MARTY TALONS:”Since when did you sleep with that jerk?”
ME:”He is not a jerk.”
MARTY TALONS:”oh, so you’re his attorney now?”
ME:”I am not sleeping with him, what is wrong with you?”
MARTY TALONS:”What is wrong with you? What did you see in him, huh?”
ME:”I told you I am not sleeping with Hank, we we’re all exhausted last night he invited you and Pete last night for a drink, don’t you remember?”
MARTY TALONS:”And we said no, how did you end up being with him.”
ME:”You and Pete said no, I didn’t say anything. After you guys left he ask me again, I don’t want to come home yet so I said yes and then…”
MARTY TALONS:”And then you said you don’t want to go home yet so that fucker took you to his place.”
ME:”I never told him I don’t wanna go home yet, he said he’s hungry and I told him about pizza and he asks if it’s ok if we ordered then eat… WAIT!, why am I explaining to you?”
MARTY TALONS:”I don’t know, maybe you’re guilty of something.”
ME:”I AM NOT SLEEPING WITH HIM!”
HANK BUCKNER:”You don’t have to explain anything.”
MARTY TALONS:”Yeah, but you, you’ve got some explaining to do:”
PETE GARRISON:”His alibi checks out, what’s to explain?”
MARTY TALONS:”What’s to explain? How about how did your partner finger prints and DNA was in the crime scene.”
ME:”How about he was framed?”
CPT FULLER:”How about all of you shut up and solved this mystery,”
***
Vanessa Mitchell and Kate Warner were both missing, Kate was abducted from their home two nights ago and so does Vanessa last night. They were both alone when the incident happened.
Among the possible target there’s only one left, Claire Ann Watson, since Hank was framed, he is so eager to solve this case. And we collaborate, at office hours we worked on Vanessa and Kate at night Hank and I watched Claire Ann like a hawk, I ask the four other operatives who used to work undercover to help us with Claire Ann.
There were no traces on where we can find Vanessa and Kate; Claire Ann would be our last hope to catch Pop candy. We were outside the Watson’s residence hoping and waiting till Pop candy strike. That would be so inconsiderate hoping he would abduct Claire Ann but she’s our only hope now.
HANK BUCKNER:”You think Pop candy will take Claire Ann Watson?”
ME:”He said he will end my misery soon, he has Vanessa Mitchell and Kate Warner, I have a feeling that he would take Claire Ann Watson and kill all of them at the same time.”
HANK BUCKNER:”You think that’s what he meant by “I will end your misery soon.”
ME:”I think so, I mean we have all our resources with Vanessa and Kate. Vanessa is missing for days now; if he will kill her we have received a note already.”
HANK BUCKNER:”You have a point, but what if Pop Candy knows we are watching Claire Ann, what if he killed Vanessa and Kate, I mean don’t you think we should focus on them rather than Claire Ann?”
ME:”We are focus on them, but there are no traces, I know this is absurd, to have that possibility that anytime now Vanessa and Kate will be dead and it looks like we let that happen because we concentrate on Claire Ann but like I said without a trace or evidence there is nothing we can do but wait.”
HANK BUCKNER:”What will you do if you catch Pop candy?”
ME:”What will you do?”
HANK BUCKNER:”I will hurt him, slowly, hurt him the way he hurt those kids until he dies, how about you?”
ME:”I want him to suffer first, suffered so much that he would ask me to kill him, I want him to beg for his life, but I won’t kill him yet, not so easily, I will call all the parents of the victim and let them hurt him so they will avenge their kids.”
HANK BUCKNER :”( laughs softly) I can’t believe you have akin for torture, but you know we can’t do that right? I mean, I wanted to put justice in my hand but we won’t do that.”
ME:”We can’t, because we swore to protect the justice not to put the justice in our own hand.”
HANK BUCKNER:”What if we can?”
That question put me into deep thoughts, if we catch pop candy now, without Pete and Marty, we could put the matters in our own hands.
ME AND HANK: (together) Nah!
Then we laugh, suddenly…
HANK BUCKNER:”Look at that.”
Someone is sneaking at the Watson’s residence. He is wearing a hood. Hank opens his door and move.
ME:”Wait, Buckner,”
He continued to move so I follow him, we pulled out our guns and sneak at Watson’s residence. There were silenced, it’s past midnight and everyone at Watson’s residence seems in a deep sleep.
HANK BUCKNER:”I thought Mr. and Mrs. Watson hired some guards.”
ME:”Yeah, they did.”
HANK BUCKNER:”Where are they?”
ME:”Asleep, I supposed.”
HANK BUCKNER:”They were supposed to guard not to sleep.
Before I can answer, we heard a scream, it’s coming from upstairs, Hank and I rush towards the second floor. As we reached it the lights were open, it was Mr. and Mrs. Watson, they came out of their room and frightened when they seen us.
ME:”OPD! Stay where you are.”
Hank and I showed some identification, the couples comply with our orders; Hank signed his hand saying he will open the door and cover him if ever the suspect is hostile. Hank kicked the door, Claire Ann Watson was restrained and there’s a duct tape in her mouth.
HANK BUCKNER:”POLICE, PUT YOUR WEAPON DOWN”
The man didn’t follow Hank order; instead he points his gun and shoots Hank. I fired my gun back and took a shot in his shoulder. Hank run through the suspect and cuff him, I removed Claire Ann from her restrained.
HANK BUCKNER:”We’ve got him”
ME:”Yes we did, are you okay? You’re bleeding.”
HANK BUCKNER:”I’m fine, he missed.”
Back up team came, Pete and Marty questioned the Watsons, forensics swept the area, Hank and I bring the suspect at the precinct to interrogate him.
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Detective Gabriela Prescott (Book I)
Mystery / ThrillerGabriela Prescott A.K.A Detective Gabby Prescott is quite like a celebrity in a small town called Ores. Her achievement as a detective made her famous. She solves every crime that was assigned to her in no time. For seven years everything was easy f...
