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man who came and assaulted my children, right in my

ulted no one. He drew the first

and come with me.” He spoke

am going to be a senior advocate of this country someday. What you are doing is illegal. Y

warrant, but you came to my house to fight my son without a war

h. I cannot arrest him without a

versed in these things. Sometimes arres

the act flagrante delicto. It can also happen when the culprit is at the ri

I will take the respon

e powers to give such an ord

I don’t?” N

ock and amazement, pulled out a police badge and sh

ooy AKA Naked Wire, from SEMIL. Now, constabl

agency. So, I had actually attacked a cop. No doubt the man had been behaving so confidently. Oh, I was

nforcement agent. However, Sir. This village doesn’t fall withing your jurisdi

r agent to track down some criminals operating in this locality. So, you see, I am

elf to be taken away so easily. I resisted viciously, but I was finally overpowered and bundled into the police car that was

y son to?” She asked, r

ed. “He attacked and assaulted a law enforcement officer. If you n

do?” My aunt asked,

Please, call my uncle. Call him a

n taken down, I was put in a lone little cell all to myself. I sat on the bare floor of the cell and thought about many things. So, Naked was a police man, and he didn’t tell anyone.

n came to my cell and told me tha

o, un

come you went and attacked a polic

didn’t know he was a c

e law in the execution of his duties? You are very fortunate that yo

hat mean I will be rel

spending a few

You are the boss here. All that is needed is o

med his elder brother who is my boss in the city. So, they have decided to drop all charges because of me. Howev

unc

, I was going to spend four long days in jail? I thought of Rose and badly wanted to see her again. I thoug

cold and hungry night in my cell. I longed so much for my hostel room back in Buea. I regretted ever coming to the villa

er. I was in a car that was parked close to the beach, watching them. Out of bestial anger and jealousy, I brought my car to life, sped towards them, intending to run both of them over. W

ater started getting into the car and I started drowning. As I struggled to breathe, I woke up from sleep breathin

eman interrupted my thoughts, speakin

want to s

r that you like beautiful women, yo

hell.”

ss is your father. I would have dealt with you. Anyway, if you

e?” I asked in a

min

ed. “I am on my way. T

lowly to the reception of the police statio

ly heard about your pred

. You are the only one who has come to se

e when my sweetheart is in jail.

l explain everythi

cause of a woman.

a lie. Forget tho

brought foo

ise to come and see me the following day. As she left, my uncle’s wife came, too. She brought me food and bottled water. She spoke to

ver boy.” The police

d yourself.” I

shout at me all you can. It wouldn’t change anything. You wi

going to tell my uncle about his unprofessional behaviour. I sat in my cell and thought deeply. This was the second day and Rose had still not come to see me. It was because of her that I go

se, then, she would be in serious trouble with me. In fact, she would return all the money I had given her. I hoped, I

nce I was going to be there for four days. Cominash and my aunt came and went and I felt better. However, I would have felt much better if Rose had come. What was wrong with that girl? Wh

come and gone. Who else would want to come and see me, especially when it was already past five in the evening. Could it be my uncle? Bu

he had finally come to see me. What had been keeping her for so long? Anyway, now that she had

to see me?” I asked the policeman. He was a

female

p, arranged my dress and followed the policeman to the reception area. I ha

s Cha

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