My Two Page Mystery Title: Apartment Two-Twenty-One Credits: Ryan Melo

The smell is of rotten bodies. Apartment Two-Twenty-One has been silent for the past 2 days. And in the hallway surrounding Apartment Two-Twenty-One it has an awful stench. The name is Pettyworth, and I am a detective for the NYPD. The date is January 4, 1921 and it is a cold, brittle winter. In my apartment complex, things were rather quiet. And Apartment Two-Twenty-One has had no complaints about the smell. I think it's just that the people are scared. I want to investigate, but it will take too long to get a warrant. It was 12 A.M, January 5th and I had just got into my apartment. My a…