Chapter 24

Wheeler/Linka

Linka was looking at the mirror when she noticed bruises in different places on her neck, she took off her bathrobe to find bruises and stains also on a different places on her body, but these bruises were bleeding profusely, Linka was terrified and tried to stop the bleeding with a piece of cloth in her hand, but the bleeding did not stop, When she raised her head in the mirror again, she saw the reflection of Greg's face from behind her, looking at her with the predatory gaze he had been looking at when she woke up in his apartment, She screamed in terror, and he attacked her and started kissing her neck again, and the disease began to appear from everywhere he kissed her.

She was screaming Wheeler's name to help her, she could see him from afar kissing Chelsea not interested in her situation with Greg, at that moment Greg bit her in the neck fatally And she was about to die when Linka's alarm rang in the morning, she forced herself to get up and turned it off, she couldn't even get up, it's been a month and a few days since she broke up with Wheeler, the memories took her back where she was waking up happy in his arms, how she was actively getting up to her work, , she remembered how she was watching him while he was in front of the mirror wearing his police suit, she remembered his handsomeness, his blue eyes and his warm embrace, her heart was breaking with pain as she remembered their happy moments, "What is the point, he has been cheating on me all that time, he doesn't deserve to be remembered."

She was forcing herself to forget him, her mind always reminding her heart of the pictures she had seen, and the girl who spoke to her, only to hate him and forget him, but her heart was totally refusing to do so. "It's a matter of time and she'll get used to living without him"

She tried hard to get up from the sofa where she is currently sleeping, she still couldn't get back to sleep on the bed of memories in her bedroom, when she took the first step to get up, she suddenly fell on the floor, not sure if she had stumbled over something while walking, or her blood pressure dropped suddenly she was no longer able to get up, all she knows is that she is really tired, she is physically exhausted and the world revolves around her strangely,

After a few moments she gathered her strength , and managed to go to the bathroom to take a shower to get ready to work, before reaching the bathroom door, she felt nauseous, and suddenly found herself on the bathroom floor, vomiting in the toilet seat, "I shouldn't have eaten this sandwich last night", usually when Linka's psychological condition is bad she suffers from intestinal disturbances that will continue for some time until she opens herself to someone (usually Wheeler ), or until the cause disappears and the situation becomes better,

After she took a shower, she came out of the bathroom and started rubbing her body with the moisturizing lotion, which Wheeler liked the smell of so much, "I have to get rid of this cream, it smells disgusting." So she stopped putting the cream and threw the bottle in the trash, washed with water again the part she rubbed with cream. "This is strange, I used to like this smell very much, I feel that the smell has changed now, I can't stand it anymore, maybe the box is expired or it was exposed to heat"

When she was wearing her underwear, she looked at them, remembered how Wheeler had taken them off from her to make love with her." Should I get rid of all my stuff to forget him, damn it?" When she put on her bra she noticed that it was too tight, she tried to rearrange its width but it was the widest thing "My breasts weren't that big as I remember!" Then she walk out , went to work as usual, ignoring all the signs that had happened to her this morning, and continued with her for a few more days.

Wheeler/Kwami

Wheeler and Kwame were in the apartment of a senior citizen, examining and searching it, after the police received a call from the neighbors, that the old man had died a few days ago,

While Kwame was taking fingerprints and searching the place, the specialized team is pack bags the body of the old man, Wheeler was writing the report in the notebook in his hands. He heard the email ring on his phone and quickly checked who the email.

"Oh please god, Make this email from the Phone Company, "Wheeler has been waiting for this email for the whole past month, and every time he opens the email, he finds a ridiculous ad. So closes the email in anger

"Oh my God." When Wheeler opened the email, he found a statement from the phone company. He quickly opened it to find an acknowledgment and apology from them, that his old mobile had been hacked.

The network used and the spying device was mentioned in the email, , it was a stolen device, and the network is in the same city only a few kilometers away, and the statement mentioned that the photos sent were fabricated, as the pictures of Wheeler's face were extracted from his stored photo gallery, and used with other pictures

"Oh, my God, that's wonderful," Wheeler shouted in joy, not believing that the proof of his innocence was finally in his hands.

"Some respect for the dead people please" Kwame looks at Wheeler disapprovingly

"I'm sorry, man, but look" Wheeler turned the mobile at Kwame. Kwame took the mobile from Wheeler and looked at him with a smile, 'Oh congratulations man, I guess you're not a cheater anymore."

"I never was, my friend." His eyes were filled with tears of happiness

After they finished their case and got into the squad car, "Take me to her now, take me to her workplace, she should see this now."

