Free The Lost Treasure Map Series by V Bertolaccini

subdued
degree of confusion – surely considering things told to him by
Inspector Bailey.
    On Inspector
Bailey’s nod, he automatically turned off the lights, and the
chattering dispersed.
    The butler
turned on the video, and as the picture appeared, Bryson watched
the lawyer look nervously at Inspector Bailey, standing near him.
He was sure that the police had realized something. Yet many of
their reactions could be put down to a number of things. And he did
know that Inspector Bailey for one wanted to move out of the castle
as soon as he could. But he was considerably determined to solve
the case first.
    Some of the
police, in nearby rooms, sounded as if they thought that the
showing of the video was amusing. Their remarks, coming through the
hall, were loud mutters, as someone had told them to speak
silently.
    When the video
was started, Sarah and a few of the others sat with pens and pieces
of paper, ready to record any valuable information, like tourists
on a treasure hunt. Yet when it got under way, they did not write
much, to his amusement.
    It became
apparent that Sir Richard had planned the video in more detail than
they had been imagining. He seemed to have thought over every
second and every word, like a good businessman, and no longer
looking as insane as they had recently been thinking of him. (He
avoided mentioning anything that was not to do with his
speech!)
    Bryson
suspected that he was hiding things, and that the whole speech was
an elaborate plan, carefully concocted to achieve something. When
the video ended, and they had the lights on, he wondered if the old
guy had actually done what he had said after all – and if it had
been his last vengeance for something, perhaps at that time, which Robert had once
suggested. Even though they had not done anything to
him!
    “ Well,
what are all of you going to do now?” Inspector Bailey uttered, looking at no one in
particular.
    “ If any
of you need me , I’ll be back
tomorrow,” the lawyer swiftly spoke, as he removed the video from
the machine himself – opened his briefcase, and dropped it in. He
fixed his glasses on his nose, and made his way towards the
door.
    Bryson saw the
policemen react strangely at the doorway, before the lawyer arrived
there. The others in the nearby rooms stopped talking, as though to
listen to the lawyer.
    The lawyer’s
eyes bulged out, from behind his glasses, as he went around the
door. And he held his head down, and rushed forwards, ignoring who
was at the door.
    A policeman
finally summoned Inspector Bailey, and he crept out to the
door.
    As soon as he
heard voices, coming from outside, it was evident that the media
had arrived. However, as they continued talking, they all became
interested, and he followed Robert and some of the others to the
window.
    To his
amusement, he saw a large group surrounding Inspector Bailey, and
two policemen.
    News programme
cameramen and newspaper cameramen rushed about filming him from
every angle, while microphones were being shoved in front of him.
They obviously were all part of the national news media. And they
seemed very interested in the castle, with its haunted castle look,
which they vigorously tried to capture on film.
    “ Is
there anyone famous there?” James inquired, from the side of the
room.
    “ I
recognize two of the women with microphones ...” Robert
muttered.
    Bryson and the
others shifted back into the room, and sat listening to Inspector
Bailey, with a little astonishment, almost transformed by the
experience.
    “ So did
anyone discover anything from
that video?” Robert asked, standing in front of them, slightly
copying Inspector Bailey – who was at the same time now loudly
giving a speech on how he would solve the case soon.
    Their ears in
the room mostly shifted from side to side, verifying their
suspicions.
    “ I think
we should now check the castle ourselves!” James uttered loudly,
from the side of him.
    “ What
...?” Sarah moaned, bemused, at what he