𝐑𝐈𝐒𝐊 / scott reed ✓

𝟐𝟒.⁀➷ GUESS WHO'S BACK?

ˏˋ°•*⁀➷ 𝐑𝐈𝐒𝐊
24 / GUESS WHO'S BACK?
↳ season three, episode ten: the world closing in
act one / who killed bryce walker?

"God, he looks awful."

Nessa and Zach were sitting in Zach's bedroom before they had to go to school, scrolling through the latest edition of the Register, the county newspaper. This morning, the front page was a blown up picture of Clay Jensen, with the headline reading "PERSON OF INTEREST" in big, bold letters.

"Yeah, well how would you look if you were just named the person of interest in a murder, Zachary?" Nessa asked as she looked over at her brother, who was sipping his coffee with a judgmental look on his face.

"I would have at least brushed my hair." Zach retorted as he looked at the picture again. "Maybe closed my mouth a little."

"You are ridiculous." Nessa said as she shook her head. "I wonder how he's doing."

"Well, it's Clay, so." Zach said as he grabbed both of their backpacks and threw them on his shoulder, starting to head toward his door. "He's a bit erratic even in normal times."

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"Yeah, she texted me." Jessica told Clay in the library.

"Me, too." Nessa offered. "Said she wanted to check in and see how we were doing, or whatever."

It had barely been ten minutes that Nessa was in the library, cramming for a Physics test with Jessica when Clay barreled in, insisting on talking to the two girls. He was panicking about a text that he had received from Olivia Baker. Jessica and Nessa had received the same texts as well, around the same time. Both messages said about the same thing.

"And how is she doing?" Clay asked the girls, and they shrugged.

"Fine." Jessica told him. "I guess."

"Did she mention me at all?" Clay asked worriedly.

"A little bit." Nessa told him. "She asked how you were doing."

"Did she ask about Bryce?" Clay questioned, and Nessa knew where his mind was going. She didn't blame him, he was trying to get the heat off of himself.

"She very specifically did not mention Bryce, and we very much appreciated that." Jessica told the boy.

Clay nodded. "Uh, so what did you guys talk about?"

Nessa tensed up, remembering the conversation that she and Jessica had with Hannah's mother a few weeks ago. "A lot of things."

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"I like your look, Jessica." Mrs. Baker complimented the Davis girl as they walked along the docks, Nessa in tow beside them. "It's new."