Taste of menace

Chapter 1: Corpse in the cafeteria

"Turn the body. See,the back of his head has been hit.Search the cafeteria thoroughly."told the Inspector Drake Williams. He is an honest,upright man,completely loyal to his job.He is one of the toughest cop. He was promoted as an Inspectora year ago. Unlike the other inspectors,he was fierce and fearless. He is best known for his triple encounters of the drug dealing goons. "Sir!There is a piece of newspaper clipping in his pocket.It saya,'Motorcycle hit by a truck. 2 dead'. "It's completely unrelated Mr.Clinton." "Sir. There is no weapon found around this cafeteria. I've searched upto 3 kilometers. No clue"said the other cop. "Did you check the surveillance camera?" "Since hardly,but the residants around here drop in to have a drink,they didn't think for the need of surveillance."explained Mr.Clinton. "Get me the entire details of him Mr.Trey." "Lord. His name is Robert Beach. He had been working here for the past two years. He is quite meek but a good guy. He lives alone in the neighbourhood. He is friends with his neighbour Mr.Ferris. At first,he was in Ohio. After his divorce ,he moved to Alaska. He was loyal to me and I didn't have any complaints." "Well. I need to have a talk with Mr.Ferris."told the Inspector.

The Inspector rang the door bell. "Sir. Before I forget,Ferris and Robert involved in an argument last night in the cafeteria. I don't have any idea about it but it was quite serious." "Didn't Robert say anything about this?" "As I said,he was very meek,he won't share any personal issues with me. I happened to witness the argument." Ferris answered the door bell. "Good morning,Mr.Trey. What's the matter? " "Son, I am sorry to say,Robert has been killed." "Jesus.....That's horrible. I cannot... I cannot believe my ears. Yesterday we happened to argue with each other and today he is dead? " "What did you tell him Mr.Ferris? What exactly happened between you two? " Am I under your suspects list Inspector? What is this Mr.Trey? You know about me very well. I've been living here for seven years. Robert is one of my good mate in this neighbourhood. Why should I....?" "Stop it Mr.Ferris. I asked you a simple question. Your answer might help us." Ferris gulped. " Well. You see Mr....." " Drake Williams" said the Inspector. "Mr. Drake Williams, Robert and I had been friends for 2 years. Dana is my girlfriend. He was telling,that Dana had an affair with my best friend. For a fact, Dana and my best friend were high school mates. She,being close with him should have made Robert to assume things. So,that was the reason." " So,Do you love Dana very much?" " She is my soulmate Mr. Drake. "Fine. We will look into it. Thank you and sorry for interrupting",told the Inspector and left. "Too much of reactions and too much of words of shock",told the Inspector as Mr.Trey walked him out of Ferris's house."Where does his soulmate live?" "Just 4 buildings away."

"Dana. I need you here with me,right now", Ferris rang Dana,the next minute after the Inspector stepped out. "Is everything fine honey?" "No. Robert....Robert has been killed." "What the...but how? " asked Dana. "I need to talk. Can you come home for breakfast?" "Sure.Bye". They hung up. Dana was an intelligent artist with a perfect profile. Her sparkling eyes, cherry like lips were the drug to Ferris. Ferris was an eminent musician of Sawsley Bay. His musical talents and a great physique paved way for more female attention in the town.

After 2 hours,the forensic report hit the Inspector's cabin. "Robert had been hit by a hard thing. It's more likely to be a rod,but it's not",said a cop. "There are no signs of torture or injury in any other part of his body. The killer hit the back of his head strongly, about 3 to 4 times. Addition to that,we found out about the newspaper clipping. It's from a newspaper Daily Mirror and dated on May 22 1956",reported Mr.Clinton. "Quite old one,huh? Who would even try to send a message through an old newspaper? Anyways, I told you about Ferris right? Keep a close watch on him Mr.Clinton. " "Sure sir. And I looked up some of his files. He lived in West Peamug with his ex-wife Lisa and his daughter. He moved to Sawsley Bay right after his divorce,a couple years back." "Well. Let's feed Ms.Lisa, a sweet news of her husband's death."