"Mr. Bradford was calling in question to some incidents that had been
happening with one of L.A.'s finest," Mr. Parks told Steve and Jesse.
"What incidents?" Lt. Sloan inquired.
"Mostly harassment," Mr. Parks answered. "Obscene phone calls and constantly bothering his daughter."
"Officer Snape," Jesse said.
"What?" Steve asked.
"I hope that's all, Lt. Sloan," Mr. Parks said, "I must begin the will reading." He went through a nearby door.
"Snape has been helping out on the set of Alexis's movie," Jesse told Steve. "A few times I went to visit he was hitting on her even though he knew she was going out with me. One time he tried to pick a fight, but Alexis put him in his place with her version of the Vulcan death grip except it only caused him to pass out for a little bit."
"In other words, your girlfriend saved your life," Steve responded. Jesse gave him a look.
"I am perfectly capable of saving my own life. She just caught him by surprise." Steve nodded understandingly and looked at Mr. Parks closed office door. "You might have to distract the secretary, Steve."
"I can do that," Lt. Sloan said. "You go in on my signal."
"What's the signal?"
"I'll run my hand through my hair." He went over to the secretary's desk and began chatting with the woman keeping her attention on him. Jesse watched as his friend ran a hand through his hair and quickly ducked into the office, carefully closing the door behind him.
"Okay, let's see what you've got, Mr. Parks," Dr. Travis muttered. He glanced at the bookshelves and noticed an empty stand on an eye level shelf. "That looks like something Mark has." The doctor went around behind the desk. "Lots of boring paperwork and a picture with Snape and Fitzpatrick." He took a double take of the picture. "That doesn't make any sense."
"He can't be in here," Jesse heard Steve say loudly outside the door. The door opened and the secretary glared at Dr. Travis.
"I was, uh, looking for the bathroom," Jesse lied sheepishly as he looked around. "And I don't think this is it."
"I don't know about the knife coming from Parks office, Jess," Steve said as the two sat in Steve's car waiting for Alexis.
"Did you take a good look at the knife that was used?" Dr. Travis asked. "That was no regular kitchen knife. It was some sort of collector's item. To use it to kill someone must mean the killer was really mad."
"Or trying to frame someone," Steve suggested. "Like when that guy stole dad's knife to frame him."
"Exactly," Jesse replied. "What I'd like to know is the connection between Parks, Snape, and Fitzpatrick."
"I'll look into it," Steve told him. He noticed Alexis coming towards them. "There's Alexis and she looks upset." The actress got into the backseat holding a large manila envelope.
"Alexis, is something wrong?" Jesse inquired.
"Besides the fact I own about a few billion dollars in everything from oil to Swiss bank accounts," she started, "absolutely nothing."
"What's in the envelope?" Lt. Sloan asked. She looked at the envelope in her lap than back up at the two men.
"The truth about my father," she answered quietly.
"What incidents?" Lt. Sloan inquired.
"Mostly harassment," Mr. Parks answered. "Obscene phone calls and constantly bothering his daughter."
"Officer Snape," Jesse said.
"What?" Steve asked.
"I hope that's all, Lt. Sloan," Mr. Parks said, "I must begin the will reading." He went through a nearby door.
"Snape has been helping out on the set of Alexis's movie," Jesse told Steve. "A few times I went to visit he was hitting on her even though he knew she was going out with me. One time he tried to pick a fight, but Alexis put him in his place with her version of the Vulcan death grip except it only caused him to pass out for a little bit."
"In other words, your girlfriend saved your life," Steve responded. Jesse gave him a look.
"I am perfectly capable of saving my own life. She just caught him by surprise." Steve nodded understandingly and looked at Mr. Parks closed office door. "You might have to distract the secretary, Steve."
"I can do that," Lt. Sloan said. "You go in on my signal."
"What's the signal?"
"I'll run my hand through my hair." He went over to the secretary's desk and began chatting with the woman keeping her attention on him. Jesse watched as his friend ran a hand through his hair and quickly ducked into the office, carefully closing the door behind him.
"Okay, let's see what you've got, Mr. Parks," Dr. Travis muttered. He glanced at the bookshelves and noticed an empty stand on an eye level shelf. "That looks like something Mark has." The doctor went around behind the desk. "Lots of boring paperwork and a picture with Snape and Fitzpatrick." He took a double take of the picture. "That doesn't make any sense."
"He can't be in here," Jesse heard Steve say loudly outside the door. The door opened and the secretary glared at Dr. Travis.
"I was, uh, looking for the bathroom," Jesse lied sheepishly as he looked around. "And I don't think this is it."
"I don't know about the knife coming from Parks office, Jess," Steve said as the two sat in Steve's car waiting for Alexis.
"Did you take a good look at the knife that was used?" Dr. Travis asked. "That was no regular kitchen knife. It was some sort of collector's item. To use it to kill someone must mean the killer was really mad."
"Or trying to frame someone," Steve suggested. "Like when that guy stole dad's knife to frame him."
"Exactly," Jesse replied. "What I'd like to know is the connection between Parks, Snape, and Fitzpatrick."
"I'll look into it," Steve told him. He noticed Alexis coming towards them. "There's Alexis and she looks upset." The actress got into the backseat holding a large manila envelope.
"Alexis, is something wrong?" Jesse inquired.
"Besides the fact I own about a few billion dollars in everything from oil to Swiss bank accounts," she started, "absolutely nothing."
"What's in the envelope?" Lt. Sloan asked. She looked at the envelope in her lap than back up at the two men.
"The truth about my father," she answered quietly.