Chapter Four
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At 3 am at night, the street were scanty and with the cold breeze that engulfed. Timothy made sure to wrap himself in a thick jacket. The police had summoned them to a crime scene. He was on night shift, but never imagined he will be working outside.
As soon as their ambulance arrived at the location, he alighted immediately and headed inside.
The mansion was so big and beautiful, owned by Senator Damian.
As he walked through to the room of the incident, he couldn't help but admire the gigantic chandelier in the sitting room. His portraits were scattered on the walls of the sitting room. He must be inlove with his face.
Senator Damian's body was still laid on the bed. His wife was been interrogated in the next room, while the police kept searching and taking pictures of every corner of the room.
The only time Timothy ever saw him was on TV. He didn't have a good record in government and for some reasons, he is always linked to lot of controversies. So finding his killer would be a lot of work.
All the staff avaliable at the time of the incident have been arrested. No one knew when the culprit entered and left the building, or even how they managed to escape. There was no sign of forceful entrance, the cctv cameras were frozen, but the security were on duty at the time of the incident.
Who ever that is responsible for that is really good, but it certain it wasn't a one man job. They definitely had an insider to have operated smoothly.
Back at the hospital, it was already 7am. The news was all over the Internet.
"Timothy you are still here. I never expected to meet you" Nessa said as she entered the lab. Her hair was a little bit unkept and her face sweaty but she still looked pretty.
"Yea I an waiting for Dr Benjamin, he will drop me half way". Timothy replied.
Dr Benjamin was also among the med team at senator Damians house last night. So many people have been trouping in and out of Dr Benjamin's office to get the gist.
Timothy was a socially awkward person with speech disorder, nobody bothered coming to him for a gist.
He used to have a crush on Nessa but they are now normal friends, basically because they share the same office space. Nessa barely spoke to any staff except Timothy.
Her colleagues thought she's proud.
"Did you hear about Senator Damian" Timothy asked
Nessa scowled "Yea, on the TV at the lobby".
"I was there" Timothy snapped, smiling awkwardly.
"Oh really" She dropped her handbag on her desk "You seem excited".
Timothy immediately withdrew his smile.
"Not in that manner" he stammered "They are terrible people".
Nessa nodded, sat on a chair and said
"I heard he was shot in the chest".
Timothy nodded awkwardly, he thought he missed that part.
They went silent.
Timothy took his time to study Nessa. She always looked pale and sad, but Timothy knew when she's really upset. She had reached for her bag and dropped his back many times.
"It is OK if you want to smoke. I can cover up for you. I don't mind waiting" he said softly to her.
Timothy was a good ally. He usually stand in for her on duty when ever she wants to smoke. She would always use the toilet.
Nessa smiled at him. Her eyes were filled with gratitude . Every other person at work looked down on Timothy because of his awkwardness, but Nessa was the only nice person around. She knew he was the smartest of all their colleagues, a genius lab scientist.
"No not this time Tee".
Timothy replied "Alright".
He pulled open his shelf, took out some snacks and handed it to Nessa.
"You can have this. Cripsy plantain chips and coconut crunch".
Nessa smiled at him "How thoughtful of you. You know I don't eat those". She rejected calmly. "Don't you think you are too old to still be eating those". She teased.
"Maybe that's why I am petite" He laughed.
Timothy's phone rang
"It is Dr Benjamin" he said.
He quickly picked his laptop bag, waved at Nessa and ran off to catch up with Dr Benjamin.
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