The Mirror

Part 2

Mike Thomas’ company
Austin Thomas- one of the workers/Mike’s brother
Detective Little- the cop investigating Lily's disappearance/murder
Dr. Carnes-Psych Doctor

"Alright, people! It's been over 2 weeks now and you all have not turned in any novels!"
"Sir, we are trying to make a good story for you and the company to publish. You do not want a crappy book that you- a person of your stature- was responsible for publishing."
"Thomas, if I wanted your excuses I would have asked you. However, Thomas, the novels should be good! They better be more than good. I'll give you two months to finish these novels."
"Yes, sir," everyone said in unison.
As Mike was walking back to his office, he saw that Jason's desk was still empty.
Mike thought, "Lily, where are you? I hope you are safe and well."

Transitioning over to Jason's house, Jason filed a missing persons report last week and Detective Little said they would follow up with him if anything came up and wanted him to call if he remembered anything about his wife's disappearance.
(Detective Little is a 5’9, light-skinned male. He had a thuggish look with his mustache and beard. His hair is short and dark brown. He wore a white, long-sleeved, buttoned shirt with a black tie and black suspenders. He wore black dress pants, gray socks, and black dress shoes.)  

Jason was upstairs in the room where the murder occurred and he cleaned every inch of the room with ammonia, bleach, and lysol; he even got rid of the entire bed and replaced it with the one that was in the guest bedroom. In his house he had two bedrooms and bathrooms, and half of a bathroom; those were cleaned as well, but not as vigorously as that particular room.
As Jason was searching through his dead wife's belongings trying to find something that may give him an idea of what to do next, he came across his wife's phone. As he looked through the cell phone, he found pictures and sex videos that dated back to the year they got married.
"Those bitches! They were screwing around when I got engaged to that little tramp! Oh, just wait Mike, I'm going to fuck your entire life up! Once Jason calmed himself down so he could stay in control, he kept scrolling through the videos and pictures and then he came across a recent video that was recorded the week before Lily "went missing." He played it and it was them having sex, of course, and he could see their faces clear as day. A tear ran down Jason's cheek; he wiped his face and saw that Jason was crying.
"Don't worry, Jason, they are going to get what's coming to them."

Jason got an idea, he went to Mike's house which was a few miles away from his house and job. Jason broke into Mike's house to plant evidence. Of course, he wore some gloves; then he wrote something on a piece of paper then he crumbled it up and hid it in the trash can. Jason also had Lily's pearls. She was wearing them in the video and he planted them in Mike's bedroom underneath his pillow. "Now for the finale."

Mike is sitting in his office reading Jason's novel, The Mirror and he is sweating and panicking.
"He knows, he knew!
How much does he know?
Did he do something to Lily? Oh my god, Lily!?
How! He must've seen us that day!"
"Shit, shit, shitty shit!"
"Excuse me, boss"
"WHAT, Thomas!"
"A Detective Little wants to speak with you."
Mike froze. "Tell him that I'll be with him in a minute."
"Yes sir." Thomas noticed Mike was acting very strange, but he relayed the message to the Detective.
Mike thought, "This is my opportunity to tell the detective my version of the story before Jason can pin the murder on me or anything."

Mike finally allowed the detective to come into his office.
“Good morning, Mr. Thomas”
“Morning, Detective. What can I help you with?”
"Mike, where were you the night Jason's wife, Lily, went missing?"
"Well when I found out she was missing, I was at work, but I was at home the night of her disappearance, Detective."
"Do you have someone to verify that?"
"Yes, my brother, Thomas; he lives with me."
"Are you close with Jason and Lily?"
"No, not really. I casually talk to Jason and ask him how he is and the marriage, but I can't say that I am close to them."

"Really? That is not what Jason says. He has proof that you and his wife were having an affair."
"That is absurd! I would never sleep with another man's wife, let alone kill her!"
The Detective looked concerned, "I never said Lily was murdered or that you did it. I think you better come down to the station for some more questions."

Mike takes a deep breath and agrees with the detective and goes down to the station leaving Thomas in charge.
Jason goes to Mike's job knowing he would not be there. He saw Thomas and they went into Mike's office to talk. While Thomas was telling him what happened to Mike, Jason was listening.
"You fuck me over, Thomas I'll do you worse than my wife."
"Come now, Jason, I have read your novel and if I haven't turned you in by now, I'm not going to. Plus, I want this damn company! It's my fucking right for being the oldest brother and senior leadership!"
"Do you know what part you play in this, Thomas?"
"Of course, I mean I am the one that gave the detective an anonymous tip about a so-called argument that happened between Mike and Lily at the office days before her disappearance."
"Is your brother at the police station?"
"Yes, I already told you, ‘wannabe’ Jason."
Jason chuckled, "Time to head down to the station."
Thomas smirks

Jason arrives at the station with tears in his eyes and he sees Mike handcuffed and he runs and tackles him and punches him repeatedly in the face. The cops pile on top of both of the men to get them away from each other. After Jason was handcuffed, the detective showed up and took both of them to the interrogation room.

The detective started to say, "Well…"
"You lying bastard! You slept with my wife and when she wanted to leave you, you kidnapped her!"
"I did not touch your wife! You are the only one that should be handcuffed, not me!"
"Oh really! Detective, show this man the fucking pictures and videos!"

"You both need to shut the hell up! Now you know what I think, I think you, Jason, killed your wife and tried to pin the blame on the man who was having an affair with your wife, aka Mike! Correct me if I'm wrong!"
“Or, Mike, you and Mrs. Stephens were having an affair and she wanted to end it, but you did not and you two got into a huge fight and it ended badly with you killing her!”
“That is a fucking lie!”
“Really! An anonymous tip came in and said you and his wife got into an argument at your company in your office!”
“Like I said, a fucking lie!”

The detective looked at Jason when he began to cry.
"Why the fuck… He wrote a book about how he knew about a supposed affair and how he was going to pin everything on me! You're the lying bastard! What the fuck are you tearing up about?"
Jason just sat there with his head down and he raised his head, eyeing the room and trying to figure out where he was.

"Where am I, where is my wife?"
"Why am I handcuffed?"
"Mike, what is going on?"
Detective Little looked at Jason in shock, opened the door, and told the officer to go get the psych, now!

"You little bitch! You are nothing but a faker and a murderer!"
"You are a bitch and a liar! You have been fucking my wife behind my back in my own damn house! In MY damn bed! I fucking saw both of you that day! Who knows how long you have been screwing my wife, you pompous asshole! I’ll fucking ki…..”

Jason zoned out and his head dropped then Jason’s head lifted back up while taking a deep breath. Jason was gritting his teeth and saw nothing but red when he looked at Mike.
Jason relaxed his face and looked at the detective and calmly stated, "I want a lawyer."

Mike looked at Jason and said,
“Fuck you and your damn lawyer. I want a lawyer, Detective!”
“Shut the hell up, you schizophrenic fuckers! You will get a damn lawyer when I feel that you fucking need one!”
Mike and Jason stared bullets at one another.

“Now, you fuckers sit your asses still and do not move or breathe UNLESS I tell you to! When I get my ass back, we will all take a trip to your house, Mike, and Jason's house!"
Jason smirked and said that's fine with me; is it alright with you, Mike?"
"Fuck you, Jason. You are going to rot in hell for what you did."
"You first, boss."
The detective storms out of the room and tells the officer outside the room to watch them attentively, then he heads to the area behind the interrogation room to talk to the doctor about the culprits. 
“Doc, what do you make of this shit?"