Chapter 82 - Blackmail

After reading more about the case Bill understood police too were actively looking for them, they also speculated that these two were serial killers who committed more crimes and killed old men in the nearby towns but it was just a speculation and there was no concrete evidence.

Bill started thinking what could be the relation between the murderers and this old couple, he thought, 'I am missing some link, what is it? Something is missing. Think Bill think, think harder' He again read the article and keenly observed the rough sketches of the culprits, suddenly something stuck in his mind. 

He realized the two old people were Andrew and Sophia in disguise, 'now it all makes sense' he thought as he heard loud sex noises coming from their room, he witnessed that bag full of currency, their voices sounded young in the recorder. 

By connecting all the pieces he came to the conclusion that these two were the culprits the cops are looking for, he closed his eyes and started thinking about what to do about this new found information. He then remembered something and opened a tracking app on his phone, earlier he placed a GPS tracker under their car and checked their location on his app, it showed they were at some place around 40 km away.

Bill has been living in Rye for three years and due to the kind of illegal activities that happen at his motel, he wanted to be cautious and therefore he always kept these kinds of devices in his room just in case and it indeed came in handy for him as he caught two criminals with the help of such devices.

He went to the manager and asked for a half-day leave, he told him that he has some personal work and since there are no new customers, the manager let him off, Bill promised him he will be back by the end of the day.

Bill then drove the car to the new motel Andrew and Sophia checked in, he bought a cap and some basic stuff to disguise himself, his disguise was not as perfect as that of Andrew and Sophia but it was manageable, these two will definitely not be able to recognize him as the bellboy from their previous motel. 

In an hour he reached the place the tracker guided him to and saw Andrew's car parked in the parking area, it was confirmed that the two people he was looking for are here.

But Bill was not sure how and where to find these two people as he had no idea which room they were staying in and he also did not have any access to go around the motel freely to check. 

He kept the tracker on their car so this was the limitation, he regretted not keeping a tracker on one of their luggage bags.

He still wanted to try his luck and ask the reception people about an old couple that checked in but there was another person who was discussing something with a man standing at the counter so Bill waited for his turn, he was standing close to the two men so he was able to hear their conversation.

"So, you guys don't deliver food to our rooms?" The customer asked.

"No sir, we have a policy not to provide door-to-door food but we have a restaurant here, you and your family can come and have your food here." The manager pointed to the restaurant that was attached to the motel.

"Oh, till when the restaurant is open?"

"Sir, it is open for 24 hours."

"Oh that's great." The customer left after getting the information he needed.

The manager then turned towards the place where Bill was standing a few seconds back to answer his questions but Bill already left.

Bill went to the restaurant and occupied a corner table there, the table ensured privacy and he could see the entire restaurant from here.

Since this place doesn't deliver food to one's room, everyone has to come here for their meals and he therefore understood that Andrew and Sophia too would come here at some point of time so he patiently waited for them.

After some time an old couple entered the restaurant and Bill immediately recognized them as they didn't change their disguise much, he observed them carefully but Sophia sensed someone watching her and when she checked around, Bill quickly focused on the food he ordered to avoid her, after few minutes she stopped looking around and he observed these two for some time, they went to the lawn to take a walk and after some time they went back to their room and once they, he too headed back to the motel in Rye.

The entire night Bill didn't sleep and planned something devious.

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Next day morning Andrew and Sophia were sitting in the lawn enjoying the morning view, they just had their breakfast and were relaxing under the sunny weather. Just then a person came and sat on the chair placed in front of them. Initially they didn't bother themselves with the person as it was a public place and they continued enjoying the view but after a few minutes they felt the person sitting in front was staring at them. 

Then they looked at the person and thought that his face looked familiar but they were unable to recognize him. 

He was a tall, average looking man wearing decent clothes and his face was clean shaved, after keenly observing the person they saw a small scar on his forehead, the next moment Andrew realized who this person is and he was shocked.

Before he was able to say something, the person with the scar interrupted him "Do you want to talk here or should we go to your room and discuss the matter privately?"

Sophia was looking at the two men in confusion "who the hell are you?" she asked imitating the voice of an old woman, glaring at the man, as she didn't recognise the bellboy yet, every time when they ordered something it was Andrew who got the food and stuff and Sophia was always inside and she never saw Bill clearly, just then Andrew held her hand and signaled her not to say anything and keep quiet.

"Let's go to our room and discuss the matter there" Andrew said in his original voice and he understood there was no point in pretending to be an old man and they were busted. 

He also didn't intend to create a scene in here so he headed towards their room, he held Sophia's hand and walked with her and Bill followed the two.

After reaching their room Sophia asked, "Do you know him?" she pointed towards the man who followed them. She too stopped mimicking an old woman and talked in her original voice, when Andrew did the same earlier she understood something was fishy and they were probably caught.

The stranger laughed at them and said, "you too know me madam, have you already forgotten me? We just met yesterday." Bill then comfortably sat on one of the chairs.

"What the hell is happening?" Sophia shouted as she was getting scared.

Andrew calmly looked at Bill and said, "What do you want?"

"10 Million Pounds" Bill arrogantly answered him, crossing his one leg over the other.

"Do you even know who we are?" Andrew asked.

"Marc and Vivian, am I right? The culprits in the Jonathan murder case" 

During Jonathan's murder, Andrew and Sophia changed their names to Marc and Vivian respectively, those were the names published in the newspapers too, so Bill know them by these two names.

Andrew got very angry and he started planning how to get rid of this man. Sophia got scared when she heard Bill's words.

"Don't even think of trying to kill me." Bill understood their intentions and warned them in advance.

Bill then played the recorded conversation of these two that he had.

Andrew and Sophia got shocked listening to it.

"A friend of mine has a copy of this recording, if I don't call him once every hour he will tell everything to the police and will submit this recording to them, I also have more proof against you, if anything happens to me then you two won't be able to live in peace." Bill laughed sinisterly after warning them of the consequences they would have to face if they kill him. After reading the Jonathan murder case, Bill understood these two were dangerous so he took precaustions in advance to protect himself.

"Who the hell are you?" Sophia shouted at him as now she can't murder him and she felt very helpless.

"I am Bill the bellboy from the previous motel you lived in." he finally told her.

"Didn't I say he looked suspicious, my hunch was right" Andrew declared as his intuition was right.

"Yes your hunch was indeed right." Sophia couldn't help but agree with him.

"If we give you 10 Million Pounds, what's the guarantee that you will give us the recording back and will not blackmail us again?"