I got out of my car and I immediately felt the cool, brisk, autumn
wind pounding at my face. As I battled my way towards the entrance, my
cheeks and ears were slowly turning pink and beginning to feel a
little numb. This was an immense thirty-six-story building, fronted
with tall glass doors, which loomed in front of me; I pushed open the
doors, took out my pass and slotted it into the scanner. There was a
moment's pause before a green light appeared followed by an audible
beep.
"Good morning Mr. Glendinning," said the security guard. The guard was
a beast of a man, 6ft.5" tall, looked capable of going twelve rounds
with Mike Tyson and surviving, but he was a very nice man (if he liked
you of course).
"Morning Kiefer, has Mr. Feldman gone up yet?"
"Yes Sir"
"Thanks Kiefer, keep up the good work"
I headed into the lift and pressed the button marked fifteenth floor.
The lift was quite quick to reach its destination, this was a solo
ride without any floor stops, there wasn't may people around at 7-30am
in the morning. This was a big case for me and I knew it, I exited the
lift and continued towards Mr. Feldman's office. Through the window I
could see him sitting at his desk looking on resolutely, I knocked and
he signalled me into his office. Upon closing the door, Mr. Feldman
opened a filing cabinet and pulled out a large brown file, passing it
across the table to me.
"What's this?" I said
"Take a look and see for yourself"
I carefully looked through the file and suddenly realised that this
was the murder case I had been working on more than a year earlier.
"Why have you shown me this file sir?"
"Well do you remember the way all the victims were murdered?"
"Of course, they were all knocked unconscious and then taken to an
attic or cellar where the murderer then proceeded to hang, draw and
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