Mr.clown

Chapter 5

The editor leaned forward. A serious expression on her face
Editor: till this day no one knows why the circus shut down when it was going well. Where all the workers go..? How did the owner died right after one week he had closed the circus..? And what caused the mishaps in the amusement park...like I said even one solved mystery will do wonders

She looked at the other journalists. They seemed to be deep in thoughts. Perhaps finally considering the idea

Editor : even if we dont except much atleast it will give us some time...!

After a whole minute of silence the remaining journalists finally agreed although their facial expressions were still showing hesitation
Editor : excellent

She opened her file started to write on it

Editor : so who is gonna be the volunteer to go there while others will remain in the office to do more online research and collect data , make documents and so on...?

As if starving hyenas were released to get a piece of meat, all the journalists excluding Jhope and Evan started to fight for the slots which would let them stay behind the office

"I VOLUNTEER "

All the journalists stopped and looked at the person who just willingly volunteered...the editor smiled

Editor : EVAN..as expected from you

The editor started to write on the file again. The chaos which had started moment ago, turned into a complete silence after Evan voluntarily took the spot

Some were staring at her like she was out of mind while some were looking at her with nervous stares. Jhope on the other hand was deep in his thoughts..

Editor: Alright I have wrote and set out your new work schedule...you can go there tomorrow Evan
Evan : ok mam

The editor stood up..everyone stood up after her
Editor : you all can go back to your respective works now. Have a good day

Everyone bowed wishing her a good day too..she then walked out of the conference room smiling at everyone

Evan : Hoba let's go..
She said to Jhope and started to walk towards the door after grabbing her stuffs...

Jhope : Evan...

She turned around to face him after he called her name
Jhope: are you sure you want to go there..? All alone on top of that..?

Evan : what's wrong with that Hoba..?

He looked around when all journalists left and he looked at her again

Jhope : I dont want to scare you Evan but I have a suspicion that circus is indeed connected to some of the missing teenagers case..
Evan : what make you say that Hoba

Jhope : let's say that everything happened were mere coincidences let's say that even the teenagers saying their friends disappearance is because of the circus is a misunderstanding. Another coincidence that they disappeared on the same day they had gone gone to explore the circus. You heard everything that happened after the circus shut down right...? It is going to the point the entire amusement park is closed. If we are connecting the all those incidents to that abandoned place then why cant the missing teenagers connected to it..? Perhaps there is another huge secret which no one has been able to uncover. A crime place in disguise...? What if someone planned everything..? Rumours and stories are spreading like wild fire so no one dared to step in to expose..?

When he finished talking he stared at her with anxious eyes, waiting for her answer. But Evan chuckled and pat his shoulder which surprised him

Evan : your brain never failed to amaze me Hoba..but dont worry about me. I will be fine~

Seeing her so calm made him feel more worried. It made him believe she was one of the people who didnt believe that place had anything to do with the missing people. Maybe his thought is wrong. She was calm not because she didnt take him serious. But because she knew
THE ABANDONED CIRCUS DEFINITELY HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE MISSING PEOPLE...
She knew yet volunteered to go because what she felt was not fear but determination to find out what happened to those people. She looked at the trouble with a smile...

For a second she felt the urge to tell him everything she knew. Tell him that his suspicions was correct. But she swallowed back her words because she knew that if she did tell him, then he will never let her go alone. He will leave his pending works behind and join her no matter what and that would put him in a risk. She couldn't share her swallowed words with anyone else either. What would be the point..?
Some will make fun of her..some will only grow more fear for that abandoned place. And that's it. Nothing more will take place. The police may go and investigate one more time but just like every time they will find nothing and to be honest, at this point the police weren't taking the abandoned circus theories seriously...what could she do was go there and try find out her answers alone