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As Deshya walks quietly down the street, about five minutes from her home, an explosion sounds in the house to her left. Her ear seems to have intercepted something just before, but the sound was so faint that she herself couldn't tell what she heard.

The glass shatters from the explosion and Deshya opens her eyes wide. She jumps to the ground and protects herself with her hands, but fortunately she is not hurt. The sound of the glass bouncing and shattering on the floor is accompanied by the barking of neighborhood dogs and doors, including windows opening.

- What's going on?!" yells a neighbor.

- A-An explosion?!" shouts another.

Deshya stands up and shakes her head before taking a step back, seeing the kitchen catch fire inside the house. She stands still for a few moments, but a woman's scream wakes her up. She grits her teeth and grabs her phone before running. She punches in 112 and then the police number, 101.

- An explosion sounded in the house number 47, rue des Pommiers!*

* (“Pommiers’ street” in french)

CHAPTER 2

⎾Explosion At The Blushark's Residence⏌

It takes just four minutes for the fire department to arrive and a minute later is the police. Neighbors have gathered in the street, some watching the ruckus from outside, while Deshya is waiting in the garden, sitting on the porch. She sighs heavily when a man snaps her out of her thoughts by calling her name. She looks up and smiles.

- I figured you'd be here...

A man with a serious look and ginger hair, although duller than Deshya's.

- Dad.

The man in the police uniform that slightly takes the shape of his body muscles has both hands in his pocket. He squints as he sees his daughter -- who is his only child — on the front porch of the house, but he doesn't say anything back.

- I heard that you were the one who called the fire department and the police?" he asks her.

She stands up before nodding.

- Exactly.

The red-haired man sighs loudly and takes his hands out of his pockets.

- You're an important witness, but don't touch anything.

Deshya understands directly what this means: she has the right to follow him inside to see what happened, but she must not interfere with their work.

- I promise!

Behind her back, her fox tail starts wagging in all directions. In reality, Deshya has already followed her father in investigations, even if sometimes it was not than an accident or a simple suicide, and she finds it... too interesting! Unfortunately, since she is still young, Deshya is not often allowed to follow him. Besides, police work is a serious job and Deshya is only a teenager who is far from being an apprentice; in short, she is not allowed to do what she wants. Behind her, a man with brown hair runs through the garden before reaching Deshya's father.

- Ah, Sammy.

The man nods and apologizes for the delay. Deshya watches him, but she already knows who he is: Sammy Graton, a police detective. He is easily recognizable thanks to his ears that are a little bit more pointed than normal, as well as his very dark three-piece suit that he wears on his body. Some people think of him as a 'vampire' because of the way he looks and the way he dresses. He also has a light red scarf that he has around his neck, coming down gently in front of his chest. The vest he wears is often the same and it gives him a style that Deshya finds very elegant; why don't men wear such a vest more often? Sammy's attention is drawn to the presence of a young girl with red hair, right next to the policeman.

- Oh, it's Deshya, Gatito's daughter!" exclaims Sammy with a cute smile.

The girl waves both hands with a little smile and Sammy gently strokes her head. Gatito, the father of Deshya, clears his throat violently, which startles Sammy. He removes his hand from Deshya's head and puts it in front of his own forehead, a much more serious look on his face.

- Excuse me, inspector!" he said.

Deshya blinks and turns her face to her father.

- Inspector? Aren't you a police officer?" she asks, intrigued.

Gatito knocks on the wall next to the open door, alerting the firefighters in the kitchen to her arrival. Sammy stoops a little and answers the girl.

- Well, even if I'm the one that is the police detective, he's still an inspector. Don't you know all the terms?

Deshya scratches her cheek with an embarrassed smile.

- The police in our country are a little different than other police, so sometimes I get a little lost, ahah..." she admits.

- Do you think so? I think it is very similar to the others…

Even though her father is a policeman, Deshya has never been very interested in all the roles and names given to the different functions. She knows some of them, of course, but she is not an expert on the subject.

