Renovations by John Stone

Author:John Stone [Stone, John]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Mystery Thriller Suspense Publications House
Published: 2015-09-29T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Five

Within the week, the bodies were identified and with their identification, finally came a somewhat visible pattern.

Unfortunately, it wasn't before another elderly man was found in his basement, though, this time without any compost bin or septic hole nearby—much to Alan Davros's relief. After inspecting the new crime scene, he was fairly certain that the victim and “his rat friends” were alone in having suffered the ultimate ordeal.

And that's when the pattern became undeniably clear to Damianos.

Each of the houses where the victims were found were restored heritage homes that were either owned or occupied by the unfortunate old men.

**

Though there was now a pattern, at least, they were no closer to discovering the identity of the murderer. Damianos was beginning to grow rather frustrated by how stumped they still were. All of the fingerprints in the homes belonged to the victims. There were no witnesses in any of the neighborhoods that had noticed anything out of the ordinary—no one who had seen anyone unfamiliar.

Damianos decided to retrace the investigation to where it started for him.

Walking up to the Lillian Adams's driveway, he couldn't help but look across the street at the large Edward house. Just the sight of it made him cringe. The fact such a beautiful house could shelter such horrible secret in its foundation was chilling. He remembered that staircase that lead down into darkness and the rancid smell that accompanied it.

Damianos would definitely be staying on the other side of the street from that nightmare. He wasn't superstitious or anything but the memories of that place made him want to vomit all over again. The fact that that evil had extended past Leon Edward's property line also sickened him. He had to figure out who it was and put an end to their craziness.

A few minutes later, Damianos was sitting in one of Lillian's chairs with both her and Roberta looking at him from the couch.

They'd certainly outdone themselves with the cookies and lemon meringue pies they had made for him but he wasn't there to trade recipes. He needed answers—he wasn't sure to what question exactly—but any answers that could even help a little would be great.

“Did you ever notice any visitors he had? Any family or friends around?” Damianos asked.

“Maybe only a couple regulars that I saw over there a few times. Mostly he seemed to be happy keeping to himself, tinkering around his house, ya know?” Lillian said.

“And any idea who these regulars were?” Damianos asked while taking a bit out of one a delicious cookie.

“I think one was his daughter.” Lillian said, looking to Roberta.

“Yes, definitely Leon's daughter. A cute little thing.” Roberta said with a nod.

“And another one...who I always thought was a brother or cousin. Definite resemblance.” Lillian said, again to a confirmation from Roberta.

They explained that beyond those two, there were occasional visitors but they all looked like professional types—maybe a lawyer, insurance agent, or a doctor. Nothing to really go off of.

Damianos was grateful for the little

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