The interrogation room smelled faintly of disinfectant and old secrets
Aric sat across the steel table, his posture calm, controlled-too controlled. Carrie sat opposite him, hands folded neatly on her lap, her expression almost bored. There was no trembling, no darting eyes, no nervous fidgeting. If guilt had a face, this wasn't.
"Carrie," Aric said evenly, his voice slicing through the silence. "How long have you been here in WalesTown?".
Carrie raised her eyes and said I came from aboard here when I was Eight and from then I have been living here, Carrie paused. Ok...Then since then you have never visited your step father Williams since then? Aric asked words sharpening.
Carrie, adjusted her seated space and said, look Mr. I haven't met him since small, he said when I was eight not to mention his name and he treated me like I was dead along ago. There is no need for me to visit a cold person like him, let alone who cares if he lives or dies, a father who doesn't care about his daughters living and death, She went silent after these words.
Aric's jaw tightened, slowly, deliberately, he placed a transparent evidence pouch on the table. Inside lay several crooked fingernails, jagged at the edges.
Aric asked, "These nails belongs to you, according to DNA report t mind explaining how come your nails were present at the crime spot when you haven't visited the house for centuries?".
After these words Aric immediately shifited his eyes to her nails. They were perfect, long, healthy nails, not a single sign of habitual nail biting.
Three days, Aric calculated silently. Three days since the murder. Impossible for bitten nails to grow this strong, this clean. Jacob's voice echoed in his memory, people with nail-biting habtis leave crooked fractures like these.
Carrie lifted her chin and said I have nothing to do with this murder, althought he has never took care of me but he never bothered me in anyways for me to kill him.
Before Aric could respond, the door slammed open. "Aric, come out. Now", Darian's voice was sharp-urgent. I noticed something while interrogating William's driver, he has a severe nail-biting habit.
Aric froze."what?"
Aric took his phone out and called Jacob,"Hey little come down its urgent" and ended the call before he answers.
When Jacob arrived, Aric gestured sharply,"Check the nails DNA again. I don't think it belongs to carrie, she doesn't have any biting habits.
Darian cut in, "William's Driver has that habit?"
Aric said," I don't think its him, accoring to our evidence they are not into the scene, and what about William's secretary?"
Darian responed, "She was not present at time as she was in vacation wih her family, we have checked the hotels history and all the ccvtv around that area was dislashed"
Aric was deep in thoughts, what went missing!!!
Suddenly Darian asked," Jacob is it possible for a person to change peoples DNA has they want, like my nails but your DNA?"
Jacob went still, his eyes unfocused, dragged into memories...
Flash back- A cold room with dead dried bodies were in deep asleep, A corpse on the slab, Jacob stood beside his master, hands clenched inside the latex gloves.
"There is a way," The old man said quietly, "to overwrite surface DNA."
"Yes, It was designed for emergency witness protection by Sawai Sonya a male doctor from Witsawa hospital" the old man paused. "Master, that hospital was shut down for 18 years by now?" Jacob said.
"Yes, your right the name of that chemical was _Genex-9 pluwilaa exchange" the old man said.
Jacob swallowed, "How it was applied master?". The old turned and said," the formula for making Genex-9 went missing and was never found".
End of flashed memory...
Jacob exhaled sharply," Yes, its possible I have heard from my master that this DNA exchanges was happened 19 years ago, Genex-9 pluwiaa, but was suspened many years back".
Aric cut in, "did they remake one?"
Impossible,"Jacob said"...
Can you check whether it has been used or not? "Darian asked".
Yes I can, "Jacob said"... Then go and check we don't have much time we need to relese them within 48 hours,"Aric muttered in gaze"
Jacob nodded and gave a flirtious look to Aric and went back to his lab, Aric didn't give any attention to it. But when Aric turned towards Darian, the things were different.
Darian was eyes cracked with anger and jealous with unspoken words wandered between them...
Darain walked away in silent...
Darian my little bunny wait, "I have nothing to do with him he is just like a brother to him" by saying these words they reached the parking slot....
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