Close Enemy

Chapter 20

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It had been a month into the new year. Chuck had proposed to me on new year's eve, it wasn't in my best interest to say yes to him but he had a lot to offer and was ready to take my child as his.

Till date the police had no new leads on the criminal, the van found in the convenient store was owned by a farmer from Texas who came to California for a visit, he had reported that his van was stolen months ago, but was unable to retrieve it.

This new discovery made things even harder, tracing the criminal felt even more difficult and hopeless.

I was now nine months pregnant, I became so heavy, the detective had told me to stay away from the case and stay far away from the police station, at this point going to the police station would only risk my child and I.

I was going to be due for delivery in one week time, so I stayed at home for some days.

Days to my delivery I moved over to the hospital.

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A week had passed, my baby had been delivered, it was a boy I felt so excited that i named him Joel Jr, he looked so much like his daddy.

It felt like Joel had been reincarnated, Chuck wasn't really comfortable with the name I gave my child.

It reminded him that the child wasn't his. Doubts kept on clouding my mind on getting married to chuck, I felt like he was going to control my life, he became really possessive over the months.

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Two weeks after I had my baby.
It was a Monday morning, I woke up ready more than over, after staying away from the case for a while I decided to get back on track.
If I don't put pressure on the police force nothing would be done.

I got up from my bed went straight for the bathroom, the baby slept in my mom's room most of the time.
After my baby had been born my mom had a change of attitude  and became more easy going towards me.

She spent most of her time with the baby, she always helped me bathe him, wear his clothes, and all that was necessary.

After I was done having my bathe, I rushed out from the bathroom, brushed my hair straight picked up my hair dryer, blow drying the hair.

I put on a flared cream gown with a black sandal, I picked up the cream knitted cross bag. I rushed out of the house without informing my mom of my where about.

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Thirty Minutes later I arrived at the police station, I went straight to detective robles office. I knocked on the door gently.

"Come in"

I opened the door and gently walked into the office.

"Good morning, happy new year. Please have a sit " he said

"Happy New year to you too" I said as I sat down

"I can see you're no more heavy"

"yes I had my baby two weeks ago " I said with a huge grin on my face .

"That's good to hear, Congratulations" he said looking me in the eye.

"Thank you"

He picks up a case file and glance through it with his face looking all serious, making everywhere really silent.

"Sorry to interrupt, but I came here to know the latest on your investigation"

He kept going through the case file,  then pauses for a second,  lhe looked me straight in the eye.

He placed his right hand on his forehead his face looked really dull and dissapointed.

"we are still on it " he said as he continues with the case file.

"Are you guys even working on his case anymore, I don't understand why it's taking so much time."

"I understand how you feel, but it's not as easy as you think, I'll advice you to go home, take care of yourself and your child. If we have anything new we'll let you know" he continues to go through the case file.

"I can't believe you guys just want a murder to go free"

"young lady we are doing our best,  we tried everything possible, all the clues we had was nothing but a dead end, we don't even know how the lady from the camera footage really looks like, we're still doing everything in our power, so please be patient" he drops the case file and walks out of the office leaving me behind.

To me it felt like the police didn't have my back anymore, it felt like they had given up. I then thought of having my own investigation to make things faster.

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I got out of the taxi, walking straight into Joel's former apartment. His things still remained there because the police were still making use of what they had thought to be the crime scene.

I got into the apartment with my spare keys. When I arrived at the apartment everywhere was so dusty and filled with cobwebs, it had been abandoned for months,  without proper care.

I put on a hand glove so I wouldn't temper with everything. I went straight into the bedroom that we shared, l I spent a minute standing at one spot thinking of what to do next.

I looked round the room confused on were to start from. I checked under the bed, but it was clean, I became so confused where would I search that the police had not searched.

I left the room in frustration, then I remembered the description of the killer that the detective had given me.

I rushed out of the apartment In a heist, running straight to the police station