The after was somehow got
completed.
He had the recorded proof. It
had little bit of empty time, but it was decided that Jude’s explanation was
acceptable. “So, this bastard threatened you, and after telling his childhood
story, he killed himself by stabbing himself to his neck?” with his boss’s question,
Jude casually said, “Yes.” Who knows if Jude had some guiltiness in him? The
police was satisfied that a big case got solved, and Jude didn’t have anything
annoyed him…. No, it seemed like he won’t have it.
It was rather Tim who bothered
him. After hearing his partner’s news through the phone, he ran to him right
away. After checking that he’s okay, he made Jude astounded by screaming at
him.
“Are you stupid?! If you had a
hunch, you should’ve came with me. Why did you go by yourself?!”
“Uh? Ah, so, Tim……”
“Are you the only detective?
Are you? I couldn’t be that trusted? Is that why you went alone?!”
“No, Tim, it’s not like
that……”
Jude perplexedly looked at
extremely mad Tim. Jude scratched his cheek and said it timidly unlike him.
“Ah, I’m sorry. I was trying
to just record the evidence. I didn’t know he was gonna suddenly turn out like
that. And I thought it was good to go by myself to get the confession….. How
should I say this, if you go knowing Lloyd is the killer, um, you are too kind
or too honest? I thought you were gonna show too much, and I thought if both of
us go, it would pressure him too much….. I didn’t mean bad.”
Tim stared at Jude sullenly
for a while and sighed like a parent who has a troublemaking child. He rubbed
Jude's hair with his big and skinny hand. “Next time, go after telling me what’s
going on. So I can go in as a backup if you don’t come out for a long time.”
Jude smiled like he felt sorry and nodded his head.
A little cloudy and
uncomfortable day, the case got closed, and he liked how he could take time drinking his coffee and eating his sandwich, but one voice rang in his ear. Not the madness
confession that the criminal cried out. It was quiet blue grey’s voice.
Where there is an interesting
murderous intent.
“At the end, you were wishing
for a stimulus…..”
He murmured like it’s nothing
with his sleepy voice and ate his sandwich.
-And it wasn’t that much later
where Jude got involved in that ‘interesting murderous intent’ again.
It is rare to have a serial
killer that thrills one generation and gets written on a criminology book as a
bold words in the chapter contents. But underneath the surface, there are
definitely serial killers kill quietly without getting noticed. And those
people’s methods are very diverse. If they get hooked on one method, they get
obsessed with it. There are variety of killing method: poison, strangulation,
stabbing, beating, and more, but one thing for sure is extremely cruel or humane
homicide does not exist……
-Hello,
It’s obvious, but I’m still
traveling.
I think it’s true that
traveling is better than staying at home. There are way more things to see and
fun things happening. Rather I like now than before. I have appetite.
I think I found something more
interesting, so I’m just watching it. I’m wishing it doesn’t get bored too
soon. I’m hoping it will make me more interested than that man before, but who
knows. I’m not sure how it will turn out.
It’s been a while since we saw
each other. I’m curious how the detective is. If you’re okay we should meet someday.
Of course, I will be the one who going to you. I don’t dislike that much that
the detective is still a detective. Then I’ll write again.
-Alvin Johns
***
“It’s already two people gone missing?”
-He is such a diligent guy.
Jude insincerely folded the third letter that comes regularly once a week in his
pocket. Jude asked Tim who was driving next to him. Tim looked at Jude who put
away the letter little uneasily and answered with a small trace of anxiousness.
“Yeah. It looks like a big
family that's pretty rare to see these days. I heard parents and children,
grandparents, uncle and nephews and nieces live all together. They reported
because suddenly grandpa and one niece disappeared one after another.”
“What was their name?
Ra..Ra….:
“Rice family. It’s the family
that lives apart from the city. You know those places where there aren’t that
many neighbors, but they all have good relationship.”
“Ahhh. The place where city
people want to go after they retire.”
