Black Rose

Chapter 89

Gulf felt his anxiety rise but it all started to make sense, how did he miss so many clues. He slammed the wheel. Tul, if Tul was the killer he was also the stalker. He was able to be around them untouched, he had been working for the station for 2 fucking years!

Gulf swerved again stepping on the gas, he needed to make sure before he told anyone. His phone lit up and Saint's name appeared, Gulf cleared his throat and answered "Hello?"

"Gulf where are you? "

"I came to run an errand real quick why?" He couldn't put anyone else at risk "Did you need something?"

"I was going to ask you for a ride home, I needed some clothes before I went back to Zee's place and him and Mew aren't back yet"

"Don't go to your place alone" Gulf tried to keep his voice calm "I'll be back like in 1 hour are you okay waiting for me?"

"Yeah, I mean Zee may be back by then but if not we can go together "

"Okay yeah stay there don't go anywhere okay?"

Saint felt a bit of apprehension at Gulf's insistence to stay put "Gulf is everything okay? Where are you? What errand are you running?"

"Came to pick up something for Mew I'll call you in a bit okay? Don't worry!"

Saint bit his lip "Okay.. call me if anything okay?"

"Okay! Bye"

Gulf hated lying but if he was right and Tul was the killer Saint was safer at the station than any other place, he would ring the alarm if he confirmed it, the son of a bitch had to pay for hurting Mild.

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He pulled up to the seedy neighborhood and got down , the sun was beginning to set. He walked down looking at the shabby houses, trying to find his house but the numbers had either fallen off the dirty walls and were too crummy to be able to tell what they were. His phone rang and he paused. Mew's face lit up his screen.

"Hey are you at the station?" he said sounding tired, Gulf was sure he was, he had been out since the previous night with only 4 hours of sleep.

"Hey, no, sorry I'm running an errand for Saint"
He didn't want to lie but he had no idea if his hunch was wrong.

"I'm on my way there want me to wait for you so we can go together?"

Gulf smiled "Okay, I should be back soon okay?"

"Okay, see you soon"

"Bye" he felt a tug at his heart but ignored it, it was for his own good,he didn't need to know for now. He looked down at his phone and saw the unread notification he had. He had ignored Nida's text earlier because he didn't want to lie to her, the fact that her friend could be in the hands of a serial killer wasn't exactly news he wanted to deliver anytime soon. He saw a lady eyeing him from her porch and decided he would ask.

"Hello" he said politely approaching her.

"Let me guess you're looking for Tul's place" the lady chuckled "he sure is popular these days, first those two men, then one came back alone and ran out of here like his house was on fire and now you" She said eyeing him suspiciously.

Two men? Ran out of here? Gulf froze. Mild? Could it be Mild came here realized Tul was the killer and Tul.. "Can you describe the man that ran out of here?"

"Short, pale, funny looking" Gulf's anger was rising slowly.

"Can you point me to his place?" The lady eyed him again and shrugged she pointed her wrinkly finger at a blue door across from them. Gulf nodded and made his way there he knocked but no one answered. His patience was running thin, he tried the knob but it was locked, he glanced back at the lady who was still watching him but he had reached a point where he didn't care anymore. He took a step back and kicked the old door, it swung wide open, he heard the lady yell at him but he ignored it.