I Will Wait [Jessie J]

Chapter 24 - Police

*Emma's pov*

I got up from my place at the breakfast table and Holly just looked at me. I looked at my food. There was literally a large mouthful left, but I didn't want to greet the police with a mouthful of food. "Hol, you finish it. I've lost my appetite." I said as I walked out.

"Hi. I heard you asking for me." I greeted the police

"You must be Emma then. Can we talk in private please?"

"I'm staying with her." Jess answered protectively before I got a chance to reply to them.

"It's fine Jess. Why don't you call management whilst I'm talking to them. Tell them that you've moved down here?" I suggested. She stared at me for a while but eventually nodded. "If you come this way to the living room." I pointed out to the police officers.

"I'm Janet and this is Rachel. We're here to talk about the murder of your mum." Jannet said.

"I'm also the family liaison officer. So if you ever need anyone to speak to privately, you have my complete confidence." Rachel the police officer smiled warmly.

"I've already got people to do that with." That came out wrong. Oh well.

"Okay, well just in case you need a chat, take my card with my number on it. Don't be afraid to just give me a ring."

"Thank you." I took the card, took a quick look at it and put it in my inside blazer pocket.

"We have just come from your house and have spoken to Rachel. We understand that you received a letter from your dad. May we have a look please?" Janet asked. I nodded and pulled the letter, that is now falling apart, out of my pocket

"Sorry it's a bit ripped. I've read it so many times." I apologised

"You've read it so many times that its barely readable."

"I know it off by heart. I can tell you if you want." I offered

"That would be very useful thank you. You'd have to come down to the station so we can record it. Can you tell us what happened from when you got home from school on Tuesday?" Janet asked

"I got home around half past three ish and started doing my homework. My dad got home at about quarter to six which is strange because he's normally home at quarter past four. We watched tv for a bit, well my dad did. I was on my phone sat next to him." I paused thinking about what time mum got home

"Do you know what was on tv?" Rachel quickly asked

"It was the end of Pointless and then my dad was watching some episodes of Stargate Atlantis that he had recorded." I replied

"Okay, continue."

"Mum got home at half seven like usual and we were talking about school for a bit. Then we had tea and watched tv for the rest of the night until about 12 when I went to bed." I finished

"What did you watch on tv?"

"We watched stuff on Dave so it was Qi, Mock the Week, Have I Got News For You, Would I Lie To You, Not Going out and Red Dwarf. They might not all have been on though. I was on my phone again."

"What were you doing on your phone?"

"I was on Facebook and Twitter mainly."

"Okay. What happened next?"

"I didn't go straight to sleep, I never do. So I was reading some fanfics until about 2ish and went to sleep.

"Did you notice if your parents went to bed?"

"No I don't think so."

"Okay, what happened next?"

"I woke up at half six the next morning and listened to the radio for half an hour, then I got ready for school and went downstairs at half past sevenish and found the note."

"What did you do then?"

"I carried on as normal. I went to school, but with one hundred quid in my pocket. It was like a normal day."

"Why didn't you tell anyone?"

"Because the note says not to."

"But if you came to us first, we wouldn't have you as a suspect."

"What?" I asked shocked. They thought I killed my mum.

"You should be cleared though. We can see on twitter and Facebook that you were doing what you were doing."

"I was texting my friends too." I added

"Okay. How come you're here at this time in the morning?" Rachel asked as Jess started shouting at Mark

"I stayed over last night."

"Why?"

"Because, Jess is basically family. She's easy to talk to and we just got talking and all of a sudden it's late night so I rang Rachel and stayed over."

"How long have you know Jessica?" Rachel asked

"Well... It's complicated. I've known her for a day and a half, but I've also known her for 3 years six months and 25 days." I stared at them daring to ask me why. They're not aloud to unless I speak about it first

"How?"Janet asked after Jess had finished shouting down the phone as to why she has to stay down here. Part of which was me and my ribs which reminded me to take my pills.

"She's the same Jess." I said after I swallowed them. I hate swallowing tablets without water but I didn't want to ask to go and get some water.

"Oh... Okay, what were they for?" Janet asked clearly meaning the painkillers

"My ribs. I was attacked." I said shortly. They're gonna ask questions now. I can tell.

"Were the police informed?"

"Not that I'm aware of, unless the school have called them in. She did nearly kill me."

"Thinking about it. We do have to go into school today. That should be enough for now. We will need to speak to you after school and sounds like we may be speaking in school too."

"Em, we need to go now or you'll be late." Jess said poking her head round the door.

"We're done here anyway for now. We'll see you later." Janet said and walked out of the door with Rachel.

AUTHOR'S NOTE: Hope you enjoyed it! As always feedback is appreciated :)

Emma xx