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DELUSIONAL FLOWERS [EPILOGUE - Mystery is solved]
[This is final part of my series. Not recommended for those who haven’t read other parts of story yet. And sorry it's very long but it took more words to explain the mystery. And yes after knowing the truth please don’t comment the real criminal in previous parts of story ]
14 March 2016
After the meeting, I went to her house. I plucked a rose from the garden and rang the door bell. She opened and said, “Oh Mr Lenoir, please step inside.” I entered and said, “Thank you Nurse Heklin.”
She asked me to sit near dinner table where mugs were arranged. I put rose in one of them. She said, “As you said, you are coming, so I thought I'd make us a cup of tea.”
She brought kettle from the kitchen, took mug to pour tea and said, “So what you wanted to tell me Mr Lenoir.”
“Well Nurse Heklin, I have come to return your formulary. But the truth is I also wanted to ask you something.”
“What's it Mr Lenoir?”
“You were pricked by a thorn of rose in your garden.”
“Yes.”
I showed her rose and said, “But as you can see this is Zephirine Drouhin variety of rose, which is pure thornless.”
She was surprised and said, “Well then it might be a nail from the trellis. It was sharp enough that I thought it was a thorn.”
She gave me cup of tea and poured for her.
I then asked, “Tell me do you have a daughter?”
“I think it will be better if few things be secret”, she replied.
I drank the tea and said, “She was your illegitimate daughter, I believe.”
She was again surprised and said, “How’d you discovered these things.”
“The truth is I tried to figure it out myself but I didn't get enough facts to prove it.”
“Yes you are quite right.”
“Well I had quite success in finding your real name. Your name is not Emily Heklin. It's rather Emily Hall which in whole case everyone referred to Mrs Hall...”
I laughed and continued, “...Oh poor Alicia and Mr Brown. They had no idea who you really were, isn't. John had told me Mrs Hall was a chemist. But how a chemist could take wrong medicines and die?...”
“...Then while reading the formulary, a drug of very great interest came to me. ‘Baclofen’ , a drug whose overdose can imitate symptoms of brain death. You had also told me the doctor’s of Elden Clinic don't work properly. *cough* These facts were enough for me to conclude that Mrs Hall is still alive, who somehow managed to escape coffin before being buried...”
“...And since I already excluded Mrs Brown from this case, you were the only old woman, I met here. So it wasn't hard for me to connect you with Mrs Hall.”
Her tone voice changed. She said by denying all my facts, “That's a good but still very strange sort of fiction, Mr Lenoir.”
I said, “Oh really? To be honest you are very good in doing disguises. First you made Alicia believe that you are a man. Now disguised as a nurse who doesn't slightly look like Mrs Hall.
You used Alicia a very good weapon didn't you? With a fake bomb belt, you made her do everything which you wanted her to do. She had thrown Victor’s revolver from my drawer, *COUGH* which you later used to deviate everyone and get Alicia out of the house. Well your cruelty is completely visible when you killed person who was most helpful to you...”
“...But still death of Victor and Mr Brown was very mysterious indeed.
Only Victor and his driver had access *COUGH* to the car. But then Tory told me that Victor used to take servants to some places on special occasions. On his day of death, he took his driver to movie theatre. That's why I had also found a movie ticket in his car...”
“...Since it was a movie, you had complete 3 hours to somehow get the key, take car to mechanic *COUGH* and change bolts of car with rusty ones, which later broke due Victor’s fast driving causing accident and his death.”
She said, “You know Mr Lenoir, I don't know which Victor, Alicia and Mrs Hall you are talking about. Since you have finished your tea, I better wash up.” She took the cups and get to the sink.
I said, “I am still not done Mrs Hall. You did a very good plan to make others look that Vera was killer of Mr Brown. You surely came to Mr Brown’s house after Vera leaving from there. You put poison in tea didn't you.”
“Oh, if that's the case it means I didn't drank tea isn't?”, she said loudly.
“Yes you did drank the tea. You know I was quite worried about that label of morphine. Everyone believed it was label of morphine. But one thing didn't fit there. *COUGH* That small ‘m’ in its label. Why wasn't it was capital. Eventually I realized it was only part of the name of drug. I searched and searched then found the drug which solved all the mystery. *cough**cough* It wasn't label of Morphine. But rather it was of Apomorphine, a emetic...”
She then completed my sentence, “Yes, a emetic. It makes you vomit fast enough to expel the poison. Yes the mark on my hand wasn't a thorn but due to injecting Apomorphine. And looks like I have to do same trick again.”
