Where all becomes clearer...
I did my duty...
Gunner took for himself all the congratulations for this solved inquiry!
Disgussing by the world, I bought ten barrels of Seagram and get out into my new wooden house, near the lake and occupated my time... in doing nothing!
I had sold my office to Kathy: she was rather able to made some inquiries about betrayed husbands ! Believe me, my ladies, it's more lucrative than the murders!
From time to time, I had some news of Messa, Barbaria and Siss by TV...
Their lawsuit was nearly finished and they were waiting for the verdict; it was Judge Admi who officiated and he hadn't the reputation to be tender!
No doubt, the girls will be condemned to the death!
A day, I aperceived a motorboat on the lake which seemed coming to my pier:
indeed, it came and strange creatures were getting off it!
The first one who seemed to be their chief said to me:"Hi, Mr. Tree! I'm the captain RR, from the "Special Squirrels'Group of Her Majesty" and there are my assistants..."
Astonished,I replied: "Hi, captain, what do you want?"
I didn't know that the England'Queen had a "Squirrels'Group", but why not?
The captain tell me: "We have been sent to bring back a french girl, named Messaline, indicted and certainly condemned to death in your country...But, I can tell you that she's not guilty and the two other girls are not too!"
"Captain, I had the proofs and she avowed to me that they were...!"
"No, No, No, Tree, you're wrong, she cheated you!Remember, when you were coming to see the third crucified girl: I was there!"
I see again in my brain the image of our intervention at this crime'scene...
"Oh Yes, he was!He had viewed all the scene!"
I replied: "But who were the real culprits?"
"Oh, I think that you can esealy find, Mr. Tree: there obviously were Mr. and Mrs. WO!
When Barbaria and Siss bought the manor, they believed that a Suiss woman, named Fantasma, was the real owner, but, in reality, the WO'couple was back!They wanted to do a great BDSM'place, where many customers could come; so, they'ld gain much money...For this, they need to be hidden by official owners and you know the following..."
I was taken aback: "So, Gunner was right, without knowing the truth! But, why Messaline tried to conduct me into error?"
"Messaline is a nice girl, Mr. Tree, and when, a day, she discovered the reality, she was so disgusted that she wanted to finish with this life, even if in doing that, Barbaria and Siss could be recognized guilty too!Perhaps was she thinking that the truth would be revealed in the inquiry...?"
I wondered:" Do you know how they put to death in this country?"
The captain replied:" Of course, crucifixion! But it will be advantageous for us,Mr. Tree!In some days, perhaps tomorrow, judge Admi will ask for you to restart your work with the IMF: accept, you will be well pay...Girls will not be nailed on their crosses, only roped, but after 12 hours, their legs will be broken to kill them! I'm only asking for you to put the crosses well aligned in the courtyard of the prison where they will be executed; let us doing the following!"
I promised, but I was not conviced...
The next night, I didn't sleep: I couldn't stop to think of Messaline...
To be continued...