We were finally in Austin after what seemed like for ever.Jack was staring out the window so bored he was literally twiddling his thumbs. I laughed.
"What?" he asked.
"Nothing," I said still laughing.
"Sure," he said sarcastically.
A few minutes later we pulled into the drive of Alice Lanford. I parked the car and got out. I walked up on the porch of a old farm house and knocked on the wooden door with my badge in my hand.
"Coming," said a voice from inside the house.
The door opened and a woman peered out. "Who are you?" she asked.
"I'm Scarlet Rose, police. That's Jack my partner. Are you Alice?" I asked.
"Yeah," she said.
"We need to ask you a few questions about your sister." I said.
"Why what's happened to her?" she asked.
"She was killed," I said.
"No not Lacy," she said as she started crying. "Come on in. I'll do anything to help," she said as her voice broke.
She led us to the living room and motioned us to sit on the couch. We sit.
"I'm sorry for your loss," I said.
"What do you need to ask me? I'll do anything to help." she said still with tears in her eyes.
"Do you know of anyone who didn't like or wanted to hurt your sister?" I asked.
"No, everyone loved Lacy except Ron's ex-wife if anyone wanted to hurt Lacy it was her," she said.
"Sandra,Ron,Jon, and Tanya were all killed, too." I told her.
"No, not Jon, too. He was my only nephew," she said back in tears.
"Don't worry we are going to do whatever we can to find who did this. Thank you for you cooperation," I said getting up and walking towards the door. Alice followed us and shut the door behind us. We got in the car. I stuck the key in the engine and started the car. I pulled out of the drive.
"It's sad," Jack said.
"What is?" I asked.
"That you have to tell people that one of their family member has been killed," Jack said.
"It is," I said,"But wouldn't you like to know?"
"Course, but it's awful," he said.
"I know," I said.
We sit in silence for a few minutes. Jack was looking out the window again. I finally broke the awkward silence.
"It's already two," I said.
"Yep," he said.
"You didn't talk at all in there normally you can't shut up," I said.
"Very funny," he said sarcastically, "what about you. You couldn't stop talking so I could say anything."
"Yeah right. You had plenty of time to talk. Also I did not talk that much," I said.
"Sure," he said being sarcastic again.
We sit in silence all the way back to the station. We walked into the station and I immediately saw Lana at my dest waiting for us or so it seemed. We walked over to her and found that she was asleep with her head in her hand.
"Lana!" Jack yelled and the station grew silent immediately.
She woke so startled that she almost flipped the chair over but luckily Jack grabbed her hand to keep her from falling.
"You know what? I hate you," Lana said to Jack."So I was waiting here for you guys to get back so I could tell you that one of our investigators found the ex's purse 5 miles from where they were killed. We're getting prints now and also turns out that Sandra wasn't here real name or her only name," Lana said.
