Who stabbed her?
The other person who stabbed her smiled devilishly.
One of the body guard turn on his phone touch to see .
He saw something liquid on the floor " Did they pour a drink here?" He wondered.
The power came back, everywhere became bright .The body guard saw the liquid on the floor "Blood! ,someone is bleeding ,help " He shouted in terror.
Soon the hallway is filled with people trying to know what happened. The manager called the ambulance immediately "These are the Sebastian woman ,we are in trouble . Jude Sebastian will kill us " He lamented frightened.
On the ground is Maya lying unconscious with a knife stab in her stomach, David shivering at the sight of Maya covered in blood ,while Liya is crying trying to help Maya.
"What do we do ?" One of the receptionist asked the manager .
"I don't know, where is the ambulance? Why are they not here yet!" He shouted scratching his head in frustration.
"Sebastian will lockdown this hotel ,omg ! we are in trouble"
The Ambulance came taking Maya with them while the police took Liya and David as suspects .
Liya is being interrogated in the station .
"I already told you,I didn't do it " This is the fourth time she is defending herself .She did not stab Maya but who would believe her .
She engaged in a fight with her now Maya is in the hospital.
"Madam, will you stop lying !"The officer said in annoyance hitting his hands on the desk.
"Everyone knows you and Maya have difference which resulted in violence. so you stab her "
"I didn't!"Liya screamed at him.
"Mm, why are you lying ,take a look at this . Maya broke a plate threw it at you which causes these bruises on your face . so you decided to get back at her by stabbing her right ? " The officer said looking deep into Liya eyes like he was trying to get something.
"No, I swear ,I didn't" Tears streamed down Liya's cheek.
"Enough with the pretence . The power cut was a good opportunity to get back at her right ? "
Liya was quiet .
"Answer me Mrs.Jude " Liya remained silent.
"You don't want to talk fine . See according to research,we found out that Maya is seducing your husband,you were annoyed ,confronted her which lead to a fight then you stab her " The office expressed with a blank face.
"I wouldn't hurt anyone, I'm not capable of doing that. Please I'm innocent" Liya pleaded with tears.
"Why are you so adamant, confess to your crime!" The officer yelled at her in frustration.
"return her to the cell, and bring the waiter for questioning" The officer said.
Liya was taken back to her cell, She sat on the cold floored cell scared. Before following the police, David held her hands and said "I know you are innocent, this isn't your fault okay" .
"It is, I should have gone straight to my room" Liya cried out.
"Just hang on, I'm sure you will be freed" David assured her and left.
David was taken into the interrogation room where he sat and opposite him is officer Rong.
Officer Rong is among the best policemen in the city, he always get to the root of everything and his interrogation skills are top notch.
"So, you are David?" He asked flipping the pages of paper before him.
"Yes, officer Rong" David answered.
"I see you know me"
"Yes, who doesn't know you, great officer Rong"
"You worked at the hostel?" Officer Rong asked looking at him.
"Yes sir"
" Why were you at the scene?"
"Actually, a customer ordered for his food to be brought to his room. On my way to the elevator, I saw them fighting, I..." Officer Rong interrupted him.
"Wait, who were fighting?"
"Liya and maya" David replied.
Officer Rong jotted something in his notepad, nodding his head. "Continue" He said to David.
"I ran to stop them immediately, They kept on hitting each other, pulling their hairs"
"That's normal, women boring fights" Officer Rong rolled his eyes.
"Why didn't you inform the securities or management about their quarrel?" He asked with interest.
"Today isn't' the first time customers are fighting, I thought it's the normal stuff, who knew someone would be stabbed", David lowered his head downcast.
Officer Rong wrote it "What did you notice about the two women?"
"Notice,?" David felt lost.
"I'm sure, you must have serve one or both of them, what did you notice?"
"Liya has a room while Maya stays with Mr. Jude"
"Really, that's interesting"officer Rong jotted it down.
"who is his legal wife?"
"Liya"David answered.
" Liya, but he sleeps with another woman, mm that's enough reason for Liya to hate and kill Maya." Officer stood up,
"I don't think she did it"
"Why?" Officer Rong frowned.
"Maya is the toxic one, she attacked Liya severally. Liya only defended herself"
"So?"
"So what?"
"You can't conclude without your thinking, we need concrete evidence. Mm what were you doing during the power cut?"
"I was scared and confused" David replied which draws Officer Rong attention.
"Scared and confused, why?"
"I have night blindness, so I couldn't see anything. I was scared when I heard someone screamed help, help me. Wondering what's happening"
"Hmm" Officer Rong jotted it down nodding his head.
"So you were in the same hallway with them?" He asked.
"Yes"
"You tried separating them before the cutout, why didn't you call the attention of the manager?"
David sighed "Like I said earlier, it's not the first time we witness customers fighting but why don't you run a DNA on the knife"
"You will know the killer if you run a DNA right?" David asked worried.
"We did that, unfortunately there is no fingerprint on the knife."
"No fingerprint? How? " David was confused.
"No fingerprint or anything related to anyone else. the only fingerprint we found is Maya's own and her blood" Officer Rong stated.
"Maya?"
