Inventory List and a Story

The 12 Items from Inventory List

1)      Minimized Trinkets:

- A Canoe: It was American Indian hand-made canoe. Its length was approximately 10 cm.                   

- A Drummer: In my opinion, it was representing a culture. It was figure that walks while playing a drum.          

- A Village House: It was a white house which is situated a rural area. The figure has a minimized animal on the front yard of the house.         

- A Wooden Woman Head: It was wooden woman head which has blue eyes, no hair and thin upper lip. Also it has a weary, tired, exhausted looking.

- A Masai: It was a cultural figure too. Additionally it was one of the most remarkable objects on the table.

      2)    A Blanket: It was a blanket which has flower pattern on it. Black, pink and brown were                        the dominant colors.

      3)    3 Chestnuts: They were three, little, dark brown chestnuts. They were pretty much unshaped.

      4)    A Wallet: There were some Euros in the wallet. Also there was an elephant and tree figure on the front side of it.

      5)    A Ruler: It was a wooden, 12 inches ruler. Also there was a centimeter scale side too.

      6)    A Jar with a cork: It was a small jar. Green, yellow and white were the colors that can be seen on the outside part of it.

      7)    A Seal: It was an old looking seal. There were Chinese characters on it.

      8)    A Plate: It was an extremely small sized plate. There were some leaf figures on it.

      9)    6 Coins: They were 6 different coins with six different sizes and embosses. They were in a cover package. 

This story is about 13 items that are in inventory list.

The Mysterious Night in Hanson Mansion

I.

 Detective Clinton was sitting on his comfortable, leather chair in his office. Those couple days were extremely hot. While sipping his decaffeinated coffee, he decided to turn on the air condition. He straightened up and tried to reach the remote of air condition with his left hand. Suddenly the telephone started to ring painfully and he startled. The coffee on his right hand poured on his legs above the knee. He jumped up and three of his trinkets fell down with his left hand’s accidently touching. They fell to pieces on ground. Those three trinkets were most significant things in his life. The one which seems like a drummer was his best friend’s gift. The one which represents a masai was his first love’s, wife’s gift and the one which looks like a woman head was her daughter’s gift. After he lost all of them in an accident, these three trinkets became much more valuable than they really are. He lifted the receiver of the phone while trying to figure out what just happened in last three seconds. After he listened carefully the voice at the phone, his face took a shape that cannot be described. “I am on my way.” He said.

 Mr. Hanson was the richest resident of their town and he was an old friend of Detective Clinton. Now Detective Clinton was trying to collect evidence nearby his old friend’s dead body. There were three chestnuts. Two of them were in Mr. Hanson’s left palm and the other one was on his throat. He seemed to be got drowned. After Detective Clinton looked over the body, the swelling of his head which other detectives couldn’t see, caught his attention. Detective Clinton said: “I want to speak everybody who works in his house. Immediately…” At the same time a scream came from upstairs. Maid Rose yelled: “Someone call an ambulance!” She continued: “Ms. Lora committed suicide.” Ms. Lora was Mr. Hanson’s helper angel. He always tells her: “Lora, what I would've done without you?” and he was right. Lora was hard-worker personnel. She was presiding over the company's entire business. Also they were really good friends since they met in the university. While doctors trying to do the emergency action, Alisha; Mr. Hanson’s young, beautiful wife came in. “What is happening in here?” “Could someone tell me?”

 II.

After 2 weeks later. Detective Clinton was hitting his left palm with a ruler which standing on his right hand and he asked “Why she committed a suicide?” Detective Roy answered: “Because she was a real friend Clinton. I hope she can get through it. By the way while you were in Europe, Detective Jen and I demystify Mr. Hanson’s file. It was a murder not a simple case drowning. After you left, we got a box by mail which tells us an address and a time. Also there was a little canoe and a minimized figure of a house. We went there with Jen and across a river by a canoe and we went  to address which was the exact same house of the one that we received. We get inside of the house and we saw Mr. Hanson’s young wife and her lover. Also the hair example that we got from Mr. Hanson’s body is 100% compatible with Alisha’s lover.” He stubbed out his cigarette on a small plate which has colorful leaf figures on it. “So why you still didn’t seal it with your famous one which has your name in Chinese on the top of it? Isn’t it obvious, Clinton? Alisha and her lover try to get all of his money?” “Let me explain, Roy.” Detective Clinton said.

III.

Detective Clinton took out his last Euros from his wallet and he said: “I bet all the money in my wallet, someone was trying to direct us since the beginning of the murder.” “I was in Europe to find out who sent that box to you and Jen. Also I found a broken jar in the mansion’s waste container. I sent it to laboratory with the blanket that was near to Mr. Hanson’s body. Also I had a short but very useful conversation with old, faithful, secretive servant. All evidences predict a single person. Ms. Lora!” Detective Roy was surprised. “She sent that box with a late request to you from Europe. Also the broken jar was the reason of Mr. Hanson’s swelling. She hit his head with it then she put those chestnuts into their places. She cleaned the ground but she forgot to clean blanket which still has some piece of jar and her blood that transmitted from her finger. Then she tried to put some evidences that will take us to Alisha and her lover. Also she got those sleeping pills which doesn’t have any serious side effects rather than helps you to sleep for 2 weeks.” “B, bu, but why?” Roy asked. “Mr. Hanson’s faithful servant helped me on that point. He mentioned me about a night for a month ago. The night that Ms. Lora gave up hiding her feelings to Mr. Hanson.” Detective Roy confused. “Roy couldn’t you filled the puzzle? She killed him because she didn’t get the response that she expects. Then she discovered Alisha and her lover. She told what she knows to Mr. Hanson on the night that Mr. Hanson died but Mr. Hanson didn’t believe her. After all of that when she saw, he still choice Alisha, she had a jealousy attack. You already know what did happen after that.” Mr. Clinton smiled and he took out his lucky coins. “Maybe it's time to give them to you.”

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