Criminal

Chapter 5

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Davon's P.O.V.

I was on my way to meet up with the private investigator I hired at 6 pm. If Rose really is the one behind this crime, then I have to find solid evidences. I was stuck in traffic because there seemed to be an accident ahead.

Today seemed to be the most busy day I've ever had in a while. In the morning I had gone with Zoey to attain the handgun she requested. Later in the afternoon, I tracked down my sister in the park to see what she doing. Kate doesn't know I put a tracker on her phone so I know where she is every time.

I was beginning to passed the scene of the accident but what I saw was unexpected.

There was a body wearing a dress but it had no other limbs.

It looked like a mannequin missing it's head, arms, and legs. The dress was bad ripped everywhere.

I couldn't tell if there was any part of her torso that didn't have a cut. I stared at dismembered body and thought of Zoey.

My heart sank to my stomach and I suddenly had the urged to throw up. I was snapped out of my thoughts when a car behind me honked. I didn't realize the cars in front of me had move.

I finally arrived at Beneficous, a restaurant that was located at the nearest city of our town.

A waiter immediately greeted me and led me towards my table since my family is well-known in this restaurant. Mr. Osman greeted me with a big grin.

Adam, Mr. Osman, is my uncle. He had the same features as me. My uncle has black hair with a fair skin tone. He was tall and had a strong jaw line like me.

"So did you get anything new?" I asked him.

"Sadly no but I heard a body showed up or a part of it," Adam replied.

"Yea but it was a girl. It couldn't be one of Zoey's ex-boyfriends but maybe a relative of theirs," I concluded.

The waiter arrived and gave my uncle the red wine he ordered along with a wine glass. As for me  I decided to just drink mango juice since I have to drive home by myself. The waiter took our orders and left to tell the chef.

"Well besides this investigation, how are my niece and nephew?" My uncle asked before he drank from his glass of wine.

I replied happily, "Kate is still doing her sports and I'm currently dating Zoey right now."

He gave me a shock expression and said, "I never thought you would have the guts to finally get with Zoey."

I chuckled and told him, "Well thanks to this crime investigation, I finally have her as my girlfriend."
He was silent for a moment. Usually he would crack a joke or tease me about finally getting the girl I've been chasing after for years. Adam quickly drank all the wine that was left in his glass. He cleared his throat and looked at me in the eyes.

He spoke, "You should be careful. Someone might come after you since you're dating this girl. Since now I know you too are together, I need to work harder on this case now."

I quickly changed the topic, "Kate is checking out those list of places you gave me."

"Huh? But I've already checked those places. Why would you do that?" he questioned.

"To keep her busy. I don't want her getting hurt because of her snooping.," I replied.

My uncle shook his head, "So you see your own sister in a wild goose chase? Instead of just persuading her to stop so she wouldn't get involve in this mess?"

"I have my ways," I defended.

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Rose's P.O.V.

Earlier today, I met up with some college guy who said he had information about Zoey.

Nothing new came up, I think the guy just wanted to have a date with me. It was currently 9:23 P.M. and I had important things to handle before going home.I was sitting inside my white porsche parked five houses down of Zoey's house. I couldn't wait any longer so I started my engine but before I could put my right foot on the pedal, a car arrived. It was a black koenigsigg CCXR and I know that car belonged to Kate.

After Kate rang the doorbell, I finally saw Zoey foe today. I was debating whether to get out of my car and try to eavesdropped on their conversation or just wait for Kate to come out then confront Zoey. I gathered all my strength and got out of my car.

Lucky for me, they were talking outside and the gate to Zoey's backyard seemed to be broken. I quickly remove the broken pad lock from the gate and entered. I crouched near the wall and move closer towards the voices.

"Davon gave me a useless list to investigate," I heard Kate complained.

"He probably didn't know those places were useless to investigate," Zoey said. "It annoys me, you know I don't like getting tricked," Kate cried out.

"He didn't tricked you. Why would you say that?" Zoey asked defensively. "I know my brother," answered Kate bitterly.

Zoey sighed, "Alright, let's just go inside and get something hot to drink. I know how much you hate winter night."

I heard the door open and their footsteps going inside. Then the door shut and I hadn't realize how the temperature felt really cold. I was alone in the night and quickly retreated back to my car. My heart was beating fast because something felt wrong. When I got inside my car, I immediately checked the backseat but nothing or no one was there. I took a deep breath to relax myself and began driving.It would take me 15 minutes to reach my house since I live at the upper side of the town.

I stopped at a red light and I still couldn't shake off this feeling of uneasiness. I looked at my side mirrors to see if any other car was following me but it was just me on the road.

Next I checked the mirror that reflected the backseat. I kept staring at it expecting to see a person stare back at me. I was being paranoid and realized I needed to take my pills again. The light turned green and I pushed down on the right pedal. Suddenly a motorcycle hit the side of where I was sitting. I heard glass shattered and some flew to my face and left arm. I tried to move but my body seemed paralyzed. I could still move my head and I turned to face the driver.

As I faced towards the person, the motorcycle driver crash towards me again.

I was pleading for someone to notice and help me. I looked outside and became aware that I was at the part of the town where buildings were still being constructed. That means no one is around to help me. My survival instinct suddenly kicked in and I push down on the right pedal. My worst nightmare came true, my car didn't start. I looked at the gas meter, it was empty. Somebody must have almost emptied my gas while I was sneaking around Zoey's house.

I directed my attention to my attacker and noticed he was wearing a leather jacket with baggy black pants.

He was wearing a face mask that had a white face decorated with bloody cuts and tears.

I touched the left side of my head and felt blood. I looked down on the floor of my car and saw my fallen pursed.

I grabbed it and use my blood as a pen.

I made sure to write "him" so the police will know it was a guy who did this to me.

My vision was beginning to blur and I know I was about to faint.