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"So what did she say she is?", Ryan and Williams said looking so eager and anxious to hear it,
" an angel", he said.
The two of them burst into laughter which they find so hard to control,
"So..so are you saying there's an angel in this house as in... right now?", Williams said between laughter,
"I think your girlfriend is truly a psycho",
" hey watch it she's not my girlfriend",
Ryan tried to calm himself, "Yeah she's truly a psycho, so what are you going to do about her?",
"What else can he do? you'll sure have to endure whatever she throws at her, try to tame her and keep her under your watch till the real killer is captured, to save yourself from going to jail",
" or even end up in court for trial",
"Get out",
Williams burst into laughter again, " I would like to see that angel", he said and ran out,
"Hey!!", he shouted but he was gone.
Williams ran out into the living room and saw Amelia walking out of the kitchen with her not-so-dirty short gown and messy hair. Her lips were wet and he could see the stain of something she had probably eaten. She was with an apple and was rubbing her tummy like she was full.
" Hi",
She nodded in response before taking another bite.
Liam and Ryan came in at the moment and saw Amelia,
"Are...you eating my apple?",
"Yes, I ate everything this is the last one",
" you bitch!!!!!!", he yelled frightening everyone. Amelia was so frightened but his friends knew how much he loved red apples and he didn't joke about it. He'd rather give every other thing out than give out his car or apple. The last person he shared apples with was his late mother. Amelia looked at his friend not understanding why he looked so angry when her eyes caught Ryan and time seemed to stop for her. Her hands became too weak to hold the apple that fell on the couch. Liam groaned as he quickly got it off and cleaned the couch. Everyone noticed how transfixed Amelia was.
Liam noticed her hands shaking and looked at her to see what was wrong,
" Omo!!! looks like Ryan has another admirer",
Liam doesn't think she was taken away by Ryan's beauty, rather he saw lots of pain in her eyes, lots of unspoken words, and longing.
" I don't think she likes me", Ryan said, " did..did you know me?",
Liam could see tears forming in her eyes and for unknown reasons, he didn't like the look in her eyes, especially the tears that were threatening to fall.
"You know what, bro you have to leave", he said and pushed them out. Ryan was filled with worries, his mind wouldn't stop thinking about her facial expression even when he got home and for some unknown reason, he wanted to pull her closer and say "It's going to be fine".
Amelia wouldn't leave the spot, her hands were still shaking and the tears were threatening to fall.
"Hey", Liam snapped his fingers at her face to bring her back to her senses. She blinked her eyes and swallowed hard,
"Are...you okay?",
"Yes...yes" " she said and turned to go to her room but he held her hand,
"Did you know Ryan?",
"Is that his name?",
"Yes",
"No. Yes I mean no",
"Really?",
" he... just looks so much...like my brother",
"Your brother?",
"Mmm",
"Where is he?",
" dead", she said and walked away. Liam gasped. He doesn't know what to say or do next.
"Well, she'll be fine". He assured himself and also headed to his bedroom.
" Mrs. Eve, Detective Christian is here",
" ho ok, tell him to come in", she said and covered the corpse,
"Hi, Chris",
" Hi Mrs. Eve, guess the night isn't so stressful",
"A night that involves you is always stressful", she said and they both chuckled,
" Hi Mrs Eve",
" Hi, Officer Matthew",
"What's the result of the autopsy?",
She moved closer to the corpse and beckoned them to move closer too. She removed the cloth and began the explanation,
" While carrying out the autopsy, apart from the stabbing there is a sign of struggling, she was beat up and assaulted. No DNA found and another thing is, we found out she didn't die from the stabbing",
"What did you mean?",
"During our examination, we found out that she had stopped breathing before she was stabbed",
"Could it be excessive killing or do we have two murderers?", Detective Chris asked,
"She died out of suffocation",
" like being locked in a place with no ventilation?", Matthew thought,
"Or in a nylon bag?",
"Or in the booth?",
" I don't know but she sure died an hour before she was stabbed",
"There isn't any handprint?",
"No",
"Killing twice sure has a reason",
"Seriously how are we supposed to start investing when nothing is caught on any CCTV camera and there are no handprints, I feel this will be a long case", officer Matthew said
"Mrs. Eve, is that all you found?", Chris asked sensing she still had more information to give.
" Sure, while detecting the suffocation, we also find out she has indigestion",
"Indigestion?",
"Yes, and that's what makes her die quickly from the suffocation",
"If she has indigestion then she must have been kidnapped when she just had her meal", Chris said and looked at Matthew. That's a clue.
"Thanks, Mrs... Eve", Matthew shouted as they hurried out of the room.