Murder In The Old Castle

193. Cigarette

The night covered the city that was not so wide. Lights started to light up all over the city. In a quiet residential area, precisely in a fairly large house, Reno pensive while doodling in his study. While the soft music flowed from his electronic device. He was fiddling with something.

From inside his desk drawer, he took out all the photos of the people involved in the serial murders. He sorted the 10R photo on the table. At the top there is a photo of Adinda, then Ferdy, Rudi, Lena, Miranti, Gerry, Alex, and Rasty. He later crossed out photos that he did not suspect were suspects.

The first one he scribbled was definitely Gerry, because the young man was reportedly kidnapped and until now has not been known where the jungle. There's no way he's the culprit of this mess. The second he removed from the list of suspects was Miranti, as the girl had been killed strangled in an isolation home. Then he hesitated, who else should he remove from the list of these suspects?

He took another photo, a photo of Rasty. At first he was a bit worried, because Rasty did have a strong alibi related to Jenny's murder. However, after he weighed, Rasty was in his room when someone terrorized Gerry. At that time, there were threatening writings in Gerry's car when he interrogated Rasty. So it can be ascertained, Rasty can be removed from the dafatra of the suspects.

There are five photos left. He took a picture of Rudi. Earlier this morning he got the news that Rudi was close to dying because someone put poison in the bottle of drink that Lena brought. So now there are four suspects, two men and two women. Before he took back the photos free of the suspect's charges, his phone shook. Apparently a call from the police.

“Iya, Yani, what's up?” ask Reno to his secretary.

“Sorry, sir interrupted the night. I want to convey that there are guests who are looking for you in the office for now,” said the woman across.

“Guest? Nights like this? Just say it tomorrow morning tell me to come back, because I'm having important business for tonight,” Reno said.

He sighed. His feelings were a little upset, as he was currently trying to solve the mystery, but there were only those that bothered him.

“But sir, he said this business can't be delayed. He has to meet you tonight too he said,” the secretary said.

“Wah, how did I become curious until that? Who is the guest, Yan? You know him?” ask Reno.

“He said his name was Gerry, sir. He will provide important information for you tonight,” said the secretary.

“Gosh! Gerry?”

Reno hurriedly closed her conversation across. He looked back at the pictures left on the table. There are four photos of Alex, Ferdy, Lena, and Adinda. A moment later, he took three photos on the table, so that only one photo remained there.

“Mistakenly you must be the culprit!” reno Smile.

After cleaning the table, he prepared to go to the police station to see Gerry. He is convinced that Gerry will reveal the identity of the perpetrator of the murder. However, he actually felt a bit doubtful, because in his mind Gerry was dead. It was a miracle when the long-sought young man suddenly appeared at the police station. Reno smiled happily. Tomorrow morning, everything will be revealed in the isolation house!

***

As usual, the atmosphere of the night in the isolation house was very quiet. All residents can't wait for the next day, when the two police officers promise to uncover the real culprit. However, the opposite is even felt by the perpetrator of the murder. Inside his room, he felt tense because tomorrow his identity would be revealed. He hoped that the two police officers would misidentify so that he could easily escape the law.

Time has set at ten o'clock in two minutes. The residents chose to stay in their rooms, according to the message delivered by Dimas, that they should be more vigilant. No more talking in the billyard room.

Dimas and Mr. Paiman also increased vigilance. Since nine o'clock, they have checked the parts that are considered vulnerable. If usually they are on alternating duty, now they are both on duty, in order to help each other if there is difficulty. They go all the way around the house, because they are more focused inside the house than outside.

In fact, on the back side of the house that was a bit dark, there was the figure of Gilda who was agitated. The young woman had apparently made an earlier promise with a murderous figure to meet behind the house. He reasoned that he would talk about important things, so he chose the back of a quiet house and escaped observation. This was already anticipated by Gilda, as she knew Dimas would be more focused inside the house than outside. He took the time to sneak out before Dimas and Uncle patrolled.

Gilda paced anxiously, looking at the house, waiting for the killer who had made an appointment with her. He should have come ten minutes ago, but until now still not seen the trunk of his nose. Gilda was getting anxious. The killer suspected that he would set him up. He himself did not divulge this plan to anyone, including to Wandi. Only he and Badi knew of this plan.

