Five

Michael rushed to the bedroom and picked a shirt from his wardrobe and wore it. In a rush, he walked to the door where Nina is already standing at the door. “Good Morning Michael”, Nina said with a smile on her face. “Good Morning Nina, how was your night will you like to come in?”. George replied while he smiled as well. “Oh never mind, I'm in a rush to the office already, My night was good Michael, I have been loitering around to see you but it seemed you are not around throughout the day”. Nina replied and enhanced.

“Yes Nina, I have been very busy with work recently, I'm sorry for that. But you can take my phone digits in case of any need or emergency if you don't mind”. Michael tells out happily. Nina tried to get her phone from her handbag and gave it to Michael to plop his phone number. “Here you go, put your phone number and by the way I'm here precisely to invite you for dinner by 9 pm later today at my place”, Nina said cheerfully as she collected her mobile phone from him after he had putten his number on it. “Here you go Nina, you can just save it. I will surely be there. Thank you so much for the invite”. Michael responded with a vast smile. “Alright, I'll see you later at night”. Nina concluded as she waved him goodbye.

Michael banged closed the door and he hurriedly rushed to the kitchen to get his breakfast. He's almost done with his breakfast when he suddenly heard his mobile phone ringing from the sitting room. “George, check my phone and see who's calling”, Michael yelled from the kitchen. “It's the station officer sir”, George responded while he quickly rushed to the kitchen to hand him over the mobile phone. 

“Good morning sir”, the station officer tells when Michael picked the phone. “Morning SO, how are you, what's up?”, Michael answered and enhanced. “We found a body of a young lady brutally murdered and raped we guessed sir”. The station officer answered. “Where was that?”, Michael asked. “It was downtown sir, at that deficient building of the Mars and sons”. The station officer replied. “Okay, I will be with you guys shortly”. Michael responded and hung up the call. 

Michael looked sadly at George who is standing next to him. “Do you know Mars and Sons unfinished building?”, “Yes sir, I know the place. What happened?”. George asked curiously. “They found a dead body of a young lady there, let me get dressed so we can get going”. Michael answered as he got up and headed straight to his bedroom. He quickly gets dressed fully in his uniform and picked up his pistol from the drawer and tucked it at the side of his pants.

He banged closed the bedroom door and walked to the living room where he meets George already puts on his boots and fully ready waiting for him. “Alright, George, we can start going I guess”. Michael said jovially. “Yes sir”, George replied as he opened the door for Michael and he peeled off the door keys from inside. George banged closed the entrance door and locked it outside. 

He hurriedly walked to the car where he already finds Michael started the car engine. He ran to the gate and opened. Michael reversed and get the car out while George closed the gate and rushed to the car where Michael gets it parked waiting for him.

George opened and banged closed the front passenger seat as he gets seated. “Here is the house keys sir”, George said while he dopped the keys in the car compartment. “Alright, it's okay”,  Michael said as he geared the car and drives away. George continues to show him the shortest directions to Mars and Sons as Michael continued to drive.

They finally reached the building where they found numerous police vehicles already parked at the entrance gate of the building. “This must be the place”. Michael said as he drives forward to the gate. The police constable officer on the gates instantly opened the gate as he sighed Michael's car approaching and he instantly gave his respect with a full force salute while Michael drove in. “Thank you, at ease officer”. Michael yelled from the car.

The station officer stepped to the place where Michael packed his car. He opened the car door for him as he briefly gave his respect with a force salute. “Who gets to the scene first?”. Michael asked the station officer. “Sir, it was the security man of the place who noticed at first and informed us on phone”. The station officer responded. “Where is he now?”, Micheal enhanced. “There he's sir“, the station officer replied pointing to the direction of the security man who was standing at the perimeter of the crime scene.

They all stepped towards the security man who noticed them coming and he started to move towards them as well. ”Who are you, are you the security man?“, Michael asked the security man strongly. Without hesitation, Michael stepped forward to the corpse while he collected a stick from the security man. ”How did you noticed that she was dead?" Michael asked the security man while he stirs the corpse with the stick. “Yes sir, she was already dead when I noticed, I tested by keeping a thread near her nose, it didn't wave off, that's how I concluded she was dead sir”. The security man replied. “But who asked you to do so, why do you do all those unnecessary things”. Michael responded. “I'm very sorry sir”. The security man replied tensed. 

Michael instructed one of the officers standing to go upstairs and checks for any leading clue. George walked to Michael holding a phone on his hand. “Sir, I got this phone lying in the bush”. George said as he hands over the mobile phone to Michael. He instantly wakes the phone screen and he saw the deceased picture on the screen saver. “This must be her phone, George”, Michael reply while he tries to open the phone but it's locked. “But George, this phone got a pattern lock”. Michael added looking at George. “Sir, I can unlock that, the fingerprints will be visible in the reflection of the lights”. George replied as he raised the phone to the lights for some moment. He then puts it down and tried to unlock the pattern and failed at the first attempt. He tried the second time and it got unlocked. 

“There you go sir”, George said while he tried to give Michael the phone. “Very good George, just check in the phone if there are any details about the girl”. Michael responded. “Sure sir”, George reacted. “Sir, it shows Ginsberg”. George tells after he briefly checked in the mobile phone. “But sir, I don't think it's suicide as the way things are showing, something is fishy”. George added. “Yes, George, even me I'm feeling same in me, anyway, let's wait for the area commander to arrive. I have texted him and he's on the way already”. 

The sound of the car horn from outside the gate makes Michael and George realised that the area commander already arrived at the crime scene. “That must be the area commander George”, Michael said as they both walked slapdashed to the gate to meet the area commander who's seated in the car and refused to step out of the car. The police constable at the gate tries to open the gate for him but he raised his hand in no need.

“Did you inquire?”, The area commander asked without reluctance when Michael arrived. “Yes sir, we found the phone of the girl, Ginsberg area sir”. Michael replied after they briefly gave there respect with a salute. “We've already attended four suicide cases in this building, haven't we?”, the area commander implored looking directly at George who's standing closely next to Michael. “Yes sir”, George responded without hesitation. “They've probably built this building for people to jump off, Michael just file the case, mentioning it's a suicide and complete the formalities and also inform the girl's house”. The area commander concluded and commanded looking directly at Michael. 

“But sir, I don't think it's a suicide, something is doubtful and suspicious”. Michael lets out to the area commander. “Is this your intuition? you can't decide whether it's a suicide or murder, you don't have that right”, the area commander responded enraged. “But sir, what of the forensic and post mortem...”, Michael added while the area commander obstructed him  “just do as instructed”, he shouted as he drives away.

Michael sighed “but how will he just decided without even stepping inside the building”. Michael tells out looking at George. “Sir, I think we should just follow the orders sir”, George replied as he gave his respect with a salute. 

“You take the body to the mortuary”, Micahel commanded the ambulance driver. “We will go to Ginsberg to alert her parents”. Michael added as he looked at George.

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