Murderer

CHAPTER 17 - Terror of Retaliation (Revised)

The image of visiting the hospital again, he felt something strange at the event of kidnapping the mayor's child. So easy was the kidnapper to take Angelica without the knowledge of the hospital staff.

This is the fourth day after the disappearance of the model, police have not found a bright spot regarding its existence. The investigation was slow, like a vehicle stuck in traffic.

"Andrian, I'd like to talk to you for a minute about .." Citra said.

"An hour in the cafeteria, I'll be helping the surgeon in the operating room right now" Andrian said.

"good. I'm waiting in the cafeteria."

The young doctor turned towards the operating room, while Citra decided to tour the hospital before heading to the cafeteria. For some reason, he slightly suspects Andrian as one of the accomplices of the psychopath.

He had time to check the background of this anaesthetist and it turns out Andrian was the last child adopted before the home burned, he was also the one who accompanied Raka until the end of his twin brother was blindfolded.

The hospital cafeteria was quite quiet this afternoon, so it was not worried that their conversation would be interrupted later. The image of sitting and sipping his bitter coffee, the bitter taste of it, is not as bitter as the journey of the case he is investigating. Sometimes he heaved a heavy sigh, feeling desperate.

"Sorry to keep you waiting a long time," Andrian's reprimand suddenly appeared with a cup of coffee in his hand.

"It's ok, I'm also having a lot of time today."

Andrian sat on a chair and faced the present image, they were silent to each other. Only the sound of the clink of the spoon clashing with Andrian's cup broke the silence between the two of them.

"I want to ask you something — the day Angelica was kidnapped, where are you?" ask the image without further ado.

The man seemed to be scratching his cheek with his index finger, this person's expression was like he was looking down on Imagery.

"You're gonna say if I kidnap my own patients?" cecar Andrian cynical.

"This please tell us where you are on the day of the incident!" firmly Citra.

"I was out at the time" he answered briefly.

Andrian's answer made Citra's forehead wrinkled, she leaned forward and then supported her chin with one index finger raised and her hazel iris staring fixedly at the man in front of her.

"If you don't believe me, you can go to a florist and a Diamond's Queen jewelry store, they know me very well" Andrian continued, linking his fingertips to the table. This guy is so confident.

"Alright, I will visit both places, if you lie — then it will break your alibi!" concluded Citra.

Andrian smiled and opened his arms wide with his palms open, as if challenging Citra proved his conjecture. After the conversation, Citra said goodbye and left Andrian who was still sipping his coffee casually.

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The smell of the damp wall pierced Angelica's sense of smell, it turned out she was still breathing, the kidnapper left her alive. I don't know for what reason.

Obviously the mysterious man admitted that he killed Valentino, but he also said, if the Hand of God is not only one. God's hand was everywhere, that's what he said.

His eyes were getting used to the dim light of this warehouse, he looked around. Empty and there is only himself. Damnit damnit! Why at times like this my body can't move! He cursed in his heart.

How hard he tried, his paralyzed body completely flinched. He was only able to move his index finger until he finally gave up on trying. He couldn't even scream because his mouth was blown away by duct tape.

Suddenly, faint from a distance — the sound of footsteps rang out entering the warehouse. With the same song, Angelica closed her eyes, pretending to be asleep.

"Now, what are our plans for this woman?" That person sounded like he was talking to someone else.

Angelica ventured to open her eyes slightly, but there was no one inside the warehouse but them. The kidnapper was sitting with his chin on his knees and talking to himself.

"Don't kill him first, let Ebenaizer suffer!"

True, Angelica was not wrong, the kidnapper was indeed talking to himself. However, his tone changed, the first voice was like a fierce adult man. Not long after, he spoke as if he was a child.

Angelica's fur shuddered in horror. This guy is completely insane!

"Just let go of him, pity he's paralyzed. God gave him the right karma."

"Shut up! If we keep telling us to let go, you're the one we'll kill first!" It was like he was arguing with some people in his body.

He realized that his hostage was observing him in silence, he approached Angelica and squatted by her side. The glare of the eyes clearly implied hatred, anger and extreme pain.

