Clapping Monkey

Chapter 12 Confession

The police started interrogating Claire. I was behind the scenes listening to all that was going on. I was mortified. I felt so betrayed that I wanted to dig my own grave and crawl into it. Claire was more than just family to me. Even when I had conflicts with mom, she was there. I trusted her more than anything.

"Claire we found the diary and Robert wrote about how you were slaking and blackmailing him. We also found a clip to his home security spy camera. It clearly shows that you entered his apartment during the time of the murder. It was before Alina arrived at Robert's apartment. Its time to confess. If you make things difficult for it won't be good for you. So, for your own sake explain your motive behind the murder of Robert Ferguson.

" Ok, I will confess that I committed the crime. But it's really not my mistake that Robert was an idiot ". It was horrible to see how Claire is not resentful about the murder.

"Tell us everything ", asked the cop.

" My life was always a mess. My parents weren't there for me. And I had to take care of Mary all alone. I envied Alina for having everything. I despised her".

"Is this the reason you killed her mother and step-father and Father Jude?", asked the detective.

" No, My life was horrible until I met this amazing person. He was caring and understanding. For the first time in my life, I felt happy. That person was Robert. Alina knows it too. Robert was my soulmate. I cared for him so much that I started following him around. I was protective of him but he thought that I was being possessive. It was not him who lied about his age, it was me. I was his stalker and when he discovered my secret, he called off our relationship. He went into hiding until Claire told me that her mother was dating Robert. I even broke into his house but he moved in with Alina's mom. So, I asked Alina for a spare key. But he was never home alone. I was devastated hence I started spewing bad impression of Robert into Alina. She trusted me like a fool".

Those words were stinging my soul. I could see her smirk when she looked at my direction and called me a fool.

"Continue", ordered the officer.

" The whole text conversation between Karen and Robert was fake. It was all created by me".

"Look into the chat account ", ordered the detective to the officer.

"It was me who called Robert there. I used a hooker who forced herself on him. As planned, your mother fell right into our trap and stormed out of there crying. "

"Why did you kill her mother?", asked the detective.

" Because when I asked Robert out again. He rejected me. Apparently, he cared for that old hag and her foolish daughter. I was so agitated that I some food and added sleeping pills into it. I knew Alina had depression hence, she was stocked with medicine. And at night I killed her mother". I can't help but blame myself for believing her.

"Why did you kill Robert ?", asked the detective.

" If you look into his alibi in the bar during that hag's death. You will see a girl wearing a fancy masque sitting next to him. That was me. I told him what I did. I was scared because I killed her mother in a fit of anger. But I wanted to prove to Robert that I could do anything for him. But he told me that he would tell the police. So, I blackmailed him using Alina. He cared for Alina and didn't tell the police during the investigation. But then when Claire was under house arrest, he thought it was safe to speak up against me. Alina was safe as long as she was under house arrest. Hence, I killed him and called the authorities as soon as I saw Alina entering his house."

"What about Father Jude?", asked the detective.

" He had the evidence that I committed the murder as he had the diary as well as the recordings of the day of the murder. I looked everywhere but couldn't find anything. At last, I killed him."

"Well, you will pay for your crimes in jail ", said the detective and ended the investigation.

I have one question for you Claire, What is the meaning of Clapping monkey keychain?

She smirked and said," Very soon. You will die too."

I went back home and washed my faced and went to bed.

Something is not right...