The Body

It was midnight. The horrifying scream of a girl woke up the entire household. Everyone rushed outside the manor and towards the pool area where found Maria, the maid, kneeling beside the hot tub, the water in it turning a dirty brownish red. In the hot tub lay Diego, lifeless. His grey eyes wide open, his silver hair damped with blood, his pale skin was paler than usual, as if someone had drained out the remaining blood from his body, which was the case. There was a wound on his head, which explained where all the blood came from.

A woman in her early thirties clumsily rushed to Maria and took her inside.

All the members of the house were shook. The children started screaming while the rest seemed as if they had seen a ghost, their eyes filling up with tears.

The men told the women to take the children away and take care of them, while they handled the situation. The police were also informed about the situation taking place.

A man in his late forties stood by the hot tub, trying to control his tears when another man in his early fifties approached him.

"Aaah...Benedict, I am so sorry for your loss.." sighed the older man. "We all knew he was gonna die soon due to his illness...but I didn't expect it to be this soon and due to hatred.."

"What do you mean by hatred, Layonal?" Asked Benedict irritatedly.

"Why...of course. Whoever did this to the poor lad, did it in spite...maybe to take revenge for something or because of hate." Replied Layonal.

Benedict stared at Layonal. "My son was loved by everyone. If I am to take a guess of who did this...it would be your son Casey of course...he was always jealous of Diego."

Layonal looked at Benedict with hate and disbelief. "My son...? He's an angel..he doesn't have the stomach to wound someone, less kill, we all know he couldn't even harm a fly...that's how well natured he is. Grief does make a person mad I say." Layonal spat near Benedict's shoe and left him standing.

A female in her late thirties approached Benedict. "What did he want?"

"Layonal?...nothing new...just trying to make others feel miserable," replied Benedict with sad eyes, then finally burst out as he couldn't control his tears anymore.

"There, there...we'll find out who did this..." said Lucrecia, comforting her husband, snickering while he couldn't see her face.

Lucrecia was the second wife of Benedict and the step mother of Diego. On the outside she may be all loving and caring, but everyone knew how much she hated Diego, except Benedict as he was blindly in love with her. Lucrecia hated Diego as she wanted to inherit the Mayhem family fortune but she knew very well that Diego's name was all over it...but perhaps now she had a chance?

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