case 3 part 7 (end)

Part 7 – Conclusion

I woke up, and was dazed for a few moments, before recalling that i fell asleep on the sofa last night. Sitting up, i stretched my joints. “craaack, craack..” the neck joints, shoulders, and knees cried out. After doing a round of sun salutation(too lazy for more) half heartedly, i sat down to meditate on the case. It wasnt long before the solution floated to me.

Picking up my phone, i dialed up James.
“Yawn...wassup?” he answered sleepily.
“Bro, get the 3 suspects to meet us below Block B, and ask your men to do this, and this...” i said as i gave out instructions, before jumping into my car and sped towards Tri Towers.

Everyone was there, and i checked on Jame's men to give them some final fine tunings. I cleared my throat before launching my findings.
“Each and everyone of the suspect has a motive to kill Mr. Kan. Faye Lou, for Kan robbing his girlfriend, Kathy. Kathy, for Kan cheating her feelings and money. And finally Rachel, for the will Kan left behind in her name.” i summarized the motives.
“The question now left is : whodunnit? Which led us to the next question – how did Kan died?” i asked aloud.
“One thing that puzzles me, is the cape he's wearing. What is the function of the cape? Seems like nobody knows, or wants, to give me the truth. And i have to find it out myself.” i sweeped my glance over them as i spoke.
“What i will do next, is to get the police to tie a cape to a dummy, and threw them down from the respective rooms of the 3 suspects. The dummies are labelled A, B and C, to denote the apartments of Faye, Kathy and Rachel respectively. ( Note : this plot is plagiarised from Conan the detective comic series.)” i explained my experiment.
With a signal from me, and the strong easternly wind blowing, the policemen threw down the dummies.
Plop, plop, plop.
The 3 dummies with cape dropped down.
“We'll see what is the label on the dummy below Block B. And that person is the murderer.” i continued.
Only a dummy with cape was below block B. One is below Block C, the other beyond Block C, blew by the strong eastern wind.
Walking over to the dummy, i turned over the label.
It read : A.
I looked at Faye Lou, as 2 policemen seized him. He just hung his head down in defeat, mumbling “How come? Why?” over and over again.

At the coffee shop in the police station later, i explained the reason to them.
“Its about geography. Faye made use of the recent change in weather to frame Kathy. As the Tri Towers is facing North, and there's a strong easternly wind blowing these few days, it would be easy for him to “divert” the body of Kan Asai from Block A to Block B. That is why he need to put on a cape for the body of Kan.” i dissected.
“And Faye was able to mask this, making use of the fact that its a kinky hobby of Kan to wear cape for his “activities”. Nice try, but not smart enough.” i concluded, and drank up my cup of coffee.

That night, i was playing online texas hold em poker, when my phone rang. Muttering a curse, i answered it.
“Wai? You cari siapa?” i spoke roughly.
“Congratulazioni, Sticky. Glad that you cleared us from the case.” the cold steely voice said. “Till next time, buona notte.” “Click”
Man, why cant i have some peace after each case?


Note : Congratulazioni = congratulations (in Italian)
Buona notte = good night (in Italian)

coming up next : case #4 – Kidnapped...