The Mystery of the Missing Rose – Mysterious story – puzzle
The Mystery of the Missing Rose
English story
On a foggy winter night, the famous detective Farid sits with his assistant Ibrahim in the detective office, waiting for a new case to pique their curiosity. Suddenly, a man in his forties enters and says in a state of great nervousness.
“Hello, Mr. Farid. My name is Ahmed Abdel Majid, and I own a contracting company. I have a very serious problem that I need your help to solve.” he said in a tense voice.
Detective Farid welcomed the man and said:
“Please have a seat, Mr. Ahmed, and explain the problem to us.”
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After Ahmed Abdel Majid sat down, he began to explain the story:
“I lost a very valuable rose, which is one of the most expensive flowers in the world. I put it in a glass vase in the office room, but I suddenly found the bottle empty without any trace of the rose.”
Detective Farid asked shrewdly:
“Tell us more details, Mr. Ahmed, and don’t leave any information you know, maybe there is something that might be important and you didn’t notice it.”
Mr. Ahmed replied:
“Well, there are only a few people who know of the existence of this rose, and who know its great value. They were of the people who were present in our house today on the occasion of my wife’s birthday”.
Assistant Ibrahim got up from his seat and approached Mr. Ahmed and said in surprise:
“Is this rose so expensive that it made you so upset?”
Mr. Ahmed replied quickly:
“Yes, this rose is the most expensive rose in the world and it is called Juliet Rose.”
Detective Farid said:
“how much is it worth?”
Mr. Ahmed looked at him and said:
“Its price is about fifteen million dollars.”
The detective and his assistant stood in a state of great astonishment and amazement and repeated in one voice:
“fifteen million dollars!”
Mr. Ahmed said in a pitiful state:
“Yes, that’s its price. It is one of the rarest flowers in the world.”
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Detective Farid calmed him down and said:
“Tell me the exact story from the beginning.”
So Mr. Ahmed started talking:
“I bought this rose a few days ago intending to sell it at a higher price, and I put it in my office to be in front of my eyes because I spend most of my time in my office. During the party, I would go to the office to make sure it was there, and after everyone left, I went into the office and I didn’t find it.”
The detective and his assistant began to think about the matter. Detective Farid was contemplating the facts in his mind while his assistant Ibrahim was analyzing things and trying to find out more details, so he asked:
“Who knows about this rose?”
Mr. Ahmed replied:
“My close people.”
The detective’s curiosity increased and he said:
“Tell me in detail about these people.”
Mr. Ahmed replied:
“Yes, there was my wife Salma in the house during the party. After we distributed the sweets, my wife disappeared for several minutes and when she returned I asked her about the reason for her disappearance, and she claimed that she was in the bathroom. Knowing that I was in the bathroom and I didn’t find her there.”
Detective Farid wondered:
“Do you suspect her?”
Mr. Ahmed replied hesitantly:
“The truth is I don’t know, but lately she was insisting on me to sell it. Saeed, my friend since childhood, is an agricultural expert. He showed an unnatural interest in this flower, and he asked me to borrow it to study it in an attempt to grow a similar flower.
He disappeared from the party for a quarter of an hour and when I looked for him I found him in the garden and he told me that he had gone out to get some fresh air in the garden.
Hassan, my brother, who asked me to buy this rose more than once because he wants to sell it to someone who knows its real value, asked permission during the party to enter the library to make an important call, as he told me.
Adel, the financial accountant who lost all his savings recently to treat his sick wife, asked me for a loan before a while and I refused because it was not the first time he asked me for money. At the party, he would go out to the garden from time to time to stay in touch with his sick wife, as he told me.
Hamed, the security guard for my house, was walking around the house back and forth several times in an unusual way, and when I asked him, he said that he was afraid of the flower being stolen, especially with all these people at the party.”
Ibrahim asked him:
“This means that you suspect them all, Mr. Ahmed.”
Mr. Ahmed replied:
“Unfortunately, yes”
Detective Farid began to draw up a plan for the investigation. With Ibrahim’s help, they visited Mr. Ahmed’s house and spoke to the suspects after Mr. Ahmed asked them to stay until he found the precious rose. They all agreed in an attempt to help Mr. Ahmed find the precious rose.
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As they were engrossed in the investigation, things began to get strangely complicated. Everyone is a suspect and Farid is thinking about the hidden truth behind the disappearance of the rose.
He entered the office room and walked around, taking fingerprints. One of the evidence he found, the library window near the rose was partially open and there were traces of a pointed shoe on the edge of the window, and on it were spots of mud.
In the garden of the house, he found a woman’s ring that turned out to belong to Mr. Ahmed’s wife, and he also found gloves in the trash can near the house that looked like farmer’s gloves.
Hassan has keys to all the rooms in the house because he lives with his brother. Hamid, the security guard, seemed very nervous during the investigation and insisted that he was careful not to steal the flower that he was closing the office window, and that he never found anyone coming out of it.
Ibrahim, the detective’s assistant, noticed that Hamid’s hand was injured, so he asked him about the cause of the injury. Hamid told him that he was cleaning some plants before the party. He began to gather evidence and fingerprints and interrogate the people who were at the party at that time, and noticed that Adel’s shoe was pointed in the front.
The detective continued to search for any information that might help him find out the fate of the rose.
Mr. Farid searched the area around the garden to find any missing evidence. But the question now is, who is behind this theft and why?
The story is written by Zahra Hbeb
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