He breathed deeply before to continue. He knew that what he did next was totally illegal. “Please don’t judge me and keep it for yourselves. I connected to the bank account of Harri and Nina. First there was nothing interesting. But when I looked at the details of the historic I found two curious transactions to the account and then the sums were moved some hours later to another account that I haven’t accessed yet. The first one was in August 2022. She bought for more than 50.000€ some technical equipments to a hospital. There was a monitor for heart activity, blood pressure and so on, a spectrophotometer, an operant conditioning chamber, UV crosslinker and other things like that.” “It’s maybe for her job,” Arttu guessed. “I don’t think so. It’s the laboratory which buys the equipment, not the employees,” Tami replied. “And it doesn’t seem to be for a photo lab,” Havu commented. “The second one was the following year in February. She got 250.000€ for the selling of a flat.” “Was that flat in Herttoniemi?” Janne almost jumped when he heard the story. “How do you know it?” Tami asked very perplexed. “It’s the flat of Matti.” “Sorry guys, but I’m totally lost,” Arttu admitted. “Jussi attacked my wife and killed Cassandra because he was angry that he didn’t get the money of Matti,” Janne explained. “Oh yeah now I remember!” Arttu said. “He told me that the flat was sold but he didn’t get a cent and that Matti gave everything to a person who deserved it,” he added. “Nina? Why?” Tami asked. Janne remembered the sentence he underlined the previous evening in the diary of Matti. “Matti wrote that he sold his body and his soul maybe to the devil,” he said. “What? I don’t get it,” Arttu replied. “I guess that Nina promised something to him. Imagine: she convicted him to give her everything. But for what?” Janne asked. “Harri repeats very often the monster will wake up,” Tami added. “I’ve a horrific image in my head,” Arttu confessed and the two other friends were looking at him. “And what if the body of Matti was in the basement?” “Well... There were the funerals and if it’s true, it must smell bad. Matti is dead since more three years. Not much must be left,” Janne said. “Are we sure that Matti is dead?” Tami asked. “This story is so damn crazy,” Arttu commented. “I’m quite sure. Jussi and Cassandra were with him when he died. I don’t think that Jussi is able to keep it secret if Matti was alive. And I saw Matti few days before he died. He was really bad. I don’t think that he is alive,” Janne Happonen commented. “And what if Cassandra was Nina’s accomplice? Nobody knows her really,” Tami replied. “She’s dead. Jussi killed her two months after the death of Matti,” Janne specified. “Maybe I’ve a sick brain but imagine a bit. Nina is working on something. We all know that she is a professor in the virus mutation. But she needs a human to test her research that she started maybe years ago in her laboratory at work but she can’t continue because someone would discover it. She met Matti at your housewarming party and if you remember well they talked a lot outside. Harri was furious about it. Then they met a couple of times,” Tami told. “You’re right. One day two years ago Harri came to my house and told me that Matti went a couple of times to his house and he thought that they had an affair. But it’s probably not true. They were probably talking about his illness and something else,” Havu added. “But why was Matti interesting for her? He had a cancer and she is working on the AIDS virus,” Arttu replied, the arms crossed. Janne breathed and thought that it was time to tell the truth. “He didn’t have a cancer. He was infected by the AIDS,” Havu admitted and the others were mute and under shock.
“Nina maybe needed to know how Matti’s illness was going on. She contacted her friend Cassandra, let’s suppose it, who suddenly assisted the doctor of Matti. If you remember she was not the usual nurse. She seduced Matti and he fell in love with her. Once he died Cassandra and Nina organized the transfer of the body to the morgue as usual but they changed direction and went to her house. Then Cassandra just acted as the widow girlfriend and cried at the funerals,” Tami ended his explanation. “It sounds totally crazy. And I don’t think that Cassandra was part of the plan. After her death I’ve had access to her bank account and there was no strange transaction. I don’t think that she would do it for free. The risks were too high. And what would Nina do with the dead body of Matti?” Janne asked a bit perplexed.
