Ace Attorney: Secrets beneath Secrets

The Falsified Turnabout, Part 7

April 2

Prison Hallway

1:55 PM

Yuri Rinko

Deirdre came out of the evidence room a few minutes later. She waved before walking over to where I was standing with Victoria. "I'm back," she told us.

"What did you hear?" Victoria asked.

"Nothing important. She just wanted to talk to me about a few things unrelated to the case," Deirdre said. I could tell she was lying, but I didn't understand why. Did Ms. Anderson really have something that big to hide? And if so, why hold back on telling us when we were happy to help her? What made Deirdre more trustable than the rest of us?

"We should check out what's on the sound box," Deidre went on. Her voice cut through my thoughts, making me jump.

"Of course," I nodded, fiddling around with the device to play the sound once more.

"Hey, you! What are you doing here?!"

"..."

"No answer, huh? Talk to me. Now."

"I-I... Um..."

"If you're going to be useless, get out of my damn way!"

"Ack-!"

THUMP!

"Pathetic..."

"I don't know who the other person is, but I think the quiet person is Ms. Anderson," Deirdre frowned. "We don't hear her voice much, but it sounds to me like her."

"It makes you wonder who the other person on the clip is. We hear their voice a lot more, but it doesn't sound familiar at all," Victoria remarked. "If you ask me, I think it's time to go and see Detective Erikson again. If he recognizes this voice, that means that we've found our potential culprit. In other words, our jobs will be much easier instantly."

"Sounds good to me," I nodded. "I think it's great we got our hands on this sound clip... But how are we supposed to know who this person is? I mean, having the defendant say he thinks this person is the culprit won't get us very far. In court here, most people don't trust the words of a defendant. We'll need something much more conclusive."

"Or we could talk to the prosecution and see if they've run into anyone who sounds like the person on the tape. If they know of someone who fits the bill, then we can request they be called to the witness stand," Deirdre suggested.

"I think that's a good idea. However, our first move should be to speak with Detective Erikson. After that, we don't have anything else on our to-do list, which means we can freely spend the rest of our time looking for the prosecution and getting them to help us out," Victoria told us. "If we run into Ms. Anderson, then we can ask her for details about this sound clip, but at the same time, I feel like we'll be seeing her in court tomorrow, so if we don't see her again, we can just ask her then."

"In that case, it's off to the detention center with us," I said with a curt nod. "Let's get going."

Victoria started walking off to the detention center. I watched her take a few steps before turning to Deirdre, a frown on my face. "What did you talk to her about?" I questioned. "I want to know."

"It's nothing we need to be going over right now. She had a lot to get off her chest and decided to come to me. I can't exactly say why, but it was her choice. At her request, I'm afraid I can't really tell you much more than that. After this case ends, I'll see if she's okay with letting me talk to you about it," Deirdre told me.