Two chapters in one night, well arent I the best. I'm SORRY I'm such a slow burn writer, I just wanted to build tension i swear!
Vi arrived at the station fifteen minutes late, she had readied herself for the impact of Caitlyn's wrath along with the lecture on punctuality but alas it never came. As she entered the office, the Sheriff herself was aggressively scrawling on a piece of paper, too focused to even acknowledge Vi. Vi put down her gauntlets and cleared her throat quietly, wondering if Caitlyn had just not registered her.
"There's been a homicide, we're treating it suspiciously until proven otherwise. He was found in his home, bludgeoned to death. No witnesses have come forward so far but we have four suspects. Three friends, and a girlfriend, he was seen with them that night." Vi swallowed, her mouth suddenly dry. Surely not. "I'm waiting for a report from pathology on the time of death." She checked her watch "Actually could you go down and find out what's going on, they're taking too long and I have one last interview to conduct."
Vi nodded reluctantly, anxiety filled her chest, she wanted to stay, to find out if it was who she thought, 4 guys and a girlfriend? It couldn't be her. Could it? She mentally shook herself and turned on her heel swiftly leaving the room.
Caitlyn followed behind, carrying a thick folder, she turned the opposite way to Vi, down the hallway to the interrogation room.
The poor girl was shaken up, clearly upset, Caitlyn knew she wouldn't have done it, she wasn't the type, but she had to remain impartial. She smiled blankly, as she sat at the table across from the girl, her hands gently in her lap. She'd given the girl a glass of water, that she shakily sipped as Caitlyn started the recording.
"Kara Grast." She said plainly. "Can you tell me where you were on the 24th of October from 10pm onwards."
"Do you think I killed him?! My own boyfriend." She said suddenly realising why she was there, panic, anger and guilt filled her stomach.
"As you were in a relationship you are automatically a suspect. All you need to do is answer my questions." Kara stared at the woman's face, her skin was pale for a Piltovian, it brought the blue in her eyes out, she was pretty but had an icy stare.
"Please tell me where you were last night." Caitlyn repeated.
"I was at Lazslo's bar, I was with Jakob, I came with him and his friends were there already. Reed, Cameran and Hull." She sniffed. "I went home early, they were gambling together, I didn't like it." She lied. The guilt was eating away at her senses.
"Your home was searched this morning, the bed was unslept in. Would you care to explain why you went home early, but didn't sleep in your bed?" Kara's eyes widened quickly, how could she not think of that.
"I -I" She stuttered.
"Please tell me the truth Kara." Caitlyn said flatly.
"I didn't go home." She said, she picked at her fingernails, she cursed herself as she realised how suspicious that made her look. "I went home with someone else." She whispered, staring at a chip in the table.
"You went home with someone else?" Caitlyn repeated. Kara nodded shamefully.
"I love him, I do but he always put them before me and I-"
"Kara I'm not in a place of judgement here, I am just here to get as much information as I can." Caitlyn said. "Can you tell me who you went home with please?"
Kara looked back at her nails, a few of them were bleeding at the edges. "Her name was Vi."
Caitlyn's heart dropped. She swallowed dryly and pressed her lips together stiffly.
Caitlyn didn't reply. She had to keep professional, but even her posture had changed. She cleared her throat and blinked.
"Can you tell me what time you left the bar?" She asked.
"I think it was around 11pm somewhere." Kara said, it all happened so quickly at the time.
"Can you tell me what happened after you left?" Caitlyn clenched her teeth as she waited, she didn't want to hear the answer to the question. Just take what you need and leave the rest behind. She told herself.
"I went to her place... and we - well." Kara looked at the glass wall on her right, how was she supposed to word this?
"Did you have sexual intercourse?" The sheriff asked, her grip on the pen tightened as she asked, she didn't make eye contact this time.
"Yes." Kara whispered, feeling ashamed. Caitlyn nodded, the hurt rising through her core. A flashback hit her, their kiss, for a second it was perfect, of course, now it was tainted. The same night. She realised she hadn't blinked for a few seconds, her eyes grew wet as she blinked quickly.
"Has this happened before?" She asked, regaining her professional motive.
"No. I'd never seen her before." Kara replied confidently. Did Vi do this to spite her?
"Have you been unfaithful prior to this?"
Kara shook her head quickly, that was certain.
