Category : Stories

Sub Category : Suspense/Mystery

"I'm sorry to hear this, Darry. Your mother just called and she said your grandfather had passed away."Teacher Clare said. My heart then shattered to pieces. My grandfather...died...? How?

"You have to go back home for his funeral...Your father will pick you up in 10 minutes. Again,I'm sorry..."The teacher apologized. I loss for words so I just nodded my head and went straight back to class to take my bag. "Darry, I'm very sorry for your grandfather and also for eavesdropping."Alex and the others came up to me and he apologized. "No, it's okay. I probably will come back to school after 2 days."I told them,"I better get going."With that,I walked out from the class and headed towards the bus stop.

"How did he died? From heart attack..? Serious illness..? No,he just did a checkup five days ago..."When I was loss in thought, a car appeared in front of me. "Dad...."Then I went in.

Meanwhile....

"Darry's grandfather had passed away?!"Jayden shouted,he couldn't believe that Darry's grandfather died on his first day of school. "Shh....Low your voice down,Jayden!"Arnold said. "Well, it's too late now."Shereena reply. "What do you mean Darry's grandfather had passed away?"Beckham said,who was sit next to Jayden. "Darry's grandfather died on his first day of school?"Beckham continued. "Yes. Don't tell other classes about this or else it will start rumors about how Darry's grandfather died. Darry will not be happy if he finds out about this."Abigail exclaimed. 

"I agree with Abigail. Let us wait and hear about the news when Darry return to school."Shereena said.

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It was a quiet trip to home. I didn't talk to my father at all. It's not like I'm afraid of my father but I'm afraid of finding out the truth of my grandfather's death. When we reached my house,I saw many police car surrounded it. Police? Is the police got something to do with my grandfather's death?

Then I went down from the car. At the scene, I saw my grandmother and my mother were questioned by the police. "Mom...?"I called out. "Darry?"She ran to my side and was glad that I'm alright. "Mom,how did grandpa died?" "He...was brutally murdered..." "What...?"I couldn't believe what I had heard. He was murdered? By who?! How?!

"Where are you when it happened?"I asked. "Your father,as usual went to work. I was out shopping and left grandmother and grandfather at home. During that time, grandmother was in the kitchen. She was cooking. And grandfather was in his bedroom. He was sleeping. After grandmother finished cooking,she called him to eat but he didn't come. She went to his bedroom and knock on the door but no reply. So she opened the door and saw him lying there on the bed. He didn't breathe. No broken windows,no handprints, fingerprints and even footprints."

No evidence? "Miss, can you come here for a moment? We still need to ask you a few questions regarding the crime scene."One of the police officer called. "Yes. I'll be there in a sec. Darry, I'll be right back."

I asked the police officer nearby to ask if it okay for me to look inside the house. He was hesitate at first but after a few time persuade him,he letting me get in. I was now in his bedroom,finding any evidence that the police haven't found.
"Were the windows open during that time?"I asked the police that was guided me here. "No.." In grandfather's room,there are 2 windows. One is next to his bed and another one is next to his closet. During that time,he was sleeping with no open windows. He didn't died because the lack of oxygen. The door however was closed but there's a hole under the door that can led the oxygen flow into the room. 

Something that would kill someone quietly...and it's not carbon dioxide. Don't tell me...I then checked every edges of the windows. After checking the window near the closet, I then checked the one near the bed. The top left corner of that window is a bit wet. I tried to smell it and I feel like my nose is burning. I use my hand to cover my nose.

"What's wrong?"The police asked. "Poison...." Is it poison gas? As I was thinking about it,it is more likely to be a poison gas. There are many poison gas in this world but which one? "Poison?"He asked. "Yea. At there. Don't get close to it or else you will inhale the poison."I said.

"Could it be Alkylating poison gas...?"I suddenly said what I was thinking. "Alkylating poison gas?"He questioned. "Gases such as methyl chloride are attacked by human DNA and proteins. In human cells, this causes cell death, cancer and a diverse set of symptoms caused by malfunctioning of the alkylated proteins. Mustard gas is an alkylating agent."I explained,"As you can see the top left corner of the window has a small hole that could hardly see it. So the murderer think it's a good idea to poison my grandfather through that small hole."

"We will look into this case carefully. You should get out from this house now,your parents might be looking for you."He said.

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Why would the murderer killed my grandfather? What have he done wrong? "Darry?"My father called. "I'm back." "What are you doing in there? It's very dangerous."He scold. "Don't scold your son. He had done an impressive work on finding evidence."The police said. With that,he left.

"What..have you found?"My grandmother asked,her eyes is still red from her crying. "There's a small hole at the top left corner of the window next to his bed. So I wonder if it's Alkylating poison gas that killed him.."