The Dream

Chapter 15

"Why Sarah!!!! Why!!! You could have just shot me instead. It would have been over. Who are you!!! and why kill her!!!!" I started yelling out of the window like madmen. All my neighbours gathered there in an instant. Jack stayed in the same neighbourhood too. He came running.

"What the hell happened Richie....?? Why are you yelling??"
"It's uhmm..... It's Sa.... It's Sarah....."
"Wait for a second dude, I'll come there."

He came to my house. He was horrified at the sight of Sarah, lying cold in her own blood, with a bullet in her head.

"Jesus!!! What happened here!! Who shot Sarah and why even? Richie are you okay?"
"No Jack, I am certainly not. You wanna know why she was shot!! I'll tell you why!"
I Narrated all the events until that point to him. All about how Sarah was a traitor and how she was the mastermind behind all the mishaps.
"Or at least I thought so before she was shot dead. I loved her so much man....."
I was still sobbing. The tears just didn't stop.

"I don't know what to say man.... I am completely shocked by all this. I really can't believe Sarah could do something like that. I am stunned. But I can say, one thing brother, life has to go on. Now you have one more reason to find that bastard who is pulling strings to all these. You just can't leave this now."
"Yeah man.... I am fucking gonna find that bastard now, no matter the cost. He is going to pay dearly for all this."
"For now let's just call 911. We've got to report this. After that, we can head down to my house, man. I don't want you to be alone tonight. I am sure Lyla will be happy to have you over too. It's gonna be alright man. I am there for you bro. Always."
"Thanks a lot Jack!. I don't know what I would do without you man."
"Hey dude, don't you dare mention this. This is what friends are for."

I rested the night at Jack's place. Completely replenished for anything beyond that point. I was not going to let the culprit get further away from me. He has to pay for everything.
I called Jessica first thing in the morning. I told her everything that happened at night.
I told her about Sarah.

"I am sorry Richie it turned out like this, I really didn't expect this. Are you alright? I am sure that must have hit you very hard."
"Yeah it sure did. But now I am alright. I gotta find the actual culprits behind this and make sure they are punished duly and dearly. I don't have the time to mourn right now. They are going to regret ever involving me and Sarah into this. Sarah had to do this for her brother. I am not sure what she meant by that, but I am gonna find out, and by any chance if she meant he is in danger I'll save him."

"All the best Richie! If you need anything, always remember, I am just a call away, you know that."
"Yeah Jessica. Thanks a lot. Bye!"

I went to the office with a different vibe around me. I was angry. The only thought in my mind right now was revenge! I met Robert and told him everything that happened at my apartment yesterday.
"In the wake of all these events Robert, I would like to request just one thing from you.
As the investigation officer, please give me just a few days. I'll grab the actual culprit with my own two hands and get him before you. And if I can't, then you do have my confession, don't you? You can turn me in."
"Don't worry about it. I can completely understand. I am very sorry for your loss. I trust you now man. Just don't let the culprits escape. They have to be brought to justice no matter what."
"Aye Sir. I won't let them escape. They have to pay for everything!"

All said and done, I still didn't know where should I begin. Maybe I should start with the murder of Mr. X. That was the starting point to all of the mess. All the lines when extrapolated lead to that one incident. I think that has to be the point where I must start.
I went through all the information we had from Steve Spindler's murder. It was disheartening to see that my watch was still there as evidence. That just reminded me of all the harsh things I went through and I wanted to forget.
But there was no easy way out of this mess. I had to do this. But I could not find any relevant information from this investigation as everything just pointed towards me up top. This case seemed more than ready to be closed with me as the prime suspect who will be convicted without a doubt.

Just then, I remembered that Steve Spindler was a fugitive from Robert's previous case. I thought maybe I could find out something from reports of that case. I needed to obtain a copy of that case. Thankfully, I had some contacts in NYPD and also since I had a green light from Robert I could freely use his name to get some work done, as I was the forensic expert working on this case.
I used this to my benefit and got my friends at the NYPD to transfer those case reports to the office.
They acted promptly and within 15 minutes I received the fax of all the case details. This was it, it could be the information I needed.

I started going through the reports. It was a murder committed over 3 months ago. Steve was the prime suspect in that case and he went missing since the day after the murder. I ran through the document and did not find it much useful. I was disappointed that it was all in vain. But just then I stumbled upon a shocking piece of information. I was fuming with rage. How could Robert not tell me such an important piece of information?How the hell can he hide this from me? Was he even trying to help me?

I stormed into Robert's cabin swinging the doors behind me.
"You bastard!!! You knew!!!"
Robert turned calmly towards me.
"So you found out. Well I did expect you would, but not so soon. But anyway, as it has come to this now, Yes as a matter of fact I did."
I was staring down at Robert. How could that fucker hide this from me?