Hotel Room Murder by C. M. Okonkwo

Author:C. M. Okonkwo
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: crime, suspense, murder, mystery, pi, detective, investigation, intrigue
Publisher: C. M. Okonkwo

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Same Day

Thursday, 22nd November 2018

10:40 p.m.

Inspector Osbourne raced back to the station and hopped out of his car, then parted ways with Princewill Jackson, as he locked the doors. He eyed the parking lot and the space bus hadn’t moved, which meant that the driver was still waiting. He hadn’t called the driver on his way, because he didn’t want the man to get any more worried than he already was, he had only hoped that the man wouldn’t get tired of waiting to collect his books.

The inspector barged into the station and stormed towards the lobby where Gabriel Makun sat, with his head perched on the wall, having a snooze. Gabriel Makun heard the footsteps thundering in his direction and jolted awake, almost falling over. He looked up and a silhouette towered over him.

“Your records are inaccurate,” Inspector Osbourne spat.

The driver rubbed his eyes, saw the inspector clearly, and replied, “My records aren’t inaccurate, sir.”

“From your book, it says that you have been taking Desola Ogunba to Saint Paul at least twice every week and once, two weeks ago, but when we went to the hospital, they said she hadn’t been there in years. How do you explain that?”

“Taking who?” the driver asked, clearly confused.

“Desola Ogunba. The woman you identified on my phone and said that you worked with before.”

“Oh.” The driver didn’t seem confused any longer.

Inspector Osbourne raised a brow, and repeated, “Oh?”

“I didn’t know her name was Desola Ogunba.”

“What did you think her name was?” The inspector asked. “You worked for her before and you also wrote Madam D in your book.”

“Yes, but that’s for Madam Daisey. Everyone calls her Daisey, even her husband.” Gabriel Makun looked confused all over again. “And I have never known her surname.”

The confusion bag seemed to be alternating between the driver and Inspector Osbourne, but the inspector’s confusion only lasted a few seconds. It suddenly made sense to him. A quick recall of the names he had seen on the snapshots from Princewill Jackson revealed the name Daisey on some days. In fact, the list of patients who saw the doctor that he had gotten from the nurse moments ago also had an entry from a certain Daisey.

“So you took her to Saint Paul this evening,” Inspector Osbourne remarked.

“Yes sir, I did, before I took her to a guest house.”

“Espiage or something?” the inspector asked, recalling the word Wilson believed to have heard while going through Desola Ogunba’s call logs.

“No. Freedom Guest House.”

“So what is Espiage?”

“S.P.H.?” Gabriel Makun raised his eyebrows in confusion.

“Yes, Espiage,” the inspector repeated. “Where is that?”

“It’s the same Saint Paul Hospital we are talking about.” The driver still looked confused. “That’s how Madam Daisey likes to call it, but I prefer to write it in full in my book.”

The inspector shook his head at Wilson thinking he had heard Espiage instead of S.P.H. And speaking of S.P.H., obviously with their room in Lagos Star Hotel no longer available, the doctor and Desola Ogunba had to meet at the hospital first to pick another location.

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