The Temptations of Chemistry

Chapter Twenty - Am I In Trouble?

Short chapter. 

Chapter Twenty -  Am I In Trouble?

My heart was pounding fast it my chest, beating harder and harder and causing a almost unbearable thumping in my head at every second. My stomach was seemingly empty and being rung and twisted into knots. I felt like suddenly my whole world was falling apart around me. 

Why?

I had no fucking idea.

I followed the police officers through the school hallway, hearing nothing but the squeak of my shoes against the dirty school floor. My breathing was rapid but I tried to make my expresssion emotionless. If I showed fear or any sign of guilt then there really was no telling what they could accuse me of.

There was only one single memory that was floating through my mind the entire time.

I could still picture the body that laid on the floor. The dark shade of red liquid that gushed out of his head joining the grease in his hair. His pants were undone and unzipped. I remembered how the tears rimmed my eyes and the way my heart was beating the same way that it is now.

"Right this way." One officer directed as he pointed out a office door. 

I followed his instructions taking a huge gulp down my throat, preparing myself for the worst. My eyes closed as I stepped in the doorway that the seemingly polite police officer had opened for me. 

When I couldn't pull it off anymore, they opened and I came face to face with Detective Marin. 

"Gary." I breathed furrowing my eyebrows together. Gary Marin. In a way, I was shocked to see him and then again I wasn't because it shouldn't be much of surprise considering I knew from the moment I seen the police officer at the classroom door that this was about the death of Leonard Hart. 

"Jessalyn." He nodded back with a slight smile on his face.

So, I guess I wasn't really lying when I told Carson that I wasn't completely alone. Detective Marin always had my back. He used to be close with my dear old friend Kyle before he "lost his way", Gary said. 

They were college roommates actually. Gary said they got along great for a few years until Kyle's drinking and other habits became the bigger part of his life. Even now, when Kyle is sober he is still a complete stranger to anyone who knew him previously. He's rude and impulsive, he's grown into the angry and violent man that he used to be only when under the influence.

Anyway, that was the spiel I had gotten from Gary a time or two.

The point is, that when Detective Marin got the case of the murder of Leonard Hart. He took me in first and I told him everything that had happened. I may have been at the scene of the crime but with two people like Kyle and Linda there as well it was so easy to get me off, as unrealistic as that sounds. I don't know how he did it but he did, so I packed my things and I took off home leaving nothing but a thank you to him.

"What's going on?" I asked him nervously. "Am I in trouble or something?"

"Kyle came up with the money for your mothers bail." He informed me. "It's still under investigation. There is not a doubt that you're mother is responsible, but she's looking pretty good if she goes with self defense." As we went on all I could think about was the fact of my mother getting out. "She's going to have to wear a tracking device and stay within her own home. Anyway, it's seeming suspicious that you've taken off immediately after the crime, Jessalyn."

"I-I thought we discussed that. We both agreed that was the best thing for me to do." I shook my head, trying to pertain all this information. 

"We did. It's just that Kyle and Linda keep bringing you up. Kyle's got an eye on you, and he wants you to know it. That's probably why he's suggesting that you had more to do with this." He explained. "I've just come to make sure that I know everything that happened that day."