?THE UNKNOWN?
?By Authoress Pinky?
?Chapter Nine and Ten <9&10>?
?The Seven Circles?
“Dad, I don’t like that Clayton of a guy. I really don’t like him. And besides does he have to be in my department? I mean, I don’t get it. There are many divisions, si why my division? Why my department?” Gina asked her father for the hundredth times.
Her dad sighed as his shook his head over his daughter’s words. “Really? Are we back to this discussion again? Clayton is a good guy, Gina. You don’t have to worry about him.”
“Why am I not convinced or relaxed over that? Why do I still feel bothered about him?”
Her father shrugged his shoulders, getting up to his feet. “Maybe because you hate guys?” He walked over to where his daughter sat and reached out for her hand. “Not every guy are the same, Gina. Forget about the past and move on. Stop hurting other people just because of your past.”
She shook her head. “Dad, I can’t. The memory is still there and it hurts like crazy. Whenever a guy comes close to me, I become so defensive. I’m afraid that what happened that day will repeat itself again. I don’t know…but Clay…I…”
“You don’t trust him?” She nods her head yes. Her dad let out a sigh and smiled at his daughter. “Try letting go of the past first then you would see that there is absolutely nothing wrong with him. Trust me.”
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“What is the meaning of this? What? Who is in what senses will decide to pull up a joke as crazy as this?” Phoebe asked herself as she kept staring at the note.
She don’t know if she to report the case or just trash the note in the waste bin. The note seemed useless and stupid to her but at the same time it was creepy and scary. What if someone was trailing her or her daughter. What if her life was in danger.
She suddenly remembered the discussion she had had with her friends and how Gina and Zoe had talked to them about a serial murder case. Maybe she should call Gina and tell her about the note.
But does it worth it? She thought to herself again.
She was going to drop the note on the table when she heard a knock against her front door. she stood still for a while, staring at the door with a worried look on her face.
“who is it?” She questioned, quietly walking over to the door. There was no answer. “I ask again, who is it?” Her heart was beating very fast. No doubt that she was already scared. Like seriously, who wouldn’t be? You just received a threat note and few moment later you heard a knock on your door. Of course you have to be scared.
She took in some de-ep breath before turning the door knob and opening the door. she was greeted by Olive smiling face.
“Shit! You scared the hell out of me. What are you doing here? Shouldn’t you be at work or something?” She asked, stepping away from the door so Olive could get in.
Olive walked into the house. “I got out of work early. And how did I scared the hell out of you? I mean, knocking at the door isn’t illegal now, right?”
Phoebe chuckled, closing the door behind her and made her way to the sitting room and sat down along with Olive on the couch.
“No. That’s not the reason. You see…um…I just…um…how do I say this?”
“Say it anyhow. i will und-erstand. Because trust me, you don’t look so good with that worried face of yours right now. What’s the problem?”
Phoebe took in another de-ep breath with her eyes shut closed. After some times she opened her eyes and met Olive’s gaze set on her. “I don’t know how I should react about this note. Because it’s really putting in a lot of shit in my head.”
“Note? What note are you talking about?” Olive asked, confused.
“Here.” She handed Olive the note.
“Should I be worried?” Olive asked, as she collected the note from Phoebe.
Phoebe rolled her eyes and said. “just read it first and stop asking questions.”
Olive read throu-ghthe note. As soon as she was done with reading the note, she looked up at Phoebe with wide eyes and glance down at the note again then back at Phoebe’s face.
“You think it’s a prank note?” Phoebe asked. She knee it can’t be a prank. But de-ep down she hope and wish that it could be a prank note. She was scared, no denial there. She has a lot to do on earth. she needs to take care of her daughter. she needs to get married to a man who would show her love and care and not just to her alone but also to her daughter. She needs to give her daughter the life that she deserves. So basically, she needs to live for her daughter.
“I hate to say this, Phoebs. But this? This doesn’t look like a prank note. This looks like a threat note. And also, it isn’t just directed at you only but at seven people.” She said with a sad expression on her face. She was scared. Scared that something bad might happen to her best friend.
Phoebe legs were already shaking. she grasped her th-ighs and started saying words to calm down her nerves.
“Phoebe…”
“I should talk to Gina and Zoe about this.” She said, cutting Olive off.
“You should. After all, they are detectives.” Olive said. “You don’t have to be afraid, Phoebs. Have you forgotten that you have me and the rest of the girls with you? And most importantly, you have Elsa by your side. So come on, loosen up. Okay?”
Phoebe for-ced a smile to her face and nods her head yes. “You are right. But I don’t think I can be okay about this. This is fu-cking scary.”
Olive nods her head in agreement. “I won’t object to that. I am also scared right here.” She pulled Phoebe in her side hug. “But I’m calm now because I have you right here, by my side. In my arms. What more can I ask for? Nothing.” She grinned.
“Thanks go being here, Olive. I really appreciate. it means s a lot to me.”
“Hey, stop thanking me. This is what best friends do for each other.”
A comfortable silence fell between them. They were still in each other arms, staring at nothing in particular. They were actually in there own world.
But then. Phoebe broke the silence. “Olivia?”
“Whenever you guys make use of my full name it means what ever you are going to say is something very serious. So what is it you wanna tell me now?”
“Um…if something bad happens to me, can you…”
Olive quickly pulled out of the embrace and stare at Phoebe. “Stop right here. If you are going to say what I’m thinking, I just want you to stop right there and not say shit to me.”
