Once I received a message from Uncle Charles, I headed to his house. The tranquility in his house welcomed me and I could see his shadow in the corridor. When I peeped, I saw him washing his hand hastily in the sink.A few steps to the sink, a bloodied pool of water was flushing through. He grinned and my gaze returned on the pistol in his waist.“It is done, Emily. That rotten maggot must be sinking down the deep of the lake right now.”“The lake?” I panicked and widened my gaze at him, as if to scrutinize what evil he had done.“Yes, the lake,” he affirmed and grinned before snorting and pulling out the gun from his waist and emptying the remaining bullets, “I had to dump his corpse in the Blackwood Lake, where no tourist or resident visits. That lake had been abandoned for decades now and nobody can envisage a corpse is in there.” He snorted and took out a cigar.“Are you sure we are safe, uncle,” I whispered, scared that someone may be eavesdropping on us. My breathing was heaving
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