"Lord, forgive the sins of this girl and them. Give them peace in their hearts. Keep vengeance out of their lives ...."

"Basic nuns fake. Shutup! Stop your false prayers, or you and the boy will we kill first!" his yell.

"Then you ... Don't pretend to be asleep!" This man kicked Angelica's leg violently, telling the woman to open her eyes. He roughly pulled the hair of his hostage.

"Mkurrghh!" peekik Angelica restrained.

"You know? Your pretty face will soon disappear, and your foster father will remember what he did to my sister!" whispered.

"Just kill him brother, corrupted him like when the devil corrupted me without mercy ...." Again she was monologuing and this time it was like a little girl whining.

Now that Angelica knows, what she means is not alone is — because she is with another personality, maybe this person has Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) or multiple personalities.

The man looked at Angelica with a bloodthirsty look, but a few minutes later, the look in his eyes turned bleak. He moved away from the hostage then took a tooling place on the shelf in the warehouse.

Without mercy, with vengeful eyes, he swung a chisel and cut off Angelica's ring finger adorned with a fancy diamond ring.

"Mkurrrghhhhh!" Angelica wanted to scream with immeasurable pain but her mouth was covered with duct tape, she could only shed tears.

The man laughed cruelly. "It's a nice souvenir for your foster father" he murmured.

He then put the finger piece into the ice box that he might have brought earlier. Angelica fainted again because she saw blood coming from her wound.

This man left Angelica in the warehouse with such appalling conditions. He drove his civic away from the remote warehouse, thinking of a plan to send this finger piece to the mayor.

Morning time. Diamond's Queen jewelry store.

"Good morning, how can we help you?" greet one of the shop salesmen. The image also shows its identification.

"Wait a minute, I'll call our manager first!"

Not long after, a graceful woman with a very beautiful face appeared from behind a door. "Good morning, I'm Zara, the manager of this store. Can anyone help?" ask the woman named Zara in a subtle tone.

"I want to make sure of something, did this guy on the twenty-fifth of November come to this store?" ask Citra to the point. He showed a picture of Dr. Andrian on his cell phone.

Zara looked at the photo and smiled. "Yes, he came here with a bouquet of flowers" Zara said.

"It was our anniversary day, and he came to propose to me" she said.

"I see, so the doctor's here." The tail of her eyes glanced at Zara, it turned out that they were lovers, it could be that she was protecting Andrian.

"May I see the CCTV footage then?" pinta Citra persistent.

"sorry. Unfortunately, the CCTV was broken, but you can confirm it to my employees,"

After asking the same thing to all the store employees, Citra returned home to the office. Andrian was right, he was honest with all his information yesterday and now Citra has no reason to suspect the young doctor.

The image of dropping down on the chair, he felt extremely tired these few months. The case is running slower than a snail, exactly as the police chief said.

Manggala Mayor's office, twelve o'clock in the afternoon.

A mysterious package meant for Freddy E. Yosef — the mayor, received by security. Its slightly suspicious shape made them wary, moreover, there was no sender name written on the package.

The package he brought to Freddy's office and with the permission of his superiors — the security officer opened the mysterious package. It turns out that the contents are ice boxes neatly wrapped in a cardboard box.

The officer then opened the ice box, how surprised they were both, pieces of human fingers that had been frozen inside. The mayor ordered the security officer to contact the authorities.

A piece of paper stuck to the outside of the ice box, containing a message addressed to the Mayor.

Micah 7:4

The best among them are like thorns, the most honest among them are like thorns; the day for your spies, the day of your judgment, has come, now it will start to stir between them!

Freddy put down the paper, his finger tapped on the surface of the table agitatedly. "This is definitely the crazy killer! What are the police officers doing in this town!? Are they sleeping? My daughter hasn't found one yet!" growled.

Right now, he could only wait for the police officers to come over to check on the terrifying package earlier. Deep in this mayor's heart, feeling threatened, he had already heard rumors that Benedict's orphanage was the start of all these disasters.

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