Take Me Back To Paddington (SERIES)

Chapter 14 - The Interrogation

I put myself in a familiar room, waiting at a table that I was so comfortable with before. Only this time, I was at a different side of the table.

I was sitting on a different chair.

It was a chair that I never imagined to be sitting on one day, handcuffed.

Resting my back against the chair, I kept my eyes shut just for the sake of resting them. I couldn't actually sleep, I would only doze off for a couple of minutes and wake up again, and again.

There was a big hope in me that I would wake up on my bed at home, with Chae's voice waking me up. I would hurt my own heart only to hear my Sunday morning alarm again.

But no.

I would still wake up in this interrogation room with arms restricted at the back.

The door was pushed with a force, uncovering an image of a man as the glare of my eyes followed him.

A voice recorder was placed on the table followed by a bunch of files as they were slamed in front of me.

"Isaac!" The voice mocked me. "How are you feeling?" Another chair in the room was pulled. "Is my handcuff making you uncomfortable?"

"I'm feeling very good" I answered. "How about you, Hopkins?" I returned the question back to him. "My punch earlier is hurting you?"

He laughed in response, shaking his head at the same time.

"Lisa, it's all worth it when I see you like this" His hands opened a file. "You don't know how much I'm enjoying this!" John continued to laugh harder. "The tables are turned now!"

"Fuck you, Hopkins" I said clearly, ignoring my boss and other detectives who might stand behind the mirror wall to witness the entire interrogation.

John wiped the laughing tears off his eyes, trying to collect his attention back to the real deal.

"Relax, Sherlock. The fun hasn't started yet for me and you" He smirked.

Pressing one of the buttons on the device, he started to talk in formality.

"Detective John Hopkins, MIT. Date 28 September 2018. Time 4:06p.m." He took a second of pause. "Metropolitan Police Headquarters, New Scotland Yard, London. Interrogation session one of Lisa Isaac for suspected homicide case, Chae Richards"

Another sentence from his mouth just sent a great pain in my chest. I just wanted to close my eyes again, only to open them back from the worst nightmare that made me wished I hadn't fallen asleep all these years.

"Miss Isaac," John called. "Just for the record, how is you related to the victim?"

"Chae Richards is my girlfriend"

"Do you guys stay together?"

"No, she rented somewhere in Barking with her co-worker"

"I need the name and address, Miss Isaac"

I sighed, telling the exact house address Chae and Natalie rented together as Hopkins wrote it at the same time.

"If so," He put his pen down. "Do you know why she was in your apartment unit?"

"I asked her to stay at my place for a whole week because her housemate is on holiday," I answered. "I didn't want her to stay alone in Barking"

"Ah, protective girlfriend" He smirked. "But even that didn't work out for Miss Richards. What a pity"

I felt the need to punch him in the face again but the handcuff around my wrists stopped me.

John pulled his neck tie, loosening it a little before he continued to make my ears bled by his provocative approach in running an interrogation.