I won't let you go

Confession

Judy's POV:
I couldn't do this anymore, I didn't want to lie to Jen any longer than I already have. As I saw Detective Perez, my throat became dry and my breathing increased. I tried my best to act natural.
"Hello, Detective. You look well. Your hair is different." I say calmly.
"No, it's not." She replies bluntly and I nod at her. I inhale and lick my dry lips.
"I have something to tell you." I say then look down at her desk. "Do you have any water?" I ask her.
"No." She says sternly. I gulped.
"Okay, Because I'm a little nervous... I have something I've wanted to tell you for a long time, but I didn't know how." I prepare myself for what I'm about to confess. I look at her not knowing what to say next.
"I'm listening." She interrupts my thoughts.
"Yeah... maybe like a sofa or anything to drink?" I ask again, delaying the reason I was here. "Because my mouth is, like, so dry." I lick my lips again but Detective Perez interrupts me. "Ms Hale." I look up at her and nod.
"Have you ever harbored a secret?" I ask preparing myself. I look into her eyes deeply. "It's crippling... and I think it's taking a toll on my health and probably the reason why my womb is prematurely ageing." I look at her again. "Do you have, like, a lozenge in there or anything in your desk?"  I ask her nervously.
"I don't." She replies.
"Okay." At this point I start to rethink wether this was the right decision.
"Judy." My thoughts get interrupted.
"Yeah." I reply, she raises her eyebrow.
I could now hear my heartbeat and my breath became heavy and shaky. As much as I wanted to own up to killing Ted, what if something happened to Jen and if she was alone and needed me. Or if something happened to the boys and Jen couldn't cope with it. No I couldn't deal with knowing she would go through that by herself.
"Steve Wood is a money Launderer." I say looking at her, hoping she believes me, as it was true but not what I planned to say.
"Um... what?" She says and then stutters. "Come again?" She asks.
"He's a money launderer." I repeat . "A big one." I say to her and lean forward a little. She looked back at me shocked but also as if she didn't believe me.
"He's a money launderer?" She asks raising her eyebrows.
"Yeah... and a tax evader." I look at her then start to explain more. "He has a shell company. It's called TKG arts. It's a gallery, and frankly some of the stuff is pretty good. But mostly he uses it to funnel money for his international clients. Greeks." I explain. She sighs deeply and sits back in her chair.
"That's a pretty big accusation, I assume evidence to support this?" She asks and I nod softly.
*time skip/ location change*
I took Detective Perez to the garage and opened the front door.
"This is where he keeps his paper trail." I say and watch as she looks around with her eyes slightly raised. "That's what it's called, right? Paper trail?" i ask her and she nods then looks at me. "You have my full cooperation." I smile weakly and she takes a step forward and starts to look at all the boxes. I take a deep breath and relax a bit more.

Hi, I hope you guys enjoy this! I think what I'm going to do is have a chapter on each scene so it is easier to keep track of. Please comment any thing you would like to see!
-G 💜