Author's Note:
Apologies for the delay in updating - I have such a crazy week. I'm getting married this year and there have been a few issues which I've been trying to sort out and yesterday it was my birthday so I was celebrating with some friends. I want to try and update this as much as possible as I can understand how frustrating this is waiting for it to be updated. Thank you all for the new reviews and for the new people who have visited the story. If there is anything you would prefer to see more on here, please let me know.
Chapter 7
Havers calls me into his office. God Steele - pull yourself together! I get up from my quaint cubicle and go walk into his office. He is sat behind his desk writing paperwork. I sit opposite him and wait for him to become available.
"Steele - what have you got for me in regards to Grey?" He asks me whilst both his hands are intertwined together. Oh shit - don't have a go at me.
"I questioned Mr Grey in the presence of his lawyer and psychotherapist. He admits he wrote the entry about wanting to kill Hyde but insists he never did or paid someone to do it. His psychotherapist stated that Mr Grey has been fantasizing about murdering Mr Hyde since he was 18 years old due to emotional and physical abuse he suffered from Mr Hyde when he was growing up." His facial expression changes from nodding, wanting to get this over and done with and then when he hears abuse, his eyes grow wider.
"Physical abuse Steele? What do you mean?" He asks.
I look down in my file and pass him polaroid pictures which I ordered Christian to take of the scars on his chest. Havers grabs them and looks at them intensely.
"He claims Hyde did these?" I nod to his question. He sighs. "Well that makes this even worse or even better, I don't know which. It gives him a clear motive but then we will not be doing our job trying to find his killer if we sympathize with Grey. Have you done any research on his character from anyone?"
"I spoke to Mr Hyde's neighbour - a Mrs Elena Lincoln, she was very co-operative on the day I went to question her at her house but when I brought her in yesterday, she didn't want to talk or listen to any of my reasons for her coming here. To be fair, she doesn't look like anyone who is coherent. When I first met her, her breath reeked of wine and cigarettes. I'm going to interview Grey's boss and his psychotherapist this afternoon. Grey has also agreed to doing a blood test to confirm if the other substance is his. Barney is currently testing it now as we speak." I explain.
"Hmm - this is going to be a tough one. Interview the boss and the shrink and let me know what they say. Also wait for Barney's results as well. We cannot do much without them."
"Thanks Chief. I will get on it now." I get up to get out of his office.
"And Steele?" I turn round. "I've heard you've developed a personal relationship with Mr Grey, is that correct?" Oh shit, oh shit. I'm screwed. I gulp and nod my head. "Did that start after you thought you eliminated him as a suspect?" I nod fast to show him my thinking. "Look Steele - I understand you're a woman and you're young but you're also a detective, it makes relationships harder these days. I understand your train of thought but whilst he is a suspect, I would suggest breaking it off now. We cannot have someone ratting you out possibly giving him inside information." I nod back to him to show I understand. I cannot talk, I'm speechless that my boss is talking about my possible relationship with a potential murder suspect! I run out of that room as fast as I can and bury my head in my hands. I've made such a mess. What am I going to do?
"Steele - I got the blood results back regarding Grey." Barney confirms to me. I turn round in my chair holding my breath. "You can relax, his blood doesn't match the other blood type in there at all." Thank you God! I breathe a huge sigh of relief.
"So instead of a killer, we just have a psycho person in our presence?"
I joke to Barney. He chuckles.
"Who have you got left to interview?" He leans against my cubicle. "I've got the boss and the psychotherapist. I will still conduct the interviews even the blood doesn't show. What blood type is the one found at the scene?"
"Blood AB negative - quite rare. Grey is Blood Type O. You cannot get those two mixed up, completely different." I nod in understanding. "What blood type was Hyde?" He looks at the chart in his hand. "He was AB positive - again you cannot get those two mixed up." I smile at Barney. "Thanks Barney - I really appreciate this." I thank him and he puts his hand to his glasses to wiggle them. "No worries Steele - it's what I dooo!" I chuckle at him pretending to be all gangsta - does not work on him. Ok - Boss interview time.
