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....he  drowned in deep  shock,  it was marya s dead body,  only in the morning  had she come   to his office,  what an amazingly beautiful young girl    she was,  her end was definitely depressing,  hus heart  began to sink , he had worked as a crime  reporter,  it was  a common sight  but this was different  and  he was  completely  shattered,  his forehead  profusely sweating  he trembled,  he went out shutting the door after him,  in utter shock  his mind  went totally blank for a while,  he lit a cigarette,  he had  to stay there  for long,  he tried to calm himself down,  he had to   catch the  culprits,  he was  smoking   still  standing there  when he heard a car stop , he became alert,  crushing tge cigarette  under his shoe  he rushed towards the bedroom,  he ket the  door  slightly ajar to take  a clear  look outside,  he heard  steps  climbing upstairs,  he was ready  for everything,  the two  culprits were  casually  coming up as if all was normal,   without any further ado he pulled out his  pistol  with silencer on it and  shot the three soundless shots that  hit the first one in the chest and he fell backwards before rolling down,  the one following him also rolled down  with tge dead weight  of the other man,  when  tge sound of falling down stopped he came out from behind the slightly ajar door,  jumping  two  steps at a time he quickly reached the  end  of the stairs,  both men lay there  in a heap with broken necks , he searched tgem but  couldn't find  anything  useful,  he  quickly  exited  leaving  them there,  he took a taxi  , reaching his office he found that the office lights were on, he touched his  pistol in his pocket,  he turned the  handle of the door and entered the office,  Paola sat there in a chair