chapter 4

Empty, and I didn't see her body ! And you spent a whole month not talking to me despite all my calls!.

- For Matthew to say spontaneously: so do I.

- See? My theory is correct, there to kill her!.

- Come on, who's gonna kill her ? It has no enemies!.

- No suspects, but there is a crime ! I'm sure, Matthew, don't try to thwart me, okay?.

She came out of the room angry to feel that he had mocked her, he started groping the wall of this room, he didn't feel comfortable, remember when he was recording the sound of one of his failed plays, these walls are very similar, both, yes both soundproof, apparently now his mind is beginning to accept Roxana's idea ,but And is this just an illusion they're going to delude themselves into so they can relate to something? At least a false target, he does not know the answers to all these questions so he just has to cooperate with his cousin with whom the work will be difficult, but for a moment, he did not tell her what her mother told him ! How did he forget that ? He came out of this room that made him feel really scared, he yelled at her looking for her with his eyes to see her sitting on the couch in unnatural silence, and he told her:

Two things I'm going to say to you, the beginning of your theory is correct, the room is silent, it's suitable for murder, and secondly, you didn't care to visit your mother and you didn't ask me what she said to me?.

- I looked at him and he pulled her up with these words to say, " what did she say?".

He sat opposite her and said: she began to explain to me about her childhood a normal childhood for any girl her age, a house that dreams of any child like this, affectionate mother and wonderful father, and a lot of feelings, but she flipped after the death of her father she discovered that her mother is not the ideal mother affectionate, but there She said to her coldly that she is the original daughter of Isabella and that hilsey is Isabella's sin, Isabella has always wished to live with Richard and Amelia and that she is prettier than her, and she is just a petty freak introduced to the world , but your mother has nerves that hold together she did not speak or scream but: My mother hates you and wishes you weren't created to live with me and my father, but you and your father, you're just a little station on the train of my mother's life that she'll skip and come back to me, to me alone.

Shocked Roxana not only did her mother one character from this in the notes, but all she said that seeing her sister was boring and did not love her, she said Roxana angrily: and this is to a girl in ten? I swear it's stupid!.

- You realize how much that kind of thing affects kids, making hilsey really believe that she's the hated and the bad, to really play the part ! And I think you know the rest of the story.

- We know nothing Matthew, we may discover something else that erases all these facts, becoming lies too.

Thread tip.

"In every crime when you hold the tip of her thread all you have to do is pull it to you and hold it firmly, because when you get it, you will stand in front of a gate, the gate of truth, the gate of solution."

- Aren't you going to sleep? You told me you were planning on something?.

With a yawn Roxana responded: No, I do not want to sleep, I still think.

He sat in front of her with a cup of coffee and said, " so be quiet because I'm going to start collecting my ideas to write my play!.

She said sarcastically: Yes I am very calm , it is hereditary.

Picked up her phone from the table and began to work him sitting cross-legged on the couch, he thinks and writes the headers pens, paint a smile on his face while profiles confusion while another was organized look perfect and fit to take a picture, yeah and what's the problem? That's what Roxana thought, she will take him a picture to keep a memory in her phone, she completed her play pretending that she is playing with her phone and took a bunch of pictures of him after she silenced the voice of the phone , she silenced for a moment watching the pictures that he looks really handsome, his hair is:

- Damn me and my thoughts!.

I screamed at him angry : she told me to be quiet! Do you stick to your word first?.

Poet wit put his face between his palms and said in his voice a tone of sorrow, pain and fear: I am, I'm no angel, my plays are all failed, but I don't know how you convinced the house by accepting to work with me just this time ! My dream is only simple to be the second Shakespeare ! Imagine how nice it would be to be Shakespeare's successor?.

These words, made Roxana upset, what is this foolish thinking ? To have committed the features of seriousness and wisdom for the first time on her face, as she said:

- Pay attention to what I will say Well my poor friend, I give you advice that really comes from my heart, do not aspire to be Shakespeare's version, do not aspire to be like someone ! You'll tell me your dream is to become a Shakespeare! Shakespeare is a genius and genius does not repeat twice, there is one Shakespeare and one Beethoven and one da Vinci, and one Matthew holds your qualities, thoughts, dreams and beliefs.

She stood up and got up to get the pen that was on the floor, and she stepped toward it, the pen material to it, and she continued.:

- Erase yourself and your thoughts, be yourself Matthew, and be yourself your role model, do not associate yourself with being Shakespeare II but in my opinion be Matthew I.

