Turkish owner – I knew that it would be trouble, I knew it. When I see her walking in the store I thought "Crap, the mayor daughter", but she begged for a slushie, and I couldn't deny it!!
Adam – Ok, don't worry, you sir took a while on the back on the second time you went, why?
Owner – You're saying that I kidnapped her? It wasn't me! I took my time because I had to urinate, my bladder was hurting, I spend more then ten hours without going to the toilet a day! But I heard the young boy screaming, and came back with a gun, I thought it was the young robbers again.
Adam – Young robbers??
Owner – Yes, they always rob my shop!! They take advantage that I'm not from this country, they call me damned Turkish.
Adam – Alright, and you heard anything else, when you were at the toilet or coming back from it?
Owner – No, nothing, just the screams and well, I heard the little phone ring.
Adam – Little phone?
Owner – Yes, outside, the red one, he rang a few times, I call it little phone because my daughter used to call it that way when she was little, from my toilet I can hear it, the well is very thin.
Adam wanted to make a test, but when the thought to do it, Steve called him, Adam saw him standing, on the terrain nearby where there was little trees, starving for the time, he hold the cigarette up, and look fixedly to something, and Adam approach, see Steve staring, a piece of lace cloth, and ask:
Adam – What's that?
With a dry stick, Steve hooked the piece and raised:
Steve – looks like a pantie to me, a girls pantie.
The two of them looked at each other, and soon after the damn sound rang, it was the little phone, "tlim tlim tlim"
The cops had already decided to get out of there and make a round in another place, they had already order lunch in Mandy's, but now, they're all there, with mouths open, without to know what to do.
Adam ran and asked the ream with the wire to be quick, Steve followed him, and as soon as he picks up the phone, the heard a wheezing, said "hello" and there wasn't a answer just the wheezing, and after a horrible noise, a singular voice and very acute sounded:
Voice on the Phone – Hello… you don't have to look for the girl anymore, she's already dead, soon you'll find the body.
And just like that the voice on the other side hang up, leaving Adam paralyzed.
The phone felt like it weighed ten kilos in Abrax's hands, his leg felt wobbly, and he felt cold sweat running down his face. Never before in his life had something like this happened, he had already solved a few cases, but none involved a missing person like that, especially at such a young age. The deputy ran towards him, asking what they had said, or if it was a mistake, but he was still paralyzed, Steve took the lead:
Steve—What do you mean?? Didn't identify the connection?? They didn't even record it??
Sheriff—No!! An intense noise was picked up, but nothing more than that, it sucks.
Some time later, Abrax told what the voice had said, and the sheriff was shocked.
Sheriff—Do you think they're telling the truth? What was the voice that spoke to you on the phone like?
Adam—I don't know, it could be a prank, but if so, it's in very bad taste, but the voice, it sounded like
At that moment, Adam stopped and noticed that most of the police officers were getting ready for lunch, he hadn't even had breakfast, the delivery man from Mandy's brought the food, and asked about the case, he seemed more concerned about Penelope than the police itself. Adam was irritated by this, he felt his blood boil.
Adam—-Whether it's true or not, we have to go after the girl, and not just go to lunch!!
The sheriff didn't answer, but he felt offended, because the way Adam put it all made him look like a wimp.
Adam went to the city hall, the mayor wasn't there when the phone rang, he needed to know the truth, despite the sheriff insisting that it wasn't a good idea to tell him about the content of the call.
But when they arrived, the mayor was so furious that the sheriff himself reconsidered the tactic:
Mayor—-It's been HOURS since my daughter disappeared and you didn't do ANYTHING! You didn't move your DAMNED ASSES FOR ANYTHING! You're there having lunch, at the taxpayers' expense!!
Sheriff—Mr. Mayor, with all due respect, I—
At that moment, Adam felt a chill run through his entire body, and then he said:
Adam—We found an intimate piece of your daughter's underwear!!
Mayor—What? Where??
Adam—Well, I think it's your daughter's, it's with the experts, but according to your wife, it's her own play—
Mayor—Oh my God!
He fainted in his chair.
Adam—And that's not all, we got a call, and it wasn't a call asking for a reward, we don't know if it was a prank either, but in the call the voice said—
Mayor—-Saying what??? SAYING WHAT MAN!
Adam looked at the police chief, and then continued:
Adam—-Saying that your daughter was already dead.
The atmosphere at city hall was horrible, everyone there seemed to have lost their souls, they were walking aimlessly, and the mayor was the worst of all. After they talked about the call, Adam went out to look for the girl, a little aimless perhaps, but hopeful. Steve came to talk to him, he had something important to tell him:
Steve—-Sister Marie just called, her car was stolen!
Adam looked at him, and as if by magic, he understood everything. He ordered the search for the car to begin immediately, the police chief took a while but understood what his intention was.
he search didn't even last thirty minutes before an anonymous tip came in, reporting that an abandoned Chevette had been spotted in the public garden on the west side.
When Adam arrived at the garden and saw the car in the distance, he feared it might catch fire—smoke was rising from it.
The officers approached cautiously. The mayor and the first lady were with them, but they weren't allowed to get too close, as everyone was already expecting the worst.
And the worst was right there.
Inside the car, Penelope's naked body lay stretched out. It was obvious there was no life left in it.
Even so, Adam swallowed hard and took her pulse, confirming that his fears were more real than imaginary.
The girl was dead.
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