06/20/2026
HOME ALONE WITH MY STEP BROTHERš”
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EPISODE 35
Demola is de@d,
am i dreaming?
This is not a dream, Demola, my stepfather is really dā¬.
My life totally ruined, when i saw him st@bbed to de@th on the floor,
I didnāt know what to do than to just to scream.
Very early in the morning, the Police filled our compound,
ambulance van was also in the compound, the house was filled with lot of people, sympathizers, neighbours, i was still in shock.
Who could have done this?
Who killed him, i just pray this doesnāt implicate me.
The police did their work trying to interrogate me.
Policeman 1: How did you say it happened?
Me: (Crying) I met him on the floorā¦.
Oh my God, is this happening for real?
Today is our wedding
Burst into tearsā¦
Policeman 2: Calm down madam.
Me: He woke up in the middle of the night, and said he was thirsty, after so many minutes,
he didnāt return back to the room,
so i decided to go check on what was keeping him,
i got to the kitchen and i found him like that.
Policeman 1: Did you say today is your wedding?
Me: Yes, our court wedding is todayā¦.
It is today ooo
The policemen looked surprised, looked at each other,
probably they thought i should be his daughter.
They continued their interrogation,
they asked Alero and gateman questions also,
they asked how many of us was in the house.
I told them 5 of us, including Daniel.
Daniel?
where is Daniel?
Policeman 2: Who is Daniel?
Daniel: What is going on here?
Talk of the devil,
Daniel came downstairs looking so weak,
he was surprised the whole house was filled with lot of people, expecially the policemen.
Me: That is Daniel
I pointed to himā¦.
Daniel: What is happening, what are the policemen doing here?
Alero burst into tearsā¦
Alero: Oga don die.
Daniel: Which oga?
Gateman: Your father.
Daniel: My father?
Is this a joke?
Daniel was already panicking,
he didnāt believe it,
not until Demolaās dā¬ad body,
covered with cloth was being rolled out from the kitchen.
He quickly rushed to themā¦
Daniel: Wait, Wait, Wait
He uncovered the face and saw his father, truly dead.
He was so frightened, he began to shiver, he was pulled back.
Daniel: Who, who, who, who, whoooo kiiilled my father my father?
Policeman 2: You must be Daniel?
Daniel: What happened to my father?
Alero: He was st@bbed to d£ath
Tears rolling from Danielās eyesā¦.
Daniel: Who did this?
He looked at me, he pointed his fingers at meā¦
I was nervous..
Daniel: It is you,
Omolola you have killed my father.
Me: Me?
No, i saw him d£ad on the floor
He was moving closer, as he was about to descend on me,
the policemen came to my rescue.
Daniel went crazy, crying profusely, shouting. Claiming i killed his father,
thatās a lie,
i didnāt.
Honestly, i was nervous,
i was the one that saw him,
Alero and the gateman found me with his dead body.
Iām dead, iām the first suspect, i hope i survive this, this is worst situtation in my life,
i will go to jail?
Demolaās body was taken away, the whole house was on fire.
Daniel continued making allegations, insisting i should be arrested and charged for murder.
I wasnāt suprised he would such allegation, it is expected and i hope i survive this.
The police continued their investigation, i was really nervous, this is a big trouble for me,
who will help me out on this?
No family to call, my family in Ondo, even if i call them, what do i tell them?
How do i tell them?
I donāt have my motherās number anymore, even if i have it, what will tell her?
But the question now is,
who killed Demola?
Few days, we were all invited for more interrogation at the police station.
We were all questioned, the whole thing was becoming unbearable for me cos Demolaās family got involved,
Daniel poisoned their mind as they all accused me of killing Demola.
It was just too much for me to bear, they were all attacking me,
i cried profusely, they were bent on charging me for murder of Demola.
Daniel was the ring leader, he was so against me, he was ready to see me ruined.
I pleaded, they never listened, i was held in the police station for days,
Alero, the gateman and Daniel also were held in the police station.
I was thoroughly interrogated, i was beaten by these wicked policemen to confess on something i know nothing about, i was severely tortured.
āConfess, confess, did you kill him?
Why did you kill him?ā
these were the policemen words,
but what do they want me to say?
I donāt have anything than to confess,
my confession is,
i didnāt kill him, i didnāt kill Demola.
Nigerian police have got no chill pills at all,
is that how they treat criminals?
I was tortured honestly.
The gateman, Alero was also questioned and probably tortured,
i donāt know about Daniel, but it seems iām deep trouble cos it all falls to me,
just me, does it mean i will be charged with murder,
does it mean i will be jailed?
Even though there is no evidence, iām still the first suspect, the number one suspect.
Who will i call to defend me in this?
Nobody to call for help, iāve made a terrible mistake,
i should have gone back to Akure,
i should have gone back to face the shame, instead of this mess.
This is beyond me, this is the worst ever, so i will eventually be jailed for a crime i know nothing about.
****
2 days later....
i was being interrogated again in the dark room, the truth was revealed,
so i wonāt be going to jail after all.
Do you know who killed Demola?
The police told me,
i was told Alero confessed, yes she confessed, she did,
she knows who killed Demola,
she saw the killer, she did, i was told how it all happened,
Daniel k!lled his father, Daniel is the killer.
Alero told the police that she saw Daniel coming out from the kitchen in the midnight but she didnāt see how he stabbed him that he only saw him coming out of the kitchen.
How come?
Is this true, can this be true, she saw him coming out of the kitchen?
What was she doing in the midnight that she saw him, still donāt understand.
Daniel killed his father?
The police man askedā¦
Policeman: Did Daniel had any quarrel or misunderstanding with his father?
I remembered, that is true, yesā¦.
Me: Yes, officer, yes, they had misunderstanding, yes, yes.
Policeman: Are you sure?
Me: Yes!!!
It was that night he tried To Mo**st me, him and father had a conflict, he was also sent away by his father.
I remembered he threatened, he said i we were gonna regret it.
Policeman: Are you sure of what youāre saying?
Me: Yes, yes, yes, me and Daniel are not in good terms, we are sworn enemies, he doesnāt want me to marry his father, he threatened me so many timesā¦..
Or, was is it me Daniel wanted to kill?
That he mistakenly killed his father?
I am confused as you are, iām sure youāre also confused.
What really happened?
What happened?
*****
Few days later, after autopsy was done, the knife used to stab Demola had Danielās fingerprint and they also found Danielās cloth covered with blood in his room.
This is unbelievable, why would Daniel kill his father?
What got into him?
But Daniel was insisting he knows nothing about it, he claimed he knows about it,
it all falls back to Daniel now.
Daniel still denying he didnāt do it, that it was a lie, its too late cos the evidence has shown he is the murderer.
My step brother is a murderer?.....
TBC