All three enter the damaged room: the kitchen of this house. A few firemen are there, checking that everything is okay after putting out the fire that had threatened to spread to the whole house. One of them gets up and comes to meet the two police officers.

- Gatito. Sammy.

He greets them personally: he is a great friend of the police, even if Deshya does not know who he is.

- Hi, Luke," Gatito says.

The fireman lifts his helmet a little and looks at the big mess in front of him. Deshya does the same, without moving from his place, right next to his father.

The kitchen is in a bad state. The oven, which sits against the wall of the house, right in front of the house, has its glass completely shattered. The shelves above it are open and some cans are on the floor, along with miscellaneous food and burnt vegetables. The drawers of the cabinets next to the oven show black marks and the microwave is badly damaged, sitting on the left of the oven. Just next to it, near the sink, a totally destroyed blender shows its pitiful state, while the fire that was extinguished a short time ago has left its traces, including its smell... It has been a few minutes since the fire was extinguished, as the members of the police got out of their car after a while, and Deshya could hear everything from outside. She also heard—

- We have a victim, Inspector.

Another firefighter gets up and greets the two police officers. He moves aside and lets them see the body lying on the ground, face burned and unrecognizable. Deshya opens her eyes wide and her father places a hand on her head.

- Who is the victim?" he asks.

The fireman with the name Luke is the one who comes to answer him.

- It is a man who answers to the name of 'Miro Blushark'. 61 years old, 1m81.

- Is he dead?

- Unfortunately, yes.

This does not surprise him, considering the state he is in. Sammy passes by Gatito and approaches the body after putting on his two gloves. He crouches down and looks at the corpse for a few moments before getting

- It is very likely that he died because of the explosion," he said.

Gatito nods and approaches too, but before he reaches Sammy, he stops and turns around.

- Deshya.

Her daughter in the fox sweater takes a step forward, but stops when she hears her father calling her. She looks up at him.

- Yes... ?

- I know you've been with me on some investigations and you're no stranger to corpses, but we're doing our job. You don't have to stay if you don't want to.

He puts on his gloves in turn.

- If you wish, you can wait for us outside, we will talk to you at the station to find out what you have seen and heard.

Gatito joins Sammy, leaving Deshya a few steps behind. Her fox ears droop and her fluffy tail touches the ground, head lowered weakly. She puts her hands in her pockets, but she doesn't leave the house yet. She watches the oven and squints.

- …

She finally decides to approach her father without saying anything, even if she knows that he will notice her directly. Nevertheless, he does not retaliate and discusses with Sammy, as well as the firemen.

- His body is pierced with dozens of pieces of broken glass from the oven, it seems," Sammy notes.

- His head is mostly in bad shape, as well as part of his body.

Gatito, still crouching, looks at the oven on his right. He squints and touches his chin.

- He probably opened the oven by crouching down and it exploded.

He opens his eyes wide and turns around at the same time as Sammy. It was not he who said such words, but his daughter. Deshya still has her hands in her pockets, her eyes, too, crinkled.

- The food on the floor and the few open shelves mean he was cooking. The oven exploded at 4:32pm, which is not an abnormal time if he wanted to make a snack or even dinner.

Deshya rubs her chin, a gesture very similar to her father's.

- His face was close to the oven and the force of the explosion knocked his body back, killing him in one blow. This also explains all the pieces of glass that are on his face...

Even the policemen have stopped working to listen to her. Silence reigns in the room and Deshya blinks when she sees that everyone is watching her. Gatito gets up and hits her on the forehead with his index finger, after creating momentum by blocking it on his thumb. She holds her forehead screaming in pain and frowns.

- Why?" she asks.

- This is no place for a young girl!!! And then, don't disturb us with our work! Don't touch anything and don't distract us!

He clicks his tongue and looks at the oven.

- That's what I think too..." he admits.

- It would just be an accident, then?" asks Sammy, who has just gotten up.

Deshya assumes that this is the case. A malfunction in the oven and the moment he turned it on, it exploded. However, something is bothering her.

