Discreetly the General's son

Chapter 2 - Jail him

“Ola, what are you talking about?” Sawyer was stunned where he stood.

He walked towards her and tried to touch her but she flinched, causing Smith to shove him hard.

He staggered backward, struggling  to keep balance on his feet.

Tears rolled down Ola’s face as she clutched onto Smith’s uniform. 

“Sir, you are always away, a frail young woman like me can barely defend myself against a man with a big build like him. I had no one to protect me when this weirdo came to my place, banging on my door at midnight.”

“At times, I thought I was going to die because of how aggressive his knocking got. Even the neighbors were concerned for me and offered to let me pass the night at their place after they chased him away from my doorstep. That did not stop him from coming back to harass me.”

Her grip on him tightening, more tears leaked from her eyes, “Sir, you had no idea how dark nights were scary for me. Sometimes, I had to call Ann to come stay with me, so I could be safe.”

Sawyer could not believe his ears and what he was seeing. It felt like he was seeing a new person instead of his girlfriend of ten months because of the performance she was putting on in the presence of everyone.

“Ola, why are you making shit up? Are you some novelist now? Everyone here knows we are in a relationship. Sergeant, you can ask them. I am no stalker.” Sawyer defended himself firmly, not willing to drag it on anymore.

He had had enough from the madness she was displaying.

“Enough!” Smith held her closer to himself, then he kissed her forehead, then he faced the whole room. “Is there anyone that can attest to what this savage said?”

The whole room went silent, they were all scared of Smith, he was an high-ranking, if they dared cross him, they could lose their life for it.

From the look of things, he favoured Ola over Sawyer. They all knew ola was messing around with Sawyer, they had enjoyed the needfit that Sergeant Smith had provided while she was cheating on him.

If they acknowledged what Sawyer said, they would become a hypocrite and an offender for not reporting the situation to him earlier.

Hence, causing punishment to their own necks.

“The room is quiet.” Smith snarled, as his ears reddened in anger, “You dare go after my woman and even stalk her then lie that her words are false?”

“Sir Smith. I dare not. I have been framed. I never stalked Ola.” Sawyer was not expecting that the whole room would go silent that way. He was not expecting them to support him but they were aware of the relationship, all they had to do was to confirm that to Smith and that would be the end of the case.

Even Ola’s biggest opp, Gracie, was quiet. Earlier she had been running her mouth about his relationship with Ola, now she was not saying anything.

“It is Lady Ola to you!” Smooth yelled in his face "and don’t you dare mention her name. You harass her just because I have been away, working on the affairs of the state, and you keep saying that you are innocent. Are you toying with your life?”

It was not shocking that none of them came to his aid, he did not belong to their class, it was more profitable to rake Ola’s side, afterall she was more affluent and influential in the society than he was.

He was just a paper boy to all of them.

“I am not telling lies. It is quite shameful that you are listening to one side of the story. It is not proper to just believe a woman’s words blindly! Her crocodile tears will only implicate me if you do not look at things objectively" Sawyer argued.

“Sire!” Ola collapsed on the  floor, hitting her chest, wailing loudly, with Ann trying to comfort, “I was in despair and agony for days with the fear that one day, this crazy man might kill me before you return. Now he is telling you to simply doubt me because I am a woman and  he dared to insult you so that you won't judge this situation objectively.”

“I blame myself for all of this. I should have listened to Ann when she told me to tell you about it but I thought about the state affairs, so I didn't want to bother you. If not, this miscreant would not dare hurl disparagement at you.”

Her words of guilt tripped Smith, he had barely been at home to spend time with Ola.

He had made his intentions clear about courting her but his busy schedule only gave him a few days a month to spend with her.

Ola was considerate to let him rest in her arms and not even bother him about the scavenger that was after her.

Now he was regretting his actions, he should have stationed more men around her.

“We have witnesses against you, so make this easy for yourself and reduce your sentence by admitting to the truth. So I am going to ask you for the last time.  Did you harass Ola?”

“I, Sawyer Bills, have never for once in my life committed such an atrocity against Ol..”  he was about to call her by her name when Smith glared at him. “Lady Ola.”

There was no way he was going to admit to what he had not done. He had proof that he was dating Ola, he had receipts of the gifts he had gotten her. All he had to do was to present it when the time came and he would clear his name.

“I see you are not ready to go down the easy route.” He looked away from Sawyer. “Guards, Jail him!”