Disclaimer: Does it look like I own Cold Case? Cause if I did, they would so be renewed for an eighth season but sadly they're not. I only own the characters and plot so I guess that counts as something.
Chapter 10
"You're the girl that came in a few days ago weren't you?" Lilly asked Mia.
"Yeah that's me" Mia replied nervously.
"Why don't you go wait in the first room over there I'll be right there" Lilly told Mia and Mia walked slowly into the interrogation room. She sat down at one of the chairs and she felt herself shake like a leaf.
Meanwhile, Lilly couldn't believe that this was happening. After Mia went into the room, she quickly made her way over towards the break room where Scotty, Boss and Vera was there as Will and Kat headed out to the 99 cent store to check out about who bought the black gloves.
"You'll never guess who came in just now" she said.
"Couldn't be the others, they just left" Vera said.
"Mia's here" Lilly said. The three men looked up at her in surprise and shock, mainly Scotty with the shock part as well as Vera.
"When did she come in?" Boss asked.
"Just now" she replied. "I told her to wait in the room over there."
"How should we go about this then?" Scotty asked.
"Lil, you and Nick go ask her questions get her side of the story, Scotty you and me will be in observation" Boss replied.
"Are you sure you don't want Nick with you?" Scotty asked warily.
"Trust me Scotty, you should be with Boss so that way you and him can see whether or not she'll tell the truth" Nick replied and went to follow Lilly. Scotty stood there awhile before making his way over.
"Breathe Mia, just breathe" Mia told herself awhile later as the door open.
"Mia, Detective Rush and Vera" Lilly introduced. Mia nodded mutely.
"Thanks for coming down" Nick said, sitting down next to her.
"Yeah well, with what's been going with my life lately I just hadn't had the time" Mia said.
"We understand now someone came forward saying that you saw what happened to Aaron that night" Lilly said.
"That is true" she said.
"Why were you around the area that night then?" Nick asked.
"I was heading down that alleyway as a short cut because I was running late meeting up with a friend for a night out" she replied.
"Did you know Aaron before he died?" Lilly asked.
"He was in my criminal justice class, we met while working on a project together before he died" Mia replied looking at her hands.
"Did you know he had a girlfriend?"
"Yeah, come on you think I would have an affair with him? I don't think so" she replied. Over on the other side of the glass Scotty and Boss was watching intently to see if she would know anything so far.
"Moving on now someone said that they saw you follow Aaron in the alleyway the night he died a few seconds after he went in their himself" Nick said.
"I didn't kill Aaron" Mia stated.
"Why would we want to believe you?" Lilly asked.
"Because I don't own a gun and my Dad had one but he took it with him when my parents divorced two years ago" Mia replied.
"Someone also said that you didn't call the police that night when he was killed" Nick said.
"I didn't call the police because I knew that I would be a suspect just like that and not to mention that I never saw someone get killed or died in front of me in my life" she replied. "However, I did see Aaron earlier that evening."
"Go on."
"I saw him in my brother's neighborhood, I was there to drop off a DVD for my brother but I didn't know why Aaron was there until he spot me going up to my brother's apartment…"
Flashback-The Killers- Human
"Freaking Matt, just when I'm about to go out" Mia grumbled to herself as she approached the apartment building when she noticed Aaron across the street. He sees her and runs across the street as he looked both ways.
"Hey you" he said.
"Hi what are you doing here?" she asked in surprise.
"Came by to pick up something for Cheryl tonight" he replied.
"Ah well, my older brother wanted a movie from me so he wanted me to drop it off for him" Mia said.
"I want to show you something, it's for Cheryl of course and I think tonight is the night" he said pulling out the small jewelry bag and pulled out the small black velvet box. "I'm going to pop the question, tonight."
"Wow, that ring looks beautiful, congratulations" Mia said hugging Aaron.
"Thanks but I still have the gut feeling she's going to say no" he said.
