"May I ask you how you came to this conclusion?" Daniel didn't doubt Patrick but he just wanted to understand his thought process.

"See, we already know Andrew and his female companion are the ones who killed this guy and they are not the people involved in Rachel's other attacks as one of the attacks happened in high school and she didn't even know them then and these two people are the ones she came across during her trip in Peebles. Also, I for a second also thought that Andrew and his female companion and the other people behind Rachel might be connected but that is also not possible because those people are more dangerous and this Andrew and that woman seem more dumb as they are already verified to be the murderers in the recent murder case. Also, they would not have failed at killing Rachel if they were somehow associated with those dangerous people." Patrick explained in detail.

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"Hmm you are right, it all makes sense now."

"Yeah, I feel once I know the identity of the victim, I might easily reach Andrew and his female companion."

"What do you think, any idea how long it might take to catch them?" Daniel knew it was not easy to know so he still hoped there was some answer to this question.

"Honestly, it is already confirmed that those two are the murderers, I just need to know where they are residing in, if any information on this victim is known then I think within a day or two they will be caught" Patrick was confident that he will catch them soon.

"Great, then you focus on that for now, don't bother yourself with the other dangerous people, leave them to me." Daniel suggested.

"Are you sure you can handle them Daniel? A police officer was attacked today, can you a civilian handle this?"

"I'll be careful, don't worry about me. Also, I'll pay for that officer's treatment."

"No need, I am the one who assigned this work to him so it is my responsibility."

"But Patrick…"

"Please Daniel, let me take responsibility for this."

"Fine but do send me his reports, if there is something I can do, I will."

"Sure"

"Patrick can you share the autopsy report of that victim?"

"Yeah the autopsy doctor would be preparing the report today, I can share it with you."

"Which hospital was this autopsy conducted in?"

"St Christian City Hospital"

"Oh really? That's where I work actually." Daniel informed him.

"What a coincidence, you can meet the autopsy doctor at the hospital itself to get the updates, she already did her finding on Friday night itself, she is just putting it in official documents today."

"Oh, you know the name of the doctor who performed the autopsy?"

"Dr. Emily, Pathology Department."

"Oh she is my friend, I'll talk to her then."

"Wait, what do you mean by she is your friend?" Patrick suddenly felt insecure.

"Umm sorry?" Daniel could feel Patrick getting angry when he said Emily is his friend and he didn't understand this reaction.

"Don't you dare cheat on Rachel." Patrick was more worried if he would hit on his girlfriend and tried to cover it by dragging in Rachel.

"Are you trying to be funny?" Daniel was confused as Patrick still doesn't know about him and Rachel dating so technically he shouldn't talk about cheating on her.

"No, I am very serious."

"Dr. Emily is just a friend." Daniel still clarified as he didn't know what else to say.

"Okay, good then"

Then Daniel went to meet Emily and asked her for the updates on the autopsy.

Emily was surprised and wondered why Daniel is interested in knowing the details on this murder.

"I am just curious, I read a lot of detective novels." He was not comfortable in telling the truth to her, he was unaware of the fact that she is Rachel's close friend so it was obvious for him to hide the truth from her.

Then Emily gave him all the updates she initially gave to Patrick.

"Thank you Emily."

"No worries, once I am done with the report, do you want to go through it?"

"Sure"

"Yeah I too have some things to discuss about this case."

"Sure let's do that once the report is ready."

"Okay"

Daniel then left for his work and called his interns for a meeting.

Lisa looked fine and he too behaved as if he didn't witness anything that happened in the morning between her and Matthew.

Steve looked lost and Daniel asked him if he was fine, he nodded his head but he didn't look fine, his eyes were swollen and it looked like he was crying.

"When was the last time you two got leave?" Daniel asked.

"Interns can't apply for leave for the first few months sir." Lisa informed him.

"Did you guys get the weekend off?"

"No." Lisa awkwardly answered.

"Today and tomorrow you two can take a break, let's meet on Wednesday." There were no major surgeries planned this week so Daniel decided to give some slack to his interns as both of them didn't look in good condition.

Although Lisa looked normal he could sense she was not fine.

"But sir…"

"It's okay as your boss I can do that and don't call me sir, it's important for doctors to be in the right state of mind before taking care of others, you also need to take care of yourself" He gently smiled and she too smiled back at him.

The two were really not in a condition to work, both of them were heartbroken and disturbed.

Steve because Emily and Patrick are already together and he didn't get a chance to be with her and Lisa because Steve was still in love with her sister and she realized he would never look at her the way he looks at her sister and it was painful for her to let go of her first love.

The two were grateful to Daniel, they thanked him and left for their homes.

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Andrew and Sophia

Andrew and Sophia were sleeping when the alarm rang, Andrew turned it off and got out of the bed and was about to go to the washroom to freshen up and get ready to go to The Eminent Club.

Sophia hugged him tightly and begged, "Please don't go to work, I will be alone and I am scared to stay here alone till night"

"Have you lost your mind, how can I stay with you. This is my new job and I joined this club because you insisted and now you are stopping me from going."

"I am scared" she looked pitiful.

"If I go to that club only then I can get more information to execute our next plan" He tried to reason with her.

"But what if cops come here? I am very scared, I browsed through the internet for more updates but there were none. This is scaring me even more as I literally have no idea what is happening." This was the first time she was this scared, she had a bad feeling about this case.

"Stop behaving as if this is the first time you murdered someone. This is not new to us, just relax."

"But Andrew this is the first time I am getting a very bad feeling, I feel we will be caught soon."

"Just chill, I am very sure the cops can't catch us, we are not registered in any database, we are as good as non-existent so don't worry."

"But Andrew…"

"Enough Sophia, this club is very nice, I am even considering working here forever, the pay is good and the benefits are amazing too, maybe we can just settle here and lead a normal life?" Andrew suggested.

"No, please, I don't want to be in London, please let's leave."

"Sophia you are sick, be practical, my photo and other information is registered with this club, if I quit now or run away they will be alerted and I am not sure what the consequences for this can be. So, let's not make such decisions in a hurry and think it through."

"Okay but if we find a way out we have to leave."

"Sure" Andrew agreed just to pacify her, he was tired of running away and hiding.

He got a decent job which he is really enjoying, he has no intentions to quit but right now Sophia's state of mind was not ready to agree to any of his suggestions so he was not willing to waste time in consoling her.

He then got ready in a decent suit and looked like a professional, he saw her gloomy expressions and warned her, "Stay in this room, don't go out and stop browsing about this case on the internet."

"Okay" She had no choice but to agree and she was too scared to leave their room.

"Good girl" he kissed her on the forehead and left to work at The Eminent Club.