If You Met Me First...
Hugo Melker

The Manhattan Precinct Police Station New York

Thea Ramadhan comes to Oomnya's office, Chief Chris Bradford, as a lawyer and several police officers there know that Thea is Chris' niece.

"Thea !" call Detective Muncy in charge of SVU (Special Victims Unit ).

Detective Catherine 'Cat' Muncy

"Hi, Cat." Thea smiled towards the female Detective

"You represent Hugo Melker?" ask Catherine Muncy who is commonly called Cat.

"Yes. Mas Nelson and Oom Travis have most cases and Nadya's mom is taking care of the case in Texas" Thea replied as it is.

"Phoenix where?" ask Cat who blatantly has a crush on Thea's distant cousin.

"The Phoenix guy to Boston has a job there. I'll give your regards to the Phoenix bang" Thea smiled.

"Thanks Thea's. Let me take you to the interrogation room." Cat walks ahead of Thea and heads for the interrogation room. Hugo Melker looks tired but does not reduce his handsome face, making Thea fascinated. Honestly, Thea is one of the big fans of novels by men who are descendants of Serbian immigrants who have officially become citizens of the United States. And Thea knows Hugo is a Serbian Muslim because his brother-in-law Omar Zidane met him in a New York mosque during Friday prayers.

Hugo raised his head and saw a girl in formal attire standing there.

"Gentlemen, interview is over. I am Thea Ramadhan of Blair and Blair Advocate who will be the lawyer of Mr Hugo Melker." Thea looked at the two Detectives who were in the interrogation room with a stern look. "Please give me space to talk to my clients. Please?"

The Detectives came out and Cat Muncy coded Thea to use the space privately without any interference.

Thea turned to Hugo who was confused why not one of Blair who came.

"I'm sorry, but I'm from Blair and Blair Advocate. This is my business card and this is a note from Mr. Nelson Blair." Thea handed over a paper with Nelson's memo.

Sorry, Mr. Melker. Thea Ramadhan is one of Blair's best lawyers. He will defend you. Nelson Blair's.

"Where's Nelson?" ask Hugo to Thea.

"Mr Blair has a trial so I'll defend you." Thea sat next to Hugo. "Mr Melker, can you tell me the chronology of last night's events?"

Thea Ramadan

Hugo looked at the beautiful lawyer sitting before him. "What is your relationship with Nelson?"

"Mas Nelson is my cousin's sister."

"So you're Nelson's sister?"

"Yes. And I'm also Blair and Blair's junior partner" Thea replied calmly.

Hugo nodded.

"Mr Melker, can you tell me from the morning you wake up. So that I don't lose your evidence and statement sir." Thea had already prepared the notes and the ballpoint pen.

Hugo looked pensive and the shadow of his wife's condition reappeared.

"Mr Melker?" Thea looked at Hugo.

"Eh, sorry Miss Ramadhan. Well. I try to remember him. Morning I woke up as usual..." Hugo let out a long breath as he strengthened himself.

Thea listened while writing.

"I prayed dawn then Salsabila... It was my turn to make breakfast... We ate scrambel egg, cow sausage, boiled potatoes and tartar sauce. At eight o'clock I was leaving for Manhattan... National library to attend fan meeting, autograph and reading of my latest novel..."

"Murder in the Valley" Thea muttered.

"Yes, murder in the Valley... You read it too?" Hugo looked at his lawyer.

"Newly half. And after that?" Thea asks Hugo to continue the story.

"I was at the National Library all day until nine pm and I had lunch at the bristo near the central park. You can check it from the CCTV camera and the whereabouts of my phone. And at ten o'clock in the night, I got home.and.and I found Salsabila..."

"What about Mrs Melker's schedule when you're in Manhattan?" ask Thea again.

"Was... Sorry I have to ask this. Are you having problems with your marriage?"

Hugo's surprised. "affair?"

"It doesn't have to be that. Financial or family matters..."

"No, miss Ramadan. Me and When we love each other. We are both of Serbian descent and feel we are soulmates ! If that's my main support when I'm in the world of crime writing." Hugo seemed annoyed to get that question from Thea.

"Listen Mr. Melker, you have to tell me everything honestly because I can't help you if you're not honest. Is there a problem?"

"There is no Miss Ramadhan. Me and When we're loyal to each other."

"good. Up next... How are your fingerprints on his murder weapon?"

"I slipped blood at that moment... When and fall. I accidentally held it..." Hugo looked sad.

"next?"

"I called 911 and they brought me right here."

Thea nodded. "I hope you tell me the truth, Mr. Melker."

"I'm telling you the truth Miss Ramadan."

Thea eventually requests that Hugo be released because his alibi is proven and the police also see from the CCTV footage of the Manhattan National Library that Hugo was there all day.

Hugo is released from the police station but Thea is asked to stay at the hotel and the police are not willing to lose one of the main suspects because they still suspect Hugo Melker as the perpetrator or the brain from the murder of Salsabila Melker even though the man had a solid alibi.

Not once is also a husband or wife becomes the perpetrator or the brain of the murder of his partner.

***

Thea gets the information from the detective who takes care of the case and looks Salsabila get a stab of about 12 in his body and the most fatal is a stab in his chest because it is right into the heart.

Thea also got a forensic report that Salsabila was having a s3 sexual abuse and DNA was being checked. The girl immediately went to forensics to see the doctor who autopsied Salsabila.

***

Forensic Room.

"True Miss Ramadhan. There's a sperm*ma inside Mrs Melker's body" the forensic doctor said.

"Is it known who?" ask Thea.

"Owned by Mr. Melker but looking at the time calculation of the spermatozoa, it happened last night. But judging from the results of the autopsy, there was s3ksual activity two hours before his death."

Thea gawking. "But Mr. Melker was at the Manhattan National Library all day... Estimated time of death?"

"Around 18:00 - 20:00 pm."

Thea nodded. Hugo Melker was reading his novel at the museum. There's no way he's in Uptown State.

"What about DNA other than Mr Melker's? Can it be known? Who's having a relationship with Mrs Melker?"

"Unfortunately he used ****** and the police did not find him at home..."

"That's a chance he's carrying her" Thea muttered.

"True Miss Ramadhan."

Thea is increasingly convinced Hugo is easier to defend because of the absence of evidence of the man in the CPI.

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