Chapter 17 Ellis island
Few minutes later, they were already in the restaurant
They made their order and began to get it down
"What plans have you made so far concerning what happened to our model?" Mr Williams asked to start up a conversation
"Actually, only thing I could get from where the incident took place was only a plate number" Officer Kelly said
"I suspected that it belongs to the killer, so we made an enquiry concerning it and it was for her" Officer Kelly added
"Who?" Mr Williams asked
"Gina, the current face of Chantelle clothing company" Officer Kelly replied
Mr Williams was able to believe it
He was beyond shocked
"Can I see the plate number?" Mr Williams asked even though he didn t know her plate number
Officer Kelly show him the picture
"Why would she?" Mr Williams asked
"We don t have to confront her now because we still need more evidence" Officer Kelly said instead
"That s why I appointed to work with you" Mr Williams complimented
Paul arrived at Lucy s house
She was in her balcony taking some fresh air
She was also indirectly celebrating her work perfectly done
She stood up and walked out of the compound, following the back entrance
Paul horned while the gateman opened the gate
He drove in and parked
He asked for Lucy
Luckily, the house help saw her when she left
So she told Paul where he could find her
Paul followed the back entrance but she wasn t there
He had to work around the fence
Before he could get to the front gate, he saw Gina walking sluggishly to the gate
"Gina" Paul called
Gina turned, towards the direction where she heard her name from
"Paul, welcome to my house" she said smiling
"This is your first time coming here, please come inside" Gina added but Paul declined it
"Am in a hurry" Paul said
"So?" Gina asked
"Why did you kill Lucy?" Paul asked
"Luke must have told y, that guy" Gina said to herself
"Why did you kill her?" Paul asked again
"I had to protect our plan and dignity" Gina responded
"By killing someone??"
"I have to" Gina replied
Meanwhile, Luke parked in a distance watching them
He smiled and took a picture of them
"I will have to do this" he said to himself
He just wanted to comply the whole thing upon Paul and Gina
Mr Williams left after much discussion with Officer Kelly
He couldn t stop thinking about their conversation
He remembered that he has planned on checking out the number in Lucy s file but he wanted to meet Mr Isaac for what he got for the main time
Just as he left to Mr Isaac residence
On his way, his eyes caught something
It was a car alignment company
He remembered when Officer Kelly told him that her car must be in any of the alignment company
He stopped by and went to take a look
There was a new car parked at a spot without plate number
I walked closer to it
There might be a clue
Just as he gets to the back, there was a plate number attached on it
His mind ran back to the one Officer Kelly shows him
It was the same
He gasped
He gently walked back to where he parked his car, to avoid attracting people s attention
He got in and drove off
He arrived at Mr Isaac residence
Luckily, he was around
Mr Williams asked of him and the house help directed him to Mr Isaac s study room
He knocked and Mr Isaac ordered him in
"Have a seat" Mr Isaac said
"Surprised that you are here by this time" Mr Isaac added looking at Mr Williams
Although still on his spec
"We just got few clue" Mr Williams said
"What could that be?" Mr Isaac asked
"It was Gina, the current face of Chantelle clothing company" Mr Williams replied
Mr Isaac was forced to remove his spec
"How sure are you?" Mr Isaac asked
"Her plate number was found in the spot where the incident happened, I guessed it dropped off when she hits Lucy" Mr Williams replied
"A little bit convincing but you don t have to use that because there is still a possibility for it to drop there even if she wasn t the one" Mr Isaac said
Mr Williams nodded because he was making sense
Just then, a message bumped into his phone
He opened it and saw Paul and Gina standing together
His face changed
"What s that expression?" Mr Isaac asked noticing it
Mr Williams has to show him that
"This same number was the number I found in Lucy s file" Mr Williams said remembering the number
"What could they be discussing?" Mr Isaac asked
He was only concerned on what he saw on the phone
"Invite Luke here, I will like to talk with him" Mr Isaac said
"He might know Paul s secret on this" Mr Isaac added
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Still On #Flashback
The following day, Luke reported to Mr Isaac house
Paul hasn t been home ever since he carried out his mission
