The murder in Lord of the drinks
It was a late, dark, and rainy night in the city of London. A man was walking through the streets, looking for a restaurant that hadn't closed. The man was tall and had deep brown eyes and chestnut brown hair with light skin. He wore a suit with a long black coat, a hat and black boots and carried a black bag.
This man's name was Pierre. Pierre Con. He was a French man. He had come from Paris to see his friend, Steve after a year. Pierre had a lot of money and was good at his job. He wasn't that rich but had a lot of money.
Pierre had been hungry and had been looking for a restaurant to eat dinner. At last, he came across a restaurant named Lord of the drinks. It looked like it was open because there was no closed sign. Pierre went in and saw an employee. He asked him politely "Good evening, is this restaurant closed?" The employee replied to him. "Good evening, sir. No, it is open, but we will close in an hour so if you would like to dine here, sir then you should finish by one hour." Pierre nodded and asked the employee. "What is your name?" The employee replied "Henry, sir. I will need to leave after giving you your menu and table, so I will leave 2 employees with you who will serve you well. Is that alright, sir?" Pierre nodded and spoke. "Yes, that is alright. I am Pierre, Henry. A table for 1 person, please." Henry took him to his table and asked him to wait while he brings the menu and the 2 employees, then he left.
Pierre took out his phone and called someone. A voice spoke to him. "Hello? Pierre?" Pierre replied to the voice, "Hello, Steve." Steve replied to him. "Where are you, friend? I've been waiting for you." Pierre explained. "I'm at the Lord of the drinks which is a restaurant, and will probably be there in an hour or 2. I have been hungry for a while, so I decided to find a restaurant for myself." Steve replied to him, relieved that Pierre was alright. "Alright, you can come and freshen up and sleep. I will probably be asleep by the time you reach. Come back soon and don't get lost!" Pierre said, "I won't, good night." Steve said good night and hung up.
After 2 minutes, Henry came back with the menu and two employees, one woman and one man, The woman was neither short nor tall. She had blue eyes, light skin and black hair tied in a tight bun. She smiled at Pierre. The man on the other hand, would have frightened any child with his cold expression in his eyes. He had dark and cold eyes with dark brown hair with cruelty in his chin and cheek. He was tall but not too tall. He wore a look of hate although he smiled towards Pierre. Pierre felt an odd feeling that this man seems familiar although they never met? or did they? "Here is our menu, sir." Pierre thanked him but was a bit afraid of the other man. Henry introduced the 2 employees. "This is Isla." He pointed to the woman. "She will be your waitress and cook." Pierre smiled and nodded at Isla. "Good evening, Isla." Isla replied to him with a warm expression. "Good evening, sir." And Henry pointed to the man. "This is John, your steward." Pierre nodded and said "good evening" to him as well.
Henry told him "I will leave now but please come again, sir." Pierre nodded and said "good night" to Henry. As Henry left, Isla told Pierre, "Sir, if you have made your choice then just call my name and I will come to take your order." He nodded and then John spoke. "Do the same for me, sir. Call me for the bill." Pierre nodded. They both left him alone to allow him to choose his order,
Pierre flipped through the menu and chose the Alfredo pasta with a platter of chicken and a salad. He called Isla's name. Isla came to Pierre with a pen and a small notebook. "Yes, sir? Your order?" Pierre told Isla his order. "I would like the Alfredo pasta with 1 platter of chicken and one salad, please." Isla wrote it down and repeated his order. Pierre confirmed the order. Isla told him that she will be back with his dinner in 15-20 minutes. Pierre nodded.
After Isla left, Pierre couldn't help thinking about John. How come John wore a look of hatred towards Pierre when he had just come to dine in Lord of the drinks and why? Why did Pierre feel that he was familiar?
He did some thinking for a while then finally concluded that he was mistaken for John being familiar and he just wanted to go home but Pierre stopped him from doing that.
Later, Isla came and gave him the food. Pierre thanked her and started to eat the food.
After some time, Pierre finished his pasta and just was about to try the chicken? he felt someone suffocating him and? Pierre was unconscious.
The next morning, Steve called the police as he didn't find Pierre in his flat. The police sent an investigating officer whose name was Jack. Jack was a man who was not tall or short. He was of medium length, and he had black hair, green eyes and light skin, Jack, and his team of 5 constables came to Steve's house. Jack knocked on the door, Steve opened it. "Steve Smith? You called us regarding about your friend, Pierre Con?" Steve nodded and invited them inside. Jack asked him a few questions. "Did you speak to Pierre yesterday?" Steve nodded. "I did. He called me on the phone and told me he was at a restaurant." Jack nodded and asked, "Which restaurant? Do you know by any chance?" Steve tried to remember. "I think it was something like Lord Beer, or something like that." "Lord of the drinks?" Asked Jack. "Yes, yes. Lord of the drinks! That is the one!" Steve said to Jack. Jack thought hard. "What time did Pierre's flight land?" Steve replied, "He messaged me at 12:00 that he reached London." Jack nodded and thanked him for his information then he instructed his team to leave for Lord of the drinks.
They reached after about 15 minutes, Jack went inside and found a girl which was Isla. The restaurant was empty. Jack asked her, "Where is the manager?" Isla replied, "He is away for 2 months and put Henry in charge." Jack asked her "Can I speak to him?" Isla nodded and took Jack to Henry. "Henry? The police wants to see you." Henry nodded and Jack motioned for him to sit down on a chair, Henry did so. Jack asked him a few questions like how he asked Steve. "Was there any man yesterday who came late at night?" Steve nodded and said "Yes, polite fellow he was. I left him alone with 2 employees, Isla and John." Jack nodded. He asked, "Was the man's name Pierre?" Henry nodded. "Yes?I
think so. I gave Pierre the menu and a table, nothing else." Jack asked if he could speak to the 2 employees who were with Pierre last night. Henry nodded and called Isla.
