The note

It's a relief that Dominic got Ashley back to hospital, it's easy to concentrate on the work instead of her.

Derek and I started searching her Mom's apartment.

We searched everything but couldn't find anything which could help us in anything.

I sent Ashley's Mom's photograph to my department and asked to start the search for that woman immediately.

Derek sent his sources in search of her.

"Cole, come here.

I got something here. "

Derek shouted from another room.

What's it now ?

Why do he finds everything and I can't find anything at all !

" What ?

What did you find ?

Her address ? "

I was not interested in going to him and listen to his nonsense.

" You wish !

But, darling what I found is...

Um...

Well... "

Derek hesitated to say it.

" Then what's it ?

Tell me directly.

What... "

I said impatiently entering the room.

" It's Rachel's...

Ashley's Mom's suicide note ! "

Derek said sighing heavily.

" What the fuck !

Suicide note ?

But...

She was kidnapped and she ran away from Michael.

Then when did she ?

How could she write this before um... "

I was shocked and confused.

" She came here last night, Cole !

After she ran away from Michael, she came here, wrote this note and then she.... "

Derek started blabbering.

" Are you this stupid ?

Ashley told us Michael had beaten her badly then, if she came here then, why aren't here any blood stains ?

Not even a single drop ?

Don't tell me now that, she wiped them and then went to kill herself ! "

I said irritated with his nonsense.

" It is possible ! "

Derek said.

" Are you for real ?

How is it possible ?

If she wanted to kill herself then, instead of rushing for it, why would she clean her home first ? "

I said getting more irritated.

Who gave him the license to be a detective ?

" Because she was suffering from OCD !

Here's her report.

If you want to confirm it, go and ask Ashley about it...

Wait ! "

Derek said showing me her report.

He handed it to me and ran somewhere.

Was she really...

But the reports can't lie.

And it is possible !

I hate to admit that Derek is very good Detective. Nothing is left unnoticed from his eyes !

Yes, there's a very large possibility that Rachel could have done that.

And whoever gave him the license to be a detective, has done a great job !

" Cole... "

Derek shouted again.

I guess, he found something.

I ran towards his voice.

He was standing in the washroom.

" What is it ? "

I said impatiently.

" The mop have the blood stains !

Very light, but it's there.

Call the forensic lab and ask them to collect the samples.

If it is proved that, these stains are from last night's bleeding and matches her DNA, it'll be proved that she came here, wrote this and went to kill herself !

And she even has a diary and have written what she felt and we can get some information about this case ! "

Derek said pointing to the diary he was holding.

" First of all, show me the diary.

Let me see what's written in it.

Why did she wanted to commit suicide in the first place ? "

I said reaching my hand to his.

" I'll tell you.

She wrote that, she was fade up of her husband's behaviour.

She wasn't happy with him for not letting her meet her own daughter.

And above all, he didn't gave her the alimony after the divorce and left her to wander around. And he didn't even treated her daughter as his daughter.

She wanted to earn enough money so that, she could get Ashley's custody back.

So, she started working as a... Prostitute !

And earned enough money to get Ashley back. But when, she tried to contact her husband for that, he refused to talk to her even for once. "

Derek told me what he have already read.

" And it's of yesterday's.

May be she thought she might help if, someone came looking here for something. "

He said and opened read it for himself.

" She wrote that, she was about to contact Ashley, but Michael kidnapped her and blackmailed Ashley to give up her father's property or else he was gonna kill Rachel !

That's the only reason she came back here last night so that, she could come here and give Ashley the money she collected.

She thought her husband might not give Ashley his property but, her property was Ashley's, so she came here.

After that, she signed her will online that, all her belongings should be transferred on Ashley's account.

And she knew, if she would live, Michael could again blackmail Ashley for anything in future and so she... "

Derek trailer off not mentioning her suicide.

" Cole, we need to send more people in search of her.

If she is alive, she needs the medical help as soon as possible.

Just do it ! "

Derek said impatiently.

He was right again !

I informed the department to send more squads in search of Rachel.

We searched the apartment more careful and with open eyes.

Suspecting everything in the apartment.

But we didn't found anything in our interest other than the divorce papers with blood stains over it.

I didn't bothered about it.

But, Derek is Derek !

He asked me to send them too along with the mop to the forensic lab.

To confirm that the blood on the mop and on the papers do match or not ?

He got suscpecious about the blood being different on the mop and on the papers.

He thought that if, the blood don't match, it might lead us to somewhere else.

What if, the blood on the papers turns out to be of the Mayor's ?

What if he harmed Rachel to sign those divorce papers ?

Or anything like that.

He took a photo of those papers and then, sent it with the forensic team.