CHAPTER 55

She could not stop crying, she saw how much Martin had loved Ruth and she had stabbed her. 

Faith took it upon herself to look for Ruth instead. She went all round all the corners at the closer gates but Ruth was nowhere to be found. There was not even an evidence of blood that could give her the route point of where Ruth was. She therefore changed her mind. 

She knew if Ruth was found then she would tell the whole truth of what happened and then she would be imprisoned into the cell of hell like all the others. 

She went back to her room , locked the door and finally slept. 

Faith did not want to think about that horrible night once again . 

Lady Akeshia who had seen Martin crying by the garden decided to approach him. 

" I am deeply sorry Martin . We have searched for her all over the closer gates but yet she is nowhere to be found" said Lady Akeshia as she tried to comfort Martin. 

" What about her grandmother Magdalene? Have you seen her anywhere?"

" She was helping us search for her granddaughter Ruth but we made her retire to bed since she was feeling ill. She is too old for all this but I do believe that she might get a heart attack if her granddaughter is not found any time soon" said Lady Akeshia .

She held Martin's arm and helped him stand . Lady  Akeshia led Martin to his matrimonial room who seemed to have been out of his mind. He had cried to an extent that he couldn't cry anymore. Lady Akeshia helped him to close all the curtains and put him to sleep. 

Martin could not sleep. Of course he could not. His beloved wife was to start school after that wee hours of the night. Martin stood and went to his study. 

Lady Akeshia had no idea since she had already gone to the servant quarters. Martin started checking through the house's CCTV. He wanted to know what might had happened to make Ruth ran away. 

Faith was hesitant and knew that was what could have happened. She had already hidden that part in a hard disk and dug it under the ground where nobody could have apsalutely found it. 

Martin tried to search for that particular point but couldn't find when he heard someone tap his back. It was Haggai who had been sent to look for Ruth outside the closer gates. 

" I have looked everywhere for her Sir but she is nowhere tone found. Like I told you before, I never saw her leave the closer gates. Nobody has left the closer gates this evening except for Tere and her son. I have even seen the trace of Naomi her mother around here" said Haggai. 

Martin signalled for him to leave . He continued to wait for Ruth till he fell asleep. 

The next morning, everyone woke up but there was still no trace of Ruth. Martin had woken a little bit earlier and went to search for Ruth at the cell of hell. He thought that maybe she'd be there but this time she was not even there. Nobody had even seen her enter the cell of hell. 

" I am sorry brother .I do believe that maybe if that young girl truly loves you, then she would find her way back here. I perfectly and sincerely do so" said Faith. 

They suddenly heard the siren of an ambulance coming into the house. Martin ran as fast as he could to check what was happening. He was astonished to see Ruth seated on a wheelchair and escorted into the house by two policemen. 

Martin could not stop wondering what was really happening. 

They all sat in the living room and the policemen requested to interrogate everyone since claimed that she was not remembering anything that had happen there. 

Faith could not stop shaking. She was breathing heavily and anybody could notice her obvious fear. 

" I want faith to take me to the kitchen and help me get cold water for drinking" said Ruth in a hoarse voice. 

Faith quickly escorted Ruth to the kitchen. 

" Look....I ......" Said Faith but Ruth suddenly interrupted. 

I have told the policemen that I have forgotten everything and yet I know that it is not the main truth. I haven't forgotten anything at all. I know that you are the one who tried to kill me because of the love that you for Tere. I am glad that I didn't die since the knife did not even hit my heart. I will not tell anyone but once you are found guilty, do not ever blame me for that because I did love you like my own sister. I had wanted to live and cherish you like I loved my own siblings but not anymore. Take me back to the guest parlour . I want to see how far the investigations are going" Faith quietly took Ruth back to the guest parlour. 

Ruth noticed that her grandmother Magdalene was not around. 

" Where is grandma?" Ruth asked filled with lots of curiosity. 

" She is on her room. Her blood pressure went high yesterday as soon as she got the news that you were missing but I believing that right now she is feeling a bit well and is just resting in her room" said Lady Akeshia in a pellucid voice. 

" I want to see my grandma. She must have been devastated by my obvious demise. I want to see her right now" shouted Ruth who seemed to be a bit worried. 

The nurses helped her calm down. Fortunately, Magdalene arrived before Ruth could leave and look for her. 

" Grandma! I was sick and worried about you. I would never want anything bad to happen to you. You are indeed the best thing that has ever happened in my life. I love you so much grandma" said Ruth but she was astonished to find out that Magdalene was silent and kept looking at Faith suspicious. 

It was as if Magdalene had an idea that it was indeed Faith who tried to murder Ruth. 

She sat on her chair which she had liked to sit there most at the guest parlour. 

" The policemen searched the whole house but they did not find any proof. 

Ruth had already removed the knife from her room and burried it on the ground. 

" We have searched the whole house but still there is no proof of evidence. I will search for other ways to really deal with this. I am sure that the person who attempted to murder Ruth is walking freely here in the closer gates . As soon as Ruth heals completely we will start a fresh interrogation and find out the whole truth. There is no escape in this. The culprit must be caught" said one of the policemen.

" There is no need. I will investigate the matter by myself. There are rules and tougher rules here at the closer gates which do not allow you to arrest that person. That must be sent to the cell of hell and punished for his or her crime for the rest of his or her life. That is the final judgement and there is no way out. You may now leave my premises. Let Lady Akeshia escort you. And please Lady Akeshia once they are out ask Haggai to meet me at once. Lady Nana , please take my wife upstairs into our matrimonial room. I must find out what is really happening in my mansion. I might be mistakenly the next one to be stabbed" said Martin. 

He went to his study to wait for Haggai . He took out his gun and wiped it carefully to dust off dust. He therefore sat on his chair swinging as he waited for Haggai. 

" You stabbed my wife and left her at the hospital gates. Did you?" Asked Martin as he pointed a gun at Haggai who had just arrived. 

" No sir! I never met with your wife yesterday. I had no idea that she been left the closer gates"

" But that is the only way out of the closer gates . Why do you dare to tell me that you never saw my wife leaving? " shouted Martin at Haggai. 

Everybody in the house were astonished when they heard Martin's voice. They all ran to the study but Martin shot up warning them that he did not really want anything to do with them. 

He ordered them to leave. 

" If anything happens to my wife. They you low class irritating guard will be held responsible for it .Mark my words till the end , you will regret all these things that you have done for my wife. Now leave and get me Lady Nana. This is the beginning of my interrogation" said Martin who signalled Haggai to leave. 

Ruth was astonished by all that. She had never seen Martin that angry before. It was as if he was caught on am electric shock. 

MARRIED AT SIXTEEN.