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"Please seat," The Inspector said to Olumide and August.

 He seemed to be in a hurry but took his time to attend to them. It was a Saturday and Mrs. Wright was away for a function but immediately August called about his sister she promised to join them as soon as possible. She called some top-ranking officers and that is why they were invited to the office.

The table was bare except for a few files at one corner, the Nigerian flag on the table, and the phone which looked more like an intercom.  An extra uniform hung in one corner of the office close to a shelf that housed hundreds of files. They both occupied the seats opposite the table and waited for him to do the same.

"I have a lot of things to do right now, but I cannot ignore directives from my boss."

"We understand, thank you for your time, sir."

He dialed the intercom and requested that they bring both ladies into his office.

"If I may ask sir, how was this lady picked? The lady that accused my sister I mean."

"We had her booked since your sister's incident, but your mother insisted we release her because there was no motive and she said she had nothing to do with the poisoning.

 It was the same substance that poisoned your sister that we caught with her at a club where we rounded her up with some other people."

"What? So she poisoned May."

"According to her, she did not but we are not taking her word for it because she used it on someone else who is in a coma presently."

"What confirmation do you need that she poisoned my sister?"

"If she did not poison as she claimed, how come she has such a substance then?" Olumide added.

"That is what we are about to find out. As I said earlier, there was a case at a club that was reported. She was one of the people involved and the substance was found on her but she said it is not her own."

May and Foyeke were brought in a few minutes later.

May looked as if she's been crying while Foyeke looked unbothered.

The officer departed.

"Stand there," the inspector directed them.

Olumide noticed they had no jewelry on and May's makeup was washed off by her tears. He felt sorry for her.

"Start talking."

"Sir, she lied against me," May started.

"She was dating my brother but they broke up a few months ago. I noticed she was involved in some shady stuff and threatened to tell my brother but I didn't. She's been threatening to deal with me since their break up."

Foyeke eyed her after a long hiss.

"This is a serious business young lady," the officer cautioned.

"She didn't tell me anything," August said to Foyeke.

"As if I car," She rolled her eyes.

"Why will you tell the officers that whatever they found on you belongs to May?" Olumide asked in concern.

"Because it's her own," Foyeke replied.

"I am confused."

"You should be because it started and ended with you."

"Young lady, go straight to the point. This is not a drama club."

"Well, she..."

"She's just lying," May started crying.

"Let's hear what she has to say first," August prompted

"May poisoned herself."

"Foyeke!" August shouted. "How is that even possible?"

"August, believe me, this is not about you."

"What is it about then?"

"Him," She pointed at Olumide.

At this point, May rested on the wall in defeat.

"Excuse me," Olumide said alarmed.

"If you want me to leave, I can. I don't understand how I got into the equation. I did not wrong you, did I?"

"Sir," Foyeke directed at the policeman. "Can you tell them to stop interrupting?"

The officer signaled them to keep quiet.

"May has always liked him,"  she pointed at Olumide.

"Most of our friends know that, so no matter how many of us flirt with him, we know he was strictly May's"

Olumide looked around as if to ask what that had to do with anything.

"Everything has always been fine as long as we maintained our lane till their new maid entered the picture."

August looked at his sister but she was avoiding him

"The girl was after August at first, I don't know what changed her mind because they were always together and he likes her too."

"I told you..." August interrupted but the Officer signaled him to wait.

"Then she started going after Olumide, that was when May flipped."

"What do you mean flipped?" the officer interrupted.

"She was angry. It was her territory."

Olumide opened his mouth in shock at being thought of in this light, even though he was ignorant of the happenings in their clique.

"Go on."

"On the day she was rushed to the hospital, I was asked to go back home and bring some change of clothes for her, then I found it in her closet.

I didn't think big of it at first because I know she doesn't do drugs. I took it and questioned her about it when the doctor confirmed that it was what she had in her system.

I asked her about it and she confessed to me about what she did. I promised to keep her secret as long as I could keep the drug just in case I needed it too."

"Please hold on, I can't assimilate everything you are saying." Olumide faced Foyeke.

"Are you saying May poisoned herself with the substance?"

Foyeke nodded. "She said the girl, the maid I mean was in her way and she needed to get her out of the way."

August stood up and walked to his sister for confirmation.

"Wait," Olumide interrupted. "How was the poison in her system supposed to get Fiyi out of the way?"

"Well, it got her arrested didn't it?"

Olumide looked from May to her friend in shock.

"I think she didn't expect you to stick with her after the episode," Foyeke shrugged.

"Listen to me young lady," the officer pointed at May.

" Those guys in the cell beside the room you were kept will be willing to devour you. All they need is a yes from me. So think well before you answer the question.

Is everything she said true?"

May did not need to affirm. It was written all over her as she nodded quietly.

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