"Well that was for nothing" Ciel said tucking J's photo back into her small bag pack.
They had just left the lodge where no one gave them an answer about J and any records of about 12 years ago had been destroyed in a fire.
"Wait!"
They turned and saw an old man walking towards them.
"You two were asking about someone right?" The old man asked.
"Yes sir, who are you?" Ciel asked politely.
"I am Dennis Williams, I used to work here until I retired ten years ago" He replied.
"Do you know this man?" Sebastian asked pulling out the picture.
"This man came with another man to this lodge. They stayed for two nights and on the first night a third man used to come and visit them every few hours. Then suddenly this man and his friend disappeared. There was a fire in the lodge and the third man who used to visit the other two came to donate a large amount of money to repair the lodge after the fire" Dennis explained.
"Do you remember his name? Or even details?" Ciel asked.
"I remember this man's friend was called Garrett. The third man also stole the master card of the rooms at this lodge from me. It was never returned. I'm sorry I'm not much help" Dennis replied.
"Thank you so much sir. You've been a great help" Sebastian said.
They reached the car where Ciel grinned at the sight of the skeleton. They took the skeleton to the Undertaker and then began regrouping the information.
"So J was at the lodge with another man whose name is Garrett. Who is this third man in the picture?" Arran asked.
"What happened around that time 12 years ago?" Alois asked.
"A jewelry robbery. Priceless diamonds were stolen and never found. There were no leads so the case was shut. A week later, J was admitted to the mental asylum" Sebastian replied.
"Did you find any details on who pays the hospital bills?" Ciel asked.
"There were no details. I decided to trace the bank account where the payments come from. The name of the bank account owner is John Doe" Claude replied.
"John Doe equals Anonymous. Did you check any activity in the account?" Ciel asked.
"Still checking the entries" Claude replied.
The next morning, Ciel went to meet Officer Desmond who had been in charge of the jewelry case.
"We didn't find anything so we left it. The diamonds were never found" Desmond said.
"How much would the diamonds cost now if they were found?" Ciel asked.
"Around ten million pounds" Desmond replied.
Ciel was about to finish up the questioning when her phone rang.
"A woman has come to the hospital. She knows who J is" Alois said.
"I'll be right there" Ciel said.
Ciel entered the hospital where all of them were standing outside the door.
"You left that woman alone with J? Is that okay?" Ciel asked.
"You destroyed my family. How dare you say you don't even remember?" The woman inside screamed.
"I'm sorry madam but I don't remember anything. I don't understand what you're trying to tell me" J insisted.
"You bastard!" there was a sound of a slap and then a sound of crying.
Ciel opened the door and then discovered the woman crying silently while J had huddled under his blanket, shaking.
"Madam, let's go" Ciel took the woman's hand and then led her out.
"If you don't mind me asking, how exactly do you know J?" Ciel asked after seating the woman and handing her a cup of tea.
The woman placed the tea on another chair and her hand began to shake violently.
"Madam, are you alright?" Sebastian asked and the woman clutched at her arm.
"Doctor!" Alois shouted as the woman shivered violently.
Nurses and doctors surrounded the woman and took her to ICU. An hour later the woman was pronounced dead.
"There goes our lead" Alois grumbled.
"We could go to her house. Maybe we'll find something there" Ciel suggested.
Another disappointment set in when they reached the house and discovered that the woman lived all alone. However a neighbor was able to give them information.
"Shannon lived all alone. She was once happy with her daughter Allison and her husband Gary. Gary died in a car accident so Allison signed a contract with a recording company to support the both of them. Then Allison became pregnant with a man who worked as a security guard at the studio. Her mother wouldn't accept the baby and the man abandoned her. Allison committed suicide and so Shannon was left alone"
"Claude, take Luke home and then continue investigating the bank account. I'll go to the recording studio with Sebastian. A squared, decide where you want to go" Ciel said.
"I'll go with you" Alois said.
"I'll go with Claude" Arran said.
Once at the recording studio, Ciel began asking around for Allison. They finally found the manager who told them all about Allison.
