"What is your name?" Jane asked me and I replied her.
"Your age?" She continued, "Fourteen." I answered, She paused and brought her hand close to the piece in her ear to listen to it, I think someone's talking to her.
"Okay noted." She said slightly aloud and turned her attention back to me, "Steady your heartbeat Akira, I am sure you do not want your truth be mistaken for a lie hmm." She told me and I tried to do as she said.
"You should drink the water it will help you calm down." She told me and I obliged. "Very good." She said and gave me a small smile.
She resumed her interrogation as soon as I finished drinking my water. "Tell me Akira, Were you at the mansion yesterday night?" She asked me, " Yes I was at the mansion throughout yesterday." I replied her.
"What were you doing at the mansion?, Or rather...Why were you at the mansion?" She questioned further, "My mom took me with her." I answered her.
"Why did she take you with her?" She asked, "Because there was no one home and she didn't want me to stay at home alone." I told her, She paused and stared at me for a while also blinking every two seconds while she did so.
"While we were questioning your mom earlier we learnt that she was also part of the chefs that made the food arrangements for the party yesterday where you aware of this?" She asked, "Yes I was aware and I also assisted." I replied.
"Did you noticed anything suspicious about her activities throughout the whole day?" She asked on but I was triggered by that question, "NO! my mom was the most dedicated during the whole preparations she didn't even for once thought if anything other than her job throughout yesterday, She wasn't the thief!!" I was starting to get angry at her for making my mom seem like a thief.
"There's no need to act up Akira, it was just a question and mind you if you do act up and work up your nerves, You would be declared lying so if I were you I would rather calm down and let Miss Jane do her job." Jane said with firmly.
I knew she was right but I just couldn't take it when my mom is being accused. I apologized for that and she continued with the questions.
"Did you noticed your mom doing anything suspicious?" She asked again, "No." I said calmly, "That's more like it." She told me smiling.
"Why do you say it wasn't your mom who stole the jewelry?" She asked now with a serious expression on.
I think we have come to the serious part now, This is the part where they decide if my mom is guilty or not according to the answer I was going to give now.
I bit my inner lips they moment she asked me that, The room went silent for a while as we both stared at each other, She was waiting for my answer while I was thinking of the possible way to deliver for them to believe me.
"Because I saw those thieves and...." I started and trailed off at the same time, "And what?" she asked keenly as she leaned in closer making sure she avoids missing a single word I utter, not even my breathing.
I took a few deep breathes before I continued, thankfully my nerves had relaxed a little.
"And they saw me too." I responded, She raised her eyebrows in surprise, I am sure she wasn't expecting that. "You saw them and they saw you?" She asked again to be sure. "Yes." I replied.
She placed her fingers on the piece in her ear again and listened to it while at the same time looked at me. It was obvious that they were telling her if I was lying or not. She nodded when she was listening.
"So did they say anything or did they do anything when you saw them?" She resumed her interrogation, "No they didn't do anything, they just ran away." I told her.
she continued to placed her right hand close to her ear each time I answered her.
"They ran away? didn't they threatened you? And why didn't you tell this to anyone? Why only speak up after your mom has been accused." She threw all questions simultaneously at me.
My heartbeat quickened a bit due to the overwhelming questions she's asking. "I-I didn't wanted to cause any trouble for my mom, She was so happy to be part of those chefs yesterday and she warned me not to cause any trouble for her, That was why I didn't wanted to tell anybody." I said hoping she would see the sense in that even if I didn't.
"But your mom got accused anyway, That didn't help either." Jane said as she leaned back in her chair wearing a weird expression. I wondered why she said that.
She took out an iPad out of her bag and and placed it in front of me, I stared down at the screen of the iPad Wondering what she wants to show me.
"That's the video of your mom trying to break into a room in the mansion, Why don't you see it for yourself." She said as she folded her arms across her chest.
I took the pad and click on the play button on the screen and i saw a lady dressed up like a chef passed by the door and then back to it, she looked around as if checking if anyone was approaching her direction before trying to open the door, She struggled with the lock for a while before finally getting it to open, She entered the room afterwards.
The woman in the video was obviously my mom but I still didn't believe she had the intent to do what she had been accused of. To me, this video and everything was misunderstood because my mom couldn't possibly do such a thing, No matter how much worth the jewelry is she would never take it.
I watched the video with mixed feelings as I didn't know what to say next. Miss Jane sat and studied my reaction to the video in silence.
"Can you finally see why your mom is being accused kid, Tell me, what do you have to say to that." she finally spoke up.
"This is a misunderstanding, She probably was looking for me at the moment, I told her I wanted to go pee and she warned me to not stay long but I couldn't because I was busy trying to figure out who and what some two guys in black were and trying to do." I ranted exasperatedly, I knew the video could be easily misunderstood but I also wanted them to believe me.
I hope the polygraph tells the truth about my feelings or whatever it does, I just want to get this over with and go back home with my family.
"How and when did you saw those two guys in black?" She asked, "I saw them when I was going up the stairs, I noticed they were moving suspiciously That's when I knew who they were, If you check the whole footage you will see when and how they came into the room." I told her.
"We did check the whole footage from throughout yesterday and back before yesterday and we saw nothing suspicious except for that." She said.
"That's not possible! I am supposed to be in the footage too because I also went close to the door to try to see what they were going to do!" I yelled, My frustration getting the better of me.
"Akira Houston!! Behave or you will be detained just like your mom." Miss Jane warned me. I could feel tears pooling in my eyes.
"We checked everything and we found this and nothing else, Believe it or not Akira, Your mom stole the Jewelry and your the lie detector shows you have been lying since I questioned you about your mom's suspicious movement." Miss Jane said as she leaned over me not caring about the emotional jumble I was going through at the moment.
"You are a liar Akira, A very big one and trust me you just put your mom and yourself into a very big mess now, Your questioning is over but you won't be kept in like your mom, But know that you aren't certainly free either." She rambled on but I couldn't hear properly because of what I was feeling at the moment.
"You can do little to help your mom now, just pray the owner of the property that was stolen by your mom have mercy on her and drop the case." She said and left the room.
I began to cry and blame myself for getting my mom into this mess, I should have just told somebody of what I saw, So much for wanting to be like "Sherlock Holmes".
"Get up girl." One of the female cops standing outside the door came into the room and dragged me up by my arms. I couldn't stop crying and whispering to myself "My mom is innocent."