"What was different about last night? Was there an altercation between you and Jakob?" Caitlyn asked.
"No, I've never done anything like that before, she was just there and .. she just said the right things. I felt wanted." She whispered the last part.
Caitlyn nodded to herself, Vi made her feel wanted too, almost every day for that matter. And I pushed her away. She thought.
Every detail the girl told her was like a knife twisting into her heart, and the worst thing was she was the one asking the questions. You're the one that turned her down, you have no right to be jealous. She told herself.
"Mhmm." She said, she couldn't help the bitterness that seeped into her voice.
After concluding that the girl was telling the truth and scrawling some notes down she stopped the recording and ended the interview, all she needed now was someone to attest that alibi.
She released Kara and sent her back home, the girl sniffled as she walked away. Caitlyn returned to her office, Vi was there reading through the case report, her lips pressed together in a fine line, her knee was jittering nervously.
She looked up at Caitlyn, she knew. The sheriffs face remained unchanged, it was taught and still, like it was carved from marble.
"You're her alibi. I need to interview you." She said, her voice unforgiving.
Vi swallowed, and got up without a word. She followed Caitlyn to the interrogation room, it was too silent between them, Vi always had something to say, but they both knew that there wasn't anything left now.
Caitlyn started the recording and stated both of their names as protocol. She cleared her throat.
"Where were you from 10pm onwards on the 24th of October."
"Laszlo's." Caitlyn frowned in response, she knew Vi was at her house, and though she didn't need the rumours that would entail if the recording got out, it irked her that Vi had broken the rules. Maybe anything Vi did right now would annoy her.
"Can you tell me what you did from there onwards please?"
"I was probably there for a couple of hours, I met a girl and got talking to her, had a drink, went home."
"What was the girls name?" She knew of course, but leading questions were off the table, she couldn't influence answers, even if the answers belonged to her enforcer.
"Kara." Vi whispered.
"Would that be Miss Kara Grast?" Caitlyn said.
"I never asked her last name." Vi said, Caitlyn wasn't surprised at that. She opened the folder and pulled out a photo of the girl, she looked at the features of her face, her eyes were huge and blue, much brighter than her own. It stung.
She sighed quietly and slid the photo over to Vi. Vi nodded, she was slumped in her chair with her arms crossed, she casually slid it back with two calloused fingers.
"Did Miss Grast go home with you?" Caitlyn said reluctantly.
"Yeah." Vi replied.
"Okay. And what happened after that?" Caitlyn's voice was robotic now, she had untuned herself from the conversation. Vi pulled a face of disdain.
"Do I seriously have to say it?" Caitlyn didn't respond, she just glared through Vi, as if she wasn't even there.
"I fucked her."
"So you can attest that you and Kara had intercourse. Afterwards did Kara stay with you in your home or did she leave?"
"She left this morning, half an hour before I left for work at 7:30." Vi was genuinely relieved when she woke up to find her bed empty, she was bad at morning afters.
"Have you seen Kara Grast before?" Caitlyn asked, slightly curious.
"No, that was the first time I'd met her." Vi replied.
"And did you know Miss Grast had a boyfriend?"
"Yeah she said." Vi said, she seemed relaxed, but she knew Caitlyn was acting weird about this. She had no right.
"Did Miss Grast hint towards any altercations or tensions with their relationship?"
"I mean other than coming home with me not really, she just seemed unbothered by him." She said.
"Thank you, that will be all. Ending interview at 10:14am." Caitlyn flicked the record button back and picked up her folder, she kept her eyes down, focusing on the paper. She quickly turned and left the room, her enforcer trailing behind her.
"Cait can we just talk a second?" She snapped her head to face the enforcer, glaring.
"No! I have enough to deal with today, I don't need you adding this bullshit to my workload." She spat, the little crease appearing between her eyebrows. Even she had to admit, that came out more ferociously than she had thought. The jealousy had built up throughout the two interviews, and forcing it back in an attempt to be keep professional had only made her feel more bitter. "Just go home Vi. You can't work a case you're personally involved in anyway." She said, as the words left her mouth she realised her own irony. She was too personally involved, and that was exactly what scared her about her feelings for Vi.
GAAAYYYY
But srsly someone pls tell me this is worth carrying on with
it feels like im screaming into the gay void