UNHAPPY BIRTHDAY [COMPLETED]

Chapter 4

Mr.Hendrix goes to their table and introduces a bottle of champagne.

Everyone look puzzle while exchanging gazes. They  heaved a sigh of relief

"Come on give this a shot it's one of the world's expensive champagne you know. It's called Armand de Brignac. You shouldn't missed this." Mr. Hendrix advertised.

"Is that so?" Galvin derided. Then he instantly grabbed the wine.

Mr. Hendrix left with a grimace.

"Geez he look suspicious. Is he up to something? " Pristine uttered while following her sight to Mr. Hendrix.

"Calm down he just gave us a drink. Is there something wrong with that?" Galvin consoled.

Pristine shake her head and slumped her shoulder.

Galvin opened and the wine suddenly pop fizzing from the bottle, making the aroma scatter.

"It really is pricey." Galvin stated while sniffing it's scent.

"Kiah,you told us that we shouldn't trust him, are you sure it's safe?"Pristine stammered.

"It doesn't have poison I guess. Think about it, he only hate Klyde so if he wants to kill him, he should give him a glass of wine and not a bottle for all of us," Kiah said while placing her finger on her cheeks and look up to ceiling.

"What do you think Young Einstein? You seemed quiet today huh?" Klyde asked staring seriously at Luther.

"I didn't sense any bad at the champagne. It's unopened he couldn't poison it." Luther stated while looking at the bottle.

Galvin shrugged and get the champagne first but it took him so long to hold the bottle and pours a small drop on his glass then passes it to Klyde. After Klyde puts the wine on his glass, he passes it to Pristine but she doesn't hold it carefully so it fell.

"ohh!! Im so so sorry. I'm clumsy I'm sorry." Pristine sobbed then she instantly stand and clean it.

"You're not the one who supposed to do that. Just stay her I'm gonna call someone to clean it." Klyde said. He is about to stand when Pristine suddenly pulled his suit and says, "I could do it myself."

Klyde then sit and offer a hand to Pristine but she shook her head.

"See it all done, i could do it myself like i told you." Pristine said proudly. Then sat on her seat.

Klyde giggle and sip his drink. Being the one who first drank it everyone look at how he react to the champagne.

"so how is it? Is it worth to try." Kiah asked.

"Yes" Klyde answered.

"Sorry it's my fault. We couldn't try it. I broke the bottle. That expensive drink i just wasted it." Pristine blurted out. Avoiding eye contact to them, making her head down and clenching her gown.

"Don't worry about that Pristine." Kiah reassured her.

Everyone eyed Klyde who winced while grabbing his chest.

"Hey Klyde, Are you okay? Are you hurt?" Pristine asked worriedly.

Klyde was about to open his mouth when he suddenly fell on his chair. Pristine instantly hold him and put his head on her lap.

"Hey Klyde, Klyde please hang in there. Don't you dare close your eyes." she shuddered while slapping his checks gently. She tried her best to fight back her tears.

Klyde touch Pristine cheeks who were filled by tears. Klyde uttered something but Pristine can't understand it because it's inaudible. Klyde then close his eyes and his hand fell on the floor.

"HELP SOMEBODY HELP." Pristine shouted . A melancholy monotone beats on her heart as the tears flooded from her eyes. Dark cloud seemed constantly loom over her head.

Everyone panicked. Luckily, Pristine's father is a doctor so he checks his condition and sadly says that Klyde is dead due to a poison on his drink.

Pristine face went blank, she felt the whole world collapsing at her. She's filled with disbelief and complete sorrow on what happen and she can't stop the hot liquid from rushing down her astonished eyes. She stamp her foot in anger and rage, "Who the hell would put poison on his drink? It was only four of us in the table and we don't have any reasons to kill him except for Galvin of course who hates him. I really can't forgive that person who poisoned him. He is so special to me and he even died exactly on my special day."

"Yes, I hate him but I'm not a killer and besides, he is still my friend, I can't do that to him," Galvin shouted back while wiping the tears from his eyes.

Everyone was filled with mystery regarding Klyde's death but they remember that it was Mr.Hendrix who gave them the bottle of champagne.

"Mr. Hendrix did you put poison on the drink? Because it was you who gave us the champagne and also, Klyde said that you stared at him angrily," Kiah asks fixing her gaze on the perplexed face of Mr.Hendix.

He strongly deny the allegations and said that he stared at Klyde because he looked really familiar to him and he wasn't angry regarding what happened to the bottles.

Luther started to investigate. He checked carefully Klyde and his glass. As he examine Klyde's drink he found out that the culprit used Batrachotoxin.

Seriously? Batrachotoxin? The culprit really wanted to kill him instantly? It's extremely poisonous alkaloid that can kill you in 10 minutes. The culprit is really prepared he/she uses this kind of poison because it has no antidote. He thought while pinching his chin.

So this Batrachotoxin found on his drink. The one who held the bottle can do it. It's only Mr. Hendrix, Galvin and Klyde who held the bottle. So two of them are the suspects but who among them? He thought with a quizzical look.