The Mummy Maker

Chapter 37

the smell of bleach burnt my noise as I entered the cutting room where Diesel was stood, the placed was immaculate and organised. "My Radcliffe didn't do this." he said looking at me, I cocked my head to the right.

"Mr Radcliffe loves his cut shop to be messy, I worked with him for months I know where he puts things. what he cleans with. this wasn't him, he can't touch or smell bleach it make his so sick." I nodded my head and looked around not touching anything.

I looked in the corner and crouched, I spotted a pack of skin with some hair attached. "Everyone out now." I commanded I ushered everyone out and placed the the phone to my ear.

"Get up here." it took a few minutes but soon Marcus and a few cops showed up, Marcus walked right up to me.

"You hurt?"

"No."

"Touch anything?"

"No."

"What possessed to go in there?"

"A hunch." I shrugged. "I was right too, far corner by the drain."

he looked at the entrance and nodded and he and another male headed in. the came out with the skin bagged, he looked at me "Why here?" he thought out loud.

"Where else is there that has saws to cut bones and that is usually used to blood?" he chucked

"your a pretty good detective." I smile. "Get home an rest you've been wake more the 24 hours." I sighed and nodded, the group and I slowly making our ways to our houses. I grabbed Jacob and ravens hand catching Diesels attention.

"We need a place to look at the facts."

"we can do it at mine." Jacob said with a shrug, we all agreed and headed over to his home. I sent Enzo a text of my location and we entered the home. Jacob lived alone now, his interior dark and simple.

We headed down to his decked out cellar and hung a pin board of the wall to begin out detective board. After an hour Damian and Enzo showed up to help, raven made us food but we pulled n all night trying to get this figured out.

At some point we had all fallen asleep only to be waking up by the news on the TV, I rubbed my eyes to see Enzo watching it. "reporting news, the dismembered body found late last night in the woods belongs to local butcher Vandal Radcliffe." I looked at raven first who was looking at diesel as she sighed.

his face was broken but he wasn't crying, I looked over to the corner when Myst currently stood. "you need to find the killer." I nodded and looked at the board. No on as anything in common first I thought it was target on my family but it's not... unless we are all the distraction for a bigger target.

"Juliet's still out there." I said standing up, I wobbled a bit going light headed but Jacob caught me.

"Breakfast first and then the hero mission." he chuckled. I nodded and we headed upstairs, Enzo cooked everyone pancakes and we ate discussing the case. once we were done we grabbed our stuff and headed to the town park, there were more people showing up as we stood around.

"Hey." I heard Marcus behind me, I turned and smiled "thank you for coming out again." he said as other of my group appeared.

"We are going to take the woods again saves other getting lost." he thanked up once more as we headed off into the woods. once again the town were told to leave the woods to us and some members of my team told the others where we were. they would join when they were ready.

the town had a missing person group chat, it was to alert the other is something was found. it took hours before a message was sent. cannel, my heart dropped into my stomach.

"Bella?" Raven spoke gently as the others made there way over.

"Lets go." I nodded looking at them. they all nodded and followed me as I made my way up there, the whole town had appeared police of course in front.

"Who found the body." Marcus asked as I stood beside him.

"Lexi sir." I looked over a a small girl

"Why was she out?" I asked not taking my eye off her.

"No one knows."

"Where are her parents?"

"She no long had them Vandal was her last living relative." I heard moment and watched as Enzo walked over to the little girl and sat with her. I smiled lightly and turned back to the officers, I caught a glimpse of the body. this one unlike the rest was no wrapped up. it was a rushed job. there was clean bandages around meaning Lexi had interrupted him.

"Marcus..." He looked at me.

"I'm thinking the same thing." We walked over her her and I sat on the ground beside my bother.

"Hiya Lexi." I said softly. she looked at Marcus and cowered away. I looked up at Marcus and pulled him to sit down. "My names Arabella, can I ask you something?" she nodded lightly, she looked at me slightly.

"did you see anyone else?" she nodded her head, Can you tell me who?"

"I don't know him," she whispered.

"Is he in the crowed." her little green eyes scanned the crowed before shaking her head.

"fuck!" Marcus growled making the girl jump. she crawled onto Enzo's laps and began crying.

"I'm going to take her from here." I nodded

"I think that's best." I agreed. I stood up and left him leave through the crowd.

"what if the man who murdered the original Moore family is back?" a heard, the whispered began regard my family traumatic life. I looked to the floor, what if my family left out a detail important.

"I'll speak with you later Marcus," He looked at me but before he could speak I left.

"what should we do?" Raven asked, I smiled at the jacket she wore form the gang.

"call her, "I said grabbing the jacket, so she knew who I was speaking of. "tell her I need her and the gang here, go see if Marcus needs anything. I need to check something out." she nodded. the group followed her lead as she walked up to Marcus whipping out her phone.

I spotted Enzo and Lexi at the park and jogged over, come on lets take her home. H nodded with a smile and picked her up as we made the walk home.