Make it up to him?The excitement he was feeling earlier came back. Was she finally going to say yes to him?
He deleted the words he typed earlier and decided to change it into, "I"ll look forward to it. :*"
After sending that message, he added, "Make sure to come back in whole piece to me."
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When Nian Jiezhen read his message, she felt a warm feeling in her chest. It was his way of telling her to be careful, right?
Jeremy noticed the blush on her cheeks. He smirked, "Is that your fiance?"
"Mm."
"Judging from the look on your face, he told you something sweet, right?" He turned back to the road since he was driving the car.
Their group was divided so that they would be able to visit the possible target"s place.
Aside from their team, local PD gave their a.s.sistance to them.
"Not really." Nian Jiezhen turned away. "Anyway, going back to business... Our unsub won"t stop until he"ll satisfy his revenge. There is a possibility that he will continue even after he has taken revenge."
Jeremy agreed at what she said. "People like him won"t stop especially when they find pleasure in killing."
Their phones suddenly vibrated at the same time. When Nian Jiezhen opened her phone, she saw that it was a message from Arnold.
"The nails on each victim"s fingers have been taken just like what he did to his first ones... I can only guess that he takes it from them as his trophies."
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Upon arriving at the place, Nian Jiezhen and Jeremy went to look for the house of one of the potential target, Alex Borrioni.
His house was found at the end of the street. Nian Jiezhen went to ring the doorbell.
There was no response from anyone. Nian Jiezhen and Jeremy couldn"t see any movements in the house.
Jeremy gave Nian Jiezhen a nod before he walked toward the door and knock instead. "h.e.l.lo? Is anyone here?" He tried to turn the k.n.o.b but he found it locked.
It was still quiet.
"Maybe they are out? Should we come back later?" Suggested Nian Jiezhen.
Jeremy was about to agree with her but he suddenly heard footsteps from inside. "Wait."
He knocked again, " h.e.l.lo?"
"Please wait a moment." A soft voice was heard from inside. Soon after, the door was opened, revealing a high school girl.
"h.e.l.lo, what"s your name?" Jeremy gave her a friendly smile.
"Darcy..."
"My name is Agent Smith and this is my partner, Agent Nian, we are from the FBI." He showed her his badge.
Nian Jiezhen followed after him, "Are your parents at home?"
Darcy shook her head, " My dad is out while my mom..." She paused and looked away. "She"s having lunch with her friend."
"Are you the only one at home?" Jeremy inquired.
"No, grandma is here."
"Can we come in and wait for your dad to come home?"
The girl looked at them for a while, the hesitation was clearly seen in her eyes. "Can I... see your IDs again?"
Nian Jiezhen smiled and showed her Id to her, "Here."
Darcy stared at the IDs for a while before she finally allowed them to go inside.
"Grandma, we have visitors. They are from the FBI." The girl said as she entered the living room.
When Jeremy and Nian Jiezhen entered, they saw a very old lady, sitting on her wheelchair. She was busy watching a channel on TV.
"Please have a seat." Darcy offered. "Please don"t mind my grandma. She"s always like that and she rarely speaks. Anyways, do you want some drinks?"
"We"re good, thank you."
"May I ask why the FBI are here? Did mom or dad do anything wrong?"
"No, we just want to ask them a few questions in hope that they can help us," Jeremy explained.
Nian Jiezhen noticed a beautiful painting before her. "That painting..."
"Oh, that? Dad made that painting."
"It"s beautiful." Nian Jiezhen smiled at her.
"My dad has more painting in his study," Darcy said with a proud look on her face. "I would love to show it to you but sadly, my dad doesn"t like anyone entering his study without his permission that"s why it"s always locked."
Nian Jiezhen suddenly felt a bit suspicious because of what the girl said. "Why is that?"
"Dad loves to paint and he doesn"t want anyone to carelessly touch his paintings," Darcy explained.
"I see. Maybe we could look at those paintings once your father arrive?"
Darcy shrugged, "If he"ll allow then sure."
"Excuse me, can I use the CR?" Jeremy asked.
"Sure. Just go straight after going out of this room and turn left."
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While Nian Jiezhen was distracting the girl, Jeremy went to investigate the place.
He came into Alex"s study and found it locked but for someone who knew how to pick the lock, it wasn"t a hard thing for him to enter the room.
Just like what Darcy said, the room was filled with paintings but what was shocking was that it was the paintings of the victims. In the painting, the fathers of the families were wearing Pulcinella masks.
When he looked closely at the paintings, he saw real nails stuck on the fingers of everyone.
What was more surprising was that there was one family painting standing out since there were no masks or real nails on them.
Could they be... the next target?!