"Mrs Trevelyan?" I call out and stands a woman dressed in a business trouser suit with long flowing brown wavy hair. She smiles at me when I call out her name and approaches me. "Morning Mrs Trevelyan - I'm Detective Steele in charge of this case. Would you please follow me into the interview room?" We walk into the interview room in silence. The silence carries on when I place the blank tape into the tape recorder. I state the necessities - date, time etc and ask her to confirm name, DOB, address and occupation.
"So Mrs Trevelyan - you own and manage Trevelyan Law Firm, is that correct?" I state for the record.
"Please call me Grace and yes that is correct. We handle all law so criminal, probate, family etc. I practice Family Law." She confirms to me.
"If you don't mind, I would like to ask some questions in regards to your employee Christian Grey. Did you hire him yourself or was someone else appointed to hire him?" Her lips twitch in a smile as soon as I say Christian's name out loud. She seems to be very fond of him.
"I hired him personally - I've known him since he was eighteen years old." She states fondly. Ok - looks like going a good start.
"So it is fair to say that you know him quite well and can review his character in detail, correct?"
"I would say so myself yes. He has been through a lot but he's a trooper and he is our best Probate associate. We are actually planning to promote him soon." Oh - promotion?
"He has a good work ethic? Never tardy or anything? Lost his temper at any point?" I pry.
"That man never stops working. I first brought him on to do intern duties as he was going through a tough time at home so I thought I can distract him with some work but he showed such interest in probate so I offered to put him through law school if he continued working for me to pay it off which he did and he graduated with honours."Problems at home?
"When you say problems at home, what do you mean? Can you give any account to these issues that Mr Grey experienced with Mr Hyde?""I found Mr Grey in distress when he was eighteen years old. It was when Hyde did the last scar on Mr Grey's chest. He wanted to see if he could sue Mr Hyde for emotional distress. Unfortunately his mother begged him not to go through with it on the basis she loved Hyde. I thought I could give him an intern job to help distract him and possibly give him a better start in life. He took to it very well and expressed interest in law so I put him up in one of my condo's in the city. This was when I was starting a family so I didn't need it anymore." Such a nice woman to do this for someone.
"That's very nice to do for a stranger Mrs Trevelyan." I suggest.
"Grace and he wasn't a stranger, he was in child in distress. I see this all the time in my line of work and I wanted to help someone out. He was of legal age, no more a minor so I wanted to help Detective. He has done nothing other than make me proud of him. I will fight to the death for him. He doesn't deserve this." She states firmly. It almost feels like a dig to me seeing as I am putting him through this.
"Has Mr Grey ever confided in you about wanting to murder Mr Hyde?" I ask.
"Yes he has, Detective. I was the person who referred him to Flynn. John Flynn was my therapist when I was depressed about my infertility so I thought he would be good for Christian which has proven to be correct. He has helped Christian out in so many ways.""Great - one other question, you don't by any chance know a Elena Lincoln, do you?" Her eyes change from wonderment to disgust when I mention the woman's name.
"That woman is pathetic. I dealt with her divorce case when she was getting divorced. Absolute waste of space. I had to try and get custody of her children but she would not stop drinking and doing drugs. She even started selling herself to acquire drink and drugs." I raise my eyebrows in surprise.
"That is interesting. Thanks for letting me know about that." I state.
"She even tried trying it on with Christian when he was fifteen years old!" She states angrily. What?
"Excuse me - are you stating to me that Mrs Elena Lincoln was trying to commit statutory rape with Mr Grey when he was a teenager?" I pry.
"That is correct Detective. Jack was Ella's pimp. He would source men for her and did the same for Elena. At the time, I did not Christian but when I heard her say she had been having fantasies regarding the next door neighbour's son, I had to let her go as a client. I will not stand for that. Not in my business."Maybe there is something more in regards to Elena? I must talk to the therapist.
