The Gutter- Part One

1.
Trista Roberts doesn’t like lies. Almost as much as she doesn’t like cephalopods, for that matter. In fact she doesn’t like a lot of things. But she hates lies. So she never read the newspaper. Maybe if she did, she wouldn’t be dead right now.
Sal Roberts stared at the body of her late aunt. She wrote down notes to publish in the article. A tap on her shoulder jolted her back to the world. “Excuse me, Ms. Roberts. My name is Detective Williams, I’m in charge of the Gutter case.” Sandra looked at the detective strangely.
“The Gutter? That case was clos..” “Afraid not, Ms. Roberts. There’s a reason we never showed you the body.” A body bag was wheeled toward them. The detective zipped it down slowly…
Dramatically revealing the disgusting corpse, a foul, rotting stench rips through the air like a bullet. Sal plugs her nose and stares in shock at the body. There is a giant hole in her torso. Everything inside that should be there has been stripped clean. Nothing remains.
No ribs, no stomach, no intestines. Nothing. “That’s… astounding. Who would do this to her?” Detective Williams gave her a grave look. “That’s exactly what I’m going to find out. Would you mind coming in for questioning?” He zipped the bag back up and gestured for Sal to get in the car.
The interrogation room is almost identical to what you see on TV. There’s a big mirror that’s probably a one sided, a desk with a circle popping up to chain criminals to, and two chairs on opposite sides of each other. Much like the ones you would see at a high school. The air is freezing cold as our protagonist sits down across from Detective Williams.
“Sorry about the temp. Heater broke yesterday.”
“It’s fine, I don’t mind.”
“Great. Let’s get started.” He looked through his notes, searching for something.
“Where were you at the time of the murder?”He asked nonchalantly.
Sal frowns, “Wait-do you think I’m a suspect? I loved her!” She yells. Detective Williams looks up. “I don’t know that. I’m just following procedure, Ms. Roberts.” Sal stands up furiously. “Are you kidding me? Trista was like a mother to me! She was more than my real parents would ever be!” Sal grabs her bag and leaves briskly, leaving the detective alone in the interrogation room.
Mrs. E • Dec 15, 2021 at 10:39 pm
Nice! Can’t wait for rest.
Kaylee Hawks • Dec 15, 2021 at 5:02 pm
Beautiful
Mads Gerry. • Dec 15, 2021 at 1:44 pm
This was actually Amazing! I’m super impressed! :]
Drew D. • Dec 15, 2021 at 11:25 am
Wow! Very nice book.
Norah • Dec 15, 2021 at 11:07 am
Love it!
Lola • Dec 15, 2021 at 8:45 am
This is an interesting book, I can’t wait to continue reading!
Tucker Meehan (Patrick) • Dec 14, 2021 at 6:42 pm
A great start to a great story!
Ahmar Porter • Dec 14, 2021 at 3:39 pm
Wow this is super good can’t wait for the full thing good job Rebecca and saraphina sorry if I spelled your name wrong
Elisabeth • Dec 14, 2021 at 12:41 pm
Wow! Intense 😮
Great writing too 🙂
Piper Thiede • Dec 14, 2021 at 12:34 pm
That was one of the best murder mystery articles I’ve read, please continue writing it I’m hooked!
Alexander Navarro-Hernandez • Dec 14, 2021 at 12:05 pm
Honestly I like it but this is a preview because I would like to see what happens
Rebecca Rogers • Dec 14, 2021 at 2:07 pm
Chapter two is coming out soon!