Chapter 201: Puzzle Skin IV
2008, Jackson Detectives Agency
"A serial child killer," the blond spoke with so much conviction and surety that the chuckle that was forming in Marco’s throat for thinking that he was jesting evaporated before it even passed his lips.
The shocked expression that formed in Marco’s face when the truth finally dawned on him, the blond did not miss, and if he did not know his friend well and what kind of man he was, he would have troubled silently on what could be running in his head. The judgment, the fear, the ideas forming towards him, and more so the pity.
But it was Marco, his best friend, they’ve known each other for more than seven years now, throughout their Uni days, they weren’t just ’friends’ as most people loosely use the term and he trusts him with his life. The blond knew that if he couldn’t say that very truth to Marco, then there was no one else he could tell it to. And it will remain a family secret.
"Well, to be official, he butchered 47 children in Ireland because that was all that was found. But based on my memory, there would be at the least 112 children involved." Levi said, turning to face the whiteboard. Hiding the erupting fury that he knew was about to appear on his usually calm face.
Marco opened and closed his mouth, eyes wide as he stared at the side of the bond’s face.
"I-- I don’t know what to say, mate." the bearded man admitted as he took a seat. So many questions were running in his mind. But his mouth and brain were out of sync, and he couldn’t verbal
Levi spared the bearded man a look, but his eyes remained on anything but him as if lost for words. Something he wasn’t taken by surprise; he imagined that would be a normal reaction, but he couldn’t really say for sure considering not once had he ever told anyone that. Suddenly Marco’s head turned to look at him, and their eyes met, and he stood from the chair he was sitting at abruptly, marching towards Levi. His action startled the blond, and he scanned the man, and the expression on his face he couldn’t quite identify.
"You said, based on your memory," he muttered, eyes remained glued on Levi’s.
’Ah,’ Levi realized. Worry, that was on his friend’s face; he indeed was a remarkable man, he thought.