Ella picked the medal. "I wonder how they missed this" Ella kept looking at the medal. "It is easy to miss since it got stuck in a bush. "It's Elijah Philip's." "How sure are you?" Trent asked her.
"I saw it in their family portrait." "That doesn't mean that is his own." Trent stood up from the rug. "I need to go talk to them again." She stood up to leave.
"One more thing, Elijah isn't human," Trent said. Ella was shocked. "It now makes sense." Ella furrowed her brows.
"What's that supposed to mean?" Trent asked with a raised brow.
"Is not what you think. I am just saying the only reason the police couldn't catch the culprit is that he isn't human." Ella blurted out. "Oh. Good then," Trent's smile returned. "Is Mrs. Philip a non-human?"
Ella asked, "I didn't have the chance to test her," Trent answered. He went ahead and sat on the sofa.
"How did you know that he is a non-human?" Ella looked in his direction from where she stood. "I tried to compel him, but it didn't work," Trent said to her. "That doesn't prove that he is not human, I heard that some humans can not be compelled."
Trent cannot explain to her how he knew it. "I am going back to the house, are you coming?" "No, I have somewhere to go." he smiled at her before he disappeared.
Mrs.Philip was washing the dishes when she heard a knock on her door.
"Sweetie, can you get the door for mummy!" She said at the top of her voice. The nine years old girl stopped writing in her book and ran to open the door. Her hair was styled into a double French braid.
She opened the door and saw Ella. "Hi, mister. Are you looking for my daddy?" the cute girl asked. She has her father's blonde hair and looks like her mother.
"Yeah, is he at home?" Ella smiled at the young girl. "No, he left for work." "What about your mother?" "She's in the kitchen" "Can you call her out for me" "Ok." the girl ran into the kitchen.
Tariq had a headphone 🎧 attached to his head. He was watching porn and trying to masturbate in the bathroom. He raised his head and saw Trent smiling at him. "Jesus!" Tariq's phone fell from his hand and he quickly put his dick back into his sweatpants.
"What the fuck! How did you get in? The boy looked scared and was trying to back away. "You are one horny teenager" his smile grew menacing and Tariq shivered in fear.
Ella was now sitting in the living room. Mrs.Philips joined her. With two cups of coffee. "Mrs.Philip, can I ask you a question?" Ella calmly asked. "Call me Angela." She said, "What's the question about?" Angela asked. "The medal I saw on your husband, I wanted to know more about it?" "Well, he inherited it from his father. There's only one of it in the world" Angela sipped her coffee.
"Tell me more about it?" Ella pretended to be interested. "Their great great great great great. grandfather. There are many more greats though. (Ella nodded her head). The medieval time was among the knights of The Kingdom of Firehearts. He was among the knights that protected humans from non-humans. It was the time that all the creatures were fighting for power.
The queen bestowed on them the medal of bravery. He gave the medal to his son and told him to pass it to his grandson and to make sure the story of his bravery should be known by all his descendants."
"So the medal was passed down to your husband by his father?" Angela nodded. "It was given to the male child of the family who achieved something great. That's why Elijah is depressed. He is the breadwinner and the apple of his father's eyes but his business is failing." Angela wiped the tears that were threatening to fall.
"I am sorry to bother you but can I see the medal?" "Of Course. "
Ella was waiting for Angela when the little girl came and stood in front of her. She was playing with the edge of her dress. "Are you going to arrest my daddy?" The young girl asked.
"Why would you say such a thing?" Ella held the girl's hand.
"The day Rosa died, My dad returned home, and he sneaked into Rosa's apartment." The girl looked scared.
"You know about your dad and Rosa, how did you find out?" Ella asked the girl, she moved closer and on the recording button of her phone.
"Well, Aunt Rosa works in the school daycare as a nanny. We always come home together, she gives me candy and always plays with me. Four days ago we returned from school after I had my lunch. I decided to go play with Aunt Rosa. So I sneaked into her house and hid in her wardrobe. But Aunt Rosa entered the room with daddy and daddy kept touching her."
"Were you caught by them?" the girl nodded her head. "Daddy said that if I tell mum. He was going to kill her." The girl looked traumatized. Ella was enraged. What pained her the most is the fact that the man has the same name as her brother.
"Do you know what happened that night?" "Yes. Daddy asked Mommy to cook rice and chicken broth for him. When she packed it into a lunch box. I saw him adding something to it and when my mummy asked him, he shouted at her."
El's eyes went wide. Among the reports given to her, it was said that Anastasia's poison was found in the food. "What did the lunch box look like?" Ella held the girl's shoulders. "It is white and square shaped." Ella took her hands from the girl's shoulder.
"I couldn't find the medal, he must have taken it with him." Angela came out of the room she entered earlier.
"I gotta go" Ella ran out of the house. She called the HOJ backup team. "I am calling to place an arrest on Elijah Philip." She went into her car and drove off.
Elijah was looking at the record book. He had a scowl on his face. One of his workers ran in. "Sir, there are two men here to see you." He went out of his workshop and saw two men. One was wearing a dark blue suit and the other was wearing an army green suit.
"Are you Mr.Phillip?" one of the men asked. "Yes, I am," he replied. "You are now under arrest for the murder of Rosaline Rodrigo. The man twisted his arms and cuffed Elijah. "What nonsense let me go!" Elijah shouted at the top of his voice.
Many of his workers and neighbors came out when they heard the commotion. "you have the right to remain silent, anything you say or do will be used against you in a court of law." They dragged him into the van and drove off.
People kept whispering amongst themselves.
Elijah was now in the interrogation room with two detectives. "Why did you kill Miss Rodrigo?" the detective asked. "I didn't mean to kill her, I just wanted to get rid of the baby. I didn't know the drug would kill her." Elijah cried.
The detectives looked at each other. "What do you mean by the drug?" the detective in the dark blue suit asked. "I brought the drug from a pharmacy, the name of the drug is mifepristone." The detectives were confused even though the lie detector showed he was telling the truth.
"Let's use the truth serum on him." The dark blue suit guy agreed with the army green suit guy.
In the office, the others were praising Ella for solving her second case. "I am proud of you Sam, you are truly extraordinary." Mr.Ford praised her.
"Thank you sir" she smiled happily.
"Mr.Trent is here," Chen said before running away. Even the rest realized that his aura has changed from his usual self.
"Congrats Bassett." His voice sounded cold. "Thank you, boss." "Are you planning on visiting Mrs.Phillip?" he asked. "Yes," she looked unsure. "Let's go then." he dragged her by the hand.
Angela was arranging her and her daughter's clothes. The news of her husband being arrested has spread all over town. Her daughter was crying in the room. She heard a knock on the door and went ahead to open it.
"Hi, you're back again." Her eyes looked dull and Ella couldn't help but pity her. "Can we come in?" Ella asked. "Why not?" they all entered the house and sat on different chairs.
"I am sorry about your husband." Ella felt guilty. "I still can't believe he was cheating on me, I still can't believe he killed her." she covered her mouth with her hands as she cried.
"Wow! You are truly an Actress." Trent started clapping his hands.
"What nonsense is this Trent?" Ella glared at him.
"Is no nonsense Ella, Mrs.Philip here is the one that Killed Rosaline Rodrigo."
"How dare you accuse me of such a thing?" she abruptly stood up from her seat.
"I will never accuse someone without evidence." he brought his phone and played the video record of her killing Rosa.
Ella was dumbfounded.
. "In that case, I can not let the two of you get out of here alive." Angela's demeanor changed completely.