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2—A Suspect

"An incestuous love affair, jealousy, a pregnancy—all the makings of a soap opera gone wrong, Boss," said Lilly as she plopped a box onto her desk. Scotty began rummaging through the contents as Stillman ran a hand over his head.

"That bad?" he groaned as Scotty took out pictures of the murder.

"Oh yeah," replied Scotty holding a picture out for Stillman and Lilly to see. "The girl is extremely pissed at her brother for dropping her to marry someone else. It's gross…but it makes one hell of a case."

Lilly nodded in agreement. "Of course we don't know whether or not Victor really did kill Laura, or if Megan did. We've only heard her side of the story, but I have a hunch Victor's going to point the finger right back at Megan."

"Are the parents still around? And where's Victor?" asked Stillman.

"The parents live in a ritzy neighborhood on the other side of the city…and Victor lives with his fiancée about a block away from there," answered Scotty nudging Lilly to look at another picture. Stillman nodded absently as Lilly showed the same picture to him.

"Alright, let's send Vera and Jeffries to the Glenroses, and Lil, you and Scotty take our other suspect."

"You're gonna let Vera question the Glenroses about the relationships between their kids? Good luck with that one, Boss," grinned Lilly patting him on the back.

Scotty chuckled as he took Lilly by the arm to lead her out of the room. "Have Jeffries bring a recorder—I want to hear Vera stumble over this one."

Stillman frowned as he watched the two leave the department. "Vera! We need to talk about common courtesy before I send you out today!"

ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE CITY:

Lilly studied the small house before her as Scotty rang the doorbell. It was the average American home. White with blue trimmings and a white picket fence outlining the green lawn. It was almost too perfect.

"A little creepy, huh?" asked Scotty quietly as they waited.

"Yeah…" Lilly trailed off just as the door opened and a man came to stand before him. He was tall with red hair, bright blue eyes, freckles across his face, and reading glasses. He glanced at Scotty curiously, but the moment he caught sight of Lilly his face paled as though he had seen a ghost.

"Can I help you?" he questioned politely, pushing his glasses up on his nose to get a better view of Lilly.

"Victor Glenrose? I'm Lilly Rush, and this is Scotty Valens—we're from Homicide. We're here to talk about your sister's case."

Victor stared in disbelief at the two officers before ushering them inside and leading them to the living room. "Wow. Laura's case? Did you uncover new evidence? Have you finally caught someone?"

Scotty glanced over at his partner before speaking. "Actually, your other sister, Megan, came in to talk to us. She mentioned a few things that we felt we should ask you."

"Ah, I see." Victor nodded and wearily took a seat in a chair, motioning for Lilly and Scotty to take the couch across from him.

"Mr. Glenrose, Megan told us something, a little unsettling. She said that you and Laura were…" Lilly paused to find the right words. "She said you two were having a love affair of sorts. Is that true?"

Victor never took his eyes off Lilly as he answered. "With Laura? Oh, Jesus. Laura meant the world to me…maybe…maybe too much. But we were young—our hormones were out of control. It didn't mean anything!"

"That's not what your sister said. Megan said Laura had gotten pregnant, and the baby wasn't yours, so you were upset enough—" Scotty was hastily cut off by Victor, who was now on the edge of his seat.

"To kill her? Is that what Meg said? That I killed Laura? For a baby? I didn't even know Laura was pregnant. Our parents never mentioned anything after the autopsy—and I never wanted to know the results. There are some things left in the dark. God, if Laura had been pregnant with someone else's child, I would have been happy. If that kid had been mine…it wouldn't have been healthy." Victor shook his head and continued to gaze over at Lilly with a deep intensity.

Lilly gave a small frown as she watched the man carefully. "But you don't deny that you were…involved with your sister Laura? Or Megan?"

"Look, what happened in the past happened…I don't like what I've done, but it's all behind me now. I'm going to be married in a few weeks—I…I can't let my fiancée find out some of the things I've done. I can't lose her. Megan…Meg's my baby sister. I love her like one, she sees more because of Laura. Because Laura…I loved Laura. Sometimes I wonder why she had been killed…if it was because of me…"

"Was Megan jealous of Laura?" asked Scotty rubbing his temples, but never taking his eyes off Victor. It was odd how Victor would only answer to Lilly.

"Oh God yes. Insanely jealous. Laura was the family beauty queen. Good student, popular—the whole works. Meg lived in her shadow for years after that. She's always tried to be what Laura once was—but she could never measure up. It wasn't a big deal, just the usual little sister jealousy."

Lilly sighed. "Would Megan have been jealous enough to kill Laura? She said you and her…"

"Maybe." Victor frowned as Scotty edged closer to Lilly to whisper something in her ear. "You know, on the day Laura died, Meg went to talk to her. I never thought anything of it until now. I went after she did to see Laura, but, I thought she had been asleep. I never once thought she was dead until our folks came home and went to check up on her."

"Did anyone else have a reason to kill Laura?" Scotty pulled out a pad of paper to jot down names just in case.

"Markey Croy…he was my best friend. He was in love with Laura too. If she had been pregnant, he would've been responsible. I can't give a reason why though, he was crazy about her."

"Do you know where we can find Markey?" continued Scotty. Victor didn't look away from Lilly as he answered.

"Last I heard he was down on Liberty and 22nd. You can't miss him, trust me."

Lilly stood up. "Alright, well thank-you for talking to us. If you think of anything else just let us know."

"It's strange really," said Victor shifting his gaze to the window past Lilly.

"What is?"

"How much you resemble Laura. I'm surprised Meg didn't say anything, but she's so wrapped up in her own world she wouldn't notice. But seeing you reminds me of Laura…I miss her more everyday you know. She was a real angel."

A/N—So here's the next chapter. I promise the next will be better, and have more Lilly/Scotty stuff. This one just leads up to the good stuff later. Hope you guys like it.