The Woman in the Letter

PART 53

IAN

The crowd of students from the universities in the area and the sound of cars stopped as soon as Sam turned his car to the right and entered the neighborhood. A young man in his early 20's opened the door. As soon as Samuel entered the main room, he took a step ahead of Ian. He wanted to be The main man and draw attention to himself in the room. But the people in the room were more interested in who killed Victor and why. When Ian entered the living room, he looked at the woman, who was leaning her head against the old man and her face was swollen from crying. Before coming to Victor's house, Ian looked at the information of all family members. But in the Middle Ages, Victor's wife, in her 50s, looked younger than Ian expected. Her blond hair clung to his sweaty face. The redness in his eyes was visible. 

The old man and woman standing in the corner of the room, most likely Victor's mother and father, got up at the same time and approached Ian."Tell me you found my son's killer," said the old man, who had been tired for years. He looked at Samuel and Ian with sharp eyes.

"Unfortunately, we can't say it now, but we promise that with your help we will find it soon," Samuel answered confidently and tried to calm the family down. Ian turned around and looked at the boy who opened the door for them. He frowned at Samuel. Samuel had reached his goal. He was at the center of attention in the room. Ian, on the other hand, seemed to had just come to help Samuel. 

Ian cleared his throat. "We need to get some information from you," he said, looking at Victor's wife" You ... Rachel Atkinson" The woman's shoulders fell. 

She shook his head with difficulty and said, "I am."

'We understand that it is very difficult for you, but we must act quickly.' Ian said the usual template sentence and moved on to the main point "How did you learn that your husband has been murdered?"

'In the evening I called to get some necessary things from the roadside store. He did not pick up the phone. Then I thought he probably had a job. That's why I wrote a message about things to buy. But it was 11 p.m. I started to worry. I called and did not pick up the phone. Then I sat down and waited for him to come home at night. My eyes fell asleep on the sofa. Then I opened my eyes and saw that it was about 4-5 in the morning. I got up and went to work, and ... ' Rachel looked at the ground, her eyes widened as if she was looking at something terrible, she was reliving that moment, the moment when Victor's body lay on the ground."

Haven't you noticed any changes lately on your Husband's behave?"

"Like... What?" she looked at Ian.

"Any change. Which came to you strangely or remarkably "

She was in no hurry to answer the question. She thought for a while, "No" but she wasn't sure. "He was a little dreamy lately, but it was not unusual. I often saw it in Victor "

"Did you ask your husband why?"

"No. I said. As always, I thought he was dreamy because he had so much to do"

Samuel asked "Do you have any connection with Abrams's family?"

"Abrams's family?"

'Paul Abrams?... do you know him?'

'No. Maybe they were his clients? I don't know them. Are they suspects?"

"Just probabilities"

"Do these people have anything to do with the letter?" Ian and Samuel quickly looked at the young man who seemed calm a few minutes ago.

"What?" Ian frowned and looked at the boy 

"A letter was placed in my father's hand, and my father was one of them, as in the case of letter murders"

Letter Murders..., these crimes have already been named, Ian thought. 

Then, as if unaware of anything, "What letter?" he asked the young man.

"You know what I am talking about," he said, scratching his blond hair like his mother and entering the room through the door.

"Who gave you this information?" Samuel asked

"All the information was on social networks ... Everywhere" tears brightened the young boy's eyes. "I saw it in the pictures. My father had a piece of paper in his hand." 

Ian wanted to find those video and photo shooters one by one. Now he clearly understood the purpose of the young people who gathered there with enthusiasm. To capture attention.

"You have no right to hide anything from us." Victor's wife approached Ian. "What does all this mean?"

Ian did not know what to say. He was helpless in front of a helpless family. "We can't tell you everything until some issues come to light. "

"A third person has been killed so far. People die, but you still don't find it. The name you mentioned should have something to do with my father's death" The young man was braver than Ian expected. 

When he wanted to continue, Samuel interrupted the child and said, "Be patient. It is true that we had some difficulties that we did not want to." 

Samuel first looked at the young boy and then at his mother. "We will find your husband's killer" 

"Broadcasting should be banned," Samuel said as he descended the last flight of stairs.

"It won't change anything," Ian said cautiously. "We could silence the news sources, but we couldn't keep the social networks. There is only one way to stop"

 Samuel looked at Ian to continue "Give them what they want from us. To Find Paul Abrams" 

Ian was aware that he was slowly collapsing. Perhaps he wanted to complete his last task as successfully as he could, but this time the criminal case he faced put him in a desperate situation. Just days before the end of his career, Ian was afraid that he would not be able to fulfill his last task properly.