"Are the handcuffs absolutely necessary?" Charlie asked, holding her hands up, she could break them easily. "No one has exactly said why I'm here. I'm sure that this is just a misunderstanding. Detective—"

"Adams."

"Right, Detective Adams. I'm here because you asked me to be here, as far as I know I haven't been charged with anything. You did however Mirandize me, and you stated I have a right to a lawyer. So—lawyer. I'm certain she's on her way."

Detective Azimio Adams frowned, Charlie Fabray was certainly rich enough to have an entire team of lawyers at her beck and call. The cuffs were only there to make her uncomfortable and get her nervous, but she didn't seem nervous. "We just want to know where Dani Harper is."

Charlie tilted her head confused by the question. From the handcuffs, she had worried that they had somehow found out about all the people she had killed, she wasn't actually expecting a question about Dani Harper. "How the fuck am I supposed to know?"

Azimio blinked at her tone, well she had made her first mistake, talking without a lawyer present. "Are you saying that you don't know her?"

"Look, whatever shit Dani has gotten herself into, I have nothing to do with it. I call her when I need to relieve some tension."

"So, you aren't dating?" Azimio asked.

Charlie narrowed her eyes slightly at the question, tilting her head to look at the folder that is on the desk and flicks her eyes back to him. "Lawyer."

Azimio hesitates, "Now is the perfect time to get ahead of this before—"

"Lawyer." Charlie repeats forcibly this time, narrowing her eyes.

"Very well, but this was your only chance to get ahead of this," Azimio says tersely. But he does get up, and grab the folder. He meets Charlie's gaze and shivers slightly at the hard look on her features. He had seen the photos, and he had dealt with stone cold killers before. She was one of them, how she carried herself, everything, screamed that she had done some shit. But she was wealthy enough for a lawyer a good one and getting the information would be infinitely more difficult now. With that he leaves the room, making sure it's closed before going to see his partner who had been watching the interrogation. "She did it."

"Did what? There isn't even a body." Detective Porter responded.

"She wouldn't be the first rich person to have anger issues, you've seen the photos. She's violent, shame she lawyered up now. I should have pressed the photos sooner. We should leak the photos out; in this environment it'll isolate her. It might be easier to break her."

"She could sue the department for that, especially if we end up finding out that Dani is alive. The search warrant that was executed on her place hasn't turned anything up, I mean there was some blood on the some of the sheets but not enough to be considered evidence of any wrongdoing."

"I'm telling you Spencer, she did it. She did something, I get the same feeling around the fucking gang members that we drag in here. If it wasn't Dani then it was someone else, we need to do a deep dive of her accounts She's wealthy enough to have hired someone to do it for her. Look at other engagements she might have had. A new girlfriend, or lover and she wanted to get rid of Dani. Or maybe Dani knew something that she was doing in her company that was illegal, and that's what caused this but she did it."

Detective Spencer sighed; he was probably right about it. He generally was about these things but this entire case didn't feel right. "Well one of the attorneys from the DA's office is heading down, to make sure we handle this case correctly. I think I heard the rumor that her daughter used to date Charlie, she's going to keep her distance from this case, but she's going to give some advice.

~ O ~

Charlie rubbed at her wrists as one of the detectives finally released her and leaned back in her chair. Shannon Beiste had raised unholy hell on the department the moment she had walked in, an investment that had paid off. "So, can I go now?" She asked her.

"I think it would be best if we appeared to cooperate with the police, I want to see what they have on you."

Charlie nodded absentmindedly, and glanced at the detectives. "I do wish to point out whatever trouble Dani has gotten herself into—"

"Let's not speculate, let's just answer the questions about her whereabouts, that's what you wanted to know right?"

Azimio nodded and looked at Charlie who shrugged her shoulders. "I don't know where Dani is, I barely see her. Her mother has cancer or something, I'm paying for that treatment. If she's not there and she's not at my place, then I don't really care, and I don't really know."

"Isn't she your girlfriend?"

Charlie turns to look at Shannon who frowns but nods, "No."

"Really you didn't take her to your sister's wedding? That seems like something you'd take your girlfriend too," Azimio began watching Charlie's face.

Shannon frowned, "What exactly are you attempting to accuse my client of?"

"She was the last person that Dani Harper texted."

Shannon looked at Charlie who shrugged her shoulders. "So, what does that mean? Did something happen to Dani?"

"You tell us, she was reported missing by her mother more than two days ago, and her mother stated that you we should be looking at you."

"So, where is she?"

"I told you I don't know and I don't really care. I didn't love her, and she knew that I was sleeping with other people and she didn't care," Charlie said in a bored tone.

"She didn't care? Maybe because you beat it into her." Detective Porter yelled tossing the folder in front of Charlie, letting the contents spill out.

"Excuse me?" Shannon began as Charlie picked up one of the photos. "My client has already answered your questions—"

"Not the questions about these photos, these bruises on her neck, her wrists, that black eye. The split lip. We're trying to get her medical records now, what else are we going to find?"

"The black eye and the split lip were an accident, she thought it would be cute to spar with me." Charlie said with a tilt of her head. "The rest was consensual sex. She liked it rough." Charlie answered with a shrug of her shoulders. "She signed a contract to that effect." She didn't trust Dani as far as she could throw her, and this had been to protect herself.

"Prove it."

"My office will send it to you tomorrow. Now if that's all, I expect an apology for the way my client was treated."

"I'd rather just go home," Charlie said with a shrug of her shoulders. "If you want to know where Dani is, if she's gone missing, I suggest trying Matt Rutherford, I assume he'll say I did it but he's been carrying a torch for Dani for years. Always hated that Dani liked me more, I offered him a decent paying job too and he turned me down." With that Charlie gets up, and adjusts her jackets. "Do you think I can get away with blowing off the rest of my meetings today? Will Sam believe that this entire thing was traumatic for me?"

"Probably not." Shannon replied before motioning for the cops to open the door. It takes a moment but Detective Spencer Porter does open and Charlie strolls out. Shannon crashing into her when Charlie stops suddenly. "What's the matter?"

"Mrs. Lopez," Charlie said rubbing the back of her neck unphased by Shannon slamming into her.

"Did you—" Maribel shakes her head. "I saw the photos."

"I never hurt Santana. I would never hurt Santana." Charlie says immediately, any hint of arrogance stripped away. "I didn't do whatever it is that they think I did." Well, for the most part.

Maribel studies her, for a moment, there was the flash of the teenager who had taken refuge in her home. Who had worshipped the ground Santana had walked on. Sure, Santana and Charlie were no longer dating but the tone of her voice, hinted at the feelings Charlie had for her daughter. "Okay."

Shannon tugs on Charlie's arm, "We should get going."

Charlie flicks her eyes to Shannon and nods, "Right." She looks at Maribel one last time before taking off.