Shadow of a Child

Interrogations

In the morning welcoming family members to gather in the dining room, pancake cake with maple sauce becomes the best breakfast of the day, Marina eats it voraciously, the mouth continues to chew because of the delicious pancakes made by Miss Emily, Jake who saw ya laughing girly, so that in his mouth looks food in it, the food in it, before long his mother asked him to keep his mouth shut and be quiet as the food went on, he immediately closed his mouth and continued eating.

Jason, who finished earlier than them, began to clean his cutlery, "Marina, today you're coming to the office, Dad" he said, Marina still focused on the food, but he heard his father's words "it's not unusual for you to take me to the office, what's the matter, Dad?" As she asked while feeding her pancake piece, she simply smiled, hiding the intention of needing it in the crucial moment, "Marina just came, if so, we ate a cake at the nearby Cafe, You want time with me, and this is your golden opportunity!", smiling yes, he looked at his father with sparkling eyes.

In the girl's room, Sky and Mr. Bear, they were checking the Toy box in front of her bed, "Have you been looking properly??"He complained, the big dog continued to scramble the white contact, "well, you better look for it, not me!" He bit his hand and dropped it inside, then he dived inside, while Sky waited outside.

" Have you found ya??"

" No, it's so dark in here"

As He waited, Slowly the figure of the green-clothed girl approached, until Jan tung the dog was pounding loudly, his eyes widened when He saw Marina suddenly appear from behind his body, showing her cute face, she laughed cheerfully at the freezing silence of her pet, her body falling down as the laughter burst from her, "jeez, Marina You surprised me, my heart almost came out.!" Unfortunately, he calmed her down while apologizing, "What are you doing here?" Asked curiously, He saw the ears of the Bear doll swaying in it, He lifted up and saw the Bear Lord staring at his face, smiling little, "Bear Master, what are you doing in my toy box?" ask again in annoyance.

"seeking the ball"

"lookingfor balls?

what happened to your ball??"

"At that moment, Sky was playing ball, suddenly Miss Emily with an angry face picked it up and hid it, so she looked for it, with her sharp kiss, she found yes here, and ruffled it"

"why is Miss Emily angry?"

He laughed a little, "in fact, he was angry because he was noisy at midnight, barking with his favorite ball" he said, glancing back and forth, yes, he patted his forehead with fret, "it's worth it he's angry, You were noisy at night that you should have fallen asleep instead of waking up" he laughed cheerfully, Sky just smiled shyly, "yes, do you want to look for me?" Asked embarrassedly, he smiled and randomized the Toy's contact, so that before long his tiny hand held the mother's object red and elastic when held, "this is what?"marina asked in a mock tone, then He threw the ball at her, the dog picked her up by biting the ball firmly and rolled over while enjoying his favorite Toy, they laughed cheerfully.

Outside the room, Jake stood in front of the white door with a worried look, while in it a cheerful call to you, but he chose to be quiet, before long Jason approached him, "Laughter, what's up, what's up, You don't want to go into her room?" Asked him in a calm tone, He looked at him, "Mister, hmmm, that.....  I'd like to play with him but I'm confused as to why you want to take him to the office, and that statement you said to him gives me a bad feeling" she replied in embarrassment, suddenly Jason approached his mouth to the earlobe of the boy, he whispered a sentence that made him speechless, his eyes wide open and his mouth open without a word. Then he entered the room and invited her to leave.

A blue car walks into the bustling city of London filled with silk-clad citizens, her skirt so blooming that they have to lift it so as not to hit the ground, the crowd developing Marina's memory of her old village, "still increasing your childhood?" He just kept quiet while holding his teddy bear, Jason smiled slightly.

Once at the office, they entered her room, "this is my room, son, you can sit here until Dad calls you" she said and left her in the room herself and Marina looked around her, the not-so-extensive room made him curious, he secretly checked the tables, cabinets and shelves around him, "father is great, there are so many stars you can" he marveled, he said, her big eyes sparkled at her, various badges were neatly stored inside the glass cabinet, golden in color making her tiny hands itch to pick it up, so he opened the glass door and tried to reach the stars, but his body was so small that he could not reach it, the black-haired girl pushed the chair up to the closet, then he went up and took the badge one by one, his white apron filled with it, one by one he put it up until a smile appeared from his face.

" Beautiful, I'm not saying this"

" i want this star so badly"

" Marina, no awards for dogs?"

He turned around happily, laughter appeared, Sky turned around happily, until before long, the door opened, behind which There was a man wearing a red coat, coming at them with a warm smile, and the, Marina and Sky who saw him were silent, laughing softly with his body which he turned to the right and to the left, ashamed, "father.", he said.....", Jason walked up to him and saw his body filled with red-boned badges and held it gently.

 " Do you like this badge?"

