Chapter 9 Red Diary

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"Claire, thank God you are here. Did you find the red diary?"

"No, there was no red diary. I thoroughly searched his whole house. Are you sure he had such a dairy?"

"I am damn sure. He never even allowed mom to read it. Please search his apartment again. Meanwhile, I will look into the master bedroom and study room. "

I heard some noise outside. I think Father Jude is here. You should leave now.

"Ok, I will come as soon as I find something. Don't lock the windows", said Claire. Father Jude came in a minute after.

"I talked to the lawyer. We have a weak case right now. If you don't want to go to jail you better stay home. Don't go anywhere. I promise you that I will do my best to catch the real killer", said Father Jude.

I nodded and then he told me about all the other formalities instructed by the lawyer.

"Father, can I ask you a question?"

Father asked the lawyer to go, "What is it that you want to ask, my child?"

"Why are you helping me. I don't think it's just because you saved me".

"I know you have many questions and you will know the answer very soon", and then Father Jude left.

Claire barged in through the window as soon as Father left.

"So, what did Father say?", asked Claire.

" Nothing much, just about rules I need to follow while being in house arrest."

"Did you find anything  ?"

"No, I found nothing"

"It's not possible. It should be there. I checked the whole house. If it's not here then it should be there. "

"Then, where could that dairy go," Claire asked wearily.

"With the killer. It proves one thing that the killer was close to Robert, that is how he knew about the dairy. It means that dairy must have something so the murderer stole it. "

"I don't know but I am really scared for you. That person had access to Robert's house. How do we find that thief?"

"Thief. That's right. Claire, you are a genius. Though he lived here mostly, about 6 months ago, I had a fight with him, remember?"

"I do, it was so big that he went back to his house. That pervert even called me during that time. But he came back because someone broke into his house, which I think was a lie."

"I think he installed a small spy camera near his door. If that's true then we can know who enters his house. But it is linked to his smartphone which is under police custody. We need to get his smartphone. "

"I don't think so, I won't allow it. You are under house arrest. I will steal it from the police station. Don't worry", replied Claire wearily.

"I can't allow that. It's dangerous for you to go alone. "

"Let me go, I will be careful and will be updating you about everything", insisted Claire.

" Ok, but be careful".

30 minutes later.

As soon as Claire reached the precinct, she called me. I instructed her to call the police and lie regarding an emergency in order to buy some time. Then, I instructed her to go through the back door while covering her face and get the phone.

I called her again, "Did you get the phone?"

"Yes, I did", she replied. " I will show it to you tomorrow. I got a text from home. Something urgent came up. "

She hanged up the call.

Claire has a hard life. Her father abandoned her when she was five and her mother started selling drugs. She got arrested and now Claire had to take care of her younger sister, Mary. I am attached to her as we both share a similar story. I hated it when Robert turned out to be such a jerk and betrayed her.

Anyways, it's time to sleep. I can't wait to see the murderer tomorrow.

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