The Killer's Game

Everyone has Secrets, but don't poke the bear

NICK POV

"I was the one who wrote you that email and sent you all the cases. I contacted you to come here and investigate us not Robert. I sent it from his email account because I didn't want the killer to trace my track. I watched him type in his passwords to his accounts many times. I needed to do more research on my own. I know just like you, it's on of us. I sent you this email the night after he passed away. I needed help to catch the killer, unfortunately the email took longer to send".

"Check the email", I told him.

Liam looked at me, questioning everything.

"How do I know that when I open up this email it's not one of the killers trap?" He asked.

"You don't know. You just have to trust me". I told him.

He gets a text on his phone. He stares at it for awhile then at me.

"What?" I asked. He backs away.

"What is it?" He looked at me.

RYAN POV - 2:35pm

"I'm waiting Ryan."

"I was stressed and meet Daniel at a gay bar one night. We talked, got close had sex, and the day after I told him I was engaged. He got obsessed over our one night stand and started blackmailing me. Said he'd tell my fiance everything if I didn't go through for what he planned."

"Which was?"

"Making another guy jealous. He was into this other guy so he needed me. To make him jealous. There was no harm at first. It was just pretend. Brandon goes to work then home, so I knew he'd never find out. Until that week. The week I've been in and out. He grew very obsessive when I told him I couldn't play his game no more. I snuck out a few times to try and stop him from  ruining my relationship, but that didn't work".

"The night before the wedding he told me he'd never bother me again if I did something for him."

"Which was?"

It was quiet. "Ryan my patience is running out with you".

"A porn video".

He nearly laughs.

"He picked me up at our usual spot, we got gas for his car at the shell. We argued for a while because I didn't want to do it. He said if I didn't do it he'll show my fiancé our sex video that he secretly took. He said the other option was money, a lot of money. We stopped by the bank, I took out every bit of savings from my account to give to him. We stopped by his hotel so he could back and he left the city. Apparently he does this to every gay guy, have sex and blackmail's them", I sighed.

"Well this explains all that money being withdrawn from your account", Liam says.

"After that I haven't gotten a call from him since".

"Well, looks like we should give him a call. If your story doesn't add up Ryan I'm afraid you'll have to be here longer".

"What's his number?" He asked me.

I was silent.

"Ryan?"

"Here, it's in my phone"

Liam begins dialing the number.
And puts it on speaker. It ring for awhile tell he picks up.

"What do you want I'm at work?"

"Is this Daniel?" "Uh duh, who's asking?"

"Daniel, this is detective Liam Lennon calling from DOD I'm here with Ryan, we just wanted to confirm his whereabouts for a few days on my list, when can you come down to the station.