"I think someone was murdered again" a guy whispered to his partner.

"Are you sure?" I asked, getting inside the conversation.

"It is possible. Yesterday also the same thing happened at night near the forest place" he said as I nodded in understanding. Again a murder? Can they be related? Leave it, it has nothing to do with me.

*Phone rings*

I saw the caller ID. It's Antony. I picked it up "Hello"

"Annie, come back home!"

"What happened?"

"Nothing but I just saw the news. It's dangerous for you to stay out! Come back now! Fast!" He said and I hmm-ed 

I told Ash that I'm leaving early and he said it would be ok. So I went home and saw him waiting near the gate for me. We didn't talked much but he warned me not to go anywhere far from work as lots of murders are going on nowadays.

"Do you think this murder is related to yesterday's one?" I asked.

"I think it is" 

"How can you be so sure?"

"You see the news and the person is badly injured before dying just like yesterday's one. I don't think it's done by any human..." He said, thoughtfully.

"What do you mean?" I asked with shock.

"I am not sure but it seems like the person or animal doing this for pleasure and did you notice that the there are less blood than there should in the crime spot?" He smiled and I looked at the Television. Indeed the place doesn't seems obvious.

"So you mean there's a Suspecious person here?" 

"Not sure, it's possible. And I wish the police would find the victim quickly to avoid all this" he said as I nodded.

.

Two more days passed and not to mention, the scenario of lifestyle changed. Two more murder took place but not of human but of a Alsesian dog and another of a stray cat.

The police cars were seen more than usual in a day and good thing is they didn't come to inspect us. Everyone became more cautious and Antony's work also became more regular than usual and so as Ash and mine.

Media reporting often highlights random and unexpected crimes. As a result, individuals can imagine themselves as potential victims of such events. Everyone was panicked and avoid going out at night between 9-10 PM. A breathtaking news came out that a person with black hoodie was seen killing a dog but the CCTV was too blurred to be clearly seen.

"Hello?" I recieved a call this morning while I and Anthony was having our breakfast.

"Miss Annie, it's James here" James said.

"Yes James, what's the matter?" I asked raising my eyebrows.

"We finally found the person who was doing that or I would say that we found someone who saw the person" he said.

"Wow! That's great!" I almost shouted and Antony smiled at the news "Who's the person?"

"He is a car driver and we decided to bring some people as suspect this evening. Would you like to come?" 

"Me? Why me?" I asked.

"Haha, Don't be tensed! We need all the boys which includes Ash and Your Brother also. If you want to come then you can" He said.

"You're again behind Ash?" I rolled my eyes.

"He has a black hoodie remember?" 

"What are you trying to say?" I asked.

"Cool cool, just saying. Oh! I've work! See you at the evening if you come!" He said and hanged up. I sighed. These people will never stop suspecting us.

Anthony laughed and washed his hands "Are you going with me?"

"Yes of course! I don't believe that James and you're too stupid to handle the situation. Who knows if you end up beaten by them or not" I said and he chuckled.

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At the evening:

I was sitting on one of the chairs at the police station as Mr James were asking several questions to the suspects.

"Mr James, he is here!" One of the cops said and we turned back to see the driver who was supposed to see the victim.

"Oh good, please take your seat Mr Jim" James said to him.

"It's ok, sir" he said, politely. I looked at Ash who seems to be pissed off and Anthony who caught up excitement about this. What's there to be excited about?

"So tell us what he looks like"

"Actually that night I was returning back from my work when I saw him beating a person brutally. I couldn't see his face because I was too horrified but I remember he has a lotus tattoo on the wrist of his left hand" he said.

"Alright, thank you for the information" James said and started checking the wrist of all the suspects.

"Sir! He has the lotus petal!" A cop said.

"No! I didn't kill anyone! I'm innocent!" The person of about 35 cried.

"Do you think Jim is lying then?" James asked holding his neck. Please be gentle!

"He must be wrong! I was with my wife that time. I didn't kill anyone!" He pleaded. Jim looked at him and then at his wrist.

"Sir, I don't think it's him, the lotus tattoo is kinda different from that of the victim" Jim said as that person sighed in relief.

"Sure?"

"That's all I remembered" he said and James let the person go. I gulped some water and wiped my face. Jim helped the person sit and looked at rest of the suspects when his sight freezed at a point.

"It's him!" Jim said and all of us looked at the person. My eyes widened when I saw the person he was pointing at. Because it's none but...

.... Antony!

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Cliff~Hanger!!

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