The Iceberg
计算机辅助教学
Y190108
赵翠洁
Mr. Williams died!
Mr. Williams died in his home this morning!
This is the latest and biggest news in Fireberg Town. The weather is no longer a
great conversation starter. Everyone at every corner of the town meets each other with
“Do you know the bad news of Mr. Williams…” and ends the conversation with the
sigh “Poor Mrs. Williams and the children!” The Williams moved to the beautiful town
five years ago because Mr. Williams’s job changed. Neighbors have a good first
impression of this family. Mr. Williams, a law professor, majors in children’s law in a
university. He is responsible and gentle. Sometimes he would use his knowledge to help
the poor people for free. He is strict and thoughtful on his major. Mr. Williams likes
criticizing politics from a different point which sometimes is even antisocial. He thinks
it is cool. He remembers all the anniversaries related to his wife, and he would buy his
wife a special gift on that day. There is no doubt that he is also a good father. John and
Mary adore and love him in the eyes of outsiders. Mrs. Williams is a housewife. She
does housework well and takes good care of her family members. She is a quiet and
submissive woman. She is always kind and has never quarreled with others. Mrs.
Williams prefers to following her husband’s opinions. Family harmony is her greatest
achievement. She enjoys the compliments of her family from others. These words are
affirmation of her. John and Mary are adopted by Mr. and Mrs. Williams. This kind of
behavior also makes people praise them. Mary is sister, who is so reserved that it is hard
to understand her. She is a person of few words, unless someone touches her, she would
yell very crazily. So that some neighbors think she has a mental problem. But the couple
treats Mary as the apple of their eyes. John is twelve years old. He is a loveable, smart
and enthusiastic boy. He always has new and great ideas. Everyone in this town likes
him. Anyway, the whole family is respected and loved by the people in the town. “What
a happy family!” everyone thinks so in Fireberg Town.
“Mr. Williams died” which is like an atomic bomb, blows up the family’s iced and
peaceful life. Poor Mrs. William! She is the first witness. The policeman received the
call and came to investigate. Obviously, Mrs. Williams nearly broke down. When Allen,
the police, questioned her about her entire experience as the first witness, she tried to
manage her mental state. She was so shocked that her body and voice were trembling.
She told the police sadly what she had seen this morning. At 7.30 am, she woke up to
make breakfast as usual while she found her husband not around. She thought he was
in the toilet, not thinking much. However as walking through the living room, she
watched that Mr. Williams was lying on the pool of blood. She was terrified and
couldn’t help screaming. The disturbing scream broke the morning, and the children
hurried out of the bedroom to see what happened. Mr. Williams fell between the table
and the wine cabinet. He faced the wine cabinet. A wine bottle was held in his hand.
Certainly, it broke now. An empty wine bottle was on the ground. The back of his bead
was all bloody. It dented on the corner of the table. There was a medicine bottle on the
table. Mrs. Williams told Allen that her husband had hypertension. So the doctor
prescribed blood pressure medication. He takes the medicine every day. The scene was
devastating. Allen surveyed the death scene carefully. He judged Mr. Williams died
suddenly and unexpectedly. He tried to recreate the death process of Mr. Williams in
his mind. The man came out of the bedroom and took medicine to lower blood pressure.
Then he wanted to have a drink. After drinking a bottle, he would like to get another
one. As he turned back, suddenly he tripped over the empty bottle on the ground. The
back of his head crashed into the corner of the table, which caused his death. Combined
with the death scene and the family’s reputation in the town, Allen thought there was
almost no possibility of homicide. Of course, the specific conclusion would have to
wait for a more detailed investigation after the autopsy. Allen told the family that
currently it was an accidental death. The police took the body away and hoped that Mrs.
Williams and two children are consoled by this time. Mrs. Williams was so sad that she
couldn’t say anything. The two children seemed scared and didn’t know what to do.
Allen expressed his sorry about Mr. Williams again and told this woman that God would
help her to take good care of him. When Allen was about to leave the house, he turned
his head and was surprised to see that John was smiling at his father’s body.
Back to the police station, every time Allen thought of John’s smile, it gave his
goose bumps. Intuitively, he felt that this case might not be simple. In the next few days,
Allen was investigating various things about this family. It was confusing that Mr.
