Chapter 3 Investigating her death

After the burial rites were performed although Henry tried to invite his in-laws to attend the burial of their daughter but it proved abortive but her brother attended secretly because he have been in touch with his sister even after her marriage with Henry, so even tho his parents forbade him to not show up he still couldn't have the heart to do that.

But before he left, he asked Henry a question that even Henry himself have been thinking since the death of his wife Bernice but still couldn't come up with any reasonable answer.

"Mr Henry I am really sorry for your loss and I know you loved my sister very much because she always said good things about you each time I talk to her on the phone but I still don't understand how she will fall down from the stairs she have been climbing for the past eight years of living with you and knowing my sister she is not the clumsy type and so I have this gut feeling that her fall wasn't as simple as it seems and I would like you to look into it " said her brother Brian

Henry sighed and said with a sad look on his face," I have asked myself the same question for a thousand times already but the funny thing is that the cctv camera in the house stopped working two days before the incident, so I wasn't able to get anything but don't you worry if her fall was an intentional murder then I Henry Miles will get to the bottom of it even if it's the last thing I do"

The determination on his eyes made Brian to calm down a little and trust him more, he sighed sadly only if his parents have approved of their union they would have seen that Henry was a nice man for his sister their daughter.

Brian patted him on his shoulders and said, "I trust you on this matter and please take care of my niece for me and if you ever need me for anything just put call through".

After Brian left, little oma was so sad at the thought of not seeing her mother again but then Gwen who happened to be always available for the father and daughter duo offered to take care of oma until she is able to handle the shock of the whole thing.

Henry saw it as a good way to help his beloved daughter so he agreed without hesitation. He started working from home and also hired private investigators to invistigate the death of his wife Bernice.

It's been three years since the death of Bernice but to Henry it felt like yesterday, he haven't given up on the investigation of the case even tho it looks like there was no hope but he refused to give up easily.

Although oma have grown into a beautiful young girl and sensible girl but Gwen still insists on taking care of her and stubbornly lived with them. She have virtually tried everything possible to get Henry to look at her in a different light but it seems he only has eyes for his dead wife Bernice.

Gwen decided to play all her cards on the table by openly confessing her love to Henry and seducing him on that very day but on walking to his study she found a man in suit walking out of his study, so she hid behind the pillar near the study door when she overheated their conversation

"please get your team to work fast on this, I need to know what happened to my wife and also my daughter and I need a closure because I can't move on knowing her killer is roaming around freely please" said Henry

"don't worry Mr Henry we are digently working on it and will be able to give you results soon" he replied before shaking his hand and leaving.

Henry went back to his study and shut the door, Gwen panicked immediately, she can't believe that he has been investigating his wife's murder secretly, damn.. She can't help but shudder at the consequences she would have to pay if he realizes that she was behind it all.