1𝙉𝙊𝙏 𝘼 𝙎𝙐𝙋𝙀𝙍𝙃𝙀𝙍𝙊ʳᵉⁱᵈ

24 | don't know if this is empathy i feel

don't know if this is empathy i feel

t w e n t y - f o u r

"The main suspect is Tyler Rose"

She looked at the picture of the boy, he reminded her a lot of an old friend. She furrowed her brows and thought about this.

Could he be the unsub? Could he be the one who murdered those girls?

"Let's go check it out"

She hadn't even paid any attention to the conversation but they had decided to go to Tyler's house, to question him.

"Can I tag along?"

She didn't have a reason, she just wanted to observe.

And there she was, standing in the living room of the Rose residence, Aubrey, Abegail, and Tyler sat on the couch.

"All 4 victims visited you on the day they were taken"

They read messages between Sarah and Tyler, him asking her to come over, her agreeing.

Tyler nodded.

"Sarah Moore, Kaili Cannon, Bailey Cox, and Helena De Leeuw, all came to see you, before they were reported missing"

"Yes, but I didn't hurt them"

"You look like all of them"

Abegail was the first to acknowledge Karyn's presence.

"Yeah, I've been told"

"I feel so bad, for spreading that rumor about Kaili"

Abegail looked down and Karyn raised an eyebrow.

"Mrs. Rose, would you mind if I talked to Abegail separately?"

"Uh, my husband will be home soon, I would like for him to be in the room"

"I understand"

"Sorry I took so long. Hello, I'm Mason Rose, Tyler and Abegail's father"

She looked at him as he shook hands with everyone, stopping when he noticed her.

"Karyn?"

She smiled nervously and gave a small wave.

"Hi Mason, it's nice to see you again"

"You too"

Abegail and Mason stood up, Spencer looked at Karyn, she smiled and he nodded.

"Can I call you Abë?"

Karyn sat down at the dining table, across from Abegail.

"Yeah, what's this about?"

"I want to know why you spread that rumor about Kaili, and I'd like to know your relationship between Bailey Cox, Helena De Leeuw, and Sarah Moore"

Abë nodded, biting her lip and glancing at her father before sighing.

"Kaili and I had been friends for a really long time, almost 8 years, when she started dating my brother, and she broke his heart when she broke up with him, so I figured I could get some payback, so I told everyone that she had slept with the football team, and they went along with it"

Karyn nodded and leaned against the table.

"And the other girls?"

"I didn't really talk to Bailey, she and Sarah stopped talking to me when they became twins,"

Abë rolled her eyes but continued.

"Sarah, Bailey, and I were good friends, but then they stopped being my friend. Helena had just moved here, her and my brother started dating, and we were okay friends, but she was into some pretty weird things"

"Like what?"

"Like, she would walk through graveyards as fun. She had this group of friends who always wore cloaks when they were together, so I never knew who was who. I wouldn't be surprised if you were to tell me she killed her family pets"

Karyn nodded and thought for a moment.

"Where were you the days that these girl's went missing?"

"Um, most likely at the mall with friends or with my boyfriend"

"Names?"

"Harri Noe, Elizabeta Ellison, Nathaniel Ellison, Evaleign Sison, or Feli Brøgger"

Karyn wrote down the names.

"Thank you for cooperating Abë, if you remember anything just give me a call. Here's my number"

She handed Abë the paper, Abë nodded.

"Please catch this guy"

"We will"

She was on her way back to the police station, Spencer sitting beside her, Emily in the front seat, Rossi was driving.

"So, how do you know Mason Rose?"

Emily looked at her through the mirror.

"Um, I met him when I was 17, he was a teacher's assitant, he was like 24 then"

"It seemed like you knew him more than just him being a teacher's assitant"

Spencer grumbled as he rolled his eyes and glared out the window.

"Sounds like someone's jealous"

Rossi chuckled and Spencer huffed.

"Am not"

"I'm gonna be honest, I liked him, he liked me, we had coffee together a few times, but I didn't want him to lose his job, so I quite seeing him"

Spencer looked at her before looking away.

She patted his knee.

"It wasn't anything serious, in fact it was really nothing. We didn't even hold hands"

He sighed.

"I'm sure you two will make up later, but we can rule Tyler out as a suspect. He was genuinely sad"

"His sister, I'm a little on the fence about"

"So, I guess we're checking out the Ellisons?"

Rossi looked at Karyn, who nodded.

"Yeah, I really like that girl's name, Elizabeta, it's a pretty name"

"It is hard to fight, when the fight ain't fair"
- Taylor Swift