Leaving my pride behind, I went over to ask Kate out. But it was quite unexpected, her reply.
"Alright, let's date." I did not expect her to give in so quickly even without giving her any box of chocolates. Maybe she was not the ' hard to get ' type. She was very infuriating. Well, what did I expect her to be? Did I expect her to be any different from how she was?
"Okay. We are dating now. "I replied. You can bet it was not easy for me to say so. Before I knew it, she gave me a kiss — on the lips. My mind went blank. That was definitely my first time. Well, anyone could say she had the right to, because we had declared that we were dating.
"You want to come over to my house?" She asked and that was the question I was avoiding. But, maybe it was for the best. I could find a clue or something.
"Why?" I did not want to give in so easily like someone.
"You know, to catch some fun." She replied biting her lips. I guessed she thought she looked cute but she did not realized how gross she looked.
"Alright." I replied with a fake smile.
I did not notice the structure of her house the last time due to the party and rush. But when I entered that day, her house was quite a killer. I did not know who built it either Diane's mother or father, but I could tell the person had quite some money. It consisted of two duplexes. The walls were all covered with glass. The inferior had several stairs leading to many balconies.
"Have a seat." She said. I noticed some picture frames, family pictures and it seemed weird. Kate moved closer to me.
"What should we do first? Should we eat dinner or get to it?" She asked. Get to what? I did not get what she was trying to say but I played along.
"Let's get to whatever it is. I am not hungry. "I admit I was not quite good in that field of study called 'dating'
"So, let's go to my room." She replied. Then, I understood what she meant. I could not believe I got into that mess.
"Not now. So, there is nobody here?" I asked.
"No. Why?"
"I am talking about your siblings, dad and mum." I said.
"Oh! My sister went missing and I don't care. My father went clubbing with his friends and I don't have a mother. "She replied. Just like what I expected her to say, I got satisfied.
"Oh my! Your mother is dead?" I asked.
"No. It's not that she is dead. I don't have one. "She replied. I understood what she was trying to say. Diane's mother was her step mother and she must have really hated her.
"Oh! Am I free to check around?" I asked.
"Yes. I guess but be quick with it, so that we can get to it. "She replied as she winked at me. Just like that, I began the search for Kate's father room. Then, as I was searching, I saw stairs that led to a basement. Slowly, I walked into the basement and saw an empty room. Full of dust, bed covered with clothing. It looked nothing like a crime scene. I walked towards the wall and saw some bloodstains on it. It looked like it had been there for so long. But something was off, the room smelled like coffee. The culprit ventilated the room with coffee spray. Like the culprit wanted to leave a hint. It did smell familiar but since I was not interested in coffee, I ignored. Strangely enough, the bloodstains were dotted in shape. I know it may sound crazy but it looked like blood from the mother's body was collected and sprinkled to the wall. I looked at the ceiling, there was nothing? The question is why would the culprit aim for the arm? Why would he cut off the mother's arm? There were other things to cut off like legs, the other arm, why the particular arm? Since Diane told me she was drunk, I thought most of her explanations might not be accurate. I needed something more accurate to discover the reason. I noticed a round wooden table at the center left of the room. It looked new like they had just bought it. Was it Diane's mother? I thought of several occurrences that might happen. The culprit might be pissed out with her for a reason and thereby, killed her and accidentally cut off her arm. It literally did not make sense to me. If an autopsy is conducted, I would know whether the victim was beaten up before her death or after her death. Or she was not beaten up at all. I would know the aim of the culprit. Was his aim to kill her at first? Or, was it to just harm her without killing her? Why would the culprit do so?
I went out of the basement after several observations and proceeded to search for Diane's mother room. I found it thankfully. It looked like it was being abandoned. I thought there was no need checking her room until I noticed a document on her dressing table. I picked it up. It had the name "Trev. Electronics". The truth is I had heard the name of the company before. I opened the document only to find several notes. One of it stated "watch out!" Another one, "give up." I did not understand what the notes meant. It might mean a threat or a warning. Before I knew it, Kate was standing next to the door.
"What are you doing?" She asked.
"Nothing. Just looking around. "I replied. She walked to me and collected the document.
"Trev Electronics. This is my father's place of work. Why does this woman have a document from it?" She asked as she tried to open it. I interrupted.
"Should we not go back? I am done looking. "I said.
"Okay." She replied as she dropped the document on the bed. Bingo! Then, it all made sense. Diane's father place of work is involved!