“Just listen to me first. please.”
“Hope it isn’t what I’m thinking?”
“How would you know if you cut me off?” Olive stare at her for while before motioning her to speak. “listen. if anything happens to me, I want you to please take good care of my daughter.”
“I knew it! i knew this was what you were going to say! Phoebe, nothing bad is going to happen to you. Believe me.”
“How would you know? I can’t act like this note is nothing when I fully know that it’s something. My life is at risk here. And I don’t want anything to happen to my daughter. Even if I die today, I want my daughter to mourn for me for just a day and continue with her life. If she lives then I live also.”
“Enough. Enough of this shit, Phoebe.” Olive said, getting up to her feet and glaring at her best friend. “nothing is going to happen to you and you are going to live for a very long time and take very good care of your daughter. You will meet a man that will love and care about the both of you. You won’t die. Never. So stop saying shit like that.”
“Are… Are you crying?” Phoebe asked, getting up to her feet and making her way towards Olive. “You are crying.”
“Who wouldn’t cry? with stuff like that, that you are saying…who wouldn’t cry? You are making me scared. I don’t want to lose you. I don’t want to lose any of the girls. You guys are so precious to me. I can’t lose you guys. Not now or ever. So please stop talking about death like that! Please!” Olive said in between tears.
“I’m sorry, Olive. I’m so sorry. if didn’t even think about you before I said things like that. I’m sorry.” She said and pulled Olive in her arms.
“You won’t die, okay? You won’t. Never. Okay?”
“Okay.”
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“This case just keep getting complicated each pa-ssing day. I don’t even know what to do any longer.” Zoe said, leaning into her chair in frustration.
Clayton let out a de-ep sigh. “Not just you. I’m likewise confuse as well.”
Gina leaned on the table as she stared at the board where the notes were paste. And the pictures of the two victims who had died.
“I’m also confuse as well. But we can’t give up. we need to look de-eper into this case and find the murderer involve in this killing before more killings is done.” She turned to look at them. “The pieces we are looking for is de-ep down all this things we’ve acquired from the crime scene. We’ve just not yet placed our finger in it yet.”
“Yeah. you are right. But what is this pieces we are missing?” Zoe asked, frustration clear in her voice.
“That is what we need to figure out. And stop acting like that. You look like someone who was for-ced to become a detective.” Gina said.
Zoe fake glared at her before saying. “i was practically for-ced. Remember?”
Gina just brushed it off and stared down at the roses lying on the table then look back up at the board. “The killer is killing the same people.” She suddenly said.
“Wait. what? How is that even possible? Like i mean, they are two different people who were found dead in there homes so what are you saying?” Zoe asked, looking more confuse than ever.
“Yeah. But if you calculate the months…there are two months in the gap. That is, the killer is calculating the days… months of his murder.”
“Um…no matter how much I try to process what you are saying… I’m still confuse. Like totally confuse.” Clayton said, sincerely.
Gina rolled her eyes before bringing down the notes from the board and placing it on the table between the red roses.
“This killer didn’t kill them with knives or strangled them to death. He didn’t poison them with food. And I don’t think he poisoned them with drinks either. So… which means, he used something else to kill them. And that lies in the red rose. And like what Olive said, you can use a poison as a fragrance for a rose.”
“So you think, the killer poisoned the rose?” Clayton asked.
“Do you have any other idea?” Gina questioned instead of giving him a reply for his question.
“i don’t but… Okay, fine. you know Best.” Clayton said, pulling his hands in the air in surrender.
“This killer is a psychopath.” Zoe said.
“Not all killers are to be recorded as psychopaths, Zo.” Clayton said.
“You are wrong there. Like seriously, how can one enjoy killing other people? Does that even make sense at all?”
“What if the killer has a reason behind the killing?” He now questioned.
“Are you a murderer?” Gina asked.
“Jesus. What?”
“G, that was too much.” Zoe said.
Gina rolled her eyes and shrugged her shoulders. “What? it’s just a question, okay?”
“I’m not a murderer. I’ve never hurt a fly before.” He said.
“A murderer won’t admit that he’s a murderer. You know that, right?”
“Are you indirectly talking about me?”
“Am I?” That was her reply. “Back to the case on ground. We still need to continue with our investigation about the two women connection. And also, we need to watch out for the next victim.”
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“This is bad.” Zoe said as Gina read the note out to everyone. “When did you receive the note?”
“Today? Look guys, I’m scared. What if this killer on the loose is after my life now?”
“I think that’s the case….Look, that sign is also on this note as well. And it says, seven circles and the edge begins with her….then the sign was placed.”
“Seven circles? But what seven circles?” Alicia asked, confused.
“I don’t know…” Phoebe said.
“Phoebe, Maddie, Alicia, Doris, Zoe, Olive and Me. Those are the seven circles.” She gasped in shock. “We are the seven circles.” TBC.
A/N: Guys! So sorry for the late update. I’m not feeling too well. But I’m getting better. And also, Happy New Month. Hope you guys are doing alright?
Anyway, how do you see this chapter? Hope you guys can still remember the previous chapter, if you can’t then check up on it on my page. It’s down there.
Thanks a lot for reading. I really appreciate. And most importantly, we can’t back down in supporting Gina and the girls in the investigation. We still need to put our eyes down and watch out for the murderer.
I will give you guys a hint……um…. Just kidding! No hint??. Have fun guys. We will meet in out next episode.
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