THREE
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I'm not in a good shape right now, I mean my mind is far away, i don't know how all these came to happen but I'm pretty sure I was dumb not to notice the connection between my late Dad's death and her family.
So apparently, the email Kenneth send me has the full details and everything i wanted to know, he has done a pretty good job i must concede
I'm seated on the swivel chair staring blankly at the laptop.
Amanda's photos are displayed on the screen, some which were taken when she was still a kid with here dad, who looks familiar, i think i saw him somewhere, i don't remember where but i think it was a photo taken when my dad was still alive, Amanda's dad was my dad's right hand man, he's the main suspect and culprit just as my mom told us years ago.
I keep scrolling through the laptop and one photo catches my attention, it's a photo of my dad alongside two guys, one is Amanda's dad, Mr David and the one is Peter, from the scribbled words at the far corner of the photo.
"So this are the two friends dad talked about?" I ask myself aloud
I keep scrolling through the photos and some of the evidences sent, until i come across a picture of Amanda with Lesley, it's not an old photo, so i guess the duo were working together, but how could I miss to note that,i never went my out of my way to investigate if truly Amanda died, i just assumed that whatever Tina told me on that day was true, my God!
My mind is blank as i keep on gazing on the screen, i don't even realize it had gone is sleeping mode until my phone vibrates from the desk. It's Kenneth, i put it on loudspeaker and change my position on the seat such that I'm lying slightly on it.
"Yes?" I say my mind far away
"Have you checked the email"
"Yeah, still looking at it"
"Ooh so what are your thoughts or what is the plan now that you have found out why Amanda was always on your neck?"
"Honestly speaking, i don't even know where to start from"
"You don't have to worry about that, that's why I'm here, go help you unravel the truth and let justice prevail"
"But with the look of the things, i don't think justice is going to happen, my dad died long time ago, my family had been living in fear and this woman has made my life a living hell, i think revenge is the best thing, and like they say, revenge is best served when cold"
"Well i have no problem with whatever plan you have so long as I can help i will, what exactly do you want to do"
"Kill that woman of course and maybe get back to my family, i miss them, that's the only reason why I'm doing this, but before I do anything to her i want to have solid evidence before i finally torture her, i want her to die a painful death, she deserves it"
"Well me and you both want the same thing, so I'm here just tell me what you have in mind and I'll she my men work on that"
"No problem, by the way can I ask you something?"
"Yeah sure, go ahead"
"Do you think Amanda knows her dad was linked to my father's death or maybe she was just revenging on me because I married her first love?"
"From what I have gathered, i think Amanda knew all along that your dad was her dad's enemy, i think that's why she was so determined to kill you but before that she was doing this out of jealousy, she wanted Adrian to be hers" Kenneth says and i take in a deep breathe
"You know I still wonder why she was always on my neck and not my elder brother or my kid brother, or my mother, we are all my dad's family why me? The big question is why just me? I don't think it's out of pure jealousy or just because I got married to Adrian, a normal lady could have moved on by now, she's too old to fight for love"
"Well love has no age, haven't you seen old men and women falling in love?" Kenneth asks on the other end and i chuckle, i mean it's funny because my mother is old but she has never moved on since my dad's demise, why would a beautiful woman like Amanda fight for love? I think she just had other reasons apart from the obsession with Adrian
"Haha i don't think so, you're a detective and a private investigator right?"
"Yeah i am"
"I want you to find me other reasons, love, obsession and jealousy is not the reason why Amanda had been wanting me dead for all this while, there must be something else"
"Okay I'll work on that, so what do we do with your husband?"
"I want you to keep close tabs on him, i want to know what he is doing currently, if he's going to move on or stay single for while, if possible, plant some CCTV cameras in that house, he's a clever guy by the way so just find out a way you can have Someone do that, i remember one time my ex friend tried planting some CCTV cameras in our house but the dude figured it out, so i want you to use your brain and do something unique and better"
"Consider that done,i won't let you done"
"Okay I think that's for the day, thanks for the update, let get back to the gym"
"Okay, I'll give you a call tomorrow morning"
"Okay and by the way?"
"Yes?"
"What do you think about Regina?"
"Okay what about her?"
"Can she be trusted?"
"I don't know why would you ask that?"
"Because I want you to keep close tabs on her too, plus i want you to give her a task"
"And what is the task?"
"Well i want her to seduce my husband,or rather my ex husband, there are some things I need clarification from the horse's mouth, i have my doubts on Adrian"
"Well that will be done, I'll get back to you later?"
"Okay bye"
As i hung up that call, my mind is all over, i can't even think straight, i shut down my laptop, walk out of my study and close the door behind me.
I walk straight to the living room and i find my trainer already in, i had planned to skip so i go for driving but i think it's not good to start postponing things right now, who knows maybe this will help me clear my mind
"Hey Hassan?"
"Hey Ms Lisa, I'm sorry I'm late"
"No it's okay I understand, let's get done with this i have somewhere to be in the next one hour so I think the earlier the better"
"Okay sure" he says and stands up
Hassan is a guy Kenneth recommended,he's a talk well built masculine guy, he's a black american, very handsome but I'll save those details for now, unless you want to help me drool over him, wait I'm a dead person to the world so I shouldn't be drooling over people's husbands, but maybe i wasn't drooling, i was just appreciating God's work. He's a good trainer just like Kenneth said and I'm just hoping he's a straight forward man and strict, i don't want dealing with flirts here and there, i want to get done with this training for once and for all.
The gym training takes about one and half an hour before we call it a day, i head towards my bathroom to have a quick shower before I drive out and i leave him in the guest room.
After about thirty minutes, I'm done, i walk downstairs, I'm black faded ripped jeans, a white T-shirt and a pair of white baseball boots.
"Just prepare lunch I'll be back in time" i tell Mariana
"Okay ma'am" she says while nodding and i almost sneer
"Marianna, it's Lisa, i thought Alice already told you that?"
"I'm sorry ma'am, i mean Ms Lisa, it's just that I'm used to calling you that" she says in a low tone and i realise how scared she is
"Hey sorry I didn't mean to scare you ,it's just that I'm not used to people referring to me as ma'am, i prefer you use my name"
"Okay.." she stutters
"Okay there are some dirty clothes in the laundry basket just on my door step, make sure they're washed, dried and ironed" i say and pick my car keys on the table
I had asked my watch man to drive my car and park it just outside the gate to avoid the task of driving out of the compound
So i just walk out of the gate, i open the driver's side door and slide in, i adjust my seat belt and when I turn to readjust the front mirror of the car, i notice a man dressed in black and in a mask behind in the passengers seat, i almost scream out of fear but the guy motions me to stop, he holds a gun on my neck and i swear i almost pee in my pants
I'm shutting my eyes out fear, when i feel his hands ruffle up and he holds something in my face, i start feeling dizzy all of a sudden and i think I'm loosing my eye sight, everything turns blurry and i loose my vision
"Please don't kill me" that's the last thing I beg before everything goes dark
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