v TABLE OF CONTENT
1. THE UNDISCOVERED TRUTH.........… 2
2. THE UNDISCOVERED TRAGEDY.........…. 5
3. THE UNDISCOVERED LOVE.........….. 8
4. THE UNDISCOVERED SECRET.......... 11
5. THE UNDISCOVERED LIES............. 14
6. RIP GEORGE COSTA............…. 16
1. THE UNDISCOVERED TRUTH
"I want a detective," said the old man on his deathbed. George Costa was the head of the Italian mob. He was 78 years of age but because of his heart problem, he spent the last six months on the hospital bed. George understood that he was not going to live long enough so he wanted to meet his boy for the last time. It didn't matter how much power he had but he couldn't find his son who ran away 10 years ago. So he finally decided to hire a detective to look for him.
"Hey Georgie get me that stupid Walker's son. I heard he is a private detective now. It would be good if someone we know is going to find him" the old man ordered Georgie.
Georgie was the right-hand man of the Costa family. Georgie signalled the guys to call the kid. The very next day, there he was Henry Walker, the private detective in front of the Costa family mansion with his father Ben Walker.
"Woh that some building pops",
"shut your trap, and let's get going".
Ben was never a fan of what Henry did. He wanted Henry to join the mob or at least get a decent job instead Henry decided to join the police academy and be a cop. But he failed the exam terribly. He had a very keen interest in solving crimes. So he decided to be a private detective.
"Listen pops I'm not the kind of detective who rats on the people with whom he was raised. I only gave that stupid police exam so that I can solve some mystery cases like a serial killer or some shit you know.",
"Shut up about that already. You have left a stain on my reputation by taking that test. And the big boss calling for what? For punishing you? Whatever it may be humbly accept whatever decision he made for you. He was the one who put food on our table. For us he no less than God".
Henry and Ben walked into the big hallway. Hall was filled with full of shady-looking people.
Then Ben recognized a familiar face " Hey Marty what's happening? Why did the boss call my son." Marty replied "It's about Freddy. Come Georgie will fill you in on everything."
Father and son looked at each other. Freddy and Henry were friends when they were small.
"Hey Georgie they came" Marty informed Georgie.
"Come on in old man and you must be Henry, right? I haven't seen you in ages man"
Henry replied "Hey Georgie, How are you doing?"
Georgie said "Man you were uptight when we were small. I was 5 years older than you, but still, you had the guts to fight me whenever I bullied you. Man, those were the days. But now there is sadness, greed, jealousy everywhere around the world but you know what makes me sadder than that 'Traitors'".
Ben sees that Georgie is angry.
He says "Georgie please forgive him. I didn't know what this idiot was thinking. Please forgive him. You might as well punish him if you want.
Georgies smirks "Punishment I don't know about that but for now, you have the task to fulfil and it's coming straight from the boss. If you do that I might consider forgiving you". Henry's face went down, and he couldn't look Georgie eye to eye.
" He will do whatever task you give him robbery, extortion, kidnapping anything you want."
Georgie "No. He doesn't need to do things like that. It is related to his work. He has to investigate something or to act as he is investigating something. I just want him to play detective for a while."
Henry thaught its not that bad.
" He has to find Freddy and bring him back. You don't have to find him just ensure the boss that you are trying to find him? He is waiting for you upstairs to talk to you alone."
Henry was confused because he had last met with Freddy was probably when they were 12 and after that Henry was sent to boarding school and he was not in the context that Freddy had ran away.
So he asked "Why did he run away? There must be a good reason behind it. I think I should investigate it."
Georgie jumped onto Henry with a gun to his face and said "Stay out of it. I don't your nose to poke around Costa family matter. Now I decide what will go on here, So if I say just act then act. If you don't love your life then you are free to investigate."
Marty separates the two "alright that's enough. Hey kid just go upstairs and do as Georgie says."
It scares Henry and put him in loopholes of questions. Henry goes upstairs to the boss's room. Boss was lying on the bed with saline on the side. He sees Henry coming.
