...I'll Do Something.
I kept following her for about an hour more, I got tired and I decided to just confront her and get this over with but the closer I got to her the further away she goes, weird, I kept on trying that till someone pulled me back.
"Austin?" I looked around and saw the school right behind me, I was barely entering the forest, how is that even possible? What is going on?
"Alero you texted me that you are following someone but you have just been standing here for the past thirty minutes."
"No that is not possible I was..."
"What are you students doing here, should you not be in class right now, are you ditching class and doing something ungodly here?" Mrs Mavery asked.
"No we are not, we will head back to class now." Austin told her and he pulled me along with him, he stopped pulling me when we entered the school and into the hallway.
"What is wrong with you Alero have you finally lost it?!"
"I was following Mrs Mavery."
"Why?! Ever since this whole Azyma situation came on, you have not been yourself now you want to be suspicious of every thing and everyone."
"No that's not it, I wanted to talk to Mrs Mavery about something that was why I was following her, I called out to her but she didn't hear me." I lied, I do not want him also to stop me from helping Azyma.
"Okay, go to class." Just then the bell for closing period rang, I immediately went to the class where I left my bag and books to escape Austin's wrath.
I went to get the equipment for cleaning and I got started, I cleaned as usual, and I finished a bit early today, I guess I am already getting used to this janitor work.
I called Mrs Amira on the cellphone.
"Good afternoon ma."
"I am fine thank you."
"School was fine and how was work?"
"That's good."
"I called because we need to go to Azyma's house, maybe we can find something that will help us out."
"You don't have to I can come meet you there."
"Okay if you insist come pick me up."
"Bye."
"Who was that?" I jumped at the sound of Austin's voice.
"Who were you talking t? And do not think of lying to me."
"I was talking to Mrs Amira, she called to ask if we have finally found the whole truth about Azyma's mom's death, I told her not yet and uhm, I told her I was still in school and she said she is nearby that she can drop me home, I said no if course but she insisted so I said yes." He stared at me debating whether I have just told him everything. "
"Okay."
"I thought you went home already."
"I was doing something but I am going home now."
"Okay bye."
"Bye." He left after that and I released a shaking breathe, then I realised my dad is the one picking me up from school so that's why Austin did not say anything after I told him that, I am sure he is hanging around somewhere waiting to see if I was lying. I quickly texted my dad and also told him the same thing I told Austin, he replied okay but he said we'll talk about it at home.
Not long after I saw Mrs Amira standing in the parking lot and called out to me, out of the corner of my eyes I saw Austin, I did not want to make eye contact with him, I walked to Mrs Amira and she led me into her car, we drove out of the parking lot and was on our way to Azyma's house.
"How was school?"
"It was fine thank you."
"I will be leaving Abuja on Sunday."
"Why?"
"Don't worry I'll be back."
"When will you be back?"
"In about a couple of days I am leaving for Lagos to do some work."
"Oh."
"So what do you think we will find in Azyma's house?"
"I am hoping we have Pictures, journals and more evidence to prove Mr Dario has been abusing Azyma."
"Do you think we'll find those?"
"If we look and search properly I believe we will."
"Okay." We were in a comfortable silence after that, we reached Azyma's house about thirty minutes later, I was hoping we find all that at least something that will shed light to this case, Azyma please come out of coma soonest, I have a lot of apologizing to do and lots motivational speeches for you.
When we got there I saw a police officer standing outside the house.
"How are we going to get it?"
"By asking politely."
"I don't think that will work." I grabbed my backpack so I can stuff in any evidence we find.
"Good morning officer."
"Morning Mrs Amira."
"Can we go in?"
"No."
"Why?"
"I am not supposed to allow any one come in here."
Things were not going the way Mrs Amira expected, I know how to handle situations like this.
"But officer, I borrowed my notebook to Azyma and I want to come get it." I said in the most delicate voice I could muster.
"Okay, tell me where it is I'll go fetch it for you."
"Probably in her room."
"Which room is Azyma's?"
"Just let us go in and get my homework what's the deal in that, you acting like we want to go look for evidence against Mr Dario or something." He immediately tensed up when I said that.
"So you do not want us to accidentally stumble on any evidence against Mr Dario that's why you do not want us in, am I right?"
"Watch your tongue young lady, I am here for Azyma's sake period."
"If that is true you would let us in." Mrs Amira told him.
"Okay but I'll go in with you two."
"Sure." We all went in and I went to Azyma's room all the while looking around, I put my phone on video record so I'll have whatever clue I find on video since this man here will not let me take pictures of any, that I am sure of.
We got to Azyma's room and I started looking around, I found her backpack but my notebook was not there and that's because I didn't lend Azyma my notebook.
"Where is the toilet around here? I need to go."
"Its next to the entrance."
"Okay, thanks."
"I want to go make a phone call." He told me a little while after Mrs Amira went to the toilet.
