Chapter 11

A police car was pulling into the Malibu Police Station. In it, were two complaining people shouting out complaints.

"You made us get out of a moving train. No, no I don't agree with this. How can you do this?" Grady said, getting pulled out of the van.

"We've done nothing, sir," Tawni said, getting out too.

"Come on out!" shouted the police officer.

"This is our first time in Malibu," Tawni tried again.

"We'll see about that," he said, pulling Tawni, while his partner pulled Grady, "move it!"

After a lot of pulling, punching, kicking, screaming, threats, and grunts, Grady and Tawni got into the police station. They got pushed into Josh's office.

Grady started shooting away. "What are you doing, sir? Look at me. You think I can kill?" He then added, "I may look like a killer, but I didn't kill her!"

"How did the corpse get into the bag, then?" Josh asked, getting up from his seat.

"It doesn't belong to us," Grady answered.

"Then where were you taking it?" Josh asked the couple.

"To dump it," Grady replied. Tawni elbowed him. "I mean, uh, to return it to its owner," he said, rubbing his arm. "You don't get it! We were trying to find its rightful owner!"

"Come on," Josh said. But he was talking to Marshall, who had just came in with Chad and Sonny.

"Do you know them?" Josh asked Tawni and Grady.

They stared Chad and Sonny down for a hint of recognition, but there was none.

"Nope," Grady said with a pop.

"Do you know them?" Josh asked Chad and Sonny.

Chad started. "This time I am telling the truth, sir. I have never before seen them in my life." Before Josh could question him more, Sonny interrupted.

"My suitcase!" she cried in happiness, looking at the silver suitcase in the corner. Tawni and Grady looked at her in horror.

"Your suitcase?" Josh asked with a raised eyebrow.

Chad's eyes lit up. "Yes! It's Sonny's suitcase! We went into the mansion again just to get it."

Tawni and Grady looked at each other in astonishment.

"And the stuff inside it?" Marshall asked them.

"How silly," Chad laughed. "The suitcase is ours, so obviously the stuff inside it belongs to us."

Suddenly, Grady went over to Chad and said, "Take it back! I was looking for you! But they found me before I found you! Okay sir, I must leave now." He and Tawni pleaded.

"Hang on," Josh said with a slight smile. "Let them check if their stuff is in place."

"Of course," Chad said. "Come on Sonny, let's go check if your stuff is in place," he said, leading her to the table.

"Open it," Josh said.

Sonny unlocked the suitcase and she and Chad looked inside. They screamed in terror and started holding onto each other in an effort to save themselves. Josh started quietly laughing to himself.

"Sir! This is not our suitcase!" Sonny and Chad shrieked out while screaming in fear.

"Don't lie," Grady said, walking over to them. "You told us all before it belongs to you. Sir, arrest them!" he said, pointing his finger and Chad and Sonny.

"What arrest?" Chad shouted. "The suitcase is ours, but the body doesn't belong to us!"

"So you're trying to say the corpse is ours?" Tawni said, stepping between Grady and Chad. "We haven't committed any murder!"

"We haven't either!" Sonny yelled in her face.

"You mean to say the officer killed-"Grady said.

"Shut up," Josh said. Grady stepped back, sheepishly.

"You two, sit outside," he said, gesturing to Sonny and Chad.

Chad nodded, looked angrily at Tawni and Grady and followed Sonny out.

"Where were you on the night of the murder?" Josh asked Tawni.

"The casino," she replied, looking a bit worried.

"Where did you go after that?" he asked.

"To the hotel, to my room," she said a bit too quick.

"Mrs. Mitchell," Josh said. "Your footprints say you have gone into the mansion."

Grady gasped, as Tawni continued. "Actually, my husband had lost all of his money in the casino. So I went to the mansion to seek Miss Condor's help."

Josh nodded, then turned to Grady. "Where were you?"

