LUNATIC // P.E

Chapter // 1

How did she end up here? Alone. Hated by everyone. Loved by no one.

What made her choose this path in life? What led her to here?

What is going through her head? Who is her next target?

Will anyone ever have the right answers?

"It has been confirmed that Julius Morz, Ambassador of the Human Resources Facility in London has died this morning at 10:24 am. The cause of death leads the investigators to believe that it was suffocation done by an intruder, between 2 am and 4 am. There is no DNA evidence of this intruder in the crime scene and no sign of house breaking and the pillow used to suffocate the Ambassador to death only contains his fingerprints. This is shocking news considering that Julius Morz only became the Ambassador of the Human Resources Facility the previous day. The Homicide Investigation Team had released a statement saying that this crime is quite familiar to the one that happened a year ago to businessman Paul Rogers. They believe that the culprit is the same." Zayn turned off the TV and threw the remote control across the room.

His head was fuming with anger and his breathing was out of sync. Seeing news like this one hit close to home and he hated knowing that there was nothing he could do. His hands rested on the conference room table, as his fingers gripped each opposite edge of the hard glass. The people inside the room stayed quiet and neatly seated. No one wanted to ask Zayn about his opinion towards the recent news. Everyone already knew how he felt about it.

It took about 5 minutes for him to calm down and get back to focusing on his senses, while inhaling and exhaling. His chest started to follow the usual pattern and his breathing went back to normal. Zayn slowly let go of the table and placed his hands on his hips for support. He has to learn new ways to control his anger or else his doctor will lecture him again.

"It's the fourth this month. The fourth homicide report! Do you know what this means? This means that we are even further away from catching, the famous lunatic Perrie Edwards. It is completely obvious that he did this. Yet another public figure is dead. Explain to me, how the media can possibly turn a blind eye to the actions done by this son of a bitch! It's like they want him to keep killing people and getting away with it! Unbelievable." Zayn complained while getting agreements from across the room. He threw his body onto his leather-coated swivel chair, slouching backwards, facing the army of people who were silently listening to him.

"How can we be certain that this is another one of Perrie Edwards' crimes?" Lillian, an innocent looking redheaded woman, asked with her hand up as if she was inside a classroom. Her hair was tied in a tidy ponytail and her face had the perfect amount of make-up for a work place. Zayn looked at her and rolled his eyes at how injudicious the people he worked with were.

"January, the third, Michael K. Harford, owner of the Harford franchising company, killed in his own office by suffocation, time of death: 3:55 pm. No DNA of the culprit was found. January, the eleventh Anthony Wright, CEO of Howeyt Tech Department, killed by suffocation and found dead inside his pool, in his private estate, time of death: 5:06 pm. No DNA of the culprit was found. January, the twenty-first Craig Lewis, founder and former chairman of the Clark Real Estate, killed in the bathroom of his mistress's home by suffocation, time of death; 9:31 pm. January, the thirtieth, Julius Morz, Ambassador of the Human Resources Facility, found dead in his bedroom, killed by suffocation, time of death: 10:24 am. Must I name you cases from last year as well, all caused by suffocation, too?" Zayn yelled, his voice echoing throughout the whole room. Lillian by now had her hand dropping down, afraid that she just got her boss upset.

"So let's say they are all done by Perrie Edwards. From what we have seen and studied for the past 3 years, this guy hasn't left a single smudge of DNA or evidence that could incriminate him. How are we supposed to catch this lunatic, when we don't even know who he is and how he is getting away with it." Marcus, a 30something years old prosecutor who has been working alongside Zayn on this Perrie Edwards investigation, asked what everyone in the room was thinking the same and didn't have the courage to ask it out loud.