𝐁𝐈𝐓𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐒𝐖𝐄𝐄𝐓.

𝐕𝐈𝐈.

Aziel walked inside the gym, the sound of the punching bag echoing through the space. His eyes landed on Alijah who was attacking the bag with punches. As Alijah wiped the sweat from his brow, his eyes landed on Aziel and he pulled out his AirPods, exhaling heavily. "Wassup Banks."

"Nun. Wassup with you?" Aziel asked.

"I'm tryna stay out of trouble, but trouble just find the fuck out of me." Alijah said and Aziel chuckled and Alijah sighed. "I've been better. This shit with Mel just fucked everything up."

"Yeah, Sorry about that. Tell me about y'all."

Alijah sighed deeply and ran his hands down his face. "We gon be here all day if I tell you about us so Ima keep it short. I been in love with Melody since we was 15. We been together on and off since then, but it's always been her, you feel me? My first love, only love, my everything." He paused, his eyes drifting to the floor as memories flooded his mind. "I'm already knowing you talked to her peoples and they all said the same shit telling you how I was bad for her all cause of the shit me and her went through and yeah, I ain't gon' lie, We been through some shit but we just keep finding our way back to each other. Yeah, We had our ups and downs but that's with every couple though but when things were good between us, shit was really good. I ain't never wanted anyone else the way I want Mel. We was finally giving us another try, tryna work through our past and start fresh then this shit happens."

Aziel's face stayed the same, but he was confused. What Alijah was saying wasn't matching up with what everyone had been saying. Everyone painted Alijah as the ex who can't let go but he's here claiming that they were giving them another try. "Giving y'all another try?" Aziel asked.

"It's complicated. We stopped messing with each other in February, On her part, She was talking 'bout she's tired of us always breaking up then getting back together and she just wants to move on and I let her but like I told you, we can't stay away from eachother, so we been messing with each other, on the low though, since July. I was just with her Friday too and she told me to drop my hoes, and I did that but she ain't wanna drop this one nigga, I think his name was Darnell? Darrien? Some shit like that. So I told her when I get back from my trip he better be gone or I am. She ain't have to die though. I was gon' be back."

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Sade was sitting inside her office when there was a knock at the door. She got up and walked to the door, opening it to find Noemi standing there. Noemi smiled "Hey, I unlocked the phone you sent to me." She said, showing Sade Melody's phone. "And Jobe saw that I was coming here anyways and told me to give this to you." Noemi handed Sade a folder along with Melody's phone.

Sade smiled. "Hey, Thank you."

"You're welcome. Let me know if you need anything." Noemi replied before she turned and walked away. Sade closed the door behind her and made her way over to her desk. Placing Melody's phone down, Sade opened the folder, and her eyes fell upon Melody's autopsy report.