Not far from there, behind the bushes, Badi also waited anxiously. He watched Gilda's movements from a distance not too far away. He waited for Gilda who was also waiting for the presence of the perpetrator of the murder. However, it seems that until this moment the killer has not appeared. Badi became anxious. He hesitated, lest Gilda not do her job well, so the killer was already suspicious of this plan.

Suddenly Badi felt a hard object hit his head from behind. His eyes twitched, his head dizzy for a moment. Before he could ascertain who had struck from behind, his vision began to darken. He fell unconscious, as a mysterious figure dragged him over, under a dark tree.

Gilda herself did not realize that Badi was no longer with her. He's getting anxious. The atmosphere around the place was so quiet and dark, only the trees he saw around. He intends to go back into the house. He no longer cares about his business with Badi, because in his mind, the killer figure did not come.

Suddenly he felt something smothering his mouth. A handkerchief with a strange aroma pierced his nose, thus making his eyes twitch. His gaze blackened, making him feel weak. He could not scream. Within seconds he remembered nothing! What he felt last when he felt pulled somewhere else!

***

Dimas and Mr. Paiman moved to the quiet second floor. They're gonna check out the girls' room. Before climbing the stairs, they felt a different aura to the previous nights. They heard footsteps the sound of people walking upstairs. Dimas was hesitant to climb the stairs.

“It was common, sir.The name is also old house, surely yes there are disturbances like this. Don't mind. They just want to show their existence. As long as we do not disturb, God willing is okay,” said Mr. Paiman.

Dimas smiled. Previously he was less confident in mystical things, but some strange occurrences in this isolation house made him think differently.

He had one name as the suspect, but when he checked his room, it was locked. Dimas could not confirm whether the killer's room was indeed empty or if there were any occupants. Mr. Paiman himself said that the doors in this room only have one key, so there is no spare key to check.

He decided to patrol more carefully, not wanting to be classed like the previous nights.

“Pak Paiman wait below only, let me go up to check. Just watch the first floor, if anything suspicious, call me immediately!” dimas Message.

“Any Pak!”

Dimas up the stairs. Admittedly, now his heart feels pounding, but usually not. The atmosphere of the second floor was rather dark. Because some of the lights are off. There was nothing strange around the second floor. The rooms of the female occupants were closed. Actually he wanted to knock to make sure their condition, but he broke the intention because maybe the occupants were asleep. He does not bother people who are resting.

He hesitated a little, because as he passed through the balcony area, he heard strange noises there. It was like someone was whistling. Dimas' instincts say it's a bad thing. He doesn't pay much attention. He felt the atmosphere of the second floor at night was very scary.

He did not care about the whistling sound, then he continued to check the girls' room. He did not knock on the door, but opened the door. Of all those rooms, all locked. However, just as he was about to inspect Gilda's room, he was shocked. He opened the door, and found Gilda's room unlocked. Sontak Dimas was shocked.

He entered Gilda's room. The lights in the room were turned off, so the atmosphere looked dark.

“Gilda, are you inside?” ask Dimas.

There is no lawfulness. Suddenly Dimas was worried. He turned on the room lights, found the room empty. Meanwhile, he smelled the smell of cigarettes in the room. In his heart he thought, since when did Gilda smoke? Yes, he had been in a relationship with Gilda in the past. Though Gilda used to smell the aroma of cigarettes was angry. Why is there smoke in his room?

She checked the room, in case something was suspicious. Mr. Paiman said that there was a possibility of the intruder on the second floor. Dimas became even more worried just in case something bad happened to Gilda. He checked every corner of the room and found nothing.

However, suddenly his gaze was fixed on something lying on the dressing table. He found a pack of cigarettes that contained only two sticks. Then he remembered, that he had seen the same brand of cigarettes that someone bought some time yesterday. Dimas tried to remember, until he remembered that he had met the person who bought cigarettes with the same brand at the cigarette stall that night!

“Gosh! Is the intruder him?” ask Dimas in the heart.

Then his mind went back to remembering the incident at the cigarette stall when he was asked about the isolation house. So is this the goal? The intruder actually came to the isolation house!

***