I am sure he is actually going to make sure Mrs Amira went to the toilet. That means I can snoop around, I started searching her room for any clues, I rose the bed up as quietly as I could thank goodness the bed is as small as that of a bunk bed, I saw a small box, I quickly put it in my backpack, I looked around for anything more I could find but u didn't get much luck, I took pictures of Azyma's room so I'll have proof that despite Mr Dario's money, Azyma's room looks like a pauper leaves in it.
I checked if the coast was clear so I could go check upstairs, I quietly went upstairs into the room to the right, It was much larger and prettier than Azyma's room, it had a king sized bed and also a walk in toilet with a killer bathroom, wow.
I took pictures of Mr Dario's room then I started to snoop around, I checked his walk in closet properly, I finally found something, what I found shocked me, sex toys. I looked for a nylon and I used a paper from my notebook to put them in the nylon when I found one, I also took pics of it. I looked around for anything else but i could not find more clues.
I went into the second room directly opposite the staircase and the room was even more magnificent than the last. It had a Queen sized bed, a three head shower, a balcony and the closet had women clothes, is this Azyma's late mom's room.
I started taking pictures of the room, I snooped around and I stumbled on what seems to be a journal and also a picture album, I kept both in my backpack, what worried me was that my backpack now looks heavy, I hope the officer does not notice it.
"What are you doing in here?" The officer asked and I felt my heart in my throat, its a good thing my back was facing him, I quickly brought out one of my notebook and zipped my backpack.
"I found my notebook in here and I was simply keeping it in my backpack."
"Why does your backpack look heavy what's in it?" Just then Mrs Amira came to my aid.
"Have you found your notebook?"
"Yes."
"Then what are you standing around doing here?! Thank you officer."
"I want to see what is in her backpack,open your backpack."
"There is no need for that officer, its just notebooks that are in it."
"I still want to see."
"Open your backpack let the officer take a look."
"Okay."
As I was about to open my backpack Mrs Amira's phone rang."
"Hello, good evening."
"What!!!" She suddenly exclaimed.
"How did it happen, okay calm down, nothing is going to happen to him, what hospital? We are on our way." After that she hung up.
"We have to go your mom dad just got admitted into the hospital."
"Wha-t-t?!!" I yelled, I grabbed my backpack and I wanted to rush outside but the officer blocked the way.
"Please you will check her backpack next time, we really have to go." He gave us a hard look to see if we were lying about this, after a while he gave in.
"Okay, sure." He moved out of the way and I ran out the front door and into the car, Mrs Amira soon joined me and we drove off.
"Relax there is nothing wrong with your dad, I just made that up so the officer will let us go, and my phone never rang, I just set a timer on my phone this morning, the timer just went off just at the right time."
"Oh, okay."
"So tell me what you found."
"I found a picture album, a journal, a box and sex toys and I also found out that the two rooms upstairs are both a lot more beautiful than Azyma's room and one of those rooms belonged to a woman probably Azyma's late mom."
"What are we doing at Apo shop rite."
"We are using that parking lot, I can't check out the clues while driving and it not wise to park near the road to check it."
"Let us look at the album first." I handed her the album and we both checked it out.
In the album there are pictures of Azyma, a woman and a man Azyma shares facial features with them so we assumed there are her parents, we saw pictures of people we assumed were her relatives and friends, we could not find Mr Dario's pictures as we looked, we only found his pictures on the last three pages of the album, one some were of only him and others were with Azyma's mom and only one with Azyma, we also saw burial pictures, we saw some people wearing black dress and suit.
"Who died?" I asked stupidly, how would she know?
"I don't know because I was not there and I have absolutely no idea about it." She answered.
We also took a look at the box, in there were pictures of Azyma's parents and Azyma and also another young girl, she does not look like Azyma so we know that they are not sisters.
"Its late I should go home now, my parents will question me and I am supposed to be grounded."
"Why?"
"I went to a friends place and I came back super late."
"So your parents are cool with you trying to help Axymah?"
"Of course they are, they have good hearts."
"That's good."
"So when are the cops going to go to bust Mr Dario."
"I will go bust him myself tomorrow."
"You can't do that, he is a very dangerous man please let the police handle it."
"Some of the police men are working for Mr Dario, if they find out that his whereabouts have been found out, they will warn him and he'll escape."
"Still, he might hurt you, he could even kill you."
"Don't worry I'll be fine." She is putting her life at risk and she doesn't care.
"You can take a look at the journal and tell me what you find out, I will keep the sex toys and the photo album."
"You are entrusting me with the journal?" I asked surprised.
"Yes, down make me regret that."
"Okay." I gave her all what I found except the journal which I kept, she took me home after that.
"Bye, make sure to call me if you find anything and my house is right next to Azyma's.
"Okay." I went into my house and I saw my dad waiting for me on the couch.
"Why did that woman drop you off from school and why are you late?"
"There was a massive traffic on the way that's why and when I texted you, I was not yet done cleaning.
"Go to your room." I didn't have to be told twice.
I went into my room, I went into the bathroom and took a cold bathe, what could be in that journal? I thought as I relaxed in the tub, Mrs Amira will get herself in big trouble if she goes there, she might even get hurt, I won't allow that, I have to do something and I will do something.