"It's been three months since the incident with Koen, I am so proud of him he's doing a whole lot better" Niko said
"And I think it's high time he comes back and visits home again" Niko said on the phone
"That's wonderful, I just know Luis would be so proud of his boy, I will be getting the house in order for both of you" Isabella said
"Alright, we have a week so you have tons of time" Niko said
"Have a good day at work, little bro" She said
Niko hung the phone up, and tied his tie
"After everything that has went on, I'm so glad everything is going well, I'm not sure how I am keeping this together, but I'll keep trying" He said to himself silently
He sat on the bed, thinking about home since he left it, he wondered what it'd be like
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Niko rushed downstairs
"Koen, Koen where are you, are you alright" Niko said
"I'm good I.. I. I I just dropped a dish, that's all" Koen said
"Yeah you just need be more careful" Niko said patting Koen
"Need any help, with anything" Niko said
"No, thanks I got it" Koen said
"Are you sure, because if there's anything I can help you with, I'm right here" Niko said
"for fu- I DON'T NEED YOUR HELP, NIKO, I DON'T NEED IT, I DO NOT NEED IT, GO HELP SOLVE MYSTERIES, JUST BECAUSE I GET KIDNAPPED DOESN'T MEAN I'M WEAK" Koen said
"Koen, I had no idea you were feeling this way, I'm so sorry" Niko said
"J.. Jjjust lemme go to school, please" He said grabbing the door knob
"Have a good day, Koen" Niko said smiling
"Damn it, I thought I had it all together and I lit the spark and set it off, all at once" Niko said hitting the table
"I thought everything was ok, and this morning outta the blue he just goes off" Niko said
"Sounds like you've been treating him like he's incapable, of being independent" Austin said
"Really, I should've seen the signs, I was too busy protecting him I forgot to prepare him to protect himself" Niko said
"Yeah, man he's at that age, where he's going to try and prove he's man enough for anything, but give him credit for the small tasks,like getting to school on his own, ya know things like that" Austin said
"Austin, do u have kids" Niko asked
"Nah, I dunno, my cousin is a teacher and she has A LOT of kids" He said
"No wonder you're such a pro at this" Niko said
"I guess I came up with a Koen that I thought was reality, I just forgot he's a human boy" Niko said
"Yeah, we all put perfect things in our head, and get surprised when we're wrong, we just gotta deal with that we gotta deal with" Austin said
"I'll try and be more lenient with him" Niko said
"Well wonder what the chief had for us today" Austin said as the chief walked in
"Good morning, Detectives" Chief Robison said
"We have five different deaths, three in the same location and two in two different locations" Chief said
"Your job today is to investigate if they were murdered" Chief said
"Jeez five different murders" Niko said
"Ah, that ain't nun new here" Austin said
"People kill left in right in the big cities" Austin said
"Yeah, I suppose you're right, bit still, something us a bit off about this" Niko said
"Yeah well it's our job to find out why" Austin said stepping out the car
"So what we got" Austin said
"Guy died between 2 to 3 am this morning" The examiner said
"Cause of death unknown" The man said walking off
"Jeez, do u think he was murdered" Niko asked
"Shit, I don't even know, it looks like a stab wound below his rib" Austin said
"Wow, how odd" Niko said
Niko took pictures and went through them
While Austin collected the evidence
"Austin I just can't shake off this feeling, something is off" Niko said
"Do we have any information about the other murders" Niko asked
"All females" Detective Naveen said
"All females?" Niko said
"I know It surprised me too" Detective Jude said
"Austin, our guy was male" Niko said
Niko looked through the recent cases and their details
"Austin, our guy he was murdered, which I think you were leading on to" Niko said
"Our guy has nothing in common with these women, these women they are definitely connected" Niko said
"What are you saying" Austin said
"That these women weren't murdered, worse, they were murdered and they didn't even know it" Niko said
"Are you trying to say they were drugged" Austin said
"Yes they probably knowingly took these drugs thinking they'd be just another hit, but they weren't" He said
"If you're thinking drugged you might wanna rule that one out, report came back from the coroner's, nothing in those women's systems says that they were drugged" Naveen said
"They may have been avid users in the past, but this morning they weren't" Naveen said
"Right here if you wanna look over it" Detective Jude said
"Well they were waiting to ruin your streak" Austin said
"This is impossible, these women have no wounds on them, none" Niko said
"And no sign of something inserted either" Austin said
"So how could they have died" Niko said
"It has got to be drugs, they were drugged and didn't know it, Austin we gotta find someone who knew these girls" Niko said
"Yeah, I'm right with you buddy, but we needs take it once step at a time, and I agree starting with investigating people the girl's knew" Austin said
"Hey, Um Jude, what are they ruling the deaths as" Niko asked
"Natural causes, they couldn't find a hint of foul play" Jude said
"Do you believe what they say" Niko asked
"I believe in firm justice" Jude said
"I've never been faced with si many odd cases, even back home was not as intense" Jude said
"You just have to work through every case and spend your time on it, and care for it, don't lose your head because people are counting on you and judging you, it's all about good judgment, Niko" Jude said
Click click click
"Hey, Koen I'm home" Niko said
"Koen, Koen" Niko repeated
Niko ran upstairs to see Koen playing games with Julius, he went back down
"I gotta give him distance" Niko said
Niko sat and wondered, how could someone die and people not know how they died