No Plagiarism!HCgJn9OmX2w5b2TlNeS6posted on PENANA The night in London was heavier than usual.8964 copyright protection188PENANA2gdf4sLkps 維尼
Winter had settled completely in Hampstead, wrapping the bare trees in a thin white garment like the fabric of grief itself. The air was still, the lake still, as if the entire city had stopped breathing for a moment.8964 copyright protection188PENANAE1K8kAjS8W 維尼
At the western end of Kenwood Lake, a body floated, motionless, near a rocky, snow-covered bank. From a distance, it looked like the silhouette of a person who hadn't finished walking... until the night watchman approached and saw the truth:8964 copyright protection188PENANAvXjvYtaZ4T 維尼
A man in his mid-sixties, with a calm expression, his face turned upward, his eyes open toward the gray sky.8964 copyright protection188PENANAibbN4HACfX 維尼
He was wearing a long wool coat, half submerged in the water. A small scratch was on his cheek. A thin line of frozen blood ran down his temple toward a severed ear.8964 copyright protection188PENANAsg3Je2kfPv 維尼
The police arrived quickly. The scene wasn't bloody, but it was eerie with a silent brutality.8964 copyright protection188PENANAM4FDRlUhbn 維尼
The young detective took notes, then said:8964 copyright protection188PENANAi1WebX09vy 維尼
"The victim is named Leonard Graves... a well-known publisher... and a former critic for The Observer."8964 copyright protection188PENANAGYtiIuntSP 維尼
The coroner pulled a small piece of paper from his inside pocket. It was carefully folded and slightly damp, but the writing was still clear:8964 copyright protection188PENANAqJI7WiV6zj 維尼
"This was not a suicide... it was a taste test."8964 copyright protection188PENANA0EFxBcJQvt 維尼
In another pocket, she found five dried figs wrapped in black velvet paper.8964 copyright protection188PENANAsfEnLIWnTM 維尼
"Was he a foodie? Or perhaps a poet?" someone asked.8964 copyright protection188PENANA7gcU9NMY8w 維尼
But no one answered. This wasn't a conventional suicide, nor was it a conventional murder.8964 copyright protection188PENANAo94pL1oCDx 維尼
It was something else... something that spoke volumes.8964 copyright protection188PENANAt29hTKDIgj 維尼
The next day, Ella Morgan was sitting alone in her apartment, reading the news in the newspaper:8964 copyright protection188PENANA7p8XKNzD8x 維尼
"Well-known publisher Leonard Graves found dead in Kenwood Lake... Police think unconventional suicide."8964 copyright protection188PENANAJgtyEuCALQ 維尼
She put the newspaper aside and whispered, "Leonard? There's no way he could have ended his life that way... He hated water."8964 copyright protection188PENANAvlswqeBTKj 維尼
She stood up slowly. The dust covered her desk shelves, and Leonard's books were lined up there... She knew him well, or at least, she thought she did.8964 copyright protection188PENANAaoQzpmZe39 維尼
But the letter, the ear, the figs... those were symbols she couldn't ignore.8964 copyright protection188PENANAGq0RQulwAk 維尼
And she knew, deep down, that she was the only one who could read them.8964 copyright protection188PENANAuvezaBflE2 維尼
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