They exchanged looks. they're both shocked. she's shocked by what she's been talking about. how long has she been so romantic? And he's shocked. how long has she been so wise? Send her a smile and said:

- How long have you been talking like that? I used to be reckless..

- I got you some sobriety, man!.

You're back to your true self.

- She smiled and said: yes, I'm capricious characters too ! I'm gonna go to sleep. don't wake me up because we have a real job tomorrow.

Watch her climb the stairs lightly to stand before she loses sight of him and wish him a good night, so he can sit alone thinking about her words. He put his hand in his pocket to hide his phone line several papers, recovered and opened it, ask a laugh that I know its contents, it leaves by yesterday, with the idea in itself, has to pick up a pen and starts writing, it seems that Roxana had opened his mind Well you'll thank her later.

O'clock in the morning :

Angry follows Roxana all over the hall, and she's still not convinced to change her mind, until he says:

- Please ! Are you going out with these clothes? You look weird ! And what's that wig and hat ? And long coat we are in the summer ! I swear you come from the Middle Ages ! What's wrong with you? I'm not going out like that.

- She yelled at him and said, " Don't try Matthew!".

Silence for a moment, then stood and grabbed the tip her hat she said proudly:

- First let me explain to you what I thought, because wearing these distinctive clothes you realize that we're going to look for information about my grandmother before she died , so I doubt everyone, and everyone here has come to know me because of the length of my tongue so I put on the wig and the lenses I saw in my grandmother's drawer so.

- And your voice, smart?.

- You're smart ! So, my poor friend, you will be Roxana's husband who has returned to that house , and I am the foreign tourist Kate who has admired Lady Isabella's paintings and is curious to get information about her, now let's get out!.

The couple went out to start looking for important information about their grandmother just days before she died, first they decided to visit Darren, she might have some information, Matthew knocked on the door to open Little Annie and said bored.:

- Aren't we going to finish visiting strangers? Say what you want?.

- Draw Matthew a fake smile on his face and said: I am the wife Roxana provided to you yesterday, we want to see your aunt, my dear!.

Looking at Roxana with suspicion, she said, " here you are, and the strange woman behind you."

Matthew and Roxana entered in disguise and Annie followed them after closing the door to shout out to Darren, she invited them to sit until Darren came, Annie sat in front of Matthew to say with a smile:

- Your wife is very curious, but she's nice, you're lucky with her.

- Matthew smiled to say: and your parents are very lucky in you petite Annie!.

Didn't want Annie as if his words had affected, to feel the Brooks We are a blot in his foot so that it is surprising, usually to Annie after not understanding something of hints Roxana, in her eyes, something that looks like eyes Roxana, both sad, boycotted the advent of Darren chain ideas Matthew say hello to them.:

- Hallo, how can I help?.

Everyone was sitting in the hall except Annie, who Roxana was worried about because of Matthew's stupid words, Matthew was explaining to Darren who the woman was next to him and why he came to visit her, explaining that Roxana did not come with him because she cleaned the House. To ask her, Matthew.:

- I want to ask you, miss Darrin, was there any strange behavior about Lady Isabella before she died?.

"Isabella stayed in hiding for a month, and then we found out that she was going through ill health in the hospital, and we couldn't see her either after she died or before," she said. Unfortunately, we lost him without seeing her.

Matthew said, " Who Are you?.

- Me, Annie and uncle Richard, she exclaimed: I forgot and Mr. James! It was about her, too.

Darren explained with delight: he's the color salesman Isabella always buys from ! He's a nice guy and you have identify it, I'll give you his address, I remembered! Mrs. Marinette is also the owner of the restaurant where Isabella used to go have lunch every afternoon.

The two shut up for a moment for Matthew to realize.:

- Was Lady Isabella painting any paintings before she died?.

- I really don't know Matthew, but I think so, she always when she paints plays music that I know I think she was....

- Interrupted by Matthew: the fifth stanza of Beethoven, Roxana told me.

- Darren smiled and continued: Yes, that's right ! And a month before she disappeared, she always put it on, but you know how well she hid it, and if it wasn't for my niece Annie's curiosity, I wouldn't have known she was even painting!.

Silent for a few seconds, and then completed whisperer:

Annie told me that she had heard the piece several times coming out of the house in the period of Isabella's disappearance. But I think she's delusional.

