Amelia
I and Daisy settled down in the kitchen to eat lunch, I prepared beef sauce and rice for lunch. My mom entered while we were still eating.
"You're back early mom" I said as she came into the kitchen, "hmm, smells nice. I will like to have some" she said instead moving to the kitchen sink to wash her hands. I placed a plate of food before her, "we will visit Flora, my friend once we are done eating" she said pushing a spoonful of rice in her mouth.
"Mom, I..." I was about saying, "no excuses Amelia" she warned and I huffed defeatedly. We finished eating and I packed our plates and washed them before heading to my room with Daisy following behind.
"Amelia!, Daisy!, Come on girls, get down already" my mom called from downstairs, "coming" I sang loudly in reply. "I'm not buying that, come down now or I will be forced to come up there with my spatula" she said again and we came out of the room as fast as we could.
Mom locked the door and turned to us, "we will stop a cab when one comes" she said, "don't bother mom, I can drive us there with Steven's car you know?" Daisy said with a proud smile on her face, "that will be nice. Come on Amelia and put a smile on that frowny face of yours" she said pinching my cheeks and I yelled in pains. We settled down in the car, Daisy ignited it and drove out of the compound.
We arrived at Mrs Flora's, as mom had said. It was a very big mansion with well trimmed flowers surrounding the compound. A woman of my mom's age came out of the house and smiled widely when she saw us,
"Susan, you're here" she called pulling my mom into a hug which she reciprocated without delay, "please come in" Mrs Flora offered, leading us inside the mansion and we followed quietly. "I will go get juice" she said exiting the room. She came out minutes later with four glasses of juice as she said. She smiled as she placed it on the table, "go on" she said picking her glass, my mom did same and Daisy followed. I narrowed my eyes at the strange woman before reaching for mine. I took a little sip and smiled, "tastes good" I mumbled.
"You like it?" Mrs Flora asked and we nodded, "I like it too, I will say it's the best juice I've taken so far" she said with a gleam in her eyes, "is that little Amelia?" She asked as she stared at me. "Yes dear and this is Daisy, her best friend" my mom introduced and she smiled widely, "come here Melly, I'm sure you don't remember me, it's no problem. You were very young when we moved" she said opening her arms and I looked at her weirdly, "go on" my mom whispered through gritted teeth and covered it a chuckle, "how kids grow huh?" She replied. I walked reluctantly to her and returned her embrace, I went back to my seat after which. Daisy was not paying attention to what they were saying, she was listening to music from her ear pods.
"Sam, come and greet our guests, will you?" Mrs Flora yelled before engaging in a conversation again with my mom. I heard heavy footsteps coming down from the stairs. A young handsome man came into view and I gasped. He was quite tall with broad shoulders, he had a bored smile on his lips as he walked into the living room. Daisy looked up to stare at him before turning back to her phone.
He took steady steps to where my mom was sitting before she pulled him in a hug and I frowned deeply, "Sam, look how big you've become" my mom said and he smiled, "good afternoon, Mrs Susan" he greeted and my mom ruffled his hair.
"While we were still in the neighborhood, you and Sam were quite close, he was like a big brother, always defending and protecting you from the bullies in the neighborhood" Mrs Flora explained and I smiled at the said Sam, which he returned. "I must say that she has grown beautifully" he complimented and I blushed inwardly. "Would you do me a favor and show Amelia and her friend, Daisy around the house?, You could as well grab ice cream you know" Mrs flora said, "sure mom. This way ladies" he said earning a chuckle from me.
Rolland
The CCTV footage Kelvin claimed to have showed on the laptop screen. It was quite blurry but we were focused on getting what we wanted.
My mom was seen with a lady with dark shades which covered her identity, she was familiar with my mom though because they chatted like friends. I watched as my mom brewed coffee for the both of them but it looks like the strange lady refused it because she dropped her cup and went to dispose that of her friend's. Before she returned, the lady sprinkled something in her drink and tears fell out of my eyes as my mom sipped her coffee comfortably. She began to gasp for air, she grabbed the strange lady's arm and the lady whimpered, she released herself from my mom's tight hold and huffed as she checked the place my mom grabbed, she glared dangerously at my mom who was calling on her. She ignored her, simply picked her bag and left my mom struggling till I came in.
I threw the other documents in anger as regret over whelmed me once more, if only I was 10 minutes earlier or less, I wouldn't have lost my mom. I hit my hand angrily on the wall consecutively till it began to bleed. I squatted in tears and buried my head in my legs.
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Steven held Kelvin all this time that was why I wasn't stopped. I don't blame him, Steven knows about my anger issues and lets me fight it alone. He actually did a good job holding Kelvin because he might go home injured if he had approached me.
When I was calm enough, I went back to the table, "what do you think about this lady?" I asked Kelvin as I pointed at the lady in the screen. "We are investigating on her boss" he replied and I nodded. Steven however replayed the footage as he watched it carefully, "with the way Mrs Stones grabbed her, I think she must have sustained an injury which might probably leave a scar" he muttered and we turned to him, "that's right, coupled with the fact that she cried out in pains, though the footage is muted, I believe she did" Kelvin agreed and I thought for a while.
"She called her name" I suddenly said and they looked at me surprised, "yes she did, she called the killers name" I said suddenly filled with hope, "all I have to do is to pick out the wordings, but how?, The footage is damn muted" I said angrily. "Calm down boss, I think I know what to do" Kelvin said and we looked at him, "I could get us an interpreter, someone who can read lips and maybe make out the wordings she said" he explained and I smiled widely and ruffled his hair, "you're so smart, I will transfer some cash to you. Let's go with this, no mistakes, okay" I said seriously and he smiled before nodding, "yes boss".
"If you guys are finished with your plan making, it is necessary to remember that one has to eat to gain strength besides, I never asked to be involved in your investigation team" Steven said quietly his stomach rumbling a little, I and Kelvin chuckled before I dragged him up. "Let's go eat then" I said with a happy smile. "Your hands" Kelvin said and I groaned. I quickly cleaned up the blood with a cotton wool from the office first aid box and went ahead to cover it with a plaster before exiting the room with Steven and Kelvin behind.