I watched as the big man approached Betty, "cooper, ja." I caught wind of a swedish accent i hadn't caught wind of earlier.
Betty looked him up and down, "excuse me?"
He got closer to her I sat leaning in closer to them, "ja! Der eyes, dat nose. 's missing daughter. Alice." this was new from what Hal Cooper had told me Betty had been the girl's real name.
Betty sighed clearly unamused, but her big blue eyes were wide, with a hint of something I couldn't exactly place. "My name is Betty, now if you'll excuse me?" she sashayed past him gritting her teeth.
The rather large fellow didn't seem to take a hint and followed the blond over to the tables she was waiting. "Your name is Elizabeth. Alice is you mutter. I just left her in vere she's recovering, she's always recovering your mutter."
Her mother, she was one i never did get the story on. Hal wasn't a man that kept many secrets, at least when he was slobbering drunk that is. This seemed to hit a nerve with Betty, i heard the clatter of glasses harshly hitting a trey. "What do you want?"
"It's really a question of what you don't vant, isn't it? I read der paper about der unfortunate death of Jason Blossom. He vas a business acquaintance." moose got closer to the counter, he took a heavy coat off handing it to a waitress with a short bob.
Betty sighed rolling her eyes, "then you must be a criminal." she walked on past him setting a beer in front of Kevin Keller.
"Its criminal what an impetuous girl might do to her father's reputation." he held his arm over her putting a few papers in her face, from the looks of of it they were jason's police reports. "Surprise what a pur of der moment trip might bring, ja?"
Betty stopped and turned on her heel swatting him, "my name is Betty Wonderly!" she quickly walked off. Moose laughed, heading toward the table with Kevin. But I stopped him grabbing him by the jacket.
"Listen slime face if the lady says her name is Betty Wonderly, it's Betty Wonderly." I felt a poking at my stomach area. I grabbed it without hesitation. In this I noticed an odd resemblance to Reggie Mantle "Aww for me, how sweet. It's a little small don't you think. But I bet underneath it all everything about a guy like you is pretty small."
I heard a bubbled laugh. "Release him, Jughead." veronica smiled her soft black curls moving from side to side. Veronica looked at him closely almost shocked. " you look like-"
"Madam Blossom, ja?"
"Ja- I mean yes, but verronica, madam Blossom is my sister in law. And you are?"
"Moose Mason, Perhaps you've heard Jason speak of me."
"Perhaps Moose Mason we should speak in private." the large guy followed her into Jason's private office. As he was walking out he motioned toward the gun in my hand, I shook my head and pocketed the gun.
"You know my name's not Wonderly, don't you?" Betty cooper sat there looking down.
"Your father hired me to find you."
She sighed shaking her manicure. "I hope he's paying you well, he can afford it.
I pulled her closer by the waist, " what makes a girl like you turn into a-" i scrunched my face looking for the right word.
She laughed. "Aww to polite to say it? What's the phrase that they use on TV now? Working girl? Pro? Streetwalker? My father is filthy rich, Juggy Baby. and he got there on the empty promise of salvation. My father's a big evangelist. But he didn't tell you that di he?"
I sat, she tugged on my tie a bit. I was a bit shocked at her word Hal hadn't mentioned it. So she continued. "He raised me strict and narrow. You know the perfect little girl. My mother and I were apart of his image. And image sells, but we were only that his business always came first, so we were isolated. My mother became an alcoholic, my father was worried so he sent me to college"
I laughed a bit at the thought. "That didn't go as planned, from the looks of it."
"I was in a world i never knew existed, i was forced to cope with it. I quickly lost my way getting addicted to sex, getting wasted and doing drugs, then i flunked out of college. Jason found me, he looked out for me." her blue eyes filled with tears, and she looked down clutching my jacket.
I pulled out an envelope that they found under the tables. "He also blackmailed your father with your photographs. And yet you loved him." she went to slap me once more, what's with this woman and slapping. "Sorry sweetheart, slappings reserved for ladies."
She pulled her hand. "No woman was a lady around jason. He got more ass than a grand central toilet seat. There isn't a good looking dame in this part of the Caribbean that hasn't slept with Jason Blossom. He's only dead because of the plenty of woman who found him alive."
I watched as she turned to leave. " yeah, well you left him alive last night and this morning he washed up dead. That puts you in a tight spot"
"I don't like you, jughead."
"Sure you do in fact, you love me you just don't know it yet." betty laughed shortly and pulled me by the shoulders.
"Why, in gods name, would i ever love you?" her lips whent to a sultery smirk.
"Because i'm gonna get you out of this mess, the one that jason and his murder got you into." Betty leaned into me. Taking my arms and guiding them around her.
