Chapter 9.

Janet had her arm around Sandra's waist as the two of them – and the dogs – walked out into the kitchen. Sandra sat down next to the table, where Kelly was sitting with a surprised and relived look on her face.

"Hey." Kelly smiled. "How are you doing?"

"I'll be okay, I think." Sandra smiled shortly. "I'm sorry for being…"

"Hey, no. Don't excuse yourself for anything." Kelly cut her off, putting her hand on Sandra's arm. "Really, I mean it. We're all having a hard time, everyone reacts differently."

Sandra gave Kelly a short smile before they shared a hug.

"Thank you Kelly."

Kelly let go of Sandra, and Janet put down a cup of coffee in front of the blonde woman.

"No problem. We're all here for each other, okay?"

Sandra smiled and nodded as she sipped the coffee. Janet sat down next to her, and the three of them sat quiet for a while before Kelly sighed.

"Okay. Let's find who ever is responsible, okay? You two just promise me something?"

"What?"

"When we do find that person, don't kill him."

Janet and Sandra let out a small chuckle.

"I don't know Kelly, it will be hard." Janet said, putting her head on her side.

"Yeah, I mean, I maybe won't be able to resist." Sandra added, devilish grin on her face.

"The person is not getting away that easily. He… or she… is going to spend eternity in an isolated cell." Kelly said angrily. No one kills an angel without paying for it.

"Where do we go from here?" Janet asked.

"First off, we need to talk to Jenny. We need her help, but I haven't been able to reach her for a few days. I spoke to Kris and her boss, Zeke, but they think Jenny's out of town."

"What do you think?"

"I don't know what to think, I mean, she's been out of town without letting other people know before, several times, but she knows how important this case is to us… If she knows Melissa's…"

Kelly couldn't get herself to finish the sentence. She didn't have to either.

"Anyway, let's track her down. Go to her place and see if she's out of town."

"Pick the lock?" Janet suggested with a raised eyebrow.

"No, I have a spare key to her place." Kelly smiled. "Then let's go through all the files and see who did this. Who are we missing?"

"Well, someone. Do we have any suspects at all?" Sandra asked.

"Not really. We could really need to find that article."

"Hey, I was thinking by the way. If there was an article that was about to be published, it has to be someone inside that found it, read it and got rid of it – and Brown. But from what I've heard he was very secretive, and pretty much the only one who got to read his things were the publisher, Anna Carrey." Janet said thoughtfully.

"True. But do you think she's capable of killing? Melissa spoke about her as very friendly." Kelly asked.

"Never let the exterior fool you." Janet said. "You thought me that."

Kelly nodded. She had told Janet that.

"Well, let's check her up then. I'll call Charlie and have him dig a little further into her life, the computer readout we got before on her didn't show anything weird. In the meantime, let's try and find Jenny, maybe she's gotten something on the snake venom, if anyone has imported any of it. Then we'll go to Carrey's place."

"Good idea."

About an hour later, they were in two cars, on their way to Jenny's place. Kelly was alone in her car, taking the lead, and she was talking with Charlie in the phone.

"So how are they holding up?"

"Sandra's finally talking again Charlie. Janet looks like she's ready to fall apart, but I think she's going to keep strong until it's all over. She wants this person caught first. Then I don't know what will happen. And I'm worried that they actually will kill the person if they are given the opportunity."

"No, Kelly, they won't. They rather see the person in prison, I'm sure of it. Where are you going now?"

"To Jenny's place, to see if she's on a trip or if anything happened to her."

"You think something happened?"

"I don't know what to think Charlie, but she was working with us, and what if she found out some information that she told Melissa and the killer overheard them and something? I mean, Melissa must have been killed for a reason, the killer knew she was getting onto them."

"Didn't Melissa tell you what she knew?"

"No, but she might just have found out when she called me to meet for lunch, and she wanted to tell me when we got there."

"Sounds logical."

"Anyway, if the person overheard them talking, they know Jenny knows too. Oh Charlie, I don't think I can handle another death." Kelly said, her voice cracking.

"Don't worry, I'm sure Jenny's alright."

"What if she's not? What if she's dead in her house and been dead for days? Oh, Charlie. I should have gone and checked on her sooner, but you know, with Sandra and…"

"Kelly, don't blame yourself, I'm sure Jenny's okay."

"I hope so." Kelly sighed as she pulled over outside Jenny's house, seeing her car in the driveway. "Her car is here. Well, we're going in. I'll get back to you."

Kelly felt a wave of dread and fear go through her as she stepped out of the car, quickly followed by the other two angels. They walked slowly up to the white house, in silence. Kelly had only been here a few times before, but this place always made her feel calm. Now it was scaring the daylight out of her.

Kelly rang the doorbell twice before she fumbled with the key until she got it into the locker and unlocked it. She carefully pulled up the door, and the three of them immediately just stared into house, eyes open in fear, mouth open in shock. This was not good.

Janet was the first to open her mouth.

"What the hell happened here?"

Sorry for a short chapter, I'll make them longer ^^