Isla came and she sat down. Jack stared at Henry, waiting for him to call the other employee. Isla noticed him and explained. "The other employee, John who was also with me last night wasn't found in the morning." Jack nodded, thanked Henry and allowed him to go. Henry got up and left. Jack asked for Isla to tell him whatever happened last night.
Isla went ahead. "Henry brought us to Pierre and instructed me as a waitress and a cook. John was his steward. I asked Pierre to call me when he was ready to order, and John asked the same when he wanted to pay the bill. He called me like I asked, and he ordered. 1 chicken platter and an Alfredo pasta was his order from whatever I can remember. I told Pierre that it will be ready in 15-20 minutes and went to the kitchen to make his order.
John was doing something with his phone, perhaps talking to someone.
I made Pierre's order and served it to him then went back and the moment I closed the door, I felt someone put a handkerchief on my mouth and I passed out. Then I became conscious in the morning, so I don't know what happened after that."
Jack nodded after listening to all this and asked her one question. "Who do you think chloroformed you?" Isla froze for a moment, thinking hard, "Sir, I think Pierre was much too polite and kind to chloroform me and he didn't really seem the type to do something like that so I think it most likely would have been John because he isn't here today as well." Jack nodded once more and thanked her. Then, he went outside and called a name "Thomas!" Thomas came to Jack and said "Yes, sir?" Jack asked him to file a report on Pierre Con. "Include things like his profession, age, family and things like that. I want it by today." Jack instructed. Thomas nodded and asked "So, can I go back to the station?" Jack responded. "Yes, we all will."
The police team went back to the station. Jack had instructed 2 other police officers to help Thomas in his report and said that he will go back to Lord of the drinks, and he will come and check the progress in 15 minutes. He took gloves and a transparent sheet.
Jack took the police car and drove back to Lord of the drinks. He went in and asked Henry. "Did he carry any baggage?" Henry nodded. "I distinctly recall that he did have a black bag with him." Jack nodded and said, "Did you find it in the restaurant?" Henry went in the back, got a black bag and gave it to Jack. "Here it is." Jack nodded and smiled. "Thank you. Do you mind if I do some checking in the restaurant?" Henry shook his head and said "No, sir and who are we to stop you?" Jack smiled again. "True." He said. "Where did Pierre sit?" Henry pointed to a table in the front and Jack thanked him.
Henry left and Jack began to work. He took fingerprints on the transparent sheet and put them in a small paper bag. He inspected the table, looking to see whether anything had fallen. He saw a stain on the table. He smelt it. It hardly had any smell but whatever smell was there smelt like chloroform. He sat down on the chair and thought, he thought hard. "Isla said she had been chloroformed and then she didn't see anything. Here, there is also a chloroform stain. Pierre could have been chloroformed and taken somewhere by John which would explain why he didn't come to the restaurant and why Pierre isn't found, or Pierre might have gotten John to sit down on the chair and he chloroformed him and took John somewhere, or Isla lied and they both chloroformed him and took him somewhere but because it would be suspicious that they both didn't come. Isla came and lied to me." He thought. He got up and saw that a piece of the covering on the chair had been torn a bit. "This could mean Pierre?or John tried to fight the opponent which resulted in the tear of the covering." He said to himself, then he left the restaurant.
He went inside the station, and asked Thomas, "What's the progress?" Thomas responded. "Pierre Con was a 37-year-old French lawyer. His family lives in Bordeaux, France and he has a wife who is Amelie Con. He had a lot of money, and he is a very good and famous lawyer. He had no children nor siblings." Jack nodded. "Alright, now, I need you to make another report on John from Lord of the drinks and if there is any link between him and Pierre then include it in the report. Thomas nodded and Jack went to a constable and asked her to take the sheet of fingerprints to AFIS and he sat on his chair at his desk, filing a report on another case,
Later, Thomas came to Jack with the report. Jack thanked him and started reading it. The report said "John Sterling is 38 years old and has lived in London for over a decade. His mother passed away 3 years ago, and his father passed away 2 years ago. He had a sibling whose name was Liam Sterling. Liam was accused of a crime of stealing from and murdering a 75-year-old man named Denver, and there is a link between John and Pierre. Pierre was Liam's lawyer. Liam passed away because of execution." Jack got up from his chair instantly and said, "Liam's lawyer was Pierre and his brother is John!" Then he called Thomas and asked him to track John's phone, and Thomas found that his phone was found in Tower of London. Jack brought his team with Thomas and they went to the Tower of London.
Once they reached, they looked for Pierre and John. After 15 minutes of looking, Thomas found Pierre but John was no where to be seen. "Sir! I found Pierre!" They all rushed to him. Pierre had a lot of cuts across his face, and he was injured very badly. He was tied up to a wall and they unhanded him. "Thomas, take him to the hospital. 3 of you help him and the rest of you come with me to arrest John," They obeyed and they went all around the tower until they found him, trying to run away when John heard footsteps. "Smart, smart. It was a smart attempt to kidnap and kill him but you should have turned off the phone location!" Jack said to John. John ran and Jack ran after him then the other officers ran in different directions. They chased him from the tower to the streets then finally at a telephone box, he was cornered and taken to jail for 13 months.
The chief congratulated him on the case and Jack had succeeded once more.
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