Red Lipstick: The Stain That Reveals the Truth!
At 2 a.m., a terrifying scream echoed from an old mansion on the edge of the city. The door was broken down — and what lay inside was shocking.
A beautiful woman, dressed in a red silk gown, was lying lifeless on the floor. Diamond rings still glittered on her hand… but the famous red lipstick she always wore was missing from her lips.
The room was locked from the inside. The windows sealed with bolts. The police were baffled — “How could this murder even happen?”
A detective was called. He began examining every corner of the room. His eyes stopped at the table — where two glasses were kept. The first glass had the victim’s fingerprints clearly visible. But the second glass… carried a faint smudge of lipstick.
The detective muttered: “That means… another woman was here.”
The investigation intensified. Both glasses were sent to the forensic lab. The report revealed — the lipstick stain matched the victim’s brand… but the fingerprints weren’t hers. They belonged to another woman.
The circle of suspicion widened — the maid? The neighbor? Some stranger? But then the CCTV footage was examined. It showed that on that night, only one woman had entered the mansion — the victim’s closest friend.
She gave her statement: “I just came to meet her… but she was already dead.” The detective interrupted — “If you only came to meet her, how did your fingerprints end up on the glass? And how did you know about the secret passage in this room?”
The truth surfaced through a shard of the broken mirror found on the floor. The two friends had quarreled. In anger, the friend had hurled the mirror… Then, she used the hidden passage to slip out, locking the door from inside.
The mystery was solved — the killer wasn’t a stranger… but the victim’s own closest friend.
And yet… one final question remained unanswered — “Did she do this out of jealousy? Or is there a deeper secret still hidden behind this murder?”
The detective stood in silence… and the case remains unfinished to this day.
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