Another Murder

Bianca screamed as her mother collapsed in the ballroom: “Mother! Mother! Wake up!!!”

A line of black thick blood was coming out of the mouth of the unconscious woman.

“Poison!” cried a lady “She is poisoned!”

Claude came to the ballroom with Jack as soon as they heard the screaming:

“Is that your doing?” Claude asked Jack the moment they got to the door.

“No. Yours?”

“No.”

“Who then?”

They didn’t need that answer for the moment. Instead, they approached the victim:

“What the f*ck is this?” said Jack as he knelt beside the collapsed woman.

“Oh! Mr. Black! Mother! Mother got poisoned!” responded Bianca crying.

Claude ordered his men to call the police and an ambulance. But Jack said coldly as he examined the woman: “Order them to hurry and bring a doctor along. I do not think she can make it in more than an hour.”

“Alright. Ladies and gentlemen, please do not leave your positions. Stay where you are until the police are here.”

Inside, Claude was cursing. That was far away from being a