He looked through all the documents that he had regarding the case. Every single bit of the evidence that were there with her murder incident was everywhere on his table. He took one sweet that was in the cup on his table as he tried to clear up his mind The taste of the sweet boost up his brain that was curious with what was actually going on.
He looked at the photos that were taken right afterthe victim, Daigo Sato, was found dead on the couch at the living room hall after the witness made a police report about it. The witness, Akane Iro, was sure that it was the victim that was accused to be the murderer, Emi Sato, was the one who killed the victim, but somehow, the prove wasn’t clear enough to him that she is the murder.
Could it ever be anybody else that went inside the house, killing the victim when he was alone in the living room hall? He sighed as he put the notes for the case papers to the side. He kept on looking on the photos if there was any evidence that it wasn’t her that killed him. He lifted his shoulder up when at the same time he looked at the clock on the wall close enough to him.
It was only seven fifty five in the morning. He went there a little early that day. Most of his working friend either comes sharp on time or a little bit late. The bright light from the glass window close to him was lighting up the office. He looked at the photos of the evidence in front of his as at the same time his brain was thinking. She was said that went to her brother’s house for a visit around three in the evening, and she was about to leave around an hour after that but her brother insist her to join him and his girlfriend for dinner that night.
She really doesn’t want to join him at first but it was her brother. A man that was said she grew up with after the lost of her parents when she was sixteen years old. Currently her age was twenty four years old. She just finished her university and currently working as a clerk at an office somewhere in the city of Tokyo.
Because her brother wanted her to stay, she decided to take a quick rinse in the bathroom as at that time the incident happen.
The only other person inside the house beside her and her brother was his girlfriend, Akane, that caught her red handed holding the knife that was used to kill the victim at that time…
Miyama raised his eyebrow and grunted as he ran his fingers through his hair
‘How could all of this happen?’ he wondered alone. He inhaled a deep breath before he stared blankly at what’s ahead of him. He looked at something but his mind wasn’t concentrate with anything at all. He looked at the notes that they gotten from the one that was accused, but he wasn’t satisfied with the notes at all because it wasn’t him that wrote everything on the piece of paper/
“I need to go and get the information myself,” he said silently.
He grabbed on his bag and he wanted to get out from there, but somehow, at the same time, he heard the sound of two people talking as their footsteps walking towards the room was heard. He looked at who it was and it didn’t surprise him to see Sada Atsuhiro and Ozaki Maiko heading towards him.
He took some important documents that he needed for the case and put it inside his bag. He stood up, with his bag in his hand. He hung the bag right behind his back before he made his way out from there. Maiko looked at his direction as at the same time, he walked out from there.
“Hey, Miyama sensei,” Maiko greeted him. He just lifted his hands up and bowed down to them, “Good morning,” he greeted them as he walked right by their side out from the office. Sada looked at him being a little stellar, walking out from the room. He stopped walking and looked at his direction, he crossed his arms over his chest. He furrowed his eyebrow when Maiko looked blankly at Miyama’s direction.
“Yeah. Have fun outside! Make sure you don’t forget to buy us lunch!” he said mockingly to Miyama. Maiko raised her brows up, “And what’s up with this guy? His attitude has gone crazy right after he got this case,” she said. Sada grumbled, “Well, he got too many things in his mind,” he said sarcastically. Sada walked away towards his office at the other side of the office while Maiko just lifted her shoulders up and walked towards her table,
“Who cares about him anyway,” she said.
**
It was nine fifteen in the morning. The day has gone by like how it usually have been. People who are working were doing their work while the students are busy at their school or their university. Those people who are happy with their family at home were doing what they always do, living their life alone or rising up their loved one, but somehow for him, work is never done until everything is sort out, settled like the way it should.
He walked outside the corridor outside the meeting room with the prisoner inside the Tokyo police station. His footsteps were heard with each step that he took. He inhaled a deep breath as he was approaching the room that he was going to.
“Let’s hope I got things clear,” he said.
Maybe his friends had got the note from her when they met her earlier as he was still on some issue that he got to settled a few days ago. When he got their notes, he felt like there’s something missing as if there’s question that wasn’t asked from her. He stopped in front of the door and he looked at the number ‘8’ that was on the door. He grabbed on the door knob before he opened the door and he walked inside.
He sat on the chair on the other side of the plastic that connect two person from another ‘world’ inside the room. He opened his bag and took out his notebook, along with the pen that he always used. He put both of it on the table in front of him before he took out his name card for him to introduce himself to her.
His eyes were looking around inside the empty room as she still isn’t at the other side. He inhaled a deep breath even though he tried to smile. Maybe he had met her before but in a very short time because suddenly something came up and he needed to go.
He waited for her to be there and somehow in the silent of the room, suddenly the door from the other side was opened and she walked inside the room.
Miyama looked at her before he stood up to greet her.
She looked at his direction when he held out his card to show her who he was, “Hello, Miss Sato. I’m Miyama Hiroto, the attorney that is handling your case,” he said to her as he bowed down.
She was startled to see him right in front of her,
“Miyama Hiroto?” she said his name.
Slowly, he looked at her without any words was said…
“Emi Sato,” he said her name.
© Scarlet Matsumoto 2018
