KATHERINE BLACK - PART 2

[ I AM A DETECTIVE ]

Friday, 9^th March 2018

“Hey babe. What are you doing?” someone asked.

I turned my head to see the person even I know who was it. A guy stood behind me with a sweet smile plastered on his handsome face. I smiled back. The guy kissed my cheek and made me giggle. The guy wore a white t-shirt with a black leather jacket on top and a pair of dark blue jeans. He is a good looking guy. He has dark brown hair and a well build body.

“Hi, nothing much. I just got ‘that’ case.” I told him with a smile then continued looking at the file. He is my boyfriend our relationship had reached two years now. His name is Carl White. Two years ago, we succeeded in closing the chain killing case together. It took almost half a year to catch the murder. All of the members in our team celebrated it with a dinner at a famous restaurant. After dinner, Carl offered to send me home. Along the way to my house, we chatted and laughed like usual.

Actually we were quite close because we had studied together before and now, fate made me work with him. He stopped the car in front of my house. I thanked him and got out from his car.

Suddenly,

He rolled the window down and asked me if I wanted to be his girlfriend. I was so surprised. Despite, I nodded and smiled at him. He smiled back. Yes, I agree. Tell me who would reject a proposal from a handsome and hot guy like him?!

Well, actually, I have a crush on him too.

“What case?” his question made me came back to reality. He frowned. He took a sit beside me.

“The Devil case.” I said while flipping the pages of the file. Carl looked shocked. He stared at me. Looked like he didn’t believe what I have said. I could feel his gaze on me. I looked at him. His jaw dropped on the floor. We called it a devil case because this case was so sadist and cruel. Just like a devil!

“What?” I smirked at him. He stared at me with looked ‘not funny’.

“Drop the case.” He said in serious voice.

“Really?” I raised my eyebrow. Disbelieve what he had said to me.

He stared deep in my ocean blue eyes. I could see rage in his eyes. I looked away and continued reading the file. I was a little afraid to meet his eyes.

“Nope.” I mumbled myself. But I swore he could hear it. He framed my face and made me looked in his eyes. I could see in his eyes that he really wanted me to drop the case.

“Hey, seriously I tell you I have no idea why you are really interested with that case. But trust me. The ending won’t be good. So please listen to me, just drop the case. Don’t be so stubborn. I don’t want something bad  to happen to you.” He retorted. I placed my hand on his.

“Okay, look. It just look okay for me. So don’t worry so much. I know how to handle that crazy psycho. You know that I am strong, right. I swear to the Good God that I will chop his head before he even had to think to touch me. So, nothing will happen.” I gave a warm smile, trying to encourage him. He smiled slightly.

“Promise me that you will not do something stupid that can risk your life. And promise me that you will tell me everything that you want to do and also, everything that had happen to you.” He said with a warning and concerned.

“Yup. I promised to you. You know what, you are very overprotective boyfriend.” I told him honestly. I giggled.

“Yes, I am… maybe just a little.” He said. We laughed.

“You know what? I am really hungry now. Trust me if we wait a little longer, I will kill you and make you my dinner.” I joked. 

Then my stomach growled loud than usual. I couldn’t help. I haven’t eaten anything since this morning. My face burned in embarrassed. He laughed.

“Yeah I trust you.” 

Then both of us stood up packing our things and walked off from the building. We walked to his car. Now he was my driver since he did not allow me to drive myself. In the car both of us just kept silent and talk nothing. But, it was not an awkward moment and I enjoyed myself. I throw my gaze out from the window.

Suddenly, I remembered about that case. I had read all things about the case. I did some research about that case. From my reading, this is a serial killer case. The crazy ba***rd (read: suspect) had killed 20 innocent people. It was 17 guys and 3 ladies. All the victims were around 20 till 35 years old. All of them had reported missing for a few days before they were found dead in a cruel way. Their bodies were covered with blood, their own blood. That was the effect of the cruel torture.

Almost half of their skin were sliced. Also they were stabbed on abdomen, heart and lung with minimum 20 stabs for each part. Their tongue was cut too, maybe the suspect didn’t want them to scream. Along with the victims he would put a small white card that had a beautiful calligraphy with capital “C”, in the middle of the paper.

This case was closed for almost a month because the police and detective who got this case got harm and threatened. Because of that, nobody bothered to take this case anymore. Yeah, that made sense because nobody wanted to risk their precious life.

If you asked me why I accepted the case, the answer was simple, justice. I swore to the God with my own blood that I will catch that crazy psycho with my hand. My own hand.

“Hey babe, where do you want to eat?” he broke the silence. I looked at him.

“Hmm… let me see…”

“Let’s eat at here The Ravilla Restaurant. My friend told me that it has a very good food that taste like heaven.” I showed him the place.

“As your wish, princess.” He smiled at me. I smiled back.

After 30 minutes, we arrived at the restaurant. It looked fancy. We entered the restaurant and a waiter showed us an empty place. We ordered roasted chicken with garlic bread, apple juice and chocolate pudding for dessert. We talked and shared our story. After a while, we walked out from the restaurant.

Suddenly, a man came from nowhere and bumped onto me. I almost fell on the ground. I stood straight and looked at the guy. He wore a grey shirt with a blue necktie and had black suit hung on his right hand. He looked mad at me. Hey, I actually was the one who supposed to be mad, not him. But I didn’t want to start any fight.

“I am sorry sir.” I apologized. He looked at me and smirked while looking away.

“Are you blind or what. Can’t you see?.” He jerked at me. I stared with a rage in my eyes. I balled my hand ready to give him a ‘present’. But Carl hold my hand. I looked at him.

“We are so sorry sir. This is our faults.” He bowed slightly. I wasn’t surprised because I knew him so well. He really hates a fight. It made me curious how he can accept the job.

“Huh, coward. Move!”

He pushed me hard. I fell on my ass. He walked passed us and entered the restaurant. Carl helped me stood and we walked to the car. In the car, I cursed the man along the way to my house. Carl just smiled and nodded to me. He agreed every single word that came out from my mouth. He stopped in front of my house. I walked out form his car, waving a good bye and stormed to my house. That guy had pissed me off. If I meet him again I will make him regret for what he had done to me.

~to be continued~

By: The Owl/2020