Mr Issah's POV.

"You see sir, it seems she has had a lot of head injuries, from what we noticed apart from the gash caused by this present incident, there was another fresh scar on her head and apart from that, it seems that she had been tortured." The doctor explained to me.

"What do you mean tortured?" I asked him.

"She had been whipped severally all over her body, her stomach had cut open because of it and she has deep scars all over her back, that was what caused most of the blood that was on her and also the bottles that were broken on her head it seems they were not ordinary bottles." The doctor said.

"Excuse me?!" I said.

"The shards of bottles found in her head were like wine bottles and she was hit on the head with great force, I am surprised her skull didn't totally break and she is not dead yet, I have never seen this before."

"Can I go in to see her?" I asked.

"No! Not till after four hours." He stated.

"Okay, thank you." I said politely.

"Excuse me!" With that he left.

I can not believe she is in a coma, oh God, let me call Amira and see how it is going at the police station.

End of POV.

Mrs Amira's POV.

"So tell me again, what happened and how did it happen?" The officer asked.

"I began telling the officer what happened."

"Flashback."

Not long after my husband left I heard screams of agony, who could be screaming like that, the screams went on,it sounded like it was coming from Mr Dario's house...No it can not be.

The scream continued even if he his beating her, he can not be beating her for this long it has been an hour and forty minutes and the screams have not stopped, then suddenly it stopped I thought I was just hearing things till I heard smashing sound and then everything went quiet.

I will go to Mr Dario's house and check what is happening, I really hope what the neighbours said and my hypothesis about all this is not true.

I took my cellphone with me as i went to Mr Dario's house, i rang the bell on Mr Dario's house several times before he opened the door, I rang the bell for about twenty minutes before he opened up, what took him so long?

"Mrs Amira how may I help you?" He asked.

He was sweating and he was breathing quite heavily.

"Can I come in?" I asked politely.

"Why?"

"I want to speak to Axymah." I said 

"Why? What business do you have with her?" He eyed me down.

"Why are you sweating and breathing heavily?" I asked curious.

"I just finished working out." He said breathless.

"In the afternoon?" I asked not buying it.

"Yes, I can work out anytime of the day I want?" He said raising his voice slightly.

"Okay, you can listen to what I want to say while I say it to her." I told him staring right at him.

"You can tell me what you want to tell her I will pass the message to her." He said stubbornly.

"Why? I can just come in and tell her myself or is she not home?"

"No she is not." He said flatly.

"Why result to lying? I just saw her come back from school and she has not come out of the house since then."

"Have you been stalking her?"

"Why would I when my house is right next to yours," I said unimpressed with his attempt to throw me off "the only reason you will not allow me in is if you have something to hide."

"What nonsense are you spewing Mrs Amira?" He asked glaring spears at me.

"Let me into the house." I said sternly.

"No!"

"Fine." I said.

I turned around and did as though I was leaving then suddenly I turned back around and pushed him into the house.

He fell back, I took my chance and I went inside. When I entered I did not see anything suspicious in the living room.

"Get out of my house before I call the cops."

"Go on I dare you!" I stated firmly.

"I told you Axymah is not home, now please leave." He begged.

I was about to when I saw blood on the leg of the centre table and on the carpet.

"What now? Just leave please." 

He tried to sound polite but I could clearly see right through him.

"Why is there blood on the carpet and on the centre table?"

"I had a cut on my leg yesterday so I guess the blood must have stained the carpet."

"Okay now explain the blood on the leg of the centre table!"

"Mrs Amira please leave my house now before I loose my cool."

I looked around and I saw only one door downstairs the dining table and an open space I guess was the kitchen right in front of the dining, then I saw a staircase.

I need to know if Axymah sleeps upstairs or downstairs, besides I do not see a door leading anywhere from where I stand, I will have to play mind game with him to get him to tell me where Axymah's room is.

"You know that the head is always up and the tail is always down."

"Yes." 

"And you are the head of your home, right?"

"Right, what are you getting on Mrs Amira?"

"So if you are really the head you will be sleeping in the bedroom upstairs and if Axymah is really the tail she would be staying in the bedroom downstairs.

"But you are both staying upstairs with means you are both equal, you are not the head of her."

"What nonsense are you saying of course I am the head of this house, Axymah stays in the bedroom downstairs right by that corner and I stay upstairs, so what rubbish are you saying?"

"Thank you for the information."

"What..."

Before he could complete his sentence I ran to the corner he talked about."

"Hey, stop there do not go into that room!" He yelled coming after me.

I opened the door to the room and what I saw was horrifying.
Axymah was sprawled on the floor in a pool of blood looking battered and lifeless, so the screams where coming from her.

I rushed to her side while Mr Dario stood next to the door, I reached her side and I inspected her, I saw the back of her head was broken, there was shard of glass sticking to her hair and inside her head.

The smashing sound I head was because Mr Dario...

"You monster!" I yelled at him.

Before my eyes he fled and I heard the front door open and slam shut.
I took my phone from the floor and I called an ambulance and I also called my husband, I do not know what to do, how to help her, all does while I was talking to Mr Dario, I could have called the ambulance and they could have rushed her to the hospital.

I checked her pulse to see if she is Alive, she is alive but her pulse is very low.
Soon I heard sirens and sounds of ambulance, I went out of the house to see the ambulance arrive.
"End of flashback."

I told them everything that happened.

"Is there anything else you think we need to know about." The officer asked.

"Yes sir, it seems Mr Dario has been abusing Axymah." I said staring right at him.

"What made you say that?" The officer asked interested in what I had to say.

"Well sir, the day after I moved in, I heard screams coming from Mr Dario's house in the night, and afterwards he asked her not to speak to me and he also never allow her out of the house, and that is not all, the neighbours told me they see her walking with her legs apart and she used to wear torn and tattered clothes till I confronted Mr Dario and he got her good clothes." I told them.

"Okay, anything else you would like us to know?" He asked staring deep into my eyes.

"Mr Dario and Axymah's mom never got married so he is not really her stepfather." I told him avoiding eye contact.

"How sure are you to make this claim Mrs Amira?" He asked with a raised brow.

"In the form he signed when he wanted to move into the neighborhood, he wrote single in the marital status. If he was married to Axymah's mom he would have written widower, because Axymah's mom is dead." I explained to them.

"Okay, I have heard everything you said." He said taking a deep breathe.

"What of Mr Dario? Please do whatever you can to find him!" I told him pleadingly.

"Do not worry about Mr Dario, we will find him but we cannot arrest him because we do not have evidence that he has been assaulting or torturing her, but he is a culprit and he will be held until he gives us a reasonable explanation about this and he presents evidence that he is innocent." He said, his gaze unwavering.

"I have evidence against Mr Dario! but I will present it only when you find him." I said staring at him.

"Why do you not just present it so we can solidify the search warrant?" He asked with his head cocked to the side.

"No, I will present it after you find Mr Dario." I said sternly.

"Okay, thank you for your time." He said as he got up.

"You are welcome." I said.

Just then my husband called and I explained to him everything that happened.

"Okay, I will be at the Hospital later tonight, I want to go home and change." I told him over the phone before I hung up.

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