A GAME

"MOST PEOPLE ARE NOTHING BUT PAWNS ON A CHESSBOARD LED BY AN UNKNOWN HAND "

Oliver wore his jacket and left for the police station as Mark's phone was unreachable , "hello!! Oliver did you find anything , you know i was about to call you to ask-" Oliver interrupted Mark and spoke " Mark listen to me very carefully , next murder is about to happen , Tomorrow" , Mark was shocked to hear the news ,

"w-what are you saying??"

"Yes , i don't know how , when , and where but it'll definitely happen tomorrow" , "Oliver but how will we stop that , we don't know the time , place or even a clue about the person who's getting murdered tomorrow!!!!" , " it might sound wrong but we have to wait till the murder happens.." , " we don't have any choice?" , Mark asked almost pleased , " no , we have to wait till tomorrow and also these files , i've xerox copy of them , I'll get going ..." , Mark nodded and then Oliver left from there , " if my guess is right then it'll surely happen tomorrow and also if the date can be the clue then time , there has to be something with time too!"....

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It's 20th May , the day another murder will occur , it's frustrating to know that another life will be gone and i can't do anything , i've called Mark to ask about any news , but it hasn't happened yet , and about the 'time' I'm doing some research on the internet and as it can be anything related to the murders , Victims or our killer , after sometime i found something maybe it can help me crack the time code....."

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Some days ago on 17th May , in evening, a car entered in warlington residence and stoped at house no. 55/350 , and there was a middle aged couple and a boy in his 20's , they came out of the car and went inside and did the shifting stuff , it was dusk already , they were at dinner table , suddenly the man quoted ," you're graduated already , will you look for a job now ? Or did you planned to be unemployed for the rest of your life?" , "hmmm,,i will look for one by tomorrow" he answered shortly , and continue eating his meal , his mom didn't said anything but continued to eat her meal .

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After some time , around 22:03 , the boy applied to a few companies for job and eventually fell asleep . Next day , he was eating his breakfast when he heard a ring^ , he checked his phone and saw it was an unknown number , he answered it , "hello! Is this Mr.Alden Yarrow?" ," yes , Alden Yarrow here" , " Mr. Yarrow this is assistant manager of Dark Lady perfume , and you've sented us your resume yesterday , and you've been selected , you may come for the interview today at 12:00" she stated formally , "okay ma'am , I'll be there" , call declined and Alden sighed with relief .

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At 11:40 , Alden reached the company and went inside then someone came to him and asked , "ummm...hi how may i help you?" , " oh-h i'm here for the interview , i got a call in morning" , "oh this way" , she took him to a hall where many people were sitting and were waiting for thier turn to go inside after sometime , Alden came inside the interview room , "good afternoon madam" , "please sit " , the interview was over after 15 minutes , and the same lady whom he saw outside came towards him ," hi , i'm the assistant manager , you can go now , we'll call if you passed the interview", Alden came back home and saw a car parked outside the house , he smiled and came inside ," aunty Merlin!!" , "hey,,Alden my son , how are you doing and where were you?" ,"you're here , then i'm good , and i was doing a interview" , he said blissfully , "interview , but you just graduated , what was the hurry??" , "it's alright aunty , and who knows maybe I'll get this job !?" , "ok as you wish , now let's eat lunch?!" , they had their lunch together and chitchatted whole day and then in evening , Alden's phone ringed , he answered it , it was again the assistant manager , she told him that , he's been selected for the accountant post , and he may join from tomorrow at 9:00 , will discuss his work there and also sented him an email for his job confirmation ," okay ma'am , I'll be there , thank you" , he checked his laptop for the mail .

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The next day , Alden reached there on time and come to the reception and asked ,"hi , I'm here for the accountant's job , where am i suppose to go now!!?" ," oh , hello , you may go to the 5th floor account management department" , " ok thank you" , he came to the 5th floor and got to know about his work , desk , and other things .

It was lunch break and all the employees are in cafeteria , then a group of people came towards Alden and one of them questioned ,"hey, you are the new accountant , right ?" , " yes , myself Alden Yarrow , nice to meet you!", he greeted them formally , "hey , Alden myself Sofi and he's Luke , Sayra , Tia , and Ben" , "Can you join us , if you don't mind?", " sure , i'd love to" . They all sat and had some snacks and talked about random things , when suddenly Luke said , "hey , you know about that case , ummm....that murderer , what was that name , DL? Know about that?", "no , what is it?" , "it's a murderer , DL , it's been 2 months since the murders started , maybe around 14-15 murders happened" , Alden was astonished , "yeah , maybe you're new to the city , that's why didn't knew about it" , "you know there's not a single sign or clue about the murderer except that card..." , Luke added , "and also that reporter said there was a smile on Victim's face-" , Ben's words were interrupted by a stern voice , "What are you'll doing here? Don't you have any work??" , they all turned their heads and saw a well-dressed man ,"sir he's new here so we were just trying to help him know the things and rules" , Sofi explained , "what's you post mr.-" , "Myself Alden Yarrow , and i'm an accountant" , "ok , i'm the manager , Kylo Weems" , "nice to meet you sir" , Kylo was about to say something when Tia said interrupting him , "sir!? I think we all should leave now as we had our meal!!!" , "yeah! You're right , we should leave now , ok sir !" , they all left from there leaving Kylo dumbfounded,,

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It was evening now , Alden entered in his house , and heard a stern voice and it was his dad's , "don't you think , you were supposed to tell us about your job?" , "i was about to you , but didn't got a chance ....!, I'll be in my room...'' , Mr. Yarrow didn't said anything but continued to glare him untill he was out of his sight..

Alden ate his dinner and was about to sleep when his mind clicked the conversation happened in cafeteria,,, ["hey , you know about that case , ummm,, that murderer , what was that name , yeah! DL , you know about it?"] ,

["It's a murderer , DL , it's been 2 months since the murders happened"] thinking about this he drifted to sleep .

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Next day ,

"i'm still searching on internet about the time pattern , after sometime i found something , maybe it can help me crack the code , it is a time code??".

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