CHAPTER 3- IT WAS A MURDER -BUT NOT MY CRIME!

"BANG!!" - Kacey squeezed her eyes tight - she didn't want to get up. "No Mom - it's Sunday, I don't wanna get up now!"

She opened her eyes she wasn't at home she was still in her hotel room - it was dark and Roxie and Velma weren't back. "BANG!" she rushed out of bed and opened the hotel room door. She ran down the corridoor, one of the hotel room doors was slightly open , she wnt in and was sickened by the sight of a man lying face-down in a pool of his own blood!

Kacey tried to scream but nothing came out - beside him was a gun, she picked it up without really thinking what she was doing, but at the time, to her it was a good idea. (She could hand it to the police and explain to them what she saw - this vitle peice of evidence could help them catch the murderer!)

"Oh my God!" a woman wa standing by the door, she screamed and was joined by a large crowd of people wondering what all the fuss was about.

"Kid, put the gun down!" a man spoke slowly to her, she did as she was asked and was grabbed by two men, she tried to struggle but was held tightly.

"It wasn't me! I didn't do it!" her shouts were met with deaf ears as the hotel manager announced he would call the cops.

"Don't let her get away!" he warned the people.

"I didn't do it!"

"I'll be the judge of that - sit down!" D.A. Harrison ordered.

A bright light was shone in Kacey's eyes.She squinted.

"Name?"

"Kacey Fizelle."

"OK, Miss Fizelle, from the topn - what happened?"

"She shot him! I saw her with the gun in her hand standing over the man's dead body!" This was met with shouts approval from the crowd.

"I'll take you're statement in a minite - and all of you who weren't directly involved get back to you're rooms! Joe, Andy, make sure they do!"

Escorted by the two policemen the crowd (except for the four men and women who had "assisted the police" by - "witnessing the crime first", "convincing the murderess to put the gun down", "restraining said murderess" and "having the inicitive to call the cops while in a state")went back to their rooms reluctantly.

"So, back to you Miss Fizelle....."

" I heard the shots and ran to see what happened and I found him dead!"

"And you just happened to be holding the gun at the time?!"

"Yes...I mean no, I had the gun because..."

"You shot Mr. James Smith" Harrison cut in.

"No! I don't even know who he is!"

"So you shoot innocent people!"

"I didn't do it! I'm innocent! You've gotta believe me!"

"I've had enough of this, you're wasting my time! Boys take her down to the Cook County Jail!" Handcuffs were slapped on Kacey's wrists and she was led away.

Outside, reporters were shouting questions to her and trying to take her picture.Kacey was put in the paddy-wagon and the doors were slammed shut.

She was ina daze, lost in her own thoughts, many things were being said but she could'nt hear them.

One thing that D.A. Harrison said braught her back to reality....

"This is a hangin' case!!" She'd heard that clearly!