Noah
13th of April, 2017
Everyone in my neighborhood loved Mr Joseph who lives below my apartment. He was a middle age man with gray hair and a skinny body . He was known to be kind ,gentle and considerate, even animals loved him. Every day he brings cooked meat in a bag and feeds stray cats and dogs .
I never liked that guy , he is way too nice to the point he became suspicious to me . I always believed that I had a sixth sense, I can identify a good person from a bad one . I just need one evidence to reveal his true wicked nature so I started to watch him day and night for a couple of weeks until I saw something one day. He came back to his apparent at 2 am with a big strange cloth bag in his hand . The view from my window was clear enough to see a red liquid leaking from that bag .
" It's blood " I said to myself with confidence.
I rushed down quietly just to make sure of what I saw . I threw my pen from the stairs to make it fall in front of his apartment then I went to grab it back but I also took a small sample of the liquid on my tissue. As I was investigating the stain I didn't notice that Joseph was already standing beside me with a mop in his hand and the door wide open .
" Is there something I can help with Noah ? " Asked Mr. Joseph
I swallowed my saliva with tense nerves and felt my heart beat increasing with each second.
" I was grabbing my pen " I said pointing with it .
" I don't believe the meat I bought for the cats leaked . I will clean this mess as soon as possible , don't worry " said Mr Joseph with a creepy smile. Luckily I returned to my apartment safely, but I wasn't sure if he saw the sample I took , next day I sent it to a laboratory to determine it's source.
I called my friend Thomas to visit me that morning. I told him about my neighbor and what happened last night .
" Your accusations aren't built on any proofs and doesn't have any sense, just leave the man alone " said Tom after he heard what happened.
I knew that he won't believe me easily but we agreed to wait for the lab result. We played some video games and watched movies until night when we received a massage saying that the blood was AB+ for a man . I was surprised although I expected it .
" We have to report this to the police " said Thomas in panic.
" This evidence is not enough, he can change the truth easily " I explained
" Then what do you suggest? " asked Tom .
" We will break into his apartment, if we found anything suspicious we will call the police . He won't be in home until 2 am so midnight will be the best time to do it " I said in excitement.
Tom refused to carry out my plan claiming that it is illegal but at the end I convinced him . At 12 am we cut off all the lights in the building then we went in front of the door ، Tom took out a paper clip and started to open the door, he was always good in opening doors . After a couple of tries we successfully entered the apartment and closed the door behind us . We open flashlights in our phones and started to look around . The place was so clean and tidy. Everything was fine except the sink , it was in a complete mess , a black bag in the sink which was full of blood and water . I stood there holding my nose from the smell.
" Noaaaah " I heard Tom calling me loudly from the bathroom . I ran to check on him , I found him sittings on the ground with a yellow face .
" what is it ? " I asked . He pointed towards the bathtub with the closed curtains. I pulled them slowly to find a dead body in the tub. The body didn't have arms or legs, all of them were chopped off . I started to observe the body carefully, the fact that it was Mr Joseph's dead body made me speechless .
" How can this happen, I saw him leaving the houses. " I cried.
" we must call the police " said Tom while getting up .
" Tom , this is Mr Joseph the man we saw leaving today's night " I said
" what ! How ? We must get out of here " said Tom and started to breathe heavily
Just before we were about to leave we heard the apartment door open . We ran to the bed room and hide in the closet.
We saw through the closet door a person searching in the leaving room .
" There is someone here " a familiar voice spoke.
We were so nervous, what will happen if we get caught ?
" Tom stop titillating me " I whispered.
" But Noah , I am at the other side of the closet " said Tom .
I opened my flash to find a gray hand holding my shirt .
Tom dashed out of the closet terrified and I followed him , we were about to run out when Mr Joseph suddenly stood in our way .
" what are you doing here ? " asked Mr Joseph who was holdings a lamp in his hand .
" Do you have a twin or are you a ghost ? " asked Tom .
" You are a murder, we saw everything, the body in the bathtub and the sink " I shouted .
" what are you talking about ? " said Mr Joseph then he grabbed a large silver stick . Tom started pulling my shirt and here we decided to run . I pushed Mr Joseph then we ran out . We made it safely to Tom house and we call the cops on the way .
When the cops arrived they investigated everything then questioned us .
" This apartment is abandoned since a long time ago . A man named Joseph Steward used to live here until they found him dead one day in his bathtub in 2006 , he was murdered .I don't understand why are you living in this ghostly neighborhood, people stopped leaving here long time ago " explained the officer
" I think you know the consequences of breaking into other homes young men " said another officer .
I and Tom looked at each other in surprise, we paid the penalty and left but we never forgot what we saw in that apartment .
