Chapter 4 is up. Sorry for the long wait. I was caught up in a lot of things. Thanks to all who read the story and most especially to those who reviewed.

This was kinda rushed so it's short.

Chapter 4: The Suicide Note

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"There's been another murder!" said Meg in between gasps of air.

"What? What happened?" asked Aya in a flabbergasted tone.

"Kazuma hasn't given me the details but it was Mr. Sorata who was killed"

"Let's go!" said Ryu. "Now I know. This is Pluto's work. But who sought their help?"

They ran back to the Hiroshima house and went straight to the living room where Kyu and the others were waiting. The Grim Reaper had once again reappeared to take another soul.

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"What happened?" exclaimed Ryu. He, as well as the rest, was still gasping for air from the exhausting run that they just did.

"It's Mr. Sorata Hiroshima was killed" said Kyu. His tone was even, he was neither scarred nor shocked. It would seem that death came announced.

"How?"

"He was stabbed. More over, we found a threat note lying near him."

"I see. So you're assuming it's not a suicide because….", asked Aya who has now regained strength and the ability to talk without gasping for air.

"It's not a suicide because he had no motive to kill himself and plus, the knife was found in his hand when it would clearly be seen that the wound was deep enough for the knife to stay there"

"I see. Did you find anything else", asked Ryu.

"No. Just the weapon and the note", replied Shinichi, showing them the note.

"May I take a look at that?", said Aya. Shinichi gave him the note. Aya then thought for awhile. They were a bit clueless on what Aya was thinking.

"This was written by a left-handed person."

"How do you know that?", asked Shinichi.

"I was trained to be able to distinguish the difference between left and right handwriting.", said Aya.

Taking into account what Aya said, Shinichi promptly excused himself and went to the dead body which was found in the living room. He started observing and from what he deduced, the letter wasn't written by him.

"Hey Aya, are you sure it was written by a left-handed person?", asked Shinichi.

"Yeah, I'm positive", replied Aya.

"Then it isn't a suicide. The writing looks exactly like his but he was right-handed so it's impossible for him to have written it. (Eerie background music – the ones that are played when a crucial piece of evidence was found – well, something like that)

"What?", exclaimed everyone.

"That's right. He's wearing his watch on his right-hand, not his left.", said Shinichi.

"But that's impossible, I know Hideki. He writes with his left and not with his right", said Mrs. Hiroshima.

"Left? If that's the case then he's ambidextrous"

"Ambidextrous? What's that?", asked Kyu in a confused tone.

"Ambidextrous means that you can use both hands efficiently and effectively", replied Ryu.

"Ah, I see"

"This changes everything. Since Hideki is ambidextrous, everyone is now a likely suspect. We have no idea to who is the actually killer in this case. Anyone could've written that note"

A mixture of terror and suspense filled the air. Each looked at each other with doubt and fear. They had no idea to who was the killer.

A few hours later, Kyu and Ryu searched the house once again for any clues that might be of help. They searched high and low. Up and down. Left and Right. Over and Under. They went to every part of the house and left no stone unchecked yet they ended up with absolutely nothing. Well, at least until Shinichi found something of great interest.

Somewhere within the house

"Now I know the killer. I can't believe it was this easy. But what could be the motive", thought Shinichi. "This was one messy killer. I can't believe that the evidence I need was lying right here"

Back in the Living Room

Kyu, Ryu, Aya, Meg, Kinta and Kazuma were all sitting on the couch contemplating on the case at hand. They were at a total loss until Shinichi came with good news.

"Hey guys, I found something.",

"What did you find?

"I'll show you"

Shinichi led them back to the place he had seen. They were stunned at the sight and simplicity of the place. It was in plain sight yet it could not be found.

"We got our killer. And I know exactly what his motive is", said Ryu.

"Yeah. Let's go", said Kyu.

Ok, so I gotta cut it right there. You'll find out what they were talking about in the next chapter.

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