The Secret Manuscript by Edward Mullen

Author:Edward Mullen
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: friendship, canada, orphan, fire, discovery, writer, manuscript, inheritance, calgary, alberta, secret room, cold lake

Chapter Twenty-Seven

It was nearly 3:00 a.m. when Ben arrived back at his house. Despite the hour, he was not tired at all. In fact, he was elated and riding a natural high. He wanted to wake Kyle and tell him everything that had happened, but instead he ran down to the basement to count his loot.

He accessed the hidden passageway in the fireplace and ran down the corridor to the secret room. He quickly punched in the ten digit code, which he had by now committed to memory, and then entered the room. Like a kid coming home from Halloween, Ben dumped the contents of his bag all over the floor. A mound of cash and jewellery spilled out in a pile around his feet. Ben had not seen so much money before in his life. He got down on the floor and began rolling around in the money, swiveling his arms and legs as if he were making a snow angel. With both hands, he pinched wads of bills and threw them up in the air and watched them rain down on him. In that moment, he could not have been happier.

After he was done wading in the loot, he gathered it all up along with all the jewellery in a big messy pile and began to organize the money into neat stacks. When he finished counting it all, there was a total of $8,130.00. As for the pile of gold jewellery, he did not know exactly how much it was worth, but given his recent experience in selling gold, he estimated the value to be over a thousand dollars.

After a long and exciting night, he was now coming down from his high. Almost instantly, his exhaustion kicked in and depleted any desire he had to stay awake. He let out a big yawn before getting up and exiting the room. He locked the door behind him and trudged upstairs to bed.

In the morning, Ben was woken by a loud knock on the door. He ignored the first few, but after persistent knocking, he dragged himself out of bed and made his way downstairs. Peering through the peephole, Ben noticed two well-dressed men. Judging by their suits and long trench coats, he knew they were not the city building inspectors. Still groggy, he opened the door.

“How may I help you gentlemen?” he greeted them, rubbing his eyes.

“Are you Ben Owen?”

“Yes.”

“We’d like a word with you please,” the two detectives said as they flashed their badges.

“What’s this about?” Ben asked, trying to suppress his nerves.

“May we come in?”

Ben hesitated a moment, but then complied.

“Sure, come on in?” he said as he swung the door open and stepped aside, allowing the two men to enter.

The two detectives entered the house and followed Ben into the living room where they could all sit down and talk. One of the officers looked around, while the other one took a seat on the couch.

“So, what’s this about?” Ben asked.

There were a few reasons why two detectives might be at his house, none of which would produce favourable outcomes for him.

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