The Hidden Toxin ✔(#6 in the Our Side of The Dice Series)

Chapter 28: Police-Mailing

Mrs. Yekaterina
Moscow, Russia

As expected, the hospital reeked of solid chemicals, but there was nothing Mrs. Yekaterina wouldn't endure for her darling daughter, Irina. Irina was still unconscious, although her injuries and wounds had healed up. The doctor said that her optical nerve had been slightly tampered with. Hence, there was a possibility that Irina would become blind once she gained consciousness.

Mrs. Yekaterina was devastated to learn the news. She couldn't imagine how she would face her daughter when she woke up. Although Mr. Kojo was deceased and his skeletal remains were now preserved as a specimen for laboratory practice, Mrs. Yekaterina was still seething with rage. She wished she'd killed the demon with her two hands. How dare he touch her daughter!

Mrs. Yekaterina was still staring pitifully at her sleeping daughter on the bed when her phone chimed. Slightly started, she combed for the phone in her pocket. It was her husband who was calling. With a sad smile on her face, she answered the call.

"Khoney, Vhet's ze matter? I'm steell at ze khospital—"

"Have you seen ze news?!" her husband, who wasn't feeling quite romantic, cut her off abruptly.

"Vhet ahbout ze news?" she asked as her heart picked up a fast pace. She grabbed the remote control from the table and turned on the television.

The once blank screen came alive and was tuned to the news channel. Mrs. Yekaterina instantly read the headline of the news that was written in Russian:

A janitor from First Moscow State Medical University is said to have been wrongfully murdered by a duo.

Then, someone's voice came on as Mrs. Yekaterina increased the volume of the television. The face of the person who spoke was blurred for the sake of newscasting ethics and for the speaker's wishes to remain anonymous. But it was evident that the testifier was female, and Mrs. Yekaterina was beyond shocked to learn that the person had witnessed the murder of Mr. Kojo.

"Kojo vas my best fryend's boyfriend," she said. "end I've known heem for e long time. He khes been dating Zinaida for many years end he's ahlways trited her right. On ze day of ze murder, Me end Zinaida stopped by ze school to peeck Kojo up. Hees gerlfryend plenned e surprise for heem. So I decided to get down from ze cer instead to look for Kojo in ze school while Zinaida waited in ze car. End zat vas vhen I saw two people – a girl with a tick scar on her lips and a tall derk guy inside an office, putting Kojo's corpse in e trunk. I was so shocked. I ran away. I couldn't believe Kojo was ded, and he'd died for no rison!"

"Cen you see vhat you've caused?!" Mrs. Yekaterina's husband yelled after giving his wife time to listen to the news.

"Er you telling me zat you don't believe zat eet's Mr. Kojo zat reped our daughter? He's ze one! Irina told me before she became unconscious! I saw eet myself!"

"I believe he's ze repist, but I warned you not to tek ze law into your hands. I told you to report ze case to ze police, but you didn't listen to me! Now, vhat's going to khappen to zat boy and girl that you assigned to kill Mr. Kojo?"

Mrs. Yekaterina said nothing for a moment, genuinely pondering on what to do. She had to protect Sean and Ebun at all costs. As she ruminated, she glanced back at the television screen again. Her eyes caught something — the name of the police station: Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs, Department of the City of Moscow Nekrasovka District.

Wow! What a small world we live in!

With a slight smile spreading up her face, she suddenly felt in control of the situation. The Russian police were useless and were always subservient to the whims and caprices of the wealthier people in the society. It was vain to expect justice from the police. Nevertheless, there was someone she knew who worked at that particular police station, and he was going to be seeing an August visitor today!