Chapter 29 A corrupt officer
AKIRA
I knew Leon had a hand in this arrest when I was not even allowed to make a call to my lawyer or anyone as a matter of fact for hours.
During the period of my arrest, Bryan had not been on the company as he had only dropped me off and went back home for a change of clothes.
I had no means of communicating with him or anyone for that matter.
The holding cell I had been kept in smelt awfully like dead rats and the mosquitos did not give me a moment of reprieve.
I almost breathed out a sigh of relief when the door opened again and the same burly officer came in, his rotund figure blocking the entrance as he stared at me.
" It's fine for questioning miss" he bellowed at me.
I shuffled up on my feet, whatever excitement I felt when I left the house now disappeared into the wind.
The questioning room somehow, was worse than the waiting room. This one came with a dangling light that managed to make my head spiral and a glaring officer.
" So I know that you did it. I have lunch to get to and my daughter is in school waiting for me, so let's make this fast. Just accept it, let me record your confession and we can get going okay?"
I stared at him in shock.
" Leon told you I wrote that article? Why would I do such a thing?"
I could not tell them I knew who wrote it, it will only make it worse. So I decided to stay firm lipped.
" He did not have to tell us anything..everyone knows about your beef with him, you both mad it pretty obvious especially after he published that article of you"
I scoffed again, this time, the lights messing with my head.
" So you did not think to arrest him when he published my supposed nude picture online and called me a slut, when he made women that fangirls over him attack me and nearly kill me in my own home, but all of a sudden you are arresting me because of an article I don't even know anything about? Is this how you do your job?!"
He cleaned his glasses, wearing them back, looking like my outburst did not faze him as he sighed again.
" You did not involve the police. He did. We are not allowed to meddle in things that we are not involved in. Next time, you can choose to arrest him. I really want to help you. So please, make this quick"
" I did not publish the article" I said simply.
" You are not helping me."
" Stop trying to get me to confess to what I did not do!"
I felt like I was losing my mind now as I ran my hands through my hair in frustration. Why the hell was this happening to me now?
The door burst open and in that moment, the rest of my anxiety seemed to fade into thin air as I stared at him.
Bryan. And he looked very angry.
" My client would not say another word again as this arrest was unauthorized and illegal!" How lawyer who he came with yelled as he squared up to the police officer.
" This is an interrogation room, how dare you barge into this place and act like it's a normal civilian space?!" The officer yelled.
" We are leaving. And you won't be stopping us" Bryan said, dragging me out of the chair.
I stepped beside him quickly, the relief washing through me like a cold glass of water in a hot day.
Again, he saved me.
" You can't leave with her, with all due respect Mr. She is a suspect and she will remain here until we get her confession"
" You barged into my client's place of work without showing any letter of order, you will be charged for trespassing. If you don't want to be sued for defamation of character too I would advise you to bring out the proof you have that states that the article was written by miss Akira, and if you can't, we will be walking away due to lack of evidence"
The more the lawyer talked, the more I could feel my salvation at the tip of my hands, almost beckoning to me.
The officer scoffed, looking from me then back to Bryan.
" I can see that she is already fucking you too huh?".
He moved quickly, almost too quickly and in an instant, the officer had his back pinned to a wall and Bryan was staring at him, eyes blazing, begging him to say another small word.
He chuckled.
" You can't hurt me. I am the officer of the law and just in case you don't know what that means, it means it will be a felony to hurt an officer and I can sue you to court for that"
Bryan stepped back a little, releasing his hands from the officer's clothes and a smug smile came plastered on the officer's face.
But it did not last long because in the next instant, Bryan landed a swift punch on his jaw, causing him to spiral and land on the floor, clutching his nose.
I could almost see his face fill with a sadistic smile as he shrugged.
" I will take my chances with the law".
" Let's go Miss Akira" the lawyer said but now, the light seemed to have doubled and the weight of the world seemed to be coming down on me, heavily.
My eye lids felt heavy as I tried to concentrate on something, but it all felt so blurry, and untouchable.
I could hear the distorted sounds of their voices as they tried to call me, and slowly, I felt my eyes close as my body gave way, into his arms.
I remember that his face was the last thing I saw. As he saved me. Again.