Secrets and Things (MxM)

Chapter 53 - What do you think, Watson?

Note:

- This somehow turned into a murder mystery and I'm all here for it. It was completely unintentional though. this arc was meant to be short. Not this long. I'm not lying when I say I'm winging this as I go

- Uni is starting so you won't see me for a while again. Big rip.

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POV: Aiden

"What do you MEAN she left through the front door?"

"It's quite literal. She came out of the office, said bye to me and then went down the elevator, with no other baggage or people." The man looked contemplative, now that he somewhat calmed down. I, on the other hand, felt a raging headache coming my way and rubbed my temples to try and prevent the inevitable.

"You've got to be kidding me. Look, this would usually put all suspicion off her but I'm 99% sure it's her, even if I don't know what the relationship is between the other two."

"But she–"

"I know she left through the front door but there has to be a way. Erwin has teleportation on his side so maybe they used that. Wait, no. He was knocked unconscious. Look there is some sort of way. I know it."

"HE WAS KNOCKED UNCONSCIOUS?!"

"Well, he was drugged unconscious but not the point. The point is–"

"HOW IS THAT NOT THAT FUCKING POINT?!"

I ignored his outburst. "The point is, how she got away..."

"I honestly don't know why you're so adamant about it being her."

"Because there is something in the room that kind of incriminates her. Before we go there though, do you remember how long they were together?"

"Uh, about... well she came out about five minutes before you came."

"Well, that's a long fucking while..." After a while, "I have a theory."

"... which is...?"

"Somewhere during their meeting, she took him away, came back and then left through the front door to avoid all suspicion."

"See now that would work, if there was another exit from the 40th floor... through Erwin's office!"

"And that's what we're going to try and figure out," I brought the English accent back, "to the office, Watson."

Shinsou just sputtered out gibberish before glaring at me and following behind. We go back to the scene of the crime and to my disappointment, the office was still in the same state as it was a couple of moments ago. I thought the case would have another twist to increase the thrill. Shinsou immediately began scampering around, looking at all the abnormal features of the room. The painting caught his attention immediately and his face morphed into realisation. It seems he figured out why I asked that bucket question.

The other man kept glancing between the painting and the carpet as he directed a question at me. "Is this the reason why..." he trailed off, not finishing his sentence.

"Yeah," I breathed out, "That's the reason why she's linked to this entire ordeal. Quite damning evidence if I do say so myself."

"Hmm, I can see why..." Shinsou turned around to face me, his questioning eyes bored into my own. "So, how do you think she got away?"

"That's, what I'm trying to figure out." Sherlock Holmes mode ACTIVATED.

Unfortunately, Shinsou didn't appreciate my fabulous role-playing and had to have some sort of input on it. "Is it really necessary to play around, especially finding out the CEO of the fucking company has been kidnapped?"