"Where's your shining armor? Or do you fancy yourself the more Bogart type and I your Femme Fatale?" she pulled me closer. "Forget it you're not my type."
"What exactly is your type?" i called out as she pulled away.
Vallire appeared on the stage that Pops kept in the back. "I'll tell you Jughead."
A song softly started in the background.
"She likes 'em cold
She likes e'm stiff
She likes 'em better if the guy ain't breathing
Quite a coincidence
Wouldn't you say?
She likes 'em stiff
She likes 'em cold
A guy don't get to old he just gets wasted
She seems to run through the fellas fast
It's such a shame that her affairs don't last
All i can tell you is based on her past
she liked 'em cold and stiff"
There was a music break as some of the people cheered at Vals prancing around. "Necrophilia real classy val." veronica sighed. "Sadly she's the only decent entertainer."
"She likes 'em cold
She likes 'em stiff
It's so much better if he's horizontal
Some girl will want a man who treats her nice
Her she seems to like her men as cold as ice
She likes 'em hard
As hard as nails
She never fails to find a guy who buys it
She crooks her finger and the fools come 'round
It's not too long before they're all shot down
It always happens when she's out of town"
Val pointed a sharp red finger at me
"Watch out my friend it will happen again
She likes them cold and stiff and dead."
The song ended as val dramatically spinned, waved and blew kisses.
"I've always liked the way you sang val. " Archie rolled his eyes from the sides a bored expression on his paper work.
"Why thank you Archie, i think that's the first nice thing you've ever said to me." she rolled her hazel eyes at him.
Just them the power went out and almost as quickly as it went off it went back on. Moose Mason stood off to the side a knife stuck fairly low on the right side of his back. I rushed to him. "Moose, hang in there. Who were you trying to put the touch on?"
"It was- it was-"
"If he starts circling his words, i swear i'll shoot him," Kevin sighed raising his just stared at him. "I just don't like the almost dead speaking. It's depressing."
Moose died and archie stood trying to walk around the blood to verronica. "Well Ronnie.
It looks like the office will have matching bookends."
Kevin bent down to pick him up, "doesn't he look like-?"
Archie stopped him raising an eyebrow, "not in the least."
Betty sighed "people do seem to just die around you, jughead."
My face hardened as Betty bit her lip i roughly kissed her and got her to stop, "bad habit, you know."
"Mr. Jones I think it's about time we had a chat," Archie called after me, Betty jumped a little and pivoted off. Veronica passed us as he added, "oh! Ronnie the police have arrived they are in the kitchen office." veronica nodded.
"Anny ways, Jughead, what a peculiar name."
"The real one is worst anyways, everyone just calls me jughead."
"Not everyone, now let's be real."
"I suppose it's better than talking to the police. Tell me Archie how well do you fit in here, what did Jason have on you?"
"Nothing . Nothing at all, I found myself here by accident. I was successful in London, managing half of the families there. Yes- i may not have had your Perry Mason, but i was financially better off. But in london i found a weakness the fine rich women, they were so refined, and had such great taste. The rarity of a true lady, they knew how to keep up in the real world. But one thing led to another and I was here where I met Ronnie and was soon representing Pops. now let's discuss what concerns just jus, Mr. Jones."
Archie pulled out a gun I quickly reached for the gun that I got from Moose Mason. "As they see each year in hollywood, the envelope please."
" you must be new at this, Archie, never pull a gun until you know what you've got. He he may have a gun too, and then where are you?"
"Well, where are we Mr. Jones," Archie was a bit nervous, his hand shaking a bit.
"Between a rock and a hard place, otherwise called a stalemate." I gave an aire laugh. Archie pulled a handkerchief out of his pocket and whipped his forehead. "Now why would you want this envelope so badly, if you're here for the sole purpose of you stumbling on this place."
"You see that is none of your business." he motioned toward the envelope in my jacket pocket.
I pulled a lighter out of my back pocket and lit the envelope he was eyeing up. " Sorry if i can't see it you can't." i shrugged.
Archie looked ready to pounce but veronica came in heels clacking. A tall redhead with bright red lips entered behind her. "Police Deputy inspector Cheryl Blossom, Kingstown dispatch." she smiled fixing her braids and hat. "So this is JJ's Pops. i guess it does cter to the lowest of the low. I have a few questions not that I'll trust any of your answers."
Veronica sighed rubbing her forehead, "deputy inspector, we have a place arranged come with me, our customers like their privacy."
"I bet I could serve a lot of arrest warrants here."
"Cheryl, the only thing being served here is dinner." veronica guided her to the back room.
AN: so i haven't updated in a bit. I had to change cheryl's part a lot, but I really wanted to add her in so. here you go.