LET ME LOVE YOU

Chapter 24 - missing piece of the puzzle

Aya

"Really?" Asma's excited Voice rang into my ears, which automatically made me smile. Mama actually called me to check up on me, she said she had been trying for a few days but it didn't go through, which is because I switched the phone off, but I didn't let her know that. anyways, Asma didn't let us finish talking, she snatched the phone and made it look like she was the one who called me.

"Yes baby" I nodded, even though I knew that she couldn't see me "I'm actually just a few hours away from posting the communique and proof of the pictures being fake. My legal counsel has also sent him a letter in which he has been ordered to expose himself and publicly apologize to me, I'm sure he must've received it by now" as I closed my mouth, she let out an excited giggle, clapping her hands repeatedly.

"Dimples please tell me you also demanded money as compensation. PLEASE!" I chuckled at that, because I was expecting the question.

"obviously. I demanded twenty million and I won't go easy on him. bazan sha wahala a banza bah Wallahi" once again, she squealed, and if I'm not mistaken, she was jumping as well because I heard sounds that matched with that

"this is why I love you, you don't just sit around and wait for magic to happen, which is a really good thing because just like that, we are twenty million naira richer!"

For the millionth time, I chuckled at her enthusiasm, which also made me smirk afterwards because I realized something "speaking of twenty million," I started "can you do a little favor for me, sweetheart?"

"Anything for you Dimples, just name it!"

"Can you please go back to my.....I mean your brother's house and check the CCTV footage of the last 4 weeks?" I Asked.

"I tried to do that the day you left but Ya Layla told me that the camera automatically deletes footages after a week" I furrowed my eyebrows at that "What?"

"Yes. And she also locked the camera control room, so since she told me that, I never tried again, I even left the next day because the house became boring and her wahala is just too much"

Now that's the missing piece to the puzzle. If Layla didn't put that money in my room, she definitely has a hand and helped whoever did it. No wonder she was the only one who 'found' the money and refused to let us check the CCTV footage, and no wonder she was putting so much pressure on Hafeez and said everything she could to make him turn against me. I'm very sure that's what she went to do the day I caught her coming out of my room, serves me right though because I stupidly ignored it, had it been I checked the room thoroughly or at least took the situation seriously, I might've been able to minimize the damage, but still, it's nothing I can't handle, if I do find out that she's actually behind this, She will pay for it.

"That's a lie Asma, what kind of CCTV camera would automatically delete footages every week?" I pushed an almond into my mouth, the last one in the bag.

"I was wondering too" she replied "but why did she lie? It doesn't make any sense to me. Unless she's the one who actually took the money and put it in your room for a reason maybe she can explain to both of us!"

I sighed "there's only one way to find out; you have to go back there and check the footage"

"What if she doesn't let me?"