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Nightware

Short Stories
- Sleeping with Danger
- Dangerous Love
- Dangerous Love... Again?
- Tell me no lies
- Alive
- Linton Street Stop
- Nigel
- The Box

Tell me no lies (7 ratings)
         by Nightware
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I flipped to channel 28, the news channel, and watched the news. After I finished watching the news, I remembered that I had an appointment with John. I got up from the couch, changed my clothes, and headed to John's office.

The moment I arrived, I saw John staring at his watch; I waved at him, just to inform him that I arrived.

He sighed and walked out of his office. "Where were you?" He yelled.

"I was watching the news, and ate some breakfast," I explained.

"Come in," He said, and opened the door for me.

I walked in, and then he followed me. He told me to sit down, and I did.

"Look, why do you think someone killed him? Everybody else thinks he committed a suicide" He asked me.

"I just do," I insisted. "I'm very sure that he didn't kill himself"

"Go home, Rick," John said. "Fine, see you later" I smirked.

I walked out of his office, and headed towards my car. The only thing I wanted to do right now is just taking a long shower after the pain I gained this morning.

It took me 15 minutes to arrive home, and when I walked in the house, Anna was watching TV alone.

"Hi, honey" I smiled. "Hi Rick, how are you?" she replied.

"I'm just too tired?" I answered.

I'm as tired as an old man. I walked to the bathroom, and jumped to the tub. The last time I took a shower was 2 days ago.

"Rick? Honey, John is on the phone," Anna called from the living room.

I walked out of the tub, and then walked to my bedroom, that's the closest place from the bathroom.

"Hello," I muttered. "Hi Rick, I need to see you right now," John said.

"Why?" I asked. "Just come, and I'll tell you when you arrive."

I changed my clothes, and walked downstairs in a hurry. "What's going on?" Anna startled.

I walked out of the house, and ran towards my car. John was staring at the window, waiting for my arrival, like always. I arrived, and walked to his office.

"I was taking a shower, and you called me. This better be important," I said.

"I'd like you to meet Mary Ellen, she met Peter in the train, and she knows what happened" John introduced her.

"Hi" I shook my hands with her. "Hi" Mary replied.

"Now, what did you see, Mary Ellen?" I asked. "Peter was a really nice man, he's also funny too. I was walking down to his room once, and then I heard screams and shouting. I was scared, really scared. 2 minutes after, the screams and shouting stopped, I walked inside his room, and noticed that his body was slashed, and his clothes were ripped? That's what I know" She described what really happened.

I'm glad that I know the truth now. I guess I solved half of the mystery, now the other half is the killer. I guess the other half is very hard to solve.





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