"Good Morning Sir" Luke greeted Mr Isaac when he gets to his study room where he normally stay
"Morning, hope I didn t distract your today s work?" Mr Isaac asked removing his spec
"No sir, I don t even mind quiting my work, to attend to your call" Luke said making Mr Isaac to smile
"Please sit" Mr Isaac said pointing at an empty chair in his study room
"Thank you sir" Luke sat with a sincere look
"I wonder why your best friend didn t learn from you" Mr Isaac said
"Everyone has his own lifestyle" Luke said
"Well, let me go straight to the point" Mr Isaac started
"I don t know what to ask you but am sure that you know Paul very well?" He asked while Luke nodded
"I want you to check what relationship Paul have with Gina" Mr Isaac added
"Gina?" Luke asked as if he was surprised
"Yes" Mr Isaac replied and shows him the picture that was sent to Mr Williams the previous day
Luke narrowed his eyes claiming that he doubts it meanwhile, it was him who took the picture
"I am giving you this opportunity because I will not leave you with empty hand" Mr Isaac said
"I will try my best sir" Luke said raising up his head
"I will be waiting for your feedback" Mr Isaac said while Luke nodded and stood up
The next place in his mind was to visit Officer Kelly because he would be helpful
From there, he would visit Paul
Mr Williams arrived at his office
Everywhere was kinda dusty
He wasn t surprised because it has been two days since he came there
The next thing was to do a little cleanup
He was about to dust the desk when his eyes caught something that looks like a human finger
"Someone must have been here" he said looking closely at the mark
"Lucy s file" he added and rushed to the wardrobe where they were kept
He brought down the whole files and started checking them out
He checked it countless times but he couldn t find Lucy s file
He was just confused because he wondered how it could get missing
The next thing was to call his police, because that finger needed to be scanned
Luke arrived at Officer Kelly house because he has called him earlier that he wanted to visit him that morning
Officer Kelly had to wait for him because Luke was the one who puts him in the police position when he was desperate about it but things weren t working out as it supposed
Officer Kelly was his brother
"Welcome" Officer Kelly said
Luke smiled
"You have been really busy this days" Luke and walking in properly
Officer Kelly gestured him to sit
"It hasn t been easy brother" Officer Kelly replied
"What can I offer you?" Officer Kelly asked
"My normal drink of course" Luke replied smiling
Officer Kelly walked in
In few seconds, he was back with the drinks
"So what could have brought you here?" Officer Kelly asked after serving him the drinks
"Are you really happy with your position or you want to be promoted?" Luke asked back
"I will love to be promoted because I have been working very hard for this country but nothing has changed on my own side" Officer Kelly said
"That is corruption" Luke said
"Too bad"
"Anyway That s why am here" Luke said while Officer Kelly smiled
It was a good news
"Am ready to listen" Officer Kelly said
"I want you to help me when am through with Paul"
"How do you mean?"
"The killing of Lucy has the whole proof that Paul was behind it" Luke replied
"What? Was he really the one?" Officer Kelly asked
"Gina did it, although I saw everything" Luke replied
"So how come Paul was behind it?" Officer Kelly asked
"I know that you are smart in questioning but I want us to make it in way that will look so true" Luke replied
"This is not what it supposed" Officer Kelly complained
"If you really want this position, you have to choose this" Luke said
Officer Kelly was just lost in thought
Just then, Officer Kelly phone started ringing
It was Mr Williams
He picked it up
"Can you see me in my office now?" Mr Williams asked
Officer Kelly turned to Luke and he nodded
The call was on loud speaker, making Luke to hear what Mr Williams was saying
"I think I have gotten the culprit of that murderer" Mr Williams added
Officer Kelly turned to look at Luke
He nodded again remembering that Paul told him that he would go and get rid of Lucy s file
"I will be there right now" Officer Kelly replied and hung up
"Hope you aren t responsible?" Officer Kelly asked referring to Luke
"Of course no" Luke replied
"I will give you some tips when I come back" Officer Kelly said
"Just try and get any of his ID card for a clean work" Officer Kelly added and left for Mr Williams office
It was in their bloods to be greedy
Officer Kelly arrived at Mr Williams office
Mr Williams was sitting far from the desk
