Free Online Novels - Aghast CH 30 Tenant

Police cars speed through the traffic on the road. Police siren unsettled the surrounding. Traffic was giving them way to go. Due to the siren and looking at these many police vehicles at the same time a fearful curiosity spread among the people around. Making their way thought the traffic and taking turns along they reached somewhere around George’s neighborhood. As the vehicles stopped, a team of police came out in hurry still in discipline.
“ Come on, Surround the whole area... Quick, the killer should not escape.” Sam ordered.
Police team ran to surround the area. Their footsteps created the tense environment, which could be seen on the neighbors looking through their windows.

With few police officers, Detective went to one house. The man who told George’s story was already outside his house, astonished, looking what was going on. Detective went to him.
“ Would you please tell us from which houses George’s activities can be seen and heard.” Sam asked him.
The man went forward and showed pointing at the houses,
“ Those two.... and the third one is mine”
“ We need to seal off those areas “ Sam said taking few team members to those houses.

Apart from those three houses Sam took 2-3 more houses on his list. One after the other they started to visit the houses. If the door is closed they used to knock the door. When some of the house residents used to come out, the expressions of fear and surprise could be seen on their faces. In between Sam promptly gave his team members the appropriate instruction. After inspecting the houses, one after the other, at last they reached a last house. They knocked the door. There was no response although they waited for long. They suddenly became alert, prepared for the possible attack with their loaded guns. Again one of them knocked the door - this time little hardly. Still there was no response.
Now Sam decided to give an order,
“Kick it open.”
A member of the police team, Jeff, who was expert in such activities, kick opened the front main door, taking help of his associates.
As soon as the door broke, as a part of caution, all of them backed away, and then slowly entered the house guarding each other.

No sign of live was seen inside the house. Kitchen, Foyer was empty.
Slowly they went to the bedroom. The bedroom door was open.
They peeked in; nobody was there, only a table sat in the corner.

As they entered the bedroom, all of them got stunned. On the table, there were pieces of skin, loafs, blood spread around. Detective Sam's eyes widened. Everybody looked at each other with ghostly silence. At once everybody has lot of questions on their minds. But they didn’t have courage to discuss about it, not even among themselves. Detective Sam looked at the bedroom window. It was open.
“Collect information about the resident” Sam ordered.
One of the team members went outside and returned back after a while collecting the information.
“ Sir, We've contacted the landlord and he's on his way, but he said the house being rented out to one Ewen Foster.” the officer said.
“ Make sure I see him first when he arrives. Call forensics, I don't want anyone else to enter this apartment until everything is bagged. “ Sam instructed.

Outside in the crowd a murmur started ‘Landlord has arrived... Landlord is arrived’
“ Who is the landlord?” Sam asked.
A aged person came forward and fearfully responded in low tone, “ I am”
“So, you must have all his information, like address and all” Sam asked him.
“ Yes I have” He handing over him a paper slip.
Sam took the slip. It contained Ewen Foster’s address, phone etc.
“ But seeing all this, I am afraid it may be fake.” the landlord said in hesitation.
“ Have you not verified it before renting.?” Sam snapped back.
“ No… I mean.. I was about to do it.” He said clearing sweat on his face.

... contd..