Williams resigned his previous work which is really good for him and chose to come
to this completely unknown town. Why? Allen wanted to figure it out. He went to Mr.
William’s previous town where he knew Mr. Williams once gave a 13-year –old girl a
large sum of money and Mrs. Williams went to see a psychiatrist at the same time. Sadly,
Allen didn’t find the girl who moved to a place where no one knew. Before going to
Fireberg, the couple adopted two children. Is this family really as happy as it appears?
Then, the policeman went back to Fireberg Town. Meanwhile the autopsy results came
out. The direct cause of death was a head blow, but there were aspirin residues in his
body. However, according to the previous medical report provided by the family doctor,
Mr. Williams is allergic to aspirin. The doctor also said Mrs. Williams asked him to
prescribe some medicine including aspirin because of her headache two months ago.
Allen decided to investigate again. Mrs. Williams was surprised that Allen visited again.
She was very lack of energy, and it didn’t seem that she come out of her sadness. Allen
said he wanted to know more things before they moved to the town. Mrs. Williams
looked panic and stirred fingers constantly.
“Why did Mr. Williams give a 13-year-old girl a lot of money before?”
I don’t know, sir.” she said in a quaking voice.
“You had seen a psychiatrist during that time, why?”
Mrs. Williams is pale as white as a sheet. “because I didn’t sleep well”
“Do you know your husband is allergic to aspirin? we found the pill residues in
his body, and you had asked the family doctor to give you this pill!”
“Yes, I know that. But I asked the pill just for, for my headache. I always sleep not
well” she murmured
“But on the day of Mr. Williams’s death, you actually slept very well and didn’t
hear a bit of sound! Why?”
“I, I……” Mrs. Williams couldn’t say a word and cried.
“The truth is you killed your husband, right?”
“No, no, no …”
“So, tell me the truth!”
Mrs. Williams could not bear it anymore and fell out of his onto the floor. She just
cried and cried. At this moment, the boy John rushed out and shouted at Allen,” He
deserves it! He deserves to die! He is an unfeeling brute! He deserves to die!” The boy
seemed to have lost his mind. He got the policeman’s arm, hurried towards the study
room and changed the position of two books. A secret room! There is a secret room in
the study! Allen burst into the room. A bed and various sex toys filled the room! There
were many erotic video about minors. Apparently, this room was inhabited and Allen
even saw the dress that Mary had worn on the day of Mr. William’s death. “He deserves
to die!” John still cried. Allen was angry and said no words. He watched the girl, but he
didn’t see anything.
“Tell me the truth, Mrs. Williams”
“Yes, I KILLED him! I hate him! He ruined my world by hand twice! He knows it,
he knows how much I care about family reputation! Five years ago, he sexually
assaulted a 13-year-old girl. I almost lost my mind and saw the psychiatrist. He prayed
for my forgiveness and promised never to make such a mistake again. How stupid I
was! I didn’t want to lost my family. I trusted him! To prove himself, he even adopted
Mary, and I adopted John. Then we moved to Fireberg Town. I tried to build my world
again. And I thought everything was fine until John took Mary to me. I can’t deceive
myself! I knew it! I knew it! She became more and more silent and crazy. John found
it and he began to look at Mr. Williams with hateful eyes. He is a brute! He deserved to
die! He ruined my world again! I can’t bear it! I allegedly switched one of his bloodpressure pills for an aspirin, which I knew he was allergic to. Ha-ha…he collided with
the table! He deserved to die! And I deserved it! I watched the change of the two
children, but I didn’t see the whole crime. I cheated myself everything was ok. Then I
saw it, but I didn’t feel it. Nobody could feel it for Mary. My dream was broken, I
deserved it...”
The truth came out in the wash. Before Allen took away Mrs. Williams, he asked
John a question:
“The autopsy revealed that there were two impacts on his head. The first blow to
his head isn’t what killed him. The second blow is a human blow, from a minor. Do you
know it?”
“No, I don’t know” John answered nervously.
“Are you sure? Maybe I remembered the result wrong. Who knows?” Allen smiled
“Yes, who knows. Thank you, Sir.” John started to smile.
“Bye-bye.”
“Bye.”