DELTAREI: A Deltarune AU. [16+] (NOW COMPLETED)

Chapter 30: The Private Investigator

-SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 5TH, 2023.-
After yesterday, I believed I'd get a break from yesterday as I woke up this morning, on a cold but mostly clear sunny day at 12 PM as the snow has fully melted at this point and the temperatures outside were in the 30s in F. I, of course wasn't planning on spending time outside today, I was going to played Ranked on Valorant with my sister this morning, and after I ate breakfast at 1 PM, and brushed my teeth, 10 minutes later I texted sis, without taking my morning showers as I didn't need them, I said to her that I was gonna be on, this was via Discord, and she said that she was waiting, so I quickly pocketed my phone and was about to go into my room, but as I opened by bedroom door to get on my computer, I heard a knock at the door, and Risk, who was sleeping on the couch from overworking all week this week, didn't even bother to get it, so I did. After that, I let the human man at the door, who was a black, curly haired man who looked about 39 to 40 years old who told me he was a private investigator in, already knowing what this was about. As Risk continued to sleep and I unzipped my jacket fully, still leaving it on as the man removed his hat and placed it on the dinner table where we sat down at together, as he was literally only about 3 inches taller than me, not being that "big" for his age, and he took out his laptop carrier he had in hand and placed it on the table next to the bowl of fake fruits we had on there, as I then shook my hands and placed them on the table, and then this "detective" (or wannabe detective who was rejected from law school and has been allegedly posing as a cop since he was 18 at that, which is why he probably couldn't catch anyone, including me), started asking me questions about the "disappearance" of Berdly, believing I was involved. The truth is that I didn't really want to let this guy in, I didn't have to, it's not like he was an actual police officer, but the only reason why I let him in, is because I knew if I didn't, he would REPORT ME to THE POLICE, and it would make me look more guilty, and I didn't want to wake Risk up so he could deal with this, because he would get angry, so as me and the private investigator did some "small talk" for the first minute or two, everything was going good all the way up until I asked a question, right after he explained to me why he was here, and I said to him:

Jack- "So why do you think I did it? I mean, I'm just asking is all, no disrespect, sir." (that was a lie BTW)

Douglas- "Well I'm not implying you did it-" (yeah right) "I'm just wondering if you know anything about this case or Berdly himself by chance considering the fact it's known you had a relationship with him prior to him going missing, and it seems you were the only one walking back to your house on your street in the exact opposite direction of the park according to this picture during the day of the blizzard." He said to me, showing him a picture of ME he TOOK from behind my back on his phone of me right outside the steps of my own home. I was shocked.

Jack- "How did you get that?!"

Douglas- "Because I live next door to you?"

Jack- "So you're going to assume because I walked home from a brisk walk on the day of a blizzard that someone disappears that I'm involved in a killing now just because a friend of mine disappears on the day he goes hiking alone in bad weather on a dangerous mountain are we?"

Douglas- "Touché, although I'm not exactly saying you did it I-"

Jack- "But you did assume I was involved did you not?"

Then, the P.I Douglas nodded, and he assumed that he had no better argument to make me confess so he could take me into custody, and even if he was secretly recording this whole thing, it doesn't really make it sound like he could use it as evidence at all, and so, the private investigator left, and let me know that he'll be back sometime later on if he ever needs more "information" on the case again, as he then got up from the chair, giving me his contact card, and bidding me good day as he walks out and leaves my apartment shutting the door. It was 1:30 now and I checked my phone, as sis was wondering what the hold up was, as I simply just told her I had to use the restroom last minute, and as Risk kept sleeping, I pocketed my phone as she told me to just get on now as she can't wait any longer, so I did and walked into my room, thus finishing another weird day, and hopefully, I wouldn't have to hear the name "Berdly" outside of conversations about him in the friend group between Noelle in the other two talking about how he went "missing". Yeah, "Berdly went missing", let's go with that.