Chapter 5

• ||Aurora||
• No, I can't let him lock me up or nobody will ever know the truth. And if the truth isn't find out, I'll be dead. And if I'm dead, I won't get justice for my parents.
• I need to find a way to make him keep me out of his prison or dungeon,,,,,,, whatever!
• "Guards take them away!" He commands.
• Two guards came to my side and the other two went to the maid. But I didn't let them touch me before I fall on my knees and start shedding tears.
• I forget to tell you guys, I'm a great actress too,,,,, a very skilled one at that.
• "General, General" I cried out, forcing a grieving sound from deep down my throat.
• I take a peek at everyone's expression.
• The General frowns, Javier is gawking at me in surprise, though his face held amusement.
• While that Brandon guy, well, he's something else. His expression remains neutral.
• "General, this is injustice!"
• "Injustice?! How dare you say that to my face!!" He roars at me.
• Though his voice is scary but I didn't flinch away.
• "This is injustice, give me a chance to investigate this case on my own,,,,, please, General,,,,,"
• "Nobody has ever investigated a case they are involved in and I'm not gonna change that,,,,,, Guards, take them away!!"
• I whip myself on the ground.
• "Please, General, please, pleaseeeeeeeeeeeee!"
• I continue crying louder and louder, I see the General wince and rub his ear.
• "Guards,,,,,,,"
• "Ian, I think we should let her investigate this, she might do a better job" Javier cuts the General off.
• "No! I can't let her, she knows nothing about investigating a case!"
• What? He doesn't know I'm an expert in all professional,,,, I can be a detective if I want to.
• "I,,,,," Javier sends me a look that says,,,, keep quiet.
• So I shut my mouth and let him speak.
• "What about I take over the case and investigate it, then you can let her assistant me"
• "No!"
• "Ian, she can be of great help in this case"
• The General doesn't say anything, he just glares at me through his mask.
• I wonder if he never takes it off.
• "Fine, but you have three days to investigate!"
• "Three days?!" I gasp. "That's too short!"
• The General bangs on his desk, his eyes hooded with anger.
• "Three days is enough! We need to report back to the mayor!!"
• Javier jumps off his chair and grabs my hand.
• "We'll get back to you in three days" he said.
• He starts to pull me outside, but I halt when I remembered something.
• I turn back to the General.
• "General, now that I'm part of the investigation, I believe you wouldn't want me to step out of the mansion,,,,, so where should I stay?"
• "How dare you ask the General that!" Brandon growled.
• The General raised his hand to stop him from taking any action.
• I roll my eyes. They are behaving as if the General is God.
• Not that I'm rude, but I hate proud people like him.
• "You are a suspect of murder, why do you think I will let you stay in my house?" The General asked.
• "Well, for one, I have to stay here to get clues easily.
• And secondly, if I stay outside you wouldn't believe my evidence,,,, you will think I manipulated something"
• "She is kinda right, Ian" Javier supports me.
• I smirk, I have a solid back up already.
• "Why are you agreeing with her, Javier?!"
• "Don't get,,,,,,,"
• "Fine! She can stay in one of the guests rooms!" The General said angrily.
• I smile.
• "Thank you, General"
• "Don't thank me, get out!" He yells.
• Javier grabs my hand.
• "Let's go!" Then he drags me outside.
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• || Ian ||
• It infatuate me that, that female doctor speaks boldly to me, no hint of fear in her tone.
• And she is making me go back on my words.
• I don't like her the first time I saw her and I didn't want her to stay, but I still let her stay.
• I wanted punish her until she confesses her crime, but I still have her a chance to prove her innocence.
• Now she is familiar with Javier.
• No,,,,, I must find a way to send her out, she might be after something,,,,,, she has a motive.
• Else she wouldn't try hard to let me hire her.
• After this case, she is leaving.
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• || Unknown ||
• "Boss!"
• "How is it going?"
• "Miss Macfarlane's maid has being sent to the General's dungeon"
• "What about Miss Macfarlane?"
• "She is dead!"
• "Good, find way to enter the dungeon and kill that maid before she spill everything!"
• "Yes, sir!"
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• || Aurora ||
• We made it back to the living room, where my luggage rests against the wall.
• "So, you are a doctor?" Javier asked.
• Well, fake doctor but you don't have to know that.
• "Yes!" I nod.
• Then I remembered how I slapped him and ran away, I guess I have some apologizing to do.
• "You've got some nerves,,,,,,"
• "Hey, I'm sorry for slapping you like that last time, it's just,,,, "
• "It's fine, I understand" he smiles.
• I arch my eyebrows but nod.
• "O-ok!"
• I pulled my luggage up.
• "Can you please point me to the guests room?"
• "Oh, I'll walk you there!" He takes my luggage from me and start walking off somewhere.
• "Thank you" I said and follow behind.
• "So, what are you doing here?" I asked him.
• "I live here sometimes"
• "Do you relate to the General?!"
• "Yeah, he's my elder brother"
• "Oh, that's why he listened to you"
• "I guess"
• Then I decided to ask me a question that has being nagging me.
• "Why did you want to help me on this case"
• He stops at a door and open it, we both step in and I take a quick look around.
• This room is smaller than Miss Macfarlane's room, but it's still way bigger than mine.
• "This is the guest room you will be staying"
• I nod.
• "It's nice, but you haven't answered my question yet"
• "Question?"
• "Yeah, why do you decide to help me on this case"
• He stares at me for a moment before he sits on my new bed.
• "Because I have a feeling that I can trust you, you don't look like a bad person" he narrows his eyes. "Or are you?"
• "No! I'm hundred percent good!"
• "I trust you"
• I sit next to him on the bed and sigh.
• "Your brother only gave us three days to solve this case, how can we make that possible?" I asked.
• I need to find the real murderer fast, then I can have time to find my parents murderer too.
• "About the case, we will start tomorrow, right now I want you to rest"
• "Rest? There's no time for that, we need to find the murderer before your brother throws me out of the mansion"
• Just then my stomach growls and I remember that I haven't had anything to eat since morning.
• My cheeks flame up in embarrassment.
• Javier chuckles.
• "Someone is hungry!" He tease.
• "Yeah"
• "How about I take you to the kitchen and get you something to eat"
• Hmm, they must have delicious food here. I almost agreed, but I remember how Miss Macfarlane died after having breakfast.
• I shake my head quickly.
• "Why aren't you hungry?"
• "I can't eat anything from that kitchen, who knows if everything item in there has being poisoned"
• Javier gasp and taps my shoulder.
• "We've just got our first clue"
• I frown at him in confusion.
• "What do you mean?"
• "The food, we should also check the food she ate, maybe it was poisoned!"
• He's right,,,,, wait, why didn't I think of that.
• "Come on, let's go get the food before the cook throws it leftovers away" he said.
• I nod and we rush out.