Chapter FiveThou has Sinned

The tattoos found on Luke’s shoulders weren’t relevant related towhat John found out. A dragon with red eyes spitting blue fire and across under it. John brought Eric to his desk to tell him about the phonenumber. Smith suddenly interrupted them ‘You both might wanna gocheck out the truck at the docks’ he said.‘Sorry sir, what truck?’ Eric asked.‘The damn truck on the tape ass-hole. Nuhman’s murder. The damntruck with the damn yellow stripe’ Smith shouted.‘Yes sir’ they both wore their caps and hurried to their car.‘Hey, Eric. I told you there’s something serious I wanted to tell you’John said while braking down the traffic signal.‘Yeah, what is it?’‘It’s more complicated than we thought. It’s uh...’ He couldn’t say thename and was afraid of Eric’s reaction.‘Who is it?’ Eric grew curious ‘say it. Is it some one that I know?’‘It is, yeah. But, and also it’s your closest relative’‘What?’ his face turned red and he frowned. ‘Are you serious? This isn’tsomething to play with. Say it, who ever the fuck is he, I’ll hunt himdown. But I don’t think there’ anyone in my family with that kind ofatmosphere’‘It’s not a he, it’s a she. And I’m not playing with you. It is damn serious.And more complicated than I ever thought it would be’ They werereaching the docks and John said ‘I’ll tell you when we return, itshouldn’t bother you now’‘Alright, then don’t tell me now. But who could be that bitch?’ Hechecked the ammo and loaded it back his pistol. ‘Park over here, weshould be careful’

This is usually the place were convicts used for escaping. Thesecurity system was broken a long time ago. They had to park outsidethe gate and go through the broken fence. The black truck was parked inthe garage of a small house. There were lots of plants behind the house;the moisture and fertilizers’ smell was intense. John sneaked throughthe dusty window and found no one. So they broke in and searched forany lead. Eric walked towards the truck with the gun gripped in bothhands. ‘Oh, Shit’ John shouted from inside. Eric was stunned andlowered his head near the truck. ‘Eric, I think we found Z’s identity,

come over here’ Eric slowly sneaked inside the truck and saw a blackbriefcase. He took it and went inside to John.‘George Wilder Bennett, 35, South of White Field. He has a woundedmark on his left cheek’ ‘Let me see’ Eric looked at the man and sighed.‘Never seen this piece of shit anywhere. This could be a fake one. Comeon, we gotta go’ ‘What’s that?’ John saw the briefcase. ‘It was inside thetruck, there must be something for us’‘Let’s go then’

‘It’s your mom, Eric’ John said while they headed back to theoffice. ‘What? What happened to her?’ Eric forgot about the subject they weretalking about.‘When I checked the number Luke Rampart dialled, Margery’s ID cameup’ Eric was shocked to hear it. His eyes wide opened and he began toact weird. ‘I’m so sorry. There must be some explanation for that’‘No... It... It can’t be. You must have entered the.. the number wr...wrong’ Eric stuttered. His face was filled with fear and discomfort. ‘Look, there’s nothing to worry about. If you’re not comfortable withthat, I’ll handle that. Calm down. I’ll change the files and delete thehistory. That’s why I didn’t tell anyone at the office but you’ Johnconsoled him.‘Alright, I’ll call her to see if there’s something strange with herbehaviour’ ‘No, don’t. It’s not a good idea. Let it be. If she visits you the next time,don’t act like this, OK? Change your thoughts now’ John parked the carat a restaurant. ‘Come, let’s eat something’ They got out of the car andwalked into the restaurant.

Catherine took Ben to Andrea for a medical check up. He wascompletely healthy and he thanked Andrea in his sweet childish voice.They walked out of the clinic and headed home. While they werenearer, a fire truck drove passed them. As she leaned on the steeringwheel, she saw ashes flying all around their block. She acceleratedquickly towards their home. Their house was all burned down. Theneighbours surrounded the place and were talking in astonishment.Cops and firemen were collecting valuable things and noticing thesource of the fire. Eric was staring the remaining burnt wall and roof.The ceiling had fallen off and turned into ashes. Catherine held Ben’shand and rushed towards Eric. She was frightened. Ben was nervousseeing all the crowds.‘What happened here?’ Catherine started to weep.

‘The neighbour’s called there is a fire and I hurried here. It was allburning and these firemen arrived here before me. They’re looking foran explanation’ Eric was sweating due to the heat he faced. He took Bento the next neighbour ‘Go play with Jenny now, I’ll come back soon’ Ericpatted his shoulders. ‘Where will I sleep today? Our house is burned!’he was curious. ‘We’ll stay at your grandma’s house, OK? Now go, play’

Catherine came with a sealed letter the firemen found from thebushes. ‘Honey, there was this letter in the middle of the bushes. One ofthe men gave it to me’ Eric tore open the letter and read

‘Beware the devil, for thou has sinned ’

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