Different One
Eps. 27 Capturing the Actual Perpetrator

“What can be a hint of such a wet shirt?” funny Bernie.

The man looked at Jorell with a sharp look in his eyes, like a knife that would skin anyone in front of him.

“From two suspicious clothes, after testing the results of your clothes which proved to be blood stains.”

“Where can you find blood stains on red clothes?”

“See this.” Jorell showed me the basin used to soak Bernie's clothes.

The water in the basin is red. A mixture of warm water with salt and detergent blemishes blood stains in a short time.

“What if the red color on the basin is not the red color of the blood, but the color of the clothes that fade?” protest Bernie. Thinking Jorell was just a little snot kid yesterday afternoon.

“Please others, smell what this scent is?” Jorell showed the basin he had brought to Foster and three others there.

Both Foster, Herald, Xavier and Mr. Charlie then inhale the scent of the basin one by one.

“It's fishy,” said the Herald who first inhaled the scent. He then handed the basin to Foster.

“Yes right, the aroma is fishy. Blood carnation.” Foster responded.

Mr. Charlie and Xavier also expressed the same opinion, after inhaling the aroma of water in the basin. If it wasn't blood, it would smell like gasoline.

“But, all day, Bernie was wearing the red shirt. Surprisingly, I did not smell the fishy scent of his body,”, said Herald.

This morning he used to be with Bernie at work. He should have smelled a rancid scent when he was nearby, but he could not find it.

“That's because of this perfume.” Jorell points out the perfume as evidence he found from Bernie's locker earlier.

The perfume that Jorell invented was no ordinary perfume. After being sprayed, the scent of the perfume is very strong. The alcohol mixture is very high which causes the perfume to be volatile and can repel any sharp odor, including the smell of blood.

“Hey, little boy. The longer you talk the more you digress!” hardik Bernie's.

“Mr Bernie, I'm not the origin of the conversation but based on the evidence. Maybe the evidence you think is less strong but I have other evidence.”

Bernie appears to stiffen when Jorell shows a type of red medicine to treat wounds.

“A scratch on your right hand can be proof. You're not good at using sharp knives. Especially using the knife you just bought. One grasp can scratch the index finger. In addition, there is a scratch wound in the middle of the palm. It could be because you hurriedly pulled the knife that had stuck in the body and wrongly held it which caused a scratch in the middle of the palm.” Jorell displays at length.

“Then you brought this medicine to treat your new wound,” Jorell added.

“Basic little liar boy! Your tongue is good at lightning. Just because of that alone can't make me the prime suspect. Even the police have checked the CCTV cameras here. Butwhat? They named Mr. Charlie as their prime suspect.”

“That's because they the police agents managed to trick you.”

“You mean how is Jorell?” ceplos Xavier who listened to the explanation of his friend well.

“CCTV recording here has been edited. There is one part that is removed and then another part is joined by force. But still it can't fool me.”

Bernie was silent afterwards.

“But Bernie doesn't know - know the CCTV problem. Especially to delete all the recordings. How could that happen?” ask Mr. Charlie.

“Bernie, tell me. Is it true that you brought the bloody knife here?” ask Mr. Charlie.

Bernie looked down when his boss looked at him.

“Then why did you bring the knife here and make me the prime suspect?” Mr. Charlie who is usually patient and calm, this time looks sharply at Bernie.

He did not believe it and did not expect that one of his shop servers to slander him. Though this same he was always good to every worker in his shop, including Bernie.

“Mr Charlie, believe me. I didn't mean to bring and keep that knife here. It was all pure accident. I was panicking and confused as to where to throw it away. As I walked to throw the knife suddenly the knife fell there. Just as I was about to pick it up, the Herald went into the kitchen. So I had to just leave it there.” Bernie explained at length.

The other two servants who were there really did not expect at all if his friend was a murderer.

“But you don't owe Richard, do you? Then why did you finish him off?” lissy Mr. Charlie.

Bernie took a deep, heavy breath before explaining what his main motive was to do all that.

“My. He owes Richard a lot. He still paid him a third of the share for his business project he started and it turned out that the business failed. He needs time to pay off. But Richard, every day comes to collect and even keeps threatening after confiscating all my brother's belongings. Who can wait to face a man like him?!”

The two servants who were there deeply regretted Bernie's actions. There's really no need to kill him. Just beat him up to battered maybe Richard will know the taste. But it's all happened.

***

“Do not attempt to escape and cooperate with us!” Several police officers came to Mr. Charlie's shop, to arrest the man.

The handcuffs that had been prepared by police agents were opened and ready to tie Mr. Charlie's hands there.

“Wait, Sir. Not Mr. Charlie who was the perpetrator of the assassination of Mr. Richard, but this man.” Jorell explained while pointing at Bernie.

The police agent came there not alone, he came with one other colleague.

“What's this boy really saying?” ask the police agent to point to Jorell.

Inevitably, Bernie finally admitted all if he was the killer Richard.

The police agents there stare in amazement at Jorell who can uncover the real culprit after releasing Mr. Charlie.

“Come, come with us to the police station and explain everything there!”

The police agent instead handcuffed Bernie, also dragging the man into a patrol car.

The two shopkeepers and Mr. Richard looked at Bernie blankly.

“It turns out that debt can change a person's personality and make it this way,” desau Herald is very regretful of Bernie's actions.

“Thank you Jorell, you helped me,” said Mr. Charlie turned to look at Jorell who was standing next to Xavier.

“I don't know how to thank you and replace it with what?” coined.

Jorell put a faint smile on Mr. Richard.

“You can simply reply to it by fixing this.” Jorell took out his watch and handed it to Mr. Charlie.