"She was a great girl and she had a beautiful voice. She fell in love with Elijah who was a security guard. I had no objections to that but when she became pregnant, I had to cancel her contract" He said.
"Is this Elijah?" Ciel asked pulling out J's picture.
"That's the guy" The manager replied.
Back at the manor, Arran helped Claude research.
"There's a payment here for a pacemaker. It's for a man named Jimmy Yates" Arran said.
"I know that guy" Luke spoke up.
"Who is he?"
"He was a race car driver. He was amazing until he got a heart attack. He uses pacemaker according to his fan following" Luke replied.
Ciel and Sebastian headed to the hospital with photos of Allison and her parents but Elijah insisted that he didn't recognize any of them. Instead he hummed a tune which he said that he remembered or scribbled away in a blank notebook.
"Maybe we should ask the nurses about this John Doe guy" Ciel suggested.
They walked out to ask the reception about the bills and then heard a shout. They rushed back to Elijah's room and then saw his bed was empty. They ran out and then saw a white car racing away from the hospital.
"They got him" Ciel said and Sebastian nodded.
They returned to Elijah's room and Ciel took the notebook that the patient had been routinely scribbling in.
"He's writing MIB125 over and over" Ciel observed and then left the notebook on the bed.
Back at the manor, Claude reported that the account was being operated by the John Doe but the account belonged to Jimmy the race car driver. Jimmy was currently retired and never really used the account.
"So you're saying that the John Doe hacked into the account and Jimmy is an innocent bystander?" Ciel asked.
"I don't think so because Jimmy is currently in London and not in Scotland where he stays" Claude replied.
"So who's our John Doe?" Alois asked frustrated.
"And why would they kidnap Elijah?" Arran asked.
"The skeleton we found is Garrett's which means they were all involved in this jewelry robbery. I think Elijah and Garrett stole the diamonds and hid them. The third guy who I can say is John Doe wanted the diamonds. He kills Garrett at night using the master key of the lodge which sends Elijah into a shock that he becomes mental and the secret of where the diamonds are went with him" Ciel theorized.
"So our John Doe has been paying the bills all this time and Jimmy is in on this plan. They're trying to make him better so he would tell them where the diamonds are" Alois finished.
"We still need to figure out where they took Elijah" Arran said.
"The car has been tracked. Let's go" Claude announced.
They rushed out and then Ciel remembered something while Claude drove them to the place where the car was
"He kept on writing a bunch of numbers in the note book. MIB125" Ciel said.
"Maybe it's the car registration number" Alois suggested.
They got out of the car and then broke open the white car that was parked in an alleyway.
"There's a dead body here" Sebastian announced.
"Any ID on him?" Alois asked.
"His name's Leroy Lovato" Sebastian replied and Ciel gasped.
"I figured out what MIB125 means!"
Elijah walked into a bank's locker room and then scanned the numbers of the lockers. He reached out and then turned the lock with the combination.
"1, 2, 5" he muttered and the door opened. The locker was empty.
"Looking for this?" Ciel asked as she stepped out from behind a row of lockers.
She held up a small leather pouch and Elijah stared at her in shock.
"I figured that the diamonds were here because of what you wrote in your room. You've been waiting for twelve years to get these" Ciel said.
Elijah sat down on a chair and then began his confession.
"It's true. Garrett and I stole the diamonds and hid them where we could get them after all the investigations died down. Then Leroy found out and wanted them. He killed Garrett and tried to get the location out of me. He hit me rather badly and I lost my memories. Then I saw his face when he tried to kidnap me so I remembered everything. He brought Jimmy into it but killed him after Jimmy threatened to tell the police so Leroy killed him"
"Then how did Harold die?" Alois asked.
"I killed him because I wanted the diamonds for myself" Elijah hung his head and they all heard police sirens outside.
"Who wants to say it this time?" Ciel asked looking around.
"With that the case is closed!" Luke said pumping his fist in the air, making them all laugh.
I won't be updating until the 15th since I'm going on holiday. I hope you enjoyed this chapter and will be patient until I return. Until then review!
Onyxinlife.