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Murder in a dark street - WINNER group B

Publié le samedi 21 janvier 2017 16:20 - Mis à jour le mercredi 5 juillet 2017 19:43

           One dark Friday night, in Autumn, Gordon, a 22 year old guy, spotty with greasy hair, was spending a really good time, listening to traditional Scottish music with his friends in a famous Edinburgh pub.

          At the same time, in the same pub, Ronn, a 30 year old boy, red-haired and obese, a dealer, was trying to get his money back. He was also the manager of a night grocery store. He was spending a quiet time like every evening, alone at his table. Suddenly he thought of all the people who owed him money and thought especially of the one who owed him the most, exactly 2145£, ... Gordon.

          It was a usual evening for both of them, until the moment when Ronn saw Gordon going out of the pub. It was three o'clock in the morning. He decided to follow him to his home.


Gordon was returning home like every evening following the same streets, that Ronn himself knew very well. The young spotty man could feel he was being followed, he started to rush and run away. Ronn decided to drive to Gordon's building. Finally when he got there, Ronn rang pretending he was someone else to make Gordon come downstairs. Arrived at the bottom of his building Gordon saw nobody. So, he stepped into the street and suddenly saw Ronn... Gordon tried to flee but Ronn caught up with him and they started to fight. Gordon tried to explain but Ronn was very irritated, he didn't want to listen and gave him a five day deadline. Gordon spent the whole night thinking of how he was going to do to find the money.

           On the next day, having not slept at all, Gordon was exhausted and lost... His only solution was to give Ronn all his savings... Gordon having nothing left to pay for his rent, now lived in the street. He couldn't even buy something to eat or drink... And the most tragical for him was that he couldn't continue to pay for his studies. So he was hungry, thirsty, and alone.

             Lost in his thoughts , he took refuge in Waverley station, the second largest station in Edinburgh. He remembered that after the altercation with Ronn, he had decided to take his revenge by plundering his grocery store.

             So he devised a strategy to achieve his goal...

             A few days passed after the burglary, and Ronn was always in doubt, he wondered who could have robbed his grocery store. After multiple investigations conducted by the police, no criminal was found.

             Gordon, still alone in Waverley station suddenly had a problem: he only had two days left of his drug. As he was a real addict, he decided to go and see an old friend who owed him money to ask him if he could go and ask Ronn for his drug pretending  he was a new client. Not saying he was oneof Gordon's friends of course. He thought it was the best way get his drug.

             But when Charlie, his old friend, was going to meet Ronn in the famous pub where Ronn used to go, Ronn recognized him! Indeed, 3 years ago he had seen Gordon and Charlie in this same pub, singing famous French music with a very bad accent! This had marked him.

              So when Charlie started to talk, Ronn told him to go outside. Charlie hesitated but finally had to accept.

              Once outside in a dark street a little bit remote from the pub, Ronn slowly took out a knife from his pocket. Charlie started to panic, he stepped back slightly watching next to and behind him, but nobody.

              Ronn raised his arm to a dry and quick movement when suddenly... someone knocked at the door, crying out loud, as usual: "Lunch's ready!!"

              I pressed on the pause button of my remote control.

 

 

Written by Camille, Laura, Lea and Lena

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