" Yes, dad, dad,

I want this"

His finger pointed towards the star that was on the apron yes, "You can get this if you are smart, strong and fast like a father" he stroked her hair, Marina laughed cheerfully, she said, then Jason took her to a large room, wondering why he was taking her, so he asked his father but he did not answer, "father, where are we going?" He did not answer, and when the door of my room opened, a green bench greeted them, the room was so dark, only one light shone, but only the bench shone, he asked Marina to sit there, innocently he obeyed her and sat quietly, the dark room suddenly lit up, in front of him were men in suits of various colors, he said, they stood in front of him, Marina was silent, her body was shaking, she was sweating coldly, She was agitated and frightened by their existence, and Mr. Bear fell from her lap due to her slippery hands, the Siberian dog sat without making a sound.

" You, Marina Herlock, aren't you?"

He interrupted slowly, they smiled and gave the doll to him.

" Daughter, we want to talk to you, and don't be afraid, we won't hurt you, we won't,

Your goal here is, we want to know what you saw the last time your mother died, you were her son, so we need you to solve this case"

Hearing that, Marina fell silent, her eyes glazed over, they wanted her to reopen her past, "have you found the culprit?" They shook their heads, "that way, we hope that you can lead us to the perpetrator of the case we settled" he said, then they took out a little notebook and a pen from their pockets, "well boy, we start our interview, you have to calm down to answer it" He breathed in to calm himself down.

 What do you think your mother looks like?"

" mother is a very good woman, mother likes to cook food for me and my father, when I fell, she became my first helper, when I was sick, she became my doctor, she became my doctor, and when I was bullied by the village children, he became my protector, when Mom was angry, I felt like the world was going to be destroyed....."

"Do you know what your mother's job is?"

"Mother works at a flower shop, near the harbor"

They recorded every piece of information that was thrown by him, and then a policeman in a dark blue uniform reported to them, "we got a note about your mother's customer, and after we investigated, we got a note, we found out that Mr. Toby is a customer of every mother, almost every day he likes to come to the store to order white dahlias, white roses and white cosmos, do you know him, Toby Sawyer?"

" Know, Mr. Toby likes to give me candy, new shoes, new clothes and books, he once said that he was a maid for the Belldock family, he said, and on Tuesday his master came to this store and it turned out that he was right, Mr. Toby came with Mr. Belldock, they came with the intention to visit us, Mr. Belldock loved taking my mom to a restaurant, and visiting our house"

" Do you know when you first met Mr. Belldock?"

" The first time since he came with his assistant, after that, every 2 weeks, he came to our house to ask about our condition"

" Do you see his behavior at home?"

" He comes every time he likes to enjoy house sessions, he likes to,

and I'm confused why he always opens his photo album, whatever he's looking for, with a dagger in his left hand"

Hearing his words, they took a serious note, their hands quickly moved the pen, each question they asked He answered in detail, as soon as they began to ask the last question, he said, Sky who was beside him started barking, He asked them for food, so they gave him biscuits to calm him down.

" Okay, Marina is the last question for you, but you need to be calm and honest, don't add to your story and be nervous, are you ready?"

Marina shuddered, her eyes wide open to see they were ready to listen to her, "father, please my friend,." she muttered, shortly behind them appeared Mr. Jason who was looking at her being interviewed, smiling as he clenched his hands and lifted him up, "excited.," so was the sound of his whisper, heard in his heart, that he felt confident to finish the interview he faced.

" Ready,”

" well, here's the last question, your mother was found dead on your doorstep, and I heard from one of the people around your house that you witnessed the incident, can ah You tell me the chronology."

The new word twisted his mind, He shook his head that He did not understand the purpose of the commandment, "sir, what is the chronology?" Ask in a curious tone.

" Chronology is the sequence of times in an event, son"

" That means you asked me to tell you when my mother's death began?"

They shake their heads.

"That night, when the clock began to clink at 9pm, I heard a yell, at first I thought it was just my shadow, but the cry added, the voice was so similar to my mother that I went to her room to look for her, but she was not in the room, and I saw her by chance from the window, she was sitting by the edge of the harbor, with a mysterious person, he was in black robes, and carrying a sword, I ran to try to save him, and yet, I failed, he was killed, his body He threw into the sea, he threw it away, the killer looked at me while moving his index finger, his face had a big incision and his gaze was sharp"

Marina was silent, her eyes began to glaze over, remembering the last time she met her mother, and the interview ended, the police again analyzed the results of her interview.

........

Marina sat down with Sky and Mr. Bear, they were playing in her foster father's workroom, laughter enlivened the 3x3-sized room, suddenly the door opened, Marina stood quietly, Sky barked loudly, his face so Angry to see the black-turned figure entering it, He walked backwards with a look of fear, his eyes widened to look at the figure, then his shadow got bigger, he walked back with a look of fear, approach the girl and disappear with the shadow.

Jason and his friends heard a shout from his room, he ran all the way to his room, and when he approached his study, the door was opened, his face showed a worried look and immediately entered it, but he found only Sky and his dolls, they flew over the floor, saw the window was peach, and left him a hanging rope, his face red when Jason found a piece of ribbon in dark blue.

" DARINA!!!"