365 Days To Love-Chapter 128 - ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-EIGHT:He’s Back.
Sophia could feel the threatening gaze on everyone’s faces, as she sat meters away from the whole family with the Investigator,Infront of her.
She knew what this meant,she was alone and she had to keep cool and try not to make John start getting hints that she’s the suspect.
Calm down Sophia,just take a deep breath!
She mumbled to herself,as she saw the worried lines on Elijah’s face,he’s getting scared that she might lose control.
It was his fault for not alerting her on time about this whole investigation of a thing,she sent a brief smile at him and saw him loosen up abit.
She studied the look on everyone’s face, and lastly saw the contemptuous look her Father in-law had on his.
Whatever it is they had come to conclude about the murder,she knew it had nothing to do with her right?
Elijah had taken care of everything,and had made sure that nothing was left behind for suspicion,yeah,it has nothing to do with her.
It’s just a brief talk with the cops nothing else,you are not the murderer.
She told herself before looking into the suspecting eyes of the man who was seated a few inches away from her.
That look.
She remembered and she hated it.
The first time she was locked in the asylum by her uncle,this has been the very look on every nurse’s and doctors faces when her personal nurse was found dead with some parts of her body bitten mercilessly.
What would he do? He’s not going to accuse her or try to manipulate her, into admitting that she’s the one who killed David.
She’s not going to believe him,whatever it is he has to say wouldn’t get to her.
You can do this Sophia.
"Where were you on the night of the murder?"John started, looking over at his partner to make sure he was with a note and a pen to take everything she said down.
He turned back to see the once shy and nervous woman, who was unsure whether to have a talk with him moment’s ago,now looking straight into his eyes,without any ounce of nervousness on her anymore.
"I was at home,we had dinner and i had to retire to bed with my husband,"Sophia confidently said, while looking at the second man who started inscribing whatever in his notebook.
"Did you notice any suspicious act that night?"John asked,watching as her now serious face turned more serious.
Okay! She’s weird.
"Suspicious act like what?"
"Anything that feels out of place,like someone breaking into the house that night or any of the guards acting weird?"
"I’m sorry officer,I don’t remember much aside from going straight to bed after dinner, besides,we had a rainstorm that night,everywhere was quite aside from the heavy rain"She said,turning to look at grandpa whose face was nothing to write home about.
It seemed as if he was waiting for her to say something else,which she didn’t understand.
They don’t know it was her, besides, judging from the officer’s question he thinks someone broke into the house that night and there wasn’t any sign of anyone doing that.
Which added up to their suspicion that it was one of them,but the way the old man was keenly looking at her seemed off.
What’s his problem?
"Who do you think is responsible for the death?"John asked as her focus switched back on him,her ears cringing at his question.
What does he mean by that?
"Excuse me?"She said with a raised eyebrow gawking at him suspiciously,what was he trying to say?
What’s he trying to get her to admit that it was one of the family members that is the murderer?
Did he ask everyone this question or was it just her alone?
She didn’t like where the conversation was heading to, telling him that she suspects one of the family members was only going to make him more convinced that the murderer was one of them, though,making it impossible to keep their suspicion off from them.
"I apologize for the sudden question,but you see this is a murder case that we are talking about here Mrs, everyone is a suspect that’s why you shouldn’t seem affected by the question"Investigator John explained, to her watching as she was finding it hard to answer.
Something seemed off about her, everyone he interviewed didn’t look bothered as she was when he asked them the same question he was asking right now.
But Sophia Knights was not buying the question,if anything she looked bothered a lot by the question.
It was not as if there was anyone who he had in mind yet, strangely he didn’t think it was anyone normal among the family that would do that.
The sliced mark on the dead guards body, and the pattern in which the murderer sliced off his body parts was so gruesome for someone normal to do that.
Only a psychopath would be able to do that,in his years of being in this job,this was the very first case which he didn’t understand.
It was already alarming that the family was recognized throughout the whole world,his boss was really eager and hot on his neck to find out exactly what the heck was going on and here.
The information he got today after having a talk with the old man,His first son, daughter in-law and First grandson was the fact that there was enemity between them.
Which made him more convinced, that whoever it was that did this was among them,but they all seemed normal except for Sophia who was looking at him in a strange way, that got him thinking if he skipped some information while doing the research about her. 𝘧𝑟𝑒𝑒𝘸𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝓁.𝘤𝘰𝓂
She was looking at him,the same way a criminal looks at its next victim,what’s wrong with her?
"So,you think telling you that it’s probably one of us would help in these investigations?"Sophia snapped,her voice raised a little that everyone’s attention on them was now heightened.
"Is everything okay there?"Grandpa asked, knowing fully well who Sophia was,she would never cooperate with them without hearing her loud voice shouting at them.
"We are good"John turned to them,a smile on his face but it was not the same for Sophia,she was glaring at him angrily.
"I think your time is up officer,Ten minutes is gone"Elijah said,ruining the moment by walking up to them to help Sophia up from the chair she was staying in.
"Wow,I didn’t know actually"John faked knowing that his time was up, smiling at Elijah who had a stern look in his face after giving his wife a brief look before turning to him.
It was as if he knew what was going on between them, what’s even his problem?
"Thanks for your time Mrs.Knights"He turned to Sophia who rolled her eyes at him which Elijah noticed.
"She’s sick officer,don’t be offended if she’s a bit.."Elijah laughed, to clear the air about Sophia’s discomfort.
"No it’s nothing actually,she was of much help than I could have thought"John said,rubbing his hands together as he turned to the others,his eyes searching the room for something more like someone.
He saw Zaiden coming down from the stairs,to sit down beside his mom who whispered something to him. He looked sad and angry as if something bad happened.
But it was not in his place to ask, because the young man was a hard nut to crack,he answered his question back with a question that he wondered who exactly pissed him off.
Not paying much attention,he noticed they weren’t complete. The last time he was here, she was sick and he was not able to get her statement, likewise the other grandson that he has not met for once.
The old man noticed what was going likewise Ezekiel,before asking John."I see you are searching for Hazel?"
"Yes, she’s actually needed so i can get her statement too,so if you can get the princess down i will be glad"He playfully said, while scanning the look on their faces,they were hiding something from him.
"About that,she’s down with the flu,you.."Ezekiel tried changing his mind,due to the fact that he was going to interview Hazel would warrant him knowing that she had an accident and John was too nosy.
He wouldn’t hesitate to dig out and find out for himself what exactly happened,which was not part of his plans,his dad didn’t want anyone to know about the accident,not yet.
"Do you mind showing me where her room is so that i could get a glimpse of our sick Cinderella?"John persisted,even when it was obvious that they didn’t want him to see her,which was suspicious of them.
The old man too was not excluded,he didn’t know the reason why they don’t want him seeing the soon to be bride,but that won’t stop him when he’s on duty and he’s with a warrant.
"She.."Zaiden tried talking,but the voice of another being who came into the room cut him short of what he wanted to say.
"I’m home,"Nathan announced,a smile on his face while holding a shopping bag in his hands,even though there was a questioning look on everyone’s face as they saw him.
John noticed.
Well, except for one, Zaiden Knights,he was angry,really angry that a vein nearly pooped in his forehead, glaring at Nathan with a tightly clenched fist.
Who is Nathan?
He asked, turning to watch the young man who had an unreadable expression on his face which he didn’t like.
He’s Sophia’s son,he didn’t need anyone to tell him,the striking resemblance and what made it more annoying was the fact that he was sure there would be no answer coming from this one.
Nathan turned to look into the eyes of the cops who were watching him,no, studying him and he knew that look too well.
He’s a tough one.
