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THIRTY-THREE

It was quite late in the evening when Y/n returned to her flat; more like his flat. As soon as she stepped in, she recalled the very important task that she had to do. Immediately making her way towards the kitchen, she quickly looked for the glass that he had drunk water from the previous night. She did not touch it after he left; she let it sit on the kitchen island overnight. She had already called a private forensic scientist that would do a test to see if there were any fingerprints on the glass.

After quickly getting freshened up, she waited for the forensic scientist to arrive and soon enough she heard the doorbell ring. Running up to the door and opening it, she saw a lady standing and she immediately recognized her; she was the one that Y/n called.

"Hey! I am Elena, the forensic scientist that you called for."

"Yeah, hi! I could recognize you though. Anyway, please come inside." Y/n said with a smile while making way for her to enter.

"So what is it that you wanted me to help with?" Elena asked.

"Yeah, so getting straight to the point; my whole family was murdered and the cases are very mysterious. The police department of both, this town as well as my grandma's town are looking into the matter but there's one thing that is bothering me and that is why I called you. I just want you to confirm a few things; first is, I want you to check that glass for any fingerprints and secondly, I also want you to check if the boot prints match with one sample that I will give."

"Fingerprints from that glass; understandable but boot prints from where?" Elena asked.

"Boot prints from where; nice question. So, I haven't actually really cleaned the doormat in days and there's a lot of dust on it; I want you to check on the doormat for the boot prints."

"That's great; I'll start with the fingerprints first."

With that said Elena followed Y/n into the kitchen and took a hold of the glass. Sprinkling some fine powder on the glass and then smudging it on the surface with a brush, Elena put a tape on it to take the fingerprint on the tape. After removing the tape from the glass, she laid it on a glass tray and sprinkled some more powder on it to trace the print and to her surprise, there was no fingerprint that she could see. She asked Y/n if she correctly remembered that it was the same glass that he drank water from and Y/n simply nodded because it was the same glass that he drank from.

Elena repeated the whole process again and again until the entire glass was covered in powder and to her dismay, even after so many tries, she could not find any fingerprint. Defeated, she put the glass on the kitchen island and sighed.

"I can't find any fingerprints, Y/n."

"I guessed right. Anyway, will you do the boot print thing?"

Elena nodded and Y/n led her to the doormat that she kept safe in one corner of the house before leaving her house in the morning. She quickly grabbed it and put it in front of Elena and Elena could have sworn she has never seen a dirtier doormat than this in her entire life.

"Here!" Y/n exclaimed and Elena without saying anything sat down on the floor to trace the boot prints.

After some ten minutes, Elena could come up with the boot print. She was not able to give Y/n the exact print of the sole as it was a bit light but clear enough for comparison. As Elena was done with her work, she left the house after Y/n thanked for like some hundred times and also paid her the fees.

Y/n sat on the couch while looking at the doormat lying in front of her on the floor; 'Damn, I should really wash it now.' she thought. She went to her room to get the paper that had the boot prints on it which was given by the police officer to her and then she sat for comparing the two; the photocopy of the boot print and the boot print trace by Elena. As she looked closely to check for similarities, she was shocked to see that they were not just similar but exactly the same.

Although she had all the proof that it was him that was present in her grandma's house, she did not want to believe that he was the one that did this to her family and tried to convince herself that it could be someone else with the same boots. But upon thinking hard, she realized that no one would have the exact same size as well that too they were not any random boots; they were expensive.

She was hurt. She felt betrayed. She felt like screaming and crying but she chose to be strong. She knew she had to be strong and find out the truth. She went to bed with an empty stomach; she did not have the will to eat. She planned on visiting her parent's house the next day as she still had few things that she needed in that house; she had to bring them before she sold that house off as well.

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Waking up to the sun rays entering the room through the light coloured curtains and hitting her face, she groaned as she recalled that she had a lot of work to do. She did not have to go to the bakery today as it was closed due to some maintenance work that was going on inside the building; she got two days' leave just as she joined. How lucky!

Getting down from the bed she made her way to the bathroom and quickly got freshened up. She had to leave early in order to return early. She knew that she was going to have a mental breakdown once she reached there but nonetheless, she was prepared. Getting dressed up to go to the place that she thought of, she quickly grabbed some fruits to eat and then left her house. She decided not to book a cab and rather chose the bus to reach her destination and that probably was the worst decision she ever made in her life because as soon as she stepped inside the bus, she again felt that uneasy feeling of being watched; just the way she used to feel before 'the grumpy guy' gave her the locket to wear. She looked around inside the bus to see if someone was watching her but she could not spot a single soul that was even bothered by her presence. 

Who is going to tell her that the being watching her was not in the bus, rather was standing at the corner of the street and staring at her with a smirk? After all, he finally found her after so many days. 

please vote! :)