Scar | Teen Wolf [Book 1]

Fury

Stiles, Scott, and Scarlett are sitting with Sheriff Stilinski - correction, Mr. Stilinski - until he gets his badge back. They have a yearbook open, explaining to him that Matt is the killer he's looking for.  "Matthew Daehler?" Mr. Stilinski asks.

"Yes." Stiles confirms.

"This kid's the real killer?"

"Yes."

"No." Mr. Stilinski says, not believing his son.

"Yes."

"No."

"Dad, everyone knows the police look for ways to connect victims in a murder. All he had to do was go through their transcripts and find out which class they all attended."

"Except for the rave promoter, Kara. She wasn't in Harris's class."

"Oh yeah, that's right. So I guess they're dropping the charges against him?"

The two Stilinski's glare at each other before Mr. Stilinski replies, "No, they're not dropping the charges. Which doesn't prove anything. Scott, Scarlett, do you believe this?"

"It's not easy to explain how we know, but if you can just trust us. We know it's Matt." Scott says.

"Plus if you can't get him for murder, I think I have something else you can get him for." Scarlett hesitantly speaks up. All three heads turn to the girl with confusion. "I saw his camera." She pauses taking a breath. "He has pictures of me. Pictures I don't even know how he took. Like ones where I'm in my room. I'm pretty sure he's stalking me."

"Why didn't you tell me?" Scott asks, eyes wide.

Scarlett shrugs, "I thought I could handle it. But either way, can we  get back to the murder thing. Since that's what we really want to get him arrested for. I mean murder is worse than stalking."

Mr. Stilinski looks like he wants to ask her more about the stalking but before he can Stiles speaks up, "Right, the murders. Matt took Harris's car. He knew if the cops found tire tracks at one of the murders and that if enough of the victims were in Harris's class, he'd be arrested."

"Fine. I'll allow the remote possibility. But give me a motive. Why would this kid want most of the 2006 swim team and its coach dead? And Scarlett, I want to talk to you about the stalking after." Mr. Stilinski says.

Scarlett nods, then Stiles speaks trying to give his dad a motive, "Isn't it obvious? Our swim team sucks! They haven't won in years." They all turn to Stiles with questioning looks, "Okay, we don't exactly have a motive yet. But then again, does Harris?"

The two boys and Scarlett watch Mr. Stilinski struggle over the question. Finally, he sighs, "What do you want me to do?"

"We need to look at the rest of the evidence."

"That's all back at the station. Where I no longer work."

"Trust me, they'll let you in."

"Trust you?"

"Trust... Scarlett? I mean she actually has some sort of proof that Matt is a whack job."

Mr. Stilinski nods and points at the teen girl, "Scarlett I trust."

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Mr. Stilinski drives everyone to the station. When they get there it's two in the morning. He walks up to the front desk to speak with the officer as Stiles, Scott, and Scarlett stay behind. "We look at the hospital stuff first, okay?" Stiles whispers to the twins.