A Bughead story

Chapter 35

I see a deputy.  I calmly and collectively walk down to him. I stick my wrist out and tell him I have a crime to confess. "I ordered a hit on my boyfriend jughead jones." The words fly out of my mouth faster than I knew. The old fat man's eyebrows lifted quickly. I was put in handcuffs,  gasps and stares were earned from everyone in sight. This feels wrong. It is wrong but if jellybeans life is at stake then I will pretend as the woman wanted me to. It didn't take me long to realize it's probably Gladys or someone she sent to do her work. If she was the one who ordered the men around at my house to do whatever they were told them to do. Then she was definitely the one who just threatened her. Would she harm her own daughter though? That is the real question. I believe yes and no. She's hurt jughead many times emotionally but would she really hurt her own daughter? Is what stumped Betty. The police would investigate her lead and find it's not plausible. Hopefully they would find dirt on whoever did do it. These were the thoughts I was having as I sat in a police station. Surely they would come in to interview me soon.

"I'm sherif Heinz, To my understanding you confessed to putting a hit on your boyfriend, it failed because now he's in the hospital and you've been staying with him. Correct?" A deep voice booms as they sit down across from me. I just nod my head. "Why would you want to do this?" He says seeming annoyed. I quickly come up with a lie. "He was annoying and was just in jail." I speak slowly. His eyebrow raised as he looks through his papers. "Sure. I watch the news I know the story. Men broke into your home trying to rape you and your boyfriend came down to protect you. He fought against three men. You shot the men so why would you hire men to kill him and not let them finish the job? Why are you here? Staying and supporting him? I know what he went to jail for. He attacked a boy who was calling you names. Tell me why on earth would you want to get rid of him if he loves you so much?" He questions and I shrug my shoulders. It's just me and him in here but what if somehow the people heard me? Secret Cameras? "He scares me with his temper." I say with some truth but deep down I know he'd never put his hands on me. "Okay. We will find out either that your lying or keeping something from us. It's illegal to lie to a police officer and it will go on your record and ruin your chances at college. Do you want to tell the truth? We will keep digging until we figure it out." He says trying to be intimidating. What if I say something weird and it has a secret message to it?  "It's not my decision." I say looking in his eyes. "Are there any cameras in here?" I ask and he nods and I think he's starting to put the dots together. "Does the hospital have cameras?" I ask him lowering my voice and shaking my legs. "Yes why do you care?" He says intrigued. "Check them." I say in a stern whisper. He writes in his note book and gets up. He instructed me to get up as well. I follow him into what looks like an office.  His office. When we get inside he locks the door. "We are going to look at the cameras and then we will have a talk." He says as he sits at his computer. I nod and look at the photos in the room. I also search for a camera but do not see one. "Look at the footage from today. I want to know who they are." I say and he looks at me in a weird stare. "Do you have an idea of what happened?" He asked me. I nod. "The morning the attack happened I came downstairs and jughead was arguing with his mom over the phone. It was something about her taking fps rehab money or paying it. She told jughead she was going to take the money off his account, which she could do since they were married. She also said she was going to come to Riverdale. At that point jughead said for her to not to come to Riverdale and he would work it out. At the hospital, fast forward to today I went to get a coffee then suddenly I was grabbed and taken into a dark room, there was a woman and a couple of men. Like a gang. They had to of been involved with the assault because they threatened me. They said if I didn't confess then they would kill jellybean then my mom. Anyone I care about. So I figured I had no choice and I cooperated." It felt good to get that off my chest but I am paranoid that someone else can hear what I'm saying.  "This group of people did you recognize anyone?" He asked me. I shake my head and he looks back at the computer. I want to go back to the hospital. I want to see jughead. I need to see jughead. How is surgery went. He's probably awake and asking for me now. He's probably so worried that I left him. Does he know what's going on? "Miss cooper, I'm watching the surveillance cameras now. I see someone in a mask... wait there's men in masks surrounding her. She's climbed on one of their shoulders... Damn it." He cursed seconds later. "They covered the cameras in tape" He says. I stand up to see the screen. "That is definitely Gladys jones, have you looked at her bank account? To look and see if she bought a plane ticket to get here?" I ask him and a light bulb goes off in his head. He opened files and drawers everywhere searching for someone. "Your a genius. You should major in crime analysis." He remarks. He pulled a file then typed into the computer. He looks at a chart. "She did." He states then takes a photo of it and writes notes. There is then a knock at the door. "Sherif Heinz? I have something for you." The knock is repeated and he gets up from his chair to unlock the door then open it. There is a tall skinny man with brown hair on the other side of the door. He's dressed in uniform. He hands the sherif something plastic. "They found it in the hospital. It was in an on call room with a chair. There was also a ring found." He informs the sherif. What did they find? It must of been in the room they took me to. "Did they do a forensic investigation? Finger prints? If not they need to as soon as possible." He instructed the man and he quickly left. The sherif came over and laid the plastic bags on the table. "What the hell is a serpent?" He asks himself. "It's a gang Gladys is in. Toledo serpents." I tell him and he raised his head and nodded. He wrote that down. It was engraved in the ring. There is a paper. What the hell does it say?

"You are to break the door in and find Betty. Keep her in place. Find jughead force him to watch as Oscar rapes her and tortures her. Beat jughead up or keep him held down. Find money or anything of value, steal and pawn it. Let him know that this is what he gets for disobeying his mother. I do not take disrespect."

The man read out and my heart sinks a little. So she did do it. She did this to her son. I didn't think it was possible for a mother to hurt her son so badly. I feel sorry for her. She must be mentally ill. Oscar. Is the name of that terrible man. I wonder where she is now. Hiding? In the hospital?

"You can go back to the hospital now. I have evidence against her. Thank you for helping." He says trying to dismiss me. I shake my head. "I can't leave. Not with her still out their with her gang. They will kill me if they find out." I panic.

"I won't tell them you said anything. I will say you refused to speak and we just found the note. But I guess you can stay here until they are in custody." He says and I am beyond thankful.