The Unusual Suspect

Both Zach and Sally's hearts missed a beat and everyone's view changed when Jamie announced the killer. It's Nathan! Jake looked puzzled.

"Nathan," questioned Jake. "Why is it Nathan? How could it be Nathan?" Nathan and Amy walked into the room and everyone turned to them.

"What's going on," he asked.

"You're the killer," yelled Paul.

"Wait a minute, why are you suspecting me? How could you accuse me? I never wanted to kill Conan."

"Don't lie Nathan," said Jamie. "I know you did."

"Come on Jamie, it's not me." He went to her but she backed away from him. "It wasn't me!"

"Hey," started Jake. "Why do you blame Nathan anyway?"

"I guess I'm going to have to tell the events that I believe happened tonight." Everyone listen attentively as she talked. "Before any guest arrived my dad told me that he didn't approve of me dating Nathan, and I told Nathan what my dad said. Then the guest arrived and we ate and had cake. Later Nathan went to the bathroom and seconds later Amy asked me for some cake. I went to reach for the knife, but it wasn't there. I thought that maybe someone else got it to use it, so I didn't question and got another. But it was Nathan who took the knife with him into the bathroom. Then Zach got up to roam the apartment. He told me that before the lights went out he looked at the bathroom and Nathan wasn't in there, but he wasn't here with us either. The lights went out, and it was Nathan who did it, then he rushed back here to kill my dad. I had bumped into Nathan on my way to turn on the lights, but I thought that he had just gotten out of the bathroom, but he didn't. He snuck behind my dad and stabbed him, so my dad didn't know the attack was coming. It was Nathan, plain and simple."

Nathan just looked at her with surprising eyes. She glared back at him, angry that he wasn't admitting the truth. Everyone else was thinking about what Jamie had told them and still didn't believe it.

"Is there evidence that it's him," asked Paul.

"Yes. The knife that he took had frosting on it. There's frosting in the bathroom, on the fuse box, and on my dad. It could only be him because he was close to my dad when the lights turned on. You all told me that."

"But so was Sally," said Jake. "And she has a motive, he doesn't."

"Yes he does. I told you my dad didn't approve of me dating him. He could've killed him so I wouldn't have second thoughts about being with him." Jamie turned to Nathan. "But that was a big mistake. I'll never be with you now because you're a murderer. I can never love a killer." Nathan laughed. "What's so funny?"

"I guess I might as well come clean. It's true, I killed Conan, but not because of the reason you said Jamie."

"Then why?"

"To avenge the death of my father." Everyone gasped and Jamie looked confuse.

"Who was your father?" Nathan sighed.

"My father was Mitch." Jamie and Amy were blown away.

"How could your father be Mitch," asked Amy. "I thought he wasn't with anyone."

"He did have a girlfriend, my mother Ai, but he got her pregnant with me and then left her."

"Your mom was Ai Haibara?"

"Yes. Mitch and Ai dated in high school and got hooked on drugs together. That's how she died, of an overdose, so I had to live in an orphanage. I changed my name to Bara, instead of Haibara."

"But how did you know that my dad killed your dad," asked Jamie.

"My mom died when I was eight. I would ask her where my dad was and she told me he was dead and that a detective named Conan Edogawa had killed him." Jamie began to cry.

"Your dad was Mitch! Your dad raped and killed my mom, did you know that?"

"And that he killed my friend George," added Amy.

"No, and I don't care. I avenged my father."

"Avenge this, you bastard!" Jamie ran to him and punched his jaw. He almost lost balance but he grabbed her wrists so he wouldn't fall and so she couldn't hit him anymore. "I loved you! We were happy together! But all this time you were just getting closer to my dad so you could kill him!"

"Yeah, that about sums it up."

"I hope you die and rot in hell!"

"I'll see you there." Nathan kissed Jamie but she pushed him away and then the cops put handcuffs on him. "I really did love you though Jamie."

"Take him away!" The police dragged him out while Jamie continued to cry. Amy held her and they cried together.

Soon the police cleaned up the crime scene and everyone left, except for Jake. Jamie was sitting on her dad's old bed and stared at the picture of the happy people when Jake entered the room. He sat next to her and she looked at him.

"Why do people want to kill? Why can't they just forget the past and move on?" Jake sighed.

"Well, sometimes it's hard to just forget and move on. Amy told me that after your mom died Conan almost killed himself."

"Really?"

"Yes, but he got over it and continued to live, even though it was painful. I don't know what corrupts people to do such violent acts, but it's up to people like us to try and fight for justice. That's what your dad did." Jamie continued to cry and suddenly she felt his hand holding hers. "Will think about coming to work with me?"

"You weren't kidding? You were being serious?"

"Well, not before I saw you in action. I was ready to put two innocent people behind bars, but you exposed the truth. You can work on cases with me and later maybe go on your own. So, what do you say?" Jamie smiled.

"I'll do it! I'll avenge my dad by continuing his work. I'll rid this town of society's scumbags. One truth will prevail!"

Fin