- ...

She looks at the body and squints. Would he have turned on the oven at the same time he put a dish inside? If their theory is right, then it must be... or else—

- Inspectors.

While she is in her thoughts, a fireman approaches the two policemen, something in his hands. Deshya removes her hands from her pockets and approaches, fox tail raised. Sammy grabs one of the pieces the policeman grabbed and analyzes it before frowning.

- It's...!

Gatito watches him for a few short seconds before turning his gaze to the fireman.

- Where did you find it?" he asks.

The fireman turns to the oven... and points at it. The two policemen, including Deshya, squint their eyes.

- ... That means…

- That this is not an accident.

Deshya almost says it, but Sammy is the first to speak. He approaches the oven and puts the broken piece back in the fireman's hand. He crouches down in front of the oven and watches it carefully. Deshya approaches slowly, careful not to let her fox tail touch anything, and puts her hands in his pockets again.

- The oven door is open…!!

As she watches the oven, a flash of lightning passes through her mind. She frowns.

- ...

She remains silent, observing the scene — but a voice sounds behind her.

- H-Honey!

Everyone turns around and Gatito quickly gets up. A woman with short blonde hair is crying, trying to get into the kitchen reaching out. A policeman holds her back, forcing her to stay out of the kitchen, while she lashes out.

- Who is she?" asks Gatito in his deep voice.

- I-I'm his wife!! I am the wife of... of Miro!

- !!

- His wife...

Gatito waves to the policeman who lets go and the blonde-haired woman approaches her husband's corpse, but Sammy makes sure she doesn't touch him. Her eyes still watery, the tears start to flow even more when she sees her husband's almost unrecognizable face.

- H-Honey...

Crying over the death of the man she loves, she falls to her knees and puts her hands before her eyes. Deshya slowly lowers her eyelids, still not getting used to the sadness of someone losing a loved one. Even though she doesn't really know this lady, nor the deceased, she can't help but feel for them.

- Miro Blushark... His last name sounds familiar..." thought Deshya.

While she is thinking, another policeman comes into the room. Gatito turns to him.

- Inspector, a young girl wants to come in! She says she lives here!" shouts the policeman.

The wife of the deceased sniffs and gently turns her face.

- Young girl... This must be... be Kyria...

- Kyria?" asks Sammy.

- M-My daughter...

The woman gets up and dries her eyes.

- There is also Koinu, who is our second daughter... She must be... at work, right now.

Sammy and Gatito look at each other and they finally nod. Deshya squints and turns back to the oven. Gatito tells the policeman to allow the girl to come in and asks for the other girl's phone number in Koinu's name. He dials the number on his phone while the woman recites it, with some sniffing between digits, and Gatito puts the phone to his ear.

- ... Hello, Koinu Blushark? Is that you? Perfect. My name is Gatito, I am a member of the Tetazo Police Department. I know you are at work, but is it possible that you come to the house right now? Yes ? Okay, fine.

He hangs up and puts his phone in his pocket. Gatito looks at the body of the deceased and whispers something to Sammy. The woman dries her eyes again, the tears not wanting to stop flowing.

- ...

She no longer screams and remains quiet. Sammy asks her to wait in the dining room, which is right next door, and she agrees. As she walks through the door, the girl named Kyria comes into the kitchen and looks disturbed.

- What's going on here...?" she asks.

Deshya turns around and looks at the girl's short blonde hair. She opens her mouth, recognizing her. This girl! Kyria looks around with concern before stopping dead in front of... the body of a man.

- ...

Gatito approaches her and asks her to go to the dining room. However, the girl does not move.

- ... W-What happened—

- Everything will be explained to you when your sister arrives. Your mother is waiting for you in the dining room.

Kyria begins to shake, her mouth agape. She can't help but look at the body in front of her. Is that... Is that......

- Hey, Kyria.

As tears begin to appear in her eyes, another girl greets her. Kyria slowly turns her face and directly recognizes the person who is there.

