Epilogue: Loose Ends
December 31, 11:48 pm.
"You called him? He wasn't at his office?" Maya had called Gumshoe and Kay, she couldn't find Edgeworth and was worried.
"Don't worry Ms. Fey, we will find him." promised the detectives before hanging the phone.
"I will look for him in the courtrooms, you go to the police station." said Kay and went out to look, Gumshoe took his coat and his gun just in case. As he traveled to the Police Station he started to think why Mr. Edgeworth just disappeared, he just prayed that this wasn't another "Prosecutor Edgeworth chooses death" …
Gumshoe was the dumbest detective of all times, but also the most loyal one. He may not have Edgeworth's logic, but he knows him so well. After thinking a little and putting on Edgeworth's shoes, he knew where to find him.
He drove to his destiny and ran across the lonely place, he was scared to death but he was sure that he would find him. And he was right.
Edgeworth was standing in front on a tomb with plenty of flowers and things now covered in snow, Wright's tomb. Even if it looked like a cold stone it was far from being just that, it had a lot of things ornamenting it; sunflowers, Larry's drawings, a small bottle to find fingerprints, a plate of plastic spaghetti, a card from De Killer with a draw of his face, Charley in a new pot, a knitted blue hat and lastly, his badge and magatama, glowing weakly.
Edgeworth was wearing a long coat and a hat which looked about to fly from his head due to the strong wind.
"Mr. Edgeworth."
"Detective Gumshoe, what are you doing here?"
"Looking for you, what are you doing here sir? It's almost midnight, and its almost new year too."
"… "Gumshoe got close and looked at the cold stone." I used to spend this holidays with Wright and his daughter…this is the first without him."
"Where's Trucy?"
"She is staying with her mother and Mr. Justice; I think she will be fine with her."
"Mr. Justice huh? I heard he is recluting Prosecutor Gavin for Kura'in."
"He is, I doubt he accepts."
"His brother was killed too, right? Is it true?"
Edgeworth sighed.
"Just when he was being transferred to Kura'in a shooter ambushed and killed both Furio Tigre and Mr. Gavin… the shooter was killed by the police."
"Who was it?"
"Simon Keyes." Edgeworth pulled up his glasses." he had asked for my help but I never knew his truly intention, it may as well be lost forever."
"Don't blame yourself sir, please." Gumshoe put his usual dog face, but then realized that Edgeworth was more serious than usual." You miss him, right sir?"
Miles didn't answer.
"Mr. Edgeworth, please, don't do that again…"
"What?"
"Bottle all your feelings up until you can't take it anymore, the last time you did it Mr. Wright was very mad… he wouldn't like to see you like that again…"
"Wright…" he retired his glasses and tried to clean them, it was hard because his wounds were still in there and made everything difficult. "Detective, do you have your gun with you?"
"Yes sir."
"Can I take a look at it?"
Gumshoe doubted but he gave it to him anyway, Edgeworth handled it with care.
"You remember that time when Wright invited us all to his daughter's show? You wanted to see the rabbits and went to the backstage."
"Yeah, they were so cute!"
"They distracted you from your duty, it seems."
"What?"
"I heard something during the trial that hasn't left my mind since then…" he held the gun like he wanted to fire it." Wright swore that the gun at his office was a prop, Debeste said that it was old evidence… but it had Mr. Justice fingerprints and they could only have reached it under certain circumstances…"
Then Edgeworth pointed the gun at a tree, Gumshoe panicked and tried to take it out from him, but he pulled the trigger before anything happened. From the gun only color papers and some lights went out, leaving Gumshoe with his mouth open.
"He was Trucy's assistant… you got the guns switched Detective…" he gave the gun back and put his hands on his pockets, looking at the ground.
"Everything… was my fault Mr. Edgeworth… I-I'm sorry! I'm a complete fool! I'm— "
"Silence, detective!." yelled Edgeworth and startled Gumshoe." Your mistake only gave Wright a little more of time, that gun saved his life once…but also took it…all of this was but a cruel joke…"
Edgeworth looked at the grave and put down his glasses again, trembling.
"The fault…is mine. I could have done anything; noticed the gun, or Mr. Gavin's disappearance, or I could have stayed at my office and saved him..." Gumshoe saw at his hands and noticed that tears fell on his trembling glasses." I could have avoided that a child loses her father, a girl loses his guardian… and a friend…" he broke down and dropped his glasses, Gumshoe had never seen Miles crying, never, all he could do was offering a careful hug which he accepted.
"It's not your fault Mr. Edgeworth, he wouldn't blame you of anything…he was glad to you at the end, remember? "
"He did say that…but I…I never really thought how much I will miss him, how much I feel his absence…"
"Let it out, Mr. Edgeworth."
"I just wish I could've changed his destiny as he changed mine…"
But deep in his heart, Edgeworth was determined to stand up and keep living, protecting all that were left behind, because he wouldn't let anyone suffer as much as he was...
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