Paul went to meet Sarah's father at my parent's home. I asked Alex to accompany him. AS I had to take care of some matters at the office while accompanying Sarah.
"Come on in son," said Sarah's father. Inviting Paul and Alex.
"Thank you, uncle," said Paul.
"I thought Ben would tag along,"
"He just got caught up in the office and he doesn't want to leave Sarah alone," said Alex looking around.
"Ben's parents went out for a while," said Sarah's father.
"Uncle I guess Ben told you what you happened, a few days ago," said Paul.
"Yes, this is really unfortunate. Who could it be?" he said with a worried look.
"Hmm.. things are adding up and getting really tangled up. But I guess the recent incident was a helping hand," said Paul.
This made uncle and Alex look at him.
"I mean, he didn't try to meet her or sent the stuff that could harm her. SoI guess this is a way of helping you out," said Paul explaining.
"Ben said you had something?" said Sarah's father.
"This is the photo sent by that guy. As I also don't know who he is, I guess he might be someone from the office," said Paul handing him the photo.
Uncle spent a few minutes looking at the photo and he went to the book rack which contained a set of old company group photos taken every year as a memory. Where all employees were remembered and never forgotten during their annual event.
"Paul, see if you can find a man like him in the photo," was all he said.
After a while, Paul and Alex were able to identify a person who had similar features to the guy in the photo.
"This is Mr.Willson. He was one of the Engineers we had," said uncle.
"But this cannot be him?" said Alex.
"Hmm, well this could be his son. He was about Dave's age and I asked Willson to bring him in so he can learn a bit of office work rather than being ideal,"
"Were they close, uncle?" asked Paul.
"Hmm..I am not really sure but they got on well alright. And he is a nice guy to be around,"
"Have they met Sarah?" asked Alex.
"Well... Dave had taken little Sarah once in a while to the office and I knew Willson adored her. Coz he didn't have any daughters. She might not remember him as she was pretty young, she called her lolly uncle,"
"Oh...." said Alex.
"Yeah, he always had some lollipops to give her," said uncle laughing.
"So this must be his son?" said Paul.
"Yes, but I forgot his name. And I got to know Mr.Willson have passed away a few years ago,"
"Oh, that's so sad to know. Uncle, by any chance, do you know his address?" asked Alex.
Again uncle went to the cabinet and took out some books and came up with an address written on a paper.
"I am sorry but this is all I have. But I don't know if they are still in this address," said uncle handing over the paper.
After chit-chatting for a while, we came back to the office to find Ben. Who was busy with some equipment in his office.
"Hi, what on earth is that?" asked Alex.
"Oh... this is a special security gadget to record voice," said Ben fixing it up.
"A high-tech gadget. It's hard to hack this one," said Paul who was looking at the box.
"So now do you think I am a spy?" asked Alex teasingly.
"Well, there is a high chance you could be," I said hitting him with a rubber band.
Then they discussed the meeting with Sarah's father, but unfortunately, the family had left the house many years ago. But Paul promised to look into his son and find out how to contact him.
It took us a few days to find out about Mr.Willson's son. Apparently, he was the owner of a nearby restaurant by the lake. Paul and I made a visit after arranging a time to meet him.
"Welcome Mr.Ben and Mr.Paul," said Mr.Willson.
"Thank you, I hope you were briefed by Paul about why we are here,"
"Yes, Mr.Ben. I will be happy to help you with the case in any way I can,"
So Paul briefed him about everything that happened so far and showed him the photo.
"Dave was a good guy. It's so sad what happened to him,"
"It's too bad I never got to meet him in person," I said.
"You are?" asked Mr.Willson.
"I am married to his sister," I said in explaining.
"Oh my... how time has gone, I still remember that baby girl. My dad used to dot on her spoiling with candy," he said smiling.
"About this photo?" asked Paul.
"This photo was taken by my brother, and he kept this with him,"
"Do you think this could be written by your brother?" said paul showing the second piece of paper we found.
"Hmm, this is his handwriting, but how did you get this?"
"All these were delivered to Sarah by hand. And this is the only look we have of him," said Paul showing a photo of a CCTV.
"Hmm, this is my brother, Leo,"
"We think he knows some key information about what happened. So is there a way we can meet him?" I asked, hoping for the best.
"Can you give me some time, so I can talk with him and get back to you? He had been a bit unwell after Dave passed away," He said with a concerned look.
"You mean?"
"He had nightmares, sizzlers once in a while. The doctor's advice is not to ask him till he opens up himself,"
"I am sorry to hear that. Well, my wife is also in a similar state as well,"
"But I guess he's ready to open up, that's why he had come to give Sarah the box. He must have found details on you, to reach you,"