"Wait a minute, do you think Linka would easily believe it?"

"Why not, she believed I was a cheater so easily too!"

"Yes, because there are photos, my friend. Just a statement is not enough. I advise you to speak to the phone company and ask them for a detailed analysis of how the pictures were fabricated, and it would be better if they were supported by pictures as well."

"Oh man, that might make me wait another week, I can't wait that long, take me to her now."

"I'm just saying, so you don't go to her and come back with a broken heart, come on...you know Linka, call the company you have nothing to lose" Wheeler did what Kwame advised him, and the director of network security told him that he would only send the statement report from the program that detects whether the images are real or not, with will the images that had been used from the gallery on wheeler's mobile "I can't do more than that, I have a lot of other cases to be resolved, or else bring your girlfriend to our premises to see the program herself." The network security official responded angrily

Wheeler was trying to call Linka's phone, and her office land line number too , but she didn't answer intentionally , he tried to call her also from Kwame's phone, but she also didn't answer, Finally he decided to call Gi to ask her for help

"Hi wheeler" When Gi sees Wheeler's number on her phone, she takes the phone and walks out of the office, she knows Linka doesn't want to hear his name around her anymore

"Hey Gi, how are you? Listen, I want to ask you a favor"

"Well, if this service is not related to Linka then I can help you easily"

"Actually, yes, it's related to Linka"

"Oh my God, its high school all over again "She remembered how in high school she always took the role of love broker between these two, how she would bring them together like a coincidence just to be together, how she had plans for them to reconcile if they were fighting

" Oh come on Gi, I can't reach her, she is not answering me. I have to talk to her, you should help me, please"

"Well I wish I could talk to her too Wheeler, but she totally refuses to talk about it, it's like locked book with and someone has thrown the key into the sea. She refused to opens herself up, she thinks she looks strong like that, but that's not true, she's in a bad situation, and every day she gets worse, her eyes are always absent-minded, she has become very sensitive, and strangely moody"

"Is she seeing someone else?" This question had been on Wheeler's mind ever since Linka kicked him out of the apartment, and he was afraid to hear an answer he doesn't like.

"What ? No. Why"

"Does Greg have anything to do with her situation now?" His heart was telling him that Greg was behind all this

"What, what's Greg got to do with it, Wheeler, no, he has nothing to do with it, Listen, my friend, I'll try to talk to her, but I can't promise you anything. She's not herself these days. Do you want me to tell her something?

"Yes, tell her that I did not cheat on her, and I have everything to prove it"

"Well, it better be convincing evidence, or else she'll kill you and kill me with you"

"Please Gi, let her listen to her heart, we love each other, she knows how much I love her, I can't do anything to hurt her, please"

"Tell me about it, I'll tell you how much you love each other" Gi was really sympathetic to Wheeler and Linka and their current situation, she couldn't see Linka daily suffer and keep silent, but what can she do, her friend is so stubborn

Greg

I've been watching the door of her building for half an hour, waiting for her to come to talk to her, I can't believe I'm doing this, I thought I'd be able to forget her after what I did to her, I still wanted more of her, I don't feel I'm done yet and that's just strange it didn't happened to me before, I have to take her back and convince her that I'm her friend again, I know this may be difficult but she is worth the try, She's the girl I've been dreaming of for five years, and I won't let her go away easily.

When he found her walking towards the building, he quickly got out of my car and headed for her

" Lin…Lin "I grabbed her arm

"That's you! What do you want" and she is angry, looking at what disgusts

"I want to talk to you "

"There's nothing to talk about." She was about to go inside the building, so I grabbed her arm again "Let me go, criminal, I don't want to see you or hear your voice again."

"This is what I want to talk to you about, ….I'm not a criminal, I swear, ….you asked me in the restaurant to take you to my apartment you were begging me and I couldn't resist, sorry but I was a little drunk too, you said you needed my help to get revenge on him, you were all over me, and there in the apartment you jumped into my lap taking off your my clothes piece by piece with your hands."

"Shut up you liar, I never do that"

"How do you know that? You was so drunk"

"I wasn't drunk, you know it well you sexually insulted me... Hear I'm warning you, Greg, don't follow me anywhere, don't try to talk to me again... do you understand." Then she slipped out of my hand and entered the building."

My God, how can she be that strong, I'm burning in rage now, No woman in my life has ever treated me this way nobody can ignore Greg, well, we'll see, bitch ,I'll show you what Greg can do

I furiously got into my car, opened my laptop, and write a stern complaint to her manager, asking him to make her come to my office as soon as possible, we'll see, Linka...Then I pressed send.