- D-Deshya... What are you doing... here?" asks Kyria, her eyes wet.

- I was passing by on the street when the oven exploded.

- Hey, Deshya!" shouts Gatito.

- I'm not going to lie for nothing. Will you wait in the next room?

- ...... A-All right...

Gatito lets go of the blonde-haired girl and she walks slowly toward the dining room, skirting the body without daring to look at it. Gatito looks at her with difficulty, but an angry look comes over his face as he turns to his daughter.

- I told you not to bother with our work...!" he lets out, about to scream.

Deshya crouches down in front of the oven and her fox tail rises: she doesn't want it to get dirty on the floor.

- Kyria is in the class next to me, in 4A," she said.

Gatito doesn't answer.

- Even if we don’t know each other well, it means that the father of a girl as nice as her has just died.

Deshya clenched a fist and gritted his teeth.

- Especially since he was murdered.

Sammy slowly fled the gaze as Gatito clenched a fist in turn. He sighed heavily and patted his daughter on the back, but not too hard.

- I understand, but don't forget that you are still a young girl. We are in the police. This is our job.

- ... I know, Dad.

Gatito turns on his heels and leaves his daughter in her corner before joining the detective.

A few minutes pass and a modest car pulls up next to one of the police cars. A woman with round glasses gets out of her vehicle and squints at the mess in front of her. She takes a few steps forward when a policeman stops her, but she declares her identity. The policeman nods and lets her pass. She starts to run in the garden and arrives in the corridor when she brakes by seeing the girl who is sitting on the ground.

- W-Who are you?" the woman asks.

The girl stands up and sighs.

- The policemen are waiting for you in the dining room," Deshya answers her.

- P-Police...? Huh?

Deshya walks past the woman, hands in her pockets, and answers nothing. The woman blinks at the long fox tail trailing behind her and tilts her head to the right, confused. She arrives in the next room when she notices the mess in the kitchen. She takes a step back.

- W-What is—

- Are you Koinu Blushark?

She is startled and looks at the man who has just approached her.

- Y-Yes, that's me…

- We are waiting for you in the dining room. We'll explain the situation there.

Koinu nods with confusion and walks alongside Sammy. She looks at the kitchen mess with eyes moving in all directions, and eventually notices that a sheet has been laid over it…

- A-A body?!" she shouts.

Sammy tells her to keep moving and Koinu starts shaking too. Deshya opens the door to the dining room and enters just before Koinu. Koinu notices that her little sister and her mother are both there, sad expressions on their faces.

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- O-Oi, what's going on here...?" asks Koinu.

- Sit down.

A man with red hair shows her a chair and Koinu hesitates. However, she finally goes and sits down on the chair next to her mother. Gatito gets up from his and puts his hands behind his back.

- When my daughter, the one right here, passed by your street, the kitchen in your house exploded.

Koinu opens her eyes wide and a small 'Huh?' comes out of her throat. Gatito doesn't take it into account and continues directly.

- It was 4:32 pm precisely. The firemen arrived 4 minutes later and, unfortunately... Miro Blushark died in the explosion.

The sound of the chair scraping the floor makes Deshya tense. Koinu hits the table under her, now raised.

- P-Papa is dead?!" she shouts.

Gatito nods.

- The cause of his death was undoubtedly the explosion caused by the oven.

- T-The... W-What... Dad…

Koinu gently turns her face towards her mother and sister and Kyria bows her head.

- ... I saw him... Dad…

With tears beginning to well up, the girl of the same age as Deshya did not finish her sentence. Still speechless, she stands still and looks at her sister with wide eyes.

- Please sit down.

Sammy gently asks her to sit down again and Koinu complies. She can't believe what she has just heard, and it shows in her eyes.

- It could only be an unfortunate accident…

Gatito stops on the spot and opens his eyes.

- However, this is not the case.

The three members of the Blushark family open their eyes wide. Kyria shakes hard while Koinu frowns.

- What do you mean?!" she shouts.

