While Gumshoe tended to the girl, Edgeworth and Pheonix took off towards the bathroom. Edgeworth pushed open the door and was met with a gruesome scene. A man was slumped over by the sink. His clothes were stained a deep crimson from a knife wound in his stomach. His eyes looked straight out, a stark expression of fear in them.
"Oh my god." Edgeworth said, covering his mouth and looking away.
Phoenix grabbed a handkerchief from his breast pocket and used it to pick up the man's wallet.
"His name is Truther Dare. You know him?"
"No, the only event going on here today is my wedding, and he wasn't invited. He must have been staying in the hotel."
Suddenly he heard a gasp from behind him. Edgeworth turned and saw Kay at the door, looking, in horror, at the dead man.
Miles quickly went to her and lead her away from the bathroom. Gumshoe walked in shortly after.
"The girl's fine, the peremedics took her to the hospital." He pulled on a pair of rubber gloves and handed another pair to Phoenix.
He accepted the gloves from the detective and putting them on.
"I mean no disrespect to the dead, but he picked a bad day to get himself killed." Nick said, a look of sorrow on his face.
"Yeah, I saw Kay on my way in. She looked pretty freaked out."
"You never get used to something like this, no matter how many times you see it." Nick held up a knife that was beside Dare's body. "Guess this is the weapon."
As he turned to hand the knife to Gumshoe, he noticed a peice of paper sticking out of Dare's pocket. He placed the knife on the ground and slipped the paper out. Quickly unfolding it, he read the contents of the note. Then he read it again, and again.
His eyes widened in realization. He showed the note to Gumshoe.
It was a copy of the invitation to Edgeworth and Kay's wedding.
Next to Kay's name were three words:
She's the target.
A/N: Thank you so much to all that have reviewed. I hope that this chapter is sufficient for you all. Let me know what you think R&R!