Matthew smiled and said: Annie is a beautiful young woman, keep her.

Darren got up and said, " of course, I have dedicated my life to her, I hope that this information has benefited the beautiful tourist Kate!.

Roxana smiled at her, and she and Matthew went out saying goodbye to Darren, Sarah walked several steps heading out of the gate, but a scream stopped them, Annie, ran until she stood next to them, caught her breath and said:

- Roxana, you're a failure in disguise.

Roxana smiled and said, " get the sunglasses off.":

- You're smart, Annie! Tell me. Did you spot me, Darren?.

- No, but I caught you.

Roxana gamza Annie said: Will you accompany us ? We'll really listen. come on.

Annie exchanged a wink and said: I did not come without Roxanne's goal!.

Roxana shouted: Roxanne! Choose all come on.

Now Matthew is walking with two Roxanne and not one, they did not allow Matthew to make an objection or refuse, Roxana put back her sunglasses and the three of them came out of the wooden gate, heading to Richard's gallery to ask Matthew some questions that in his eyes make no sense.

- So you're Roxana's husband?.

Two cups of coffee for him and Matthew, and two glasses of juice for Annie and Roxana, disguised as a fictitious Kate, who roam with Annie in the hall that Annie keeps by heart, she considers Richard her grandfather and only calls him the word "grandpa", and he considers her just like his granddaughter because he does not have children or grandchildren

Matthew was nervous first : because he is sitting in front of his grandfather who does not know that he is his grandson, and second: because Richard does not seem as naive as Darren who is easy to deceive, although he only benefited from knowing that his grandmother returned to painting in her last Unknown days he was not convinced by the idea that his grandmother.

- Roxana told me you were Isabella's best friend?.

- Yes, we were very close friends.

- Did she sell you her paintings?.

- No, she wanted to give it to me, she didn't accept to take a penny, he continued whispering : a lot of paintings I hide and I don't want anyone to see, so she told me until she gave it to me wrapped, and she told me not to open it until I die.

Matthew was surprised and said, " Did you open it?".

- No, I felt like I made a mistake. I didn't want to.

- Where are they?.

- And you think I'll tell you?.

- Well Master Richard, I have another question.

- Say?.

- Have you seen Isabella in her last days?.

- Unfortunately no, she suddenly disappeared, and we looked for her a lot until her daughter came and told us that she was in the seventh circle hospital, and she died, and I recommended her before her death to donate all her organs, even her body we could not see, the house remained uninhabited until yesterday when you and Roxana came.

The silence of the two, but Richard's curiosity about this young man in front of him is so much that he suspects he's Roxana's husband, they both don't wear a ring, they're both too young to marry, and why didn't Roxana tell him that yesterday? She said she had an intruder in her house. And Isabella has another grandson, and Richard said to him, and he felt something was wrong.:

- I'm not Roxana's husband.

Matthew smiled and said straight away without thinking: No, I'm not her husband, I expected you to expose me.

Richard said, Glad he thought it was true: so who are you?.

Summons Matthew all the forces and thought for a minute, what would happen if I was honest and told Richard that his grandson is? And that he had a daughter who died? Will he rejoice or will he grieve ? Is it in their best interest? Is Roxana going to fuck him? He doesn't know, but he had to take a step, he had to break his guard, he had to take a risk, he said, and he looked right into Richard's eyes.:

- Be your grandson.

- So you two suspect Isabella was killed?.

Looking at Roxana's face from under her glasses, Annie focused all her eyes on her grandmother's winter February painting, saying that she still had her eyes fixed on the painting . :

- What do you think when you find a hidden room that doesn't exist with a building scheme, a sound blocker, sharp metal tools, ropes ! Wouldn't you be suspicious?.

"I'll be sure there's a crime, no need to feel," said a smiling Annie.

Roxana completed as she points to the painting:

- This girl is me, and this boy is Matthew, I think my grandmother wished she could gather her grandson without fear of revealing the truth to them, but look at that Black Ghost, with whom she embodied all her fears and obsessions. And the sword...

Roxana paused for a moment, which made Annie wonder Roxana would scream.:

- The sword!.

Annie looked at her and said, " what's the sword to do with?".

Roxana exclaimed with joy: there is a sword in my grandmother's house that may hide some evidence ! She may have felt that her end was near ! Let's hurry back.

