Echoes Of Wisteria

Chapter Two

Ezra Norwood

"Are you kidding me?" I rise my voice at my superior without even realising it.

"I need you to calm down and listen what I have to say first" Mr. West says, voice calm as ever.

"I think I'm already aware of what you're trying to say. You are trying to assign me to a new case while my current case is incomplete." Getting no denial from him I continue "Look I get it it's an important case involving an important figure but you can't tell me to ditch a case that I've been working on for last seven months. We're so close to catching the culprit!" my voice rises again, filled frustration more than anger.

"It was director's order" his tone filled with condescension.

"Of course" I stomp out of the room. "Fuck everything" I curse under my breath.

                   I feel like a child throwing tantrums right now. But I can't help it. There's a serial killing case, me and my team has been working on for last seven months. We're so close to the end game but now they want to pull me away to work on a new case.

                A case that involves the murder of a girl in a unknown small town. And that girl happens to be the sole heiress to a tech empire, raised in a world full of luxury and privilege. Her father is the CEO of Montague Enterprise that's been dominating the global market for past few decades.

"Have you calmed down yet?" Wyatt asks me taking the seat next to me.

"I don't know. I don't want to leave this case unfinished."

"They said they're gonna assign a new unit chief for us" he says with a sigh.

"So they're going to pull me back from my case, from my team and send me to a small town all alone with no clues whatsoever?"

"There are some clues though. It's most likely her boyfriend, with whom she went there"

"I wish it was that easy"  I mutter while typing about the case on internet for data."That place looks creepy" I say staring at the pictures that popped up.

"That place is pretty famous for it's beauty you know. The name is pretty as well 'Wisteria Vale', has beautiful ring to it. Don't you think so?" He says as if it's going to comfort me.

"I was talking about the guesthouse. Wisteria whispers sounds creepy as hell" I say accepting my fate, I know there's no turning back once that old man has made his decision. Wyatt smiles. "What's so funny?"

"It's the fact you're angry about all these but still doing research on the case you don't want to take."

"That's life when you're in this field" I sigh.  

                 Me and Wyatt joined the forces around the same time. I got promoted after a few years and became a unit chief. If they're going to remove me from my unit, I hope instead of giving them a new chief they would promote Wyatt and let him take the lead. A new unit chief means starting the research from scratch again, who knows how many victim will be there in the meantime. I make a mental note to myself to talk to Mr. West about it later.
  

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                After doing hours of research, I feel like I've found almost nothing about Wisteria Vale. It is a small town far north from the city, about seven hours drive from here. If it wasn't for the Montague daughter no one would've cared if there was a murder there. Perhaps that's why the killer chose such a place to kill her, so no one would have any clue.