The policeman turns to them and squints. He asks Sammy to put something on the table and he does so without delay. Deshya sits in the chair that is close to her father, legs crossed, and slowly glances away. The Blusharks look at the pieces that have been placed on the table and Mary, the mother of the two girls, does not understand what it is. Neither does Kyria; neither does Koinu. Gatito places both hands on the table and the intensity of his gaze increases.

- Miro Blushark was murdered.

- !!!

- Huh?!

- M-My husband...?!

Sammy picks up one of the pieces that has been placed on the table and spins it in his hand. He now speaks.

- One of the pieces was sent to the lab, but it was found in the oven. He is certain of one thing: it is a bomb.

- A bomb?!

Koinu begins to tremble in turn and the elderly woman begins to cry. The tears run down her faintly wrinkled cheeks, while Kyria has both hands in front of her mouth. Sammy nods.

- It's a type of bomb that does enough damage to kill a man without much trouble, but doesn't destroy an entire room by itself. Pieces of it were also found in front of the oven, probably propelled when it exploded," explains Sammy.

He puts the piece of the bomb back on the table and sits next to it in front of the family.

- It is a type of bomb that you can buy in some areas in the country, but also one that can be made. It reacts to movements and can be activated by pulling a metal rod... and the pieces are just that 'rod'.

- N-No one in the family knows how to make one..." admits the wife of the killed man.

- It is possible to buy them on illegal markets or in specialized stores," says Deshya.

Gatito turns to her, ready to yell at her, but Deshya doesn't stop talking.

- Given the damage to the oven, the bomb exploded after it was somehow activated and killed Miro. The problem is that this kind of bomb is easily found and bought in illegal markets, so tracing who bought it would be complicated.

- DESHYA!!!

Her father screams into her fox ear and she jumps so high that she falls out of her chair. She closes her eyes from the pain and Gatito sighs angrily. He turns to the family and clears his throat.

- Forgive her, she is my daughter, a-ahah…

- Is she right?!" asks Kyria.

Gatito turns to her and, after two long seconds, nods.

- Unfortunately, this is the truth. We will still ask the stores that sell them.

Kyria dries her eyes and leaves her hands in front of her face. Mary holds Kyria's right hand and Koinu's left hand, squeezing them tightly.

- Do you have any idea who might be... who might have... killed…

- She can't even finish her sentence... Poor thing..." thinks Sammy.

Gatito does not respond directly. Deshya sits back in her chair, rubbing her ear, and breathes annoyedly. She knows her father doesn't like it when she disturbs him in his work, but he knows how horrible the pain is when someone screams in his ears…

- I'm going to be fairly straightforward: can I have your alibis ?" asks Gatito.

The Blushark family does not hide their surprise. All three with big eyes, they look at each other before Mary opens her mouth.

- Y-You mean... say…

- You think one of us killed dad?!

Koinu screams before hitting the table and grinds his teeth. Gatito squints his eyes.

- Nothing says it's you; just like nothing says it's someone from outside.

- Are you kidding us? Huh?!" shouts Koinu.

- M-Mom...

Mary starts stroking her daughter's hair while telling her that everything will be fine. Gatito doesn't answer anything, a still serious look on her face. Deshya observes the three members of the Blushark family with her watchful eyes, saying absolutely nothing. Gatito puts both arms on the table and crosses both his hands.

- The bomb was in your oven, so…

- So what?! Are you idiots?! Someone could have gone into the house and... I don't know, and—

- No.

Koinu gets cut by Deshya. Gatito goes to yell at her again, but his daughter looks at him with intensity. He sighs and rubs his eyes.

- We just want your alibi," he said.

Koinu fiercely puts his back against the back of his chair and grumbles.

- I was at work. I left for home at about 9:54 and haven't moved from there. This is a store that takes me almost 25 minutes to drive to.

Koinu crosses her legs.

- You can call the store where I work, they will confirm that I have not left.

Gatito looks at Sammy and nods.

- What is the number of your store?" asks the police detective.

