7 Secrets, secrets....wait I already found it?

At the doorway

"Come in" The boy said

"Then excuse me" Thomas walked inside the house and hang his coat on the stand.

"Sir are you here to investigate the disappearance of my cat?" The boy curiously asked.

"Yes son. How do you know that?" Thomas knew in his past that this kid has an eye for identifying a person's personality. He realized it as he progressed the case. But he was rushing the case that he forgot to ask this kid the questions. Sigh if he asked he might have gotten a lead.

"That's a secret" the boy smiled at him. "Follow me sir, I will bring you to my mom."

Oh butterfly, my butterfly, please don't start an effect now. (butterfly effect-change in past = change of future). I am following the script temporarily.

Thomas then saw the woman sitting down on the couch reading her magazine. She stood up and then ...

"Good morning mr?"

"Thomas ma'am."

"Mr Thomas. So how was your day?"

"Not bad ma'am. And how about yours?"

"So and so. I hope you can solve this case. The cat is like a child to me" She ended in a sad tone.

Good all is going according to the script.

I took a look at the madam.

She was wearing a simple sheath dress, and a matching earring and two rings on both hands one seems to be diamond and other seems to be of gold. Her lipstick is slightly off. Her eyes seems to be wandering elsewhere. Her mouth is slightly pointing downwards. One might have not recognised if they have not looked carefully.

She seems to be a housewife, who is interested in beautifying herself. A common goal for rich women. Take cares of her image but a slightly off lipstick, something is off. No no no she is hiding something. She intentionally applied it. Covering an injury most likely. But she who cares about beauty would always take care of her face. What is it? What is it?....An injury? Most likely a bruise. So an abusive husband. There are no other wounds in her body. Maybe inside her clothes there might but chances are low. So this behaviour of her husband started recently. Can assume around the time of the cat's disappearance. Two rings with different material. One dull while other is still sparkling. Shows that she prefers her gold ring over the diamond. Unhappy marriage it seems as a person who cares for beauty won't be careless over such details. She detests it but is forced to wear it.

Her being sad currently indicates that something happened recently in the family. She seems to be depressed with her life. Sad it is. Thomas looked at the child. Even he understands the melancholic mood, Thomas sighed.

"Ma'am I hope I can ask you some questions?"

"Sure"

"When did the cat disappear?"

"I have already answered these questions."

"Just for going step by step in the scene ma'am"

"He disappeared ..."

They conversed for a while over the basic details and then Thomas....

"Ma'am was your husband acting weird around the time when the cat disappeared?"

"Yes. Indeed he was. Why are you asking?"

"Ma'am just looking into all possibilities as your husband's rejection of filing this case has caused superiors feel something off with your husband. So they think he must have done something to the cat." Thomas lied hard. Although they did they didn't suspect it as they thought the senior felt humiliated with filing such a case to the department.

"Oh is it? My dad was indeed off and mainly due to a suspicious person started to arrive to the house quite often. He never introduced himself and my dad always brings him to his office and doesn't permit us to enter it while that man is there." The child spoke

"Yes as the child said" The ma'am replied.

"Thank you for your cooperation ma'am and child. I will ask you questions later if I have some enquiries but that's all for now. May i take a look around?" Thomas asked politely.

"Sure, you can ask my child to bring you around the entire mansion."

"Thank you again ma'am. Sorry to disturb you boy. Can you bring me to the last seen place of the cat?" Although Thomas knew this didn't happen in his past life and he had to roam through this house alone. Seems like the butterfly effect has started.

Well now I have an ally in this case, Thomas then looked at the child. He knew that in order to initiate the plan the boy is a key player to do it.

The boy nodded his head and hopped all the way across the rooms deep inside the mansion, Thomas followed him with a fast walk.

They soon walked into a room. For sure this kitty must have lived in luxury, look at the room man. I am jealous that I don't even have a decent decoration for my room. Where are your manners Thomas, Where are your manners? You can't get jealous of a cat. You are a human while it is a cat. Focus now, focus.

