Jake and Amy arrived on the scene to find the team busying around the crime scene. The dead body was still lying on the floor.
"Eww looks like Charles pizza source is all over the walls."
"Jake, that's a dead body you're talking about have some respect."
Jake shrugged and turned to Rosa.
"What happened Rosa?"
"Perp killed the women and then fled. Neighbours called it in and yeah that's why you got door to door someone might have seen something."
"Oh great, these murders can't make my life easier and just get away cleanly. "
"Or you know Jake they could just not kill anyone."
"Oh yeah, there is that too."
Amy rolled her eyes.
"Let's just get this started Jake."
-The hall ways were dim and cracked. Too Amy it was no surprise this was the block in which a crime had been committed, in fact she was pretty sure she had done door to door here before. A loud squeak echoed from somewhere in the building, conforming her feelings that there may be rats walking around them. Plastered to her face was the look of disgust, once she had turned to look at Jake his was quite different.
"Jake why are you smiling, this place is like a creepy motel straight out of a horror movie."
"You see Santiago, I have never thought that bates motel was scary, more bates himself. It's like Dumbledore would say 'fear of the name increases fear of the person.' Or something like that. If you are scared because of what this beautiful block of flat represents, then the whole mind numbing door to door experience is a lot worse."
"Wow Jake beside the reference to Harry Potter, that whole speech actually was pretty mature. I am impressed."
"I try you know sometimes, it takes a lot more effort than being my fun normal Jake."
Leaving Amy no time to reply Jake wrapped on the door with the number 9 hanging upside down looking like a 6.
A grey old lady opened the door with a cautious glance.
"What, what do you want? I won't buy anything."
"Hello Mam, we are here to ask you about the murder of a citizen in this building at around 11 pm."
"I don't know anything now go, I don't trust cops."
"Can we come in?"
"No, I told you. I don't trust crops."
With that she slammed the door and Jake turned to Amy.
"Well that was normal; I am guessing she is up to something. And that something may be connected to the down stairs murder?"
"Warrant?"
"Yeah warrant."
-The house was an odd faded shade of pink. Pictures of a chubby bold baby covered the walls and developed along into a chubby bold man covered in tattoos. Including the classic love heart inscribed with mum. As the pictures went along the man got larger and slightly creepier. Jake sat in an overly large chair stuffed to the brim with pillows. Amy perched on a foot stall while the old lady scowled from a chair littered with chocolate wrappers.
"So Mrs Jones, did you hear any unusual noises or see any one peculiar?"
"No. My son was here at the time. He left around that time and I went to sleep."
With one look Jake new what Amy was thinking.
"What was your son's name again?"
"Arnold Jones. Why?"
"Thank you mam that is all we need."
Amy stood and walked into the kitchen while pulling her phone out.
The phone rang twice before Rosa picked up.
"Rosa we know who the guy is, Arnold Jones."
"Thanks Amy we're on it. You and Jake can head home, we can handle the rest."
"Thanks Rosa, see you on Monday. Get the guy."
Amy ended the call and looked around the kitchen. There was a homely feel, cookery books covered the sides and piled up along the worktops. Once again there were the photos of the chubby child in the free spaces which weren't covered in cook books. Amy sighed, the poor women (as rude as she was) clearly loved her little boy and they were about to book him. The edge of guilt set in.
This was still a home, a small home which was filled with love. Funny how things like that played out, the bad guys still had the caring mum. Amy ran her fingers over the books when she heard a cough from the door.
"You like cooking or you just being nosey cop?"
"Sorry, I just had to take a call and your house just reminds me of my grandmothers. I am sorry for intruding. I should get going with my partner."
"It was my little boy wasn't it. That killed that man; he always wants to protect me. I knew it would get him into trouble one day. Not that this is the first time you guys have tried to take my little boy away."
"We don't know yet. We will find out, thank you for talking to us."
"Look after that boy out there; he looks like a good one. He ate a lot of my peach cobbler."
"Thank you mam."
Amy backed out of the door to the avoid the stare of the lady.
"Jake, Rosa's on it. Let's head we are off now till Monday."
Jake looked up from his Cobbler. With his mouth full of peach he began to talk.
"Okay Amy let's go. Thank you mam."
-Stood on the sidewalk Amy looked up at Jake waiting for the next move. Whatever it was between them had been forgotten for the rush of the day. She didn't know if they were going to go back to the way they were before or what was going to happen. All her questions were answered when Jake leaned in and pressed a kiss onto her lips.
"So Miss Santiago, would you like to see the legendary house of Peralta."
Looking up and Jake she knew this was how it started, this was how life became real.
"Sure Jake, let's go."
So guys, I wanted to apologise. Firstly, that it has taken me a very long time to get the 3rd part to this story out. I have been up to my ears in exams, which have now finally finished and I have so much time on my hands that I can now write again. So I will finish this story within the next week, I have one last chapter in my mind and then it will be all over… frowny face as Gina would say. I also wanted to apologise as I am not pleased with this chapter myself and truly hope you guys like this, I struggled to write it and kept changing and chopping but finally it will just about fill my standard! It was more of a fill chapter as I knew I wanted to show the pair in another person's house, but from there I had no idea. However I do have a (hopefully) strong idea for the last chapter. I am very excited about writing the next one and think I might start it straight away, I owe it to you seeing as I made you wait so long. So thankful to you for reading and check in soon for the last part! xx