Patrick kept his voice low so as to not gather Emily or Matt's attention, "Hello, hope there is some substantial news?"

"Yes sir" the subordinate replied and continued, "Sir, the fingerprints we found didn't match with anyone we have in the records, so we matched it with all the criminals found in nearby towns"

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"Okay?"

"So, sir in one small town an old man named Jonathan was murdered, one of the fingerprints matched with the suspects of that case"

"Wow that's great news, what are the names of those suspects?"

"The fingerprints matched with a woman named Vivian and she murdered Jonathan with her crime partner Marc"

"That's great, get more information on them"

The subordinate hesitatingly informed him, "We can't sir"

"Why?" Patrick was annoyed.

"Sir, Vivian and Marc are not their real names, they are mostly their aliases they use and we suspect they are the ones involved in yesterday's murder"

"Any other information you have?"

"So sir, it is suspected that Vivian and Marc are the serial killers who were involved in murdering old men and running away with their money, around a month back you asked me to study more about these cases and evidence points that these two are the people you too were looking for"

Patrick got worried hearing his words, this meant Rachel's article that was found on the victim's body was not a coincidence and the one who murdered him are the same people who tried to kill Rachel and she ended up being in a coma.

"Anything else?" Patrick asked his subordinate after composing himself.

"Sir, the local police of that town got hold of rough sketches of Vivian and Marc, I'll send it to you"

"Great, send that as soon as we are done with this call"

"Sure sir"

"And any other information on the victim?"

"Nothing sir, the victim's fingerprints too don't match with the ones we have in our records"

"Okay continue looking for more clues and keep me updated"

"Sure sir"

Then Patrick checked on Matt and Emily, they both were immersed in their phones and now it seemed Emily too was actively participating in the chat.

Patrick quickly read through the chats to understand what is the situation on Rachel's end and the chat implied Nick and Kate were currently having lunch with Daniel and Rachel, so he quickly called Daniel hoping this chat will distract Rachel and she won't pay much attention if Daniel is not by her side.

Receiving a call from Patrick, Daniel scrunched his eyebrows and excused himself, he went to a safe place where no one would bother him and answered Patrick's call.

"Daniel, I have a bad news"

"I am listening." Daniel turned serious.

Patrick then explained to him about the dead body they found a day before, he didn't skip any details and informed him about everything, Rachel's article being found in the victim's pants pocket, the analysis that Emily shared with him to the point of his phone call with his subordinate that he just had.

"But it is not confirmed that the murderer who killed the victim the previous night is the same as those people who attacked Rachel in Peebles?"

"Yes there is no official confirmation but evidence points at it" Patrick explained.

"Did you get the sketches of those two people?"

Patrick checked his phone and his subordinate already sent him the photographs.

"Yes I did, I am sharing it with you"

"Thank you"

Then staying on the call Daniel checked the photos, when he saw Andrew's sketch he almost bursted into fury.

"Patrick that guy is indeed Andrew, the sketch is not perfect but it matches Andrew" Daniel confidently informed him.

"Are you sure?" Patrick still wanted to double-check.

"Yes, he used to visit the hospital everyday to check on Rachel, he claimed he was her boyfriend but he never had any proof on him like a photograph with her or anything that would prove she is indeed his girlfriend, so being concerned about my patient I never allowed him near her and yet he didn't give up, he visited her everyday so I remember him very well, that sketch matches him"

"Well this proves they two are the serial killers and the woman's fingerprint on the article matches with some object at Jonathan's house which implies it was Sophia who killed the victim we found yesterday as the autopsy analysis says the murderer is a woman."

"Does this mean they now changed their target from old men to young men?" Daniel asked him.

"I am not sure, after Jonathan this was the murder they committed, if it was intentional or unplanned we are still not sure of it"

"What if they murdered other people too between these two murders, we can't be sure" Daniel tried to verify all possibilities.

"There is a chance but I doubt as Jonathan's murder was something unplanned as lot of evidence was found during it, the most important being their fingerprints and sketches, although they disguised themselves one of the servant was able to describe their basic features and with your confirmation the case will be stronger."

"That's good right?" Daniel was getting more worried about Rachel.

"It will be only if we are able to get hold of him"

"I trust your capabilities Patrick"

"Thanks Daniel, also did Rachel see the woman involved in all of this?"

"Yes as the woman chased her so she did manage to see her but I am not sure if she remembers her face clearly."

"Hmm I thought the same, okay Daniel maybe this way we are close to catch these criminals"

"But Patrick the second attack on her and also the one that happened during her high school has got nothing to do with Andrew"

"Yes I know, some other people too are dangerous for her life but if we at least catch these two, we will be able to eliminate some danger around her, these two serial killers used to murder people in small towns but the victim we found yesterday was probably in London as that what analysis report predicts, which implies those two might still be in the same city as us, Rachel's life is not safe"

Daniel became anxious and a small line of sweat was formed on his forehead.

"Daniel, you there?" Patrick worriedly asked as there was no reply from him.

"I am here, it is just that, why the hell they want to kill Rachel"

"We don't know but once we catch them we will know everything that needs to be known"

"Also, Patrick, did you dig deeper about the information I provided you with?"

Few days ago there was a meeting between the three old men, Daniel and Patrick where Daniel got to know more about the attacks on Rachel, at that time before Patrick left the place Daniel shared an important piece of information he got from his source, which Patrick promised to look more deeply into, Daniel was now asking him about it.

"Yes Daniel I looked deeper into it, to find the connection between Rachel and MN Group of industries but there was no link between the two."

"Did you share this information with grandpa James?"

"Yes I did, to know if he is aware of any link between the two but he too has no idea and he was surprised that a big group like MN would be somehow connected to Rachel, we somewhere feel there is some mistake Daniel, MN industries and Rachel have no connection whatsoever, so I can't dig deeper." Patrick helplessly explained.

"I understand Pat, don't worry, I'll ask my source to look more deeper into it, maybe we can find something."

"Sure Daniel"

"Also, Thank you so much Patrick for what all you are doing for us."

"It is my duty Daniel and once again, please ensure Rachel doesn't know any of it, grandpa James won't like it" Patrick suggested.

"Patrick I have a request, can we not inform grandpa James about this murder? He was really worried few days back and if he knows all of this he will be more worried and it would not be good for his health"

"Fine, I'll hide it for a week from him and try to catch these criminals, if I don't succeed then after a week I will have to tell him everything, after that high school attack I promised grandpa that I would always take care of Rachel and inform him everything related to her if she is ever endangered, that's why when Rachel told me about this case I quickly informed him"

"I understand but at least for a week as you suggested let's hide it from him, I will also use my sources to dig deeper into this matter"

"Thank you Daniel"

Then they hung up the call and Daniel got very worried.

Patrick went back to the living room and saw Matt freaking out and Emily was laughing at him, he composed himself and tried to look normal, he asked Emily what happened to Matt.