“An Inverted Painting”

He got out of the house for a morning walk. He saw a big black bag lying on the seashore. He was surprised; he groped it and examined its every part like he wanted to find something in it. It was an early morning, not a single man on the seashore. He looked around and then tried to open it. But the zip was jam. He cleaned its dust. Then he tried again to open it. He was feeling fear because he didn't know what the thing inside the bag is. It could be any dangerous thing. He searched for stone and tried to open the zip with it. He tried a lot but he was unable to open it. Then a police van reached there. He asked the man about the bag. He told them he tried a lot to open it but it's jammed. He doesn't know about it. The police inspector nodded to his subordinates to open it.

They tried and opened it in a few minutes. They were all shocked to see. A dead body was inside the bag.

“Do you know this lady”? The police inspector began to inquire to the man.

“No, I don't know about this lady. I didn't see ever her here”.

“You walk daily on this beach”?

“Yeah, every morning I have been walking on a beach previous ten years”.

“Okay.  Alright. If you find any information about her, quickly inform us”.

“And listen! Don't go outside the city until we allow you”.

The police inspector collected all information about the man gave him instructions and went.

A policeman entered the inspector's office, salute him and said,

“Sir, we got to find about that lady. She lived with her husband in a St. Colony, street no 4. But her husband is in America now”.

“Fine. Collect all the information about him and call him for back”. The police inspector gave him instruction and leaned to his desk to see a file.

“Yes, sir”. The policeman saluted again and got out of the room.

Smoke cloud of cigarettes covered the whole room; a bitter smell was spread around. Walls were covered with colorful paintings, on the right side, many colorful books kept in order, it seemed no one caught them for years. On the left side, some pictures were hanging on the wall. A room was full of luxurious things.

Inspector was talking with the tall handsome man, who wore a dark coat, with a blue pent. His eyes were blue. He sat on the couch and had grasped the cigarette in his right hand. He seemed about almost forty.

"Your room is nice, Mr. Hassan. Paintings are very beautiful." Inspector praised to his room

"Thank you, inspector."

“I'm very sorry for your wife's killing, by the way, where were you when your wife was murdered”?

Inspector inquired.

“I was in America, and when you informed me I came back quickly."

“Your wife had been killed almost five days back, so why didn't you try to contact her.?" Inspector questioned him again.

“Because I was busy with my work. I started a new business in America, so I get much busy nowadays".

Mr. Hassan replied with taking a puff of his cigarette.

“That painting is very beautiful; it seems that you have good knowledge and fond of art".

Inspector stated, with a gesture of hand towards the painting, which was hanged at the wall.

Mr. Hassan didn't expect this question from the inspector. He looked quickly and surprisingly at the painting.

“Oh! That painting! No, my wife was very fond of painting. She was a good artist. She painted these photos".

“Wah nice! Can I take this painting with me? If you haven't any problem”?

“Of course, why not, you can take this painting”.

“Right, Mr. Hassan, we'll contact you when we get information about the killer”.

Inspector said withstanding.

The walls were fully covered with different paintings. House was not so big, but it’s beautiful, organized, and cleaned. All things were kept in proper places. It seemed, that the owner was a very mannered person and very fond of painting.

In all paintings the name was written, M. Sam.

M.Sam is the man who saw the dead body of the lady on the beach for the first time. He was arrested by the inspector. Inspector caught him in his house when he tried to escape.

Inspector was stating to the Hassan,

“Mr. Hassan, did you remember I took a painting from your house when I went to inquired to you”?

“Yeah, yeah I remembered”. He surprised

“You know why I took this picture? Because when I glanced at this painting, I noticed it was hanging upside down, and it was seeming like it hanged quickly, unconsciously”.  He quiet for a while lit up a cigarette, a bitter smell spread all around, took a puff and started again,

“At the point when I doubted something is wrong. So I took this painting with me. When I sent it to the forensic experts, we got some fingerprints on it and dry bloodstains. After that, it matched with the same fingerprints that we had gotten from the bag in which the dead body was. And those fingerprints belonged to this man. So when I raided at this house he was trying to escape.

But I didn't understand why you went to the beach and why you were trying to open this bag because you left this bag yourself”.

This time the inspector questioned Sam.

“When I came back after killing her in the morning I realized my wristwatch has been lost. I thought I lost it in that bag. So when I saw this bag on the beach I tried to find my watch. But unfortunately, you came there and I couldn't find it”.

“But we didn't get any watch in the bag”?

‘Maybe I lost it elsewhere, yet that time I was so dreaded, I thought I lost it in the bag and if I couldn't find it then I'll be caught."

“Why did you kill my wife”? This time Mr. Hassan questioned him.

“Your wife was a good painter. Her paintings are being praised in the whole city. They sell a lot, but I'm also a good painter, and before her, my paintings were sold well and were highly acclaimed. But now no one likes my painting. And day by day I have lost all my fans, because of her. So one day I got out of frustration and I decided to burn all her paintings”.

And when I was trying to burn her painting she did see me and forestalling her painting she began to fight with me.  I didn't want to kill her, yet in quarreling accidentally she was killed by me. And that painting dropped by me from the wall then I set back to the wall rapidly. I didn’t want to kill her but accidentally”…

Saying this, He kneeled with crying.