Chuck vs The Long Island Debutante (1930)

I decided to try my hand at something new. After writing six serialized stories about Chuck and Sarah's life after the beach, I'm moving back in time. Matter of fact, way back to 1930 in an AU story using Chuck characters.

In this story, Chuck Charles is New York City's most famous detective. Sarah Walker is cast as a party girl, who lives on the 'Gold Coast' of Long Island, with her wealthy blue blood father Jack, a lumber magnate. Chuck and Sarah lived in different worlds, until the night everything changed.

What follows is a classic 'who dunnit?'.

I don't own Chuck. Any similarities to any other stories or entities, well, I don't own them either!

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1 – Sarah Walker's Birthday Party, 10 PM, 8/10/1930, Maple Bluff Country Club

"Would you do me the honor of this first dance."

"I'd love to Angel. But are you sure you want to dance with me? I think near every man in the room is vying for that honor."

"You're the only man for me."

"Very well then. Let's dance."

"I love you daddy."

"I love you too Angel."

Sarah Walker grabbed her father's hand, while Jack put his arm around his daughter's waist, and the pair began to dance the most elegant waltz one could imagine.

Jack's business partner, Colonel Burr MacFay sat next Jack's sister, who everyone referred to as Aunt Katherine. On the other side of Aunt Katherine, was Phil Church, who was the Colonel's second in command in his part of the business. Phil was a young, angry man, and unlike the other young men in the room, Phil hated the blue blood country club life and everything it represented.

Other than Phil, every man in the room, was marking his time, waiting to cut in on the father and daughter dance at the most appropriate time. One thing for sure, if Sarah Walker had a favorite man in the room, other than her father, she was not telling anyone. This made her the target of every handsome man on the island, as marrying her would be a sure path to riches. Plus, as a side benefit, Sarah Walker was world class gorgeous, and much nicer than the average snobbish debutante.

Speaking of debutantes, Carina Miller, Sarah's best friend, struggled to catch her breath, as she was green with envy watching Sarah and her father dance. Carina leaned over and whispered to another member of their clique, "Amy, I hate her."

Amy replied, "Yea. It's not enough that she is so damed nice and beautiful, but why is she so frickin rich on top of it? How can we compete?"

Carina smirked, "I don't know about you, but I'm going over to talk to Bryce Larkin. Maybe I can get him to ask me to dance once Shaw or Cole cut in on Sarah's daddy."

Amy nodded, "Good idea, I'm going to go talk to Daniel. If I can get him to dance with me, that might make Sarah at least a little jealous."

Carina stood up and shook her head, "I don't know, I think Sarah is smitten by Cole Barker's English accent. I heard he's British royalty, something like third or fourth in line to be king. But Shaw will not give up easy, I'm predicting fireworks before the night is over. I'm not sure who would win a fight between those two."

Amy was up too, "I gotta run. Looks like Zondra is making her way toward Daniel. I have to head her off."

Carina laughed, "Good luck."

Amy did not acknowledge Carina, as she was already on her way toward Daniel Shaw, who was Jack Burton's second in command. Daniel was a very dark, but dashing young man, in a Clark Gable sort of way.

Suddenly, the lights in the Maple Bluff ballroom went out. Several gasps and whispers went out about the room as people were trying to figure out what was going on. A few seconds passed, and a gun shot was fired. Many of the women in the room screamed and near everyone in the room stood up and instinctively moved toward the open area on the dance floor, which had at least a little light from the patio doors.

Then, as everyone was trying to figure out what happened, the backup generator could be heard churning, and the lights turned back on.

Laying in the middle of the dance floor was Jack Burton on his back. He had been shot in the forehead. A gun was lying at his feet, with a woman's silk scarf wrapped around it.

Sarah Walker was standing next to her father, when she saw him lying in a pool of blood she screamed, "Daddy," and then she feinted. Bryce Larkin beat the other men in the room to the punch, as Sarah crumbled into his arms.

2 – Chuck Charles, 10:05 PM, 8/10/1930, Big Mike's Pub

"Morgan, I'm bored. We haven't had a good case in a long time. Have people quit killing each other?"

"I know what you mean Chuck."

"Well, you could always become a gigolo Chuck. There'll always be a market for that." Ellie Bartowski said as she served up another pair of brews to New York City's top detective team of Charles and Grimes.

"Very funny Ellie. Maybe I'll just marry you and we'll have a couple of dozen kids together." Chuck said as his teasing showed his obvious platonic friendship toward his favorite waitress.

"No you don't Chuck. Try to make a move on my girl and I'll take you out back and give you the business." Devon Woodcomb entered the bar area. He was a tall, blond, Adonis-like man. He was the beat cop in the area, and had just punched out, and was now off duty. Devon kissed Ellie as he sat down next to Morgan and Chuck.

Big Mike was the owner of the bar, and true to his name, Big Mike was a massive man. Big Mike chimed in as he set a brew down in front of Devon, "That be a fight I'd pay money to see. My money is on Chucky in spite of the size difference. Devon, you'd try to fight fair, Chucky is sort of sneaky."

"That comes from hanging around Morgan." Chuck Charles had a quick witty way of engaging others.

Morgan nodded his head, "That's right. But I have to be sneaky. Look at me. I'm barely bigger than Jimmy Durante."

"Or slightly smaller." Devon laughingly responded.

Ellie put her arm around Morgan, "Don't let them tease you Morgan, we all know good things come in small packages."

"That's not what you said last night Baby."

"That's enough Devon." Ellie scolded her big, good natured boyfriend.

"Yea. That's more than I needed to hear Devon. Morgan, we need a case." Chuck sipped his brew returning to his bored demeanor.

The phone rang.

"Big Mike's." The owner answered. Big Mike began to intently listen, occasionally nodding his head and answering "UH huh," before he finished with, "Sure, I'll tell them."

Big Mike then turned to Chuck and Morgan, "You got your wish Chucky. That was Lester, Jeff and he are at the Maple Bluff Country Club. Some blueblood named Jack Walker has been murdered. They almost didn't call, sounds like an open and shut case, the daughter did it to gain the inheritance."

Chuck stood up, "We'll see about that. Morgan, get up. Let's go. We have a case to solve."

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I'm pretty sure every character is introduced. Did the characters seem appropriate for their role? Did Sarah Walker commit the murder? If not her, then who?