The Curious Case of Briston Prison

With reference  to The Curious case of Briston prison
                                    The Curious case of Briston prison -Part 2

Chapter – 3 

The Young detectives

Melinda received a call on her mobile.  She came near Dave and delivered the message. “Excuse me Students! We have got the permission to visit the Crime place tomorrow morning. So till then take the day off.”

The students left to their respective rooms.

Allan, Buma, Crillan, Mark and Cindy had their rooms adjacent to each other. All gathered in Crillan’s room to discuss about the case. 

Quinn, Max, Bruce, Alicia and Catherine had their rooms opposite to the others .Allan, Buma, Crillan, Mark and Cindy have been friends from their high school. Allan, Buma and Crillan are child hood friends; they always wanted to become the best detectives. When they went to high school, they met Mark and Cindy who had the same ambition as these guys. They started to check out every important Case which makes news.

Allan has a terrific memory and he loves solving puzzles and getting clues. Buma has good Analytical skills and she is bio- technician and provides supports in finding the clues. Crillan is a techie guy; he roams around with his laptop and has information in the finger tips. Mark and Cindy are good athletes with exceptional analysis and questioning capabilities. Cindy is a Criminal psychologist too.

Unlike Allan, Buma, Crillan, Mark and Cindy, Quinn, Max, Bruce, Alicia and Catherine are individuals put together as a group. Quinn and Bruce know each other in high school. Rest of the members in the group got to know each other in Dave’s academy.

Quinn has exceptional qualities of puzzle solving and quick thinking. Alicia is an artist with a very good memory , which helps in lot of things in case solving. Bruce is highly ranked football player in his High school; he is well built and strong and can man handle 2 guys. Catherine and Max are technology assistants, who can get any piece of information with a quick turnaround time. Catherine is also a bio technician.

Allan “I cannot even think of a way that how would have Jack  done the act of getting the key inside a locked room lying next to the dead body, there are 2 possibilities here.. Either he should have made a duplicate key of Donald’s or he should have been used by someone, may be the Commissioner himself “, explained his point of view to others.

“We will have to analyze on every possible ways to crack this one “Buma jumped up with anxiety in the other room.

All the guys nodded with an act of agreement. 

In the opposite room, “If Jack was so dangerous, why was he allowed come out of his cell? Even if he was left out of the cell, how did he get access to Food Storage building? “Quinn began to question himself and analyze the scenarios.

At Dave’s Room “You think I am putting lot of burden on these kids, don’t You?”  Dave questioned Melinda. Melinda just gave a smile and replied “May be “

“Excuse me Mr. Dave! Sorry for disturbing, May I come in! “. 

 Melinda and Dave turned their attention towards the voice that interrupted their conversion. “Yes! Please Come in”. 

A tall middle aged man with a knife-cut scar on his face came inside to the room and gave a glance at Melinda and moved his sight towards to Mr. Dave.

“Mr. Dave, here is the duplicate key of the food storage room that you have asked for, the Commissioner asked to deliver it to you. Let me know in case of any issues”. Dave received the keys and said “Thank you very much”. The Officer turned back and walked towards the door “Officer, May I know your name?” Dave questioned him.

  He turned his head “It’s Dustin Edwards, Mr. Dave” said it with a small grin on his face and went out of the room and saw Melinda. Melinda did not like the way he saw her. Melinda just went to door and closed it lightly and came back to her table.

Dave slowly moved his wheel chair towards the window of his room.

The night was darker than before. The wind was blowing nicely, it was cooler than the city. The sound of the waves hitting the shores echoed off the walls.

The Silence was once again broken by someone “Knock! Knock!”

Dave and Melinda turned their attention towards the door. “Please come in!”

Quinn was standing there in a very confused state. Dave saw his face and understood this kid has got some questions which he needs answers. “Quinn! What happened? Do you need any help?” Dave questioned him.

“Sorry to disturb you this late Mr. Dave!  I was thinking about the case and got a little restless and I needed some information too. So can I spend some time with you now? “Quinn asked Dave hesitantly. 

Dave smiled at Quinn “Come in, have a seat.” Quinn did as Dave said.

“So what made you restless?” Dave questioned him.

“You said that Jack was executed by the police officials!”

