The next day


    "Hey Trevor, aren''t you coming with me?" said Misty.


    "Nope, for a change I will do the investigation alone or perhaps with another pair," said Trevor.


    Misty grinned at him. "Perhaps you already found another pair?" Misty left for the police station.


    Trevor realised that he never really explored the place he''s staying right now, so he decided to look around the house a bit. ''This house looks like a traditional Japanese house,'' Trevor thought. He then saw that Evelyn was sitting outside the house looking at the dried out cherry blossom tree.


    Evelyn looked behind and saw Trevor. "Hey," Trevor waved.


    "Uhm... hi," said Evelyn.


    Trevor walked to her. "uhm, can I sit here?"


    "Yes, you can."


    He then took a seat beside her. "What are you doing by staring at this tree?"


    "I was mesmerised by how weird trees are, in autumn all of the leaves will be withered away from it, but in spring, trees are filled with the greenest most beautiful leaves, and cherry blossoms in particular will have these beautiful pink flowers," said Evelyn.


    "Oh, you are poetic," said Trevor.


    "Am I?" said Evelyn.


    "Yes, you totally are, plus you seem to be a perfectionist, two traits a certain someone doesn''t have."


    "Are you talking about Misty?"


    "Yeah, she is sometimes unpredictable, you can''t tell what kind of shits she does..." Trevor chuckled, "in short she''s a weirdo."


    "Huh? Does that mean you don''t like her?" said Evelyn.


    "That''s..." Trevor flinched.


    "You know what? I don''t like her too, she thinks she owns the world, and what was with that truth or dare game she invented. An annoying piece of shit," said Evelyn.


    Trevor clenched his fist. "I see, you don''t like her, but that''s not really the case for me. Yes she is a weirdo but that weirdo is the only person who I can call my friend when everything''s over because I myself is a bigger weirdo than her." Trevor gave her a light smile.


    "I see," Evelyn smiled to herself.


    "Oh, just remembered, why didn''t you go with her today."


    "Because I wanted to change my plan."


    "Change plans?"


    "I thought I should change my team for a bit, maybe I could join you."


    "But I do investigations with Tony currently."


    "One more person couldn''t hurt," Trevor shrugged.


    "I wonder if Tony will agree to it," said Evelyn. If you stumble upon this narrative on Amazon, it''s taken without the author''s consent. Report it.


    "Don''t worry about it, I talked to him and he has no problem with it."


    Evelyn hesitated for a second, then she said, "then it''s fine."


    Trevor looked at the tree for a few seconds. "You are right, trees really are mesmerising. We can see this cherry blossom tree fully blooming in the spring, and maybe we can have some tea together, sitting around this tree."


    "What do you mean by we?"


    Trevor smiled. "All of us." Evelyn smiled back.


    At the police station


    Misty was there way too early and Fred took a while to arrive. "Oh Misty, come inside the office and take a seat."


    Misty did as she was told. "Honestly Uncle Fred, you are so carefree these days," she said.


    "That''s not true, my dear. You were here way too early," said Fred. Misty felt embarrassed because he was right. Fred looked around, "I don''t see Trevor, is he not with you?"


    Misty frowned. "He said he wanted to do things differently."


    Fred was confused for a second. "Does that mean you actually wanted his presence?"


    "It''s not that, it''s just that he was the one who wanted to investigate with me. Now he randomly changes teams."


    "Now, you were never a team to begin with."


    "Anyways, that''s not important right now, tell me, what did you find?" said Misty.


    "Oh, everything is in this case file, here," he handed it over to her.


    She examined it. "It looks like you created it."


    He was amazed. "How could you tell?"


    "It''s sloppy, and nobody can do it as terribly as you can," said Misty.


    Fred''s amazement was turned into distrust. "You can leave," said Fred.


    "Thanks, Uncle Fred," Misty left after that.


    Misty thought it''s not a good idea to look through those files in that house, so she went to her cafe.


    She sat down in her cafe. She opened the file to see the title "Misty''s weird friends'' crime files."


    ''Honestly how did he even become a police officer, let alone a police chief,'' she thought.


    THE CONTENT IN THE FILE:


    Friend 1 - Catherine


    The person who I know the most about in this list of people is her (I mean except you my dear child and maybe Trevor). She killed her own father 5 years ago, but it was for self defence. According to her sister Maria these are the things that happened at the night of the murder:


    It was a Friday night and their father came home drunk and started to beat their mother. It wasn''t the first time that it was happening, so their mother had enough of everything and threatened to call the police on him, upon hearing this he went crazy and stabbed her with a kitchen knife. Knowing that they''ll be his next prey, Catherine ran outside, and took the wooden axe for self defence, she knew he could easily overpower her, so when he charged at her she attacked him with no mercy.


    Friend 2 - Mary


    Mary originally isn''t from Nishille. She actually lived in New York before. She only came here in her late teens like around ten years ago. She had little to no money left when she arrived here. Her sister and aunt also relied on her back then. To top it all off, she wasn''t able to find any job. In the end, at such difficult times, she became a robber. At night she''d go to small shops, jewelleries, and similar places to steal money and valuables from there. She was actually good at it, she managed to hide her face from the camera, but even the greatest criminal would get caught once.


    Friend 3 - Trevor


    I already told you about it back then.


    Friend 4 - Satoshi


    His case is perjury. He and his brother were fighting over their father''s property around 3 years ago and when it came to the court, he lied about a few things. He was charged a penalty for it, but in the end he did get most of his father''s will because he himself had a major role in making their company this big.


    Friend 5 - Evelyn


    She''s real dangerous. She isn''t from here, she is from Los Angeles. 3 years ago she beat a person to a pulp. When asked why she did that, she said that they were disrespecting her friend. I was forced to look into her history due to her horrible attitude. When I did, I learnt that She was involved in some drug activities and other grave crimes back in Los Angeles that too in her early teens.


    Friend 6 - Tony


    Tony was a school bully, one day he took it too far by throwing a kid in the lake. The kid was saved, but Tony was charged for attempted murder.


    Friend 7 - Vishnu


    It was a suicide attempt. By law that''s still a crime, after all. The truth is, I thought he was brought here because he did something wrong, that''s why I included his name when I told you about the criminals. Since I included him then, I thought to include him in this file too.


    Friend 8 - Vincent


    He was a scammer. He''d scam people using various methods, he was really skillful at that. He made his "customers" believe that he''s genuinely from a company and he''s just offering a helping hand to them. He was even able to use the employees of the company without letting them know that they are being used for a scam purpose. He got caught five years ago.


    END OF THE FILE


    Misty closed the file, got out of her cafe, locked it, and left for the house.