Chapter Three
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**Scarlett POV*
"So where are you on the case?" His voice was low, smooth like a fine whiskey. She wouldn't deny feeling something between her thighs. She tried not to get soaked into the lure of him. It was a pull, and invisible string he was pulling to draw her in, and she was having trouble resisting that urge to jump him right there in her office. Clearing he throat she looked away from him adjusting herself in her chair in the process.
"We know her name and the last person to see her alive. My partner should be bringing her in any moment now so we can question her. There he is now." She grabbed the file off her desk and stood up her eyes moving with Ricardo in the direction he was taking a young brunette women. Kai stood with her making her pause in place and raise a brow to him.
"You don't think I am going to let you talk to that woman without me do you? Not a chance. We will be working on this together or I will have words with your superior." He started in on her but she just growled and everything about him that she was seeing vanished in thin air like it wasn't there. His looks aside she didn't like arrogant assholes.
"Just keep your mouth shut." Scarlett snapped at him walking out of the office and around the small room to interrogation. She waited for Alec to finish setting the girl up and come into the small room with the one way glass before even thinking of slipping into the room herself.
"She thinks she is here because of a drug charge apparently. She said it was her boyfriend was selling them not her. Practically admitted to everything in my squad car. I figured you should tell her the truth." Alec took his place at her side, arms folded over one another while he laughed. They both watched her nervously fidget in her seat waiting for the door to open again. Poor girl was about to end up with jail time for drugs and to find out her best friend is dead. The door behind them opened making Scarlett glance over her shoulder to agent Luther who finally decided to join them. Alec rose in concern turning to face him while sideways glancing at her. "Who might this be?"
"Agent Luther met detective Ricardo. He will be your liaison. Any questions, comments or concerns go through him. Just as a reminder you loose points for being late. Slacking isn't a good first impression." Scarlett gave a smile before slipping into the room with Kai on her heels. This Erica girl quickly sat up straight and rambled.
"It wasn't me I swear it. My..my boyfriend he wanted quick cash so he had me make it for him, but I didn't use it. I just...I just wanted to get a new phone. So we made it and he sold it. I didn't touch the stuff I swear please I'll do whatever you want just don't put me in jail..." She was going so fast Scarlett almost didn't hear her. She sat first, Kai joining her after a moment or two.
"Ms. Jackson is it? May I call you Erica?" Scarlett chimed in while she took a breath making her clam up quickly. She nodded and Scar sighed to herself. "Look Eric i am detective Lazarus. I primarily work on the murder cases. I have a few questions for you regarding you friend Stacy Longdale."
"Did you guys find her? Is she okay?" Erica quickly shifted from fear to concern perhaps not registering how calmly Scarlett tried to hint that she was murdered.
"No she is not. She was murdered here recently and we are trying to find out what happened in her last hours. Her parents said she was out with you the last time they saw her, what were you two doing?" Scarlett laid the file down not yet opening it, but Erica was stuck unable to speak. She sat back in her chair trying to keep tears down and shook her head.
"I want a lawyer." She spoke up finally after a few minutes making Scarlett sigh heavily in annoyance.
"If you ask for a lawyer I am going to have to assume you know something about it. Just tell em what happened that night." Scarlett got a bit firmer with her trying to scar her so she wouldn't end up in jail for more then just drug charges.
"I have nothing to say. We saw each other that night and she left that's it." Erica was getting hostile with her now making Scarlett click her tongue and tap her foot in annoyance. Opening the file she pulled out the photos from the crime scene and put them in front of her.
"Do you see these? This is your friend now. This is what happened when she left your home. Now tell me everything or I will make sure you are charged with concentric for murder with full charges against you. 20 to life is a long time kid." Scarlett snapped at her standing up. She could feel Kai's eyes on her as he sat there with a smirk on his lips letting her go.
"You can't do that! You have no proof!" The girls snapped back but Scar only laughed standing up straight and walking around the table.
"Oh? Well I have eyewitnesses that say you were her last known contact. I have texts that say she is with you at least up to her k********g and I basically have a confession with you asking for a lawyer. Yeah some might be stipulation but it's enough for a conviction. I might even be able to execute a warrant for your home to look for a weapon. I might not find one, but you'll still go away once I find all the drug making tools and stash you are hiding. In fact I'll just have Agent Ricardo take you to booking and push the warrant now." Scarlett walked away from her heading for the door but the girl cried out making her pause.
"We just went to a party outside of town. She had never done anything bad in her whole life and just wanted a way out for a day. I told her about this party and she wanted to go. So Sean drove us there, my boyfriend. It was fun until some boy started to stalk her around the party. He was super pale, had almost white eyes and he looked like he was starving. He wanted us to go back to his place but we both said no. He was creepy and kind of ugly. He smelt like rotting flesh and blood. I called Sean at eleven he picked us up but she didn't wanna stay. She wanted to go home and left at twelve. I got a call form her five min after she left and missed it because I was in the shower. When I checked it she said she was being followed by some man and was very scared. I heard her scream, she ran, then the phone dropped and I head screams in the back ground at a pretty far distance before the phone cut off. I thought she was crazy and drunk, but the next morning her parents talked to me about he missing and then a few days later someone asked me if I had seen her and I said no. I thought maybe she ran away like before and didn't wanna be found. Better to say you don't know anything then to jump to conclusions." Erica looked away and stared to cry making Scar hand her tissues.
"This boy, was he a collage boy, local? Ever seen him?" Scarlett asked once she was able to talk again.
"Um no, he was strange. He acted like he had never been around real people before. Sniffed them like he was a dog. I have nightmares about him." She blew into a tissue and gave a sad smile. "But Stacy was nice. She talked to him. He liked it."
"Look Erica I have to charge you for the drugs, but I will work on probation for them if you work with my sketch artiest and get me the face of a suspect." Scarlett started to pack up the file waiting on her reply.
"Sounds good to me. I will do my best." Nodding to her answer Scarlett and Kai left the room.
"Once Carlos is done, take her to booking and charge her for the drugs. Keep an eye on her and her boyfriend. Get me a face. I will see what parties were around on Saturday." Giving Alec his orders she led Kai back into her office and sighed heavily.
"So Detective Lazarus, what do you say we crash a little boys day with a surprise visit?" Kai chimed in once he got a hit on Eric's address.
"I say let's go see what we can find out."
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