Sinners and Saints II

Chapter 49

Olivia hurried away from the building, her heart still racing even as she got out of the elevator. She rushed into the parking lot, her muscles releasing from all that tension. She could finally breathe again. She hurried to where her car was parked, hurriedly trying to reach for her phone from her bag, her hands still trembling.

Olivia slowly got out her phone as she got closer to her car. She could hear whispers from just beside her, not actually whispers, more like tiny voices talking to each other and it made her to turn abruptly. She found herself caring less about whoever it was that was calling her as she narrowed her gaze to the woman she had met in Rafael's office earlier. It looked like she was with company.

Olivia bit her lower lip hard, as Rafael's words echoed in her mind. She couldn't help but wonder if it was really true....if Zainab used to go after news concerning the ALCS case in the past. The same case Ann said her mother was involved in. She didn't want to think about it but she couldn't help herself. She couldn't help herself but wonder if Zainab actually knew who it was that caused that accident. Who it was her mother had gone up against? She needed to know why her parents were running that night, who they were running from and if the woman in front of her was really who Rafael said she was, she knew she could at least know something. Something that could help her even if it was just a little bit.

Olivia swallowed hard as she watched the lady Zainab was talking to slowly walk away from her. This was it. This was her chance. She threw her phone back into her purse and then hurried to the chubby woman.

"Mrs Zainab?"

Olivia went numb the moment she saw the woman slowly turn to face her, the smile on her face not dimming for a bit. Olivia smiled nervously too.

"Olivia,"

"Mrs Zainab, I was hoping I could ask you a few questions. I was hoping we could talk."

Zainab pursed her lips.

"Which do you want to do? Talk or ask questions?"

Olivia let out a soft chuckle. She really hoped she could do both. She could feel the Hausa woman scan her expression for a while and then exhale, folding her arms above her breasts, passing her tongue around her upper set of teeth.

"It's about the ALCS case isn't it?" She started. "You want to know what I found." Olivia frowned a little bit. "If it could help you figure out what exactly happened to your mother, to your parents."

Olivia's blinked.

"Y-you knew my parents?"

She watched the lady in front of her glare at her for a short while, making Olivia even more nervous. Zainab exhaled and then took a step towards Olivia, looking into her eyes. She stopped walking when she was a few paces in front of her.

"Yes I did."

Olivia's heart almost jumped from her mouth. She couldn't believe it. She couldn't believe a word she had just heard.

"Your mother reached out to me two days before the accident." Zainab continued. "She felt someone was after her life. Someone was trying to get her killed probably because of what she knew and she asked for my help, she needed me to help her, your father and you seek asylum in the states in exchange for information about the ALCS case."

"My mum knew who was responsible for the outbreak?" Now Olivia wanted to know more. She couldn't help herself. "She knew who was trying to kill her? Who killed all those people?"