I had a second look across the place for a possible entry point for cat burglars or even thieves but it seemed that the room is secured enough from outside, leaving only one possible option. The cat disappeared due to someone in the mansion.

"Did anyone visit this place around the time of the disappearance?"

"Yes. The man my dad usually invited to our house."

"My boy it looks like we are closer than we look at the case."

"You think it's that uncle?"

"No it's both your dad and that uncle. The problem is there is no evidence that they are the culprit."

"Then they are not going to get caught?"

"It will take some time."

"Uncle if you need any help, I will do it."

"Sure, I will need all the help I can." Thomas can't help but smile internally. YES! Getting closer and closer.

"Well child. That uncle is here right?"

"Yes uncle."

"Can you help me with something for a moment"

"Sure. What do you want me to do uncle?"

"After 10 minutes go up to that room and walk into the room. After you do tell him about me being the detective of the case wants to meet him after 5 minutes. Can you do that for me."

"Why uncle I can do it now....."

"Nope follow the order boy. There is a reason for this."

"As you say uncle." The boy shrugged his shoulder and walked towards the office room"

Thomas immediately went to the room exactly next to it. He then opened the window and jumped outside and landed on the lawn. He then silently moved towards the window of the office room and stopped right before a few minutes. He was patiently waiting for the boy.

It's my luck in my past life I saw this open screen window, Thomas thought. In my past life the butler was present alongside my senior serving tea. He might or might not be present. But that's not the pressing issue. The main guy is that man. Who is he? Thomas was guessing for a while until the 10 minutes mark arrived and as expected the boy opened the door.

THUD

That's my que. I stood up and looked into the room quickly and silently. I had a few seconds as the boy was speaking with his dad.

"Sorry dad. But there was a detective who arrived earlier...."

The clock is ticking.

I took a quick a look at the room. Making sure there was nothing unusua....wiat, no, wait a minute the cat, it is right there in a bag. Seems to be dead. Let's leave it aside for a moment. Okay time is running Thomas, take a look at them before escaping, he said to himself. There were only two male in the room. He took a look at the senior, he looks the same as in the past. Then he looked at the stern man.

"...he wants to meet you in 5 minutes."

Suddenly Thomas felt something weird and he immediatly ducked under the window. His detective senses were screaming. Then

"Reyes why are you looking at the window?" the senior asked

"No I felt someone staring inside, maybe just my heightened senses" that man replied

Heightened senses my foot, Thomas screamed inside. If it wasn't for his past skills he would have been caught. But something confused Thomas, even though he was not at his prime he was pretty sure he would not have been caught sneaking. Something seems off, Thomas thought.

He decided to break down the clues he got.

The cat in the bag. Weird place for a dead cat to be but seems like senior kept it for a reason. I mean if he killed it because he hate it. He could have disposed it. So the cat is some form of clue to his mistake. I need to use the justice scale to check the crime rate.

That man couldn't get a clear image of him for the justice scale. But even with my current memories I am unable to find anything about him. Looks like I need to unlock more memories before I do something.

Well I had to also thank the boy for this. If he did not act as a distraction I am sure this would have ended with a bit of fight scene. As sneaking into someone's property without search warrant would have severe consequences.

Thomas was about to move when....

"Take care of your child there, if he does this quite often we might have to put him the list." a hoarse voice sounded.

Thomas froze. His eyes reddened and he clenched his fist hard. His breathing became harder and harder involuntarily.

Flashback

"Sir, the family is dead"

"Good, good. They are in my list after all." the lunatic killer said

"Sir, is this necessary?"

"You wont understand what I am doing and no one would. Take care of the bodies and follow me"

"Yes, sir" a hoarse voice sounded

End of flashback

Thomas then spoke three word "lunatic murderer's sidekick"

Next chapter:- The war between the heart and mind.

Word count: 1708