"Hey Henry, How are you doing son?".
Henry replied, "I am doing fine boss".
Henry goes and sits beside Boss and says "How did this happen uncle? Why did Freedy leave the house. When we were small you used to play with us and he seemed so happy what happened?".
George said " Was it because of something I said or was it because of who I am? I didn't know what was going on in that boy's head. After you were gone I tried to teach him our work but he was a naive, fragile boy. He saw the world in two manners justice and injustice. And whatever we do, even if it was for the greater good, We would end up in unjustice block but that was fine by me. He wanted to bring this family to the path of justice he tried but he failed miserably. One day we had a big fight and the next day he left the house. We searched for him all around but I was unable to find him. Now I am on my deathbed and my last wish is to see my son. Can you bring him back? Please I beg you"
Henry replied "Please don't. You are the big boss and your wish is my command. I will find Freddy at any cost"
Saying this Henry left the room.
Henry thought to himself "Something seems fishy. Boss wants me to find free and Georgie wants me to act to find free. It's getting interesting. Time for some action."
Since childhood, Henry had an instinct for solving mysteries and it was a mystery of his own from a friend so he had to investigate at any cost even if there were consequences. Henry went home locked himself in the room and tried to think all of these objectively. The question that was bugging him the most was why Georgia did not want him to investigate the matter. but that was of no concern now. He was focused on finding Freddy but where to start without Georgie knowing that he was investigating the matter. " The boss has a huge force surely they tried to find him in the near region and they couldn't find him that means he is not in the near region. Now that I think Freddy is not a person who likes crowds. So definitely he is hiding in a small village. I will not get anywhere like this I need more information."
In the Costa Family mansion, Georgie is sitting with a drink in his hand with Marty by his side on the rooftop.
"Hey Georgie do you think that kid will listen to you" Marty asked.
Listening to this question Georgie laughed and said "You know when we were small I used to hate that kid from my gut and soul, I don't know what is it. but there is something about that kid that makes me feel kind of guilty. Whenever I look into his eyes there is modesty, Honesty, and some kind of unwavering justice in his eyes. I don't know who that justice is. But it ain't surely for me. And I know for sure that he will get to the bottom of this. But I have to stop him knowing the truth, I have to, I need to" Georgie drinks up his liquor throws the glass on the ground and breaks it. The next day, Henry goes to the Mansion and he enters the hall and sees a bunch of meat lying around in the house. Housekeeper Michael is talking to the meat trader
"Where is the boy that you always come with",
The meat trader replies "He went back to his original village".
Henry is walking while listening to the conversation around him and then Marty stops him.
"What are you doing here boy?" asked Marty,
" You said to act so I came to act. I need to act as if I am investigating. I think I should at least see Freedy's room so I can convince the big boss that I am investigating. And What's with all the meat? Come, man, Do you require this much meat every day?"
Marty replied "That is a year's supply, We have to feed every one of the gang members so we get this at a discounted price if we buy it for the whole year. Forget all that, if I allow you to enter Freddy's room. You may not go through his belongings. We have kept the room the same as when Freddy left and we would like it to remain the same. Just go in there, sit on the chair and after half an hour you may leave." Henry reacted "Duly noted".
Marty shows Henry to Freddy's room. Henry enters the room alone. As soon as he enters he clicks the photograph of how it looks. And starts his stopwatch. He starts to find something significant in his room. He searched but couldn't find anything. At last, he became frustrated seeing the time go by, so he gave up on looking and started assembling his room as it was there he found a poem and as he remembered Freddy, He was never of the artistic type. He thought it may lead to something so he takes the poem and keeps it in his shoe cover. He cleans up the room pretty much and suddenly someone knocks on the door "Whose in there?"
it's Georgie.
"Whose in there open up? or I will break the door" Georgie threatens.
Henry looks at the room and there is still a painting remaining to put on the wall. He keeps the painting in a hurry on the hangar and opens the door. Georgie comes in and looks around
"Who let you in?" asks Georgie.
