Update I walked in the door at 1:14a.m. well stumbled, and I went directly to bed. My alarm failed to wake me up in the morning so it looked like I was going to be late for work. I made some coffee and pancakes and sat at the table reading the paper and one heading caught my eye, "Local investigator searching the top of fountain for clues" idiots I thought to myself. Well breakfast was over so I decided to go to work knowing I was going to be yelled at for being late. I got to work at 11:52, I was supposed to be there at 9:00, and immediately started working. About 8 minutes later, my boss arrived he was late too "maybe I won't be yelled at since he just got here" I thought to myself. He walked into my station and started to speak. "look Jim I know your helping the police to solve the latest string of murders and I think you should focus more on that then on work.... So I'm doing this for you, your fired, you have till Friday, three more days... I'll pay you for the rest of the month" he said then walked out. I found that strange firing me on October 3rd but paying me for the next 28days. I found out why he was being so generous, well after he fired me, his daughter was the latest victim of Nick Gregory, she died on her 21st birthday, burned to a crisp like the candles on her cake, 4th finger on the left hand missing.
Update The next 3 days were rather uneventful, I finished the rest of my projects and packed up my things. As I left Friday evening, I found a note on the outside of my door so I took it and walked to my car. I got in and thought of where to go, I didn't feel like going home to an empty house. After maybe 8 minutes of thinking I decided to go and try the new Chinese buffet I could care less about Chinese food, but a buffet would allow me to eat as much as I wanted. The food was a little dry and rubbery but it gave me time to think about the ongoing murders. I stayed until they closed and got home around 10:00 and turned on the news. "It looks the infamous murder Nick Gregory is back from his three day vacation, a body was found down by the marina missing the 4th finger on his left hand. The officers on scene pulled the body from the water and say the man was anchored to the bottem and left to drown" the reporter announced. I turned off the tv, and read the note. "sorry Jim, you've probably figured out why I fired you... I was upset at loosing my daughter and want him to be punished.... I'd do it myself, but I don't know anything about him or these murders and I know you have the best chance to find him. I know you can find him and that you will find him... If you need any thing to help your search you know where to come." "So the games have begun" I muttered, and just then, the telephone rang.