"Here" Mr Williams said pointing at the mark
Officer walked closer to it
He ordered his fellow policemen to bring in the scanning machine they came with
After scanning it, Officer Kelly called Mr Williams to confirm it
It was Paul
Officer Kelly stylishly dropped an empty wallet which he has bought earlier
"So it was really Paul?" Mr Williams asked
"Still unbelievable to me anyway" Officer Kelly responded
"Whose wallet is this?" Officer Kelly asked referring to that same wallet he dropped
Mr Williams was surprised seeing it because he didn t see it before
He meant to pick it but Officer Kelly stopped him
"We still need to trace him with it, for confirmation" Officer Kelly said while Mr Williams nodded
Officer Kelly brought out his handkerchief and collected the wallet
Luke drove straight to the hotel where Paul was
He knocked
Just as the door was opened, a lady walked out
Paul was standing behind the door smiling
"You can never change" Luke said walking inside
"What brings you here man?" Paul asked closing the door from behind
"Just want to say hi" Luke responded walking straight to the bed
"Why do you choose to stay here instead of going home?" Luke asked
"I just want my Dad to miss me" Paul replied making Luke to smile
"Go wash your face man" Luke said
"Oh" Paul said smiling
He walked straight to the bathroom giving Luke the opportunity to look for his wallet
It was just lying on the bed
He took it and opened it
His passport was in it
He smiled and puts it inside his pocket
Just as Paul was coming out from the bathroom, Luke did as if he was making a call
"Okay I will be there now" he said and brought down his phone from his ear
"Sorry man but Gina needs my help now" Luke said
"So soon?" Paul asked
"I have to, but I will come back" Luke replied and left immediately
Mr Williams arrived at Mr Isaac house
As usual, he met him in his study room
He explained every single thing that he found out that day
"So Paul was really the one?" Mr Isaac asked after the explanation
"I think but we will be very sure after when Officer Kelly checked out his wallet" Mr Williams replied
"Too bad"
"So what are you planning to do to him?" Mr Williams asked
"After confirming it first" Mr Isaac replied
Mr Williams nodded and left
Luke called Officer Kelly and gave him the wallet
Officer Kelly gave him some ideas before he left for Mr Isaac house
Luke got to Mr Isaac house as he planned with Officer Kelly
"So any idea?" Mr Isaac asked
"I just discovered that Paul is in a hotel" Luke replied
"Which hotel is that?" Mr Isaac and Luke told him
Mr Isaac called one of his workers and asked him to go and get Paul for him
During the phone call, Luke places a mic under Mr Isaac desk for a properly planning ahead of them
Because the mic was connected through bluetooth headphones
"So what are you planning?" Luke asked
"I think I will disown him" Mr Isaac replied
"You said what?" Luke asked as he used the opportunity to turn On his recorder
"I might disown Paul" Mr Isaac replied
"Who then will take over?" Luke asked
"Maybe you" Mr Isaac replied
"But" Mr Isaac meant to say but Luke interrupted him with a cough
He used the opportunity to save the recorder
"Sorry for that" Luke apologized
After much discussion, Luke left to his house
Paul answered his father because the information didn t come in a nice way
The person who called him, told him that his father was suspecting him
He had to go and clear everything with him
"So it was you?" Mr Isaac asked when Paul came in
"I don t understand" Paul said because he wanted to hear it from his father
"You killed Lucy and I don t know what your plan was" Mr Isaac replied
"I didn t, Gina did" Paul defended
"That was because you asked her to do so" Mr Isaac said
"I didn t, I was just surprised hearing that" Paul said
"Don t try playing me because your culprit was found in Mr Williams desk, so what do you have to say about it?" Mr Isaac asked
Paul gasped, hearing that
"Even your wallet was found there" Mr Isaac added
Paul checked himself immediately and discovered that his wallet was gone
He couldn t believe what was happening
"Don t worry Dad, I will get Gina here and she will explain everything to you" Paul said and rushed out
Meanwhile Luke has been hearing their conversation and he knew that if Paul would be able to meet Gina, that means his plan would be shattered
He got to his car and drove off to Gina s apartment
He followed the back entrance and there was no security man there
Which Luke was sure of
He was able to dodge the house help and
He met with Gina in her room
He opened the door without knocking
Gina was in her bathroom when he comes in
