Mrs Dongmo stared at the DPO in stunned
disbelief. Her husband, seated right next to
her was also shocked beyond words. “No,
I’m sure there’s a mistake somewhere” she
murmured. “I mean… You can’t be serious”
She muttered, looking stunned.
The DPO shrugged his shoulder.
“Unfortunately, I am ma’am” he looked
towards the door and yelled. “Bring her in”
Shola stared at her husband, still finding it
hard to believe that Glory wanted her
dead. It had been four days since the
incident at her office and yet Shola couldn’t
get the incident off her head. After waiting
in stunned silence for about a minute, the
door of the office opened and Shola turned
as a police officer pushed Glory into the
office. Shola stood up slowly, her mouth
slightly agape as she stared in shock at
Glory. Glory had been Shola’s friend for
so long. They were so close, even got
married in the same church… But where
Shola was rich, Glory was poor. While Shola
got married to a wealthy politician, Glory
married a struggling entrepreneur. Shola – as
always – took it upon herself to change this,
by setting Glory up in a business. She
initially wanted them to work together in
her plaza with Glory as her assistant, but
her husband had warned her against it. She
never knew a day would come when she
would be eternally grateful for not doing
that.
Shola had instead opened a boutique for
Glory and furnished it perfectly; even at
that, Glory still always asked her for money
every now and then and Shola never
hesitated in giving her until…
“Glory” Shola gasped out, staring at the
battered face of her friend. Her face was
swollen from severe beating and torture.
“Glory, you? You sent assassins to kill
me?” Glory couldn’t meet her eyes as she
looked at the ground. “How could you? How
could you, Glory?” Shola yelled.
“I’m sorry” Glory said unevenly, the swell
in her mouth muffled her voice as she
winced painfully.
“Oh, you’re sorry ehn? If you had succeeded
in killing me, I’m sure you’d be passing your
‘sorry’ condolences to my family by now,
isn’t it?” Shola yelled.
“Please get her out of here” Mr Dongmo said
forcefully and the DPO nodded at the
policeman standing by. Glory was dragged
out of the office pleading and crying. Shola
could hear the furious undertone in Dongmo’s
voice when he spoke. He could keep calm in
the face of a storm and that was what Shola
loved most about her husband. “Come here,
baby”
Shola stared at the closed door and exhaled
deeply, wishing she could release all the
anger she was feeling as she moved closer
to Dongmo, sitting beside him again. He
squeezed her lap lightly, in a comforting
manner as he looked directly at the DPO. “I
want this case charged to court as soon as
possible. She has to pay dearly for this.”
“She can’t escape it. I am just glad she is
being charged for attempted murder and
not murder.” the DPO smiled at Shola. “You
really handled the situation well before the
police arrived.”
Shola shook her head as her eyes turned
thoughtful. “Believe me sir, I am not the one
who deserves the credit”
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