Chapter 12
Angel washed her hands in the restroom, cleaning off Faustin's blood, but didn't bother with her clothes. The trap was set and she and Captain Biggins and a few officers waited for the fake Dr. Perrot to arrive.
Angel went into the interrogation room, where she will expose the truth, but before that, she found an online news bulletin. It said that the body found at the sanitarium had been identified and Angel printed it and planned to show it to the suspect.
Just then, a limo drove up to the station, and Toad opened the car door and Mok and Dr. Perrot stepped out and entered the station. The two located Captain Biggins and Mok was the first to speak, "Where's my wife? Is she okay?"
"Mr. Swagger, please calm yourself, I would like to show the way for Dr. Perrot to the cells," Captain Biggins replied and Dr. Perrot followed him, unaware that he was being led to the interrogation room.
"First, please step in here," the police captain ordered and opened the door to the room and Dr. Perrot stepped in. Biggins quickly shut the door and Dr. Perrot noticed Angel, sitting by a table.
"Dr. Perrot," Angel said and stood up, revealing her bloody clothes.
"Oh my word, what happened to you?" he asked, pointing to the blood-stained shirt.
"It's alright, it's not my blood, it's Faustin's," Angel answered and Dr. Perrot looked shocked and confused. "Faustin St-Pierre is dead," she added.
"Oh dear, how did he die? Did he kill himself? I always thought he take his own life one day with his condition," Dr. Perrot replied.
"Do you always say that to every patient?" Angel asked and he looked at her, "No, he did not kill himself, it was an accident. You are quick to judge things, doctor," she added, but then, her voice changed, "Or should I even call you that?"
"Uh, Detective Swagger, I'm afraid I don't understand what you're saying," he said, but Angel's face showed the seriousness. She then showed the news bulletin and he looked shocked as he began to read it.
The bulletin said that the body discovered on the grounds of Western British Columbia Sanitarium was identified as Dr. Absolon Perrot, who had been dead for a week.
"It's over, Martin Savage," Angel said and the deranged maniac smiled.
"How did you figure it out?" Savage asked in a rather curious tone.
"I received information from unlikely sources. Henry Kneller, who took your place in order to fool the cops and the townspeople into believing we captured the brains behind the murders. However, I did look up on the search bar on the internet about the hospital and it happened to feature a news article about the escaped patients, but it wasn't two, it was actually three, you, Kneller, and St-Pierre.
"At first, like everyone else thought that we had you behind bars, but I then did a look over of your photo and of the real Dr. Perrot. I also had a talk with Kneller, he has schizophrenia, but he told me something that I knew that was not part of his fantasies. Before Faustin died, he told me the almost exact thing as Kneller said. I think that you don't have a mental illness, you're a manipulator. You took advantage of those who are easy to control, so they can do your dirty work and they take the blame," Angel said, her eyes locked on Savage's.
"Here's what I believe; you talked to Faustin for quite some time, but it took a while for you to gain his trust. You led him to believe that everyone swimming in the ocean was some harm to it and with Faustin's condition, he got angry and violent. The two of you made a plan to escape the sanitarium, but you need to eliminate Dr. Perrot, so you could assume his identity. However, in order to make everyone believe that you did escape and believe that Dr. Perrot was still alive, you brought Henry Kneller into your plan.
"Kneller was perfect due to his condition, but I don't know what you told him, but he followed your plan. On the night of the planned escape, Faustin confronted Dr. Perrot and killed him. Faustin and Kneller carried the body away and dumped him close to the hospital, but you stayed behind, so that you could inform the police that you were Dr. Perrot and that Faustin and Martin Savage escaped.
"After you fooled the police, you met up with Faustin, however, I believe you just let Kneller go, so that he won't be a burden and make everyone believe that we captured the brains behind the murders," Angel continued to speak.
"I don't know how you got cash, but that's how you paid with in order to obtain the gear needed to carry out the killings. However, the scuba shop owner got a little suspicious when he saw Dr. Perrot's car, but he decided to not ask you about it, but he did obtain the license plate number.
"As for your plan, you told Faustin what to do, while you stayed out of the way and let Faustin carry out your dirty work. You then went back to the sanitarium because you knew that someone would call about the murders and I had the audacity to let you in my house and believe ever word you said about yourself and Faustin!" Angel said, angrily.
