Murderous Vacation Chapter 2

Horatio headed outside the hall where the two teenagers were talking to an officer. Ryan and Eric walked under the police tape and up to Horatio.

"What have we got here, H?" Eric asked.

"A young women who appears to have hung herself in her hotel room," said Horatio. "But I believe there is more to it then that. I want to process everything carefully."

"No problem," said Ryan as him and Eric walked into the room. Ryan began taking pictures.

"There is something odd about this," said Eric. "There is a chair in the middle of the room as if she was standing on it, but I don't think she would have been able to break her neck falling from that height."

"Yeah, it doesn't make sense," Ryan agreed looking around the room. "This women was unpacking preparing for a vacation with her daughter, and just decides to kill herself. There doesn't seem to be any evidence suggesting that this was planned either."

"I guess thats why Horatio feels this is a murder," said Eric. "This rope doesn't really belong in here either and I would think the daughter would have noticed her mother packing a long rope. "

"Yeah, its not something that you would find in every hotel room either," said Ryan taking pictures.

"That means that our killer probably brought it in with him," said Eric.

"Could be full of epithelials if someone strung her up there," said Ryan. "Unless they wore gloves, but we could get lucky."

"So we better get this rope to Valera," said Eric.

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Horatio and Frank walked up the Gabriella and Troy standing silently in a corner.

"Ms. Montez, Mr. Bolton, I'm Horatio Caine for the Miami Dade Crime lab, do you mind if I ask you a few questions?" Horatio asked. Gabriella just noddec her head.

"About what time did you arrive at the hotel?" Frank asked.

"Noon," she said. "We were the first out of our group to arrive."

"When did your mother go up to the room?" Horatio asked.

"About five minutes after we checked in," said Gabriella. "I went to look around the hotel and she went up to the room to start unpacking."

"Do you know if your mother had any enemies?" Horatio asked.

"No," said Gabriella. "At least not that I know of."

"Would you two mind coming back to the lab with us," Frank asked. Before either of them could answer they heard a scream coming from the other end of the hall. Horatio and Frank began to walk toward where they heard the scream with their guns in their hands.

"That sounded like Sharpay," said Troy walking behind them. They heard glass break and they followed the noise to find a boy holding on to the girl that was screaming who was now coughing. There was smoke coming from the room. Horatio walked up to the two and put away his gun.

"Are you alright?" Horatio asked. "What are your names?"

"Ryan and Sharpay Evans," Ryan answered. "I'm fine, but my sister won't stop coughing."

Horatio looked at her and she continued to cough but she seemed to slowly lose the ability to breathe.

"I need a paramedic in here," Horatio yelled. Two paramedics ran down the hall and got to her right before she collapsed.

Authors Note: Alright, here is chapter two! I hope you are enjoying it. I was excited to see that I got a few reviews for this chapter. I am happy that there are people that are liking this so far. Please continue to review! I will post the next chapter as soon as I can.