Koinu spells out the number and Sammy calls them. Everyone watches him carefully and silently.

- Yes, hello. Store 'De La Forêt'? Yes, I am a policeman from the city of Tetazo. I wanted to ask you, did Koinu leave his post or was not there for a while? Hm? Okay. Thank you.

Sammy hangs up and puts the phone in his pocket.

- They told me that Koinu took her lunch break, but it only lasted 20 minutes. Also, she was seen with a friend in the restaurant next door.

- I see. Thank you," said Gatito. Deshya frowns as she looks at Koinu.

- If my theory is right, then this alibi is worthless..." she thinks.

However, she remains silent, sitting in her chair. Gatito turns his gaze to Mary.

- I-I was home all day..." she admits. I was with my husband most of the time…

- Where were you when the explosion sounded?" asks Gatito.

- I was reading Agatha Christie in my room.

- Very good taste!

Deshya smiles and says these words without meaning it. Mary scratches her cheek.

- T-Thank you.

- How long have you been in your room?" asks Gatito.

- It was...about 3:14pm, when I went upstairs and saw my husband for the last time.

Sammy notes in his notebook the information they receive, while Gatito questions them. Deshya waits to see if the alibi of one of the three Blusharks will reveal anything.

- What did you do during the day?

- I got up a little after 7:00 am. I prepared the breakfast of Koinu and Kyria and then, I tidied up a little in the living room. I sat with my husband in front of a soap opera until 2:12pm... My husband then went out for 1h30 and I cooked for tonight, before going to my room to read.

When she finishes her explanations, Deshya opens wide her eyes; the same reaction as Sammy. Gatito, him, wrinkles his and turns to the young girl; the last one to give her alibi.

- I was at school! I left around 7:43 and didn't come back…

Deshya frowns.

- Why did you come later?" she asks.

- What are you talking about?!" shouts Koinu.

- Calm down," Sammy said, putting his hand on Koinu's shoulder.

The woman clicks her tongue violently and Deshya turns her gaze towards her.

- Kyria goes to the same school as me, after all. It took me about 15 minutes to get to the house level, yet Kyria took almost 15 minutes longer.

The two policemen turn their glances towards Kyria. This one waves her hands, sweat falling from her forehead.

- A-Ah, that's because the gym teacher wanted me to help her...

- It's true that class 4A ends with the gym teacher... but why would he need help on the first day?" wonders Deshya.

- ... I see.

Gatito crosses his arms and takes a deep breath. Sammy approaches and whispers something to her. Kyria starts shaking again and Mary takes her hand to reassure her. Deshya hears what Sammy says and when he finishes, she looks down. Gatito uncrosses her hands, but crosses them again directly.

- ...

The silence is heavy. Nobody speaks; or rather, nobody dares to speak. Koinu bites a nail while Kyria sniffs. Gatito ends up taking a deep breath—

- You have no alibi, Mary.

He blinks and turns his face.

Deshya's eyes are squinted, fixed with intensity on the

woman.

- …

The woman answered nothing. Koinu and Kyria looked at their mother at the same time, speechless.

- ...

Sammy scratches his hair and asks Gatito what to do, but the policeman doesn't answer. He crosses his arms and Deshya looks at him. He shrugs his shoulders and the girl smiles.

- The case is strangely simple.

She gets up from her chair and puts her hands in the pockets of her sweater.

- You cooked, right?" she asks.

- ... Don't tell me that…

Koinu turns her face towards her mother and the lady trembles. She finally bows her head.

- ... Yes, I used the oven.

- !!!

Kyria remains speechless, her eyes wide open. Deshya puts her back against the wall behind her.

- You used the oven about 2 hours before the explosion and were at home all day. If the person who put the bomb in the oven came from outside, then he would have had to sneak into your house, prepare the bomb and the mechanism that goes with it before running away without being seen. He would only have had about 30 minutes to do this and while it's not impossible, it seems unlikely to me.

- W-Why on earth?" asks Kyria.

