The Forensic Expert

Then he went to the hospital where Elysian was being kept. And made a call, "I'm here. Near the main entrance"

After sometimes, the doctor treating Elysian came down and met him.

"How's everything going?", he asked.

" Everything is under control. The drugs will soon affect his memory and he'll become addicted to it.", the doctor replied.

"Yesterday he woke up and told that police officer everything. Be cautious.", he added.

" Don't worry she didn't believed him. She thought he was talking nonsense because of the sedatives.", she said.

"You can never be too cautious.", he said.

" Don't teach me my work. You just need to keep track of the work that's all.", the doctor said gritting her teeth.

"How many more days do you need?", he asked.

" 4 days more", she replied.

He nodded and said that he'll contact her if needed and they both went on their respective ways.

Chris, who was coming out from the restroom saw the doctor talking with Jack. But he didn't suspected anything. So he went back to the room. He picked up Elysian's driver's license and took a picture. Then he sent it to his friend Ji Chang, to find out more about Elysian.

On the other hand, Nicholas was continuously being interrogated by the police but he kept on insisting that Elysian was his friend and they went to have drinks. He also chose to remain silent until he was provided a lawyer.

Crystal and Jonathan both were busy looking for the necklace but didn't find it. They turned the whole house upside down. The disappointment was visible in their faces.

When suddenly Crystal's phone rang.

It was a call from an unknown number.

"Hello", she said.

" Ryan speaking ", the man said.

" What is it?", she asked.

"C'mon stop being so harsh. I was thinking if we could meet today.", he said with a seductive voice.

" Listen Ryan, I don't want to waste my time with you. Better focus your energy on the case.", saying so she cut the call.

Ryan then chuckled and called her again.

"Ryan, STOP BOTHERING ME!!!", she yelled

" Easy Sweetheart, I'm not that much intrested in you. I want to discuss a few details about the cases with your team.", his tone was serious.

"Me, Jonathan and Chris? All three of us.",she asked him again.

" Yes babe, all three of you.", he replied patiently.

"But Chris can't come. He is busy.", she made an excuse for him.

" It's important for him to come.", he insisted.

"Okay, we will come to your place around 5 pm.", she said.

" No, not my place. Let's meet somewhere else. At Jonathan's house. Are you ok with it?", he asked.

"Okay see you there then.", she said and disconnected the call.

" What was he saying?", Jonathan asked lifting one of his eye brows.

"He wants to meet all three of us at your house. 5 pm.", she said blankly.

He checked his watch it was 3:45 pm.

"We still have time. Come let's eat somewhere.", Jonathan suggested and she agreed.

On their way, Crystal called Chris to tell him about the meeting with Ryan. " But we can't leave Elysian on his own.", he said.

"I know. Call one of your Batchmates and ask them to accompany him for a while. Please.", she said.

Agreeing, Chris called his friend Jennifer and explained the situation to her.

She agreed to accompany Elysian on behalf of Chris.

Later Crystal, Jonathan and Ryan gathered in Jonathan's house and were waiting for Chris. Meanwhile Chris was at his friend Ji Chang's house collecting the printed information about Elysian.

He then rushed to Jonathan's house. 30 minutes later, he reached the meeting place.

" Okay, lets begin ", Ryan said as he saw Chris.

" I apologize to keep you all waiting ", he said.

" It's fine. Let's focus.", Jonathan said and Crystal nodded.

"So I called you all here for a meeting regarding the two cases which we have in our hands.", Ryan started and gave a copy of the case file to each of them.

"As you can see, the result of this case was concluded as an accident and was closed by Sergeant Thomas himself. But according to my investigation, it wasn't a mere accident."

"Then what is it according to you?", Chris asked.

" I can agree on anything else but an accident.", Ryan answered.

"And why do you think it isn't an accident?", Crystal asked.

" Because it wasn't ", he said leaning against the table.

" What do you mean?", she asked again.

"I want you all to listen carefully. There were total 256 burnt bodies found from the burning spot.", Ryan told them.

" Yes and it is exactly the number of total students present at the school on the day of incident.", Jonathan completed the sentence.

"A part of what you said is correct. 256 students attended the school that day but among the bodies, they found only 255 bodies of children and the remaining one body was of another man.", Ryan showed them the statement given by forensic team.

" What!!!???", both Crystal and Jonathan were shocked.

And Chris looked at him in disbelief.

"Then what happened to the child who survived.", Jonathan asked.

" She also died after two days. The cause of death was said to be food poisoning.", he replied.

"Wait. You haven't told the cause of fire.", Crystal asked and the atmosphere became silent.

" That's what we need to find.", Ryan said sighing.

"How did the girl survived the fire?", Chris asked.

" She reported abdominal pain and was given half day off to go for a checkup.", Ryan answered.

"Then why did Sergeant Thomas closed this case and concluded it as an accident?", Jonathan asked.

" That, my friend, is another thing we need to find out.", Ryan said as he sat on his chair.

"But why is the statement given by forensic team different in the case file?", Chris asked turning the pages.

" That's because they were told to do so. The one that refused was kicked out of the team. And they took care of all the previous documents also. Luckily I took this picture.", Ryan said.

"Who told you that they changed their statement because of threat or pressure?", Crystal asked.

" Nobody.", he said.

"But it is the only reason that makes sense. Without being threatened why would they change their statements?", he continued.

"If we can find the one who was suspended...", Crystal said.

" Yes, It might be the easiest thing to do, compared to other things.", Ryan agreed and showed them the photograph. "His name is Dr. Park. he.."

"Is among the best forensic experts in this country.", Chris completed the sentence.

They all looked at him blankly.

" I know him. He is Ji chang. Before coming here I went to his house to collect the details about Elysian which I asked him to find out.", Chris said looking at Ryan.

"Let's go meet him", Both Crystal and Jonathan said together.

" Wait. Who is Elysian?", Ryan asked.