Criminal Case: Grimsborough

Chapter 43: Troubled Waters-Part 3

Later on at the station, Patricia Harris came by and told Marie that she was following their victim, Andrew Ashworth, around for research for her novel. It was then that she told the officers that she followed Andrew to Jezabela's Dungeon and that got both officers shocked with surprise. After they heard the news, Jones looked at Marie who got into deep thought and he said, "I can't believe our victim would've gone to Jezabela's Dungeon just like that Marie! That's so...I mean, it isn't..."

Marie snapped out of her reverie, looked at Jones and told him, "Calm down David. Take some deep breaths."

Once Jones did what she advised, he started to sweat and said, "I just can't believe it though. Anyway, you remember Jezabela right Marie? We met her on that one case where that cannibalistic maniac sent us those bits and pieces of the body. I wasn't expecting anyone from Maple Heights to just casually go and visit her club."

"Well, aside from that, we don't know much about our victim apart from the fact that he was very rich and very handsome," Marie said.

Jones then added in, "But considering our suspects, between Martha Price the politician and the victim's grandfather Archibald the old loony, talking to a BDSM dominatrix was really the last thing that I expected to do today!"

Jones started to mumble that he was glad he still had Jezabela's number, but Marie asked him what he was mumbling about and Jones blushed, stood up straight and said in a fidgety voice, "I mean, we can fund Jezabela's number by looking at the files from the old case." And he laughed sheepishly while Marie rolled her eyes and thought, whatever you say dear.

After they got the number from Daniel, Jones dialed it into his phone and it started to ring. After a few more rings, Jezabela picked up and on the other end she said, "Well well Inspector Jones, I was starting to think that you would never call me back again."

Jones then blushed and greeted Jezabela back and he asked, "I'm with Marie here and we have some questions for you that's about our current investigation. Did you happen to know a man named Andrew Ashworth?"

Jezabela chuckled and said, "Of course I knew Andrew, he was always a regular at my little club. He came at least three times a week, every week, but not to be submissive though. That boy specialized being in control!"

"Did he ever bring anyone with him?" Jones asked.

Jezabela told Jones on the other end that he did and he often came with the same girl under his arm. Jezabela then said, "The people who come by to my club like to keep some degree of anonymity to themselves, but the girl he came with had brown hair, cute green eyes and she was really pale too."

Jones thanked the woman for her help and he told her that they wouldn't keep her any longer. Jezabela told him that she was happy to help and was about to ask Jones when he was about to pay her another visit, but he hung up before she could finish. Soon, Jones looked at Marie and asked her, "Anyway Marie, do you think you can draw up a portrait from the description that Jezabela gave us? We need to figure out who went to her club with our victim!"

Just then, Ramirez approached them and told Marie, "I'm sorry to interrupt, but I thought that you should know that Mrs. Price's yacht has just come back from its trip."

After Marie thanked Ramirez for the info, she decided to check out the description of the girl that Jezabela described to them that went to her club with their victim. Soon, Marie started to match everything that Jezabela described to them until she found a match. It was then that Jones and Marie saw that the girl who went to the club with their victim's happens to be Isabella Fairchild. Jones started to sweat nervously and he said, "This can't be right! She doesn't look like the kind of woman who would go to a club like that! Marie, there has to be some sort of misunderstanding!"