he may take weeks or even months, but he’ll surely walk.” Carter answered, and she nodded slowly, slowly caressing his hand.
“I shouldn’t have left. Maybe if I was here…”
“Nothing would have changed. This is not the time to blame yourself, Aurora. It’s not your fault, it’s not our fault. The only person at fault is the maniac that left that Van in the middle of the damn road.” Derick responded, and she turned to look at him.
“About the Van…” She cleaned her teary face with the back of her hand. “Any more information about it? Was it there and Arthur just ran into it?” She questioned, and Derick scoffed.
“Arthur has been driving on the road for years. He’s pretty familiar with how all the roads work and are linked. He definitely wouldn’t just run into the van, would he?”
“But we don’t know anything for sure yet. Do we?” Aurora asked.
“No, we don’t, but we are going to find out more. The police have started investigations. We should visit the station later in the evening to know how it’s going.” Theo responded.
Aurora nodded slowly and turned to look at Arthur again.
“I’m here now, Arthur. I’m here now.” She muttered, planting a kiss on the back of his hand.
Getting to the police station, Alec asked to see his friend who happened to be the head of police in the area.
“Come in, Alec!” His friend waved from inside his office, and with a wide smile, he walked in to him.
“How are you today, Freddie? I hope I didn’t cause any distractions. You seemed a little busy when I saw you from where I waited.” Alec uttered, shaking hands with Freddie before sitting.
“Oh yes, I’ve been pretty busy. The incident that happened today has been keeping me on my toes.”
“Oh yes. About that. How is it going?” Alec further asked, and Freddie looked at him.
“You know I can’t tell you details.” He responded, and Alec nodded, heaving a sigh.
“I know. But what if I told you I may know who is behind it.” Alec uttered, causing Freddie to furrow his brows.
“Behind what exactly? The accident?”
“It wasn’t an accident, Freddie. It was made to seem like an accident. That Van was sent by someone to Arthur and his kids. Have you checked the CCTV cameras at all? You should find out when the Van got there.”
“I know, Alec. They are working on getting all video footage from that road and the others that lead to it.” Freddie answered, and Alec nodded.
“This person you suspect, who is he?” He further asked, and Alec pulled out his phone.
“It’s a woman. Here are some recordings I have obtained from her conversation with someone and our conversation. She’s on her way out of the country as we speak. We should stop her before she gets away.” Alec told with his fists clenched.
After listening to the recordings on Alec’s phone, Freddie called one of his teammates.
“I need you to find out where Anita Wilfred is, and bring her to the station for questioning. Make sure she doesn’t escape.”
The cop hurried out of the office, gathered some other cops and headed out on the mission.
“I’m so grateful for this information, Alec. How are you related to Anita again?” Freddie asked.
“She was my friend. But now, she’s nobody to me.” He answered with a stern look and Freddie nodded.
“And these recordings, how were you able to get them? I mean the one with someone else.”
“I was in her place when she was on that phone call. She refused to tell me who she was, but I listened and recorded everything she was saying because I suspected she was in some shady dealings.”
“You know Arthur too?” Freddie questioned, picking up his note.
“Hold on. Is this an interrogation?” Alec asked with a frown.
“C’mon, Alec. You know how this is done. I can’t get such information from you and not ask you these simple questions.” Freddie answered with a chuckle.
“Well, I knew Aurora, Arthur’s Ex-Fiancee. We were very good friends before she left the country.”
“Very good friends, hun?”
“Yes! Very good friends. Nothing more.” Alec responded in frustration, making Freddie laugh.
“I’ll let you know what’s up later. Thank you.” He answered, and Alec nodded. He thought about Anita again and shook his head.
‘I warned you to stay away from him. Don’t blame me for doing this.’