The substance

Evelyn’s POV

“Well this is news, you never said you were with him last night, Karen “

“Excuse me Evelyn don't forget your husband was the last person with him “

“I think you mean our husband's because I'm sure you know Matthew was also there “

“Babe please it's fine “

Walt dragged me into his arms and held me from behind with both of his hands wrapped around my stomach he held me very close like he was scared to lose me.

“I'm sorry Mrs Rachel but I'm I missing something? Why did you go to Mr Christopher’s room at such a late hour?”

“He was one of my closest friends and I loved being around him, But now he is gone, he was an elder brother I never had to me, he was always there for me even when some people left he never did”

She started to cry again and I knew the last part of her word was for Walt, that crazy woman was overdoing it.

“Mrs Evelyn I need a favor from you”

“What is it, officer?”

“No one among everyone here is allowed to leave this city for at least Two weeks, till we are done with this investigation because everyone here is a suspect “

“Two weeks!?”

“Yes madam, and I still need to take a look at some of the tapes here if you don't mind”

“Of course, I don't “

I was not happy about having these guests of mine for another two weeks I never planned on having them stay for one more day and now, Two weeks!!!

“Mrs. Rachel, what time did you go to Mr Christopher's room?”

“I'm not sure maybe 1 am or sum”

“You went to see a man in his hotel room at past midnight? A man that you knew was with his wife?”

“Ok officer I don't know what you are trying to say but Christopher was not just an ordinary man to me he was…”

“Your elder brother right bitch!?”

Rachel stood up and said angrily to Martha, her eyes were very red and they swelled too.

She wore a long pink trouser and a shorthand black top.

The officer played the tape and rewound it to when Rachel entered Christopher's room to meet him, There were CCTV all over the hallway so we could see when she entered the room and when she came out but we didn't see her inside the room.

We watched and saw her enter the room then when Rachel Christopher's wife came back to the room about to enter Martha opened the door and came out.

“Mr. Matthew, did you know your wife went to see Mr Christopher?”

“I had no idea officer, I was asleep “

“Did you know about her relationship with Mr Christopher or should I rather ask what kind of relationship she share with him?”

“I knew they were friends even before I knew her and that's all I know”

“Mr Christopher knew your wife before you?”

“Yes officer, Walt here introduced me to both of them”

“So Mr. Walt what kind of friendship did Mr. Christopher and Mrs Martha share?”

“We were all friends and that was it”

“Interesting “

Everything began to get more and more intense. We continued with the tape.

The officer paused it and turned to Rachel.

“Mrs Rachel you have children?”

“Yes officer, I have two boys”

“When you entered the room after Rachel left how was the atmosphere inside? How did your husband react to you?”

“He was fine, he even hugged me, I asked why Rachel was there and he told him she had some things to tell him about and that was it”

“Did he tell you the things?”

“No, he told me not to worry and I should shower so we could sleep, so I entered the bathroom and I bathed but when I came out of the bathroom he was someone else completely “

“How do you mean someone else completely?”

“He was angry about nothing, he broke things inside the room, he walked up to me and hit me severely without any reason. Then Walt and Matthew came and they both dragged him out of the room and that was the last time I saw my husband “

And she burst into tears again this time with much pain in her voice.

He played the tape again and we found something interesting Martha entered the room twice, the first time when Rachel was not inside the room then the second time when Rachel had already entered.

“Mrs. Martha you never said you entered the room twice, why did you go back to the room?”

“I… well, the thing is I left my phone in the room so I went back to get it”

“Rachel, did you know Martha came to the room again?”

“I had no idea I think she came after I entered the shower”

“Let's watch this again”

He replayed the same tape about 4 times but there was nothing, just immediately Matthew walked toward the officer and told him to pause and zoom that there was something in Martha's hand.

“Pause and zoom carefully I think there's something that she held there “

“Babe, what do you mean “

“You better keep quiet I'm trying to hold myself right now don't push me, have had enough of your nonsense okay”

It was pretty intense between them I and Walt just stood there and watched them argue.

“Walt, remember I told you Angel wanted to tell me something but she didn't “

“I don't think you did babe”

“It was Chloe that I told, I still don't know what she wants to tell me”

I and Walt spoke quietly to each other not minding the drama right in front of us.

“Mrs. Martha please, listen to me, this is a police investigation please, stop interrupting and let us do our jobs”

When he paused the video and tried to zoom in the power went out and it was more than dramatic.

I had this strong urge that she had something to do with everything, but there was no way she had something to do with the light, no matter how powerful she was she would never be able to control what happened in my hotel, I had disciplined staff in every corner.

The lights came back on but Rachel was on the floor, we all quickly ran to her and raised her from the floor but she didn't respond. It felt like she was dead we all became worried.

I was more than exhausted, this was not the plan I had for myself. I only wanted to do today was to see them off to the airport then come back to the house and rest with my husband.

“Come on I'm pregnant I shouldn't be going through all this. A murder at my hotel, now the deceased wife Was trying to join him? Oh please spare me”

I thought quietly to myself, Matthew brought a bowl of water and poured it on Rachel's face, she finally opened her eyes and there were signs of relief on everyone's faces.

Walt dragged and held me around the waist then he kissed me right in front of everyone, he told me he loved public displays of affection so I was not surprised by his act instead I kissed him too.

We broke the kiss and he looked at me directly into my eyes.

“I love you so much, Evelyn “

“Oh my God Walt, you look so stressed out “

He hugged me and cried for the first time I saw Walt cry and it broke my heart that he cried, he was so affected by his friend's death and everything else that was happening he was so tired.

“And everyone said I was crazy? Read the room my foot”

Chloe mockingly said to everyone and it was directed at me and Walt.

“Oh, please Evelyn get a room, we are in the middle of a crisis. Christopher was murdered in your hotel and now Rachel almost died and both of you think it's the best time to kiss and recite your wedding vows?”

“I never asked you to stand up for me Martha, I should be apologizing to Evelyn, and Walt for ruining their day, they just got married and probably had plans for their honeymoon but all these ruined, so I'm grateful to them”

Rachel’s voice was filled with so much pain I could feel her agony.

“And for all we know you might have a hand in my husband's death you crazy ass bitch”

“Ouuuuu go, Rachel”

“Officer, please can we go back to the tape”

We watched the tape this time around more carefully, we paused and zoomed in but didn't find anything. But for some reason, her husband Matthew believed there was something in that tape, and I had a strong urge about it too.

“Wait, pause, and zoom now not too much just a bit”

“Walt, is there something?”

“Officer, remember the blue substance we saw an unknown person give that child by the poolside in the tape right?”

“Yes, I do Mr. Walt “

“Well take a look at Martha’s chest”

We all looked carefully and saw the blue substance inside her top, it was handless too so she must have hidden it inside the top so no one would see.

We didn't notice it at first because we all thought she would hold it in her hand. So our focus was on her hand.

“You crazy bitch, what did you do to my husband “

Rachel was ready to kill Martha right there but Walt held her.

“Walt, please, let me go this crazy bitch killed Christopher I need to ask her why she did it”

She sat on the floor and hugged Walt, He tried his best to hold back his tears too he didn't want to break down again.

Did Martha kill Christopher? If she did why?