Savage had featured a cold smile the whole time Angel had talked and he replies, "I did speak the truth about the mental illnesses."
"True, but you failed to mention what kind of illness you suffer from," Angel said.
Savage's grin faded and he says, "Everything I have done was for the good of the environment."
"The good of the environment? Don't make me laugh Savage, the only good you've ever done was getting satisfaction from what Faustin did for you," Angel replied.
Just then, Savage stood up, his eyes blazing and he looked ready for a kill. "Now ain't that the truth," he said, very coldly and his hands reached for Angel.
"Don't move!" someone shouted and Biggins and another officer grabbed Savage by the arm and pushed him to the table. Mok also came in, wrapping his arms around Angel.
"Martin Savage, you're arrest for the murders of Dr. Absolon Perrot, Jean Coppin, Rex Gagné , the Wilcox's, and Michael Giroux and for the attempted murder of Minnie Lenzo," Captain Biggins said and spoke Savage's Miranda rights and took him away in handcuffs.
"Angel," Mok said, "That was incredible, but dangerous. I would've been so scared to confront him about all that."
"Faustin was not dangerous, just confused and unable to know what was right and wrong. Personally, I blame his parents for not bringing him up properly, all they ever did was send him to doctors and have him take medication, but that was not what he wanted. Everything got worse when his sister came into the picture and his parents dotted on her for being perfect. All Faustin wanted was to know if he was loved by his family, but I suspect that his sister Aurore was the only one who loved him, despite his illness," Angel explained and her husband nodded.
"As you said, Faustin was manipulated into believing what Savage said to him," Mok replied, "Plus, I believe Faustin found an ally in you," he added and Angel laid her head on his shoulder.
Martin Savage was placed in a squad car and it drove away. Captain Biggins summoned Angel into his office. "Good work Detective Swagger, the mayor is going to be really happy when he hears about this. Just to inform you, if a judge does find Savage completely sane, he might get the death penalty," Biggins said to Angel, who nodded and she was allowed to go home.
Angel rested her head on Mok's shoulder during the ride and when they got back to the house, Emmy jumped into her mother's arms. "Did you catch some bad guys tonight mommy?" the little girl asked.
"One, but he was a slippery one," Angel replied and took her daughter back to bed.
"Mommy, I'm not tired," Emmy whined and Angel looked at her, remembering what she said about Faustin.
"Emmy, I am exhausted, a lot has happened tonight," Angel said and Emmy got curious.
"Bad things?" the little girl asked and Angel nodded, but an idea came to her idea.
"Want to go for a walk on the beach?" Angel asked her daughter and Emmy nodded her head. The two got their jackets and went outside to the dark beach. Angel used her flashlight to illuminate the way for them.
"Emmy," Angel said and came down to her daughter's level, "Remember what I said about the dangerous people in this world? Well, there are some people who are confused because they lack the...brain power to tell them what is right and wrong. However, there are some who would go to great lengths in getting what they want, even if it means doing evil things," Angel explained.
"How will I know who is evil?" Emmy asked.
"When you are older, I will tell you and daddy will tell you, too," Angel replied and they resumed their walk around the beach. When Emmy started yawning, she and her mother walked back to the house.
"Angel!" Cindy exclaimed, but hushed when she saw Emmy asleep in Angel's arms. "The mayor just called, he wants to have a public conference in the morning and he demanded that you be there and tell everyone about the whole ordeal," Cindy explained.
"Let me guess, this conference will actually be good for business according to him," Angel replied and Cindy nodded. Angel took Emmy to bed and she prepared herself for bed.
"You actually don't want to talk about it," Mok said, "To the people, I mean."
"I don't know what their reaction will be, when I talk about mental illness," Angel replied.
"Tell them, but also tell them that Savage was a manipulator, like you said, he was able to take advantage of Faustin's condition," Mok added and Angel nodded and was about to fall asleep when her husband gently rubbed her shoulders and he kissed her.
From the author: I hope the interrogation scene was not too confusing as I really don't know what police do when they confront a suspect, besides watching it on TV. There will be one more chapter and an epilogue.