- We've already questioned some of your neighbors and no one has been seen in the area," Sammy replied.

He puts his hands in the front pockets of his pants and starts walking.

- If the person who put the bomb in the oven came from outside, he would have had to wait outside for Mary to get out of the kitchen. Plus, there's no indication that Miro would be the next to use the oven, so this plan seems way too far-fetched.

He stops behind Gatito and stares at Mary.

- Not only are you the last one to use the oven, but you are the only one who could have put the bomb in it.

- !!

Mary opens her eyes wide and Koinu starts to shake.

- M-Mom...?

- I-I would never have killed my husband!" she shouts.

- A bomb and a wire.

- W-What?

Mary turns to the girl in the fox sweater. This one is still back against the wall of the dining room.

- You place the bomb somewhere in the oven and attach a wire to the 'stick' that serves as a detonator. After all, when the wand is pulled out of the bomb, it acts like a grenade and the bomb explodes. This is almost instantaneous with this type of bomb, so even if Miro had seen it, he would never have had time to react.

- W-Wait!

Mary stands up in turn.

- I-I used the oven quickly, I didn't even spend five seconds in it!" she said. I was just checking to make sure nothing was in it for when my husband used it!

Deshya squints.

- So you knew he was going to use it.

- !!!

Mary steps back, hitting her chair. The two policemen stare at the woman silently. Deshya continues.

- You hang the wire on the 'wand' and then on the oven handle — no, even simpler.

She smiles.

- You hung the can with tape on the top of the oven, where it wouldn't be seen from the outside, and with another piece of tape, obviously clear, you have the wire stuck to the inside of the oven door. Obviously, the door was almost closed when you did this, and then you closed it completely. Your husband would never have doubted such a thing, so he turned on the oven, crouched down to put something in the oven, and when he opened it, the wire pulled on the 'stick'...

She frowns.

- And then, BOOM.

Without making the gesture of an explosion, she finishes her explanation by returning to sit beside her father. Mary shakes her head, tears starting again.

- N-No…

- A proof!

Koinu waves her hand in front of her, from right to left, as if she had just slapped an invisible man.

- Where is your proof?!" she shouts.

- Even without proof, it is the only possibility," Deshya admits.

- She's not even from the police, why are you letting her talk?!

Koinu turns to the two policemen, but Gatito stands up in turn and does not hide his inner anger.

- Even though you are right and it is unprofessional to let my daughter talk like that, Sammy and I have a similar conclusion.

- N-No…

Koinu calms down and sits down before slowly turning her face towards her mother who is crying. Koinu's face shows only dismay and non-acceptance.

- T-That's not true, is it, Mom...?" asks Koinu.

- It's not me!" the woman shouts.

Sammy approaches the woman and places a hand on her shoulder.

- We will hear your complaints at the police station," he said.

- I would never kill the person I love!!! Never!!!

The woman struggles, but Sammy puts her in handcuffs and tries to calm her down. Not wanting to see this, Deshya walks out of the room and back to the kitchen, where only two firefighters remained. She looks at the oven and everything above it before sighing, hands in her pockets.

- Poor man, though…

She slowly lifts the sheet to see the corpse and looks sad. To be killed by her own wife, like that…

- She really thought she was getting away with it... Disgusting.

Deshya understands the idea of wanting to kill someone; however, only THE WANT. Certainly not the action of killing. Only inhuman people would come to kill someone; no matter what the reason.

- Don't look at her body like that.

Deshya looks at her father and apologizes.

- Sorry, sorry…

She is about to get up and pull down the sheet when she suddenly stops. While Koinu cries softly with her little sister in the dining room, Mary, Miro's wife, reluctantly follows Sammy, the police detective. They are about to leave the room when—

- WAIT!!

Sammy stops suddenly and Gatito turns around. Deshya puts her hands in her pockets and frowns.

- Something…

She hadn't noticed it before — how could she have missed such a detail! Deshya couldn't believe it... She had seen that something was wrong; so why didn't she think more about it?

- Something is wrong.