Gina was asking who just came in but Luke didn t say anything
He stood behind the bathroom door as he waited for her
Just as Gina walked out, he used a poisoned handkerchief to cover her nose
Gina struggled with him but a man s power was always stronger
After some seconds, when Gina could no longer feel her breath, she gave up but was still stretching her body for her last life
Luke used the opportunity to bring out a rope and a paper where he wrote Gina accepting to commit suicide
He brought out an ink and places Gina s finger on it
He used her finger to stamp it
He tied the rope on a fan hook and tied Gina on her neck
He made sure that he hanged her up
He dropped the paper on her bed and even the video record he took on that night when Gina killed Lucy
He checked Gina s computer and formatted the whole thing the camera has recorded so far
He turned off the camera before walking out
He checked very well before taking the back entrance
His mind was to kill Mr Isaac and used the records to claim taking over the business
Just as he left, following the back entrance, Paul drove in following the front entrance
Luke has already written statement of Mr Isaac disowning Paul and handing everything over to Luke
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Still On #Flashback
Luke drove straight to Mr Isaac s house
He wondered why Mr Isaac always stays in his study room
Even Mrs Isaac, who was Paul s mother doesn t stay at home like her husband
But his business was still growing every day by day
"Paul was here" Mr Isaac said
"Did he tell you the truth?" Luke asked as if he didn t know what happened
"He said that he wasn t aware of it but he knows who killed her" Mr Isaac replied
"And he has left to get her" Mr Isaac added
Luke couldn t stop laughing in his mind because he knew what the result would be
"Anyways, I have informed Mr Williams and he will be here in no time"
On hearing that, Luke thought that his plan would be ruined if Mr Williams comes
He had to rush with his plan
He brought out his poisoned handkerchief
"I will wait" Luke said while Mr Isaac nodded
"Can I take a walk around this study room?" Luke asked
"Yes of course" Mr Isaac responded
He focused back to what he was doing while Luke started walking around
It was fortunate for him that he used the chance to walk and stopped behind Mr Isaac
Mr Isaac noticed that he was no longer moving, he meant to turn but Luke used a force to hold him with the poisoned handkerchief
Mr Isaac struggled with him but Luke s strength was stronger
Mr Isaac was becoming weak
Luke tied the handkerchief around his mouth and dropped him
He rushed to where he was sitting because that was where he dropped the paper and it was in a file that Mr Isaac didn t suspect anything earlier
Luke brought out the paper and walked back to where Mr Isaac was lying
He stamped it
Using Mr Isaac thumb and his official stamp
He made sure that Mr Isaac was no longer breathing before he removed the handkerchief
When he was sure that Mr Isaac was dead, he started making an escape planning
He first of all cleared what he used to work
Which was the paper and the handkerchief
He checked for the important documents and placed it on the window where his car was parked
He then lays Mr Isaac s head down as if he was sleeping
He wouldn t try going out because it would look suspicious
He went to a comfortable chair and sat
He pretended to be asleep
Paul couldn t believe what he was seeing when he got to Gina s room
He called both her house help and gateman for questioning
He wanted to know if someone was there but they replied no
Paul knew that he wasn t safe, he called his mother because she was the only one who could help him at that moment
Mrs Isaac told him that she was already on her way coming because Mr Isaac has called her earlier about what was going on
She had to report, because it was her family that was in danger
Paul had to rush back home to wait for Mrs Isaac arrival
After some minutes in Mr Isaac house, Mr Williams arrived
He went straight to the study room
He knocked but no response
The house help confirmed to him that Mr Isaac was in there
He was scared that he forced the door opened
Mr Isaac was lying as if he was sleeping
Luke was only pretending to be sleeping
"You scared me" Mr Williams said walking to where Mr Isaac was lying
He thought he was sleeping
Just then, Officer Kelly walked in
"Oh Mr Williams, you are here" Officer Kelly said just as Mr Williams turned around, when he noticed that someone was behind him
"Oh, yes" Mr Williams replied
"Mr Isaac sent for me" Officer Kelly said
"The same here" Mr Williams responded
