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3—Chaos

Stillman raised his eyebrows in question as Lilly and Scotty walked into his office. Both were fuming with anger.

"I take it you talked to our suspect?" he ventured wearily.

"Oh yeah," muttered Scotty darkly, "and he sent us to another suspect."

"Right, only Victor failed to mention that good old Markey Croy is dead. Victor sent us straight to a cemetery," added Lilly brushing strands of her blonde hair away from her eyes.

Stillman groaned. "So now we're back at square one?"

"Pretty much. How'd Vera and Jeffries do?" asked Lilly taking a seat across from her boss. Scotty settled in the chair next to her as they awaited an answer.

"It went…fairly well. Up until they threw Vera out for suggesting 'such nonsense', as they termed it, about their children. But I did look up the old autopsy report on Laura—she was pregnant when she died."

Scotty flinched and then shook his head. "This case is staring to freak me out. It's wrong in every way possible and now we have two suspects blaming each other."

"Well, there's more. Apparently Laura had been pregnant once before—but had miscarried."

"The Glenroses actually told you that?" Lilly gave a small gasp of surprise.

"Actually, no. Hospital records did. I looked up everything I could on this family. I'm a little suspicious of them. From what Jeffries said, Mr. and Mrs. Glenrose didn't seem too surprised by the allegations. Just tired.

"Laura miscarried when she was just fifteen—her brother brought her to the hospital. Both of them looked like they had been in a fight. Visible bruises on their faces, and her arms and legs. But the hospital had nothing substantial to go on so they released her."

"They let her go home with her brother?" Scotty frowned as he leaned over the desk to take the papers Stillman had in front of him.

"As a matter of fact, Mrs. Glenrose showed up and took them both home without a word. And it keeps getting better. Little Megan took a few trips to the ER with her brother a few years after Laura died…and she looked just as beat up as her sister had. And, there's a public record from an abortion clinic a couple years back that confirms Megan had an abortion, and the adult present…Mrs. Glenrose." Stillman sat back as the two officers gaped at him in shock.

"So you're saying Mrs. Glenrose knew what was going on between her kids?" Scotty was disgusted.

"I'm saying that Mrs. Glenrose may not be all that she seems."

"What are you getting at, Boss?" demanded Lilly leaning over Scotty's arm to read the reports. Her partner handed the papers to her and she leaned back in her chair.

"Mr. and Mrs. Glenrose are a pair of nobodies. They came to Philly about thirty years ago, and not much is known about them before that. This family is keeping more than one family secret. Oh, and just so you know, Victor was jailed once for hitting an old girlfriend in public. I sent Vera and Jeffries down to check it out. She might be able to shed some light on Victor himself."

"I guess this means we should head back to Victor's, huh?" groaned Scotty.

Lilly grinned. "You bet, partner. I have some more questions for our favorite suspect." With that Lilly grabbed Scotty by the arm and proceeded to drag him out of the office.

A WHILE LATER:

"Think he did it?" asked Scotty as Lilly rang the doorbell.

"At this point I don't know what to believe. The guy's nuts…the whole family is at this point," muttered Lilly. She frowned and rang the doorbell once more impatiently.

"Should we be concerned our boy skipped town?" Scotty positioned a hand near his gun holster and looked down at his partner. Before Lilly could fathom a reply chaos erupted.

The front door swung open and Victor appeared with a wild look in his eyes. He caught sight of Lilly and gave a strangled cry. Time froze as Victor lunged at the blonde officer and wrapped his hands around her throat. Lilly gave a choked gasp for air as she clamped her hands on Victor's arms. Her vision was beginning to darken when Scotty took action.

Scotty didn't think twice as he swung a fist and hit Victor directly in the nose, causing blood to gush out. Then the Puerto Rican tackled the suspect into the house. Lilly took ragged breaths, gingerly touching her throat where Victor had grabbed her. She took another deep breath and quickly pulled out her cell phone. Within seconds she was calling for back up all the while keeping a wary eye on the struggle going on indoors.

By now Victor had scrambled back onto his feet and grabbed a wooden chair from behind him. He brought it crashing down onto Scotty's arm, causing the officer to curse violently.

"Shit!" Scotty jumped to his feet and took another swing at Victor with his good arm and caught the other man squarely in the job. Victor snarled at him and rushed Scotty, driving him into the wall. Scotty sucked in his breath as he both heard and felt the glass of a mirror shatter behind him. He looked past Victor and caught a glance of Lilly standing in the doorway with her gun cocked at the ready. Scotty nodded in understanding and threw his shoulder into Victor, causing the man to take unsteady steps backwards. Lilly held her breath and pulled the trigger.

Victor screamed in agony and blood immediately began to seep down from the fresh wound in his shoulder. "You bitch! I'm going to kill you! I swear to God I'm going to fucking kill you!" He turned towards Lilly but Scotty stepped in front of him.

"I wouldn't be doing that if I were you," muttered the dark haired cop menacingly. Victor clutched his shoulder and divided his angry glares between Scotty and Lilly. In the distance a siren's wail could be heard. Reinforcements were on the way.

"Looks like time just ran out, Victor," said Lilly coldly, keeping her gun in plain sight.

"Only for you, bitch!" With those words Victor shoved Scotty into Lilly, causing both officers to fall to the ground. Lilly dropped her gun and grimaced in pain as she felt Scotty fall on top of her. By the time they had gotten back on their feet, Victor Glenrose was gone.

"Dammit!" swore Lilly stamping her feet. Scotty nodded in agreement and let out a breath of relief as several cop cars came to a stop in front of the house.

Vera jumped out of one car and shook his head as he caught sight of Lilly and Scotty. "Oh man," he smirked. "What the hell did you guys do?"

A/N—I kinda wrote this in a rush since I haven't updated in a while. Hopefully the next chapter won't take so long, but school's a bit tough right now. Hope you guys like this one!