CLARA THE STATE GOVERNORS DAUGHTER
EPISODE 42
Val’s side of the story continues from the
previous episode
After cleaning up in the toilet, Clara
returned to the room and sat on the bed,
breathing deeply.
‘’so how do you advice we handle this
Charles’s case?, seriously I don’t know how
to act it out. I equally fear for my cousin’’
she muttered with a frown.
‘’just like I earlier suggested, you guys
should try meet my director. I believe he
will get a way to help you guys without
putting Vivian’s life at risk. For now I can’t
really show up my face because I’m still on
suspension. But please be careful with
Charles. That guy is a snake’’ I replied
seriously while she smiled and shrugged.
‘’’Charles will never harm me. That I know
for sure. Let me call Vivian, the poor girl
just left her room for us, not minding how
tired she was after the long trip from
Lagos’’ she breathed and picked up her
phone. After few minutes she dropped it on
the bed while I stared at her curiously.
‘’what’s wrong?’’ I asked
‘’she isn’t picking up. I hope she’s alright’’
she replied with a worried tone. I instantly
sat up.
‘’let me go search for her’’ I offered,
standing up.
‘’let’s go together’’ she added, grabbing my
hand tightly.
Together we headed to the door but as we
stepped out of the room, we saw two of
the hotel staff approaching us. One of
them was carrying a lady on his shoulder
and as they drew close we recognized
Vivian. I couldn’t help but gasp.
‘’what’s wrong with her?’’ I asked
curiously.
‘’we found her lying inside the toilet
downstairs near the bar. According to the
barman who served her, he said she was
served just few drinks before she headed
to the toilet. He insisted she didn’t drink
much. I guess she needs a little rest sir’’
the guy carrying Vivian managed to explain,
leaving us with no choice than to allow him
inside the room where he softly lowered
Vivian on the bed before leaving.
Clara drew close, sat on the bed and
checked her out, slowly frowning.
‘’something isn’t right. Vivian can’t drink
herself to this state. Check her pulse. Her
pupils are dilated and her body temperature
very high, her breathing is equally
abnormal. I’m scared, I think I should call
our family doctor right away. She isn’t
alright’’ she said to me while I shrugged.
‘’I hope you are not over reacting?’’ I
asked cautiously as I drew closer to check
out the sleeping girl myself. Just like Clara
said, she appeared more like someone
slipping into come than someone dead
drunk but then I also knew excess alcohol
intake could equally react badly to a
person’s body in different ways and so
couldn’t really make any good judgment.
But suddenly Vivian sprang up with great
energy, like someone who just transformed
into a vampire, gave out a loud breathe,
fell back heavily on the bed and started
shaking rapidly and uncontrollably, leaving
us totally stunned and confused.
‘’my God she’s having a seizure, I have to
call our family doctor right away.
Something is very much wrong with her’’
Clara screamed with fear but before she
could finish the sentence, Vivian instantly
stopped shaking, breathing faintly. We just
couldn’t believe it.
Thirty minutes later we were in a private
hospital at the other end of the town. Clara
had to desperately call her family doctor
who demanded that Vivian should be
brought over to his hospital and with the
help of her security team who had been
waiting outside the hotel all evening, we
made it to the hospital in no time where
the doctor instantly started work on her.
It was a long wait as we waited at the
reception, wondering what could have
happened to Vivian. She looked very
healthy and aright before leaving us in the
room earlier in the evening. I couldn’t help
but suspect foul play just like Clara had
suspected all along.
The doctor soon showed up, looking very
serious.
‘’let’s go to my office’’ he added, leading
the way. On getting to his office, he
breathed deeply and studied us for some
seconds.
‘’Vivian was lucky to have been brought
here on time. She had excess amount of
cocaine ingested in her system which
caused the high body temperature and
seizure that followed. The alcohol in her
system equally didn’t help matters. I have
dealt with this kind of situation in the past
and I hope you know that I have an
obligation to report my findings?’’ he
muttered seriously while Clara and I
exchanged glances.
Vivian was never known to be a drug addict
and we couldn’t understand how cocaine
got to her system, moreover she was
inside a secured hotel all evening unless of
course the drug was in her system before
she got to town which was highly
impossible. I couldn’t help but feel that
somehow someone got to her when she
was out in the hotel bar and injected her
with the stuff. That was the only logical
explanation I could come up with and there
wasn’t any doubt things were going to get
bad for her. Her reputation and plans were
now very much at stake, because in a
country like Nigeria no one takes a junkie
seriously. The only remedy was to find the
perpetrator of the dastardly act which
equally was going to be a herculean task.
I suspected it was Charles’s doing but
there wasn’t any evidence to back it up,
moreover I equally was yet to figure out
why he left her alive after getting the
record he needed from her in Lagos.
‘’what do you think my dear?’’ I heard Clara
ask softly. There wasn’t any doubt she was
so scared and worried.
To be continued