A Mystery (Sophitz)

Chapter 13

Sophie's POV

"I don't have anything to say." John said.

"Yes you do."

"I wasn't the reason why Candace died. It was Richard."

"Then how did Richard do it?" He looked down.

"I can't say." I rolled my eyes.

"Yes you can."

"The way Candace died was poison." The silence went quiet. We were right. It had been poison.

"And you said Richard did it?" Fitz asked. He nodded.

"I'm sure you know why he did." John gulped.

"I don't. It was him."

"So he just poisoned his wife? The woman he was with for 9 years?" John looked down.

"Yes." He lied.

"John, we could go further more than a small interrogation. We could have you here for days. Speak." He shook his head.

"I can't. I won't."

"Then you give us no choice." I say.

"What are you going to do with me?" He asked worriedly.

"We're keeping you here until you talk." Fitz answered.

"If I say will I get arrested?" He asked.

"We can't promise you anything. But please talk." Fitz said. He sighed.

"The reason why Richard poisoned his wife was because of me." Fitz ran his hand through his hair, clearly starting to get annoyed.

"We know, but why." I say.

"I didn't have a choice. It made me." Fitz and I looked at each other.

"What is 'it'?" Fitz asked.

"Look, Im going to tell you everything but can you at least promise me not to tell anyone else? If the word spreads... I could be in real trouble." He answered. His eyes showed full fear, and he looked truthful about the things he was saying.

"Sure."

"I don't know where to begin. Ever since the early 1900's, I joined this club. The club offered me a wonderful opportunity. I could live forever with just taking a potion once every six months. But the con is, people would die, another year I live. I accepted the invitation to the club, because I had just opened up my new restaurant and my life was going great. Although I didn't know that the people I kill would be people that I'm close to." He stopped a bit, his eyes starting to water. "I've killed my family. My brothers, sister, parents. It's all because of me. But I always had a choice. If I didn't kill them, it would be me who dies. After years and many tears, I've started to lose the people that I was close to. All my close friends... dead. Because of me. And when it was Candace, I didn't want to do it. So I payed Richard too. I still felt guilty. I knew it was very selfish of me. But I just couldn't stop. Living forever had just felt so nice but it was so miserable. And I'm truly sorry for all the murder I've caused." Quite the story.

"How does the potion possibly make you live forever?" He shrugged.

"I don't know." We stayed silent.

"John, the murders that you've caused... will get you the rest of your lifetime in prison. I get you feel sorry now, but it doesn't erase the fact that you killed so many people." He sighed.

"You can't take me prison! Please! I'll be wrinkly and old and I wouldn't have much to live!"

"That's how life is. Is there only one club?"
Fitz asked. John nodded.

"Please don't take me there!" Fitz grabbed him by his arm and walked him back to the car. I let him finish the job and after a good hour or two he came back.

"What happened?" I asked. Fitz sighed as we walked back to my desk.

"I arrested Richard as well. But now we need to find the rest of the club. Just because John got arrested doesn't mean everyone else in the club will stop using that potion thingy. I still don't understand how they could've possibly made a potion that could make you live forever." I nodded.

"We already know where the club is so we should just plan the attack well. Get everything we need and put everything in motion." Fitz agreed. He wrapped a strong arm around my waist and kissed me. We quickly broke apart as we remembered that we were at work.

"Fitz! We're at work." Fitz shrugged.

"I don't care. I feel like work has been involved a bit too much in our relationship, we should involve more romance too." I agree with him. Being with Fitz was great but I wish we could involve more romance as well. He kissed me again but I didn't say anything and kissed him back.

We broke for air eventually, surprised how we didn't get caught. For the rest of the shift we continued to plan of course sneaking a few kisses during the time.

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Hey guys! We finally know the mystery! I think this book will be exactly 15 chapters, maybe a few chapters more but we're nearing the end! Thank you all for reading, voting, and commenting! I'll see you in the next chapter! Byeeeee!