The Nobody

It was exactly 12:00 am. I heard my bell ring. Groggy eyed I opened the door. There was nobody there ! I thought I was dreaming. So, I went back to bed and slept again. Again, at 1:00 am, I heard my house bell ring. I again went out and found that there was nobody there…. again ! So, I went back to sleep. All night this happenned till 5:00 am (till sun rise) I couldn’t sleep all night and was frustrated the whole day. As I was a detective, I needed to find out what was going on. I sat into my car, maserati (I kept her name Pink) which was automatic. We could talk to the car and give it instructions(the year is 3005)I went to the ‘Detectivions Office’. There my boss – Detective Rob was in his room. I went to him and told him the whole incident. Then he shouted, “ YOU ARE ONE OF THE BEST DETECTIVE IN OUR COMPANY! WHY HAVE YOU COME HERE! GO AND FIND OUT ABOUT THIS CASE WITH ANOTHER DETECTIVE! NOW DON’T STARE AT ME! GO AWAY!” “Yes sir.”, I said meekly. I hurried out of the office before he could shout at me again. I sat in my car. “ Pink, off to Maria’s house”, I told my car. Maria was my best friend and also a good detective. Her house was just 2 miles away so it din’t take much time. As soon as we reached her house, I hurried and pressed the bell. She opened the door. “ Hey Helen come in” she said. I went inside her house in the living room.

“ How are you, Helen ?”

“Hi Maria ! I am fine as always.”

“ Did you go to the Detectivions Office ?

“ Yup! I did go.”

“ What’s the new mystery to solvvvvvvve ?! And whom did it happen with ?”

“ It happenned with me ! And Detective Rob allowed me to take any other detective. So, please help me, Maria. We both need to find out about this.

“ I will Helen….but first tell me the case to solve.

“ So, listen………………,” as I told her everything in detail.

As soon as Maria listened the whole case to solve, she hurried in her room and got a dixxer(It helps to find out the fingerprints and the footprints put on a particular object). “Let’s go to your house,” she said. “ Okay ! Let’s go in pink,” We went outside. I said-“Pink, let’s go home.” We reached in 20 – 30 minutes. “ Come on ! Let’s turn on the Dix-” My phone rang. It was Detective Rob’s phone. “ Hello sir,” I said. HELLO HELEN ! WHERE ARE YOU ? DID YOU SOLVE THE  MYSTERY ? I KNOW YOU DIDN’TTTTTTTTTT ! DO IT FAST OR I WILL-”, he shouted. “ Sir, it will take a couple of days. Thank you……goodbye!,” I said and cut the call as fast as I could. “So, now the call is cut ! Let’s solve the mystery. I am so excited ! So, do I turn on the dixxer ?,”Maria said in excitement. “Yeah”,I replied. Maria turned on the dixxer and connected it to the footmat. The footprint was of an enormous shoe. It was as large as the half of my footmat ( my footmat is very large , almost 15 inches ). “ This footprint is very large!,” Maria said. “ Just like - ,” before I could finish the sentence Maria’s phone rang. It was Detective Roby. She was Detective Rob’s sister, but, unlike him, she was a kind-hearted and our friend. Maria talked to her. After 5-7 minutes, Maria hung up the phone. “ What happened ?,” I asked her. “ Roby is saying that her brother has ordered her to work with us and find out the culprit. And, she will happily join us, from tomorrow. So, I’m going home. You take out the printout of this footprint. Ok? Good Bye.,” she said. “Ok ! See you tomorrow. Bye !,” I said and went inside my house. It was time for me to sleep. “Good Night ,” I said to myself and was asleep in 5-10 minutes.At about 1:30 am, I heard something in the garden. It was of something breaking. But I was so sleepy to get up and see what it was…..and soon I was fast asleep. Tring Tring went my alarm. It was 8:00 am. The sun was shining bright. Oh no ! I totally forget to take out the printout of the enormous footprint. I rushed to the bathroom, brushed my teeth, took a bath and dressed up. I ran downstairs into the study room. I opened my laptop and took out the print out. And, my phone rang, “ Hey Helen ! Roby is with me. We are just arriving.,” and Maria cut the call before I could reply. Just then the doorbell rang. I went and opened the door and there they were – Maria and Roby. “ Hi Roby ! Hi Maria ! Come inside.,” I said. “ Hi ! We’ll not come in. You need to come outside so that we can solve the mystery. Can you please bring the footprint printout.,” said Roby. “ The printout is in my hand, Roby. Let’s start the research.,” I said. Then, I suddenly remembered about the garden. “Hey, girls ! At night I heard some noise from the garden. Let’s go and check.” I said. “Okay”, Maria replied. We walked towards the garden. When we reached the garden, we saw that everything was in a mess. The pots had fallen down. The flowers had fallen down. We all were silent for a minute or two. Then, Maria cried, “The garden is in a big mess ! Who could have done this ?!” “Hey girls ! Check this out.”said Roby as she held out a crubled piece of paper. There was something written on it. “I’ll read it out.” I said. She handed out the piece of paper to me.

“I, whatever my name is…….will come to steal your house if you don’t leave your job. You get only 2 days to decide. And I will come to your house today and tomorrow till your garden is fully destroyed.

From :  name – (none of your business) to name –Helen Bailey.

“Can you show me the hand-writing ?” Roby asked. “Of course !”, I replied. She saw the hand-writing. "I think I have seen this hand-writing before. But, cannot remember who has written this, because this is written very strangely.”,she said. “A person from the Detectivions Office can only do this. But, we should first go to the shoe shop so that we can ask about the footprint.”, Maria said. “I think you are right for both things. Let’s go in pink.”, I replied. We sat in Pink. “Pink, off to the shoe shop in the market.”, I told her. We reached to the shoe shop in 10 minutes. We all got out of the Pink.

