3.
Sugo continued to scribble down every 'detail' he got from asking her, it seemed like he was concentrated, unusual for a man like him to do so. He had asked Haruka three to four questions, but I felt annoyed to the fact that this guy would ask everything except the question, 'How and when did it got stolen?',
So I had no choice but to step in.
"If I may ask, when and how did it got stolen?"
Sugo paused, his pen hovering above the page. He looked up as if he hadn't thought of that question yet. Haruka blinked, her expression changing from sadness to contemplation.
"Well... it was yesterday, when I went to go for work. But when I returned from work I had found out that the drawer was open and the locket had gone missing."
I noticed, Sugo again, continued to scribble down his notes, but this time focussed more on her words than what he actually was writing.
"Around what time did you went and came back?" He asked her.
"My shift usually starts around 10AM, and ends around 3PM." She continued
"I thought my family members had took it but none of them had it, according to them."
Sugo stood up and putting his pen and notes down the table.
"So the time it got stolen was between 10AM to 3PM." He said.
"A five hour shift" I muttered.
I glanced at the drawer and noticed something. The drawer had a lock to it, so there must be a key to the drawer.
"Is there a key to the drawer?" I asked.
"Yes, there is." She replied.
"So, did you locked it?"
"Yes, I usually do so."
"Where did you kept the keys?"
"It's always with me in my handbag."
"So, when it got stolen did you checked your handback for the keys?"
"No, I didn't. I was worried a furious how and where it could have gone lost, so I forgot about the keys."
"Do you have the keys now?" Sugo interupped as I was about to ask her the exact same question.
"Yes, I do." She replied to him.
"So where and when did you found your keys?" I asked her.
"Today, on the table. I didn't even thought about the keys, before that." She glanced at the small table where sugo was scribbling his notes.
Strange, how could she possibly not noticed the keys on the table? The distance between the drawer and the table is approximately between 2 meters, there is possibly only a small percentage, that she would not have noticed it unless there were lots of things placed on the table.
"Yesterday, were there anything placed on the table?" I asked.
"No, as far as I remember I didn't and I usually don't. The purpose of the table is only for placing snacks and drinks, so I didn't place any." She replied.
I had gotten to a point where I had no choice but to ask who she might have suspected, cause with the given information we can comply that, Haruka had accidentally left her keys on the table that day, then let's say x after Haruka left had found the keys on the table and had stolen the keys. Little changes lead to bigger outcomes.
"Can you tell us along with you, who live here?" I asked.
"My mom, dad, my sister and my little sister."
So four people were the suspects huh? I can't possibly think of a reason why the parents would want to take away their daughter's grandmother's gift. So if we think logically it comes down to two people.
I told Sugo I was going to meet the sisters, as I went out of the room the smell which gave me a sense of nostalgia came back, but why is this smell giving me a sense of nostalgia?
I had asked the old lady where the little sister might be, she had told me to go to the upper floor and knock on the first door. I should have asked Sugo to come with me, cause why am I even going to question her on my own?
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4.
I reached for the door, and knocked.
A voice reached me, possibly coming from inside the room, it said.
"Who is it?"
It's surely going to be strange that a stranger is knocking on some girl's door. But I had no choice but to introduce myself.
"Uh... I am Akihiro Kenshi, are you Haruka-san's little sister? I came here along with a detective named Sugo, Haruka san called us to find the missing Locket."
"Kenshi?" She asked, her tone in a sense of recognizing my name.
The door slowly opened, and there was a figure standing infront of me.
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I had accidentally stepped into a classmate's house. During this moment I felt so awkward that I felt like instantly running away without a word. But that's just going to make the situation even worse, not to mention six thoulsand yen was on the line.
Haruka's little sister was none other than my classmate Airi Watanabe, she had talked to me a few times, but I never did talked to her, I mean we exchanged words but I never went up to her and exchanged words. In class everyone considers her to be the most beautiful, 'beautiful' is a word that I never wanted to say. She has a cheerful personality, and probably don't know about her popularity. I remebered there are, typical fiction girls where they think they are the best. [1]
Well, she comes in the suspect list even if she there was school yesterday, as she was absent yesterday. Usually I won't get these information but there was an uproar between the guys in my class talking about Airi.
"Uhh..." Awkward, I noticed she was wearing pajamas, I continued.
"I apologize if I am disturbing you, but may I ask a few questions?" I was polite to a classmate, I spoke like a stranger to a stranger that I had never met before.
"Oh, go ahead-" she coughed, she probably has cold.
"Were you at home yesterday between 10AM to 5PM?"
"Yes I was."
"May I ask what you were doing during this period?"
"I was in my room taking rest."
I had one more question in mind, but I hesistated before asking, "Did you happen to see anyone at the house at that time?"
"Wait... Yes, I did."
"Who was it?"
"It was..."
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Little changes can lead to bigger outcomes.