It Could All Be So Simple...

Love and War

Noah: Im working with Ivory's aunt to prevent her from doing jail time.

Crystal: What? Why would she do time? For what?

Noah: She's an accomplice in the murders of Jackson and Jacob Williams.

Crystal: *laughs* no she's not, who came up with that?

Noah: That's classified.

Crystal: I won't tell. I actually wanna help.

Noah: Help how?

Crystal: Well for one, I can tell you Ivory wasn't a part of no murder.

Noah: That's not the point. We already know that, but the department doesn't. She was at the scene of one crime and has a connection to both victims.

Crystal: Yeah all of them do. They lived in one house.

Noah: Simone too?

Crystal: Nah, but she was always at the house. Use her as an alibi. I'm sure she'll vouch for Ivory.

Noah: That won't stick. I actually am gonna need your help.

Crystal: What you want me to do?

Noah: Hang out with your baby daddy.

*A Few Days Later*

Aunt: *walks in* please tell me you have something.

Noah: *paces* oh I have more than something.

Aunt: Okay what is it?

Noah: So, I looked into Simone's brother like you asked me. *puts the file on the table* look at his record.

Aunt: *opens the file* I don't understand, it's a juvenile case.

Noah: Exactly, go to the next page.

Aunt: *turns the page* wait, I know this case. My nephew was on this case.

Noah: *nods* he was one of Jacob's boys who got picked up that night.

Aunt: So what's the connection to Michael? He wasn't around when Jacob was murdered.

Noah: Check this out. A kid actually died that night and Simone's brother was the main suspect but the case was closed.

Aunt: Who closed it?

Noah: Lauren's mom. What's not making sense is at the house Brandon acted like they'd never met before.

Aunt: Okay, maybe he didn't remember. Brandon was traumatized after that. What's the point of all of this?

Noah: I'm getting there. All of a sudden now that Brandon is married to his sister he comes back around, why?

Aunt: I think I see where you're going with this

Noah: Who does Michael spend majority of his time with outside of Ivory?

Aunt: Brandon

Noah: *points at her* if we can create some type of link between Brandon and Simone's brother I think we have our tail but something else is going on with him. I know it.

Aunt: But that doesn't clear Michael.

Noah: No, it clears Ivory. To hell with Michael.

Aunt: You don't understand, I put in the reports for both murders.

Noah: Why are you protecting a murderer? I don't get it.

Aunt: Noah

Noah: What?