𝙻𝚘𝚟𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚒𝚜 𝚊 𝚌𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚎

Chapter 38

"Moira, are you okay?" Nikki asked trying not to divulge himself.
"Nikki? I- I- I come from Tommy's house and- and- Stacey is gone. She was m-murdered. I saw her b-body on the b-bed and-"
"What? Stacey was murdered? Oh Moira, I'm so sorry." Even if he knew the truth, Nikki tried his best to sound as compassionate as possible.
"You... do you know where Tommy is?" Moira pulled from the hug.
"No, don't tell me he killed her."
"You didn't tell me that he's Craig Lee's nephew. You fucking liar. WHY YOU DIDN'T TELL ME?"
"Moira, it's not the time for that. Let me take you to your house."
"IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO DO WITH MY SISTER'S DEATH I SWEAR TO GOD... I-"
"Moira, your sister has been murdered. You need to take a break-"
"DON'T TELL ME WHAT TO DO." She pushed Nikki away and led to the exit. But Nikki drank his glass and followed her.

Nikki saw Moira sitting on the ground with a head buried in her lap. Then Nikki put his hand on her back and said:
"I'm sorry for Stacey. She was a good person" Moira rose her head up and hugged Nikki.
"Take me with you, please. I can't come back home. I wanna hide somewhere."
"Moira, I'm leaving tomorrow. But you can stay in my place as long as you want."
"You're leaving? Where are you going?"
"I don't know, maybe try to find a job. Who knows maybe someone to-"
"You're moving on?" Moira got caught into his lies yet again.
"We've never sorted it out, Moira. I'm too much of an asshole and you're too much of a detective. We both know it's impossible to be together." There's no way Vince could lie better than Nikki in this situation. Moira seemed to believe him.
"And you realized it now, when I need you the most?"
"What do you thing I am, a toy? You think you can crush me around like a trash and then you say you need me?" He tried his best not to freak out.
"You know what? I don't need you anymore. Leave this town and never come back. Also, you can find a slut to love you more than I did. But I kinda doubt it. You said it yourself, you're too much of an asshole."
"And I end up the one who's to blame, again. Moira, I try to live my life, but it's impossible when you appear from the nothingness and ruin it. You ruin everything." Nikki got out of control. He was humiliating her.
"I- I ruin everything?"
"No wonder why your sister is dead now." And then he realized he made a mistake, but it was too late.
"Oh, thanks for reminding me I'm a failure." Moira ran away from Nikki. She got into her car and went to the police station.

Meanwhile, Vince and Mick were at Tommy's house, investigating. They got two versions of what happened: 1) Tommy had killed his own wife and ran away. 2) Someone killed Stacey and kidnapped Tommy. While searching for more clues, Vince found Stacey's phone. He read the message that was sent to Moira. The first version tilted the scales. But the motive was still unknown. Then Vince started looking through the briefcases and cupboards around the house. He found a picture of Tommy and his family. The guy marked as "uncle C." was Craig Lee. Then Vince ran to Mick and asked:
"You have never told me how Craig has died. How that happened?"
"In a car accident."
"He crashed into a tree or?"
"He crashed into Moira and Stacey's parents. No one knows about it. Only me."
"How did you know that?"
"I was there with my car. I would have been dead by now if I hadn't reacted fast."
"And Moira doesn't know?"
"I tried to tell her but she was busy with investigations."
"What about Tommy's family?"
"I had talked with them. They didn't even care. I guess Craig was the black sheep of the family."
"That's why Tommy has changed his name to Leopold."
"Yes, but I'm not sure about his relationship with his uncle."
"Nikki and Tommy are best friends. I think we already know the answer."
"We should ask Nikki some questions."
"Not before we hear what Moira may know about it all."

The rest of the police continued the rest of the job, while Mick and Vince were looking for Moira. They didn't find her in her house so they headed to the station. They found her reading the archives while drinking a bottle of Jack Daniels. When she saw them, Moira started talking:
"Tommy Lee killed my sister."
"We know that, Moira."
"He killed her because of his uncle. Craig died in a car accident the day my parents died too. I searched through the pictures and I saw my parents car crashed along with Craig's one. Inspector Mars, did you know anything about this?" For the first time in his life, Mick got scared of Moira's ability to reveal stuff.
"I did."
"Then why you didn't tell me?"
"Moira, that doesn't matter now. Do you know whether Nikki-"
"Nikki and Tommy aren't friends anymore. Stacey had visited me before she died. She told me that Carl Serafino had been calling them for days. Then Tommy had called Nikki and they got in an argument."
"Tommy had thought that Carl may have worked for him, but Nikki declined." Vince guessed.
"Which means that Nikki has nothing to do with Stacey's death?" Mick said amazed.
"Serafino had told Stacey he wanted her death."
"But then she heard Tommy talking with Nikki." Vince was as good as Moira at this point.
"Why should Stacey want to talk with Tommy?" Mick asked.
"Before hanging up, Carl had called her Stacey Adams Lee."
"That answers to my question. Thanks Moira." Mick said.
"But where did Carl know all of this?" Vince asked.
"That's what Tommy asked himself all this time."
"Has Nikki ever heard of that guy Serafino?" Mick asked.
"I asked him once and he said he had never heard of him."
"And you believed him?" Vince asked.
"He seemed to be unaware of that name."
"Have you seen Nikki lately?" Mick asked.
"I just talked with him. He's leaving the town."
"Does he have any idea where Tommy may be?" Vince asked.
"He said he didn't know." Who could guess in this moment that Nikki and Tommy were on their way to a place known by no one else, but Nikki.