Chapter: Four
Ed leans back, fastens his seatbelt and starts to drive. Ed thinks for himself, "Victor must have warned Paul about me before I arrived there, he is hiding something, maybe not the whole truth is on the table, I think that the picture is starting to get clearer, just a few puzzle pieces left to solve". Ed inserts the USB to the monitor and sets the car into Auto-pilot mode. He quickly scrolls through the recording until he finds something peculiar, he pauses at about 45 minutes into the recording where he sees a small glance of an odd sun ray. "The sunshine is white, what would then shine yellow, no, golden", Ed thinks when he pauses at the right point of time (second) with a dark shadow by the sidewalk. He begins to wonder "Difficult to see but, it must be the streetlights by the sidewalk that made the object reflect the light, what is golden, it's not the sun, it resembles a neck...". Ed deactivates the Auto-pilot and slam on the brakes, drifts and accelerates towards Subway. "Is the coffee hot?", Ed says with a panting voice, "Yeah brotha, here, fresh, without cream like you ordered it", the guy says by the cash register.
-Don't know what I would without you
-No problemo
Ed and the guy do their classic handshake and Ed hurtles into the car with his coffee with a lid on. "Ring, ring", Ed presses "answer" on the screen. "Ed, as you said about the stocks and the church, you don't know what I've found, it's completely deranged", says Mark. "You've found out that the church isn't authentic after all and you saw that the stocks during the last three years have skyrocketed just like that, right?"
-Yes, but how did you kn...
-I've already figured it out and I just found out something new, this is how it is. "I think that..." Ed stops midway in the sentence, when he spots in the wide angle mirror that someone is shadowing him, a marine blue Nissan. "I'll call you later, I think I'm being pursued by the chief of the Central Bank's car, a marine blue Nissan, license plate nr LEL 174, can you look that up to be sure and make sure to have surveillance over that car around-the-clock". "Euh alright, be careful bro and oh I need to tel...", Mark says on the other end of the phone. "Call you back" Ed says whilst clicking on End call. Ed checks the rear-view mirror and fastens his seatbelt. This is going to be one hell of a ride, Ed thinks. The car keeps distance whilst Ed drives, Ed unplugs the USB and accelerates. Ed drives past the mail office building, the shopping mall but the car is still on his tail. I gotta shake them off, Ed thinks whilst he takes a sharp left into the multistory carpark. The blue Nissan follows and Ed understands that it's really someone sent after him, not just someone's old grandpa. Quickly, Ed opens up his GPS with his sweaty hands and types in "St. Ni-colas" and signals the nearby patrol car with the code blue - signal. In one instance the two officers understands the signal, that Ed is in need for some assistance. Ed sees how three patrol cars shows up from all directions, two behind his car and one infront of him. "Weee-iooo, wee-iooo" the sirens go off precipitately and cars start to stir sharply right and left. There's my window, Ed thinks whilst he drives through the mass of cars and sees in his read windows how the Nissan slowly fades away in the crowd of vehicles. Like the stones Ed throw into the ocean when he sails.
*
He is outside and next to the St. Nicolas church and doesn't catch a single glimpse of the marine blue car. He opens the big wooden door with one hand and enters with his coffee in his other hand. It's empty and the sound of a broom echoes around in the hall. Ed approaches the altar where a man dressed in priest clothes is standing and is brushing away the solidified wax. "You must be Adrian, right?", Ed says. "That sure is me, what is it that brings you here, young man?", "I'm detective Ed Dubois and I want to ask you some questions and perhaps your trainee if he is present today concerning John Kershaw", Ed says whilst he shows his badge.
-Follow here, Daniel is over here.
They continue into the classroom where Daniel is sitting and reading the hymn book. "Daniel, this is Ed Dubois and he is a detective, he is here to interview us about some things", Adrian says. "Ok", Daniel replies with a faint and obscure tone in his voice. "So, Adrian tell me quickly about yourself and the lessons with John", Ed says. Adrian's face turns completely pale, he is staring right into his eyes, almost as if he in the next instant would tear Ed into pieces, but luckily Ed lived in Japan for a few tears, where he was taught "Taekwondo", Ed thinks for himself. "Yes, my name is Adrian Poorbad, I'm 35 years old, I live close, have no kids, I live all by myself and I'm a trained surgeon but now a priest here at St. Nicolas, our protestant church. My father once used to own this place, but now it's in my hands of care. I used to go through a lot of stuff with Jo..John for instance we read about...everything whatnot, christianity, history, the medieval times, dinosaurs...
-Oh, and Astronomy, Daniel says.
-Oh yes, we..I taught him most about christianity and our lord and savior in the heavens, not more than that.
-Thanks, that was all I needed to hear.
Ed grabbed his coffee with a lid and sat down front facing Daniel that was still reading. "So Daniel, tell me a little about yourself", Ed says.
-My name is Daniel, I'm 17 years old, I offer help around here in the church to not leave Adrian all by himself with all the work and my parents are...abroad in the Caribbean, so Adrian takes care of me right now.
-Don't you have a ongoing job right now?
-Yes, I have...I've gotten a place at...
"Hope that the chemistry test is for good use", Ed thinks and removes the plastic lid from his coffee and starts to sip some coffee, whilst the steams rise up to Daniels face. "Yes, as I said, I've gotten a place at the Central Bank as Paul's right hand, the chief", Daniel says.
-Oh, is it a good job?
-Yes, I've got access the general stuff and I get well paid. Daniel feels how the heat is rising in his body and how he is sweating, that stupid coffee Daniel thinks for himself and tries to hold himself back, it feels like my face is almost boiling. Ed begins to smile and says "What is it, is it to hot??"", "No, I'm fine", Daniel says.
-But you have something on your face.
Ed says the words slow and clear-cut whilst he keeps track of the semi rubber and silicone that has melted on the right side of the cheek. Daniel feels around on his face and feels that "Oh No, he cannot see!". "Excuse me, I need to go to the bathroom", Daniel says. "Wait, I'm not done with the interview". Daniel stands up and begins to quickly walk with a fast pace towards the bathroom with one of his hands covering the cheek. "Futsu wa anata no gawadette mo yoidesu", Ed shouts. Daniel sharply turns around with an aghast look and stares at Ed, then he continues to walk with even faster steps. Ed sprints after him and manages to get hold of the shirt collar. "Let me go!", Daniel shouts whilst he yanks himself off Ed's grip and runs to the bathroom, but Ed doesn't react, he is just thinking, "That scar...he has a sc..."."Thank you so much, I need to rush off aswell", Ed says and runs towards the exit. "See you", Adrian replies with a mischievous tone in his voice and slowly approaches the bathroom. Ed is outside, enters the car and is going to star...One of the windows are shattered and the box under the shotgun seats airbag is empty. "It was easy", the voice says. "Let's see, plug it in", Victor says and opens up the laptop. The USB is plugged in and the video file is played, "What is this, is this some kind of child's play, huh!!?", Victor screams. The man looks onto to the laptop monitor and sees to his surprise a bunch of pictures of Ed in Cuba, France and one of Ed in Japan eating sushi in a restaurant.
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