Chapter Nine

Debby's POV

I wondered who would play April fool's joke at this time of the year . I guess it was wrongly delivered. I put the box inside themselves with plans to return it back to where I found it maybe the owner would pick it up there. 

As I was about to go and have my bath, I heard a knock on my door and upon opening it , I saw Terry with a worried looking face and then he said " Dad was murdered, he was poisoned to death". I stared in shock as I was speechless as to what this mystery meant.

Unknown's POV

"Was it delivered successfully"? , yes it was. Good boy. I sat down and began to imagine how the next level would go, I couldn't wait to see the shock on their faces, anyone who can't play, gets played.

Erica's POV

I opened my door to see Fred standing there looking at me. We stared at each other for some time until he broke the silence by asking if I wasn't going to invite him inside. 

I let him in and began to wonder why I did that. I wondered why he was here and couldn't wait for him to leave as he always spelt trouble. 

He told me how they expected me at the last meeting but since I never showed up the boss asked him to check up on me . I decided to go straight to the point . I told him I had decided to stay clean and clear of crime and so boss shouldn't be expecting to see me anytime soon.

He stared at me for some time before asking if I was joking to which I replied in the negative. He asked how I planned to survive and I told him how I was about going to get a job. He looked at me, laughed and then made to leave, on getting to the door, he turned back and then said " remember, we never forced you to join us, we hate black rats" after saying this, he walked away.

I wondered what he meant by that but anyways I was finally free, I thought to myself, it was time to start life afresh. I dressed up and decided that I would get something to eat on my way to nowhere in particular. If only I knew what life had in store for me... 

Debby's POV

I stared in shock at my brother for some time before asking him what he meant by what he said. He then told me of how he suspected that dad's death was not natural and then requested for a quick post- mortem to be carried out before the funeral and then the hospital called to inform him that the post - mortem carried out revealed that dad was murdered, poisoned to be specific

I didn't understand what to make of this mystery until Terry said he was going to the hospital to get more information and I agreed to go with him

I quickly got prepared. Upon getting out of my room, Terry was already waiting for me. we both headed downstairs and then zoomed off in his car