4 Back to work

Phoenix sat motionless on the edge of the couch covered in a cold sweat starring at the phone.

"Fennie?"

Of all the people to call, she calls! And she calls me! She could call anybody else but she had to call me. And she even calls just when... wait what am I saying? that has nothing to do with this. But she still doesn't need to be calling me!

"Fennie are you still there?"

"y...yea I'm here" he whispered. "listen I'll do all I can to help you. Where are you now?"

"the detention center." Iris uttered.

"Oh, you've already been arrested? Well listen I'll talk to the police tomorrow and do some investigating and talk to you later"

"Thank you Feenie" she said hanging up.

Phoenix turned his head to see Maya tiptoeing down the hall.

I don't want to know he thought turning over and going to sleep. He started to think about Maya when he stopped himself This case comes first before my own personal things. He still dreamed of her though. He dreamed they sat in a large house wrapped up in a blanket in a luxurious sofa cuddling. He awoke early shaking himself of his dream. He focused on the task at hand. He quickly got dressed and threw together some breakfast for the girls. He brewed himself some coffee using the instructions Mia had left him for making the perfect cup of coffee that she had obtained from Armando. He gulped it down and ran out the door.

He arrived quickly at the police office crashing through the front door. He was immediately greeted by a scruffy looking detective and small girl in a white lab coat.

"Hey Pal!" the man said wrapping Phoenix in a bear hug.

"Hey Gumshoe how have you been?"

"Pretty good pal, I've been pretty busy with a lot of cases and taking care of a baby." he said smiling.

"You have a baby?"

"Yep, me and Maggie have a two year old named Thomas" he said proudly.

"Well good for you Gumshoe, I'm happy for you!"

"Thanks Pal!"

"ummm Mr Wright?" Emma said squeakily.

"Yes Emma?"

She quickly hugged him then released readjusting her coat.

"It's good to see you" she said smiling.

"Likewise"

"So what brings you here pal?"

" Well I'm here to find out some information about the case involving ms Hawthorne"

"Oh..." Gumshoe and Emma said at the same time.

"What?" Phoenix asked looking concerned.

"Are you defending her?" Gumshoe said somberly.

"Yes I am"

"Well pal, you're gonna lose"

"Why?"

"There's solid scientific proof." Emma said fixing her glasses.

"What?!"

"Her fingerprints are all over the murder weapon, a sharpened piece of rebar"

Phoenix winced. He had gotten a piece of rebar in his leg once near the Big Tower skyscraper. They were doing construction nearby and he tripped and ended impaling himself. If Maya hadn't been there he would have bled out. Maya...STOP IT! Keep it together.

"The worse part" Gumshoe piped in. "is that he died hours after being stabbed, he must have been in extreme pain for awhile."

Phoenix stood for a moment looking at the court record with this new information then walked away.

"It gets worse" Emma said stopping him. "there's a photo by a security camera of her stabbing him"

"Really? Let me see"

"Can't let you do that pal"

"WHY?!"

"Prosecutor Hughes said to keep this evidence locked up tight"

"Who's Prosecutor Hughes"

"He's a war vet, a real bruiser"

"Oh! How stupid of me. Who was the victim?" Way to go Phoenix you almost forgot to get a vital piece of info.

"His name is Roy Mustang,sorry Roy Mueller read that wrong, he was ms Hawthorne's boyfriend"

"Oh" Phoenix said "Well I'll talk to you guys later"

He said exiting I need some answers and there is only person who will have them!

Authors Note: Hope you liked this chapter! Feedback is much appreciated and helps. More answers during this investigation next chapter. I will return to Maya and crew after the next chapter. Thanks!