It was a cold afternoon, it had been raining all morning and Leslie could not go for classes and as such laid down on his bed in the room. He opened his eyes as soon as he heard a message from his phone he checked his phone and saw a voice recording sent by his elder brother and it sent chills down his spine.
Mark Leslie's elder brother had cut ties with the family 10 years ago when their single mom had decided to marry a rich millionaire and Mark was not buying it. He ran away from home with a note saying he was fine and no one should look for him and really no one actually did except Leslie who in his own Little way has been trying to contact his brother but his effort had proved futile as Mark was obviously determined not to be found.
now ten years later his apparently lost brother had sent him a voice note in a mail, what were the odds. He opened the mail with trembling hands as everything in his gut kept telling him that whatever was going to be in that mail was not good new but still he hoped for the best while he expected the worst as he opened the mail and as he heard the contents his jaw dropped and fear gripped him.
He quickly saved the message on his computer and searched for relevant information regarding the sources mentioned in his brother's email. He could not reply the mail as his brother warned him not to for his own safety. As a final year criminal law student he was determined to get to the root of the matter and save his brother in any possible way. He thought about telling his mother as she had been worried sick thinking Mark had probably died over the years but on second thought he stopped himself afraid that he might put his mother in danger.
He searched the internet although he was already familiar with the case as it had been trending for several weeks but never did he suspect the culprit was his brother or actually not his brother but his brother was been framed for it. What had seemed like a murder case to him now turned into not just a murder case but a struggle for power between political parties and his unfortunate brother was caught in-between.
According to the case the head of an N.G.O Mr. Jones Stonewell who was in charge of soliciting the interest of the people before the politicians contesting for the post of the mayor had been murdered as he was a hinderance to a corrupt politician Senator Maxwell Clanks who was trying to coerce the people into buying their land in which oil was discovered so as to use the oil that was supposed to be for the development of the state to support his political campaign and with that money gotten he will be unstoppable and no one would stand a chance against him.
The only person who would have benefitted from the death of the head of the N.G.O was the Senator Maxwell Clanks but people were out rightly shocked when someone had come out to claim that he was responsible for murdering Mr. Stonewell and now that someone hard turned out to be Leslie's missing brother Mark.
Leslie sat down on the bed in deep thought, it was just few days to his graduation, his brother would be sent to prison were he might be safe for a while and it would give him enough time to solve the puzzle and help his brother out. He might not have been able to contact his brother but he was sure his brother kept tabs on him and he had contacted him because he knew Leslie would be able to help him out.
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The court finally sentenced Mark to life imprisonment and Leslie was at the back of the courtroom like a normal law student just watching the proceeding of the case and he watched as the policer officers led mark out and into the vehicle that was to take him into prison.
As the police officers led Mark out, they were surrounded by reporters but the police officers were able to strategically lead him into the waiting vehicle headed for prison. Mark had spotted Leslie in the crowd, how could he not spot him when he had always looked out for his brother even going as far as beating up bullies that threatened Leslie, he was okay as long as Leslie was okay because he was the only thing that mattered to Mark as their mother had abandoned him first when she prioritized a man she barely knew over her own children.
As he sat down in the vehicle waiting to get to his final destination he was a t peace, he knew that Leslie would not leave him to rot in jail and he promised to leave a better life if he comes out of this alive. He reflected on his life in the past and how his gambling addiction had brought him to this point, it was either death or prison and he had chosen the prison because he wanted to stay alive and eventually reconnect with his brother after he had changed his ways and is certain his past life won't cause his brother any problems.
He closed his eyes and eased into the chair accepting his fate and at peace with it. He was at peace for a moment when he heard a sound that looked like rumblings, he opened his eyes and saw the police officer in the vehicle fighting with another officer, he did not know who was who and watched closely thinking of a possible way out and eventually the police officers were killed by what looked like their colleague but he was sure it was a fake police officer, he recognized the fake officer as the officer that had switched with Previous police officer while they were in court and he remembered feeling like the guy did not really look like a police officer and now this fake officer was headed in his direction with a wicked grin on his face and he was on handcuffs and powerless. The driver of the vehicle had been shot dead and the vehicle was at a standstill. He looked out and realized they were in a deserted road, clearly they had strayed from their part, definitely this fake police officer had someone very powerful backing him and giving him orders.
He sat there gripped by fear, where they trying to kill him because they were scared he would talk, he already signed the contract or did they find out he had contacted his brother? so many questions flooded his mind and he hoped Leslie was okay and was not caught up in any of this. He was right not to have trusted them fully, he knew they might try to kill him and that's why he had reached out to Leslie but has he succeeded in putting his beloved brother in danger.
He stood up from his sit trying to create a distance between him and the fake police officer put that was not much help as the fake officer advanced towards him. He felt like this was where he would die but he won't die without a fight as he launched towards the fake officer knocking him down, the surprised fake police officer quickly recovered and they both fought severely no body agreeing to succumb to the other.
While the fake police officer was down, he opened the window of the bus and jumped out running frantically not knowing his destination just wanting to get as far way from there as possibly. The fake police office quickly got to his feat and chased after him and was able to meet up with him before he got far and shot into the air scaring Mark and making him stand still. He asked mark to put his hands in the air which he did and the fake police officer directed him back into the bus and as soon as he got in the fake police offer shot him in the stomach and left him there in a pool of his own blood.
As life slowly left mark, he recollected his happy happy childhood when his father was still alive and he had the perfect family. He blamed his father for dying, he blamed his mother for remarrying his father's best friend. He blamed himself for mixing with the wrong crowd. The only innocent person was Leslie and his death was going to scar him for life, now he regretted sending the voice message to Leslie he has someone gotten his innocent bother involved in all this.
He closed his eyes as his mind slowly became blank and the coldness overwhelmed him, the last thing he saw was Leslie's face in the court room and death took him. Mark was dead.