Murder at Midnight: Part III

"Won't you play with me? .... I mean us?" Demon asked his voice almost a whisper as Little Devil and Beast walked away.

They both arrived at the lab within seconds and reached for the reports.

*The prints match with those of her friend*

"What? But why?" Little Devil was talking to herself now, more confused than before.

"Then why did we need another suspect?" If she was in the real world, she would have already tried to pull her hair.

"We need to interview her once more"

As soon as the words were out of her mouths, both of them reached the building again.

"Statement by the friend"

"I just wanted to scare her off."

"That doesn't lead us anywhere" Little Devil sighed in frustration.

Demon and Gamerboy were already back at the apartment.

"Statement by the wife"

"She knew about the affair.

She was with her lawyers that day"

"Opportunity"

"The husband was at work.

The wife was the lawyer.

The Boyfriend was at work.

The friend was at the park."

"So no one was near the crime scene, how is that possible?" The Gamerboy sounded frustrated.

"Motives"

"The husband asked the girl to lie about the affair.

The wife knew that the girl was lying.

The Boyfriend was jealous of the new guy.

The friend's job was at risk as she recommended the girl, who was lying to her employer"

"One suspect left!"

"Wth," both of them said in unison.

"Umm wait...there was something strange" Demon had already started racing towards the car.

"What is it?"

"We need to find the other player, but before that, we have to make a stop."

Little Devil was pacing near the car when something struck her.

"We should interview the husband again"

She didn't wait for Beast as she hurried back to the car.

"B-but why?" She had already turned the ignition on.

"I can't...I can't believe she is gone. When we came to this city, we were so happy. She worked day and night, to reach here, and now she is gone.

"Ask questions

A. Did someone threaten her?

B. Ask about her friend circle"

"What about her friends" this time it was Little Devil who asked the questions.

"Uh...she had two close friends. She knew from her hometown. One of them works as the nanny and the other, the other died a couple of months ago. It was a shock to her, they were close."

"Nanny," Little Devil said under her breath.

"Did you know what happened to her?"

*The question doesn't belong to the suspect*

"The girl who died, five months ago, came to you" Demon looked at the photographer, who was the suspect of the other case.

"Don't think about lying, we checked her phone records. There are the texts from her friends, asking her to meet you and settle this" He banged the table separating them.

"Statement by the photographer"

"He asks models to sleep with him, to get good photographs.

The model said no.

She had a tape on her, recording the whole incident.

She attacked him and flew away."

"Let's get that tape now. I think it will lead us to the real murderer"

"I- I think it must be for another player, uh or to the other team," Beast said inching closer to Little Devil.

"But it's our case. We won't be able to qualify for the other level if we don't solve it" Little Devil was getting annoyed.

"Y-you w-wont"

"What the hell, you won't but I will"

The gun cocked, and as the beast pulled the trigger, someone pushed Little Devil to the ground.

"So he is..." Little Devil stammered a little

"Yes"

A shot coming from the right sends the Beast into hiding.

Gamerboy had taken a spot behind one of the pillars and was aiming at the Beast, while Little Devil and Demon were on the floor behind a desk.

The next shot from Beast almost tore the fabric of Demon's jacket.

"Man, I loved this jacket. That jerk is gonna pay for it" Demon cursed under his breath.

Little Devil chuckled and looked at him.

"If I die today, toss my body to the crowd attending the funeral, the one who will catch will die will

Demon put his hand over his mouth, trying not to laugh.

"Don't make me laugh, you punk. We are being targeted"

"How did you figure it out?" Another shot made them both cover their ears.

"It was odd because the guard only greeted him, and not us. So he was a resident. Which gave him means to kill the girl."

"Oh, but why?"

The sound of the footsteps interrupted their conversation and both of them looked up.

"Cause both of those B**ches told my wife to sleep with the photographer."

Beast held the gun on the temple of Little Devil.

"So she decided to leave me and be a part of this...this world"

Demon's eyes were frozen at the gun as he spoke.

"No...she wasn't going to leave you"

He kept his eyes on the gun, as one of his hands slowly moved towards Little Devil, and with the other, he took out the tape.

As he felt, Little Devil's fingers, he pressed play.

"Let me go... please let me go *sob* I wanted to go home, I wanted to go to my husband. I can't do this to him"

*Thumb*

The gun fell on the floor, kicking out Beast from the game.

"But what about the husband of the first model, what was he doing there?" Little Devil asked abruptly, as they never got any chance to investigate him without the given questions.

*Level completed successfully. You all would be thrown out now*

A message blinked on Rain's screen.

"He wanted to tell her that despite all the fights, he still loves her"