ISSABELLA: YOU KNOW ITS BEEN SEVEN YEARS SINCE I LAST SAW YOU,YOU WERE JUST ELEVEN THEN
DRAKE IS SEATED,HE HAS A CAN OF PEPSI,HE DRESSES LIKE A ROCK STAR,HE
IS CURRENTLY SMOKING A CIGARETTE
D.A: LISTEN DRAKE ISSABELLA THINKS YOU KNOW SOMETHING, SOMETHING THAT THE REST ARE HIDING FROM US
DRAKE: YOU MEAN HER DON'T YOU DETECTIVE?
D.A: SO YOU KNOW SOMETHING?
DRAKE: LOOK ISSA, YOU KNOW MY MUM JUST TOO WELL,AND YES I DO KNOW SOMETHING,BUT........
D.A: YOU WANT SOMETHING
ISSABELLA: WHAT THE FUCK WOULD YOU POSSIBLY WANT DRAKE?
DRAKE: ISSABELLA HAS TO TELL EVERYONE THE TRUTH
ISSABELLA: WHAT! WHAT TRUTH!
D.A: WHAT WOULD ISSABELLA POSSIBLY KNOW THAT WILL HELP US SOLVE YOU'RE GRANDFATHER'S DEATH?
DRAKE: CHRISTMAS EVE 2013,THE NIGHT IT ALL HAPPENED. LET HER COME CLEAN AND I'LL TELL YOU WHAT I KNOW ABOUT WHAT THEY ARE ALL HIDING
D.A: ARE YOU HIDING ANYTHING ISSA?
ISSABELLA: THAT'S CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION DRAKE
D.A: PLEASE DRAKE, I'LL CALL YOU BACK WHEN I NEED YOU, PLEASE EXCUSE US FOR A MOMENT
DRAKE STANDS UP TO LEAVE BUT STOPS AT THE DOOR
DRAKE: YOU'RE NOT THE ONLY ONE THAT WANTS TO EXPOSE THEM ISSA,YOU KNOW WELL THAT THEY ARE KILLERS ISSA,ITS TIME TO EXPOSE THEM.THEY SEE YOU AS THE TRAITOR HERE WHEN THEY ARE THE ONES WITH BLOOD ON THERE HANDS
HE LEAVES AND SHOT THE DOOR ON HIS WAY OUT. DETECTIVE AUBREY STANDS UP.
D.A: WELL THEN!
ISSABELLA: I NEVER WANTED TO SAY ANYTHING AT LEAST NOT FOR NOW
D.A: WHAT HAPPENED TO TRUST HUH! ISSA,TRUST?
ISSABELLA: (LOOKS AT AUBREY AND TROUGHS HER FACE) FINE! BUT PLEASE DON'T BRING THIS UP WHILE ASKING THE REST,AT LEAST NOT FOR NOW
D.A: SO WHAT'S ALL THESE SEVEN YEARS I'VE HAVE BEEN HEARING EVERYWHERE IN THIS HOUSE, WHAT'S THAT ABOUT?
ISSABELLA: (TAKES DEEP BREATHE) THAT NIGHT I OVER HEARD SOMETHING,I WAS JUST COMING BACK FROM A DATE,WHEN I HEARD THEM DISCUSSING ABOUT IT, PLANS TO KILL MY GRAND DAD
ISSABELLA CREATES A FLASHBACK IN HER OWN MIND
ISSABELLA: I OVER HEARD MY PARENTS,MR AUSTIN AND AUNT JULIET,AUNT ALLISON AND SOMEONE ELSE,I DIDN'T SEE HIS FACE
D.A: WHAT DID YOU REALLY SEE THAT NIGHT ISABELLA?
ISSABELLA: THEY WERE PLANNING ON KILLING GRANDFATHER
D.A :AND YOU DIDN'T SAY THIS SINCE ,WHY,AND YOU NEVER TOLD ANYONE?
ISSABELLA: WHO DID YOU THINK I TOLD,I TOLD MY GRANDFATHER
D.A: THEY KNEW YOU HEARD THEY'RE CONVERSATION THAT EVENING?
ISSABELLA: BEFORE I TOLD HIM,THEY SCOLDED ME,TOLD ME NOT TO SAY ANYTHING TO ANY ONE,BY THEN I DIDN'T SEE THE OTHER PERSON THEY WERE TALKING TO
LOOKS AT AUBREY,SHE HAS A SAD FACE ON,RECALLING SOMETHING ELSE
ISSABELLA: MY MOTHER NEVER DID ANYTHING,JUST WATCHED AS I WAS SCOLDED,SO WHEN I HAD THE CHANCE I RAN TO HIM,MY GRANDFATHER.
D.A: SO, WHAT HAPPENED NEXT?
ISSABELLA: I RAN TO MY GRANDFATHER'S ROOM THAT NIGHT,WHEN I OPENED THE DOOR IMMEDIATELY HE PULLED ME IN. THE REST DIDN'T SEARCH FOR ME AFTERWARD,MAYBE THEY NEVER KNEW WHERE I WAS THAT NIGHT
D.A: THEN WHAT HAPPENED?
ISSABELLA: I TOLD HIM EVERYTHING I HEARD AND SAW
D.A: WHAT DID HE HAVE TO SAY? SURE HE MUST HAVE BEEN SCARED OR......
ISSABELLA: FUNNY,HE LAUGHED
D.A:REALLY?
ISSABELLA: YES,AT FIRST I THOUGHT IT WAS BECAUSE I WAS SAYING RUBBISH TO HIM, BUT HE TOLD ME HE KNOWS,DETECTIVE, TILL NOW I DON'T STILL UNDERSTAND, HOW WILL SOMEONE KNOW HIS DEATH WAS INEVITABLE AND YET SIT STILL LIKE NOTHING WILL HAPPEN
D.A: LIKE HE WAS EXPECTING IT(LOOKING STRAIGHT AT ISABELLA)
ISSABELLA: BUT IF THE KILLER IS AMONGST THEM WHY WAIT TILL NOW TO KILL HIM
D.A :I CANT HAVE YOU HELPING THIS CASE AGAIN
ISSABELLA: WHAT?WHY?
D.A: ISSABELLA YOU HAD THIS INFORMATION ALL THESE WHILE YOU NEVER THOUGHT OF COMING TO THE POLICE WITH THIS KIND OF INFORMATION
ISSABELLA: WELL I DIDN'T KNOW THAT,THIS INFORMATION WOULD BRING ME BACK HERE,DID I. BESIDES I WASN'T GIVING TIME TO MAKE MY OWN DECISION
D.A: FOR NOW ISSA,IF THEY FIND OUT YOU HAVE THIS INFORMATION WITH YOU........
ISSABELLA: FIND OUT? THEY KNOW ALREADY, WHY DO YOU THINK I LEFT THE HOUSE AND NEVER CAME BACK
D.A: YOU KNOW WHAT THIS MEANS ISSA?
ISSABELLA: THE KILLER IS UNDER THIS ROOF RIGHT NOW,RIGHT THROUGH THAT DOOR
THEY BOTH STAIR AT THE DOOR
YOU ARE READING
FINDING STORY
Mystery / ThrillerISABELLA GRAHAM FINDS HERSELF SOLVING HER GRANDFATHER MURDER,AFTER SHE JUST FINISHED COLLEGE.AS A CRIME WRITER SHE PLACES HERSELF IN THE KILLERS MIND AS SHE HELPS A LOCAL DETECTIVE BY SOLVING THE CASE SHE IS NOW PART OF