I then realised it was in my tea also, I started sweating, felt my throat dry. My complete confident expression changed to sad one, I said, “ *cough**cough* So it was in my tea also.”
“Yes Mr Lenoir. You are really very smart that you found so much things about me. Yes I did all this. Yes I am your Mrs Hall.”
“Why? *cough* Why you did all this, you could have killed Vera directly.”
"NO!", she said loudly, “I want Vera to kill herself. You had asked me about my daughter isn't it. Yes I had a daughter which I hide from the world to prevent the scandal. But it was my biggest mistake. This world believed she was alone. They rapped her.
My daughter was broken. And that wasn't enough, people like Vera said many things to her. I can still recall her words she told to my daughter. ‘Why not you kill yourself just like your shameless mother.’ When I complain her then she even told me to suicide. My daughter couldn't take it long. She cutted her veins.
I later came to know that I was dying, due to womb cancer. I have very less days left. But how could I show my face to my daughter in heaven. I knew what I had to do. I killed those rapists. I also tried to kill Vera but then realised that this would be very less painful for her. She must kill herself.”
I then remember every moment when I had seen Vera getting mad. First she was fainted, then her weird laugh. Yes this was Mrs Hall’s motive.
“Mr Lenoir, you were really very tough opponent, but eventually you must die”, she said to me.
I was desperate. I said,
“ *cough* You have killed your soul. You see (gasp)...”
Then a plot twist. My expression changed from desperate one to evil smile, I said,
“...I always and will always prefer pomegranate juice rather than tea.” I showed the cup which had rose and tea was in it. I have changed the rose when she wasn't looking.
“You bloody man. I will kill you. I will kill you.” She said this and rushed toward me with some syringe. I moved a bit back and then cops entered and arrested her. Mrs Hall started crying and said, “No one would have found that, you bloody man...”
I really felt bad for her. Later I went to visit Vera. I said, “Miss Vera, you have been acquitted.”
“What?”
“Yes the killer is behind the bars.”
She started crying and said, “Thank you so much Mr Lenoir. Thank you so much.”
“I think John deserves more ‘thanks’, he really told me many things that were too secret but helped me to solve the case.”
I then gave her the rose which I used to prevent my death and said, “Miss Vera this rose is for you. It saved life of both of us. But yes remember, this FLOWER IS VERY DELUSIONAL.”
★Thanks for reading★
[Highly appreciating all suggestions and areas where I should improve]
#DFDark
© Dark_Flinch
14 March 2016
After the meeting, I went to her house. I plucked a rose from the garden and rang the door bell. She opened and said, “Oh Mr Lenoir, please step inside.” I entered and said, “Thank you Nurse Heklin.”
She asked me to sit near dinner table where mugs were arranged. I put rose in one of them. She said, “As you said, you are coming, so I thought I'd make us a cup of tea.”
She brought kettle from the kitchen, took mug to pour tea and said, “So what you wanted to tell me Mr Lenoir.”
“Well Nurse Heklin, I have come to return your formulary. But the truth is I also wanted to ask you something.”
“What's it Mr Lenoir?”
“You were pricked by a thorn of rose in your garden.”
“Yes.”
I showed her rose and said, “But as you can see this is Zephirine Drouhin variety of rose, which is pure thornless.”
She was surprised and said, “Well then it might be a nail from the trellis. It was sharp enough that I thought it was a thorn.”
She gave me cup of tea and poured for her.
I then asked, “Tell me do you have a daughter?”
“I think it will be better if few things be secret”, she replied.
I drank the tea and said, “She was your illegitimate daughter, I believe.”
She was again surprised and said, “How’d you discovered these things.”
“The truth is I tried to figure it out myself but I didn't get enough facts to prove it.”
“Yes you are quite right.”
“Well I had quite success in finding your real name. Your name is not Emily Heklin. It's rather Emily Hall which in whole case everyone referred to Mrs Hall...”
I laughed and continued, “...Oh poor Alicia and Mr Brown. They had no idea who you really were, isn't. John had told me Mrs Hall was a chemist. But how a chemist could take wrong medicines and die?...”
“...Then while reading the formulary, a drug of very great interest came to me. ‘Baclofen’ , a drug whose overdose can imitate symptoms of brain death. You had also told me the doctor’s of Elden Clinic don't work properly. *cough* These facts were enough for me to conclude that Mrs Hall is still alive, who somehow managed to escape coffin before being buried...”
“...And since I already excluded Mrs Brown from this case, you were the only old woman, I met here. So it wasn't hard for me to connect you with Mrs Hall.”
