Madeline Please don't take my woman.

The interview

Trigger warning: this chapter refers to rape and abuse:

Chapter 6:

Mare's Pov:

I take a hold of the door handle to the interview room, where Madeline Usher was waiting for me just behind this door, suddenly feeling nervous yet excited all at the same time, I inhale and exhale a couple of times sharply, doing my best to calm my arse down as a memory from last night flashes in my mind, that memory being of Madeline having me pinned up against the bar kissing me with so much passion that it had left me breathless.

Shaking my head slightly in an attempt to remove those images from my mind, I compose myself before taking one last breath, I walked into the interview room, the second our eyes met, my heart began pounding so hard in my chest that I'm sure Madeline could hear it.

"Thank you for coming in Miss Usher," I said sitting in the chair opposite her on the other side of the table, thankful for the table for putting some distance between us.

"I should be the one thanking you for giving up your morning off to come and talk to me, my Cinderella," Miss Usher said as she shifted a little in the chair.

"That's Detective Sage," I tell her as I was very aware of the fact that everyone was watching on the computer in the observation room.

"As you wish Detective Sage," Madeline said licking her lips as she looked at mine, I straightened my back as I bit my lower lip, this was going to be more difficult than I thought, I needed to still be professional.

"Miss Usher, you informed Lieutenant Flynn and Provenza that you have some important information regarding Mr Blake and his sister Kaylynn Blake? Information that you made very clear you would only hand over to me," I informed her as I felt myself getting a little impatient, Madeline gave me a very sexy smirk that left my mouth dry.

"That I did, plus I have a little something extra just for you my Cinderella," I was just about to remind her it was Detective Sage when she added, "sorry I meant Detective Sage," as she picked up her bag in the chair beside her and pulled out two folders and handing them over to me, but didn't let go straight away, Madeline leans over the table slightly, "I don't trust cops, for obvious reasons, however I trust you and I hope my trust in you isn't misplaced," Madeline tells me and there was no mistaken the seriousness behind her words.

For a moment I was unsure just how to respond to, that I glance up at the camera for a split second as I form an idea in my mind, one that would hopefully both ensure Madeline's trust in me and make Sharon a little bit jealous, I lean over the table slightly myself, realising I was stepping into dangerous territory as I lean over the table a little bit more than necessary.  

Meanwhile in the observation room:

Sharon's Pov:

I watch as Mare leaned over the table being completely unprofessional as she gets too close to Miss Usher for my liking, I felt my anger and tears building at the back of my eyes at the same time, I was just about to speak into the microphone to yell at her to get out of there, that was when I noted the serious look on her face just before she said.

"I saved your life last night Miss Usher surely that warrants some kind of trust," Mare then set back in her chair before adding, "trust works both ways Miss Usher," I smile, that's my girl I think to myself.

"These two need to get a room, preferably without cameras," Lieutenant Provenza says from beside me, making me blush a little at the thought, as I felt myself becoming jealous, I had no right to be jealous, I had rejected Mare all because I was scared of my own feelings towards her.

"Miss Usher told me last night that her house has 72 rooms and that she planned on having sex with Mare in everyone of them," Lieutenant Flynn says from where he stood behind me.

"I bet $20 that they sleep together before the end of the week," Buzz said from the other side of me not knowing this was breaking my heart.

"I will take that bet my friend, because they will be sleeping together the second, we close this case," Provenza added, I knew I should put a stop to this, however I couldn't find my voice as my emotions took over, it had been bad enough listening to the two of them kissing last night and seeing it all over the newspapers this morning.

"I don't think it is appropriate that we are making bets on them sleeping together, beside I bet Mare and Miss Usher's will end up in bed before today is over," Lieutenant Flynn's says, God I hope not.

"Am I reading this right?" Mare said, her voice pulling all our attention back onto the interview taking place, "Was this the reason why you made a request to have a DNA sample of the six-week embryo of Kaylynn's unborn child?" Mare asked her as she read one of the folders that Miss Usher had given to her.

"Yes I needed to know for sure if the baby was my brothers or Archer Blake, now I know the unborn child wasn't my brother, my brother doesn't know and he cannot find out about this, promise me?" Miss Usher asked as she reached across the table and took one of Mare's hands in hers.

"I promise Madeline that your brother won't find out from me that Kaylynn was sleeping with her brother," Mare promised Miss Usher and I felt sick to my stomach.

"Kaylynn wasn't sleeping with her brother, he raped her after he found out that she was dating Roderick, Kaylynn came to me the night before she was killed and told me everything, she had no intention of marrying my brother, she didn't want his money, she asked me to help her to get away from her brother, she knew I could help her get away from her abusive brother, Kaylynn feared what Archer would do if he find out that she was trying to run away, a week after Kaylynn's death this was delivered to me," Miss Usher said reaching into her bag with her free hand and pulled out what looked like some kind of diary.

"That's the reason why Miss Usher hadn't wanted her brother to come into talk with us," Lieutenant Flynn said.

"I had marked the two pages you should read first," Miss Usher tells Mare as she handed over the small diary, Mare pulls her other hand back and reads the diary, I watched Mare's facial expression as she read Kaylynn's diary, I watch as her jaw tightens, and her body becomes tense, after she finished reading she looks up at the camera then back at Miss Usher.

"Thank you Miss Usher you have been a big help, one of my colleagues will see you out," Mare said as she gathered up all the paperwork, stood up and left the room, a few minutes later, she walked into the observation room, "I want Archer Blake's balls on a silver platter, then locked up where he cannot hurt another woman," Mare said as she threw down the folders and diary in front of me, making me jump slightly.

To Be Continued:

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