Chapter 3 Vanishing Evidence

Our eyes widened in shock, leaving everyone speechless until Nora said, "Does this mean that George was killed?"

She hinted, her mouth agape.

Joey couldn't bear the shock of knowing that her husband was killed, her heart began to pound, breathing heavily. "That man looks familiar," I thought, trying to get a clear view of his face as I told Mike to rewind the footage.

I took a closer look and I still clearly did not see his face. Suddenly, the electricity went down and we were in total darkness. Everyone wondered what was happening, "What's going on?" Chen questioned, curious.

I was vigilant, knowing that someone purposely turned off the power supply. "Let me go check what's going on!" Mike exclaimed, asking us to exit the security control room.

We swiftly trailed behind him, and after the power was turned on, we returned to the security room to finish the footage. We started all over again but weren't able to find out what happened to George.

"The video is been wiped out!" Mike exclaimed, his eyes wide in disbelief. We all exclaimed, "What!" Joey shook her head in disagreement, "How is that possible?" She inquired with a hint of frustration and confusion.

I immediately excused myself as they kept arguing about how the footage disappeared. I swiftly looked around the building, every corner, including the parking lot.

I saw a stranger, also dressed in black hurriedly leaving the building. "Hey! Who are you? Stop right there!" I exclaimed, striding towards him. But instead, he ran off without looking back, and before I could get closer, I couldn't find him anywhere.

I quietly retreated to the security room and they all turned to look at me upon my entrance, "Jason, where have you been?" Nora questioned. "I had to use the bathroom," I quickly replied. "Did you guys find the footage?" I inquired, lightly pressing my lips.

"We didn't, someone must have deleted it when we left," Chen replied, his voice tense. Joey began to sob softly, her face buried on the desk. I felt her pain, the pain of losing someone you so much love, is frustrating and heartbreaking.

Nora began to rub Joey's back, urging her to get up. "Come on Joey, that's enough, you need to get some sleep," Nora said, lifting her with the help of Chen.

They gently took Joey into her into her apartment as I trailed behind them. I wasn't the type that talked much, I was more of an observer and also very calculative.

On getting to Joey's door, I bid them 'Good night' and retreated into my apartment. They took Joey inside, making sure she slept before they left her.

Meanwhile, I was in my room, my eyes on my screen, trying to figure out who the intruder was. And after so much research, I found out that it was the same assassin from three years ago. "Why did he kill Joey's husband?" I thought, my eyes fixed on the assassin's photo.

"What could be the reason?" I pondered, tapping my fingers. My sole aim was to catch the assassin and use him to find the people I had been searching for, for three years.

7:00 AM

I woke up from the couch, more determined than ever, and I turned on the TV only to see a headline, "The manager of Phantom Tech Miller Donald found dead in his car last night."

I briefly listened to the news, grabbed the man's name, and began some research. However, Joey had already woken up. It was like a dream to her, losing her husband at such a young age, left alone to take care of Mia and Liam. "Honey, why? Why did you have to leave me and our kids?" She murmured, sobbing bitterly.

After a while, she wiped her tears and decided to go pick up her kids from Nora's apartment. On getting there, she gently knocked on the door, "Hey, Joey, come in." Nora greeted as she opened the door.

"Mummy!!" Mia and Liam exclaimed, running to their mom. Joey forced a smile, "How are you guys doing? Hope you had a good night's rest," she inquired hugging them tightly.

"Yes Mom!!" They both exclaimed smiling. Joey nodded, staring at the both of them, "Mom, have you been crying? Your eyes are red," Liam questioned.

"Me? Cry? Of course not! You know Mummy never cries," Joey replied, concealing her emotions. Mia and Liam smiled and held her tightly and she thanked Nora for being so helpful as she took the kids back to her flat.

Joey kept thinking day and night wondering how to get a better job to take care of herself and the kids, but she had to wait until her husband was buried.

On the day of the burial, I decided to go to the funeral home undetected. Joey's husband, George was been buried the same day with Miller Donald, the manager of Phantom Tech in the same venue.

When I entered the funeral home, dressed in a black suit with a sunglasses, I spotted Miller's burial photo, "Isn't this the manager of Phantom Tech?" I thought, slowly walking past it.

Walking a bit forward, I spotted Geoge's photo and Joey in front of it sobbing with her Mom beside her. I stood still, watching her in pain, wishing that she never had to go through all that.

Unknown to me that the NIS was at the funeral home too. They were investigating the case of Miller Donald and also came to the funeral home. Evelyn Shaw spotted me and muttered, "Jason Frost?" Her eyes widened. "Go after him!" She commanded her team.

When I saw them from afar, taken aback, I swiftly walked away, but they began to chase me and I began to run, my legs thudding heavily on the floor. "Don't let him get away!" Evelyn Shaw shouted as the team kept on chasing me.

Arriving in the hallway, they intercepted me, I clenched my fist, ready to fight. "Jason Frost, after all these years you decided to surface," Evelyn Shaw addressed, elongating the vowels. I didn't say a word to her and kept mute, focused on how to escape from them.