Chapter 25 - Case Closed (1/2)
Meanwhile, outside the interrogation room, Halia was starting to sober up.
”Here have a glass of water,” the police chief offered.
Halia held the glass in her hands and took a sip. ”I hope you didn't spike this,” she joked.
”I need to restrict you from eating and drinking next time you're undercover,” the police chief said.
Halia shook her head, ”I'm hoping there's no next time.”
”What? You're retiring already?” the chief asked.
”No, I meant, I hope there won't be another serial killer,” Halia replied.
”I'm glad you said that. There's something I need to discuss with you later. But, I'll let you go home and get some rest first.”
Halia looked at the police chief curiously but nodded her head.
”I'll get Dr. Ren to escort you home.”
Halia glanced at Dr. Ren who was standing near the door and smiled, ”Thank you.”
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Back inside the interrogation room, the detective pointed to the last photo. ”What about your last victim, what happened to Sara Yu?”
Alex smirked.
”That woman arrived at the hospital with a clear motive. She walked straight up to the doctors and started talking to them the moment she arrived in the emergency ward.”
”But...there was something different about her. She did not seem like a flirt, instead, I could sense the doubt in her voice when she talked to them. I remember speaking to her one day and she told me to be careful around them. It made me feel like we were on the same page, so I began to develop feelings for her.”
”Then why did you kill her?” the detective asked.
”Because I was wrong. I invited her to a bar one day and decided to confess to her, but do you know what she did? She dropped my flowers on the floor and rejected me!”
”I asked her why and she told me I wasn't her type.”
”I knew what that meant. She rejected me because I wasn't a doctor! I was certain of it! After she rejected me, I heard her talking on the phone and she said 'I'll see you tomorrow, doc' with the most flirtatious giggle. I knew at that point that she wasn't different, she was just like the 5 other women I already killed. So, I followed her the next day and killed her too.”
The detective shook his head and sighed. ”Did you ever find out who she was supposed to meet?”
”No, and I don't want to know.”