 I asked the owner to tell us who bought this size of the shoe recently. He told us 3 names – Mr Peter Hober, Mr Rob Rent and Mr Joseph Marko. “ Hey ! Brother also bought them. But, I don’t think he would have stolen it.”, Roby exclaimed. “But only he knows my name and address. So, he can also be the culprit.” I told her. “I have an idea. Let’s stay out in the garden tonight and see who he is. Then we can follow him in our bikes and then he would be caught red-handed.”, Maria said. “Great idea !” Roby exclaimed. “Yeah, great idea”, I said. “So let’s go. It’s already 9 and we need to make our food, eat it, hide our bikes, and get our cameras (to click the picture of the guy) till 11. “Let’s go ! Thank you sir!” she said, excitedly. We all sat in pink. “Home”, I told pink and we reached at my house. We quickly rushed home. 

Maria stayed outside to hide our bikes, Roby rushed into the store room to search for the cameras and I rushed into the kitchen to make food (they had come to my house many times and knew almost everything about my house) In 30 minutes, we all had done our work. Maria and Roby came to the dining room and we ate our food. It was shocking that I did not feel like watching my T.V. while eating food. I was so excited to solve mystery. This was the most different type of mystery I was solving. “Girls, it's 11. Let's go outside and hide. Roby, please give me and Maria one camera each.”, I said as we ran towards the garden. Roby gave us a camera each. We hid behind the bushes. 

At 11:45, I saw two tall men come. I pointed towards the men so that Maria and Roby who were almost sleepy, would pay attention. The taller man said – “Hey Crep, I think the girls are sleeping. We can break the window and Helen would have a big loss. Do you know she is such a good detective? My father is thinking that after his death, she, Helen Bailey would be the captain of the company, my sister would become the co-captain. And I Rob Rent, the great would be nothing !!! Then, he threw a rock on one of the windows and the glass broke. Roby was shocked ! “How could my brother do this.”, Roby whispered shocked and was instantly awake now. The men took out a stick and broke some of my pots. My whole garden was ruined ! I was feeling so angry that I thought to put Rob to jail. But I saw everything calmly. Maria was excitingly making a video. Rob told his partner, Crep, “Let’s go to my dad’s house and tell him that Helen is no longer a detective. Then , Roby would become the captain and I will be the co-captain. Ha ha ha.”, Rob said cruelly. “But Rob, maybe your father doesn’t make you the co-captain. Then ?, said Crep, doubtfully. At this, Rob said cruelly, “Oh you shut up ! Now let’s go !” They went from my garden. 

“Let’s follow them”, I said half-whispering. “I have hidden the bikes behind the bushes”, said Maria. We sat up. Roby was still in shock. I pulled her upwards. She stood up. Maria sat on her bike, I sat on mine and Roby sat behind me. “I still cannot believe that my brother did this. I trusted him so much”, cried Roby. “It’s okay Roby. Everything will be all right. You can’t loose hope. He did something wrong. You didn’t. Then, why are you so disappointed?”, Maria said. “But he is my brother. My image is spoilt in front of everyone.”, she sobbed. “No Roby ! You are wrong. No one will judge you. And it’s not your mistake. Now you should stop crying.”, I explained her. She nodded. “They have parked their bikes there ! Let’s park our bikes also.”, Maria said pointing towards the garage of Mr Rent’s house. I nodded and we parked our bikes behind the bushes. 

We went inside the house. “Dad! Wake up! I have a bad news for you.”, Rob said. After a minute we heard another voice ,“Yes my child. What is it ?”, said Mr Rent. “Well. Helen is quitting her job. Now she won’t be the captain, father. I rushed inside the room from where the voice was coming from. Maria and Roby followed me. “I’m sorry Mr Rent, to come inside your house at night….and you are in pajamas. But your son, Rob Rent the manager of the World’s famous ‘Detectiventions Office’ is telling you a lie. I am not leaving the company, specially when I am becoming the captain. Day before yesterday, or I rather say 2 days before yesterday as it has crossed midnight, your son came and rang the bell after every hour from 12am to 5am. I went to him in the morning. But he shouted at me to solve the mystery on my own as always. 1 day after that day, he came to my house and destroyed my garden. Then yesterday (today’s night) he broke the glass of my window. Well, if I were not awake, then I wouldn’t have been in my dream company.”, I said calmly. “Oh ! Well Roby, could you please tell me the truth. And remember, your brother loves you a lot but it is not important to take his side. Just tell the truth.”, He said, talking in shock and explaining his daughter. “Well……Helen is telling the…….the………TRUTH ! I saw Rob doing this with my own eyes !”, said Roby truthfully. “HOW COULD YOU TELL THE TRUTH !!!!!”, shouted Rob. “Shut up, Rob ! You are no longer in this company ! And dear Helen, I make you the head of this company. You solved many mysteries, but by soving this one you have proved to be a real detective. I am proud of you. And Roby you told the truth, therefore you’ll be just a level below Helen.”, he said. “Yes…!”, cried Roby. “Helen, you can now choose your secretary.”,he said. My secretary is……Maria !”, I replied. “Thanks Helen !”, said Maria.“Welcome”, I said Well then, after that day (1^st June) I had so much fun being the head detective. My dream was to be a detective in the Detectivions Office, but I became the head of my dream company ! If we work hard, we can achieve even more than our goals……………….!