"How long have you been living here?"
"I was born here but I used to leave when I went to study and when I graduated or went on vacation I came back here"
"How do you know this policeman?"
"He is a very famous person around here"
As they continued with their conversation while they were walking in an area that was not very clear, they heard the strong voice of a very happy young man.
"Naira, I see you have picked up a treasure from the sand, where did you get that rich man today?" that question made Naira laugh a lot as she reached out her hand to the young man in greeting but she did not answer him. It was the first time Jason saw the girl's smile and he found himself smiling too, it was very dark but the light of the house lights made him see clearly how Naira's cheeks were pressing down when she laughed.
"Don't pay attention to the young men here, they always like to make fun of me"
"Don't worry, it's very good that you live with people with love."
They continued talking until they turned a corner and Naira stopped after walking about ten steps, she spoke a little and knocked on one of the black gates there.
"This is where he lives" As soon as she finished speaking, the gate was opened and a man who was in a white vest came to open it.
"Of course, you are Officer Bakari," Jason asked
"Yes, what can I help you with?" The officer asked while looking at Naira who greeted him.
"Naira, thank you for bringing me here" Jason didn't have to wait long, he put his hand in his pocket took out a wad of cash and handed the girl all the money that made her stunned, and Jason had to shock her back to reality.
"If you have any problem call me, if you can't find me then come here and find this Officer and he will bring you to me" Those words made the girl cry again, it was not the words that were killing her but the money that was given to her. The Officer signalled the girl to go then he welcomed the guest inside while Jason ended up sad.
"What can I help you with?" The officer then asked when they sat on the porch where the air was fresh
"Why do you live such a reckless life and you have a good job, what's the problem until you come to dig for yourself in places like this?" Jason's question shocked Officer Bakari.
"I think it's better if you introduce yourself first, who are you?"
"Ooooooh my head is all over the place. I am the chief judge Marvellous Japhary's young brother, he was murdered yesterday, I think you have that information?"
"Yes, I have information, but saying that you are the chief judge's younger brother? I don't know. I only heard that he has a younger brother, but I don't know him, so it's not very easy to believe you, my brother. I think if it's an official problem, you have to wait until tomorrow at the office."
"As you speak so quickly, you should know that I have wasted my time and energy to come so far away. I am not a fool to come here at this hour if It's not important, you think I don't know there is an office? I have been directed here by the IGP, that's why I bothered to get here" he said while taking out a picture that he had of his brother with his family and gave it to Officer Bakari who looked at it very carefully.
"That's my only family and that's what I had left in the world but it has been mercilessly taken, I don't know what their goal was, the IGP has told me that you were the first person to go there with your team after the incident happened. I need you to give me the ABC of everything that happened there, but before that I ask for information about the girl who brought me here" Asp looked at Jason,
He was talking to him very lightly, he understood that his brother was a person with a high position and a very good life. He took his phone and called the IGP to confirm if it was true that the person came through him because the information he needed was very sensitive, it would have been bad and dangerous if he had mixed himself up to give it to someone completely unrelated to the information.
"Listen to him and give him everything he needs" was a deep voice that was heard on the other side just after receiving the call and then the call was hung up before the caller said anything. It is clear that the IGP knew that he must have met Jason. Jason had no doubt, he waited for the man to finish calming his worries while he was very looking at his watch, the officer sighed heavily and opened his mouth.
"First of all, let me start by saying I am very sorry my brother for everything that has happened to you. I know it is very difficult to bear it but men are always born to face challenges and there is no other way but to face them, that is the only way to solve them. About the girl, she is a very polite girl, although I don't have much information about her because she is well known in these streets for her humour and manners, but she comes from a family with a very difficult life. It is claimed that her father's sympathy for needing to help his brothers led him to be cheated of all the wealth he had, the situation led him to become insanely ill and that led even his wife to get heart problems and unrelenting pressure. She is the eldest among her siblings, so she is the one who is depended on by both her parents and her siblings. She managed to finish her college education but I hear that she has failed to find a job because many men ask for her body in return for a position but she has never allowed that because she has been brought up with very good values according to the information I have" The explanation left Jason at a crossroads because the girl has not long ago asked him for food just to sleep with her. How could she agree to give her body for treats and then refuse to give her body to get a job, he felt that there might be a very big problem behind what the girl was going through, so she decided to keep it in the bag so that he can follow it carefully.
The officer coughed a little to give an account of the incident in which he was the first police to arrive with his young men after the Honorable Chief Justice Markvelous Japhary was killed.
"It's true that I was the first person to arrive there after the incident happened with my men, the bar……." Officer Bakari was about to give an explanation when he was interrupted by Jason
"You will start from the beginning, can you tell me briefly how you knew that there was a problem at home?"
"I was called by the IGP and he gave me instructions that the honourable chief judge left the court running, it was clear that there was a big problem because even his bodyguard could not be seen with him, he left by himself and left with his driver who was in the car waiting for him. Due to The situation in which he left the court, it was very clear that he was going there with no security, so I was called. The goal was to follow the honourable chief judge. when we got there we were already late because we found that they were already dead and the killer, I'm sure had just left less than five minutes before because the blood we found was still very fresh" he explained.
"Now you can continue where you left off" The man allowed him to continue with his explanation
"When we arrived, we found that all the security guards had been killed in one type of death, so the simple answer is that they were killed by one person, but after conducting a preliminary investigation, I decided there was more to this issue. I cannot leave all those who were involved, I will find them. and I will do this work myself personally because when cases like this reach the hands of the superiors, there is a lot of money, especially if they have an interest, that's why I want to investigate it outside with a police uniform." he took a small breath to let the places spread in Jason's head. He was not a very impatient person in his life, he is a very careful person in every step he takes.
"As I said after the very first investigation there is something very serious that I discovered there and I did not tell anyone, not even the boss, I have not told him at all. I think you will be the right person to tell because it is your family, so it is your right to know" Officer Bakari slightly added the desire to Jason needing to know that information from him, something that made him pay more attention.
"Your brother was killed by people very close, if not very close, then it is someone who knows him well and maybe they are friends or someone they are close to" That really shocked Jason, he suddenly had a lot of questions but because the person was there then he had no problem asking him what that thing was