The Uruke (12)

“Will you also be a murderer like me? Do you want my blood on your hands?” She asked the king, and he suddenly let go of her, and she stumbled backward.

When the lady had been taken to the village court, she had been forced to speak. King Ude realized at that moment that Jackeline’s parents had hidden the truth from them all but were that a reason enough to kill someone?

Their lies had led to the death of their daughter and his beloved wife and mother of two children. What he would never know was that Jackeline had been expecting at the time of her death.

It turned out that Jackeline had step-siblings. Her father, king Ozo, and her mother Olivia had known it all along but had maintained their silence.

“How do we know you’re telling the truth?” Jacqueline’s murderer had been asked.

“Here,” she lifted her blouse to reveal a birthmark.  It was the café au lait spots birthmark. It was th