KATHERINE BLACK - PART 6

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Monday, 2nd April 2020

Last night, before I went to sleep, I got a new massage from Juliet. She said she got something which maybe could help the case. So today, I went to the station myself. I told Carl so he could fetch me later. I took a Grabcar to go there.

“So what did you get?” I asked as soon as I saw Juliet. I walked to her place.

“This.” She said and showed me the video from the CCTV record. There was a man in the black coat, wearing a black cap with black mask walking to the alley. “But we can’t see the face. So, I replay the video for several times. There was a black old model ford mustang followed slowly behind the victim. But the number plates were blurry.

“Can you get the number plates?” I asked and played back the video.

“I can but it will take some time.” she say and hesitated.

“It’s okay. Just take your time.” I patted her shoulder. “I must get going. I had thing to do. If you get something just tell me.” I said to her and walked to my office room. I sat on my chair behind the table and wrote down the new information. I felt so happy. With the new info, it brought me a step to the culprit. I became so close now. I was satisfied. I checked the file and wrote the note.

Knock…knock…

I tilted my head and looked at the door. I smiled to the guy who stood at the door. He looked handsome in dark blue turtleneck with black slack. He gave me a sweet grin.

“Can we have lunch now? I’m hungry.” Carl said, walking to my room. I looked at my watch, it’s lunch time now. I had lost in my work about four hours. Wow that was amazing. I just felt like an hour.

“Yes, but give me a minute to finish it.” He sat in front of me.

“Did you get any new information?” he said while playing with my pen.

“Yes, I did. I had checked the roadside CCTV but I can’t see the bastard.” I said without looking at him.

“Then why do you look so happy?” he frowned. I finished my work and looked at him.

“The case is getting to the end. With all the clues, I think I’ll manage to get the culprit!” He looked worried. “Don’t worry I will be okay. Let’s eat.” I stood up and grabbed my purse and my new phone. Then we walked to his car.

In the car, we sat in silence for a few minutes but I felt so long. Then I broke the silence because this time I felt awkward. He looked so serious.

“So where do you want to bring me?” I asked Carl.

“How about we buy from McDonald and eat at the park? Like picnic?”

I smiled and nodded. Then we went to McDonald, bought some food and drink. At the park, we sat on the bench opposite the netball court. We ate while talking about all the things but work. Suddenly, I saw a ball came to me. I was shocked and didn’t have time to dodge it. But, Carl caught the ball use his left hand before the ball hit my pretty face. Don’t judge, I love my face.

“I’m sorry miss.” A boy came here and apologised. Carl gave the ball back to the boy.

“Are you okay?” Carl asked me in concerned.

“Yeah. I’m alright.”  I put down my bugger and took my drink. “I don’t know you are left-handed. Since when?” I asked and put my drink down. I never knew that he is a left-handed. Or I might be wrong about him. Then, I looked at his watch around his right wrist. So, it made me confident that he is a left-handed.

“Since I eat with my right hand and save you from the ball with my left hand.” He grinned. I felt something was wrong. I gave him a slight smile. Then we continued eating. When we were done, we headed to the car.

“Before I send you home, I had a place to go first if you don’t mind.” He said as soon as we entered the car.

“Okay. I can wait in the car.” I said wore the seatbelt.

After 30 minutes, we arrived at an old big house. Actually it was like a haunted house. The paint was fading and there were some trees creeping through the windows. The house looked like an abandoned house. Plus, it was far away from the others. It was a little deep in the jungle. I looked around the house.

“This is my parents’ house. But now they live at London. My dad got a job there. They had moved for almost 3 years. After we moved, nobody looks after this house. Do you wanna take a look?”

I nodded. We walked to the door. He pulled out a unique key. I guessed that was the door’s key. He opened the door and he let me entered first, well, lady first. Wow. My jaw dropped as soon as I entered the house. The inside was really awesome and luxurious. There were a big living room with a big flat television, a big leather couch with a beautiful coffee table and a classic fire pit. Also, there was a big sliding door that will bring you to the beautiful garden outside. I looked at him. He pulled up my jaw and close my mouth.

“After I got job here, I start to fix it little by little. I start it from inside. It took almost 3 years to make it look like now. I fix it myself. Sometime I sleep here for a few days.” He said, leaded me to the spacious kitchen. There were a lot of electronic gadgets with a big refrigerator and a big oven. I walked slowly to the island. I was stunned upon looking at the kitchen. Then he brought me to a room. There were 5 big bedrooms with a bathroom in it. The master bedroom is the biggest with a huge Jacuzzi in the big bathroom.

“Let’s go to the garage. The thing that I want to take are there.” He walked to the garage. I followed behind him. The garage looks great and organized. In the middle of the garage, there was a car covered with a grey cloth.

 “Whose car is this?” I asked him while walking to the front of the car.

“My dad’s car. He left here. Maybe it can’t be used anymore.” He pulled the grey cloth. The black car stood in front of me. I couldn’t believe that.

“The old ford mustang.” I whispered. He looked at me.

“Wow. You know the name. I thought girls wouldn’t care much about car.” He smiled, proud with me.

“Yeah of course I know. My grandpa had one.” I lied. He nodded and made an ‘O’ with his mouth. “Can I take a picture with it?” I asked.

“Of course. Let me help.” I gave him my phone and he helped me taking the picture. And then we left the house.

~to be continued~

By: The Owl/2020

photo credit: https://cars.usnews.com/cars-trucks/ford/mustang