"Yes, probably when she was stabbed, she held the knife in her stomach. This is complicated. What's more is the cctv cameras were off that moment. Why?"
"I.. I don't know sir"
"I wasn't talking to you. The answer is this was planned. The powercut, cctv cameras, no evidence, no fingerprint. All this happened within a short period, I heard the power cut lasted for fifteen minutes"
"I think so, it was a short period of time"
"An attempted murder within fifteen minutes, impressive" Officer Rong chew on his pen. He sighed.
"You think it's a murder?"
"Yes, in fifteen minutes, Maya would have been killed. The killer could have hit her vital places, but the killer didn't to serve as a warning. What a clean mission. Did you noticed or hear any footstep entering the hallway?"
"I.. I don't know. Did I?"
"Do you know if Maya has an enemy in the hotel apart from Liya?"
"I don't know"
"Or is there a helping hand? Maybe someone helped from inside. We have to question Maya herself when she wakes up. Take him back" Officer Rong said to the lieutenant.
"To my hotel right?" David asked scared.
"No, to the cell. You were in the scene of crime. So you will remain in the cell till you are cleared."
"But... But.. I.."
"That's enough." Officer Rong shun him.
"I have to see your manager to confirmed your night blindness is true, how long have you been working in the hotel?"
"Wait are you suspecting me now?"
"answer me, how long have you been working in the hotel?" Officer Rong yelled at him.
"A year" David answered.
"Call the hotel manager to come over for questioning".
...
In the hospital
Maya Pov
I woke up on a hospital bed to the pungent smell of hospital disinfect, invading my nostrils. The room was pristine and gloomy. IV and monitor beeping.
"Where am I?" I thought, I feel nauseated.
I look around the room, the only person in the room is a police man.
What is a police doing here?
I shut my eyes, trying to remember what had happened.
Then it all hit me with a bang. The memory of what happened came to me.
I was stab.
That useless b!tch stab me.
I remember the fight, the unexpected powercut and I getting stabbed.
I tried to sit up but felt a sharp pain in my abdomen. "Ah" I cried out holding my stomach.
The police man heard my voice and rushed to me helping me to lay down.
"Are you okay miss?" He asked.
"Who are you?" I asked in a faint voice hardly audible.
"I'm lieutenant Ting, I was assigned to watch you in the hospital" The police man answered.
"Really?," I asked.
"yes, I'm glad you are awake. I will call the doctor and officer Rong now"
"Who is officer Rong?"
"My boss, the detective in charge of your case" Ting said and left the room.
I sighed. My mind thought about Liya, where is she?
Lieutenant Ting came back speaking on the phone with his boss.
"My boss is on his way, he will be asking you some questions. Are you alright to answer questions?" Ting asked grabbing a chair to sit.
"Yes, what about the other lady?" I asked worried.
"Which lady?"
"The one I engaged in a fight with, where is she?"
"She is in the police station. She is a suspect, so she is currently in counter"
I smiled.
"Is she truly the one that stabbed you?"
"It was dark, I could not see but she is definitely the one"
"How sure are you?"
"Hundred percent sure, I mean who else would stab me. She is jealous, huh what a lousy woman" I scoffed.
"Jealous of what?, business deal, or what?"
"Jealous because my love loved me more compare to her"
"I don't understand" Ting looked so confused.
"You see, my man married her for business purpose. He loves me but has to marry her. Now she is jealous and threatened to kill me" I said looking pitiful.
"She threatened you?"
"Yes, who knew she will eventually do it. Now look at me in the hospital," .
"mm, that's make sense" Ting nodded his head.
"Please police, don't tell her go free. Let her pay for her crimes, Please I'm begging you, do justice." I rub my hands together pleading.
"Don't worry, my boss will be here soon, you have to tell him all that you told me. I'm sure he will deal with her"
"Thank you" I thanked him smiling.
This feel greats, Liya would be locked in cell. I can get rid of her this way.
How dare she threatens me?. Haha.
I don't know who stabbed me since it was dark but having that woman behind bars is exciting.
I'm sure Jude will rush all the way to this hospital once he heard I was stabbed. I will poison his mind about Liya, so he will detests her and send her out.
This is satisfying, I just can't wait for Jude to run over to me.
....
Jude got back to the city the next morning. He travelled to another state to supervise the construction of a casino. On his way back, he finds it weird that non of his lovers called him.
Liya, his wife?, probably no.
But Maya would have , 'so why didn't Maya called? ' He thought.
'Maybe she got carried away and forgot to "
Jude arrived to hotel 9am. As he walked into the hotel, he notice all eyes were on him, people were murmuring.
"What's happening? "He asked one of his bodyguard.
"I don't know sir"The bodyguard replied.
Jude decided to ask the receptionist.
"Hello, do you mind telling what's happening, I'm getting a lot of stares here " He asked the pretty lady sitting at the receptionist desk.
"That's because your wives fought " She answered.
"My wives? "Jude asked confused.
"Yes, Maya was injured and admitted into a hospital "
"Maya? "Jude slammed the desk in annoyance.
"Prepare the car, lets go to the hospital, hurry "he said to his bodyguards.