He walked into the entrance where he saw him playing with the little boy.
"Come on! Come on Ronnie! Pass me the ball",he said as he played with Ronnie.
"I won! Yay!",Ronnie screamed out of happiness.
"Yes yes!",he said when he turned around and saw Martin staring at him.
"Good to see you, Father Martin", John said as he placed his two hands from the back.
"I knew you would find me",he said with a smile.
"Ronnie dear! Come here!"
"Yes?"
"Go get ready son, this uncle will take you home",John said as he pattered the little boy's shoulder pointing his finger at Martin.
"No, I don't want to go home. I want to stay here and play football with you",the boy replied.
John giggled and left a stare at Martin.
"Okay then. Play there, I'll be back, alright?"
"Okay", left the boy playing on the playground.
•••
"So you knew that James had kidnapped Angela. And you have been planning this ever since right?",asked Martin as he stared at John.
John blinked when he smiled and said:
"I have found the kidnapper, not you"
"That day, when we returned from the Imambara, you deserted me but I couldn't desert Angela. So, I continued my search until I came up with some evidences which led me to some places until I was in James's house. That day I could have finished him but that wouldn't have been justice. It would have been my revenge but not justice"
Martin couldn't believe his ears and he was left speechless when he blinked.
"So I intentionally started this whole story because I always knew the police would come to you. I took a special care to make the kidnapping seemed like the earlier one. I was the one who followed Ronnie from school. Gradually, I spyed James with Ronnie and learned all about their interaction and activities. So I planned my timing. I followed Ronnie into his school and we even played football together. We were friends and the day James had gone to pick up the landline, I gave Ronnie a new shoe and a ball. The boy went and played on the playground while I talked to James over the phone. Later, I locked him up inside the warehouse and I was even the one who called from the PCO, by placing the switch near the phone and left behind the cigarette butt"
Martin stared blankly as he placed all the pieces inside his head. He was stunned and left with no words.
"H-how?...What do you really want? What are you going to do?",he frowned.
John took a while before he replied.
"I want a meeting with James"
"What? No...I can't do that. That's not my call",Martin replied as he looked away.
"We both know no one can arrange this meeting other than you, Martin",he said as he stared at him.
"Do it...and take Ronnie home..",he continued as he looked at the boy who was playing with his ball.
"John uncle! Come on! We will play football together",called out the little boy.
John smiled and turned his gaze back to Martin when the latter stared at him.
•••
He walked inside the room where James was seated on the chair. He stared but went closer to him when he sat infront of him and said:
"James Brown..."
James clearly gave him a confused look. John leaned forward when he said:
"Except for you, there's no other man who know that you kidnapped my Angela 8 years ago than me.
•••
He wore the garbage bag and waited. The black van drove further when he stopped. James got off and went towards the van boot where he took the rusted box outside when he found out that the little girl was unconscious. He shaked her and tried to wake her up when suddenly, the girl opened her big eyes and stabbed him on the neck with the pen. James gasped and screamed when Angela ran into the woods, trying to escape. James followed her into the dark forest. Angela ran on her foot when she came in the middle of the road and at the same moment a driving Martin was in the white car. It was a hit and run accident. Angela fell from the road leaving martin upside down in the woods, all unconcious. John removed the garbage bag from his face and he walked towards angela while James seized the opportunity and stole the money inside John's car and escaped. John stared at his beloving granchild soaked in blood on the road. He screamed and tried to wake her up but he couldn't feel her pulse. He grabbed her in his arms and he left a painful scream with lots of remorse and tears.
•••
"So you feld with the money. But you weren't sure if she was dead or not. That's why you erased all the evidence. You just...removed all the proofs",John said as he rubbed his palm on the table. James expression fell and he couldn't even faced John.
"You went to the graveyard of Imambara where you buried all the evidences. It was clever of you to hire Lucas's black van. The van couldn't have led anyone directly to you because many people would hire it. But....one day you ran out of luck",he continued.
James stared down and listened.
"Your trunk was found...then the pen"
James couldn't understand the last word.
"That pen...the pen?",John said as he took out the pen from his pocket and placed it on the table.
"This pen..led me to you, James"
"I..I didn't want to kill her. I only wanted to save my daughter Liza. She needed immediate surgery and I didn't have the money...and so I did it",explained James to John. The latter gave him back a disgusting look.
"Back then, I was in a desperate condition. I couldn't decide what was right...or..wrong..didn't know what to do..",he tried to defended.
John stared at him when he took a deep breath and said:
"Even after eight years...you didn't know what to do?"
James expression fell back again.
"The police think you have killed Ronnie. They are never going to look for him anymore. But you want him to return safely, don't you?"
James stared down when he gulped and said:
"Fine...I admit I wronged you...So tell me how can I rectify my mistake? What must I do?"
John travelled his eyes when he wondered and glared at him.
•••
Martin was waiting outside when John came towards him.
"He has confessed",that was the three last words John said before he made his exit.
Martin grabbed his phone and called:
"Hello? Sandra, James has confessed to both the kidnappings and he even told us about Ronnie's location"
•••
They took him outside the police station where he was surrounded by the crowds. There were reporters and many people throwing rocks at him while shouting: "Shame on you!"
The police tried to stop them when John looked at James from afar amongst the crowd. He has been waiting for this moment for so long. They quickly took James inside the van and locked him from the back and drove their way to jail.
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Angela✓
Mystery / ThrillerJohn Miller is a broken man. His life was destroyed when his precious grand-daughter, Angela Miller, was abducted and murdered. Likewise, Martin Gas, the investigating officer, was so shaken by the case that he had quit the force and turned to the p...