"Hardly doubt it. Like you said you guys were together for what two years. She's going to flip but in a good way about it" Mia assured him .
"Yeah" he said.
"Well, I got to go, my brother would think that something happened" Mia said heading up the front steps of the apartment building.
"Okay well I got to me my soon to be fiancée" Aaron said.
"Good luck tonight" she called out as she walked into the building
End of flashback
"So he did have the ring after you guys part?" Nick asked.
"Yep, I went to Matt's apartment and dropped off the movie and left" Mia replied.
"Then tell us how you saw Aaron get killed" Lilly said. Mia got quiet for awhile, looking at her hands.
"You have to tell us" Nick said.
"I know it's just…something that he told me before he said if I say anything…" Mia rambled. "I knew that this was a bad idea." She got up quickly and before she even reached the door, Lilly blocked her way.
"Mia, it took you a long time to come here and for us to even find you, please just tell us what you saw" Lilly said.
"I don't know" Mia said.
"You have to. We need to get some lead here, do this for Aaron and his mother" Lilly urged.
Mia sighed and she tossed her bag on the table and stood against the wall. "After I left Matt's place, I headed towards the restaurant when Ali called me…"
Flashback
"Hello?" Mia answered her cell pone.
"Where are you? I've been waiting for like ten minutes" Ali asked.
"Well when I was leaving my lovely brother decided to text me asking to borrow my movie" she replied walking down the street.
"Oh okay cause you scared me for a minute there" she said.
"Yeah and I ran into Aaron also" Mia said.
"Really? What was he doing there anyways?" she asked.
"No he was coming out of a store and he showed me something he got for Cheryl since they're going to dinner" Mia replied as she looked both ways before crossing the street.
"Ah well tell me more when you get here, I'm like starving" Ali complained.
"Relax I'm almost there I'm taking a shortcut so I should be there ten minutes or less" Mia said.
"Okay see you soon" Ali said and they both hung up. Mia shoved her phone in her pocket.
She continued to walk until she saw Aaron going into the alleyway. She took the chance and followed soon after. She kept her distance so that way he wouldn't noticed her. Mia ducked her head and lifted her eyes a few times so that way she wouldn't trip over anything.
Mia was halfway out of there when she saw Aaron being stopped by another man. She looked up and saw Ryan's face with anger and bittersweet mixed in. She put her head down as she saw him lift up a gun.
End of flashback.
"Next thing I knew, I heard a shot and I saw Aaron dead" Mia said ending her story.
"You sure it was Ryan?" Nick asked.
"Yeah I mean rumor has it at school then those two never got along and was trying to make his reputation there ruined" Mia replied.
"You ca go, you're not going to get arrested" Lilly said.
As Mia opened the door, she stopped for a second.
"Oh by the way, Ryan did say I'll regret anything if I said anything to you guys" Mia said non-chillingly.
"Why would he say that?" Nick asked. Scotty and Boss stopped moving as they both heard what she just said.
"Who knows? I like to see him keep his word" Mia said as she opened the door and walked away.
"So now we know who was really there that night" Lilly said.
"But why go after her if she said anything?" Nick asked.
Later that night, Ali and Mia were sitting at the park bench as Mia recapped everything that happened earlier.
"You think Ryan kept word on his threat?" Ali asked.
"I wouldn't worry about it" Mia replied.
"Um, why would you even say that for? You never know what he's capable of" Ali said worriedly.
"Would you relax? He's all talk and no action" Mia replied as they both got up. It wasn't only a few feet away from the bench that they heard chuckling. Mia turned around and saw something coming out of the shadows.
"I would be all talk but I would like to have a little action" Ryan's voice appeared as he came across the girls with a evil grin on his face and in his hand was a switchblade knife.
This wasn't good.
A/n: Yeah not looking pretty for both of them. At least Mia told her side of the story!
Longest chapter ever for this story anyways! So what will happen now? Will the squad get to the girls on time or will it be too late?
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