“Harri told me that his wife was a witch.” “And you believe it?” Janne asked Tami. “There should be a simple answer,” Arttu replied rationally. “I don’t think so. Harri wanted to find the answer and look at what happened to him. There is no simple answer,” Tami answered. “I don’t want to look as an asshole, but I’ve some difficulties to believe this story. I think that Harri didn’t accept that she worked on something and that she didn’t want to share with him and he invented a crazy story. Come on guys! We are in Finland and nobody can steal a body or organize such a... a plan. Maybe Matti has been enough stupid to give his flat and his money to her for a reason or another but I don’t believe that she is a bad person,” Arttu told his opinion. “And how do you explain what happened to Harri the day he wanted to know the truth?” Tami asked the arms crossed. “Well... this is pure speculation. I guess that they were quarrelling. He was really furious as we know him and his heart didn’t support it. How many guys have heart attacks around 40 years old? It’s quite common,” Arttu justified.
“Now we have to think of how we can protect Harri. Nina will not hesitate to kill him if he talks too much. He is unable to know if he is in danger or not. He doesn’t remember who Nina is really,” Tami reminded. “In the law point of view we can do nothing without evidence that she wants to kill him,” Arttu specified. “I will not wait! He is a human. He is alive and has a soul. Nina has no right to take his life,” Tami said, almost losing his nerves. “How do you know that it’s not an accident? I mean that heart attack is common and a rupture of aneurysm at the same time is rare but not impossible,” Arttu insisted. “The day when he decided to enter in force in her secret room? I don’t think that it’s a coincidence. The doctors were unable to find the reason of the heart attack but I’m sure that she did something. She already poisoned him a couple of times when he wanted to know more,” Tami added. “Well... I’ve a house for myself but I don’t know what he needs. I’ve no medical background,” Arttu admitted. “He needs nothing. Just some help for the normal tasks such as to get dressed or to eat. I’d like to have him home but the flat is really small,” Tami commented. “And what will you do? To kidnap him in the middle of the night?” Janne asked with irony. “If there is no other solution, yes. Like I told you, I won’t let this witch killing him. What would you do if it was your wife who was in danger?” Tami interrogated. “All that story has no sense. And I’m working for the police station. I don’t want to lose my job for a crime in which I don’t believe. I also have a family. I’m sorry Tami but I’m not your friend in that project,” Janne confessed while he wore his coat.
When he arrived at home, Janne was alone. He sat heavily on the sofa and opened a can of beer. He was thinking of the discussion and regretted that the ghost was not there anymore. He would have liked to ask him some questions. That story was really crazy. Ghosts and witches didn’t exist. He knew it. It was just the crazy imagination of some humans. Matti was dead. Nina was working on a scientific project in her basement. Harri was too impulsive and curious and he was paying it. Tami believed too much what Harri said. Cassandra loved Matti and was killed by the jealousy of Jussi. But why Matti gave his money to Nina? They were not really friends and didn’t know well each other. Havu was Matti’s best friend. Why did he never talk about Nina? And what was the meaning of the sentence he underlined in the diary? Tami was a cyber criminal and had no shame to admit his crimes. Janne thought that it was maybe better to change friends. They were all crazy.
“Hello sweetheart. How was your meeting with your friends?” Maria said with enthusiasm when she opened the door. She took off the coat, hat, gloves and shoes of Ana who was sleeping in her baby carriage. “Well... we talked and drank coffee,” he simply said from the sofa. “What did you talk about?” she asked while she hung her coat in the cloakroom. “About our lives, friends,... nothing special,” he said, preferring to avoid the details. Then he asked about her friends meeting. “We went to a café and then we moved to Nina’s place to play black jack. It was really fun. Tiia was so lucky. It was almost impossible to win. Katrina had to leave a bit earlier because one of her boys really wanted to go home. He was screaming and she was embarrassed.” “I see. How is Nina? I mean that it must not be easy. She is alone,” Havu asked. “She is strong. She has a lot of energy and manage well everything. But it’s easy for her. She doesn’t have children. She could whine but not. She is moving on. I really admire her behaviour,” Maria said before to go upstairs with Ana to put her in her bed. “Did you hear or smell anything strange in her house?” Janne asked when she was back. “You have strange questions. No, she has a girl who is doing the cleaning. There is no mess. The only noise was the dog of the neighbour but... what do you want to know?” she asked perplexed. “Nothing special. Have you visited the house?” “Well just the kitchen, bathroom and the living room. Janne, you should stop drinking beer,” she advised. “Don’t touch my beer. And I’m fine. Did she talk about the room in the basement?” “No... why?” she asked. “Forget about it and never ask her. Can you promise?” “Yeah sure but why?” she insisted. “Please trust me. It’s the policeman who is telling you to never ask her. But if she said anything about it, tell me. It’s important.”
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