Chapter84

           “Here, this is the spot she fell”.

           “Remove those thing over there,

did you see her”? Ken ask.

           “No, she is not here, maybe

 Benson must have taken it

somewhere else”.

           “Like were? Ken was so

worried, she didn’t have to die”.

           “What are you guys looking

 for”? Peter ask seeing ben and

 ken searching for something

           “Victoria”,

           “Was she here”?

              "Yea, ben saw her

here and Benson shot her to death.

      "And why will he do that? She

 is his girl, why will he shot her"?

      "I don’t know, game change

maybe", ben said looking at them.

       "Let’s go ken, peter said, we

don’t have time for this".

        As they entered the car to leave

ben call ken back.

      "Ken you need to see this"

        "What is it, have you seen her?"

        "Yea, she is right here".

      Ken rush down from the car

to see Victoria hang on the ceiling

 fan.

     "What? Did she commit suicide"?

       "Naa.. I don’t think so, I saw

Benson shot her, he wanted it to

 look like she commit suicide".

     "What do we do now"? Ben ask.

      "Am taking her to the mortuary,

she needs a proper burial after

all she is a Jackson".

    "Yea, your right, since you didn’t

devoice her before she died".

      "They brought her down and

 take her to the mortuary and then

ken want home.

     "How did it go"? Gina ask.

     "Everything went well at least

we are free to walk the street now

that Benson is behind bars".

     "And who is this Benson what

doeshe want?"

     "I don’t know, the police will

find out, because I have never

had of him before or seen my

father with him before".

    "What did he want? Did he make

 any demands?".

     "No, he just wanted to kill

everyone in the family".

    "And he use Victoria to do that"?

      "Yes, unfortunately a child came

 out of it, ken said and was so

grateful that the truth has not come

 out about the biological father

of the boy, now he has to take

the boy as his own and hide his

 father’s secret forever.

     "Talking about that boy, am not

 happen with you, but I guess there

 is nothing I can do for now, as

everything turns out to be like this".

     "Yea, I know, and I thank you

so much for been understanding

 with me, I will make it up to

 you", ken said and huge Gina. 

    It felt good because it has been

 a long time since ken hold his

 wife like this, now he has the

 time to look at his newly born

 babies.

       Hello, Miriam can you come

 over, we have something for you,

and I don’t want to tell you over

 the phone".

      "Ok, am on my way", she rush

 down to see the boss.

     "What did you find out"?

       "Is so sad Miriam, but your

 husband has a hand in the death

 of your father in-law".

     "What? Miriam shouted and

fell off the chair, “My husband kill

 his own father?"

      "Well, not quite so"

      "But you just said he had a

 hand in it."

      "Yes, he did not want his father

 dead though, but he wanted to make

his father hate ken and like him

 enough to will all his wealth to him".

    "how"?

      "He paid someone who paid

 Victoria to get Ken into sleeping

 with her and get her pregnant in

 the process so that Mr. Jackson

 will hate Ken for been wayward

and push him away from the

 family, but things didn’t get

 down the way they plan because

Mr. Jackson fell for Victoria’s

beauty, and it happen that she

end up sleeping with father and son". 

     "What? And I thought am the

 bad one. Miriam could not believe

 what she was hearing".

     "so how did Mr. Jackson died"?

      "Victoria is Benson’s woman,

so when he find out, he thought

 he could use Victoria to get Mr.

Jackson’s wealth to be his own,

So both Victoria and Benson

 has been extorting money from

 Mr. Jackson until Victoria finds

 out she was Pregnant for Ken.

Then she decide to bring the

boy to the Jackson, but the idea

was not pleasing to Benson who

want her to keep collecting money

 from Mr. Jackson, so when

Jackson could no longer take it,

Benson killed him and decide to

turn over to ken. But Victoria refuse

to extort ken because she loved

 him, that is what led to the place

 where we are right now".

    Miriam felt as if a million stones

 where place on her, how could ben

 do this? he was the one who

 brought this on his father and he

still had the face to walk around

 smiling, he is going to hear

 from me".

