BEATRICE IS A SUSPECT

CHAPTER 20: Lights, Camera, Action!

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Beatrice's POV:

It's suspicious. Josh's death...is suspicious for me. I once visited him before when he contacted me. He has bright smile and looks the same. The only thing that's different from back then, was the fact that he seems to be not sleeping well.

What happened.... doesn't sit well with me. He will never kill himself, especially when he has his own kid.

I can't afford to go near his burial. I was only standing from afar, under the tree as I watch Josh's family buried him. Whoever did this to him, surely knows what he knows.

"Are you also coming here to see my Dad?"

An innocent looking girl suddenly appeared on my side. She's Josh's daughter. Looking at her just makes me so sure that he didn't actually killed himself. But at some point, I'm not so sure either. He has PTSD after all.

I sat down to match her height and timidly smile at her.

"What's your name?"

"Tanya. My name is Tanya." She cheerfully said.

I patted her head before I pulled out a candies on my pocket. I reached for her hand and placed the candies there.

"This is a gift, Tanya."

"Thank you, Aunt Beatrice!" She said before she put the candies on her little bag.

"But...how did you know my name?" I asked because we haven't met before.

"My dad told me stories about you and he also told me to give this little toy to you. I'm smart so dad entrusted it to me!"

It's not a little toy. It is a USB drive. I got it from her tiny hand. Before I could even asked more questions to her, her mom called her.

"Tanya! Let's go!" Her mom shouted, looking at us. It's Thally, a former member of the theater club. She's staring at me like she wanna tell me something but refuse to because she has a daughter.

Tanya, run towards her mom while Thally is looking at me with a meaningful look. I watched as they left the area. I was left there while staring at this USB drive. And I suddenly remembered what Josh's told me before.

"I'll gather evidence for you. If something happens to me, you will receive the evidence you're looking for. All I ask for you... don't drag my family into this. I have a daughter."

He really did have the evidence. And this just makes me think that his death wasn't suicide at all.

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Third Person's POV:

A dark figure was slowly walking down the basement of a house. The old stairs are producing a creaking sound as this person walk down. The basement are dark and eerie, as if it contain secrets that are yet to be unfold.

When the lights came on, the face of the clown was shown. His face that are covered with make ups that he use as a mask.

He walked towards a wall. It is covered with a black curtain, concealing what was inside. He opened the curtain and it revealed a series of photo connected with red strings.

He pulled out a new photo and pin it against the wall.

"She's got a new evidence." He muttered to himself as he stared at the photo he just pinned, a photo which contain a familiar woman, named Beatrice. "What a clever woman. "