CONFUSION OR DISTRACTION

. "AN INVISIBLE AND YET

UNFORGETTABLE ACCESSORY"

PERFUME

Oliver saw an image on internet , it's numbers and alphabets [01 = A,J,S 02 = B,K,T 03 = C,L,U 04 = D,M,V 05 = E,N,W 06 = F,O,X 07 = G,P,Y 08 = H,Q,Z 09 = I,R] , he repeats the image and write it on a paper , ''the times last digit-'' , he picked up files , he mumbled the time ,"first victim = 16: 01, second victim = 13: 03 , third vi... wait 1 and 3 , 1,3 says A,J,S and C,L,U , must be one of them" Oliver wasn't sure about the code , whether this'll be helpful or not , he aggressively grabbed his hair and sighed , suddenly a thought came in his mind ,

"what if , it has nothing to do with murders or victims , and i'm just getting distracted by this , I'll just write it in order",

he wrote the numbers in order and kept the paper in one of the drawers and called Mark to ask about the murder , but nothing happened yet. "It's already 14:55 , no news till now , i think my guess was wrong , but if the pattern is of 4 days then it should be today only."

Oliver picked up the last victim's files and saw the last date , "15th May & 10th May" they both have 4 days gap between them but he noticed something , his eyes once again travelled to time and saw , 13:05 and second last 16:08 ,"

If the pervious murders were at 13:00 and second last was at 16:00 , does that mean the next murder , will be at 16:00!?" He checked the time and it was 15:00 ,

"Forensics can't tell the exact time of death in these types of cases but they are an hour late , does that mean the killer must be out there , to kill the next victim , i've to inform Mark about this" ,

he called Mark and told him everything...

This 1 hour passed like a year...its soon gonna be 15:30 , I'm trying Mark's number but it's not available , after some time , Oliver's phone ringed indicating someone's call , he picked it up and ,"hello Oliver , you were right , murder did happen today , we discovered the victim's body , 30 minutes ago , I'm currently here in lab , i think it'll take 2 hours for reports to come " ,

"i knew it , even the time , it was around 4 p.m. right!? , and now i'm so sure that next murder will be in 4 days form tomorrow around 1 p.m. , and by the way , who's the person" ,

''It's Venturo Augustus , Augustus's son , he was found in his farmhouse", he explained and added , "Oliver don't you think that our killer is holding some kind of grudge or something towards Augustus , like every single person who has been killed is related to Augustus , in starting it was just employees but now it's his son ", Oliver agreed and declined the call .

After 3 stressful hours , Mark called Oliver and asked him to come to police station , Augustus's ceo wants to meet him , Oliver came to station and Mark took him to a conference hall , and he saw a man in his 40's , probably Arnold Augustus , sitting across the room , he suddenly had a strong urge to abience but resisted somehow and the man said ,"so , you're Oliver Flair , the detective..!?" , he smirked

"yes , it's nice to meet you Mr. Arnold Augustus" , "not pleased to meet you" , he said calmly ,

"what can i help you with sir?" , "Ah! You got to know the news , of today's murder?" , he stated sarcastically , " yes s-sir , i'm sorry for your loss" , Oliver bowed his head apologising , "loss??!!.. , you call it loss??..

"This time his voice was not calm at all but a little ranged , "My son freaking got murdered , and you call it loss? , you know what , now i'm not gonna stay still , I'll surely do some good arrangement for you Mr. Flair" , he said as Oliver's eyes widened by understanding his statement ,

"sir , please don't do anything , I'll try to find the killer as soon as possible , trust me" , he tried convincing him but he said "I am not gonna believe in any false hope , you are out from this investigation , and I'll make sure-" , he aas interrupted by a voice , both the men turned their heads towards the voice and saw Mark ,

" Sir please , don't do this , Oliver is one of the finest detective we have and atleast we got know about the next murder's date and time"

" We'll get through this real soon , and also i'm sure the killer is after you , like if we think about all the murders , they all were employees of your company " , Oliver stated this with surety in his tone , "what do you mean??" , "someone holds a grudge towards you , and is trying to destroy you , by killing your employees it started and.....now-" , " now your family," he completed Oliver's sentence

"yes, now your family , and it starts from today , with your son" , he said looking at his feet avoiding Arnold's gaze , "when will be the next murder??" , Arnold asked suddenly , "4 days from now around 1 p.m. ," Oliver informed them , "how are you so sure about time ??"

"it's a pattern , every murder has happened either at 4 p.m. or 1 p.m. and this one has happened at 4 p.m. , so i assume next will be on 25th May at 1 p.m. only ," Oliver explained , " i don't care , about this pattern or whatever , if the killer is really after me , then the next victim can be anyone from my family , and now if anyone from my family got a little scratch on them , then you'll see what I'll do!!" , Arnold forewarned them , and left from there , Oliver released his breath which he was probably holding since he entered the conference hall , Mark sighed and patted Oliver's back as comfort , "hey , do something but don't stress yourself ," he tried comforting him , " Mark you found some evidence on crime scene??", "no , there's nothing there ," he said , "but Mark , the crime scene is untouched , right ??", " yes , why??" , "and all the other murder scenes too are untouched , right??" , " yes , but why are you asking me this ? What's on your mind now?" Oliver didn't said anything but nodded his head and asked Mark , " Mark tomorrow can we visit all the crime scenes?? I want to check something ", " sure ," Oliver went to his home thinking about Arnold's threat,,,,

It's 21 May , 10:00 , Oliver and Mark are at the very first Victim's house where murder took place with some constables , "Oliver , you really think we'll get anything here? , we've checked everything here , there's nothing!!", Mark said ,

" don't worry , we aren't wasting time , I'm sure we'll get something" , Oliver replied , they were looking around the room where corpse was discovered , the room was half decorated and some decor itms were on floor , untouched , the room had a very soft fragnance of vanilla and sandalwood , something similar , some whipping creame dispensers , balloons , "was there any celebration on that day??" , Oliver asked ,

"yeah , maybe , we don't have any infomation regarding this celebration " , Mark informed oliver , "hmmmm , let's go to the next place !!" , Mark looked at Oliver weirdly as he didn't do anything here , and was asking to move from here just after 5 minutes , they went to the 2nd Victim's house , " Oliver , what are you trying to find , we didn't got anything at Adria Ace's house" , Oliver didn't said anything but focused on the scene infront of him , exact same situation , half decorated room , items lying on the floor untouched , and whipping creame dispensers , balloons and the same fragnance , vanilla and sandalwood.....

Oliver and Mark checked all victim's houses and saw the same scene in all ," Mark , it's the last house , Venturo Augustus's farm house , and it's also same as other's , the similarities in all the scenes , and it was their birthday celebration , the half decor was for their birthday!!!" , Oliver said , "and you noticed something , the fragnance of vanilla and sandalwood , it was there in all scenes , maybe the killer wants to hide some kind of aroma from us with the help of that scent.."

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