Chapter-2

                                         

                      Pennsylvania

“Who I am is none of your concern…I will lead you to Emma if you give me what I want”. “Where is Emma? Is she alive? What do you want? “Mehek frowned. “Emma is not dead yet, but she will if you deny doing what I say” “WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM ME” Mehek bellowed. “Stay calm, YOU HAVE ALREADY ENTERED MY MAZE MORGAN”, the phone call got terminated. Mehek tried calling back, but it wasn’t reachable. She called Emma, but her phone was switched off. Bewildered, Mehek headed towards the kitchen to find any clue. She was filled with fear and numerous thoughts flooded in her mind. She started following the blood stains which went into the garden through the back door. Exactly at the Centre of the path in the garden, her body got completely flushed by discerning the trace of blood stains been moulded in the shape of an infinite symbol.Suddenly, someone started knocking on the door which made her heart beat faster.

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                                           California

Neil shouted-“ERWIN!”…”ERWIN ARE YOU THERE?” In Pasadena, this was a place where men were daunted to come, as it was unruly and prone to danger. ’Erwin is in a great trouble, why did Erwin get kidnapped? I might get some clues from his house. Though Erwin’s apartment was left unlocked as anticipated by Neil, it seemed neat and filled with silence. Neil started to search for clues and then he saw a checklist on the wall near the reading table.  Baseball with Neil was checked in blue with a tick just like the others in the list,but the tick mark was crossed by a backslash in red ink.Suddenly, someone knocked on the door….

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 She opened the door in a dubious and trepid state, it was a courier boy waiting with a sealed cover in his hand. “Good evening Miss Morgan, I am from courier express, here is a courier for you”. “Good evening, Thank you .where is it from?”, “Mr.X from Washington “by checking the sender details.  ”X? Who is Mr.X” Mehek frowned, “Sorry mam that’s all the information we have” courier boy taking out the delivery track book. Mehek opened the sealed cover after locking the door, she got scandalised by seeing the empty paper with the same sign which she saw in the garden with the blood stain.

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It was jenny who lived across the hall -”Hi Neil, I have something which will get you excited *wink*”, “What is it?” Neil asked insouciantly “what’s wrong with you?! I thought you will be all excited, but instead you have weird look on your face” ”I am sorry jenny, I just have a lot going on in my mind right now” ”Ok I am sure this will cheer you up, the girl you met last night gave me this phone number to apprise you to call her” – jenny. Neil got perplexed “what?! I haven’t been with any girl last night, Erwin and I went to a movie”. ”oh, then someone might be following you, Mr. Sherlock. Call her, bye”. Neil being in a nonplussed state took a cigarette from his pocket and headed towards the reading table where Erwin kept the lighter.

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                                               Los Angeles

 

“I want to tell you something” said drake, ‘Is he going to propose now’ Clara’s stomach started doing the flips as she thought about what was about to happen. ”Yes sure,” she said timidly. ”No matter what happens in the future, I’ll never ever cheat. I will always be loyal and honest to you. I want to grow old with you. Because I...”Drake continued holding Clara’s hand when Suddenly Clara’s phone started ringing

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 Neil stared shrewdly towards the checklist, he was lost in his thoughts thinking about Erwin, while flicking the lighter. Suddenly, Neil got intimidated by seeing the extension of edges of x making it a conversion of X mark (at the checklist of baseball) to an infinite symbol, when the fire got nearer to it. Breaking the silence in the room, Neil’s phone started to ring. ”Hello” answered puzzled Neil “WELCOME TO MY MAZE HAMILTON”

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”Hello who is this?” Clara answered. ”EMMA” replied in a mellifluous voice, Clara stood up in an elated mood and continued “Emma, How are you? And I am extremely sorry. Please forgive me.” The sweet voice continued “Clara, I am fine. I need to talk to you. Meet me at Bailey Avenue, California tomorrow at 10:00 am”.

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She started rushing towards the garden to compare the symbol. She slipped and fell on the wet kitchen floor, and the paper in her hand got wet. Her eyes were filled with revelation when letters started to appear on the paper. Letters on the paper:

                                 

“What is it? Is it a code? Code for what?”

To be continued...

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Chapter-1

                                         Chapter-1

              6:00 pm Pennsylvania

Mehek Morgan entered the room with great elation and got scandalised by seeing the lights being off and a luscious smell coming out of the kitchen. She switched on the lights and felt beamed to see the room filled with presents, chocolates and alcohol. She started reminiscing about the same day one year ago dancing whole night with Daniel in the surprise party hosted by Emma Aldrin. ”Emma!!! Where are you? “No one replied. Being in an elated mood, Mehek is expecting a sudden surprise. Now in a louder tone “Emma, where are you?” Her voice got echoed through the walls of the empty room, her heart beat began to break the silence present in the room. Being in an exhilarated mood Mehek started heading towards the kitchen to find Emma. Her body started filling with trepidation on having the sight of the kitchen.

                     6:00 p m California

“What did you see in her she’s just playing a dumb blonde character “- Neil Hamilton. “Intelligent girls are risky, I prefer to watch dumber ones” said  Erwin Limburg as he hit the baseball. ”That was a nice shot. How was work today?” ”Terrible! We were busier than usual” ”why were you so busy” “Many employees were absent than usual” “I hope it isn’t as busy tomorrow”. Smiling at each other they resumed their baseball practise. This time Erwin gave a bigger shot than the previous one, Neil Hamilton headed towards the bushes in search of the ball. ’Erwin is an oracle batsman. He should practise bowling to fathom his battling skills’. He finally grasped the ball and went back to the ground where he was shocked by the spot.

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Tap was left unclosed, knife and Clamp crusher was lying on the wet floor, broken pieces of dining plates and glasses were left on the floor in an erratic way. Her body started to tremble with fear when she saw blood-strains on the floor leading a path to the garden out through the back door. In a shuddering voice, Mehek shouted “EMMA…ARE YOU THERE”, copious thoughts were now flooding in Mehek’s mind ‘where is Emma…whose blood is that? Is it Emma’s…What happened to her? Is she kidnapped? '

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He is petrified by seeing Erwin’s mobile lying on the ground in a broken condition and bat still rotating. Neil shouted-“ERWIN”…”ERWIN ARE YOU THERE”. Neil wondered as in Pasadena this is a place where men are daunted to come, as it is unruly and prone to danger. Neil got bewildered when he saw Erwin’s bag.
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Suddenly the phone started ringing, it is an unknown number calling from New Jersey “WELCOME HOME MORGAN”...Mehek couldn’t recognise this gruff and terrifying voice. Mehek responded “Can I know your name?” terrifying voice continued “WHO I AM IS NONE OF YOUR CONCERN…I WILL LEAD YOU TO EMMA IF YOU GIVE ME WHAT I WANT” 

To be continued.....