Murder In The Old Castle
373. Top Secret's
Everyone waited for Dimas to speak again. The atmosphere was a little tense because they saw the level of Dimas not as usual. The young policeman looked tense and riled up at the incident that had just happened underground. He tapped his finger at the table, waiting for clarification from the people sitting in front of him. Temporary. Ammar had just arrived in the dining room carrying a brown envelope. Apparently he was combing Mariah's whereabouts, but did not meet. He immediately stood near the table where the display of antique jars.
The dining room had no windows, so the lighting only relied on a large lamp hanging in the middle of the room. Occasionally the lamp dims and turns on, as if the voltage is unstable. Dimas was also a little disturbed by this situation.
"Who wants to say it first?" ask Dimas.
Unfortunately, everyone waited for each other. They refuse to talk. After a few minutes, Edwin raised his hand. He glanced at his silent wife.
" Let me do the talking first. We were in the room. My head was still a bit dizzy, so I decided to go to bed, while Rosita was next to me reading a novel. We don't know if there's anything bad going on in the basement. As far as we know..The atmosphere is very quiet outside, there is nothing strange or awkward. Is that right, honey?" edwin asked while looking at Rosita.
"Yes right. Edwin's condition has not recovered properly since the events in the tea garden. So I have to look after him. I borrowed some novels from the reading room and I read them while I was away" Rosita added.
"Novels? Whose novel?" search Dimas.
"I'm a little embarrassed to say it, but I like Tiara Laksmi's novel. Maybe some people say that it is a cheap novel that only sells hot scenes. Though I think Tiara Laksmi is able to string a very beautiful word, so that the reader feels really like entering into his world," said Rosita.
"good. Thank you for explaining in detail your whereabouts. Finally, Maya. Where have you been for an hour?" asked Dimas while turning his gaze towards Maya.
The woman seemed to think for a moment and then began to speak, "I was looking for a good book in the reading room. Because honestly this place makes me a little bored, so I need a quiet place to calm down, but I don't have a cooking turn."
"Read room?" Dimas scrunched his forehead.
"Yes Sir. What's up?"
"We're actually also from the reading room, but we don't see you at all" Dimas said.
"Oh, early in the morning before dawn, sir? I'm not that early. When I entered the reading room, I found no one. So I just went in and got the books, " Maya said.
"Did anyone else see you?" ask Dimas again.
"Nadine's. Yeah, I met him outside the reading room" Maya said.
Nadine was slightly stunned, not expecting her name to be mentioned by Maya. He tried to control himself, when all eyes looked sharply at him. Meanwhile, Dimas immediately turned his gaze towards Nadine. Maya's information was trying to digest it well. Dimas recorded something that he considered important in his little notebook.
"Quite Maya! so you're in the reading room, huh?" Dimas reiterated.
Maya nodded. The parasites are a little clumsy. He looked towards Nadine. The woman nodded and said, "Yes, I did meet Maya in front of the reading room. We chatted for a minute."
Dimas nodded once more then directed his gaze towards Lily who had been silent from earlier, with an agitated look.
"Lilly?"
"Isn't this all your crazy ideas?" cut Rosita.
"Yes. This was all my idea. But I didn't expect it would all be like this. Whoever the killer is, I want you to confess now! I'm tired of this game! You know, Maya! Nadine! Rosita! We've lost Lidya and Stella. Who else are you after? Ha?"
Lily started to look emotional. Everyone present was silent, no one showed any reaction to Lily's words. Dimas immediately cleared his throat to break the silence. Paras the women named by Lily could only bow, saying nothing.
"Rosita can't do this! I was always with him!" bela Edwin
" enough! I don't want you guys accusing each other and arguing here. We've been trying to investigate this issue, even betting lives to all solve it. Our colleague Ramdhan is lying in the hospital because someone injured him, and our other colleague, Niken, is, he almost died and is now lying in one of the rooms in this castle because for days held captive by a mysterious person. You need to know, that we have pocketed one name that may be the perpetrator of this all. But I'll reveal it later after dinner. This afternoon we're going down to the basement to look for Jeremy and Mariah. I'll make sure you're not going anywhere. I'll go down with Bang Ammar, and Reno will keep you in this room. No one is allowed to leave this room. Nadine, it's your turn to deliver your alibi!"
"I've been in my room since, sir. Really, I also feel very lost because until now Ryan has not been found. I feel like I'd love to roam the woods and find him there, dead or alive. I'm not calm being inside this castle any longer. Please, you guys need to find Ryan!" nadine Pinta.
"We try our best. Now you guys stay here. If there is a need to get out, you must be licensed with Mr. Reno. I'm gonna go find Jeremy and Mariah with Bang Ammar!" dimas Command.
Ammar, who was standing by the antique table, suddenly approached Dimas and whispered in his ear, "There was a courier from the police and delivered this envelope to give you. He said it was important."
Ammar handed Dimas a large brown envelope. The young policeman was shocked when he received the envelope that read TOP SECRET. Dimas thinks that this envelope certainly contains important documents related to this case. Before leaving for the castle, he did assign some police personnel to investigate the houses of the suspects who were likely involved in the case.
"Before we leave for the basement, it's a good idea to open it now. Because it could be that it would corroborate our evidence, if the culprit was him" whispered Ammar.
"Good!"
The two policemen walked to Ammar's room to immediately open the envelope that had just been received. Curiosity grew stronger to find out what documents were in the envelope. Once inside the room, Dimas rips the envelope out everything inside.
"What's it say?" ask Ammar.
"Pictures" replied Dimas.
Inside the envelope were several photographs that appeared to be secretly taken. The first photo was a photograph of a house, and Dimas soon knew whose house was in the photo. Then in another photo also shown a photo of a middle-aged woman in front of the house. Dimas also knew who the middle-aged woman was. The middle-aged woman looked anxious and agitated. Other photos also showed shattered human skeletons, as well as a number of policemen setting up police lines around the house. In addition to the photos, there is also a post that contains important information from Benny, Dimas' colleague from the police.
Good day Dimas!
As per your direction, me and the team have already investigated the houses you were referring to. It turned out to be true, one of the houses was harboring a terrible secret. This is related to the disappearance of Irawan Hartono and his girlfriend, Vivian. After being a secret for years, the two missing men were found in the form of skeletons in the backyard of one of the houses. Apparently, the mother of one of the women in the castle had finished off her husband and his mistress, then planted her in the back garden for years. We've secured the perpetrator and the scene....."
The letter was a bit long, but Dimas had already captured its contents. The letter was increasingly convincing that the name he was carrying was the perpetrator of the murder,
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