Ashville -4

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Chapter 5:

 

There was a sudden change in the environment around the kids. A drastic change from joyous to gloomy emotion. Zoey couldn’t tolerate the news. She fainted on spot. Ronnie was dumbstruck with terror. Jack couldn’t console them. Uncle John entered the mansion from his training session. He was terrified to see their condition. “What happened? Why are you two looking so dull and why is Zoey lying on the couch?” He got no answer. “Freddie, Come with a glass of water at once.” He shouted. Freddie came with a glass of water. He too was shocked to see the situation. “What happened sire?” he asked. “ I need the answer for the same Freddie. What’s happening here? What’s wrong with the kids?” Freddie was puzzled. “ I’m sorry Sire. I was in the backyard.” “Ronnie please tell me what happened.” said John. Ronnie didn’t utter a word. John was extremely worried. “Jack can you please tell me what happened?” “ Sir Clyde, … he’s…” Jack stammered. “Clyde What? What happened to my brother?” Jack gained some confidence to talk. “He’s…He’s no more. He committed suicide.” John was shocked to hear this. “ Who told you this?” “ Townportdes police chief.” said Ronnie. The scenario followed two minutes of silence. “ Let’s go to Townportdes .” said John. “ What about Zoey?” asked Jack. “ We’ll take her too.”

 

All of them reached the police headquarters of Townportdes. “ Where’s the Chief?” asked John. “Please wait for few minutes. He’s at a crime scene.” said one of the officers. “Call him at once and tell him that John Williams is here.” “Sorry Sir. I didn’t know that you are Mr. Williams’ brother. Sorry for your loss. Please follow me.” replied the officer.  The officer guided them to the crime scene. It was on the outskirts of the city. There was a river on which an old bridge was standing. Clyde’s body was on the bank of the river. “Chief, John Williams is here.” said the officer. The Chief turned around and said “ Hello Mr. Williams, sorry for your loss. I’m Thomas Prentice; The police chief of Townportdes.” “ Can you please tell me what happened Sir?” asked John. “ A resident came up to us this morning saying there’s a body hanging on the bridge. Our experts say that the death was caused by compressed neck. There are ligature marks which explains the hanging. We recognized him through his ID in his wallet. It was intact and nothing was stolen nor there are any other signs of attack on him. It clearly looks like a suicide.”

 

They all were surprised to hear that. “Why would he do that? My dad is a brave man. There is no chance that he could do something like this.” said Zoey and started crying. “I can understand your pain but this cannot be reversed.” said Thomas. After a moment of silence John said “ Put the finest of your detectives for further investigation. I don’t think this was a suicide.” 

What do you think? Suicide or Murder? Is it something else?

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