Last night's murder has rocked Wall Street. Multi-billionaire Fitzwilliam Darcy is a suspect in the murdering of his wife, Elizabeth Darcy nee Bennet. The two were married two years ago and are equal owners in the multi-million dollar company. The Darcy's are old money from England and came to the US to open a branch five years ago. The details of the investigation have not been open to the press. I'm Trina Clark from Manhattan News. Bringing you the latest.

Chapter One

Darcy Corp. Offices in Manhatten, New York

"They're indifferent to each other. Some of the secretaries even think they hated each other." The woman whispered and looked at her boss behind her. "No one knows why for sure but the most likely it's because their marriage was a business merger. Mrs. Darcy's father owned nothing but the real money comes from her uncle. He's huge money in a lot of different parts of foreign markets and is childless so made her sole heir to everything when she was old enough." The girl looked side to side then leaned toward the detective. "I think it's because Mr. Darcy is having an affair. Three months ago, I was coming back to get some files for the meeting the next day and I heard him in his office. "

Manhattan Police Department

"Makes sense. He's young, rich, and attractive; most of these guys have a girl on the side. Clear motive, wife finds out, she doesn't like it and confronts him. Darcy knows if she divorce's him, he loses half his money. Motive for murder plain and simple. Did Mr. Darcy's assistant say anything about the girl Mr. Darcy was seeing." The captain asked.

"Only that he asked her for addresses to some jewelry stores and flower shops. WE also looked over at his credit cards and there are a few payments he made to one specific hotel called The Palace. Penthouse of course, he stayed there every two weeks or so. For two nights, Friday to Saturday night."

"Anything else?"

"We talked to some of Mr. Darcy's business partners and they talked about a possible place where the other girl works. Mr. Darcy would always tell them to meet him at this one joint when they were wanted to see girls. He would always leave early and go straight to this one room. Guys say he has a key."

"What is this place?"

"Garden of Eden, close to J street." The detective read from his notepad.

"Stripper?"

"Maybe, the Garden of Eden isn't advertised like that. Their website says, "Paradise made real."

"Sounds like a stripper joint to me." The captain crosses his arms. "Alright, interview more of Darcy's employees and made sure to talk to some of Mrs. Darcy's while you are at it. We need to know how much they didn't like each other and if it's enough for murder."

Ten Minutes

"Thank you Mr. Darcy for agreeing to meet with us." The detectives showed Darcy into the room with his lawyer.

Darcy took his seat first. "Please make this swift, I had a meeting in an hour."

"I see, I'll try to make this swift." The detective pulled out a file. "Who are you seeing Mr. Darcy?"

"Excuse me?"

"Mr. Darcy, we heard from multiple of your employees that you were seeing someone other than your wife. We have your credit card records also that show us a pattern of you staying at The Palace for two nights. You can't tell me you go there by yourself. After all, you have a large enough mansion for that. With better security too."

"I'm not cheating on my wife, I love her." Darcy said clear and a bit of a growl in his voice. The detectives took it as his alpha male personality taking over.

"Excuse me if I don't believe you. Your phone records show multiple calls to one number, sometimes three times a day but none are your wife's number."

"Unless you are charging me with something, I'm going to leave." Darcy said directly and left the officer with his lawyer.

"Follow him, we need to see where he's going." The captain said behind the glass. The two detectives nodded and called a car over.

Three Hours Later

"Find anything?" The captain asked after the two detectives came back.

"He went to his office and left. It seems he's leaving the states to go to Pemberley."

"Where?"

"His family's estate in England."

"Is he nobility too?" The captain joked.

"No but close. " The detective said seriously and went over to a screen that showed a ton of paparazzi shots of the Darcy's. His family is old, old money. Darcy's mother was Lady Anna Fitzwilliam and had a title. His dad didn't but had enough money to make up for it. He also has a littler sister named Georgiana Darcy that's more than ten years his junior."

"What about Mrs. Darcy?"

"The girl we talked to before was right. Elizabeth Darcy nee Bennet comes from a poor English family. She has four other sisters and their family farm just makes enough to break even. Her uncle, Edward Gardiner has a lot of money from foreign trade. He also is invested in a lot of companies, including Darcy's company. He did make Elizabeth the sole heir to his fortune when she graduated from college."

"Found anything about that girl?"

"No, only to confirm there is a room that the owner of The Paradise says Mr. Darcy does have a key to. The owner doesn't even have a copy, says that the room has several locks that Mr. Darcy put on his own."

"How many?'

"Five, not even including the sensor he had installed to only open to his voice."

"Jesus, you have to be kidding me? What's so special about this girl anyway? Is she really that good?"

"That or he might be possessive."

"Either way, we need a warrant for that room. I'm calling Steve for him to find probable cause." The captain put on his coat and left the office.

One Hour Later

"Captain?"

"What is it Bradley, I have to deal with the news station in five minutes."

"Sir, Miss Catherine De bourgh answered our call to interview her and is downstairs now."

"Why didn't you say that in the beginning? Bring her into my office! I'll be there in a second." The captain walked to his office to let in Miss De bourgh in. "Thank you so much Miss De bourgh for coming in to answer our questions. We are doing our best to fully understand the relationship between your nephew, Mr. Darcy, and his wife."

"Terrible woman. I never liked her. She obviously married Fitzwilliam for his fame and wealth."

"We understand Mr. Darcy was having an affair. Do you possibly know who this woman could be?"

"I can't say I'm surprised. A woman like Elizabeth Bennet cannot satisfy a man, let alone someone like my nephew."

The captain looked at his detectives. "We believe that your nephew and his wife were not getting along during their marriage. Can you tell me anything about it?"

"They hated each other or at least Fitzwilliam hated her."

"Why."
"I guess Fitzwilliam saw her as a draw back in his life. He was set on the idea to marry my dear Anne but his business partners told him that a match with Ms. Elizabeth Bennet was the best thing he could do for the company. Her uncle is a trade giant or something like that." The detectives didn't miss Miss De Bourgh's harshness or spite in her words.

The captain looked at his file for a moment. "Anne is your daughter, correct?"

That instantly made Miss De Bourgh more righteous if possible. "Yes, named after Fitzwilliam's mother. She died before her time. At least my dear Anne will be able to live a long life. She just got married to a wonderful man last fall. It was a lovely wedding. You must have seen it on the news. It was such a sensation, all the news wanted a picture of her in her gown! It was Givenchy you know."

"More like she bribed all the newspapers to make it front page news." One of the detectives said to the others under his breath.

"Do you think Mrs. Darcy would try to hurt Mr. Darcy?"

"She has been always a wild woman. I'm sure she did all of this so she could pull the Darcy and Fitzwilliam name in the mud."

"Why is that? She is now a Darcy, wouldn't she want to keep the Darcy name reputable?" The captain argued.

Catherine just chuckled. "Sir, the name meant nothing to her. Honor means nothing to that sort of woman. If it did, she wouldn't have married my nephew."

"Why exactly would that be?"

"Captain, I'm sure you agree that there all types of circles. The matter of the fact is, Elizabeth Bennet did not belong in the same social sphere as Fitzwilliam." Catherine said like it was a matter of fact. "She was told that her marriage into the family would not be accepted by the higher circlers,"

"Did you tell her this?"

"Of course, it would be cruel of me to not warn the girl."

"I see, well thank you again Mrs. De Bourgh for your time."

"Anything to help Fitzwilliam." Catherine said while grabbing her expensive bag with care and stepping out of the room.

"This might not completely be about the money. We need to look deeper into Darcy's social life. Get me connected to that sister and anyone else close to the Darcy's."