"Marty. But it was just to show the big boss that I am investigating. I swear I didn't move anything from this I was just sitting killing time" Georgie looks at Henry angrily "There are other ways to pretend, Don't you ever dare to come in this room again. Now get lost." Henry rushes his way out of the mansion. Georgie looks around the room he notices the painting and realises it is in the wrong place. He picks up the painting and puts it in its right position
"Henry, Henry, Henry... You made a huge mistake my man."
2. The Undiscovered Tragedy
"What is this Poem? 'You brought me sunshine when I saw rain, You brought me laughter when I only felt pain' Was Freddy ever into poems I remember he was not. But people can change."
Henry was confused about whether the poem left any clue or not. While looking at the paper that the poem was written on he noticed the name of the company. After that, he went around town asking shopkeepers if they sold books by that company.
"Do you sell this company's book?" Henry asked."Let me have a look." The shopkeeper sees the book.
" This company has been out of business for some while now I don't think you will ever find anyone who sells this book anymore"
"When was it closed?"
"Around 10 years now".
Henry looked shocked. He thought to himself "10 years ago means during the time I and Freddy became friends. There were no such books but even after that Freddy had the page of this book after it closed. It doesn't make sense."
Henry asked the shop keeper "Can tell where was this company?"
"What in the living hell?" Henry stands in front of a burned building. Henry sits down and thinks that maybe he is going in the wrong direction. He puts out a cigarette and smokes it. Suddenly someone puts a hand on Henry's shoulder.
"Ahh ...Who's that?"
There was a frail old man
"I just want to smoke."
Henry sits down "Don't do like that man."
Henry hands the cigarette to the old man. He sees Oldman with immense pleasure "Hey oldman, Mind if I ask you something?" Henry asks the old man. Oldman nodes.
"What happened to this company?".
The old man replies "The owner of the company has gone berserk and burned down the company". Henry nodes and asks "Now where can I find this owner of the company".
Oldman replies "You are talking to him".
Henry says sarcastically "Yeah right". Oldman looks right at him in the eye with silence.
"Really, no way. What happened? How did it come to this?".
"While I was in huge debt with the bank and paid that by taking money from the Costa family as a loan. But they charged more for my mortgage. I paid them the rightful amount but they charged me even more. And I understood this was not going to end. One day they beat me very badly and took my house. And the next they were going to take my company. So I burned my company and sent my family to a far village and acted like a fool. They realized that I had nothing. They left me here. With my dream, With my company." Oldman told his story to Henry.
" So You burned all of your last stock right?" Henry asked.
The old man looked confused "Let me remember. Oh yeah, I donated my last stock to my friend's library. What was it called again? State County Library."
Henry got one lead but it is a shot in the air. "Hey two last questions. Why didn't you go to your family? And why are you telling me all this? I might be a member of the Costa family"
Oldman laughs "My family is dead. I don't know if it was Costa or some other gang. Saw a Woman and Daughter alone leaving the town and you know how the rest goes? I didn't remain here for revenge. I know that's useless. I remain here to die with my dream. It came true and still is true for me. I want to die living my dream. As for why I helped you? I don't want any more debts before I die. In exchange for cigarettes, the least I could do was tell you my story. It's not entertaining but it's a good one. I hope you enjoyed it."
Reality had hit Henry pretty hard. He was crushed. He didn't know which side he was on. Henry got up and started running until he was out of breath.
Georgie was at a party of a friend. Luca was there too. Luca was the boss of the Rodrigo Family. Rodrigo's family was the rival of the Costa family. Both families were in the same business. So Where Business is there also resides competition. That competition changed into a blood rivalry when George Costa killed Luca's father Daniel Rodrigo. The sound of the DJ is out of the chart. Luca Waves at Georgie and Georgie waves back.
Luca with his men goes up to Georgie "Hey Georgie, How you doing?".
Georgie replies "I'm alive, unlike your father." Luca laughs and jumps on Georgie with a gun and Luca's men point their guns and Georgie's men do the same.
