The Investigators, Inc. The Black House Mystery. Chapter 5. Suspicious.

Annelie did her job meticulously and soon had lots of information for us about John Silverton and his family. Apparently William Silverton was the original owner of that house about one hundred years ago. He and his wife died one night in bed, but no one found out how they died. Everyone figured it was likely poison though no trace of poison was found in the bodies.

That part is interesting, but then, they did not have the equipment we have today and ability to find just small amounts of poison or drugs. But it is odd that they both died at the same time. Or at least very close to it and they must have died in their sleep. Then the only son they had decided to move in and live there with his family. That would be John, his wife Lily and three children, Betty, Gerald and David. Two years after moving in, Lily died of an apparent heart attack while sleeping. She was 32 years old.

Two years later Betty died while sleeping, cause unknown. She was 12 years old, the oldest of the children. Two years later Gerald died in bed, apparently from drugs. He was 12 years old. Two years later John remarried but David, the youngest child who was then 12 years old, hated his new step-mother. Two years later she was found in bed at 3pm and she was dead from a knife wound. It was normal for her to nap in the afternoon. The murderer was never found, though many people believed it was the son, David.

Just a few months later John again remarried, this time it was his secretary, Anna, who was 22 years old at the time. John was now 40 years old. Two years later Anna was found dead from being poisoned. Two years later, David was found dead, also from poison. At age 50 John remarried, another secretary, named Sue, who was 25. Their marriage lasted 30 years and both were found dead, in bed. Quite the family history.

So, now everyone believes that the Silverton family haunts the house since they all died there. Someone found out all this information and has capitalized on it for a long time. But who is it and why are they doing it? There is something strange going on and we need to find out what it is. It has nothing to do with the Black Jackets though, this has been going on for too long. But perhaps another gang is using the house for purposes unknown at the present.

Annelie sent all this information to Matt, it might be helpful, or it might not. But we need to get rid of whoever is in that house or it will not be safe for Theresa and her mom. The mother is going to move in with Theresa because she is too afraid to live alone.

Back to the black house once again. Kat had left Angel to help the others at the black house and she went back to the city with the girls that came along with them. They returned in time for lunch so they went back to the same restaurant since the food was good. As they came in Kat spotted someone and went for a closer look. She appeared right behind a man and covered his eyes with her hands. “Guess who, Mr. Trapper,” she said in her little girl voice again.

“That must be my little friend Kat,” he said laughing. “Aww, you guessed to quick Mr. Trapper,” she said as she sat on an empty chair beside him, “I thought maybe you had run away from me since you didn’t come for breakfast.” “Well, 8am is a bit early for us guys,” he said, “we’re still sleeping at that time of night.” “How did you do that Miss Kat?” asked Grant. “Do what?” she asked. “Well, you were not behind Trapper, then suddenly you were behind him,” he said, “it doesn’t make sense.” She giggled a bit.

“I just move real fast when I want to,” she said, “and I got so excited when I saw Mr. Trapper, that’s all, nothing mysterious about it.” The guys laughed and Trapper blushed a bit. “Aww, Mr. Trapper, you’re getting all red,” she said smiling, “you boys have anything to eat yet?” They all said no, so she told them to order whatever they wanted and she would pay for it. They looked over at Trapper and he said she could easily pay for their meals, she gets a good allowance from her daddy.

They had just finished eating lunch when Kat began frowning. She then called Dawn. “Why are you not going?” she asked. “Um, Steve said no,” she answered. “Who is going?” asked Kat, “Steve was too vague.” “Oh, uh, Vlora and her 10 Angels,” she replied. “She has 12 Angels,” said Kat. “Two were killed today, and 2 from Kristina’s team were wounded,” she said, “Steve doesn’t want to take any more than necessary on this trip.”

Kat then communicated with Jennifer and Dawn, Beryan, Melanie and Milena were added to the list of those going, the rest of my team would stay behind with Kristina and her team. I would have asked Mandar for some help but he is very sick right now and so is Richard, so a third man named Allen is looking after things.

He is trustworthy, but a bit slow at getting things done, he has never been in complete charge of things like this. That would normally go to the third man in charge, Melvin, but he was killed in an accident last week. All of this sounds too suspicious to me, but we can’t wait, it is necessary to stop Cricket’s parents now or they will keep trying to get her back. That will make it impossible for Cricket, I mean Katresa, to relax…

To Be Continued.

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