Disclaimer: I don't own anyone from Cold Case, but Jessie is definitly mine. Please, don't steal her away from me. Anyway, enjoy!

Chapter Two

Jojo

She was playing basketball when Scotty and Lilly came. They knocked on the door to her house, and her grandmother pointed her out. The tall one with long hair. Jessie was the tallest in the group, and the only girl. She was surrounded by boys. Scotty and Lilly watched her dribbled down the court and make a pass to a team mate before they stepped in.

"Jessie Amaria? I'm Lilly Rush, this is Scotty Valens. We're from homicide. We'd like to ask you a few questions."

"Yea?" Jessie asked, walking up to the two. Scotty took a long glance around the court before listening to Lilly's questions.

"What happened the night your parents died?" Lilly asked, pulling out a pad and paper. Jessie stood still for a moment, and then began to shift her weight from one foot to the other.

"Abuela came over to give me my present, but Papa was cleaning his gunAbuela went off the wall about how our house was a terrible environment to raise a child. She gave a speech on how she was going to take me away from them," Jessie finally said.

"Gift?" Scotty asked.

"My birthday was the next day. I turned six."

"Gun?" Lilly questioned.

"My parents were detectives. I didn't even know they had guns until that night. Mama and I had been playing a game when Abuela came over. I only knew about the gun because I ran in to see what Abuela was yelling about. If it weren't for Abuelo, she would've taken me that night," Jessie said. "He told her that the way Papa and Mama were raising me was fine. And she spat at him, yelled something to Mama, and left."

"Do you know anything about the case your parents were working on?" Lilly asked. Jessie shrugged.

"No, they didn't talk about work at home. All I knew about their job was that they had met because they were partners."

"Hey, Jessie, c'mon. We gotta get this game going!" a boy shouted.

"Yea, leave the coppers and c'mon," another chimed in.

"Coppers?" a third asked. From what Scotty could see, he looked scared.

"I hate coppers!" The first speaker said, tossing the ball down court.

"Hey, guys, Jojo was a cop!" Jessie said. All of the boys fell silent, as though Jojo was a god.

"Who is Jojo?" Scotty asked. Lilly gave him a sideways look and he shrugged. "It could pertain to the case."

"I doubt it," Jessie laughed. "I met Jojo when I moved here, after my parents died. He was, like, ten years older than me or something. Left with his friend when I was ten. She was sick or something."

"Well, thanks for your cooperation," Lilly said. She turned to leave, Scotty following.

"Hey, try talking to papa's old partner, the one before mama. His name was Stillman, or something," Jessie shouted after them. Lilly glanced at Scotty, he looked as confused as she was.

A/N: Sorry that it's so short. I'm having thought problems. Also, sorry about taking so long to update, I couldn't think of anything. I'll try to be quicker with chapter three! Please RR! Flash