Murder In The Old Castle
237. Drawers
Morning began to greet the sleeping city. Golden sunlight began to infiltrate the blankets of the city residents who were sleeping, waking up to immediately move. Niken was stunned by the sound of the morning alarm ringing from the digital clock near the table. It was almost seven in the morning. Last night, he couldn't sleep because he thought of the hard task he had to do. Suddenly, Reno bestows the murder case to him.
This is not the first murder case he has dealt with. However, it is of course different as this is the first serial murder case he has to solve. He was nervous, worried about not being able to solve all this well. Moreover, he had to chase with time so as not to be late. If today he does not act immediately, then a new victim will fall again.
As usual, before leaving for work, he does daily activities that clean himself and prepare breakfast. In addition to himself, he also prepared breakfast for his grandmother. The old woman had lived with him for many years, because Niken was his most beloved granddaughter. Niken prepared a simple breakfast for her grandmother, before she left for the office.
In the car, Niken decides not to go to the office first, but instead to go to the film studio where Renita Martin is filming his latest film. He plans to warn the actress about possible death threats she may have made against him. To be honest, he felt somewhat confused as to what he should do. Regret arises because he took the puzzle paper from Reno's house to fulfill his personal ambitions.
However, he wants to prove soon that he can also handle the case well. Immediately he slammed the steering wheel towards the center of the city where the film studio. I hope everything goes well today. The building is still quiet because it is still early morning. He immediately climbed to the 15th floor, but he only saw a few film crews preparing the set for filming. He does not see the existence of Renita or someone he knows. He just walked around looking at the atmosphere around the studio with a strange look.
A young lady in glasses approached him with a smile.
"Sorry Mommy, looking for who?" ask the young woman with glasses.
"Oh, I'm looking for Renita Martin. Is there?" asked Niken in a cold tone, as usual.
"Oh Renita Martin will probably come a little afternoon, Ma'am. Today's plan is we'll also have an outdoor shoot so it's probably just a little while here. I'm sorry, did you make a previous appointment with Renita Martin?" ask the woman again.
"Oh that. I don't think I need to make an appointment with Renita. Can't you see I'm a cop? There's something serious I need to talk to him about. Understood?" said Niken in a somewhat bragging tone.
"Oh, sorry. I don't know if Mom's a cop, because she's not in uniform like a cop. Sorry, please sit down first Ms.I am Widya, who is in charge of making up the artist. I'll call Renita Martin to get here. Sorry please!"
The young woman who is none other than Widya felt awkward because she did not think that the beautiful woman was a police officer. He himself was a bit surprised, why so early there are police looking for Renita Martin? Could this still have something to do with the murder of Daniel and Anita?
Niken waited in the lobby room uneasily because Renita Martin never came. The crew and other artists also began to arrive. Widya is also busy preparing for her work. After Widya finished preparing her makeup, she went back to meet Niken in the lobby room.
"Sorry, Mom. It looks like Renita Martin will be heading straight to an outdoor location, so not to this studio. I just called her on the phone and said that today's schedule was very busy, so she went straight to the outdoor set" Widya said.
"Well, may I have the address of the outdoor filming location?"
"Sure, Mom!"
Widya wrote down the location address on a piece of paper, then handed it to Niken. The policewoman accepted, then immediately passed with hasty steps. He even thanked Widya. Sure oes. Widya frowned, what is it with Renita Martin? His curiosity squirms. Then she went back inside the dressing room, trying to call Renita Martin.
"Sir Renita, there was a policewoman looking for you just now" Widya said by phone.
"I'm busy here, Wid! Why is there a policewoman nyariin me?" renita said across the street.
"Not knowing either, Ma'am. Seems important. I hope there's nothing!"
"Okay, thank you, Wid. It is likely that I will not meet the police because the filming schedule is quite tight today. You'll be here soon, right?" ask Renita again.
"Here you are, don't discuss that problem anymore. Now there is a new director, so let it pass. We look ahead, don't look back. Ah, I'm busy! See you later, Wid!"
His conversation with Renita was interrupted. Widya went to Thunder's room, because she wanted to go to the set with Thunder. He opened the room of Thunder, but he saw the room was dark. Apparently Thunder was not in place, when he had thought that Thunder had come.
"Don't he just come?" widya gumam.
Widya turned on the lights to check the Thunder's workroom. Who knew there was already a Thunder bag in that place. He searched beside his desk, there was indeed a Thunder bag lying around. However, suddenly Widya's eyes were attracted by something seen in Thunder's desk drawer. It just so happened that the drawer was opened a little. Actually, Widya did not want to know any further, but she was intrigued to open the drawer of Thunder's worktable.
In Thunder's desk drawer, he saw small, messy items, and a handcuff. Widya clenched her forehead, why does Thunder have handcuffs like this? Then his curiosity became more tickling. He checked the items in the drawer, then found a pair of female earrings. Widya is confused. He found a small, light blue greeting card that read.
I never loved you.
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Reno stepped into the office while whistling, so Dimas who saw her became somewhat astonished. He immediately approached his co-worker out of curiosity.
"You look good this morning" said Dimas.
"Yes, I just want to get out of this crazy routine. You know, Niken took a paper with a murder riddle in my house. I don't understand the girl's mindset. So now I'm gonna let him go, and I'm gonna let him handle this murder case himself!" reno said as he sat behind his desk.
"God! That was a rash move, Ren! You can't do that. Letting go of Niken alone to address the case is definitely not a wise thing. It's the same as releasing a duck into a crocodile's nest. It's too dangerous. The victim will fall this way," worried Dimas.
"Once in a while I want to teach the girl a lesson, that it all requires a process that is not easy. Count, let him know what it's like to solve a serial murder case. I was getting sick of the way he sulked, even using sneaky ways to pick up the paper. So well ... let's just see how far he's managed to handle this case!" bright Reno.
"Are you sure you'll let him handle this alone?"
"Tenti not Dimas. I'll observe Niken secretly. I'm afraid something bad will happen to him. You know, I'm still traumatized by the killing of Fani. So I'm trying to keep an eye on him as carefully as possible" Reno said.
"Do you know where Niken is now?" ask Dimas.
"I'll find out. You wanna come?" reno bargain.
"Ready!"
Before long, Reno and Dimas are in the car, ready to track down Niken. After all, Niken was their co-worker, and they were actually joined in one team. Reno is actually just bluffing and wants to teach Niken a lesson. He will keep an eye on Niken from a distance, seeing how far he can handle the case.
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