Luca says "Do you wanna die at a birthday party? Huhh. Georgie"
Georgie replies with a smile "Nah man I was just making a joke. It meant no harm man We were best of buddies when we were in school. Don't you remember?"
Luca smiles "Best of buddies. Don't make me laugh Costa"
"Hey y'all its my birthday. I didn't invite both of you kill each other. You both are my good friend since we were in highschool" Says Jason.
"Enough with the high school crap JJ. We are not the same anymore. As a birthday gift to you I am letting him live for another day." Luca moves back and exits the party. Jason looks at Georgie angrily. "What? He asked for it man Hey JJ, Happy Birthday" Georgie replies with a smirk on his face.
Henry went to the State County library and asked them for the book related to this page "Excuse me, I was wondering if you use this kind of page for a book."
The lady takes the page "No. We use different kinds of registers here. We don't use this kind of paper either"
Henry thought to himself "It is a hoax lead. This isn't leading to something. Maybe my detective instincts are failing me. Ahh, I don't know. I am so tired." Henry takes out an image book and starts to it. Time passes he thinks it's heavy time, He must head home.
The Lady at the counter Says " Hey mister, the owner of the library is here. If you want to ask him about the paper you can."
Henry runs to the counter. "Really, Where is he?"
"On that table"
Henry goes to the table.
"Sir, have you used this kind of paper a while back?"
The Owner replies "Yeah. We used to use it back 5-7 years ago I don't remember correctly. Why? What is it to you?"
Henry replies "Nothing. Can you remember who used to use it the most?"
The owner puts his hand on the chin "I think there was a girl who used to write poetry and stuff on these pages. And she was wasting a lot of my pages so eventually I fired her. I felt kind of bad to fire her over a silly thing like that. Maybe I still do. Anyway, I cannot give you the Info on the girl. That's our store policy."
Henry says "At least give me a hint where can I find her?"
Owner replies "What is this? Some kind of treasure hunt."
Henry looks at the owner and says "I have to find her either dead or alive. It's the only clue to finding my friend"
The Owner understands Henry's desperation. He takes out his records and starts searching for the girl's name.
"Here it is. Sophie Scott." Says the Owner.
There was a picture and an address where she lived. The owner gave it to Henry.
"Thank You Sir for your help. How can I ever repay you?" Henry expresses his gratitude wholeheartedly. The owner says "Can you take today's night shift of the library? Usually, I take it as I don't have many employees. Can take today's night Shift?"
Henry was not expecting this."Sure".
It's midnight 3 o'clock, Henry is doing his shift and out of nowhere, Georgie comes into the library. Henry is clueless. Georgie goes to the counter where Henry is standing
"What kind of detective are You?" Says georgie.
"Hey, Georgie. What's up?"
"Idiot I asked you a question. You didn't even notice my men following you around. What were you doing at the burned company?"
Henry answers "I don't want to lie but I heard about him from a neighbour of mine. It stuck with me like a tragic story. So I went to see the building that got burned. And this is my night job. I play detective in the daytime and librarian at night. I gotta earn some money you know."
"Listen kid don't act too smart in front of me. If I heard even a wind that you were poking your nose where it shouldn't be poking. God I swear, I'll kill you."
Georgie gives a warning to Henry and leaves the library.
The next day Henry goes to the address given by the library owner. There is a small House that has a gloomy feeling to it. As Henry was approaching the door someone opened the door. There is a man around age 40. He had a gloomy face.
Seeing someone in front of him he asked "What do you want?"
Henry Said "Are you Mr.Finnis?" The man nodded in agreement.
"Sir I just wanted to ask you about your daughter Mary Finnis."
Mr.Finnis replies "She's dead."
3. Undiscovered Love
` After Listening to Mr Finnis, Henry was shocked "How? When? Why?".
"Do you think it is easy for me to talk about my dead daughter? Don't you ever show your face again." Mr Finnis left for work. Henry was quite shocked he didn't understand where to go. He was walking down the street mumbling "Where should I look? to find some goddamn answer."
"Maybe you are not asking the