The news struck everyone like a lightning bolt. Ryan's jaw was open and Daniel's eyes were widened.
Aiden's grip on the chair tightened.
"Perhaps you want to go and see him?" Asked the constable, breaking the silence that would have stretched forever.
They all stood outside the prisoner's jail cell. He was still bleeding. His body was lying on the cold floor of the jail cell.
"He... Stabbed himself" Daniel managed to say.
"Yeah, with a pocket knife" added Aiden.
Aiden opened the door to the cell. He wore white transparent gloves.
Aiden went and sat beside the body, checking his pulse.
George held a pocket knife in his right hand.
It was the size of his palm, with a golden handle featuring an intricate design.
"It looks expensive" Aiden says, taking the knife in his hand.
"No doubt" Ryan agrees.
"Why does that matter?" Says Ava.
"It does, darling" Says Aiden. And soon the realization struck him.
Daniel looks at Aiden, and when Aiden turns, he speaks "darling?"
"What? I heard it adds accent" Aiden says, looking unbothered.
"How did he obtain that knife?" Asks Aiden.
Constable was blank and had no clue about it.
" Daniel, you are supposed to find the answer" orders Aiden.
"Like how he got that knife?" Daniel confirms.
Aiden nods, he looks towards Ryan and then Ava.
" Ava, take George's gun. You are supposed to confirm wether or not it belongs to him"
His gaze drifted towards Ryan " And we, find this knife's true owner"
"Why do you think, it doesn't belong to him?" Ryan asks.
" You are questioning me again, young boy." Aiden reminds Ryan. " For your information, he didn't have that knife at the time of his arrest. " Aiden answers his question.
"What about the gun, why are we supposed to find the owner? It is stupid. It had his fingerprint and he confessed" says Ava.
" Ava, may I take that gun? And find the owner for you?"
Daniel offers.
"No. Thanks" Ava says as she drifts off.
Daniel goes towards the body. From George's pocket, he finds a letter.
Aiden and Ryan came and sat right beside him, as he opened the letter.
"I gave him the page and the pen, he was insisting that he wanted one and he wouldn't shut up. But I made sure that he wouldn't do anything inappropriate with it" says the constable and then he leaves three of them alone.
Daniel opens that letter, it read :