Mystery of the Room Chapter 2

A week passed when Lucy received the distressing letter... everyone had a day of grieving for Alfendi's loss, and Lucy wasn't the same after that. Instead of being bubbly and eager to take on cases, she had become depressed and was always coming in late to work. Hilda was saddened by the news, but had to carry on, for that what's done is done. Dustin was not really fazed at this, but deep down, was broken. The Commission was really broken, and ever since hearing the news, he doesn't leave his office much.

Prior to the letter, investigation revealed that Alfendi didn't shoot himself. In fact, the body found was a fake! Turned out that the body was a modified decoy to behave like a dead person: The blood was fake, but was rather like human blood. The temperature was indeed factored like a human would when dead for a week.

News to this reached to the Scottish Yard, and everyone was overjoyed, but there was one question on mind... Where was Prof, and how was this fake body developed? Further investigation was requested, but Lucy was not willing to take on the case.

"I… I just can't do it. I can't do this by myself…" Lucy weeps, sitting in Prof's chair. Hilda was next to her, patting Lucy's backside.

"If you can solve Keelan Makepeace's case from four years ago, then you can solve this one as well. Besides… Alfendi could be in grave danger, and if we don't find him soon enough… he could be dead on the spot. WE have to do this… he would want you to solve this case, and I would ask you as a personal favor, Lucy Baker.”

This was something that Lucy felt shook her heart. Hilda was speaking as if Prof was… She had to do this case and find the Prof.

“Aye, you’re right, Hilda. He will expect me to do this case, and I will do it!” Silence cuts though the room. “Hilda, can you help me on this one…?”

“Of course I will. You can’t take on this case by yourself, am I right? I mean, you did well to solve Keelan Makepeace’s case several months back, and not forget you turned Justin in, yes? Your skill of deduction has elevated to great heights, and I would like to see you do more.”

Several hours later…

“Hilda… we have no leads to the kidnapper or any witnesses… how are we going to solve this case without any evidence?”

“Perhaps we might not have any suspects or witnesses… but we have the fake body that can lead up to the kidnapper’s tactics. The ‘corpse’ was bounded with rope, binding the legs and hands together. Even so, the back of the body had three long claw-like lacerations, like a bear. According to online sources, there are no signs of any animal life.”

“Aye, and there are also two bullet wounds. There was one though the neck, the other though the temple of the head. The gun seems to be an handheld or summat. Let's get Florence to go though it."

Over the course of time, no leads have any indication of the killer, and as well, no idea on location, for that the kidnapper might have traveled far.