Chapter 3: More Evidence
The next day, Bailey and Will were hiking through the woods. Bailey's collie, Shep, was with them. About an hour into their hike, they stopped to have lunch by the river. Just as they were taking their first bites into the sandwiches they brought, Shep started barking loudly to get their attention.
"What is it, Shep?" Bailey questioned.
Shep continued to bark, and Will quickly found out why.
"He sees something." he quipped.
"What could it be?" Bailey asked.
"There's only one way to find out." his cousin replied. "Lead us to it, Shep."
Shep led the boys over to the object he had spotted, and when they got up close, it was revealed to be a black garbage bag.
"Looks like someone dumped their garbage here." Bailey commented.
"I don't think it's garbage." Will said. "I've been binge-watching Forensic Files on Netflix lately, and as far as I'm concerned, if there's a garbage bag out here in a location like this, chances are there might be some evidence inside. I'll go back to the ranch and call the police. You stay here with Shep."
"You got it." nodded Bailey.
And that's exactly what he did. Soon, the police came, collected the bag, and went back to the station, with Bailey and Will following. When they arrived, they relieved the bag of its contents; A black sweater, a black ski mask, black sweat pants, and black Dr. Martens boots. All of these items were sent to the forensics lab for analysis. While the analysis was underway, Bailey and Will informed Detective Washington and his men about how they found the bag.
"That was great work, you two." Detective Washington praised with a smile in his voice.
"Thanks, Detective." thanked Bailey.
"No problem." smiled Detective Washington.
Just then, there was a knock on Detective Washington's door.
"Come in." commanded Detective Washington.
The door opened and in walked Chloe and Zoey, the former of whom had a manila envelope in her hand.
"Detective, Zoey and I found something you should see." informed Chloe as she handed Detective Washington the envelope.
Detective Washington took the envelope, opened it up, and pulled out its contents. They looked to be letters.
"Interesting." noted Detective Washington. "How did you find these?"
"Here's how it happened." replied Zoey.
The scene then faded into grayscale. It showed Chloe and Zoey at home. Both their parents were at work. The twins were going through Amar's personal belongings. During Brendan's phone call to Amar's parents discussing the funeral, he had also asked if it would be alright if Zoey and Chloe each chose some things belonging to Amar to keep for themselves, to which the parents gave permission. Among the things they were going through was a folded piece of paper.
"Hey, Zoey, what do you suppose this is?" Flashback Chloe inquired.
"I don't know." replied Flashback Zoey. "Let's see what it is."
Flashback Chloe unfolded the paper, and it was revealed that it was a death threat message for Amar. The message said "If you ever tell my secret, you're a dead man!". Both Chloe and Zoey felt their hearts skip a beat.
"What kind of "secret" is this message talking about?" Flashback Zoey asked.
"I have no idea." Flashblack Chloe replied. "Come on, let's go see if we can find anything."
With that, the girls began searching. First, they searched the master bedroom, but couldn't find anything. Then, they searched in the home office, which was shared between both their parents. When they looked in the filing cabinet, they found a bright pink folder labeled as "Letters From Arnie", and when they examined the folder's contents, they found they were letters. Not just any letters, but they were love letters, as hinted by such words and phrases as "hon", "babe", "I love you to bits", and other flirtatious terms.
"I don't believe this!" declared Flashback Chloe.
The scene then faded back to Detective Washington's office.
"Do you know this "Arnie" person?" Detective Washington then asked.
"Yes, actually." confirmed Zoey. "His name is Arnold Fox."
"He's one of Mom's co-workers." added Chloe.
"Thanks for the info. We'll look into it." Detective Washington offered.
After thanking Detective Washington, the twins, Bailey, and Will left the police station to meet up with Sarah, Alma, Molly, and Nani at the movies.
"I can't help but feel good that we're helping the police to solve this crime." Zoey confessed.
"It does feel good." agreed Chloe.
"Indeed it does." Bailey chimed in. "What with me and Will finding that bag of clothes and you two finding those letters and that death threat, we're adding new pieces to this puzzle."
"And who knows, maybe in a few days, we'll have the answers we're looking for." Will claimed. "The killer will be revealed and we can finaly put this all behind us."
"Amen to that, cousin." Bailey proclaimed in agreement.
End of Chapter 3