Samuel is DEAD!

Mia and Ida reached the place with their weapons. Covering their faces with masks, they carefully sneaked at the backside of the house. Ida had prepared special cookies to drug the dog.

Mia opened the window to check for the dog. "It's clear" she whispered and jumped inside. Ida followed her. They both landed in the room which looked like a store room.

"I will look there" Ida signaled while pointing at the kitchen.

"Okay," Mia nodded.

Mia and Ida started scanning the house. After scanning the ground floor, they both went upstairs.They were cautious enough, not to make any sound.

***some random sound***

Mia swiftly turned around and Ida got dumbstruck.

***wood creaking sound***

Ida's eyes went wide when she heard the sound. Mia signaled Ida to stay back. Ida did as she was told.

Mia silently followed the sound. "He's behind this door" she mouthed to Ida.

***Gun Loading Sound***

"Let's do this," Ida whispered. Mia slightly nodded her head. Mia signalled Ida with her eyes. Ida nodded and moved near that door. Mia followed her. They both stood on either side of the door.

Taking a deep breath and tightening the grip on the gun, Mia mouthed, "3, 2, 1…". She kicked the door with full force and it shattered. It fell on the ground making a loud thud. They both entered the room with their guns blazing.

Mia's eyes popped out at the sight. "Damn!" She called out in frustration.

***Dog whimpering***

Ida turns to face Mia. Her face was red with anger. "What is this?" she shouted at Mia. "You don't know the difference between animal food and human food?" she ranted. "I don't think you are interested in killing him anymore" she looked down upon her.

Mia was disappointed with herself and Ida's words added fuel to her burning rage. "ENOUGH" she raised her hand to hit Ida but stopped.

Ida flinched. She closed her mouth and came out of the room while stomping her feet.

Mia took her head in her hands. "I know you were here. Run for your life you b@st@rd. I will find you one day and that would be the end of everything" she swore to herself.

"Who are you giving false hopes now?" Ida spoke in a low, disgruntled tone.

Mia never realized when Ida came back into the room. She turned around to shut her up but something catched her attention. Her brows furrowed.

"What is it?" Ida got alarmed. She immediately grabbed her gun and got ready to attack.

Mia pointed towards a note which was on the wall behind Ida.

"What?!" Ida asked in confusion.

Mia shoved her aside and went near to that wall.

"You think you are smart?

But I am smarter.

I know you were here yesterday.

And I knew that you will show up soon.

But you know, I am smarter so...

Good luck with your plan of killing me..."

Mia crumpled the note violently. "You think you can get away from me. I will hunt you down you, son of a b!tch" her face turned red in anger.

"What are we going to do now?" Ida folded her arms in front of her chest.

Mia fell on the floor. "We can't do anything now." she let out a heavy sigh. She took a long breath before continuing, "He must have gone to someplace safe.We need time to find him. Tomorrow is my aunt's death anniversary. She was like my mom. I'll visit her grave tomorrow." she ducked her head.

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Next day~

Mia and Ida went to the graveyard. Mia put the white flowers on her aunt's grave and closed her eyes.

"Aunt, I will catch him. I will kill him with my own hands." disappointment and anger could still be traced in her voice.

Mia and Ida spent the rest of the day at the lighthouse near the graveyard.

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Next day, Early morning~

Mia was returning back to her home when her eyes went to the police van which was parked near her house. "What are they doing here?" she thought to herself.

"What's the matter, officer??" Mia enquired with one of the policemen.

"Miss, Do you live here?" The officer asked.

"Yeah, I live down the street." Mia answered him.

"Miss, Do you know him?" The police officer showed her a photograph.

Her facial muscles tensed but she composed herself down.

"No. I don't know him. Is he a thief or something?" Mia wanted to know why the police were interested in the man.

"He was found dead." The officer replied.

"DEAD!" she couldn't believe what she just heard. "When? How?" She asked.

The officer left without answering any of her questions.

Her legs started trembling. She felt as if someone slapped her right in her face. Her whole body was shaking. She couldn't believe what she just heard.

With heavy feet, she returned to her apartment. Sassy came running to her. She raised her front legs indicating that it wants to be picked up. "Not now Sassy, please." she muttered. Sassy purred at her and followed her to the couch.

***Phone Ringing***

Mia picked up the call without looking at the caller ID.

"Hello, Mia. Where are you?" Ida asked over the phone.

Mia did not answer her. Her face became pale.

"Mia?" Ida raised her voice.

Mia suddenly bursted into tears.

"What happened??" Ida asked with concern.

Mia couldn't answer her.

Ida immediately hung up the call.

The phone dropped from Mia's hand. Sassy leaped onto the couch and placed her head on Mia's leg.

"I had one job and I failed!" She muttered while sobbing "I am so sorry aunt. I failed you!" She pressed her eyes shut.

Mia has been crying continuously for more than fifteen minutes. She heard someone unlocking the main door but didn't made an effort to check who it was.

Ida busted into the house. "Mia!" she yelled. She was caught off guard when she saw Mia. Running to her she took Mia in her arms. "What happened Mia?" her eyes were brooding.

***Meow***

Ida's eyes went to Sassy who was sitting with Mia. Her eyes were filled with tears as well.

Mia lifted her head and looked at Ida. She immediately hugged her back. Tears streamed down from her eyes as she spoke "Why does this keep happening to me?"

"What happened Mia?" Ida broke the hug "Please tell me. You are scaring me like this." she wiped Mia's tears with her thumb.

"It's him. He is dead!" Mia uttered in between her sobs.

"Who?" Ida asked.

"Sam. He is dead." Mia muttered.

"What?!" goosebumps appeared on her skin.

All three of them were sitting quietly, next to each other, trying to absorb what happened.

Something jogged her mind and Mia broke the silence. "Call that officer.Fast" She hands over her phone to Ida. This police officer has helped them earlier as well.

"It's ringing," Ida said.

Ida took the phone and dialled the number. "Officer, do you know anything about Samuel. Who killed him?" Ida asked when the officer picked up her call.

"The investigation is going on and we haven't found anything yet" the officer replied. "But yeah someone came to grab his stuff," the officer added. "His name was... from what I can recall…" the officer paused for a second and then continued "it starts with K..."

"Kevin?" Ida uttered as a suggestion.

"Yeah. That's what he said." The officer replied.

"Thank you, officer," Ida said and hung up the call. She turned to Mia. "You take rest. Calm yourself down. I will be back soon with something" she got up from the couch and left.

Mia sat quietly with Sassy in her lap. Tears were still rolling down from her eyes and she sat as still as a statue.

Later that night~

Ida returned. Mia and Sassy still hasn't moved an inch.

Ida exhaled deeply. "Mia, I got the details, its Samuel's necklace"

"Necklace?" Mia croaked.

"The officer found out that Samuel had a hidden camera in his shirt's button and he used to record everything. He transferred the files into a memory card and he put that card in pendant" Ida replied and sat on the couch. She continued, "He did this with many people, and this way, he was able to blackmail all his victims."

"How is all this connected to the necklace?" Mia sniffed.

"The memory card is in that necklace. It is what we need." Ida answered softly.

"So we have to get that necklace now. Do you know where it is??" Mia asked.

She sighed and looked back at her. "It's with Kevin." She answered.

Who could have killed Samuel? Is Kevin connected to all this? Is Kevin doing this? Is Samuel really dead? Read the next chapter to find out. Do tell me your views in the comments.