Chapter 4 Bloody Night

With her eyesight no longer being very good, Nora was forced to watch her steps behind thick glasses. His cell phone vibrated again.

He immediately took out his cell phone and read the message from his son.

'I'm on my way home, Mom.'

Nora smiled slightly reading the message. However, Nora's smile disappeared in an instant when the man appeared right behind her.

Without a sound, without any noise that could attract attention, the man immediately covered her and pressed the sharp knife to Nora's neck.

The man's movements were very fast, Nora didn't even have time to struggle or scream. The sharp knife blade moved to touch his skin in a matter of seconds.

With a very deep cut, the knife moved smoothly and smoothly, slicing Nora's neck perfectly and severing her veins.

The man continued to smother Nora, restraining her movements until she was completely lifeless.

Immediately, tears fell from Nora's eyes, realizing that Soraya would face this cruel world alone. However, the man didn't care at all.

Even after Nora was no longer alive, the man just put her on the side of the sidewalk with blood continuing to flow from her neck.

Seeming like he was used to doing his job well, the man put the knife back into the wrapper calmly, then tuck it behind the waistband of the trousers.

Calmly, the man took his cell phone out of his pocket, then took several photos of Nora. After finishing, the man immediately took Nora's bag and cellphone, and disappeared without a trace.

Nora's stiff body was left alone. It doesn't matter whether anyone finds it or not. The man really didn't care. For him, there was only one thing that mattered, his job was finished.

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Soraya stood under the shower, while her thoughts were on her mother. Until now, he does not understand why this incident happened to him.

Three months have passed since he received the news about his mother's death that night. But until now, Soraya hasn't been able to let it all go.

That night he was on his way home from the cafe with Kevin. Just as he got off the train, his cell phone suddenly rang loudly.

At that time, Soraya thought it was her mother who called, but in fact it wasn't. Instead he got news he never expected.

Even now, Soraya still remembers how heavy and hoarse the voice of the police who contacted her that night was. Luckily Kevin was beside him when he got the news.

In fact, the man always accompanied him and helped him calm down while the investigation was still ongoing.

One week passed, he received information that it had been confirmed that his mother's death was purely a robbery that ended in murder.

Soraya could not accept this decision, and tried to ask the police to continue searching for the perpetrator of the murder.

However, they firmly rejected his request.

From CCTV results, the police insisted that the man who killed her mother did what thieves usually do, taking her mother's cellphone and bag.

Because the thief was afraid that Mama would put up a fight, the thief killed Mama, then just left her on the sidewalk.

She has seen CCTV footage more than three times, but not once has Soraya found any movement from her mother who intended to fight back.

What was the thief really looking for from his mother? Their lives are not rich, in fact they are quite mediocre.

Is it true that the thief only intended to take the cellphone and the contents of his mother's bag?? Couldn't the thief just take his mother's belongings without killing her? These questions continued to fill Soraya's mind.

However, all Soraya's questions disappeared like a gust of wind when her mother's bag and cellphone were found in one of the residential rubbish bins in the Epping area.

That's when Soraya began to realize the oddity of her mother's death.

In fact, when the police stated that the robber was using a motorbike without a number plate, Soraya is still trying to convince herself that her mother's death was purely the work of a frightened thief.

However, after finding out that the perpetrator did not take his cell phone or money from his mother's wallet, Soraya became increasingly suspicious of the police's decision, who insisted they had no intention of continuing the case.

Soraya also didn't understand why the case was just stopped, as if mother's death meant nothing to them.

Until now, Soraya continues to reject the police statement regarding her mother's death.

He still doesn't understand why the thief put his mother's cellphone and bag in the Epping area, without even taking a penny.

This is what makes Soraya even more convinced that her mother's death was not an ordinary case of theft.

The next question that has been in his head until now is, what was the killer's main goal?