More Than A Maid

“Okay, I’m sorry for the false accusation. You are not under arrest. I’m sorry for saying that earlier” The policeman apologised.

“Are we off your suspect list now?” Peter asked.

“Hmmn. I can’t really say” The police stammered a little.

“Yes, you are. You are off the suspect list now. We literally only came here to give report about what your so called bossom friend, Withney had said about you” My mom replied.

“Yeah. Now I just came up with a suggestion on how to catch the killer” The policeman announced.

“What is it?” Mrs Benson asked.

“Sorry, I can’t disclose it. But I’ll try my best to get back to you later. Thank you” He said. “We should leave now Mrs Benson” He said then worked before her.

She went after him.

* * *

“What’s your new suggestion?” Mrs Daves asked when they returned to the car.

“Where exactly did your husband die?” The policeman asked her.

“The Bridge towards Cenway” she replied, looking at his face.

“Let’s go check the CCTV camera!”

“What for?”

“We’ll check the accident again, whom the driver is, We’ll find him and force him to speak up” The policeman suggested.

“Hmmn”

“Why didn’t I ever think of this?” He asked himself.Text © 2024 NôvelDrama.Org.

“We didn’t know that it wouldn’t be as easy interrogating suspects as we thought”

“Well, nothing is easy” He stated. “I don’t even think it will be very easy to trace down that driver” He added.

Bella’s mom sighed tiredly. She has come too far to give up, only if she finds nothing.

***

Haven confirmed that, that the CCTV camera at Cenway bridge was still working. They went into the building to go meet those in charge of the cameras. At first, the securities there, refused but when he showed them his identity card, they let him.

He requested for the record of seven months ago, he gave them the exact date and time the accident had occured then the clip was searched for and found.

Indeed, it looked like a real accident. Tears flowed from Mrs Daves eyes, seeing her late husband again in that pool of blood.

The policeman paused the video exactly at how the hit and run resumed. He was trying to get a clear picture of the driver but wit was hard to. He reversed the video .. that was when he realized that the unknown driver’s car was packed aside and haven seen Mr Daves drove by, he went after him with speed, hit him and drove away. That meant that it wasn’t an accident. So someone is indeed behind this.

He paused again, zoomed out till he saw the face of that guy, even though he was putting on a black cap.

“That man!” One of the security uttered, pointing at the monitor.

“Do you know him?” Mrs Daves and the policeman asked at the same time.

“Yeah. He is in jail right now though” The security responded.

“Jail? Why is he in jail? Is it because of this same case?” The police asked him.

“Nah. That man is an hitman. He got caught just recently. He was caught at the spot he stabbed a pregnant woman” The security briefly explained and Mrs Pitt placed her hand on her mouth. “Unfortunately for him, the person he worked for escaped. So he is left to face the punishment squarely and alone” He concluded.

The policeman nodded.. as he just got another information. “What jail is he right now?” He asked.

The security man told him the name of the jail then Mrs Daves and The policeman exited for the station

***

They arrived at the station in no time since it wasn’t even far from where they just left.

They requested to see the hitman in jail. It wasn’t the visiting day but of course they were allowed because of the policeman.

The hitman really looked rugged. He looked shocked to see that he had some unknown visitors.

“Who are you and why are you here to see me?” He asked rudely.

“I’m a policeman and I’m here for to interrogate you.” The cop told him but he scoffed out “Policeman? Are you here to arrest me, round two?” He smirked. “Interrogate me? What else do you wanna know rather than I killed a pregnant woman. Yeah. That’s why I’m here afterall” He replied.

Mrs Daves looked at him with disgust in her eyes. The guy wasn’t even looking remorseful, he seemed so proud of his job as an hitman.

Well, she brought out her late husband’s picture then dropped it on the table in front of them.

“Do you know this man?” She asked him.

The police detected that shocked exoression on his face but yet, the guy denied it. “No” He said then pushed the picture away.

“You don’t know the guy in the picture?” He asked.

“I just said ‘No’, I don’t know him”

“Hmmn Well, we just checked the CCTV, you were the one who killed Mr Daves seven months. We already saw your face and now you are denying that you do not know the man” The police spoke bravely.

The hitman scratched his head and screamed frustratedly .. “Arragh!!”

“You know him.” Bella’s mom remarked.

“Why did you kill him? Did you kill him for yourself or you were hired?” The policeman asked.

“I’m an hitman for a reason. I do not kill because I enjoy doing so but because I was told to” He answered. He actually didn’t know when he said that.

We thought as much. You were hired to kill the innocent man.

“I don’t know” The hitman mumbled

“Who hired you?” The policeman asked.

“I need to return to the prison now!” He said. He stood up and wanted to press the button to call the police attention, so they could come pick him up but the cop held his hand.

“We are not done yet” He said.

“Oh well, but I’m done” The hitman fired.

“Mr Man, do you enjoy being in the jail and suffering while the people you worked for, the people who hired you to kill someone are at their homes, living a free life.. decieving people by pretending to be innocent?” The policeman said.

Those words really hit him on the right spot.

“Whoever hired you, do not deserve to go Scott free. Didn’t you just say that you never enjoyed killing people but they made you do it!” Mrs Daves added.. which triggered his annoyance.

“I’ll tell you who hired me” The hitman finally agreed as he sat down again.

“Okay, go ahead. Who hired you to kill Mr Daves?” The policeman asked him again.

“I didn’t know his name was Mr Daves whatever but one Mr B, a colleague to Mr Daves hired me to kill him. The so called Md Daves always had people around him, so I chose the hit and run method instead” He confessed.

“Mr B?” The policeman looked at Mrs Daves. “The last time we checked at Hittz company, no one bears Mr B, I got all their name in my record books” He said then something suddenly niggled at him. “Or do you mean Mr Benson?” He asked.

“Mr Benson?” The hitman called out.

“Nah! That’s Mr B’s friend name, as far as I could remember” He said.

“Then Who is Mr B?” Bella’s mom asked.

“And you just said Mr B’s friend was Mr Benson?… The only friend of him I know is the late Mr Daves and Mr Withney” The police told him.

“Yes that’s right. That’s it. Mr Bryan Withney. ”

“Mr Withney?”

“You heard me right” The hitman said then he stood up and hit the green button.

The securities that brought him over here, came to take him away.

“Mr Withney..” Bella’s mom kept muttering to herself.

* * * * *

To Be Continued