Cloudy Water

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The water is cloudy under the boat, but Detective Traun won't give up. He is looking for a clue, something that helps him to solve the mystery behind the murder. And then he sees it, barely floating on the surface and he shouts at his partner to stop the ship.

"We've been sailing for 4 hours." His partner whined as his biceps were sore from the rowing.
"We're not leaving this lagoon 'til we find a clue." Traun replied in a deep raspy voice, his eyes scanning the surface until his brown eyes spotted something floating in the murky water. "Stop the ship."
"Finally!" The young man's arms rested on his lap when Detective Traun plucked out a chopped finger that had a ring on it. A sapphire ring to be precise, Detective Traun extracted the ring from the finger that had an inscription inside.

To my beloved, NT1.

"That's it? We rowed for 4 hours fpr a stupid ring?" He yelled at the detective.

NT1...

Antoine.

He was the jewelry maker that got shot, why would he fake his own death? Unless... he wanted to use Bluefish as a scapegoat to stop paying the debt of his establishment. The sly dog.

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