Hello Mz. Hyde (Andy Hurley)

Chapter 20- Smoke and Mirrors

Andy's POV

I didn't get any sleep that night, but I still had to come into the station the next day after dropping Clara off at preschool. I slumped down in my desk, taking an occasional drink of my coffee to keep me from falling asleep in my chair.

"Andy," Meagan waved a manicured hand in front of my face, snapping me out of my half-awake daze.

I jumped up in reaction. "Hm, what?" I grumbled.

"Are you okay? You look like hell." She asked, pulling over her chair and sitting down next to me.

I shook my head and rubbed my eyes to try and wake myself up. "Yea, just had a long night. That's all."

She gave me a skeptical look, she didn't believe me. "Long night? What happened?"

"Nothing." I said sleepily.

Meagan let out a frustrated sigh. "Andy, you look like hell, you're falling asleep sitting up, something happened last night. What is it?"

"Nothing." I tried to lie again, but she wasn't letting up.

"Andy." She repeated.

I leaned back in my chair and ran my fingers through my hair, noticing that it felt a lot curlier that it usually was, I must have forgotten to gel it down. "Fine, Becca left. She walked out on me. Happy now?" I snapped.

Meagan sat back in surprise and disbelief. Matt overheard us and joined in on the conversaion. "Wait, Becca? Your girlfriend Becca? The one who does the radio show with Pete Becca?"

I nodded. "She said that she couldn't stay with me anymore and just got up and left." I began reliving that moment, when it all started to crash down.

"Wow man," Matt sighed. "That really sucks."

"Did she say anything about why?" Meagan asked.

I shook my head. "Nope, nothing."

"Wow, that doesn't really sound like her at all." Matt said in surprise.

"Who would do what?" Another voice joined the conversation. I looked up and saw that Marie and Piper have joined in.

"It's complicated." I grumbled.

"What's complicated?" Piper wondered.

"Everything." I answered.

"Becca walked out on him last night." I heard Matt whisper to them. They both nodded in understanding.

Marie sat down next to me. "I'm sorry about that Andy. Are you alright?"

I nodded. "Yea, I'll be okay." I lied to her. "Let's just focus on the case at hand." I tried to direct the attention away from me.

Matt caught onto what I was trying to do. "Yea. I did some more research into if the shooting a few weeks ago had any connection with Aubrey, and apparently the guy who was killed also had a connection to Aubrey, Brendon Urie and our Mz. Hyde."

"Didn't you say that if we found Mz. Hyde, we would find who our killer?" Piper remembered. I nodded. "Guys, what if Hyde is connected to these more than we think?" She suggested.

"You think she knew both the victims?" Meagan asked.

Piper shook her head. "This is just a theory, but what if Mz. Hyde is our killer?"

"That makes sense." Marie added. "I never found any prints or DNA on either bodies. This coud be our killer. I know someone who could help us, he owns the club where Blackington was shot. It's not open tonight, but it's open on Friday night, he can talk to us about Ryland and see if he has any information on who Mz. Hyde is."