“Yes, as per records Jack was executed by the officials. It was given in the report. There was no evidence of jack’s dead body since the officials, burnt most of the bodies before the inquiry troops arrived here.”

 “You mean to say that there is every possibility of Jack being alive. If I ‘m correct?” Quinn expressed his views on the.

“Hmm... we can’t reject that case too. There is a possibility too. But if he is still alive, only if, then we can expect some breaking news”. Dave expressed his points.

Quinn got up from his seat “Thanks for your time Mr. Dave”. 

“You are welcome. Quinn “

Quinn gave a smile to both of them and said “Good night Mr. Dave!! Good Night Miss. Melinda”

Melinda and Dave wished him. “I think I will move to my room, call me if you need anything Mr. Dave” Melinda spoke as she went to the door and closed it. “Good night, Mr. Dave” Dave heard her wish from outside the door after it was closed. He greeted her too. And he went near the window. The cloud was getting ready to pour heavily.  It started raining heavily. The tides were rising up every time. The tides hit the rocks of the prison really hard.

Dave moved near to his bed.  He pulled himself up by gripping the bed and got onto the bed, switched off the lights and laid down and slept calmly.

Expect the Unexpected

It was 7 a.m.  “Knock!  Knock!”  “ Mr. Dave! Can I come in? “Melinda sounded. 

Dave woke up from his sleep “Yes! Please!”

Melinda came in. “Good morning!” With a bright smile! She was accompanied by a butler with a morning tea/coffee.  Dave wished both of them and had some tea.

It was drizzling outside. The clouds were getting darker. 

“Melinda! Ask the students to assemble in the meeting room around 9 a.m. We shall leave to food storage room” Melinda gave acknowledged Dave with a nod.

 

 The clock struck 9. All of them assembled in the meeting room. 

“Students, Let’s move” said Dave .All of them started to move towards the food storage room. A man was waiting outside the dining room. He had a scar on the left side of his face. The scar was really deep. 

“Mr. Dave. I’m Jason Barnes, am an officer here. I was one of the officers who were there, when the riot happened. The commissioner asked me to accompany you and explain the whole happening”.

“Hello Officer. Thanks for accompanying.”

  Officer Jason Barnes narrated the whole incident, the working of the prison and the timing when food was served to the prisoners.

“And this is the cell of Jack Daniels and Donald North”. The dusty cell, with its rusty walls was entirely covered in graffiti; Alicia who went near it had a full view of the graffiti. Few people went to the adjacent cell in which Donald was put in.

Allan “Officer, May I ask you  a question?” asked for permission put forth his question to Jason.

“Yes! Please…” answered Jason, “Why was a psychopath like Jack Daniels  kept near any other prisoner when you guys knew how dangerous he was?” Jason moved closer to Allan “Mr. Jack was supposed to be changed to another cell before the riot happened. In fact the crime was committed to exactly on the 10th day after his arrival into the prison and two days prior to his case went to hearing.”

“First 2 days, Jack never came out of his cell, not even for having food. The officers, who were on duty saw him speaking to Donald frequently in his cell and made him believe that he was convicted for the murder which he has not committed.”

“Donald used his influence and friendship with the jail wardens to get Jack out of his cell and help him out in the Food storage area.  In this way, Jack was roaming around the prison in which he is not supposed to be.” explained Jason.

Every one listened to Jason without even a blink. They reached to the crime area “THE FOOD STORAGE ROOM”.  

Jason Barnes turned to Dave and asked him “Mr. Dave can I have the keys, Sir. “ Dave got the keys from his pocket and gave it to Jason. Jason inserted the Key in the key hole and opened it.  As soon as the door was open, a stench of blood hit their nostrils as the air rushed at them .In that moment every single person in the room knew they were not the only ones in the room, there were something else in that room. Something, which didn’t belong there.

Jason moved around the food boxes that was stacked up in the room and when he reached the end. He just screamed “Oh my dear Lord!”  Dave and rest of the group went through the stacked boxes. The girls went “aaaahhhh!” A body was lying there in the floor with the room key lying next to it.

Dave “Dustin!!” he screamed. It was Dustin Edward’s body which was lying there in the corner of room.

Case yet to be solved…