Murder is Easy

Chapter 31- Problems grow

To the top is Ashley Greene as Rosalyn Spencer (nee Yvonne)

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"There are four kinds of Homicide: felonious, excusable, justifiable, and praiseworthy." -Ambrose Bierce

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Chapter 31- Problems grow

Rose blinked in shock at Deandra. Deandra sat back with a smug expression, extremely pleased that at last she had taken her best friend by surprise. Rose silently gaped at her for a minute and then abruptly got up.

"What are you going to do?" Deandra asked.

"I need to talk to someone; someone who I am sure will help me."

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"Wow, I knew that Ashley had a brother but she never liked talking about him. They had a very strong enmity between them and I am sure there is no lost love."

Rose sighed and looked at the handsome man opposite her.

"And may I ask why you decided not to tell my brother, but me about this?"

"Yeah, you want me to tell Dennis that his lost love had a brother; who I am sure he didn't know about; and that brother has a son who is kind of my best friend. Cool, that would be," Rose said.

Derek laughed and said, "I never knew you would actually come to me for this. Anyway, moving on; you're planning on telling Daemon?"

Rose was silent and then she said, "Honestly? I don't know. But a part of me is saying not to tell him otherwise he will get distracted from his case. But the other part of me feels like he deserves the truth."

"Well, there... you have your answer. Tell him after this case is over. And what about the other guy?" Derek asked as he placed his legs on the table opposite him.

When Rose had barged into Derek's office without any appointment, she had been very surprised when he had just asked her if she wanted tea or coffee.

"I don't know what to think. I don't even know if he knows," Rose said.

Derek sighed and then leaned forward, "Rose, how about I tell you something? From what I know, Reed is basically an abandoned child. Such circumstances cause issues in children. The way how they think and act and even feel may be completely different from both you and me. For example, my parents died at an early age; but I had my brother. So my issues will be different from you who have your parents but are not particularly pleased with them. You get it?"

"Yeah, it even applies to Daemon, right?" Rose asked. Derek stared at her and then nodded.

"You should ask him about that. Till now, he hasn't opened up to anyone about his mother's death and maybe you're the person. After all, he must be very hurt."

Rose nodded absentmindedly.

"But, that will happen after you catch your killer. And back to Reed, I think you are dealing with him in the wrong way. Just think, a guy mysteriously appears, flirts with you, starts liking you, suddenly disappears, comes back, hates his best friend and then all of a sudden is your husband's cousin."