"I-In the casino. And I was honestly losing my money. If you don't believe me, you can ask Mr. Nico Harris, the owner of the Hotel Alfredo. He was with me all night. Actually he was away for half an hour, but I didn't budge. He brought 2.5 million. I waited for him all then, you can ask anyone," Grady said, triumphant over his information.

"What was the time then?" Josh asked, recording information in his head.

"Between 12:30 and 1:00," Grady said.

Marshall leaned into Josh's ear and reminded him of something. "Fourth footprint," he whispered.

Josh nodded, and informed the other officers that he needed a ride.

When asked where to, Josh simply said:

"A hotel owner."

~*~*~*

"Your drink, sir," a waiter said, handing it to Nico.

Nico got up from his chair and started drinking it. I would describe what he was wearing, but there could be younger children in the audience, and they don't need to be scarred for life. Let me just tell you this. He is at the poolside of his hotel, and is in a beach chair. He isn't wearing trunks, but he is definitely wearing something.

He noticed two men coming over to another waiter.

"Where's Mr. Harris?" he could hear one of them say. He gasped and held onto the chair.

"Must be somewhere around here," the waiter said, glancing around.

Nico rocketed into the pool, in order not to be seen. When he thought the coast was clear, he reached to get out and saw a man in front of him. He gasped again.

"You swim well," Josh said, smirking.

"It's my hobby," Nico said, nervously smiling. "I swim four times a day!"

"Sadly, there's no pool in jail," Josh said, still smirking.

"What..?" Nico said, as Josh helped him out of the pool.

As Nico grabbed a towel, Josh asked, "Where were you on the night Dakota Condor was murdered?"

"I was at home," he lied.

"Really?" Josh said, raising his eyebrow.

"Yes. A hundred percent," he lied through his teeth.

"Do you know him?" Josh asked, getting a picture of Grady out. Nico's eyes widened but quickly relaxed. "I've never seen him," he said, nervously.

"Really?" Josh said. "Because he told me that you were with him at the casino that night."

"No," Nico said in a pfft kind of way, and smiling.

"Sir," Marshall said. "I think we must give the liar electric shocks."

"No! Please don't give me electric shocks!" he said, memories flashing back. "Alright, I'll tell you the truth. All night, I gambled in the casino with this man."

"All night?" Josh asked.

"Yes," Nico said.

"But he says you were away from 12:30 to 1:00." Josh said.

"Did he say that? Well, I must've been away then," Nico said, smiling.

"Where?" Josh asked.

"Where does a decent man go at night? The bathroom, of course. But how could I be arrested for that? Officer, are you…" Nico said, blushing.

"No, no!" Josh said, blushing too. "I was only kidding with you. We're sorry for wasting your time. Goodbye now," he said turning to leave.

Then abruptly coming back, "Hey! You tried to trick me!" Josh said.

"No, I didn't"

"Yes, you did,"

"No I didn't"

"Yes, you did,"

"NO, I DIDN'T."

"YES, YOU DID."

Yeah, umm, sorry about that part. I really couldn't resist writing that. Please ignore it and go on with the actual story. Starts right after Josh asks Nico where.

"Where else does a decent man go at night? To his wife," Nico said.

"Whose wife?" Marshall asked.

"My wife," Nico said, looking weird at Marshall. "Wherever I am at night, I have to spend a half hour with her. That night I was with her. From 12:30 to 1:00."

"Thanks. By telling the truth, you have helped the police," Josh said, with a smile.

"Thank you," Nico said, returning a smile.

"Good if your wife also tells the truth," Josh said. "Where is she?"

"At her mother's," Nico lied.

"Good," Josh said and left.

Marshall followed him but stopped at Nico. "You're lucky. My wife never goes away." Then he followed his boss.

Nico looked back at them and then ran to his only way to save himself.

OH, I am so sorry guys! 2 WHOLE WEEKS! Gosh, I feel so mean! Anyway, I hope you liked the chapter! Please review.

Anyway, I don't really know when this story will end. Still really in the middle. But when it's done, I have two SWAC stories I will do. But I will put up a poll about which one should go first. Summaries will be in my profile later. I'll tell you when.