     "Do you need my advice?

The boss ask Miriam.

      "Advice?" Miriam ask back.

      "Yes, because whatever you are

going to do will only add to the

problem".

     "So what will you have me do"?

      "Keep quiet and watch. Because

 somethings are better left unsaid".

     Miriam want home unable to

 find her leg.

      "Where are you coming from, I

have been waiting for you for a

very long time" Ben shouted

 at Miriam.

      Miriam just looked at ben, and

 walk pass him.

       "Am talking to you, where are

 you going? You dare not walk

away from me…....

      "Or what ben? Or you kill me

 like you kill your father"?

     "What?" Did I hear you right,

ben’s mother ask almost shouting.

      "Ohh.. mother.. she rush to her

 side. No mom, that is not what I

mean.. is a play word I and ben

 always use".

      "Yes mom, she was just joking,

I have told you to stop using

 those word, didn’t I? ben said to

Miriam smiling, trying to confuse

his mother.

      "Both of you should learn how

 to use proper words in

 conversations, you don’t use

 words anyhow".

     "Yes mom, am sorry, what do

 you want? Miriam ask.

      "Am here to see how you guys

are doing and to ask when the

 burial arrangement will take place,

you can’t just keep my husband

 in he mortuary, you know you are

the first son, and everyone is

depending on you".

      "Yes, mother I will call for a

family meeting soon".

      "Ok, then, let me go and have

 some rest".

     "Ok mom, ben lead his mother

out of his quarters, "I will come

and see you soon mom".

      "Ok, please try and come".

           “Yes mom, ben said and rush

back to meet Miriam”.

           “What the hell was what?,

did you just call me a murderer?”

     "Yes I did, what will you do? Kill

me like you kill your father?"

      Ben gave her a slap across her

 face and they start fighting.

      "Take your hands off me or I

will shout", Miriam threaten ben.

      "Look at you idiot, where did

you hear that from? How on earth

will I kill my father?"

    "Didn’t you pay Victoria to sleep

 with ken and make him get her

pregnant?"

      "So how did that result to the

death of my father? You idiot,

calling me names".

           “You are the idiot ben, so

you don’t know that Victoria and

Benson were extorting your father

 that the company is almost going

 bankrupt?"

      "Where are you getting all this

information from?"

     "How will you know when you

are so blinded by hatred of ken"

      "Well, I admit I hated ken, but I

 can’t kill anyone for God’s sake".

      "When you paid Victoria that

money, that was the beginning of

all your family sorrows, in case

 you don’t know, you are the one

who triggered the whole thing, so

 take responsibility for your action"

she said and walk away from ben.

       Ben sat there, the ground start

 rotating like he was drunk, but

what Miriam said hit him so hard,

it could be true that he was the

one who kill his father, what have

I done. But paying Victoria to sleep

with ken and getting her pregnant

 so dad will hate him the more,

how did that get to kill him? And

 how did my father get involved in

 all this, Miriam… Miriam.. Ben call

 her, you need to tell me how my

father get involved in all this since

 you know so much". but Miriam

 refuse to open her door.

    "Victoria is dead, how will I know

what went on with my father, how

 he got to be involved with them

and why they kill him".

      Ben could not help it but got

 himself drunk, he didn’t meant

 to hurt anyone, but I guess it

was too late, his father dead in

 the process and Victoria too, he

 is to blamed, what if the truth

 comes out? What will he do?

        Ken receive a call from the

 police station about a new lead

 for his father’s death.

      "We need you in the station now,

there is a new development and

 your brother may have to come to the station with us.

    "Ok officer, I will be with you in

 a minute.

      "Ken arrive at the station and

 got the shocked news of his

 life, ben is responsible for the

death of their father, so he

needs to be arrested. 

      "Never, I didn’t kill anyone, I

swear to you I didn’t kill anyone,

Benson is lying I am not a murderer".

           “ keep quite Benjamin or

anything you do or say here may

 be used against you in the court

 of law”.