“Knock on the door,” Kruger instructed. Ayittey complied with the order. He knocked on the door several times. Finally, from within, a voice responded, demanded to know who was knocking.
“It’s me, Ayittey”
“Ayittey,”
“Yes”
A few seconds later, the door opened. Ayittey entered followed by Kruger and Sphinx.
Amelley stared suspiciously at the two men who had come with Ayittey. She could see Ayittey was sweating.
“Ayittey, who are these men,” she asked, suddenly becoming apprehensive. She had been Nii Kotey’s girlfriend for five years; they had gotten married in January that year.
“Madam, sit down,” Kruger said, taking his gun out. Amelley gasped in surprise.
“If you make any noise, I will kill you. If you think I am lying, then listen to this man” he said. Then he turned to Ayittey.
“Mr. Man, tell her what happened at the beach. Be quick!” Kruger ordered.
Ayittey quickly told his friend’s wife what had happened at the beach, i.e. how Charway died. Amelley stared at Kruger and then Sphinx, terrified.
“Sit!” Kruger ordered. She quickly sat down.
“Now, where is your husband? Be careful you do not lie to me. If I sense you are lying, I will shoot you without warning you again. You hear?” he hissed. The woman nodded vigorously.
“Okay. Where is your husband?”
“I don’t know. He and his colleagues are going fishing tonight so he did not come back home yesterday. He told me before leaving he would spend the night at the beach, which he usually does when they are going fishing. That is the truth! I swear!” she said, answering very quickly.
“Okay. We are going to wait here until he comes. He has something that belongs to us. As soon as we take it, we will leave,” Kruger said. Amelley nodded as the tears began to trickle down her cheeks.
There was silence as they sat waiting. No one talked. Suddenly, a phone began to ring.
“Whose phone is ringing?” Kruger asked.
“It’s mine,” Amelley replied.
“Who is calling you at this time?” he asked again.
“I don’t know. I don’t know the number,” she said.
“Where is your husband’s phone?” he asked her.
“It will be in his bag. He does not take it along when going fishing” she replied.
“Okay, pick the call. If it is your husband, ask him where he is and tell him you are coming there. If you let him know we are here, I’ll kill you,” Kruger warned.
Amelley nodded, but prayed silently that the caller will not be her husband. When the phone rang the second time, she picked it. Kruger snatched it from her, switched the sound to loudspeaker mode and handed it back to her.
“Amelley, it’s me Nii” she heard her husband say. Immediately, her heart sank.
“Yes Nii” she replied, hoping the lack of affection in her voice and her not enquiring why he had not gone fishing will alert him that there was something wrong. Unfortunately, her husband was not smart enough to detect this.
“Amelley, can you imagine what I have found out? Unbelievable, some men are out to kill the Vice-President of this country. I overheard them discussing it so they wanted to kill me. I had to escape by jumping into the sea,” Nii said.
Amelley did not say anything, hoping that her silence or her not expressing shock at what he said will alert her husband.
“Can you imagine that they even sent a helicopter after me? However, I beat them to it. I have come to the James Town police station to report the matter,” he said.
At this stage, Kruger decided he had heard enough. The man they were looking for, Nii Kotey, was at the James Town police station. He snatched the phone from Amelley and switched it off.
“He will call again. Tell him you have a low battery and then switch off the phone,” he told her. She nodded. The phone started ringing again.
“Nii, I have a low battery….” She said, Immediately, Kruger reached for the phone and snatched it from her. Then he switched it off. He asked for Nii Kotey’s phone, took that one too and switched it off.
“Okay, Sphinx, time to leave” he said as he took out a silencer device, screwed it to his gun and then shot Amelley. The bullet caught her in the chest and hurled her against the wall. She stared at him in surprise and then slumped down with blood oozing from her chest. In a fraction of a second, Ayittey knew they were going to kill him. He had no time to think as the bullets ripped through his chest. He too slumped down.
“Let’s go” Kruger told his colleague. They let themselves quietly out of the house, locked the front door and then walked away as calmly as priests walked.
Kruger, as they headed back to the beach stared at his wristwatch. It was 3:40 a.m. He phoned Tiger and told him they would be with him in minutes. Then he ordered him to shoot to death the third angler who was a captive with him.