Mr. & Mrs. Bright - The Beginning

Chapter 1

"Mother, I don't know why you insist on still going to these events when you only complain about the fact that people only give you grief for what dad did," Malcolm said as he spoke to his mother on the phone as he walked into the police station to talk to Gil. 

Jessica sighed, "At least I was invited to this event. Besides, I'm a socialite Malcolm, I can't turn down this event just because I don't want to listen to Cricket talk about how Martin killed people." She said not wanting to think of all the comments she would hear from different people at the week-long socialite event she was going to be attending. 

"Alright, well look mother, I have to go so I'll talk to you about this more later. Alright?" Malcolm said as he walked into Gil's office.

Jessica was silent for a moment, "Malcolm, are you with Gil? Or even Dani or JT?" She asked, panic in her voice. Malcolm put his call on speakerphone and sat his phone on Gil's desk. 

"I've got Gil here with me, what's wrong?" Malcolm asked, concerned as to why he could hear the panic in his mother's voice. 

"I think there's been a murder..." Jessica said, clear panic in her voice.

A few minutes later, Gil and his team arrived at Jessica's location and Jessica brought them over to where she found the bodies. 

"Mother, are you alright?" Malcolm asked as he gently touched her arm, he could see that his mother was trying not to look upset but it was difficult for her to hide that from him. 

"I knew them, they were such a nice couple..." Jessica said as Malcolm wrapped an arm around his mother to comfort her, "They were going to be attending the week-long socialite event that I'm attending." She added as Gil gently placed his hand on Jessica's back. 

"We'll find who did this Jess, Malcolm won't stop until he finds their killer," Gil said as Jessica turned and buried her face in Gil's shoulder. 

Jessica had seen murder victims before, like for instance the carousel killer's two victims, and the ballet dancer who died during his ballet performance due to being poisoned, but seeing two people that she knew was really hard for Jessica to see.

"I think it's another socialite," Malcolm said when they were back at the police station and setting up the case board for their new case, "though, as we know this isn't the first time a socialite has murdered people before." He added as he looked at the case board. 

"Are you referring to your dad or Nicholas Endicott?" JT asked as he sat down and folded his arms across his chest. 

"Yes," Malcolm said as he turned to JT who gave him a puzzled look, "sorry, what I mean to say is that yes, both my father and Nicholas Endicott are two socialites who have killed people in the past. Though technically Endicott never killed anyone, he just paid people to do the killing." 

Dani rolled her eyes and examined the case board with Gil, "We're going to need someone or two someones to go undercover to this socialite event to get close to everyone and figure out who the murderer is." Gil said as he turned to face Malcolm, Dani, and JT. 

"I've done undercover work before, I can handle going undercover again," Dani said as she sat on the edge of the table and Gil nodded. 

"Yes, you and Malcolm can go undercover together as a newly married socialite couple. I'll have to inform Jessica that you two will be undercover so that she doesn't accidentally blow your cover since she'll be at this exclusive socialite event too." He said and Malcolm stared wide-eyed at Gil in shock. 

"Not to sound like I don't trust your judgement boss, but do you really think it's a good idea to have Malcolm go undercover?" JT asked thinking about how quickly Malcolm could blow their cover. 

"Malcolm will be fine," Dani quickly said looking over at JT, "I'll be there to help him get through it without blowing our cover and Malcolm will be there to help me navigate the life of a socialite." 

Malcolm nodded in agreement trying to help Dani reassure JT that he would be fine going undercover for a week even though deep down he was freaking out since Gil had said that he and Dani would be going undercover as a married couple.

After discussing the case and the undercover work Dani and Malcolm would be doing for the case a bit more, JT, Dani and Malcolm walked out of the room and JT pulled Malcolm to the side to talk to him. 

"You good Bright? I saw your face in there when Gil said that you and Dani would be going undercover as a married couple, you looked panicked." He said and Malcolm looked at the floor in embarrassment. 

"You noticed that? I had hoped it wasn't obvious," He said with a sigh, "don't get me wrong, I'm thrilled to be going undercover with Dani... but as you and I both know, I'm not so great at relationships and even though it's a fake relationship, I can still ruin it." He admitted as he looked at JT knowing he was most likely about to receive some relationship advice. 

"You're bad at relationships? I hadn't noticed," JT said with a laugh, "besides, you have nothing to worry about because I can give you some relationship advice over the weekend before you enter a fake marriage with Dani for a week." 

Malcolm chuckled slightly and rubbed the back of his neck, he was relieved that JT was willing to take some time out of his weekend to give Malcolm relationship advice for his week-long fake marriage with Dani. 

"Thanks, JT. I appreciate it." He said as Dani walked over to JT and Malcolm. 

"Hey, mind if I steal Malcolm from you JT?" Dani asked as she placed her hand on Malcolm's arm. 

JT shook his head, "I don't mind at all, he's all yours." He said and walked away so Dani and Malcolm could talk alone. 

"So I was thinking that I should buy some new clothes that'll help me blend in with the socialites and so I figure maybe we could go to some of the places your mother and sister shop at while we work the case today," Dani said, she knew the clothes in her closet would stand out at any type of event that Jessica Whitly might attend and it would be best to do some shopping before going undercover. 

Malcolm rubbed the back of his neck, "I'm probably not the best person to go shopping with but since Gil will be bringing my mother in soon to tell her that we're going undercover, we could always ask her to take you shopping." He suggested with an awkward chuckle. 

Dani nodded, "Yeah okay. If Gil has any issues, I'll just tell him that I can be filled in on what I miss when I return." She said and Malcolm nodded in agreement with her. 

Dani and Malcolm walked over to JT's desk as Edrisa showed up with her report on the bodies. 

"So are you two really going undercover to catch this killer?" Edrisa asked Malcolm and Dani curiously. 

Dani raised an eyebrow at JT, he was the only person who could have told Edrisa since Gil was in his office and Dani had been talking to Malcolm. 

"I may have let it slip that you guys were going to be going undercover," JT said with a shrug as he began to look over the report that Edrisa had brought. 

Dani rolled her eyes at JT before turning to face Edrisa, "Yes, Malcolm and I are going undercover to catch the killer." She said and Edrisa nodded. 

"Well, I wish you both good luck." She said before leaving the precinct. 

Malcolm stood so that he could look at Edrisa's report over JT's shoulder. 

"Do we really think this guy will wait until the event to kill again?" JT asked as Malcolm took Edrisa's report from him to look at it more. 

"Well if the first time he's killed, there's a small chance he kills again right away," Malcolm said to JT as he looked at the report. 

Dani leaned close to Malcolm as she looked over his shoulder to get a look at the report, her shoulder brushing his, causing Malcolm to jump slightly.