“I went there with my friend to see her and I met her that way. So, we made the call,” King said as he clasped his hands together.Detective Alfred nodded his head and looked around the office again. “As I have assumed, Mrs. Valerie was murdered… by a professional at that. There is no evidence or fingerprints at the scene and we can only assume that it was done out of grudge. There is nothing missing in her house, or anything added.”“So, you think it’s a revenge murder or something?” King shook his head as he said.“You don’t think it is?”King had looked into Alfred so he was certain that the man was good at his job and in fact, was not corrupted, so, it would not be bad if he told him things from his own point of view.“I do not think so,” King shook his head.“Why? If I may ask.”“I think she was murdered to be silenced,” he shrugged his shoulders off.“What?”“A couple of days ago, I found a bug in my office and I checked the CCTV, so she was found there. I had gone to her house
“Who made her do it? I don’t understand,” King shook his head as he stared intensely at the screen.“I don’t know, but all I’m sure of is that a woman gave her the order. Fuck, I should have checked properly!” Dariel punched his fist on the table.“How did you get it? I thought you had checked it before?”“Remember what happened with the cleaner? So, I thought of digging further. I returned to the hotel to check the CCTV and I saw this,” he collected the phone, swiped it then showed him.It was a video of the woman in a corridor before she entered the VIP quarter adding something to the drink.“Hell, I told you I could not have gotten drunk on that drink! No way!” King banged the table and walked over to Dariel.“And she is dead too?”“The same way the cleaner died. Stabbed to death and the knife was found away from her corpse. I think they are leaving the knife on purpose.”“Why?”“Probably to let us know that they are around or something. I mean, most murderers always leave with thei
“Here?” He pointed his hand at the door and the lady answered him.“You may leave.”He pushed the door open after the woman had walked away and he entered the room slowly.This room was one of the biggest rooms in his house and also the one that had the most lighting.When he first built this house ten years ago, he had made it his room because of how huge it was and the natural lighting from the sun and the air that comes in every day.After, he refurbished his house and moved to the quarter upstairs.He walked gently, enough to not make noise, and then stared at the back side of the woman who was focused on her painting.He stretched his head to check the painting and when he caught a glimpse of it, he raised his brows in amazement.About two months ago, he had come across her work and had gotten about three different pieces of them because he loved them.He was a huge lover of art and he recognized one when he saw them.Under the pseudonym ‘Nabi’, Payton had made several paintings u
“Is this you stylishly admitting that you could kill a person?”King ignored the anger that clouded her face and he asked her.Payton swallowed the lump in her throat and curled her fist into a tight ball.She could take any name. She could accept any names he had called her… but, not a murderer.She was already palpitating and her hands were starting to shake, instead, she hurriedly hid them behind her.The last thing she wanted was to let this man find out her weakness.“Y… you…” she breathed heavily.“I mean, I was only asking a question and all you could say was that. You said you could kill me. Does that not mean that if you had the chance, you would kill me?” He asked as he stared at her intensely.“S… stop talking like that,” she exhaled.“Like how? Am I making sense? Do you hate that I am telling the truth?”“I did not kill anyone and I never will!” She screeched and then panted laboriously.King squinted his brows as he stared at the woman whose breathing was starting to get
“Did you find anything?”It was early the next morning when King received the call from his informant.Before he had slept the previous night, he had tossed in bed as his mind kept going to Payton.He wondered if she had slept and if she was okay.Not to lie, he hated that he wondered about her.Well… he probably did because he does not trust her.Yeah, that was the only logical reason.“Yes, sir. I looked into her hospital record as you said and I saw that she is suffering from panic attacks and anxiety disorder. She was seeing a therapist till last year after she got fully treated for her insomnia,” he explained.“She suffered from insomnia?”“Yes. According to her medical history, she has been battling with them for about eleven years.”“Eleven years?”“Yes. I dug further and it was around the time her mother died.”“Ah… so, she still suffers from the panic attack?”“Yes. I think there are things that trigger it. That was not fully detailed.”King nodded his head and exhaled. “Did
Payton adjusted her clothes for the umpteenth time, looked in the mirror, and tilted her head.Wondering why her mother-in-law was suddenly calling for her and King, she sighed.Not like it was wrong of her to do so or anything, after all, they had not visited the woman since they got married.It has been almost two weeks since they got married and their relationship did not improve by a bit.“Could you help me with the rope?” She asked Tiana who entered with a cup of coffee in her hand.“You are beautiful as always,” she complimented as she tied the rope from the back.Payton was wearing a silky blue long gown that parted from her thigh to her leg.It hugged her body tightly and then flared from her waist.With a silver bag and shoes that complemented her dress, she knew she looked perfect too.“Thank you, Tiana,” she smiled at the lady who never failed to compliment her every time.“He is waiting for you downstairs, though. And he looked very impatient,” she pointed out and Payton s
“Ma’am, you left your ba…”Tiana left her mouth wide open as she saw the couple in that intimate position and then pressed her lips together.One would assume they were madly in love and could not stay away from each other when it was actually the opposite.No, even right now, she could question what she had always witnessed.Why are they hanging on to each other like they are in love?Payton and King hurriedly disentangled, pushing each other away gently.Payton looked around and breathed out.Why is it suddenly hot?She asked herself, fanned her face with her palm and when her eyes landed on Tiana, she waved her hand at her.Tiana hurried to Payton, gave her her bag, and then watched as the woman turned to leave.“I don’t like you either!” She whispered in King’s ear and then hurried down the stairs.King stood in his position for a few seconds and then placed his index finger on his lips.“Has she always had those full lips?” He asked out unconsciously.“Sir?” Tiana asked and he t
“So, this wild ginseng is mainly for King. It will help more blood to flow into the penis, improving your erection and…”“Wait wait wait, mum!” King breathed heavily and stood from the chair.How could his mum say those words without filtering it?What is with helping more blood flow to his penis?”“What? Are you embarrassed?” Amerie blinked her eyes innocently and then turned to look at Payton whose cheeks had gotten red.“What is with you two? Are you babies?”“What are you doing, mum?” King drew his brows together.“Sit down,” she hissed.“Mum.”“Sit,” she shot him a dead stare and he swallowed hard.“I can’t believe you called us here for this,” he hissed and sat grudgingly.“So, this is wild ginseng,” she resumed.“It in fact has a lot of health benefits, so your wife can use it too, but make sure you take it more. It will boost your erection, and make you enjoy sex better.”“Have I ever complained to you about my sexual life,” King groaned with a bowed head.He made sure to not