THE SCRIPT

Who Is The Third Suspect?

I don't understand anything about anything that has happened to Russell. We stopped the car at a bar and ordered two orange juices. Both I and John are surprised at the fact that Elisa is coming to meet Russell after we've left. Even if I want to ask her why she had to come back, I couldn't ask because it wouldn't be appropriate.
 
We sipped the juices which the waiter brought us. We paid the bill and came back home. Even if I came home my mind was not in a good state. My belly was still hurting. I'm feeling sleepy probably because I had the medicine the doctor gave me while drinking the orange juice at the bar. While John was watching the TV, I went to my room and laid on the bed. When I woke up it had already been a few hours. I felt a nice smell coming from downstairs. As I went to the kitchen, John had already cooked the food.
 
"sorry John, I fell asleep."
 
"so what. How're you feeling now?"
 
"now I feel better. Belly pain has passed."
 
"OK. That's good. C'mon let's eat."
 
John served me roasted meat and baked potatoes. We enjoyed the food and then I joined John to watch the FRIENDS series which he was already watching while I was sleeping.
 
After a while John went to sleep early. I kept watching the TV. From the thunders, I've understood that tonight is also going to be rainy. I watched the TV for about another hour and then I stepped on the stairs to go upstairs.
 
Knock knock…
 
I heard somebody was knocking at the door.
 
"who could it be at this time!?" I told myself. But how come someone could come until the main door when the gate was closed. As I was busy with thinking, I heard the knocking sound again. Even if I felt a bit shocked, I can't just run away. I can't wake John as well. He must be in a deep sleep by now.
 
"whatever! I'll go and check" I took the keys and walked towards the door.
 
"hey Alfred!"
 
When I turned back, I saw John was calling me. He was half way down the stairs by then.
 
"What're you doing? Where are you going?"
 
He asked me while getting down the stairs and came to me.
 
"no, it's just i heard someone knocking at the door. That's why I took the keys to see who could it be."
 
"who would come at this hour! Above all even the hate is closed."
 
John took the keys in my hand and he opened the door. There was no one to be seen. It was very windy. Lightnings were creating a nice piece of art in the dark sky.
 
"it's about to rain. Let's get in." John closed the door while saying that.
 
"Alfred, no matter who knocks, don't go out. If anything call my name."
 
"Hmm."
 
"see there was no one. Lucky I came. I woke up because I felt thirsty. I came down to get some water and then I saw you were going to open the door." John said.
 
"you know the situation is not an ideal one. And we don't know what ghosts are behind us." John continued. I knew he was saying the truth. As it was already late We went to our rooms.
 
The next day…
 
Even if I woke up early I was not feeling good enough to go to the University. I called the university and informed them of my absence. John was already up. We both got ready and went to the supermarket.
 
I heard my phone ringing and it was from Sonia..
 
"hello Alfred, good morning."
 
"hi, good morning. So what make you call me early in the morning?"
 
"haha well, I'm sorry I couldn't come to visit you after the last time."
 
"oh don't worry. So what are you up to these days?"
 
"I signed for a new movie but they'll start shooting in the next year."
 
"wow! Congrats!"
 
"thank you. So listen, I called to invite you for a party."
 
"nice! So what is it about?"
 
"for my engagement!!"
 
"wow! That's great. So who's the lucky guy?"
 
"well, it's a proposal from my dad's side."
 
"oh I get it. So when's the engagement?"
 
 
"on this Saturday. You can come around 7pm. I will forward you the venue and the details. Ok?"
 
"sure! Then see you on Saturday gorgeous! Take care."
 
"you too Alfred!"
 
I informed John as well. I just smiled and didn't say anything. He was paying the bill at the counter. On our way home, John chose to drive.
 
I called Russell's mother and asked about him. As she said, even though he was conscious, he wasn't able to talk yet. I wished he spoke soon so we all could know what exactly happened.
 
After coming home, we decided to spend some time in the garden. Due to the rain and the wind last night, many tree branches and leaves were on the ground. I called Michael to know if he was available to come. As usual he said yes for me and so I asked him and Elenia to come and give me a hand. John came to me while smoking a cigarette.
 
"Alfred, look at all this mess in the ground. It must have been very windy last night."
 
"yeah! I just called Michael and Elenia to come so they could give us a hand."
 
"yeah that's better." he let out a few more smoke rings while saying that.
 
Suddenly my storeroom caught my eyes. I saw its door was slightly open and the lock was broken.
 
"Hey John, look someone broke into the storeroom.!"
 
"What!" he turned swiftly and he walked there even before me.
 
"yeah you're right, someone broke in. What the heck is this!"
 
"but who did this and above all how can someone enter the garden?"
 
"Alfred should we lodge a complaint?"
 
"What're we going to tell them?"
 
"that's true!"
 
I couldn't understand what was going on.
 
I went to the kitchen to get myself some water and I drank it without a pause. I put the washed clothes in the dryer. I felt my phone vibrating in my pockets. It was from the lawyer.
 
"good afternoon Mr. Brown"
 
"good afternoon lawyer, how's everything?"
 
"ahaha let's say I'm managing everything with all the work."
 
It made me giggle a bit as well.
 
"so Mr. Brown i called to tell you something about the case. The police found some evidence about the third person."
 
"oh that's great. So what they found?"
I spoke impatiently. John also came to me as he heard the way of my talking. I signalled him it was the lawyer.
 
"the police has found that the lady who died had an affair with someone and they've found some photos of them together. The surprising thing is in all of those photos, the man is captured from his back and he was wearing a hat."
 
"oh! So?"
 
"now the police is investigating on that. I'm sure soon they'll find the third person."
 
"that's. Great news!"
 
"ok then you two be careful these days. I'll get in touch if I get further updates. Take care."
 
"sure! Thank you."