Roxana ran to run behind Annie, to stand in the parlor shocked by the scene, Richard hugging Matthew, to whisper Roxana:

He was bold , but at least he did a good thing.come on, let's get out without making a fuss. grandpa and grandpa need some privacy.

Not understanding anything Annie walked behind Roxana who was even on her tiptoe outside to walk towards grandma's house again and Roxana explains everything to Annie, whose fog cloud began to clear little by little from her mind, and the truth came clear in front of her.

At home, Roxana is searching all over the House, angry for the sword, and Annie is supporting her in the search to no avail, hearing the door lock open for Matthew to look at and a smile on his lip to say:

- So what are you doing now?.

To which Roxana angrily replies: Do you remember that sword?.

- What sword?.

To shout with clear impatience: the sword with the red sheath ! My grandmother was very proud of him and....

Matthew cuts all the way to Roxana's explanation and says, " the sword made of gold?".

- No, I don't know, but why?.

Annie explains: We have come to the fact that there is evidence in the sword.

- And how did you figure that out?.

Annie would simply say: in the painting of the winter of February there is a sword placed behind the closet, we doubt it.

- I don't think so.my grandmother painted the painting a year before she died.

Roxana is angry at him: what's wrong with you? When I try to hold the tip of the thread, you start to doubt everything ! Idiot if you don't want to help me just get out!.

Matthew tried to suppress his emotion. what happened to the hour he missed ? To tell her to try and avoid getting into a fight with her. :

- To keep your nerve, Roxana, just me...

Roxana gets more excited and says, Shut Up Matthew ! I'll work alone!.

Silence swept the air for a moment, before she went up the stairs in anger and Matthew and Annie heard the sound of the powerful door clapping, to exchange glances, for Annie to say seriously to him:

- Matthew, come up and apologize to her.

- What?.

- I apologize to her, look, I got to know you tonight and Roxana yesterday, but Roxana and I are close in terms of personality, so I go and apologize to her, because if I were her, I would have wished she'd apologize to me.

- But I don't understand why you got so angry..

- Because you tried to question its conclusions.

There's another reason, but this is the main one. if I knew the other reason, I would have told you, but come on, you won't really regret it.

Matthew looked hesitantly but with Annie's encouraging glances he went up to Roxana, so that Annie could be left alone and decide to complete the search for the sword, I thought Matthew's words might be that she and Roxana are wasting their time searching for a fictitious clue ! But she will lose nothing, the sword is expensive and Isabella may have been killed for stealing it ! I tried to squeeze her memory as much as possible to share a smile on her face, Isabella was hiding the lady in the kitchen! How did she forget that? She turned to the kitchen and started looking at all its shelves and drawers, turning the world upside down, until she almost received it, but what attracted attention after an hour and a half of inspection is the black and white paper placed in one of the shelves representing a zebra, she put it in her pocket and came out, curiosity began to She lay on the couch to get the paper out of her pocket and start thinking, What does this paper indicate? She doesn't really know, she doesn't know.

At first she started thinking that the zebra might be one of the characters in Matthew or Roxana's favorite cartoons, but she got the idea back. You're starting to think of any zebra cartoons, but what's the proof of this ? I focused back in the Zebra, for the moment these are not zebra stripes, they are small squares ! It could be code ! The last possibility is that Isabella was bored and decided to draw this painting, but her curiosity made her take out her phone and open the program download application to carry a program to read the codes, to come back and look at the paper in front of her, which made her feel confused forgetting about Roxana and Matthew..

Not interested in the time he spent at Roxana's sleeping here , he had descended into his mind a waterfall of new dialogues and ideas, which he recorded and wrote very enthusiastically, thankful in his secret the presence of Roxana's character this year, if it were not for her look he would not have written anything, he did not feel much time:

- What the hell are you doing?.

To smile and say:

- I came to apologize to you, sorry.

- Apology accepted, what time is it?.

- I don't know honestly, but anyway I think we left Annie limit for a long time.

Roxana removed the bedsheet to get out of the room descending the stairs as she jumps, and Matthew follows her, to see Annie sitting on the couch browsing her phone and the signs of shock were so obvious on her face, they exchanged looks worried Roxana started sitting next to her to ask her:

- What's wrong?.

- The sword.

Matthew, standing on the other side near Annie, said, " what's in it?".

I looked at them both and said : that is for sale on this site !.