Clear signs of the Spring

淸明 [7] / [9]

"Who are you?"

Alexander asked to the old man. The man didn't answer. Alexander doubted that the man could even hear. Alexander hurriedly opened the folded paper.

There was an address written there, and that was all: 406 Pinewood Terrace, Apartment 3B. That was very far from him, and outside of his jurisdiction. When this dawned on him, simultaneously, his phone rang. The call was from a restricted number. He answered the phone. Before Alexander could even say anything, the caller began to speak very urgently.

"She murdered the guy she has been with. Damn it, she's out of her mind! You must arrest her as quickly as possible."

"What the hell are you talking about?"

Alexander answered, annoyed.

"Watch this. Your phone."

Soon a video arrived. He played the video file. It looked like a CCTV recording.

He recognized the woman in the video at once. It was Sarah, undoubtedly.

A man bent down in front of her. Sarah approached him, as if trying to help him walk. The man totally collapsed, kneeling down on the floor. A dark red liquid fluid slowly covered the floor around him. A glittering object was shown. A knife. She didn't let him go. One stab, then another, again and again, stabbing him in any random spot she could reach. Her stabbing continued until the man collapsed completely without moving again.

"No!!" Alexander yelled,

"What the hell is going on!?"

"Relax, dude. I hadn't expected this either. Shit. I really want to help you. That paper which the old man gave you is useless now. That's where this video happened. She is not there anymore, of course."

"Who is she? Why don't you drag her right in front of me if you really want to be helpful?"

The caller didn't answer for awhile, as if trying to stifle a chuckle.

"That doesn’t sound very fun,"

he answered.

"I promise. I will let you arrest her. I'll contact you when the plan is ready. I hope you will be."

The caller hung up. Alexander swore loudly. He immediately called 911, asking them to quickly dispatch a police officer to that very address. He realized that while he was on the phone, he lost sight of the old man and when Alexander raised his eyes after speaking with the dispatcher, the man was already gone. For a long while, he struggled to find where the old man disappeared to from around the periphery of the dock in the dark. But he left there, finding nothing by dawn.