"Have I ever told you how sexy you sound reading someone their Miranda rights?"
Chantelle throws her head back against his shoulder with laughter. "No, but you have now."
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a rookie nypd detective and a famous korean private investigator must...
"Ready?" Taehyung asks, turning to Chantelle as they pause just outside of an interrogation room. One that Ivan Costello and his lawyer are currently sitting in.
"Yep, let's do this." Chantelle nods her head, pushing open the door.
"Hello." She forces a smile, looking between the two men. Costello's lawyer nods politely in response while the criminal himself says nothing at all.
He's probably still upset that he allowed himself to get seduced by an undercover detective. Either that, or he's mad about having to confess in order to get his plea deal.
The Ashford family will finally get some closure on how their loved ones died while Costello will still be allowed supervised visits with his daughter in jail. He will also get to stay in his current prison instead of being transferred to one of the worst facilities in the state. Riker's Island.
Chantelle takes a seat and clears her throat, eager to get started. "Alright, whenever you're ready."
The ex-professor takes a deep breath before speaking. "That night, I left work as I always did. Got into my car and started driving home. But then I saw Imani walking down the street, about a block away from the school. I offered her a ride."
He pauses, so the detective presses on as Taehyung writes. "And then what happened?"
"She accepted and got in the car, put the baby in her lap. Then I started driving home."
Chantelle tilts her head at him. "I thought you were giving her a ride back to her house."
"I was, but we were having good conversation and it sounded like she was coming onto me. I assumed she wouldn't mind."
She resists the urge to roll her eyes. What an assumption to make.
"And what happened after that?"
"Once she noticed I wasn't taking her home, she panicked. Her door was locked so she started screaming and hitting and scratching at me."
"What did you do after that?"
"I couldn't take it anymore so grabbed the back of her head and slammed it down on the dashboard. She was out cold." Costello recalls with a straight face, not an ounce of emotion whatsoever.
That makes Chantelle's fists bawl with anger, but she tries her best to keep calm. "And then?"
"The kid started crying and wouldn't stop. She was making too much noise so I pulled over and strangled her."
"What about Imani?"
"I strangled her after I got back to my house."
"Okay, and did you rape her before or after that?"