Her tone voice changed. She said by denying all my facts, “That's a good but still very strange sort of fiction, Mr Lenoir.”
I said, “Oh really? To be honest you are very good in doing disguises. First you made Alicia believe that you are a man. Now disguised as a nurse who doesn't slightly look like Mrs Hall.
You used Alicia a very good weapon didn't you? With a fake bomb belt, you made her do everything which you wanted her to do. She had thrown Victor’s revolver from my drawer, *COUGH* which you later used to deviate everyone and get Alicia out of the house. Well your cruelty is completely visible when you killed person who was most helpful to you...”
“...But still death of Victor and Mr Brown was very mysterious indeed.
Only Victor and his driver had access *COUGH* to the car. But then Tory told me that Victor used to take servants to some places on special occasions. On his day of death, he took his driver to movie theatre. That's why I had also found a movie ticket in his car...”
“...Since it was a movie, you had complete 3 hours to somehow get the key, take car to mechanic *COUGH* and change bolts of car with rusty ones, which later broke due Victor’s fast driving causing accident and his death.”
She said, “You know Mr Lenoir, I don't know which Victor, Alicia and Mrs Hall you are talking about. Since you have finished your tea, I better wash up.” She took the cups and get to the sink.
I said, “I am still not done Mrs Hall. You did a very good plan to make others look that Vera was killer of Mr Brown. You surely came to Mr Brown’s house after Vera leaving from there. You put poison in tea didn't you.”
“Oh, if that's the case it means I didn't drank tea isn't?”, she said loudly.
“Yes you did drank the tea. You know I was quite worried about that label of morphine. Everyone believed it was label of morphine. But one thing didn't fit there. *COUGH* That small ‘m’ in its label. Why wasn't it was capital. Eventually I realized it was only part of the name of drug. I searched and searched then found the drug which solved all the mystery. *cough**cough* It wasn't label of Morphine. But rather it was of Apomorphine, a emetic...”
She then completed my sentence, “Yes, a emetic. It makes you vomit fast enough to expel the poison. Yes the mark on my hand wasn't a thorn but due to injecting Apomorphine. And looks like I have to do same trick again.”
I then realised it was in my tea also, I started sweating, felt my throat dry. My complete confident expression changed to sad one, I said, “ *cough**cough* So it was in my tea also.”
“Yes Mr Lenoir. You are really very smart that you found so much things about me. Yes I did all this. Yes I am your Mrs Hall.”
“Why? *cough* Why you did all this, you could have killed Vera directly.”
"NO!", she said loudly, “I want Vera to kill herself. You had asked me about my daughter isn't it. Yes I had a daughter which I hide from the world to prevent the scandal. But it was my biggest mistake. This world believed she was alone. They rapped her.
My daughter was broken. And that wasn't enough, people like Vera said many things to her. I can still recall her words she told to my daughter. ‘Why not you kill yourself just like your shameless mother.’ When I complain her then she even told me to suicide. My daughter couldn't take it long. She cutted her veins.
I later came to know that I was dying, due to womb cancer. I have very less days left. But how could I show my face to my daughter in heaven. I knew what I had to do. I killed those rapists. I also tried to kill Vera but then realised that this would be very less painful for her. She must kill herself.”
I then remember every moment when I had seen Vera getting mad. First she was fainted, then her weird laugh. Yes this was Mrs Hall’s motive.
“Mr Lenoir, you were really very tough opponent, but eventually you must die”, she said to me.
I was desperate. I said,
“ *cough* You have killed your soul. You see (gasp)...”
Then a plot twist. My expression changed from desperate one to evil smile, I said,
“...I always and will always prefer pomegranate juice rather than tea.” I showed the cup which had rose and tea was in it. I have changed the rose when she wasn't looking.
“You bloody man. I will kill you. I will kill you.” She said this and rushed toward me with some syringe. I moved a bit back and then cops entered and arrested her. Mrs Hall started crying and said, “No one would have found that, you bloody man...”
I really felt bad for her. Later I went to visit Vera. I said, “Miss Vera, you have been acquitted.”
“What?”
“Yes the killer is behind the bars.”
She started crying and said, “Thank you so much Mr Lenoir. Thank you so much.”
“I think John deserves more ‘thanks’, he really told me many things that were too secret but helped me to solve the case.”
I then gave her the rose which I used to prevent my death and said, “Miss Vera this rose is for you. It saved life of both of us. But yes remember, this FLOWER IS VERY DELUSIONAL.”
★Thanks for reading★
[Highly appreciating all suggestions and areas where I should improve]
#DFDark
© Dark_Flinch