Jude rhythmically shook his
head following the old pop song coming out from the radio and looked at the
outside view. If they drive little bit outside of the city, the view changes to
countryside very fast. After passing the banner of the town’s name with a
simple font and plain ground with neat gardens, Tim slowly pressed on the brake and checked for the address.
“It’s this place.”
“Oh, the house is pretty big.”
“Think about the size of the
family. If it’s not this big, won't it be really tight for them?”
In the house’s garden, compare
to normal house it’s pretty big but looks older, an old lady was holding a pair
of secateurs to cut off the branches. On her circular and chubby face, it was
full of tiredness, so Tim and Jude carefully approached her after getting off
from the car. Because there was a sudden sound of people, she got surprised,
and on her face, it was full of fear. She stepped back and held her pair of
secateurs at them. Tim quickly showed her his police badge.
“We are the police. You
reported, right?”
“Ah…. Yes, ah, um, come in.”
The face that was probably
happy and gentle before now had shadow of wariness and some dispirited. She put
down her pair of secateurs and roughly wiped her hands with her apron. They
followed her guide and went inside the old house. The interior looked like it
won’t have any furniture that's less than 10 years old. The two detectives set in
front of the old table, and the old lady put down two tea cups in front of them
with long sigh of worry and sat across from them. Her voice was little lowly
hoarse.
“I’m sorry. These days there
are some horrible things happening…. My name is Marsha Rice. You can just call
me Marsha. I’m the wife of Martin Rice. Since there is no one but me in the
house, you guys have to hear the story from me.”
“I’m Tim and this friend is
Jude. So, can you explain to us what happened?”
Once more there was a long
sigh. The lady who had her eyes closed and pressed her forehead against her
hand soon opened her eyes half-way and opened her mouth.
“Actually I hope someone comes and explains to me too…… The day my father-in-law and my niece disappeared are
five and three days ago. When my father-in-law disappeared, I thought he went
fishing with his friends without telling us, but when Jane also disappeared,
something felt weird. It did not look like a coincidence. As you can see, this place is a small public place that if something happens, at least one
person would know. But no one knew where they were. I feel like I got possessed
by a ghost…. My children are nervous, and my mother-in-law, my husband, and
Ret….. Ret is my younger brother and father of Jane. Those three are dejectedly
waiting for my father-in-law and Jane’s return.”
“Was there a big fight with
someone recently?”
“No, definitely not. There is
no unfriendly neighbor, and we never argued. Just…. Because of money issue, we
had an argument with our relative, but it, it wasn’t that big to do this to our
family. It…. wasn’t that kind of a fight that would cause this.”
“Perhaps, do you know where
they went before they disappeared?”
The lady shook her head right
away. She had a painful expression that she couldn’t answer the question. Her
pale lips opened precariously.
“I don’t know. Both of them
went out in the morning, but Jane didn’t come back after her school. We asked her
friends, but no one knew after they got separated. This neighborhood doesn’t
have kids in her age. There is no one walking with her to the school, so we
don’t know anything until she comes back.”
“How about your
father-in-law?”
“My father-in-law went out
early in the morning. He had a plan to meet with his friends for lunch in
downtown, but he went out little earlier. He was actually that kind of a man.
But when I asked his friend, they said he didn’t even come to the meeting
place. Up to that point, I was little nervous, but I wasn’t sure. But two days
later after Jane disappeared, I couldn’t think of anything…… There was no
ransom call. They just disappeared……!”
Jude stared at the lady who
covered her mouth with her apron to hide her frowning lips with full of
emotion. He turned and had an eye contact with Tim. Is there anything else we
can get? No, except for the victims’ names, she doesn’t know anything. Okay,
then let’s look around. Her eyes were all red, and Tim carefully talked to
her.
“Then, can we get that
relative’s name and address? We will tell you right away if there is further
information about the case.”
“Okay, she’s my
mother-in-law’s younger sister. Her name is Liz…..”
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Oh new case! I wonder what happened and what will happen?!!
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