Ashville-5

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Chapter 6:

“It was your sister-in-law who killed your wife. She was jealous of your wife’s fame.” said the man. It was detective Mac Meyer's office. Mac was a famous detective in the state. There was no single case he failed to solve. The client left. Mac started to look at his laptop. There was a knock on the door. “Come in.” he said. The door opened and Thomas Prentice entered with John Williams. “ Please have your seats gentlemen.” said Mac. They both made themselves comfortable. “ So, what brought you to me Thomas? Most of the times you let your own men to do the work.”  asked Mac closing his laptop. “ Meet Johnathan Williams. He’s the brother of Clyde Williams, The Mayor of Ashville.” “ Brother of today’s victim, isn’t he?” asked Mac. “Yes.” said Thomas adjusting his collar. “So, what do you think Mr. Williams?” asked Mac. “My brother is a man of high profession. I don’t think this was a suicide. I want you to investigate this case.” said John. Mac rose up from his seat. He looked out of the window. After a minute he replied “ I don’t think this is a suicide too. I’m ready to investigate this case but the cost is expensive.” “ I’m ready to pay. Please solve this case.” John said. They agreed upon the cost of investigation. Mac said “Worry not Mr. Williams. I’ll find the culprit.” 

That afternoon Mac arrived at the crime scene. He observed the scene carefully. The river was quite deep. There was no chance for someone to go from the bottom to tie the rope since the case was death by hanging. Mac took the road to the bridge. On reaching the bridge he observed that there was two feet wide long path throughout the bridge on both the sides which was left out after construction. “ Ah! Poor construction.”  said mac to himself. He hopped on to that path and observed that there was footprints of only one person. He was surprised to see that. He called Thomas at once and said “ I want to know where  Clyde was  in the city before his death.” Sometime later Mac received a message from Thomas stating “ He was in Spandex Paradise , Brixton hill street.” “ Brixton Hill! That’s four miles away from the river.” said Mac. “ Why would someone come four miles away just to commit suicide?” he asked himself. He went to the police headquarters to meet Thomas. “ I need to examine the body.” said Mac. “My experts already did that. They declared it a suicide.” “ I said I need to examine the body.” yelled Mac. “Alright, Follow me.” They both headed towards  the morgue. Mac started to examine the body. He could see multiple scratches behind the leg just above the ankle. “ Do you see these scratches here?” asked Mac to Thomas. “ Yeah, I can. But it can be from anything.” he replied. “ It cannot be anything. It looks like someone was dragging him for a long time. Moreover, He was in Brixton hill. Why would he come all way from Ashville to Brixton hill and from there to that bridge miles away just to commit suicide when Ashville has more rivers and bridges than Townportdes.” said Mac. “Clyde was the Mayor of Ashville and there was no way he could have done this in his own city.” replied Thomas. “ Why not in Spandex? Why that particular bridge?” asked Mac. “I want all the reports by tomorrow morning.” Thomas kept quite for a while and said “ I still think it’s a suicide.”  

To be continued.......

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