Chapter

Lucas is frustrated, because he doesn’t get any progress to the investigation. He has been a police officer for 5 years. And he is very capable officer, but this time lucas has been investigating Nina’s and Eyob’s case for whole six months. However he doesn’t see any progress even he has a zero clue. In five years experience of investigating, he had never seen a case like this. Other than the identity of the victims, there is nothing more he knows just like that.

“Rich” Lucas shouted for his partner Rich.

“Yes boss” Rich answers right away, because she is clear minded about Lucas’s behavior. And she doesn’t want her boss to vent his frustration on her.

“We have been investigating this case for six months, and find nothing. So let us start our work as a new, like we didn’t investigate, and like we accept a new case. But it has to be only us.”

“Okay boss.”

She knows him clearly. Given his character; he won’t stop until he gets the answer; Even if it takes him forever.

“Okay let us go, there is a murder case at Nina Yared’s place.” Lucas told to Rich about their new old case.

“Let’s go boss.” Rich answered while smiling.

……………..

Lucas and Rich are heading to Nina’s place.

Six months ago, during the investigation process; one day Lucas wanted to went to Nina’s place, and wanted to look around, in order to do that he needed Nina’s house key and asked Betty.

“Officer, my family and I don’t want to go to Nina’s house, and also we don’t want to be remained about the incident. So I have a spare key I will give you that, and you can go and do your work anytime you want.” That was what Betty said to him back then. So now he has the house key, and he is planning to start the investigation as a new and in a different way.

In side Nina’s house;

Lucas and Rich are searching for something that can be a clue, and which can lead them to the criminal, even if it is a small thing.

They saw all the surveillance camera records of that area of that day before, and found nothing. So now they are looking for something that can be used as a lead. Therefore they are observing everything in detail.

After looking for a long time they can’t find anything at end.

As they were about to go, Lucas seems to notice something and stops.

“Boss what happened? Did you see something?” Rich asked.

“Wait.” said Lucas as he stares at the bookshelf in the corner.

On the black bookshelf, there are many books and there was a candle in the corner. When Lucas sees the shelf he noticed that the candle didn’t stand straight yet it didn’t fall down. So he gets it weird for a thin candle to be perverse but stand still. And he went to check.

Lucas reaches the candle and tries to make it straight.

Lucas makes the candle to be straight. But as soon as he touches it, he heard a sound of a door being shut.

“Wow boss you found it!” Rich gives Lucas a Thumbs up.

Lucas rolled the candle and it bent down. As soon as the candle bent, the black bookshelf slide to the right and a room comes in front of them.

…………………………………..

In the hospital

Eyob was on the bed he was looking Betty lovingly. Because in his heart; the women in front of him is his beloved fiancée Nina, and the only one he remember when wakes up from a coma after six months.

In the other hand, Betty is holding Eyob’s hand. However her heart is at a mess, and she really couldn’t be at ease about deceiving Eyob by resembling her sister Nina.

“If my sister would be here she will help Eyob. So if I can endure it for a while and help him to recover she will be very happy. After all it is only for temporary.” she taught

“Nina my dear, where is the ring I gave you?” Eyob asked since he didn’t see the ring on Betty’s finger.

“Hmm...” Betty was stunned

And then she remembers her sister telling her about Eyob’s proposal.

“I l.o.s.t i.t I am sorry.” she tells a white lie.

“How did you lost it?” he asked with dissatisfaction.

“When you were in a coma, I was not on my right mind. So yesterday I was talking shower here, and I take it off and forgot it. And when I remembered and went back there, it was not there anymore someone must found ant take it Eyob I am sorry.” Betty add another white lie with one breath.

“Baby don’t worry it is a good thing that you lost it, it is a bad memory, I will buy you the better one.”

“Okay you have to rest now I will be here, so go to sleep.”

She was avoiding him.

“Since I am going to act like my sister I have to know every single thing about the two of them.” she taught and immediately remembers her sister’s diary.

“I will go to Nina’s house and take the diary.” she decides to not make any mistake for the sake of her sister.

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After the secret room was opened, both Lucas and Rich didn’t enter immediately, after staring at the room in front of them, Lucas and Rich enter to the room with being extra careful as they afraid to destroy some evidence.

The room was bright and beautiful; there was a coffee table in the middle, a wooden box in the corner and a sofa in the other corner of the room.

They search the room with caution and found nothing.

“Let’s look for a little more.” Lucas ordered and Rich nods.

“Boss you have to see this.” Rich said after some while.

Under the sofa there was a broken piece of a coffee cup and it has blood on it.

“I think we got something usefull.” Lucas said while putting the piece of evidence in a plastic. Both of them wore gloves in order to not ruin the evidence.

“Let us keep looking for a while.”

Although Lucas was happy by the glimpse of hope after a long time, he doesn’t want to be relax yet since it is the very first thing he gets.