Ch-1
The grim reaper

The floor tiles were glistening from the lately applied sanitizer. The sun had gone down 6-7 hours ago and only the LEDs seemed worthy of a successor. The hospital was a two storeyed building with a massive iron gate drooping from rusted hinges. A small yard, suffused with tender tuft separated the main building from the fence. The whole building was painted a gorgeous white with occasional browns. The 1st floor had two corridors coinciding at right angles. The corridors extended from one end to the other. Beside these corridors several rooms had sprang up to serve the patients. The ground floor wasn’t constructed in this way, it had two big halls which were separated by a slim room, used as a reception . At the end of this slim room a staircase was fixed which connected the two floors.

Dr. Morris was sitting on a steel bench after which the corridor ended. He was in a relaxed posture with his hands clenched together behind his uncombed grey hair, his face stained with boredom and fatigue. He was a man around his 50s or 60s with a negligible beard and trembling limbs , his eyes were formidable and treacherous but his mouth and his nose would be completely congruent with any circus clown. He conjured a newspaper from the dustbin and with a professional attitude leaned forward to read it .
The headlines read-“Millionaire’s son arrested for stealing a diamond casket from his friend’s.”
“These people will never learn to give the first priority to serious crimes .” Morris sighed.
He then moved to the next page “An aged couple waiting for their 16 year old daughter were killed in the sunset cafeteria. These victims were marked with the same scripture -‘The grim reaper’s prey' as has often been seen during these 18 years.”
Dr. Morris had picked up his pace,he felt it impossible to stop for he had always taken a childish interest in criminal cases and detective stories .So he continued with a multiplied alacrity .
“Who is this Grim Reaper? What does he want? Is he trying to blackmail the police? According to our sources he is a member of the police who wants some secret information , maybe he works for some underworld don. Commissioner McAnderson believes that the criminal is taking revenge from mankind for the...