CoffeeShop Murders ~ DNF (completed)

Day 9

The next few days went by silently. George stayed glued to Clay's side, just simply not wanting to be left alone. Clay didn't mind too much though.

Nick had came over to try and make sure George was alright, and George simply said that he's 'still recovering'.

Nick seemed to have his eyes focused on Clay, and Clay had that same glance towards him. They both stared at one another.

Surprisingly, Clay's been able to hold back the itch when it came to Nick. They were friends after all.

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George sips bitter coffee, honestly not caring that it wasn't his own. Clay didn't seem to mind either, but just glad that George was finally eating and drinking again.

Who knows how much worse it would've been if George saw Niki's body.

Clay looks over at the TV, watching the news reporter talk about Niki's death, and the funeral they plan to hold.

George mumbles under his breath, "Turn it off. I don't want to loose this damn liquid in my stomach."

Clay did so immediately.

All he wanted was for George to be back to normal.

And that's exactly he got within a month.

~~~~~~~~George's POV~~~~~~~~~~~

The murders have stopped. After Niki's death, there hasn't been another case. And now that I can think about it and not feel sick, I genuinely don't think it was suicide. Niki never seemed the kind to go that route.

And after investigating and researching, I was right.

Looking at photographs, Niki wouldn't have put a hole in her hand and then write out a note. Or the other way around.

Niki has always said that if she were to ever commit suicide. She would go a quick and easy way. No explanations to go along with it. She's disappear off the grid and leave everything behind but maybe her phone.

We had discussed many suicide cases together.

Sure, I didn't know everything about her. Maybe something mentally was messed up, but I don't think she'd do something like this.

It didn't add up.

I look over at Nick, then at Clay. Clays shuffling through papers, and Nicks aimlessly typing on his computer. He's probably looking for more cases to go through. Maybe back to the 'Smile Murder' cases that have now, been left untouched.

I turn back to my desk, picking up a pen and pulling out an old piece of parchment. Niki and Wilbur both loved this kind of vintage old feeling writing.

I hope they're buried next to one another. In peace. I haven't had the guts to go to the graveyard yet.

Dear Wilbur and Niki, I hope you two find comfort in one another's presence.

I miss both of you dearly.

To keep you up to date, the Smile Murders have stopped. After Niki's death. Like, completely stopped. It's been a month since then.

Maybe the murderer had been killed. Maybe Niki was a the murderer. But I see it as unlikely.

If I'm being honest, I think it's Clay.

Keep this between us, just parchment to dirt, but he's been acting so much more odd.

His ways to get away with murder are getting too accurate.