chapter 01 At Ariana's grave

6 months ago, "Liz City Cemetery."

Guard Jack Salnem, who is standing in front of the door of the guards' room, was unable to reach the grave, although he was the one who dug it this morning, but with the great popularity that the investigator "Arthur Lopez" and his wife "Ariana Mike Lopez" have, and these mysterious events that neither the head of the police department understood Neither is the FBI officer present in the city, because Ariana's death 3 days ago was surprising. Despite everything the department did with the help of the FBI, they could not find the shooter of that bullet, nor understand why Ariana was the target in the first place. The cemetery was filled.

Jack did not find where to put his leg, even though he suffered from that injury, which he also suffered. I accompanied a large group of residents 3 months ago, when a Cobra gang invaded the streets of Lees City, with his injured foot, and the crowd moved slowly. Or a gap that would enable him to reach even close to the grave, but because of his short stature and increased weight, he was unable to pass through that small gap, which made a sound appear next to him says

The cemetery hasn't been this full since the death of Mayor Martha Maguire

Jack raised his head slightly to see that the speaker was Andrew with blond hair and brown eyes, and that face that charms women with its beauty, especially that stubble, is Mayor Gabriel's driver. Jack answered Andrew

I've seen a lot of funerals in my entire career here, but I've never seen an audience like this before. Even at El Kane's funeral, it wasn't like this.

grave as he watched his wife's coffin slowly descend into the grave. Tears started running down his face, he tried to hide That, but to no avail, all that he had been holding back for three days exploded at this moment and he could not stop these tears, and if a hand hit his back lightly, he raised his head with difficulty and his eyes turned red. He could not recognize the person standing next to him because of the sunlight that was hitting his face directly. After a short time, the features of this person began to become clear little by little. He is the librarian, Adrian, with his glasses that reflect the sun's rays on Jack's face, and that mustache that hides his strange smile and his tall, illogical body, wearing a light black shirt. Or this is what Jack thought, since the sun hits the shirt directly. In his hoarse voice he said

Adrien: Don't worry, Arthur, everything will be fine. Don't be sad. You have to be brave for her. For Natalie. Be brave. Look at her. She's watching her father, waiting for him to be brave at this moment. So you have to show her how brave you are. It hurts, but for the sake of that little girl out there, be brave, Arthur. These words brought a little reassurance to his heart and helped him calm down, especially Natalie's voice coming from the crowd in front of him. Arthur smiled with difficulty, but finally that smile appeared as he watched his little daughter running quickly towards him, then he raised her high to the sky with a smile on his face.

The present day Arthur is a lazy detective who closed forty two months ago with his long curly hair and his knee-length brown coat covering his black shirt and blue jeans. His career as a private detective was excellent before this incident. The accident that changed his life 360 ​​degrees, he became negligent, did not complete the cases, and until this moment, everything that was preoccupying him disappeared, and only that little girl, five years old, Natalie, with her blue eyes and swollen cheeks, caressed by some light freckles, on the side of National Road 65, a gray car stopped. The one facing the car is the huge gate of the Liz City Cemetery, and inside the car, Arthur was watching the huge name on the gate, "Liz City Cemetery." After a short while, he turned to the back seat and grabbed a bouquet of white roses. A little of that smell, so his eyes were filled with tears, he could not control himself, and tears flowed down his cheeks as he got out of the car. Once he reached the entrance to the cemetery, he stopped for a while, as the scent of white roses spread until it reached the room on the right side of the gate where the cemetery guard sits, and with the arrival of the scent of roses to him He raised his head from his phone to find Arthur passing by in front of him, bowing his head holding a bouquet of roses, and walking slowly towards the grave in Annex H. Even the cemetery guard caught his tears with great difficulty. Arthur arrived at Ariana's grave, which was buried 6 months ago. The guard remembers that huge funeral that was banned by a large number of residents Liz City. Arthur arrived at the place of his late wife's grave. He bowed while placing a bouquet of roses next to the grave, and drops of tears fell on the ground beneath him. Sadness appeared on his face. He could not pronounce those words, but they were clear. Then he remembered the fateful day in Karl B when he lost Natalie. [This event is in the last chapter of Al-Nashab's novel, The Dark Side of Liz: Liz City, Old Town Street, Al-Tarqawi Complex, "Carl B," Building Six, Apartment 56, Arthur Lopez's house. Inside the building, little Natalie was walking around the house carrying her pink blanket and that little curly-haired doll from Apartment to apartment and on the sofa in the drawing-room here where Arthur sits from morning till midnight watching one tape on TV, his wedding tape. The disturbing sounds coming from the street opposite the building woke Arthur from his sleep, so he moved towards the window, and with his arrival, with a strong explosion, he threw him away at the end of the room, and from the rising dust, a stranger remained. Meeting Arthur, who was about to lose consciousness, he slowly knelt in front of him and that frightening smile on his face and said after a frightening laugh: So, Arthur, you are still stubborn right. You see how it will feel when we take the last thing left for you from Ariana. He said this and walked slowly towards the girl Natalie who took shelter in The corner of the room and terror fills her face and her small body trembling with fear. He lightly grabbed the girl and walked straight to the broken window and jumped out of it. But he was not used to her asking for the word, he refused to come out, his paralyzed body left him unable to move, and while he was in that state, as Archer entered the room, smashing the door, the apartment, all its furniture scattered, a sign through which Archer knew that something was wrong here, he slowly and with faint steps towards the center of the apartment, took out an arrow from the bag Behind his back and continued walking after he had fed his bow in preparation for any emergency, so he glimpsed a semi-unconscious person in front of the window, its glass shattered scattered beside him. He ran quickly towards him, and he was "Arthur Lopez" Hey, Arthur, talk to me, what's wrong with you, Arthur? Archer said this urgently, but without A response by Arthur, who basically does not know the shape of the person speaking to him. Dark blackness fills his field of view. He hears Archer's voice speaking to him, but without any reaction, not even a small finger moved. Archer realized that something bad had happened to Arthur. The death of the mother left only two members of the Lopez family, but since entering the room he had only met Arthur, where is the girl?