Chapter One

A lady dressed in all black was seen walking out of a hotel room, she wore a beach hat which prevented the receptionist from seeing her face clearly as she passed out of the reception room, she seemed uneasy as she walked by with the beach hat covering her half her face, she got into a black car and zoomed off.

A few minutes later, a scream was heard alerting the hotel's security team as they rushed into the hotel room.

A man in his late fifties was seen lying lifeless on the bed in a pool of blood, an unfamiliar drug was lying around on the floor, on the side was a knife with its cutting edges drenched in blood and stab wounds could be found around the body of the man.

He wore a white vest which already turned red as a result of the bleeding, short male underwear was around his waist, his eyes were cold and wide open showing he died an extremely painful death, a white rose with blood stains on it was placed on his chest.

The man was identified as George Aaron, he was a wealthy business man and the CEO of Aaron Group Of Companies. Mr Aaron was a notable personality in the society, he owned large shares in top companies in the city including Lebans group of companies and was part of the company's board, he also ran chaeity organisations.

The hotel management immediately notified the police and the body of George Aaron was taken out of the hotel not before pictures were taken for reference. The police began their investigations immediately.

They questioned the hotel workers and one of the receptionist claimed to have seen a lady dressed in all black with suspicious looks and weird dressing.

“She walked passed us dressed in all black though she looked classy, a hat covered part of her face and I didn't really see her face.“ One of the receptionist said with fear visible on her face.

“Anything else? I'll like to see the hotel's surveillance footage” detective Jones said.

“Sure, just meet the security team” she said and they walked out.

“Maria, why would anyone want to kill someone who donated five million dollars to combat child trafficking?“ Detective Jones asked his partner.

“Not everyone is happy he did that, it could mean bad business for the traffickers.“ She replied.

“The murderer is a female so I don't think it has anything to the with the anti-trafficking donation, maybe it has something to do with business or the killer holds a personal grudge against him.“

“What if it's just a greedy sugar daughter who's trying to loot something for herself, I mean he definitely lodged the hotel to have some fun for himself. Totally unrelated, but this is one of the consequences of unfaithfulness” Maria said.

“Can't be, nothing was stolen. All his items are intact so I really can't grasp the intention behind this murder. Maybe some sort of whacked-out ritual, that will explain the rose.“

“I think we should check with the security team first so we don't keep making guesses.“

“Okay, just saying.“ Detective Jones said.

“This murder case is looking like Joshua Ziglosvik's. Remember? The man that was murdered in a hotel by his darling sugar girl, Ann.“

“Yeah I do Maria, but it wasn't really difficult to find her, she was stupid enough to have left some of her personal belongings while trying to escape and it led us directly to her but this one was carried on a professional level.“

“You're right.“ Maria replied.

The surveillance footage was checked, there was no record of her entering the hotel building but was seen leaving. “Now this is really becoming mysterious!“ Detective Jones said rubbing his chin.

Detective Peter Jones and his partner Detective Maria were put in charge of the case. Detective Jones worked for the Almond city's police. He was smart, skillful, handsome, and has a good body build, his specialty was homicide and he was good at it. His partner maria was also smart and beautiful and overall, a supportive partner.

He knew it was going to be a hard nut to crack but he was willing to undertake the task. Detective Jones had a doleful history, his parents were brutally murdered while he was a child and his juvenile years were spent in the orphanage where he was constantly bullied while Maria Williams had joined the force after some a while of unsuccessful job hunt.

They exited the building with a copy of the CCTV footage, a notebook and other materials at the scene of the crime including the bloody rose after a series of questioning. they were accompanied by other police officers as they left the building in a haste and zoomed off in their vehicles.

Immediately, the death of George Aaron was announced to the public, articles were published, social media and blog posts were written, and announcements were made on televisions all asking one question.

“who is the mysterious lady in black?”