Officer Kelly looked at where Mr Isaac was bending his head
"That odd position" Officer Kelly said walking ahead
He went closer to Mr Isaac and tapped him but he didn t make any move
"Who is this?" Mr Williams asked when he sighted where Luke was lying
He walked closer to him while Officer Kelly smiled at Luke s smartness
Mr Williams tapped Luke and he opened his eyes
"Oh" Luke said as he sat properly
"Mr Isaac isn t responding" Officer Kelly said distracting Mr Williams from further questions which he knows that he would have asked Luke
."how do you mean?" Mr Williams asked walking closer to him
He called Mr Isaac countless times with tapping but he didn t make any move
Just then, Paul and Mrs Isaac walked in
Seeing the situation, Paul suspected that something was wrong
He rushed to where his father was lying
He took his hand and checked the pulse but it wasn t making any move
"Oh no" Paul said
An ambulance arrived at that minute and took Mr Isaac corpse
Paul and Mrs Isaac also left with the ambulance except Mr Williams, Officer Kelly and Luke
"You are the only one with him when we arrived" Mr Williams said looking at Luk
"What are you insinuating?" Luke asked
"What were you doing here?" Mr Williams returned the question
"Let s not point an accusing fingers on someone yet" Officer Kelly interrupted
"Are you taking his side?" Mr Williams asked turning to face Officer Kelly with an unbelievable mind
"I am not taking anyone s side but I will look into this and try my best" Officer Kelly replied
"I need to be there" Luke said and left
He just wanted to confirm what he did
He left the room and walked straight to where he kept the documents and collected it
He entered his car and drove off
Meanwhile Mr Williams saw those papers when he was about to enter the car
He suspected that there must be something wrong somewhere
After much trial on Mr Isaac, the doctor confirmed him dead
Luke was happy hearing that
Everyone retired to wherever they lived except his family members who made sure that he was puts inside the mortuary
Luke called Officer Kelly that evening and they arranged a better lawyer that would help them in the situation at hand
"Didn t you noticed that Mr Williams was suspecting you?" Officer Kelly has asked
"That s The reason why I want to fasten everything" Luke replied
The following day, Luke went to Mr Isaac s house with the lawyer that he was working with
Everyone was present when they arrived even Mr Williams
They were welcomed
Everyone was surprised seeing Luke with the lawyer
They were offered to sit
Officer Kelly later arrived, so that it wouldn t look suspicious
"Luke" Officer Kelly called as if he was surprised seeing him there
"Shall we start now?" The lawyer asked
"Start what please?" Officer Kelly asked back as planned
He sat close to Mr Williams
"The documents which Mr Isaac dropped to my care" the lawyer replied
"What?" Mrs Isaac asked surprisedly
Everyone s look changed on hearing that
"We have our family lawyer" Paul said
"He said that he didn t trust him" he said bringing out those files
"This can t be possible, I have to call the family lawyer" Paul said
"Don t worry Paul, Mr Isaac disowned you before he died" the lawyer said
"What??" Everyone chorused including Officer Kelly
The lawyer brought out the file that bears it, Mr Isaac stamp was also attached to it
The lawyer brought out the records which Luke has recorded so far
"Let s call the family lawyer first" Mrs Isaac said reaching out for her phone
She dialed the number but it was switched off
"Why is this happening all of a sudden?" Mrs Isaac asked no one to reply
Luke was also surprised when he heard that the lawyer s number was switched off
He ignored them and continued with what he has
He played the one where Mr Isaac said about disowning Paul
"Luke?" Paul asked when he recognized his voice
"Yes, that was the day he confirmed you as the murderer" Luke replied
"Luke what are you talking about? You know everything" Paul said
"I don t know anything, I only have the full evidence" Luke responded
"What?"
"Well, I don t have much time for this" Luke said
He first played the one Paul discussed with Mr Isaac
"So what are you trying to prove with this?" Mr Williams asked
"We discovered yesterday that Gina was hanged in her room and that was when Paul said that he wanted to go and bring her to his father" Luke paused
"That means he might possibly be the one to that hanged her" Luke added
"Luke why are you doing this?" Paul asked not believing it
"I don t support ugly acts" Luke said
He brought out the pictures he took when Paul and Gina met
In several occasions